Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
Betty Thomas/Stray Cats (1983)
Brad Hall: Saturday Night News Anchor, Various
Quotes
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Ralph Curtis : Dale, I gotta be honest with you, buddy, in the whole history of this show, no one has ever gotten so close to winning that dollar.
[Dale is in pain but still expresses his joy at getting this far]
Ralph Curtis : Okay, Dale. Are you ready? Hang on here, are you ready for the final challenge?
Dale Butterworth : [Dale can hardly keep himself together] Yes, yes, please, please.
Ralph Curtis : Okay, here it is: I'm thinking of a color... what is it?
Dale Butterworth : Wha... what? A color?
Ralph Curtis : That's right, I'm thinking of a color. What color is it?
Dale Butterworth : Oh... I dunno... eh, yellow?
Ralph Curtis : [buzzer sounds] Oh, no! Oh, that was so close! Too ba...
Dale Butterworth : What?
Ralph Curtis : I was thinking of kinda like a, like an off-yellow.
[Dale groans in defeat]
Ralph Curtis : That's too bad, I'm so sorry. Do we have a consolation prize for him, Don?
Announcer : [off screen] Noooooo!
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Ralph Curtis : It's time to play "You Win a Dollar". Don, tell us what he's playing for.
Announcer : [off screen] Well, Dale, it's a dollar, that's all! Just a dollar. It's not even a new dollar, it's kind of old and the corner's been ripped, but we taped it back together, so it's still good!