The $99,000 Answer
Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show.
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"Gleason was such a fine actor. Catch his initial appearance on the game show. His stage fright and garbled words are hilarious. His second appearance, however, and he's all polished self-confidence. The quiz show The $64,000 Dollar Question took TV by storm in the summer of '55. Game shows to that point offered comparatively meager amounts, while prize money here seemed like a fortune. Apparently the producers didn't have much confidence, scheduling it as they did as a mere summer replacement. Boy, were they wrong. Also, the word "antidisestablishmentarianisms" is the ..."
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As an in-joke, one of the songs Norton plays on the piano is "Melancholy Serenade," the theme of The Jackie Gleason Show (1952). That is the song "from a long ways back" that Ralph puzzles over before he's interrupted by his neighbor banging on the door.
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Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show.