The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

The Making of a Councilman (1966)

Wally Cox: Lincoln Goodheart

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• [Rob meets his political opponent for the first time, alone in a waiting area] 

  Rob Petrie : Is it proper for us to be, uh, together, you know, before?

  Lincoln Goodheart : Well, I don't know why not. We're not bride and groom, you know.

• Rob Petrie : Right, the west side parkway is short and the east side parkway is much longer, about three miles longer, and I think that the west side would be about two million dollars cheaper.

  Lincoln Goodheart : I disagree.

  Rob Petrie : No, that's it - west side, uh, west side short / east side long.

  Lincoln Goodheart : That may be true but there are many factors favoring the east side route.

  Rob Petrie : Like what?

  Lincoln Goodheart : Well, for example, the, uh, the land along that route is, uh, very sparsely populated and, therefore, much more easily acquired. Now that would mean that, although the east side route would be somewhat longer, it would be, uh... it could be completed in anywhere from six months to a year sooner.

  Rob Petrie : I didn't know that.

  Lincoln Goodheart : And, in the long run, that would result a substantial savings.

  Rob Petrie : I'll bet it would.