"GREAT IMPROVEMENTS"

(UP ON: BRIGHT, CHEERY TALK SHOW/INFOMERCIAL SET. SEATED AROUND A COFFEE TABLE ARE DICK VAN PATTEN, JAYNE MEADOWS, FLIP WILSON, ANN JILLIAN, AND GRAHAM "THE GALLOPING GOURMET" KERR)

(MUSIC: "GREAT IMPROVEMENTS" THEME)

(MATTE: "GREAT IMPROVEMENTS")

VAN PATTEN

Good evening, I'm Dick Van Patten and welcome to "Great Improvements." For the next thirty minutes we're going to demonstrate an amazing self-help system that will be a life-changing experience for many of you.

MEADOWS
Dick, I want to make sure our viewers have their credit cards handy, because our good friend Glen Faraday will be here soon to speak to them directly at home.

VAN PATTEN
Yes. Get out your credit cards.

JILLIAN
This new self-help therapy involves your utmost attention, so be sure to lock the doors and close the curtains so you won't be disturbed during the broadcast.

WILSON
You're probably wondering what the "Great Improvements" self-help program is all about, as I did when I first heard about it.

KERR
I thought it had something to do with home repair.

VAN PATTEN
Well, in a way, Graham, it does. You see, "Great Improvements" makes a fundamental difference in your life. And now, as mentioned, here's Glen Faraday.

(CUT TO: GLEN FARADAY)


(ACCESS TO THIS MATERIAL DENIED)


(CUT TO: DICK VAN PATTEN, JAYNE MEADOWS, FLIP WILSON, ANN JILLIAN, AND GRAHAM "THE GALLOPING GOURMET" KERR)

VAN PATTEN

So, there you have it. I feel better already.

JILLIAN
So do I. And so will you.

MEADOWS
You won't be disappointed.

KERR
You'll thank yourself.

WILSON
Yes, and remember...

(THE JACK OF SPADES IS REVEALED AS WE

(FADE OUT)

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