This is one of the episodes where Ralph comes up with a get rich quick scheme and drags Norton in with him.\u00a0 In this case Ralph has found a deal where he can buy two thousand kitchen multi-purpose tools which can do anything from opening a can to coring \u201ca\u201d apple.\u00a0 He can buy them for ten cents a piece and sell them for a dollar.\u00a0 When Norton complains that selling two thousand tools would take forever Ralph reveals the rest of his master plan.\u00a0 For a hundred dollars he and Norton can advertise the tool on television and sell all of the tools at once.<\/p>\n
After battling Alice for his share of the needed money Ralph and Norton are ready to do their commercial.\u00a0 They practice a script where Norton is the \u201cChef of the Past\u201d and shows how it takes all of these separate kitchen tools to do his work and Ralph is the \u201cChef of the Future\u201d who will demonstrate the handy-dandy all-in-one tool.\u00a0 But before they can finish their practice the station manager tells them that their commercial has been moved up and they were going on next.<\/p>\n
But unfortunately, Ralph develops paralyzing stage fright.\u00a0 And between his bug eyes, his hopeless stammering and his complete inability to speak or successfully core \u201ca\u201d apple, the commercial is a complete failure.\u00a0 The ending is Ralph tries to open a can and stabs himself in the hand and ends up knocking over the wall of the tv kitchen.<\/p>\n
The whole thing sounds like a terrible mess but I think this is one of the best episodes in the whole series.\u00a0 Alice, Ralph and Norton are at the top of their game and Norton\u2019s hammy acting on the commercial and Ralph\u2019s panic are the perfect combination for the complete collapse of Ralph\u2019s get-rich-quick scheme.\u00a0 And as Norton put it, \u201cAnother proof of a happier life through television.\u201d<\/p>\n