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8/10
Toody For Treasurer??
ccthemovieman-130 April 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The biggest question-mark I had was right in the beginning when Muldoon announces that Toody will be the new treasurer of the police Brotherhood Club. The guys go ballistic; the imbecile Toody in charge of our money? No way! That money - about $800-900 - is going to be used to help disadvantaged kids in the neighborhood. The guys had chipped in here and there for years to build it up.

Well, if everyone thinks that Toody is the worst choice as treasurer, why was he "elected?" That makes no sense.

Whatever, you just know Guenther is going to blow the first easy assignment: take the cash and put it in the bank. That's all. But once Guenther's strange brain starts to work......trouble begins! The surprise is that the real victims of Toody's blundering is not the police, or the kids, or the bank.....it's a huge company, led by "C.F. Cartwright," portrayed sympathetically by John Alexander.

How all that happens, you'll have to watch but it's another of these shows in which one small thing leads to a bigger thing and then...on and on, until it's a big deal.
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9/10
Classic stuff!
stevenfallonnyc7715 September 2021
Long before "Three's Company," "Car 54" was definitely the king of the "misunderstanding"-plotted sitcoms. Main writer Nat Hiken is a genius, and this episode is just one of many examples through the series run.

Officer Toody of all people is in charge of the precinct's treasury, and decides to invest the full pot into the stock market. However, a series of hilarious - you guessed it - misunderstandings make the safest stock into the most risky stock, and Toody takes the blame.

It all comes down to a satisfying climax of course, but only after plenty of hilarity. If there's one negative in this episode, it's that there is no Captain Block (played so great by Paul Reed, although the Captain is mentioned). This is also the first episode with Al Lewis as officer Leo Schnauser (he previously played a different role for a few earlier episodes).

"Car 54, Where Are You?" is such a great show with so many fine episodes, and "Put It in the Bank" is definitely worth a viewing.
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9/10
Extremely hilarious episode!
ronnybee211210 April 2021
This is awesome,what an episode! Gunther Toody is hilariously inept and endearingly neurotic,and this snowballs into all sorts of foolishness. The rest of the cast does a fine job of delivering a great performance in a memorable episode ! Not to be missed.
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10/10
Best one yet!!!!!
pcampionz24 March 2020
This is by far the funniest episode yet! I laughed from the beginning to end! What great writing. With all of this carona virus business going on it was nice to have a good laugh. If you haven't seen this one you are in for a treat! Why this show was only on 2 seasons is beyond me, these are great characters with a young Herman Munster and grandpa Munster too.
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