[blam]

"What we need in the White House is another FDR, who'd call in all the nickels"

Yup. The one we have just accumulates idiots.

[SunkenCiv]

Barney Miller — “The Child Stealers” — Season 6, Episode 15 — Thursday January 24, 1980 — “A self-proclaimed time traveler tells Harris to fine tune his stock portfolio”
http://www.tv.com/barney-miller/the-child-stealers/episode/4197/summary.html

The time traveler told Harris that a huge future precious metals strike destroyed their market value, and the entire world switched to a zinc standard, so Harris calls his broker and springs for a couple of tons. :’)