Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979): Season 2, Episode 10 - Horshack vs. Carvelli - full transcript

UNCLE HERMAN! HI, IT'S GABE.

LISTEN, I'M GLAD I CAUGHT YOU.

I GOT A PROBLEM, JULIE'S
GONNA BE HOME IN FIVE MINUTES

AND I DON'T HAVE
A JOKE TO TELL HER.

HAVE YOU DONE
ANYTHING FUNNY LATELY?

HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING FUNNY LATELY?

YOU HEARD ABOUT A GUY
WHO CROSSED A BEAVER

AND AN ELEPHANT?

DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE GOT.

BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE
SIZE OF THE DAMS IT BUILDS.

ANYTHING ELSE, COME ON!



WHAT?

YOU WERE SO PARANOID
ONCE, IF YOU WENT TO

A FOOTBALL GAME AND
THE PLAYERS GOT INTO

A HUDDLE, YOU WOULD THINK
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU.

COME ON, UNCLE HERMAN,
GIVE ME THE A MATERIAL.

OH, YOU KNEW A GUY
THAT WAS SO MEAN,

USED TO TRAIN HOMING
PIGEONS AND THEN MOVE.

COME ON, UNCLE HERMAN,
SHE'S GONNA BE RIGHT HOME!

GIVE ME A GOOD ONE,
A JOKE, A LIMERICK,

A PUN, A KNOCK-KNOCK,
ANYTHING, A RIDDLE,

COME ON, HERMAN!

I'M DESPERATE!



♪ WELCOME BACK ♪



♪ YOUR DREAMS WERE
YOUR TICKET OUT ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ TO THAT SAME OLD PLACE
THAT YOU LAUGHED ABOUT ♪

♪ WELL THE NAMES
HAVE ALL CHANGED

SINCE YOU HUNG AROUND ♪

♪ BUT THOSE DREAMS HAVE REMAINED

AND THEY'VE TURNED AROUND ♪

♪ WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT
THEY'D LEAD YA ♪

♪ WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT
THEY'D LEAD YA ♪

♪ BACK HERE WHERE WE NEED YA ♪

♪ BACK HERE WHERE WE NEED YA ♪

♪ YEAH, WE TEASE HIM A LOT

'CAUSE WE GOT HIM ON THE SPOT ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK, WELCOME
BACK, WELCOME BACK ♪♪





OKAY, OKAY, GUYS.



WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

LOOK, ALL I KNOW IS
THAT THE SILVER GLOVES

BOXING MATCH IS
ON FRIDAY, RIGHT?

YEAH.

AND CARVELLI IS FIGHTING
FOR NEW UTRECHT, RIGHT?

MAN, I BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR

TO GET MY HANDS
ON THAT CARVELLI.

OH, YEAH.

I WANT 'EM, I WANT 'EM!

MELLOW OUT, JUAN, MELLOW OUT.

NOW LISTEN.

I KNOW THAT YOU WANT HIM.

WE ALL WANT HIM, RIGHT?

BUT WE GOTTA DO IT THE
DEMOCRATIC WAY, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT. ONE
POTATO, TWO POTATO...

THREE POTATO,
FOUR. FIVE POTATO...

HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POTATO?

YOU FORGOT MY POTATO!

I'M A SWEATHOG, TOO, YOU KNOW,

DON'T I GET A CHANCE?

A CHANCE TO WHAT, DIE?

CARVELLI'S A GORILLA.

YEAH, WELL, I CAN HANDLE...

COME ON, ARN, IT'S A
MATTER OF INTEGRITY.

YOU SEE?

A GUY WHO FIGHTS
CARVELLI, YOU KNOW,

HE'S GOTTA BE STRONG
AND HE'S GOTTA BE CLEVER.

I'M STRONG.

YOU'RE STRONG, RIGHT?

YOU GET YOUR LITTLE
SISTER TO CARRY YOUR BOOKS

TO SCHOOL, YOU CALL THAT STRONG?

NO, I CALL THAT CLEVER.

JUST COOL IT, 'CAUSE WE GOT
MORE IMPORTANT DECISIONS

TO MAKE RIGHT NOW, ALL RIGHT?

WE GOTTA MAKE
DECISIONS, LITTLE ARNOLD!

YEAH, LET'S MAKE DECISIONS.

ARNOLD, ARNOLD.

NO ONE'S SAYING YOU'RE
NOT ONE OF THE BOYS,

I MEAN, YOU ARE.

BUT FRIDAY AT 3:30,
WHOEVER FACES OFF

AGAINST CARVELLI
HAS GOT TO BE A MAN!

I'M A MAN.

ONLY BY A TECHNICALITY.

A VERY SMALL TECHNICALITY.

YEAH?

WELL I AM SUCH A
MAN THAT I AM NOT

THE SLIGHTEST BIT
UPSET BY ALL THIS!

HEY, ARNOLD.

ARNOLD!

ARNOLD, WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET?

BECAUSE MY DIGNITY
HAS BEEN ATTACKED.

MY CORE HAS BEEN SHAKEN.

I HAVE BEEN TOTALLY HUMILIATED.

OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS
SOMETHING SERIOUS.

I'M ONLY KIDDING
ARNOLD, OKAY, OKAY,

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

MR. KOTTER, THIS
IS NO LITTLE THING.

I AM A SWEATHOG,
I GOT MY RIGHTS.

AS MUCH RIGHT AS
ANY OTHER SWEATHOG

TO GET INTO THE RING
WITH CARVELLI ON FRIDAY.

YOU WANT TO FIGHT CARVELLI?

ARNOLD, WHEN DID YOU
FIRST NOTICE THIS NEED

TO DO AWAY WITH YOURSELF?

ARNOLD, LOOK,
YOU'RE NOT A FIGHTER,

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT
OTHER GOOD POINTS.

YOU'RE SMART, YOU'RE CHARMING,

YOU'RE FUN TO BE AROUND.

YOU FORGOT MY LILTING LAUGH.

FUN TO BE AROUND.

ARNOLD, LOOK, IF THE GUYS
DON'T WANT YOU TO FIGHT CARVELLI

IT'S JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE LOOKING AFTER YOU.

HEY! HEY, HERE COMES CARVELLI.

HERE COMES CARVELLI!

YEAH, AND THAT
LITTLE CHUMP, MURRAY!

WELL, WELL, WELL, IF IT
AIN'T THE SWEAT PUNKS.

WELL, IF IT AIN'T
THE SWEAT PUNKS.

JUMPIN' ROPE, CARVELLI?

WHAT'S THE MATTER,
YOU TEAR YOUR DRESS

WHEN YOU WAS PLAYIN' HOPSCOTCH?

THAT'S FUNNY.

JUST SO HAPPENS I'M IN TRAINING.

TOILET TRAINING?

I LOVE THAT ONE!

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT, EPSTEIN.

HE ASKED IF YOU WAS IN
TOILET TRAINING, CHAMP.

WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS GONNA
BE THE LUCKY CORPSE, HUH?

YOU?

WELL, UH, BETTER
NOT BE ME, CARVELLI.

'CAUSE I'M HALF PUERTO
RICAN, HALF JEWISH.

SO WHAT?

SO?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO GET BAR MITZVAH'D

WITH A HUBCAP?

HEY, YOU CAN'T TALK
TO MY MAN LIKE THAT.

YO MAN.

YOU BETTER STICK CLOSE
TO YOUR MAN, MURRAY,

'CAUSE AFTER FRIDAY, YOU
WON'T BE SPONGIN' HIM DOWN.

YOU GONNA BE
WHEELIN' HIM AROUND.

YOU KNOW, YOU SOUND EXACTLY
LIKE THE GUY THAT I FOUGHT

LAST YEAR.

HE'S IN THE GUINNESS
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.

UNDER PAIN.

YOU DON'T SCARE US, CARVELLI.

ANY ONE OF MY BOYS HERE
CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU JUST BEEN THROUGH A BLENDER.

YEAH, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
IT IF WE FRAPPED YOUR FACE?

HEY, I DIDN'T HEAR
THAT, HORSHACK!

HE ASKED IF YOU LIKED YOUR
FACE FRAPPED, CARVELLI.

I HEARD!

HEY, CARVELLI.

I SURE HOPE YOU AIN'T
ALLERGIC TO CANVAS,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
GONNA BE SPENDIN' FRIDAY.

FACE DOWN!

ARE YOU THREATENING
ME, HORSHACK?

THIS IS GETTING OUT OF LINE.

HE DIDN'T MEAN IT.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S
GONNA BE OUT OF LINE

IS YOUR SPINE!

HA-HA!

YOUR FACE IS GONNA BE SO UGLY...

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
CLOSE IT DOWN ON WEEKENDS.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S IT, HORSHACK.

I WANT YOU.

WHOA, WHOA.

YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID.

- ME?
- YEAH, YOU! MOUTH!

ME?

WHAT DID I SAY?

YOU SAID CARVELLI WILL
WIND UP ON THE CANVAS.

WITH HIS SPINE OUTTA LINE.

HIS FACE FRAPPED
AND LOOKIN' SO UGLY

THEY CLOSE IT DOWN
ON THE WEEKEND.

IF THAT'S WHAT I SAID,
THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

ARNOLD HORSHACK
IS A MAN OF HIS WORD.

AND YOU'RE ON, CARVELLI.

GIVE ME THESE.

YOU WANT TO SEE, YOU
WANT TO SEE TRAINING?

THE KID IS GONNA SHOW
YOU TRAINING HERE.

A, MY NAME IS ARNOLD,
MT MOTHER'S NAME...

CUT THAT OUT, YOU'RE
EMBARRASSIN' US.

LISTEN, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS,

YOU DO THIS RIGHT.

YOU DO IT LIKE THIS.

B, MY NAME IS BARBARINO.

I'LL SAY THE BA, BA-BA-BA.

BA, BA, BA, BARBARINO.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

ENOUGH OF THIS TOP 40 STUFF.

COME ON, MURRAY.

I GOTTA GO RENT A TUX.

FOR A FUNERAL.

C, MY NAME'S CARVELLI... WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKIN' AT?

THE GUY CHALLENGED
ME AND I ACCEPTED,

WHAT YOU WANT ME
TO DO, RUN AWAY?

HIDE OUT IN SOME
FOREIGN COUNTRY?

NOW WE'RE DOWN TO
TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

AFGHANISTAN AND NEWARK.

NEWARK, HUH?

I'D RATHER FIGHT CARVELLI.

YEAH, AND END UP IN
AN EMERGENCY WARD.

LOOK, I GAVE MY WORD.

ARNOLD, YOU CAN ALWAYS
TAKE BACK YOUR WORD.

YOU CAN'T TAKE BACK YOUR TEETH.

I DON'T CARE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
GET HIT IN THE STOMACH?

SO MANY TIMES THAT
IT PACKS UP AND LOOKS

FOR A NEW BODY?

I DON'T CARE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA
BE AT THE SOUND OF THAT BELL.

I CARE, I CARE!

I SEE MY WHOLE LIFE
FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES!

AND I'M NOT EVEN IN IT.

ARNOLD, CALM DOWN, ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS
STAY HERE FOR A MINUTE.

THE REST OF YOU, READ CHAPTER 14

BY TOMORROW.

WE ALWAYS READ CHAPTER 14.

THEN READ CHAPTER 7 TWICE.

ALL RIGHT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU LET ARNOLD

GET HIMSELF INVOLVED IN THIS.

WE TRIED TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT,

BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO US.

ONE MINUTE HE WAS
ARNOLD HORSHACK,

THE NEXT MINUTE,
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE.

BUT DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT, MR. KOTTER,

I GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT.

I'M GONNA HAVE THE KID COME DOWN

WITH THAT BUBONIC PLAGUE.

HEY! DON'T YOU GUYS
EVER LISTEN TO ME?

I AM FIGHTING CARVELLI.

STOP IT, ARNOLD, YOU'RE
NOT FIGHTING ANYBODY.

YOU HEAR THAT?

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY
MORE ABOUT THIS BOXING

AND THIS STUPID SILVER
GLOVES COMPETITION.

OH, UH, KOTTER, ABOUT
THE SILVER GLOVES

BOXING MATCH ON FRIDAY...

WE'RE GONNA NEED A
REAL POWERHOUSE IN THERE

AGAINST CARVELLI.

WOULD YOU SETTLE
FOR A POWER FAILURE?

NOW, LISTEN, WE'VE HAD
THESE BOXING MATCHES

FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND
YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES

BUCHANAN HAS WON?

NONE!

THAT'S NOT TRUE, MR. WOODMAN.

BONZO MARETTI WON ONCE.

EATING YOUR OPPONENT
DOESN'T COUNT.

EVERY VICE PRINCIPAL
HAS SOME SORT OF TROPHY,

I WANT THAT TROPHY!

DON'T WORRY ABOUT
IT, MR. WOODMAN.

ONE OF US ALREADY
VOLUNTEERED TO BOX.

YOU HAVE?

BARBARINO, I'M PROUD
OF YOU, GO IN THERE,

WIN THAT TROPHY.

BUT IT AIN'T ME.

OH.

EPSTEIN. PROUD OF YA.

I'M PROUD OF YOU,
TOO, MR. WOODMAN!

BUT I AIN'T GONNA FIGHT 'EM!

WASHINGTON?

STRIKE THREE, MR. WOODMAN.

ALL RIGHT, KOTTER.

WHO IS IT?

HORSHACK WANTS TO BE THE ONE

TO FIGHT CARVELLI.

HA-HA-HA!

I'M SERIOUS, MR. WOODMAN.

HORSHACK?

HORSHACK.

HORSHACK.

KOTTER.

YOU'RE A WARPED PERSON.

YOU'RE DOING THIS
JUST TO DEPRIVE ME

OF MY TROPHY.

YOU WERE WARPED THEN.

YOU'RE WARPED NOW!

YOU'RE WARPED!

WARPED!

WARPED!

THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH.

I'M CALLING IT OFF.

CALL IT OFF?

MR. KOTTER, YOU
CAN'T CALL IT OFF.

LISTEN.

ALL MY LIFE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN...

TRYING TO PUSH ME ASIDE.

"ARNOLD, GO TO YOUR ROOM."

"ARNOLD, GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY."

"ARNOLD, WE'LL MEET
YA AFTER SCHOOL."

MR. KOTTER.

I'M TIRED OF BEING PUSHED ASIDE.

I UNDERSTAND, ARNOLD.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER
WAYS TO PROVE YOU'RE A MAN

BESIDES FIGHTING A BIG
STARKLE LIKE CARVELLI.

MR. KOTTER, SOMETIMES,
A MAN HAS TO STAND UP

FOR HIMSELF, EVEN
THOUGH HE KNOWS

HE'S GONNA LAND
FLAT ON HIS BACK.

HAVEN'T YOU EVER FELT LIKE THAT?

YEAH, ONCE.

THERE WAS THIS GIRL.

YOU WANTED TO FIGHT A GIRL?

NO, THERE WAS THIS
GIRL I REALLY LIKED.

HER NAME WAS LEYLANI SHAPIRO.

WENT OUT TOGETHER A FEW TIMES.

ONE DAY, THIS GUY
COMES UP TO ME,

BIG, HEAVYWEIGHT JOCK TYPE.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE
WAS LEYLANI'S BOYFRIEND

AND IF I WOULD
CONTINUE TO SEE HER,

HE WAS GONNA REARRANGE MY FACE.

I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I
THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT.

WHAT HE SAID AND...

I KNEW HE WAS GONNA
DO WHAT HE SAID.

SO I CALLED UP LEYLANI AND I...

TOLD HER I COULDN'T
SEE HER ANYMORE.

AND HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

HOW'D THAT MAKE ME FEEL?

I FELT LIKE...

ARNOLD, IF YOU REALLY THINK
THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS,

I'M BEHIND YOU.



HOW YOU DOING, FREDDIE?

YO, MR. KOTTER.

NOW YOU KNOW IT SHOULD BE
ONE OF US FIGHTING CARVELLI.

I MEAN, THEY BETTIN'
HORSHACK DON'T LIVE

THROUGH THE WEIGH-IN.

THIS IS NOT A STREET FIGHT.

IT'S A SPORT.

THERE'S A RING.

A REFEREE, AND PADDED GLOVES.

HE'S GONNA GET KILLED.

NOT IN A RING.

BUT FREDDIE, IF HE
TRIES TO PROVE HIMSELF

IN SOME ALLEY, HE MIGHT.

HEY, MR. KOTTER.

WHO WAS THAT GUY
WITH THE MUSTACHE

AND THE CRUMMY JOKES,
SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

FIGHTIN' GETS YOU NOWHERE?

- THAT WAS ME.
- ALL RIGHT.

AND I STILL BELIEVE IT.

BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL CASE.

HEY, CONGRATULATIONS, ARNOLD!

YOU TOOK TEN MINUTES
OFF YESTERDAY'S MILE.

I KNOW.

THE LAST EIGHT
BLOCKS I TOOK A CAB.

COME ON, ARNOLD.

FIGHT WITH CARVELLI'S
IN TWO DAYS.

YOU GOT TO BUILD
UP YOUR ENDURANCE.

YEAH, MR. KOTTER.

YOU WORK ON HIS ENDURANCE.

AND I'LL GO LIGHT A CANDLE.

SEE YOU LATER, FREDDIE. BYE-BYE.

HAVE A GOOD TIME.

ALL RIGHT, ARNOLD.

LET'S START OUT WITH
SOME CALISTHENICS.

- OKAY.
- I WANT TO BUILD YOU UP.

WHEN YOU MEET CARVELLI,
BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST
THING TO DO IS PUSH-UPS.

OKAY, WE DO THE HARD KIND.

YOU GOTTA CLAP IN
THE MIDDLE, OKAY?

- OKAY, SHOW ME.
- NOW WATCH ME.

GET DOWN, DO YOUR PUSH-UP.

CLAP IN THE MIDDLE. OKAY.

- TRY IT.
- OKAY.

YOU GET DOWN, YOU
DO YOUR PUSH-UP,

YOU CLAP IN THE MIDDLE.

YOU DO YOUR PUSH-UP...
ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

VERY GOOD, ARNOLD, VERY GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD?

WHAT I WANT TO WORK
ON NOW IS SOMETHING

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

PSYCHING OUT YOUR OPPONENT.

NOW ALL GOOD
FIGHTERS DO THIS, OKAY?

NOW I WANT YOU TO
PRETEND I'M CARVELLI.

ALL RIGHT, NOW THE REF IS
INTRODUCING US IN THE RING.

AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE
ME A COLD, ANGRY STARE.

PUT IT RIGHT THROUGH ME, OKAY?

ARNOLD, YOU GONNA
SCARE HIM, NOT DATE HIM.

COME ON, LET'S NOT
ACT SILLY ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY
YOU'RE THE SILLIEST FIGHTER

THEY EVER SEEN.

UNTIL NOW.

MR. WOODMAN, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?

NOT WOODMAN, CALL
ME THE WANAPOTOMY KID.

I WANT TO GIVE HORSHACK
HERE A FEW POINTERS.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BOXING?

ARE YOU KIDDIN',
KOTTER, WHY IN MY DAY,

I SHREDDED THE LIKES
OF BUTCH CRAWFORD,

BOBO ARSENI, MIMI FINKLESTEIN.

MIMI FINKLESTEIN?

A KILLER, KOTTER.

A REAL KILLER.

ALL RIGHT, ARNOLD.

JUST PRETEND THIS
IS THE RING, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO
MAKE SURE OF ONE THING.

WHEN YOU LEAD, YOU
ALWAYS LEAD WITH YOUR LEFT.

LEAD WITH YOUR LEFT.

YOUR OTHER LEFT.

NOW PROTECT YOUR
BODY WITH YOUR RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO,
KOTTER, GET THE KID KILLED?

HORSHACK KEEP YOUR
LEFT CLOSE TO YOUR BODY,

AND PUT YOUR RIGHT OUT.

WAY OUT. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S CORRECT, MR. WOODMAN,

IF HE WAS A LAWN ORNAMENT.

STOP IT, ARNOLD.

HERE'S THE BASIC STAIRS I
WANT YOU TO HAVE, RIGHT?

- OKAY.
- HERE'S HOW YOU LOOK.

THIS WAY, YOU WON'T
GET HURT TOO BAD.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO LIKE THIS.

ON YOUR TOES ALL THE TIME.

THINK CARVELLI CAN
SLIP INTO RIGHT CROSS.

COME ON, MR. WOODMAN,
IF ARNOLD IS LIKE THIS,

HOW IS CARVELLI GONNA
SLIP IN A RIGHT CROSS?

LIKE THIS!

LOOK AT IT!

BOTH OF YOU DOWN,
PUNCHED OUT BY AN OLD MAN.

HEY. MAYBE I OUGHTA
FIGHT CARVELLI.



MAY I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE?

BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S BOUT,

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE

ONE OF THE PAST SILVER
GLOVE CONTENDERS

FROM BUCHANAN HIGH
WHO WENT ON TO FAME,

SITTING AT RINGSIDE, FROM 1955,

DINO CRAZY DELANEY!

OH, YEAH, DINO!

DINO, DINO, DINO!

AND NOW, IN THIS CORNER,

WEARING PURPLE TRUNKS,

WEIGHING 165 POUNDS
AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH,

FROM NEW UTRECHT
HIGH, KILLER CARVELLI!

AND IN THIS CORNER,
WEARING BAGGY TRUNKS,

AND A LOOK OF ABSOLUTE TERROR,

AT 127 POUNDS, A
REAL GOOD SPORT...

SUGAR ARNOLD HORSHACK!

HORSHACK, HORSHACK,
WE'RE WITH YOU!

ROCK 'EM, SOCK
'EM, OOH, OOH, OOH!

YAY, HORSHACK!

CARVELLI, CARVELLI, HE'S MY MAN.

HEY, COOL IT!

YOU HEAR THAT?

HE SAID "COOL IT, MURRAY."

AIN'T HE THE GREAT?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
ARNOLD'S THE CHAMPION.

HE'S OUR MAN.

YOU'RE A GOOD GUY.

ARNOLD, WE CAN STILL
GET YOU OUT OF THIS.

LOOK, I CAN GET A NOTE FOR YA.

JUST SAY, "DEAR CARVELLI,
PLEASE EXCUSE ARNOLD

FOR THIS FIGHT.

HE'S ALLERGIC TO TRACTION."

THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

FOR ARNOLD HORSHACK.

NO, NO, NO, DINO.

ALL RIGHT, BOTH IN THE
RING NOW, HORSHACK.

COME ON, HORSHACK!

YAY!

TAKE IT EASY.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT THIS TO
BE A CLEAN, HONEST FIGHT.

CARVELLI, TRY NOT TO KILL HIM.

TOUCH GLOVES.

AH!

YOU'RE IN SHAPE,
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, JUST TRY TO REMEMBER

WHAT I TAUGHT YOU, OKAY?

OH, YEAH.

DOING THE PUSH-UPS AND CLAP.

COME ON, HORSHACK!

COME ON!

HORSHACK!

COME ON!

HIT ME!

OH, YEAH!

COME ON, CARVELLI,
YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER!

YEAH!

- CARVELLI!
- HORSHACK!

YAY!

I GOT 'EM!

NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT US NOW, MR. CARVELLI?

ONE, TWO... THREE...

COME ON, GET UP ARNOLD, GET UP!

FOUR... FIVE... SIX...
SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,

NINE AND A HALF.

NINE AND THREE QUARTERS.

COME ON, GET UP, WILL YA?

NINE AND SEVEN EIGHTHS.

I'VE RUN OUT OF
FRACTIONS, HORSHACK!

TEN!

THE WINNER... KILLER CARVELLI.

YAY!

BOO!

KILLER CARVELLI.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

IS IT OVER?

YEAH.

DID I WIN?

NOT REALLY.

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

HEY, JUAN.

THEY DON'T THINK I
TOOK A DIVE, DO THEY?

ARNOLD, AS FAR AS
WE'RE CONCERNED,

YOU'RE THE GOLD MEDAL KID
WITH A HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN.

YEAH.

YOU MADE US PROUD
TO BE SWEATHOGS.

LOOK, FREDDIE, I DIDN'T WIN.

ARNOLD, YOU WON
AS SOON AS YOU GOT

INTO THAT RING.

AFTER THAT, IT WAS
JUST A QUESTION OF

WHO GOT THE TROPHY.

AND WE ALL KNOW WHO THAT WAS.

HEY, ARNOLD, YOU DID ALL RIGHT!



ARNOLD, YOU DID TERRIFIC,
EVERYBODY'S PROUD OF YOU.

ARNOLD, DID I EVER TELL YA
ABOUT MY UNCLE WHO'S A FIGHTER?

SLAPSY MAXIE CARTER.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

HE WAS GREAT, HE
USED TO EAT A POUND

OF PICKLED HERRING
BEFORE EVERY FIGHT.

DID THAT MAKE HIM
A BETTER FIGHTER?

NO, BUT HE KNOCKED
OUT HIS OPPONENTS

WITH HIS BREATH.





♪ WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ YOUR DREAMS WERE
YOUR TICKET OUT ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ TO THAT SAME OLD PLACE
THAT YOU LAUGHED ABOUT ♪

♪ WELL THE NAMES
HAVE ALL CHANGED

SINCE YOU HUNG AROUND ♪

♪ BUT THOSE DREAMS HAVE REMAINED

AND THEY'VE TURNED AROUND ♪

♪ WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT
THEY'D LEAD YOU ♪

♪ WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT
THEY'D LEAD YOU ♪

♪ BACK HERE WHERE WE NEED YA ♪

♪ BACK HERE WHERE WE NEED YA ♪

♪ YEAH WE TEASE HIM A LOT

'CAUSE WE GOT HIM ON THE SPOT ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK, WELCOME
BACK, WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK, WELCOME BACK ♪

♪ WELCOME BACK ♪♪