Here's a full episode of Press Your Luck from 1986.
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00:00Oh, my God!
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00:16Debbie!
00:17Oh, my God!
00:23Today, these three players are after big bucks.
00:29to avoid the whammy as they play the most exciting game of their lives from television city in
00:35hollywood it's time to press your luck and now here's your host the star of press your luck
00:44peter tamarkin thank you thank you
00:50i thank you all illustrious one rod roddy once again whipping the audience up into a veritable
01:00frenzy we have three players here who also are in a frenzy because they want the big bucks so
01:05let's meet them right now and dispense with all the frivolity starting with our first player mark
01:09dotson how are you mark good how are you doing i'm fine thanks great mark your wife is expecting
01:15that's right i assume that's a child yeah what when is this she's going to be expecting in the
01:21summer about august time she's not with me she's in texas right now oh really yeah i'm hoping that
01:27this would be a great baby shower and i really miss her i understand now is she going to come
01:31you going back to texas do you live in texas or is she just visiting i live here she went back
01:35to texas to help out her folks i see so i'm going to try to sway her back this way i got you well
01:40hopefully you'll do well today good luck all right thank you all right our second players are
01:44champ susan eagle all right susan twelve thousand seven hundred dollars what are you going to do
01:52with the uh with the bucks it's a secret susan just tell me no i can't no one will know susan
02:02just be our little secret me you and everybody 18 million other people tell them susan
02:10oh susan what is it susan it's just for the future what's for the future the money
02:21you're gonna get me in trouble
02:24that's what i'm here for susan you want to tell rod instead of me
02:31you can tell me susan mom's the word help me she said okay is it okay for her to tell
02:37he says yeah
02:43they're telling her the director's gonna come out here and punch us both out
02:46well we're saving
02:52for a wedding for oh is this a wedding could it be your wedding season that's great
02:58well i'm sure your fiancee
03:08nobody can back out there's 88 million people that know about it think of the gifts just think
03:13of the gifts good luck today i hope he's not too surprised i hope he's not too surprised we'll
03:17find out we have yet to meet rita our third player how are you that's great that's great
03:24we didn't you collect susan collects husbands we didn't you collect china yeah i love china
03:31how many how many uh places do you have i can see about 500 people in formal wait a minute
03:37perfect susan your wedding 500 you get about 500 guests sure dinner at the sports arena
03:42rita bring she's bringing the china we've made a deal here this is great now all we gotta do
03:48is make some money are you ready all right a pleasant answer gets you three spins and multiple
03:52choice one spin here's the first question according to this is the wrong question according
03:58to the census bureau out of every six newly married american couples how many will stay
04:04married long enough to celebrate their 10th anniversary susan four is it four three or five
04:11mark i say four what would you say rita i'll say three of every six newlywed married couples
04:17four will celebrate their 10th anniversary and susan gets mark gets a spin susan gets three
04:24and i got a feeling susan's one of the four all right here we go with number two here's a real
04:29sweet question what fraction of the average american's daily calorie intake comes from
04:34some form of sugar mark i'd say three quarters is it three quarters one quarter or one half susan
04:41three quarters what do you think rita a half sugar makes up one quarter of our daily calories
04:48surprise all right third question according to the new york times what country is considered
04:54europe's fashion center rita france is it france italy or germany mark say it's france what do
05:02you think susan france you dress so well you should know europe's fashion center is considered
05:06to be france mark to two susan to four rita three last question here it comes in a standard game of
05:14monopoly what color are the hotels susan red are they red green or white mark they're red
05:21what color are they red monopoly hotels are colored red mark to three susan to seven
05:27we did a four and big bucks coming your way some back we'll be back stay with us
05:32so
05:53all right gang we're back with some big bucks 50 000 plus up there in the board and cash and
05:57prizes you don't want any whammies do you no let's dispense with the whammies today i've had
06:01enough of them as well how about a trip yeah i got an idea let's find out where susan's going on
06:06her honeymoon right how about kona on the big island of hawaii one of our lucky winners today
06:13could be flying off to kona on that big island of hawaii enjoying the famous black beaches and
06:18maybe even seeing a live volcano six nights on hawaii's famed kona coast fabulous coffee
06:24it's worth almost 1 800 and it's a wonderful place to be
06:30this that was susan and what's your what's your fiancee's name randy randy i was susan and randy
06:35in the film already they're already in hawaii what a deal all right gang you want to win this
06:39round so you can play last and final round you want to win that trip because it's a lot of fun
06:42four whammies put you out of the game and you can pass your remaining spins during your turn
06:46everybody ready yeah he was spins first mark hit it okay let's go let's go for big bucks now this
06:50is the one that's exciting this decision let's stop stop it's more than $70
07:07oh nailed you but you left you with a spin mark gotta go okay gotta go for it let's go
07:13let's go let's go for a big one this one's a good one now let's go
07:17stop stop at $400 back in the chip first place rita horseman
07:23let's go for it big money big money and stop stop
07:34oh rita with your luck your next spin you win the dishes here we go three spins rita here we go
07:39i wouldn't mind when my husband would kill me
07:44let's go to connor and stop stop at a food factory all right that's worth 440 two spins
07:52left first place rita i'm gonna go i'm gonna go let's get some money now and stop stop at 550
08:00that's 990 first place one spin left press it or pass it goes to mark it's yours mark one spin
08:08here we go okay let's go for the big one let's go for the big one let's make it good this one's
08:13for susan stop stop at 550 a gift from rita 950 your second place susan a whole bunch of spins
08:20here seven of them come on let's go we need some money for those trips stop stop at $400 third
08:25place six spins okay come on come on come on come on rainy bring me luck stop stop at 650
08:32you're in first place 1050 60 more than rita
08:38stop at 500 1550 four spins
08:43here we go i feel lucky peter i feel lucky stop stop it at a one
08:49eleven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars i'd say you feel lucky susan
08:54three spins you get about ten thousand more and rita gets the three
08:59rita thanks a gift for you 990 let's see what happens here we go
09:05here we go and stop stop at 1250 that's a nice tidy sum 2240 two spins left here we go
09:14i need something with a spin stop stop it move one space to 750 or 100 and a spin
09:20the 100 and the spin 2340 one spin saved up one left here we go rita i gotta have a gift for
09:27susan here we go and stop stop at 1250 3590 what are you gonna do with one spin rita a wedding
09:38gift a wedding gift to susan 11,550 here we go susan first place a lot of money
09:46stop at 500 mark 950 meter 3590 and susan 12,050 in round one you've won the advantage
09:55we're coming back after these words for a lot of fun
10:19all right we're having a great time celebrating susan's announcement
10:23you ready for some more questions yeah okay here's some more answers
10:26no i gotta give you the questions you give me the answers we'll do it that way
10:30this late movie sex siren once claimed to reporters that the only thing she wore to bed
10:34was perfume who was she mark gene harlow is it gene harlow marilyn monroe or jane mansfield
10:43susan marilyn monroe who is it rita sounds like james mansfield well but i like the way susan
10:48said it just like marilyn monroe would say marilyn monroe kind of did wasn't that right
10:53perfume was the only thing she wore to bed was the claim of marilyn monroe
10:57and susan gets the spin
11:01you did say that like you're scary susan here's the second question if you're aggravated by
11:06someone else's pets running around your property the answer to this question may further anger you
11:11what fraction of dog owners think it's okay to let their dogs run loose
11:16rita one quarter is it one quarter one half or three quarters mark one half what do you think
11:23susan a half fraction of dog owners who don't believe in leash laws is one half mark a spin
11:30susan to two third question they're made in cremona italy and they're played by some of
11:37the world's most famous soloists and they're called stradivarius what rita violins what kind
11:43of musical instruments are they are they violins flutes or trumpets more violins what are they
11:48susan violins instruments are referring to our violins mark to two susan to three rita three
11:56last question in the well-used phrase a man's home is his what mark castle is it castle
12:04mansion or territory susan castle what do you think rita castle man's home is his castle
12:10mark to five susan to four rita to four
12:13and you know what happens next nothing big bucks just come on back you're gonna have a lot of fun
12:39all right now we're talking serious dollars right over a hundred thousand dollars that's
12:48very serious dollars up there waiting for you to get your hands all over it a few whammies as well
12:52hopefully we've had enough of them today uh susan with 12,050 dollars indeed you have earned the
12:57distinction of playing last mark the 950 and five spins your first you ready all right let's get
13:02some bucks let's get this one's for my wife susan my wife's also soon let's go big bucks big bucks
13:09stop stop at 1,500 and a spin
13:14all right let's go big bucks again i'm looking for big bucks peter let's go stop stop at 500
13:21third place all right i gotta keep going gotta press let's go big bucks peter big bucks stop
13:26stop at 500 a spin all right 3,450
13:33big bucks let's go big bucks let's go let's go stop stop at 1,500 there you go mark
13:39you and your susan are now in second place with 4,950 three spins
13:44gotta keep going okay time gotta press my luck gotta press my luck come on no worries this is
13:50for big bucks let's big bucks stop stop at 750 5700 second place two spins about 7,000 less than
13:59susan 6,350 i gotta instincts say 6,350 less than susan gonna play we're gonna play here we go
14:16let's go big bucks this time let's go big bucks stop stop at 700 spin
14:216,400 still two spins press your pass mark is it getting tiresome
14:36one more here we go we gotta go we gotta go
14:39gotta go for the big ones this is big bucks now the big ones i want the big ones go
14:44stop at australia
14:47that's worth 3,252.96 52 about 2,400 shy of season one spin presser pass we're gonna pass
14:55the pass at one decision don't take it yet susan we go to rita with 3,590 and four spins here we go
15:00rita i'm gonna go to road here we go and stop stop at 5,000 and it's 10 85 90 series dollars up here
15:12third place four spins rita i still gotta go that's real nice let's do that again and stop
15:27oh rita three spins left no dollars two whammies press her pass
15:33here we go
15:42stop at 1,250 third place two spins rita
15:47here we go gotta go there we go and stop stop at portugal a trip to portugal rita
15:56worth 2,242 that brings you up to 3,492 third place one spin
16:03we got 62 goes to susan it would go to susan that's correct doesn't do any good okay here
16:08we go rita trying to get out of third place here we go big bucks in a spin big bucks in a spin
16:16stop at 500 39 92 we're still in the game susan we come to you one spin you have to take 12,050
16:23is right okay here we go we need some money money money money stop stop at a surf jet
16:29oh boy that's worth 2,350 dollars 14,400 you have about 4,800 more than mark press your pass
16:44how much difference 4,800 about 4,748 dollars i feel lucky here we go
16:51let's go let's go come on we need some money stop stop at 500 a spin 14,900
16:59still four spins let's go going again i am feeling so lucky stop stop at 1,500
17:06that's 16,400 that's 6,800 more than mark three spins pass mark your chance this is gonna be a
17:16big one now all right gotta do it big box big box we need big bucks on this one stop stop
17:24three thousand and a spin 12,652 two spins gotta do it gotta do it gotta do it gotta do it gotta
17:31win peter where do i stand right now you have to take the spin it doesn't matter mark one more one
17:40more go stop at 500 dollars 15,152 one more spin you have to take then we can track here we go
17:46mark let's go let's make it the big one let's go a big one big one corner corner corner stop stop
17:52at your san diego mark you have that's worth 1,124 dollars that brings you total up to 14,276
17:59that's 2,200 less than susan you have one spin you can take it you'll have to get something with
18:04that much or more or an additional spin or you can pass it to susan if she wins i gotta go i gotta
18:10i gotta make it this one's it's 2,000
18:16stop at 1,400 dollars that brings your total up to 15,676
18:31what a wedding isn't perfect we'll be back and talk to susan
18:34about her wedding ring
18:53oh my god
19:04we're back with today's big question that winner susan with 16,400 and if we can get
19:10rob roddy off that surf jet he'll tell you about it right well okay peter susan you have won this
19:16ski jet jet ski the all-new high performance 236s at from surf jet corporation combines the thrills
19:24of surfing water skiing and speed boating powered by 15 horsepower motor capable of speeds up to 30
19:30miles per hour that prize totals two thousand three hundred fifty dollars combined with a
19:36fourteen thousand fifty dollars in cash you won today and the twelve thousand seven hundred dollars
19:41in cash prize you won previously that gives you a new grand total season of twenty nine thousand
19:46one hundred dollars congratulations that's uh that's gonna be a fairly decent sized wedding
19:54i guess the twenty nine thousand one who knows you may not be through yet because you get to
19:57come back next time oh i love all right congratulations susan mark and rita you're
20:02leaving with some nice prizes so you don't go empty-handed i thank you for being with us
20:05and say hello to your susan mark i sure will see you until next time this is peter tamarkin
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