Episode #410 "Superstar, Part 1"

It's payday, and Griffin complains to Erica about how little teachers make. He tells Hilton and Ruth that it's going to be tough to come up with the rent money this month. Meanwhile, on "Entertainment Tonight," the hosts talk about an N.B.A. superstar who has just signed a hundred million dollar contract. Ruth thinks it's ridiculous and says it's Griffin and Erica who should be making the big money. Griffin agrees, stares at the TV and drifts off into a fantasy. He dreams he's Griffin, the superstar science teacher from Ralph Bunche Middle School in Queens. He's nearing the end of his twenty-five million dollar contract and the world's waiting to see what he'll do next. His every move is tracked by "Education Tonight," he's driven to school in a limo and he's represented by Curtis, a high-powered agent whose only objective is to find the highest paying job for his client. Griffin's goal is to be the highest-paid educator in the country. Curtis tells him that even though there's a salary cap issue where Griffin's working now, a school in Westchester Country is offering seventy million. Keisha, a little girl from his school, comes to his penthouse and begs him to stay in Queens. Griffin promises to think about it. Meanwhile, back on "Education Tonight," sports stars, a supermodel, an actor and a TV chef complain bitterly about how they're being underpaid while teachers are raking in the bucks. Negotiations continue with the administration at Ralph Bunche Middle School as Griffin talks with Tom Wolfe, who's signed to ghostwrite Griffin's "autobiography." Griffin is also featured on "CBS Class of the Week." As he teaches his second period science class, Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms do a "play by play" commentary.