Perfect Strangers — S01E05 — Check This

1986 · 24 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · DIR. Joel Zwick

Perfect Strangers — S01E05 — Check This poster

Overview

Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.

Comedy1980s

Dialogue Timeline — 357 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:45 WOMAN : Higher, higher, higher.
00:02:38 - Take the little black handle. - Yes.
00:03:27 Oh, poor cousin. Here, I know how to fix your back.
00:04:31 No, I never thought of that.
00:05:26 You'll never get it.
00:06:19 Balki, give him your money.
00:07:21 Not on your life.
00:08:14 - Just take the money, please. HARPER: Yes. Yes.
00:09:03 An apple for Larry Appleton.
00:09:57 No, I don't play poker.
00:10:49 Now, come on, Appleton, huh?
00:11:34 No, I'm okay. I'm fine. I'm fine.
00:13:09 Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
00:14:41 and you don't like your old furniture...
00:15:26 The point is, with all those kids, nothing was ever really yours.
00:16:21 Wait a minute. Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:17:01 That's the Money Market Manager Account. You have the Happy Saver Account.
00:17:55 It's not a big deal.
00:18:53 I'm gonna buy back my furniture for what you paid Balki for it.
00:19:40 Boys, my beloved wife.
00:20:29 Friend, member of the male brotherhood.
00:21:21 hidden behind your photo of Gordon Liddy.
00:22:14 Thank you. I have a dark side.
00:23:09 Come on, put them up.

Cast & Characters

Bronson Pinchot Balki Bartokomous Mark Linn-Baker Larry Appleton Ernie Sabella Donald Twinkacetti Lise Cutter Susan Campbell

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed357
Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line00:23:09

Production Record

DirectorJoel Zwick
LanguageEnglish

Factoids

Episode

Perfect Strangers, season 1, episode 5: Check This.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1786/season/1/episode/5
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