You Can't Do That on Television · Season 5, Episode 12
“Ambition” · Season 5, Episode 12
In this episode: Christine (1), Lisa (1), Alasdair (1), Doug (1), Mr. Prevert (1)
What's your ambition in life?
To grow up big and strong.
Oh, you mean like me?
No!
Better watch it, Doug, or you'll never live to fulfill your ambition!
Ben, don't talk to Doug like he was a dog! Christine will get very jealous.
Oh, Lisa?
Yes, Moosie?
Was it always your ambition to become an actress?
Why, yes it was.
What went wrong?
Dallas and Dynasty, those two sagas of rampant ambition, will not be seen at this time. In their place, we present something less ambitious but more rampant.
[Mr. Prevert is watching Alasdair and Ben playing Atari Pac-Man]
Oh! Video games, video games! That's all you kids do nowadays. Sitting in front of that stupid screen!
It's not true Dad. Sometimes we go to the arcade.
You know what your trouble is?
Our trouble is you can't break 100,000.
Oh no. Your trouble is you've got no ambition.
You have no idea what it's like being a kid today!
Yeah, I mean the pressures are enormous.
In your day, it was easy. You had a choice of being a doctor, lawyer.
Yeah, now there's space exploration, computer science, hi-tech.
Recreology, oceanography.
Yeah well, you know I never really did think of it in exactly that way. I guess it is scary.
Oh it sure is.
Well I mean there's so many choices, there's so many new fields opening up.
Yeah.
By the way, are you two guys got any idea in what direction in what you're leaning profession wise?
I think I'd like to be a doctor.
I think I've decided to be a lawyer.
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