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00:00Speed.
00:02-$2,000.
00:04Something with a spin.
00:06Something with a spin.
00:08And stop.
00:10Stop for $2,000 or lose one whammy.
00:12Doesn't matter.
00:14$2,500.
00:16You did it.
00:18You did it.
00:20$2,000.
00:22Whoo!
00:24Today, these three players are after big bucks,
00:28but they'll have to avoid the whammy
00:30as they play the most exciting game of their lives.
00:33From Television City in Hollywood,
00:36it's time to Press Your Luck.
00:39And now, here's your host,
00:41the star of Press Your Luck,
00:44Peter Samarkand.
00:54I thank you, Rod Roddy.
00:55Let me ask you something, Rod.
00:57Has spring sprung?
00:59Spring has sprung, Peter.
01:00What do you think?
01:01You're on your way to Hawaii?
01:03Aloha.
01:04And I'm in wool.
01:05I am so tired of wearing winter clothes.
01:07I just had to break out, you know?
01:09We got thousands of letters in the mail
01:11asking you to put a short-sleeved shirt on.
01:13Is that it?
01:14That's right, and thanks, Mom.
01:15For sending all those letters in.
01:17All right.
01:18Let's meet the players looking for big bucks today
01:20on Press Your Luck,
01:21starting with our first player, Susan Snyder.
01:23How are you, Susan?
01:24I'm very good, thank you.
01:27Susan, where are you from?
01:29I'm from Dundee, Oregon.
01:32What do they do up there?
01:34They grow hazelnuts.
01:36We call them filberts.
01:37There was a place that did that.
01:39It's up there?
01:40Oh, that's the place, yeah.
01:41What do you do with them after you grow them?
01:43Well, you roast them.
01:45You put them in nut loaf.
01:47My mom gets real creative.
01:48She makes all sorts of goodies.
01:50Great things with hazelnuts.
01:52I got you.
01:53Are you a comedian of sorts?
01:55Well, I have done comedy.
01:57Yeah?
01:58Yeah, I once did seven minutes of stand-up comedy
02:01for a room full of men from Brooklyn
02:04and lived to tell about it.
02:05Lived to tell about it.
02:06Yeah, yeah.
02:07Was it successful?
02:08I'm still alive.
02:11Well, you have to go through a trial by fire
02:13here with the whammies.
02:14Uh-huh.
02:15Yeah, so good luck, Susan.
02:16I think they may be a little harder on me.
02:18We'll find out.
02:19Good luck.
02:21Rick Greeno.
02:22Greeno, yeah.
02:23Hey, Rick.
02:24I mean, we're talking movie star.
02:27I mean, you look like a soap star or a nighttime.
02:30I don't need you on this show, Rick.
02:31You know what I mean?
02:32Now, Rick, what do you do?
02:34I'm a recreation supervisor in Hermosa Beach.
02:36Really?
02:37How are you handling whammies?
02:39I try not to get them.
02:40I'm going to be giving them to this gentleman over here.
02:42All right.
02:43The gauntlet's down.
02:44Well, good luck, Rick.
02:45Good to have you with us.
02:46Our third player is our champ, Carl White.
02:47He's $20,380.
02:49All right.
02:51Any plans for the money besides buying a railroad that you work for?
02:55Well, other than that, taking a long trip.
02:57I got you.
02:58Yeah.
02:59I think Rick would like to send you on a long trip.
03:01We will find out what happens.
03:03Are you ready, gang?
03:04Yes.
03:05All right.
03:06A buzzer to answer three spins, multiple choice, one spin.
03:08Here's the first question.
03:10According to a ladies' home journal survey,
03:13what fraction of women say they sometimes wear makeup and perfume to bed?
03:17Rick?
03:18Three quarters.
03:19Three quarters, one quarter, or one half?
03:21Susan?
03:22One half.
03:23What do you think, Carl?
03:24One half.
03:25Fraction of journal gals who say they sometimes wear makeup and perfume to bed is one half.
03:29Susan gets a spin.
03:31Carl, a spin.
03:33What do the other half wear?
03:35Pregnancy.
03:39Here's a Press Your Luck geography quiz.
03:41What state is west of Louisiana and south of Oklahoma?
03:46Boy, look at the smoke come out of those ears.
03:49Okay, gang.
03:51Want a multiple choice?
03:52Yes.
03:53Sure.
03:54And we'll give you a map.
03:55Here we go.
03:56What state is west of Louisiana and south of Oklahoma?
03:58Is it Alabama, Texas, or Mississippi?
04:01Susan?
04:03Texas.
04:05Texas.
04:06Rick?
04:07One more time.
04:08Okay.
04:09What state is west of Louisiana and south of Oklahoma?
04:10Is it Alabama, Texas, or Mississippi?
04:13I'll go with Texas.
04:15Okay.
04:16Where are you gonna go, Carl?
04:17Texas it.
04:18And the state we're talking about is Texas, baby.
04:20Susan to two, Rick to one, and Carl to two.
04:25Oh, you cartologist, you.
04:27Steak and kidney pie and tea and crumpets are generally considered foods of which...
04:32Rick?
04:33England.
04:34Of which country?
04:35Is it England, Ireland, or Scotland?
04:36Susan?
04:37England.
04:38What do you think, Carl?
04:39England.
04:40Yeah, those are foods of England.
04:41You got it.
04:42Susan to three, Rick to four, Carl to three.
04:46Last one.
04:47According to the Bible, what woman caused King David to fall from grace...
04:52Susan?
04:53Bathsheba.
04:54...from grace with the Lord?
04:55Is it Bathsheba, Cleopatra, or Mary Magdalene?
04:58Rick?
04:59Bathsheba.
05:00Who is it, Carl?
05:01Bathsheba.
05:02King David's fall from grace was helped by the woman named Bathsheba.
05:05Susan to six, Rick to five, Carl to four.
05:08You guys are going to stay there for money, but we're coming back to big bucks.
05:11Stay with us.
05:29All right, it's time for money.
05:31You answered the questions, you earned the spins, now you get a chance to go up the board.
05:34You like that?
05:35Yeah.
05:36There's a lot of bucks up there in cash and prizes.
05:37There are whammies.
05:38You don't want the whammies.
05:39You do want a trip.
05:40Let's talk to the man who loves to go south of the board.
05:43Mr. Rod Wright.
05:44I'm going down one more time, Peter, because it's a wonderful time waiting for today's
05:48winner of Lady Luck Smiles Your Way Today.
05:50That lucky player may be spending six days and nights in Cancun, that fabulous Mexican
05:55beach paradise, but there is so much to see and so much to do.
06:00This is a winter holiday worth over $1,500.
06:05Ooh.
06:08That girl was...
06:09Rod, is that your surfboard she was holding?
06:11It is, and I want it back.
06:13Oh, man.
06:14Go down there and get it.
06:15What a man.
06:16In any event, what you want to do is win this round so you can play last in the final round.
06:19That's important.
06:20Four whammies puts you out of the game.
06:21That's also important, and you can pass your remaining spins if you so desire.
06:24Fewest spins, feist.
06:26Carl, four of them.
06:27You ready?
06:28Okay.
06:29Big bucks.
06:30Okay, here we go.
06:31And the stop is...
06:33Stop at $650.
06:34First place, three spins.
06:35Here we go.
06:38Okay, that's good for a start.
06:40And big bucks now.
06:41Stop.
06:42Stop at $500 more.
06:43$1,150, two spins.
06:44All right.
06:45Keep going?
06:46Yeah, we'll keep going.
06:47Keep going.
06:48And stop.
06:49Stop at $1,250.
06:50Wow.
06:51$2,400, Carl, and you have one spin left.
06:54Let's go for it.
06:55Going again.
06:56Going for it all the way.
06:57And stop.
06:58Stop at $650 more.
06:59$2,350.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Nice going, Carl.
07:03Rick, you think you can top that?
07:04All right, here we go.
07:05All right.
07:06Need some money.
07:07Let's go to Cancun.
07:08What do you say?
07:09Let's go.
07:10No whammies.
07:11Stop.
07:12Stop at $500, three spins.
07:13All right.
07:14All right.
07:15Let's go.
07:16We're taking the board now.
07:17Okay, here we go.
07:18Big dollars.
07:19Big bucks.
07:20We're going.
07:21Stop.
07:22Stop at $300 more.
07:23$800.
07:24Yeah.
07:25$2,250 shy, Carl.
07:26Three spins.
07:27Okay, here we go.
07:28Some big bucks now.
07:29Here we go.
07:30Big dollars.
07:32Again.
07:33Again.
07:34$800 is history, but you have a spin left, Rick.
07:36What do you want to do?
07:37Well, I got to go for it.
07:38Okay, here we go.
07:39All right, here we go.
07:40Let's put some dollars on the board now.
07:42Come on.
07:43Come on and stop.
07:44Stop at $300.
07:45Back in the money.
07:46All right.
07:47Now you have one spin left.
07:48Press your pass.
07:49All right, here we go.
07:50Let's take it.
07:51All right.
07:52Some big dollars now.
07:53Big bucks.
07:54Big bucks and stop.
07:55Stop at $550.
07:56That's $850.
07:57All right.
07:58Second place, Susan.
07:59You're on.
08:01Okay.
08:02Come on.
08:03$1,000.
08:04$1,000 and stop.
08:05Stop at $500.
08:06Same place, five spins.
08:07Okay.
08:08Come on.
08:09Give us big bucks.
08:10Big bucks.
08:11Big bucks.
08:12And stop.
08:13Stop at $400.
08:14Just avoided the whammy.
08:15Okay.
08:16$900.
08:17Second place, four spins, Susan.
08:18Okay.
08:19How about $10,200?
08:20I need some sunshine.
08:21Stop.
08:22Stop at $650.
08:23$1,550.
08:24About half.
08:25That follows total of three spins.
08:28Press your pass.
08:30Play.
08:31Play.
08:32Play, says Susan.
08:33Okay.
08:34Come on.
08:35Big bucks.
08:36Big bucks this time.
08:37And stop.
08:38Stop at $200.
08:39A spin.
08:40$1,750.
08:41Still have your three spins.
08:42About $1,300 less than Carl.
08:44I'm going to play.
08:46All right.
08:47Here we go.
08:48Okay.
08:49Come on.
08:50Big bucks.
08:51Big bucks.
08:52Come on, people.
08:53And stop.
08:54Stop at $200 more.
08:55$1,950.
08:56Two spins.
08:57$1,100 shy of Carl.
08:58What are you going to do now?
08:59Pass to Carl.
09:00They're yours.
09:01Let's see if you can hold on to that $3,050.
09:02Okay.
09:03All right.
09:04And stop.
09:05Stop.
09:06Stop.
09:07Stop.
09:08Stop.
09:09Stop.
09:10Stop.
09:11Stop.
09:12Stop.
09:13Stop.
09:14Stop.
09:15Stop.
09:16Stop.
09:17Stop.
09:18Stop.
09:19Stop.
09:20Stop.
09:21Stop.
09:22Stop.
09:23Stop.
09:24Stop.
09:25Stop.
09:26Stop.
09:27Stop.
09:28Stop.
09:29Stop.
09:30Alright.
09:31Carl, you have a spin left.
09:32All right.
09:33Okay.
09:34Are you going to go for it?
09:35Yes.
09:36All right.
09:37Here we go.
09:38Okay.
09:39Give me the big bucks.
09:40And stop.
09:41Stop.
09:42Stop.
09:43Stop.
09:44Carl, $0.
09:45Rick, $850.
09:46And, Susan, $1950.
09:47You have first place in the bag.
09:48We're coming right back for two words for hanging around and don't go late.
09:57All right, gang, I have the questions, presumably you have the answers.
10:19Yes, sir.
10:20You think they'll match?
10:21For sure.
10:22If they do, you get spins.
10:23Not a bad deal.
10:24Here we go.
10:25What is the value of a grocery store coupon?
10:27Carl.
10:2825 cents.
10:29Is it 25, 10, or 15 cents?
10:30Susan?
10:31I say 10 cents.
10:3210.
10:33What would you say, Rick?
10:34I'll go 15.
10:35All right.
10:36The average store coupon is 25 cents.
10:37Carl gets the big three.
10:38Number two.
10:39In the story of Chicken Little, the evil Foxy Loxy ate Turkey Lurkey, Goosey Loosey, Ducky
10:40Lucky, Cocky Lucky, and who else?
10:41Does anyone care?
11:03I should get a spin for saying that.
11:07Can I have a spin, please?
11:10No spin. How about again? I'll give it to you multiple choice. You ready?
11:16Golly, this is fun. In the story of Chicken Little, the evil Foxy, Loxy, Eight, Turkey, Lurky, Goosey, Loosey, Ducky, Lucky, Cocky, Lucky, and who else?
11:22Was it Henny, Denny, Henny, Penny, or Henny, Lenny?
11:28Hi, Susan. Hi. Henny, Penny? Henny, Penny. Rick? Henny, Penny. Henny, Penny. Carl? Henny, Lenny.
11:39Foxy, Loxy's other victim was Henny, Penny.
11:51Susan gets a spin. Rick gets a spin.
11:58I do this for a living. Here we go.
12:01Most national magazines are published in big cities, but what top seller comes to us from a small New York town called...
12:07Reader's Digest. ...called Pleasantville. Is it Reader's Digest, TV Guide, or Playboy? Rick?
12:13I guess I'll go with Reader's Digest. What do you think, Carl? Reader's Digest.
12:17I'd have gone with Playboy, but I'd have been wrong, because Pleasantville publishes Reader's Digest.
12:21Susan to four, Rick to two, and Carl to four.
12:27This is it, folks, the big one.
12:30Shakers, Mormons, or Quakers? Which of these religious groups is officially known as the Society of Friends? Susan?
12:37The Quakers. Is it Quakers, Shakers, or Mormons? Rick?
12:40I'll say Quakers. Okay. Carl? Quakers.
12:43I think you guys are going along with Susan, right? Society of Friends are also known as Quakers.
12:48And Susan goes to seven, Rick to three, and Carl to five.
12:53And MBB coming up next. Mighty Big Bucks, stay with us. We'll be back.
12:57All right, gang, big time. Are you ready for the big time?
13:23Over $100,000 up there, waiting for you to get your little hands on it and walk away with it.
13:27And, Susan, with $1,950, you will play last. You earned that.
13:30And, Carl, in spite of the fact that you are the champion, you also earned going first, because you did not win round one.
13:36Do you feel badly? No, but you have five spins. Are you ready to start?
13:39Oh, yes. Let's do it.
13:40Okay, we're going to start off with some big bucks. And stop.
13:44Stop at $750 and a spin. Third place, five spins. Press your pack.
13:48Okay, we're going to play. All right, and stop.
13:52Stop at a billiard table.
13:55Noah's worth $2,223 brings you up to first place with $2,973, four spins.
14:00Press on. Here we go.
14:01Okay, and stop.
14:04Stop.
14:06All I need is cash. Give me all your money. Give back the money.
14:13Say, give me all your money. Give back the money.
14:20Hey, you guys were great. We got a strong group.
14:22Yeah.
14:23You guys all moved in unison. It was great. Carl didn't care much for it.
14:27Carl, should we talk for a moment?
14:29Yes.
14:30Why not?
14:31Yeah.
14:32There's a train leaving the station. You don't want to be on it.
14:33Right.
14:34Carl, you have three whammies, no dollars, three spins. One more, you'll be on the train to New Orleans.
14:39Well, what are your plans?
14:41We're going to press on.
14:42Press on, sis. Go ahead.
14:44Here we go.
14:45Okay. We need big bucks. That's what we need. Big bucks and stop.
14:52Stop at a piano. Carl, not bad.
14:55You're at $2,750. You're back in first place by $800. Two spins.
15:00Still three whammies.
15:10Okay. We're going to play.
15:12Play on.
15:13We're going to play.
15:14Okay. We need big bucks this time. Big bucks and stop.
15:19Stop at $1,250.
15:21$4,000, Carl.
15:23Now you're passing that one spin. It goes to Susan.
15:26Contemplate it for a moment, Susan. We go to Rick with $850 and three spins.
15:30All right. I need some big money on these.
15:32Okay. Let's do it. Let's go. Big dollars. Here we go. Here we go. Stop.
15:35Stop at $2,000 or lose one whammy. Which do you prefer?
15:38I'll have to go with the money.
15:41$2,000. $2,850 puts you in second place. Two spins. Rick, press or pass?
15:45Okay. Got to keep going. Here we go. Let's do it now. Okay. Come on.
15:48Big bucks. Let's go. Stop.
15:50Stop.
16:04It's a very musical group here today.
16:07But Rick didn't care much for it either.
16:09Rick, you have a spin left. What a deal.
16:12It's going to have to be some big dollars.
16:13Yeah. You're going to have to get something with additional spin or some bucks here.
16:16Here we go.
16:17All right. Here we go. Let's go. Come on. Get near. Here we go. Let's go. And stop.
16:21Stop at another whammy.
16:30Well, Rick, you and Carl can talk for a moment.
16:33Although Carl has four grand more than you, you guys are both with three whammies apiece.
16:37Not a great place to be, but Susan is all smiles.
16:40$1,950 and one spin you have to take, Susan. Here we go.
16:43Okay. Okay. We're going for the big bucks. Big bucks. And stop.
16:46Stop. Advance your spaces to $1,500.
16:48$3,450. Now you have seven spins. Press or pass?
16:52$4,500. $5,500. Carl?
16:54$5,000. $5,000. This one's for Miami Woods. Stop.
16:57Stop at $1,250. That's $4,700. First place by 706 spins, Susan.
17:02All right. We're going on.
17:04Okay. Big bucks. Big bucks.
17:07Stop. Stop at $1,250.
17:09$5,950. Five spins. $1,950 more than Carl.
17:14Press or pass?
17:15Okay. I'm going to play on.
17:18Play on.
17:19Okay. And $6,000. Stop.
17:22Stop at $7,500 and a spin.
17:24$6,700. Five spins. $2,700 more than Carl.
17:29Play. Play.
17:32Okay. Come on. $5,000. $5,000 it is.
17:36Stop. Stop at $800.
17:38$7,500. $3,500 more than Carl.
17:41Four spins, Susan. What's your pleasure?
17:44Pass.
17:47Pass. Ford, Carl.
17:50Carl, need I say, you're in the horns of a proverbial dilemma.
17:53You have $4,000, which is $3,500 shy.
17:55If Susan, you have three Whammies, one more,
17:57you'll not only be out of the game, Susan will be victorious.
18:00Oh, yeah.
18:01Are you ready?
18:02Sure.
18:03Carl, Susan. No problem.
18:04Every spin's a big one. Here we go.
18:05Okay. And we're going to get some big bucks.
18:08And stop.
18:09Stop at $500. So far, so good. $4,500.
18:12Three spins. $3,000 separates the two of you.
18:14Here we go again.
18:15Let's get W dollars. W dollars.
18:17And stop.
18:18Stop at a Whammy.
18:19That means Susan's the champ today with $7,500.
18:24Welcome back to Kit Kat with you after you recover.
18:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
18:59There you are.
19:14We're back with today's Big Question of the Week.
19:17Susan with $7,500.
19:20And those are not boozle nuts.
19:23That's cash, $7,500.
19:25Well done, Susan.
19:27Nice hunk of money, and you get to come back and do it again.
19:29Oh, good.
19:30Oh, good, right.
19:31Carl, you've been whammy to death,
19:33but you're leaving us with $20,380.
19:36Oh, yeah.
19:37Yeah.
19:39Have a good time on the train, big guy.
19:41That'll do it.
19:42It's been a lot of fun.
19:42Rick, what can I tell you?
19:44Need a partner?
19:46Got some nice prizes for you.
19:47Thank you for being with us.
19:48Until next time, this is Peter Tamarkin.
19:49Thanks for pressing your luck.
19:51Bye-bye.
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