GE 1995 Season 2 Episode 1: Happy Tightwad Promo
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there are differences in the aired version.
PROMO FOR BERNARD AYRES (first document)
SFX: THEME ESTABLISHES AND FADES
VOICE 1: Join BCN's Bernard Ayres, this Sunday
morning at 6:45, for The Happy Tightwad !
Don't let your money gather piddly
interest in a stodgy bank ... enter the
exciting, colourful world of
VOICE 2: High Interest !
VOICE 1: High Risk !
VOICE 3: High Fives !
VOICE 1: Breathe the refreshing rewarding ozone of
the pennies in ... dollars out Nfld Stock
Exchange. The NFSE ...
VOICE 2: Out of this world opportunity !
VOICE 1: Out of this province investment !
VOICE 3: Out of this country tax exemption !
BERNARD: Hi ... I'm Bernard Ayres, the Happy
Tightwad ... join me for a special
introduction to the NFSE, North America's
hottest commodities exchange. Trickle
down is only a joke ... at the NFSE, you
can experience an avalanche of investment
possibilities ... I'll analyze the new
"whole-seal" approach to that fishery ...
Seal deodorant, seal sausage, seal
leather, and the highly profitable,
highly risky, seal pharmaceutical
industry ... still in its infancy, but
with a wealth of promise ... and that's
what I, Bernard Ayres, the Happy
Tightwad, promise you ... a wealth of
promise ! See you on the floor !
VOICE 1: Tune in the Happy Tightwad, only on BCN,
Sunday mornings at 6:45 !
VOICE 2: Neither Bernard Ayres nor the Happy
Tightwad are sanctioned by the Nfld.
Stock Exchange.
SFX: THEME UP AND OUT
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PROMO FOR BERNARD AYRES (second document)
SFX: THEME ESTABLISHES AND FADES
VOICE 1: Join BCN's Bernard Ayres, this Sunday
morning at 6:45, for The Happy Tightwad !
Enter the exciting, colourful world of
VOICE 2: High Interest !
VOICE 1: High Risk !
VOICE 3: High Fives !
VOICE 1: Breathe the refreshing rewarding ozone of
the "pennies in / dollars out" Nfld Stock
Exchange. The NFSE ...
VOICE 2: Out of this world opportunity !
VOICE 1: Out of this province investment !
VOICE 3: Out of this country tax exemption !
BERNARD: Hello ... I'm Bernard Ayres, the Happy
Tightwad ... join me for a special
introduction to the NFSE, North America's
hottest stock exchange.
VOICE 1: Seal Futures !
VOICE 2: Speculative Levers !
VOICE 1: Homogenized Bonds !
VOICE 2: (SERIOUSLY FAST) All trades subject to
ten percent buy sell commission.
BERNARD: Let's get down ... on the trading floor !
VOICE 1: Tune in the Happy Tightwad, only on BCN,
Sunday mornings at 6:45 !
VOICE 2: Neither Bernard Ayres nor the Happy
Tightwad are official agents for the
Nfld. Stock Exchange.
SFX: THEME UP AND OUT