Harlem Globetrotters - Episode 17 - A Pearl of a Game

hey [Music] what oh yeah go come on going around the world and coming home again playing around the worlding on [Music] myy oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah hey metal art I don't remember who we playing tonight the Westside wild cats BJ and you guys better be ready cuz they're wild cats I'll make them dizzy with my whirly curly ball and I'll show them my stretch ball with a little different [Music] twist nice going [Music] dribbles what do you know a basketball painted white oh well we can use it for night games hey that looks like the it is it's the hey come back here Stop In The Name Of The Lord stop the bus granny something's dragging on our bumper [Music] who hey that's something's a man hey man are you okay no are you kidding takes more than a two-ton bus to hurt private eye bunion now give me that Pearl and you're all under arrest Pearl how about that and we've been calling them basketballs all this time basketball it is a basketball I goofed again what's all this talk about a pearl bunion I was hired by the museum to guard the largest pearl in the world it was stolen right out from under my nose and if I don't get it back I'm in big trouble it just so happens you bumped into a group of the world's best Pearl finders right team right I've got a feeling that bunions not the only one that's going to be in [Music] trouble okay team here's the plan we split up and search this Museum from top to bottom for Clues BJ Geon I will take the East Wing Skip and I'll take the West okay Curly you and dribbles follow me and keep your eyes open for anything funny looking this place is full of funny looking thing [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey look dribs if you're too tired to walk you can wait in the [Music] [Applause] bus how are you at finding Clues BJ I can't even find my socks in the morning that's figure maybe there's a clue in [Music] there geez what happened to BJ I don't know he was here a minute ago somebody looking for me how in Heaven's name did you get in there well I went in that N I went in or was it I don't remember hey gang we're getting nowhere fast this way yeah if we're going to find any clues around here those clerks are going to have to come back and leave some that gives me an idea let's have bunan put an article in the paper saying that someone tried to steal the Pearl but stole the phony instead and the museum is throwing a big party tonight to show the real pearl bet that'll bring those TRS back to the scene of the crime did that come out of BJ that's a great idea I was just going to suggest it myself what idea if that white basketball food bunion it'll F those trucks [Music] you dunderheads look at this article in the paper big party tonight to display world's largest pearl you stole the wrong Pearl Jee Skipper it looked like a real pearl to us yeah real real life try to make a full out of tugbo test will they tonight we're going to that party and switch this phony for the real pearl and no goof UPS this time you got back I I sure ma'am you're the skipper [Music] test okay team start mingling and keep an eye out for anybody that looks suspicious [Music] yeah let me off at the nearest can opener will you General I got it I got it would you kind of let go of my head Madam oops sorry Mister so far so bad everyone seems to be honest if those crooks are ever going to show up I wish they would hurry we got a game to play tonight now pay attention while I pull my fortune telling B you swabs locate the Pearl and we'll swap it for this phony whoops pardon me ma'am tell your fortune hey yeah maybe you can help me I'm looking for some Pearl thieves oh you've come to the right place uh let me find them for you in my crystal ball oh I think I see them now are they on their way to the museum with the real pearl real pearl oh yes I see it now sh don't tell anybody but that thing over there is just a basketball painted white basketball if this plan works we'll get our hands on the real pearl aren't you the clever ones oh oh the picture's fading away well that's all for now see after I get my crystal ball recharged it slipped the phony on the table T yeah we got the real one right here put it back you lhe heads that's a painted basketball we had the real pearl all the time let's hoist anchor and cast off hey what are you doing on there curly I just bumped into a gypsy fortune teller who had a crystal ball gypsy fortune teller eh what did you find out nothing much I just told her how we're going to catch the crooks with a painted basketball when they come back with the real pearl oh no it looks like you just blew the ball game come on team we got to catch that fortune [Music] teller dog they're getting away not yet they aren't all aboard for who knows [Music] where don't go away we'll be back in a moment with more exciting fun they're going into that old Warehouse house slow down Gran and ghost [Music] then there they are and there's the Pearl how are we going to get inside metalart I'm glad you asked me curly you see that boom on that boat over there yeah well we're going to horse this guy way up in there with that boom and then we're going to lower this guy down through that ventilator on top of the warehouse he grabs the Pearl and we hor him back up and who is this guy that's going to be foolish enough to do all that ask a foolish question and you get a foolish answer okay BJ Clank him down got you Bart now mies we got to get this beauty out of the country come on we'll go see Captain Grog and find out when he's shipping [Music] out look the crooks are leaving the warehouse they're going into that Waterfront Cafe come on team after those Crooks hey what about girly uhoh I knew I forgot [Applause] something look out he's coming out of [Music] that door thanks for the war look at what you've done to my merchandise merchandise that gives me an idea hey mister how much will it cost to fix us up in some Salty Sea [Music] suits F time to be thinking about going to Sea we're not going to see we going to that Cafe disguise the sailors rny you and dri waiting the bus for a quick getaway [Music] W there they are the table in the back yeah I see them now while I keep those Cooks busy in conversation curly you grab the Pearl oh hi mes is this where I can sign aboard the Good Ship Lollipop cast off sailor we're busy I got it metal art I've got it hey someone's swiping our P catch metal art got it curly give me that Pearl here drop that pile take it BJ let's go BJ you got the Pearl Pearl what Pearl oh yeah this Pearl after them you swamps nobody makes a monkey out of tugbo test step on it granny next stop the city museum you better make that the sports arena we're only 5 minutes till game time okay granny change course for the sports arena hi [Music] Skipper the game between the glob TRS and the wild cats will be getting on your way momentarily watch that ball when the Trotters have it if you can that is now that you're here bunion remember to keep a close eye on the Pearl while we are playing all right folks here's the tip off metalock trips the ball to PS and we're off to a fast start how I'm going to have to shift into high gear [Music] [Applause] [Music] wow that was so fast you're going to have to wait for an instant replay to see it and here come the Wildcats roaring back hey here comes the guy with the ball metal let's give him the old two onone play man look at that man dribbled that ball yeah he's a dribbling expert sure wish I could dribble like that there's really nothing to it but I couldn't do it sure you can here give it a try hey look at me I'm dribbling let me try is it all right about if my friend try sure be my guest how it doing not bad for a beginner well we got to be going now yeah thanks for the lesson don't mention it wait a minute shame on you taking the man's ball I'll give it back to him after the game and the Trotter lead six to nothing go [Music] [Applause] [Music] what a ping pong Affair this has turned out to be folks after getting off to a shaky start the wild cats have come back like a tornado and that's the end of the first half with a score tied Globe cters 47 Wildcats 47 yippe hey game stick around we'll be right back with more laughs I hope you're having better luck watching the Pearl than we're having playing the wild cats with private eyed bunion on the job woe be to the crook who tries to steal this [Music] Pearl how we going to swipe that Pearl back yeah there's too many witnesses simple you build brains we'll make it look like part of the game now follow me they'll never recognize you in that wild cat uniform but what's the plan Tess we're going to use a Trotter trick to trick the Trotters you'll switch this white painted basketball for the Pearl and then steam out the nearest exit well folks both teams are back on the court and we're just about ready to start the second half wait a minute folks it looks like there's been a change in the lineup a new well foot player for the wild cats and a new white basketball there's the tip [Music] off when I won look I concentrate I close my eyes and I don't have to 1 2 3 and I get love my baby knows what I'm thinking of my baby and me we got e my baby and me we got atory reception what we [Music] [Applause] [Music] got if I need a kiss or two my baby knows and she follows through I'll never be the cheating kind I wouldn't dare she read my mind my baby and me we got my baby and me we got reception what we got is my baby es es [Music] my baby and me we got my baby and we got what we got is per my baby is [Music] me my baby is me we got e my baby and me we got e we [Music] got and there's the end of the game the TRS win yipp yipp we won for the globe trots all right you Trotters we'll take those basketballs did you hear what the lady said yep well we never disappointed lady do we never Ready Aim far hit for the comb the typhoon has struck wait for me any pour that a [Music] storm I got him nice work bunion you caught the crooks yeah thanks to you TRS and here's the Pearl kind of heavy isn't it man what a day well it's all over [Music] now hey look you guys a yellow basketball you think it could be gold oh oh no not [Music] again well it was only a [Music] thought stay in your jammies next up TV Land takes you to the Stone Age where dinosaurs rule on land of the lost here on TV Land super retrovision Saturdays [Music] [Applause] [Music]