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00:00Today, these three players are after big bucks, but they'll have to avoid big bucks this time.
00:29But they'll have to avoid the whammy as they play the most exciting game of their lives.
00:34From Television City in Hollywood, it's time to Press Your Luck.
00:40And now, here's your host, the star of Press Your Luck, Peter DeMarkis.
00:48Thank you. Thank you.
00:55Hi. Thank you, Ron Roddy. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Press Your Luck.
00:58We're gonna have big fun today. Hopefully, it's big bucks. I know that's what the players are looking for.
01:01Let's meet them right now and find out a little something about them.
01:04Starting with our first player, Michael Terhaw. How are you, Michael?
01:07All right. All right. Good.
01:09Michael, you've been traveling a while, huh?
01:11Yes. I've taken a couple of three-month motorcycle trips around the United States.
01:15I've seen a lot of this beautiful country, and I tell you, there's a lot out there.
01:18I bet. You stopped here for just to pick up some gas and some money?
01:21Of course. Well, it was a couple of years ago. Now, I have to go to work, you know.
01:23Now, it's serious time. Big time.
01:25If you expect to be serious on this show, you've come to the wrong show.
01:28We're not serious. Hey, big bucks, another trip.
01:30Big bucks is serious. That's true. Good luck to you, Michael.
01:32Thank you. Good to have you with us.
01:34Our second player is our champ, Zena Smith, with both new bucks, $21,734.
01:40Now, Zena, last time, you were gonna buy a car and put your tent trailer on the back of it.
01:43Now, what are you gonna do with the extra $7,000 or $8,000?
01:45Plan for another trip.
01:47Another trip. You're gonna be constantly traveling.
01:49Not too bad. Will you send us some postcards?
01:51Oh, definitely. Especially to you.
01:53Oh, of course. Thank you, Zena.
01:55Good luck to you today. Thank you.
02:00Our third player is Ken Elfman.
02:02Hi, Peter. How are you, Ken? I'm great.
02:04That's good. Ken, you have lost something recently.
02:06I lost 100 pounds so far.
02:08I know who found it.
02:12I found the man.
02:14I found the man who lost 100 pounds.
02:16Do you want it back, Ken?
02:18Never.
02:19Rod, you can keep it.
02:21I salute you, sir.
02:23Rod is gonna lose 100 pounds.
02:25Well, I have 50 more to go. We can do it together.
02:27Rod?
02:29I'm certainly looking forward to that.
02:31To what? Doing it together or losing the 50 pounds?
02:35Losing the 100 pounds, Peter.
02:37Okay. Just checking, Rod. What do I know?
02:39Okay. Ken, lost a lot.
02:41But you don't want to lose money.
02:43You want to make it up in money.
02:45Absolutely.
02:47I'm ready. Are you ready? Let's do it.
02:49Okay. Multiple choice answer one spin.
02:51A buzzer answer three spins.
02:53Here we go.
02:55Avon, L'Oreal, and Shiseido
02:57are the top three in sales in the cosmetics world.
02:59But what we want to know is
03:01who's first.
03:03Ken? Avon.
03:05Is it Avon, L'Oreal, or Shiseido, Michael?
03:07Avon. What do you think, Zina? L'Oreal.
03:09Ah, that top cosmetics seller is Avon.
03:13Michael gets a spin, and Ken gets three.
03:15What's scary is that Michael and Ken knew,
03:17and Zina didn't.
03:19We have girlfriends. Do you?
03:21I'll trust you.
03:23How many stars were there on the American flag
03:25at the end of World War II?
03:27Ken? 48. Is it 48,
03:2949, or 50, Michael?
03:31It's 48. How many, Zina? 48.
03:33You got it. At the end of WWII, there were 48 stars
03:35on the flag. Michael to two.
03:37Zina a spin, and Ken to six.
03:39Third question.
03:41What ancient Greek is known as
03:43the father of modern medicine?
03:45Ken? Hippocrates.
03:47Is it Hippocrates, Aristotle, or Plato, Michael?
03:49Hippocrates. Who is it, Zina?
03:51Hippocrates. Father of modern medicine
03:53was Hippocrates. Michael
03:55for three. Zina to two.
03:57Ken to nine. You guys were racking up spins.
03:59Here's the last one.
04:01Jessica Lange's recent film,
04:03Sweet Dreams, is based on the life
04:05of what country and western singer?
04:07Zina?
04:09Loretta Lynn.
04:11Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline,
04:13or Kitty Wells, Michael? Loretta Lynn.
04:15Who is it, Ken? Patsy Cline.
04:17Sweet Dreams is based on the life of Patsy Cline.
04:19Hippocrates for three. Zina two.
04:21And Ken goes to ten.
04:23And you guys are up to the buck.
04:25When we come back, stay with us. We're coming right back.
04:27All right, time for some money.
04:29You've earned it by answering some questions.
04:31You guys got a lot of spins here.
04:33We got about $50,000-plus bucks up there.
04:35And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:37You've earned it by answering some questions.
04:39And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:41And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:43And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:45And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:47And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:49And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:51And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:53And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:55And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:57And so far, you've earned $50,000.
04:59And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:01And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:03And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:05And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:07And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:09And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:11And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:13And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:15And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:17And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:19And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:21And so far, you've earned $50,000.
05:23$50,000.
05:25How do you do that?
05:29Is that the way you do that?
05:31That's it!
05:33I'm going to learn how to do that.
05:35R.O.D., you want to do that with me?
05:37Can you see that now?
05:39I don't know.
05:41In any event, if you go there, you've got to try that and let us know, okay?
05:43Okay.
05:45What you want to do is win this round so you can play last in the final round.
05:47Four whammies.
05:49We don't want to talk about four whammies, right?
05:51Zina, two of them.
05:52Here we go.
05:53Here I go.
05:54Come on.
05:55You need some big bucks.
05:57You need big bucks.
05:58No whammies.
05:59No whammies.
06:00Stop.
06:01Stop at a reclining rocker.
06:02Just what you need, Zina.
06:04Boom, $329.
06:06That goes with the carpeting that Bill won yesterday.
06:08He lost.
06:09One spin left.
06:10Okay.
06:11Make it a big spin.
06:12Big spin.
06:13Come on.
06:14No whammies.
06:15No whammies.
06:16Come on, stop.
06:17Stop at $500.
06:18829.
06:19Zina, well done.
06:20First place.
06:21Michael, three of them.
06:22All right.
06:23It came for big bucks, so let's see here.
06:25Come on, big bucks.
06:26And stop.
06:27Stop at $550.
06:28Two spins.
06:29Second place.
06:30Michael, no.
06:31Come on, big bucks.
06:32Never mind.
06:33Come on, all the way.
06:34Stop.
06:35Stop at $200 more at $750.
06:37One more spin.
06:38$750 all the way.
06:40Come on, big bucks.
06:42And stop.
06:43Stop and move on to Reno where $200 at a spin.
06:45$200.
06:46Reno.
06:47Reno.
06:48Reno, $711.
06:49And that brings you up to $1,400 to $1,600.
06:52First place by about $600, Michael.
06:54But big Ken or small Ken with ten spins is going at you.
06:58Okay, Peter.
06:59This will equal my old way.
07:01Big bucks.
07:02Stop.
07:03Stop.
07:04Oh.
07:05Oh.
07:06Frankie, Frankie.
07:07Ow, ow, ow, ow.
07:08Frankie, Frankie.
07:09Ow, ow, ow, ow.
07:10He threw the weight on him and he sunk.
07:12Ken, nine spins left.
07:13I'm going to press my luck.
07:14Here we go.
07:15Come on, big bucks.
07:16Big bucks.
07:17Big bucks.
07:19Big bucks.
07:20Stop.
07:21Stop at $550.
07:22Okay, okay.
07:23That's third place with eight spins, Ken.
07:24I'm pressing my luck.
07:25Here we go.
07:26Big bucks.
07:27Big bucks.
07:28Stop.
07:29Stop at $750 and a spin.
07:30Okay, okay.
07:31$1,300.
07:32Eight spins.
07:33Second place.
07:34I'm going to keep on going, Peter.
07:35No, Emmy.
07:36Stop.
07:37Stop it, Emmy.
07:38All I hear is big bucks, big bucks.
07:42I got you, big buck.
07:45Nice job.
07:46Ken, I'm going to be nice to Michael.
07:48I'm going to be nice to Michael and pass it to Michael.
07:50I understand.
07:51Seven spins to Michael.
07:52What a hunk of spins.
07:53My bad.
07:54You got the luck, right?
07:55Here we go.
07:56Bucks at the middle name.
07:57What's happening?
07:58Big bucks.
07:59Come on, Ann.
08:00Stop.
08:01Stop at $500 more.
08:02$1,961.
08:03Six spins, Michael.
08:04Okay.
08:05Let's go to the Bahamas.
08:06Yeah.
08:07Let this wild woman down there.
08:08Stop.
08:09Stop at $550.
08:10$2,511.
08:11Five spins.
08:12Keep it going.
08:13Bahamas.
08:14Let's do it.
08:15Come on, Ann.
08:16Stop.
08:17Four spins.
08:18All right.
08:19Keep it going.
08:20Bahamas.
08:21Let's see those Bahamas.
08:22Coming up, Ann.
08:23Stop.
08:24Stop at $550.
08:25$3,661.
08:26Three spins, Michael.
08:27All right.
08:28Big bucks.
08:29Come on, big bucks.
08:30And stop.
08:31Stop at $400.
08:32That's $4,061.
08:33Two spins.
08:34Two more to go, Michael.
08:35No problem.
08:36We're talking luck.
08:37And big bucks.
08:38And stop.
08:39Stop at $450.
08:40$4,511.
08:41What a lousy spin, Michael.
08:43Avoid the window head first place.
08:44No, we're talking analog.
08:45Let's get an analog.
08:46Come on, Ann.
08:47Let's get an analog.
08:48Come on, Ann.
08:49Stop.
08:50Stop.
08:51Hey, hey, hey.
08:52This ought to do it.
08:53No.
08:54Michael, you're against zero.
08:56And Zina, you live right.
08:58First place, $829.
09:00We'll be back after this with the whole new round.
09:02Go.
09:03Go.
09:04Go.
09:27All right.
09:28We are back.
09:29Nobody won the Bahama trip.
09:31But Zina's got so much money, she's probably going to go down
09:33the board and do that.
09:34Can you do that?
09:35Of course I can.
09:36Oh.
09:37Okay, Zina.
09:39You ready for some more questions?
09:41Sure.
09:42How about you give me answers?
09:43Yep.
09:44Sure.
09:45Think you'll match?
09:46No problem.
09:47Like a man that knows his stuff.
09:48Here we go.
09:49Tammy Wemmett passed along this recipe.
09:51Ooh.
09:52Caesar salad is made with romaine lettuce, garlic, olive oil,
09:55croutons, Worcestershire sauce, and cheese.
09:58What kind of cheese?
10:00Ken.
10:01Blue cheese.
10:03Blue cheese.
10:04Is it blue cheese, Swiss, or Parmesan, Michael?
10:06Parmesan.
10:07What is it, Zina?
10:08Parmesan.
10:09That's Caesar salad cheese.
10:10It's Parmesan.
10:11Correct.
10:12Michael, a spin, and Zina, a spin.
10:16I'm not coming to your house for dinner, Ken.
10:19She's won four Tony Awards on the stage.
10:21But most of us know her for her TV role as Jessica Fletcher in
10:25Murder, She Wrote.
10:26Who is she?
10:27Ken.
10:28Angela Lansbury.
10:29Is it Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, or Jane Wyman, Michael?
10:32Angela Lansbury.
10:33What do you think it is, Zina?
10:34Angela Lansbury.
10:35That talent lady is Angela Lansbury.
10:37Michael to two, Zina to two, and Ken gets three.
10:41Third question, rolling right along.
10:43By what nickname is Jimmy Snyder known to millions of people?
10:47Ken.
10:48Jimmy the Greek.
10:49Is it Jimmy the Greek, Jimmy the rabbit, or Jimmy the weasel,
10:52Michael?
10:53Jimmy the Greek.
10:54Who is it, Zina?
10:55Jimmy the Greek.
10:56Yeah, Jimmy Snyder is also known as Jimmy the Greek.
10:58Michael to three, Zina to three, and Ken to six.
11:04Here we go.
11:05You ready?
11:06Ready.
11:07Last one.
11:08How many times was Franklin D.
11:09Roosevelt elected president, Michael?
11:11Three.
11:12Is it three, two, or four times, Zina?
11:15I'll say three.
11:17Three.
11:18What are you going to say, Ken?
11:19Four.
11:20FDR was elected president four times.
11:22Count it.
11:23Michael stays at three, Zina at three, and Ken goes to seven.
11:26What happens next, Big Bucks will come on back.
11:30Welcome back.
11:54Here we are.
11:55And are we having some kind of fun, huh?
11:57Yeah.
11:58Absolutely.
12:00This is the Big Bucks game.
12:01This is it.
12:02For $100,000, Big Bucks.
12:04That's what Michael would say.
12:05And cash, prizes, and goodies.
12:07We've got trips to Hilton Head and Bermuda and wonderful things
12:10and some whammies.
12:11You don't want the whammies, right?
12:12Enough whammies.
12:13Zina, once again, with a paltry $829, you've earned the station
12:17of playing last.
12:18Well done.
12:19Tied between Michael and Ken.
12:20Playing on my left first, Michael, three spins.
12:22All right.
12:23No bucks.
12:24Coming in for Big Bucks.
12:25Let's see it.
12:26Come on.
12:27Big Bucks.
12:28Big Bucks on the spin.
12:29Back in place.
12:30Three spins, Michael.
12:31All right.
12:32Special pass.
12:33Keep going.
12:34Spin and a Big Bucks.
12:35Come on.
12:36Spin, Big Bucks.
12:37Let's see it.
12:38And stop.
12:39Stop at $500.
12:40$1,200.
12:41Three spins.
12:42$420.
12:43More than Zina.
12:44Luck's the middle name.
12:45Dick's Club.
12:46Big Bucks is the game.
12:47So stop.
12:48Stop at $2,000.
12:49Get the hold of that whammy.
12:50$3,200.
12:51Two spins.
12:52Bucks on the spin.
12:53Come on.
12:54Let's see it.
12:55Big Bucks on the spin.
12:56And stop.
12:57Stop at $2,000.
12:58$3,200.
12:59One spin left.
13:00I will go.
13:01I will go.
13:02All the way.
13:03Big Bucks on the spin.
13:04Come on.
13:05Stop.
13:06Stop and go back to your space.
13:07$5,000.
13:08Spin.
13:09Michael, $10,200.
13:10All right.
13:11That's some gas money for that motorcycle.
13:12You still have one spin left.
13:13What are you going to do with it?
13:14Oh!
13:15If I pass, it goes to Zina.
13:19I pass.
13:20Zina, it's yours.
13:21You don't take it yet.
13:22Contemplate it.
13:23Reflect on it.
13:24I will.
13:25We'll be good again with seven big spins.
13:27Ken?
13:28Okay, no whammies.
13:29I'm out of there.
13:30Out of my system.
13:31Big Bucks.
13:32Big Bucks.
13:33Stop.
13:34Stop at $500, Big Bucks.
13:35That's third place, six spins, Ken.
13:36I'm going to press on, Peter.
13:38Big Bucks.
13:39Big Bucks.
13:40Big Bucks.
13:41Stop.
13:42Stop at Hilton Head.
13:43Okay.
13:44All right.
13:45Ken is worth $2,572.
13:46$3,072.
13:47Second place, five spins.
13:48I'm on my way, Peter.
13:49Big Bucks.
13:50Stop.
13:51Stop.
13:52No, no, no.
13:53Hilton Head.
14:02Shot down.
14:03Ken, let's chat.
14:04Yeah, let's talk.
14:05You have three whammies, no dollars, four spins.
14:07One more whammy, and you'll be out on the jogging track.
14:10You know?
14:11But you have four spins.
14:13I have to press my luck.
14:15All right, press on.
14:16Yes!
14:18Okay, three is my lucky number.
14:20I don't want any more whammies.
14:22No whammies.
14:23And stop.
14:24Stop at $715 to spin you back in the money.
14:26Third place, four spins, three whammies.
14:27I'm going to keep going.
14:28Press my luck, Peter.
14:29Come on.
14:30Big Bucks.
14:31Big Bucks.
14:32Stop.
14:33Stop at $1,250.
14:34That's $2,000.
14:35Second place, $8,200.
14:37Shot at Michael.
14:38Three spins, three whammies.
14:39Oh.
14:40What?
14:41What?
14:42What?
14:43What?
14:44I'm pressing.
14:45I'm pressing.
14:46Okay.
14:47Big Bucks.
14:48Give me the $5,000.
14:49Come on.
14:50Stop.
14:52Time.
14:53Stop.
14:54Stop.
14:55You're out.
14:56You're out.
14:57You're out.
14:58You're out.
14:59You're out.
15:00You're out.
15:01Sorry, Ken.
15:02You're out of the game.
15:03We now go to Xena with $829 and one spin you have to take, Xena.
15:07Okay, I'm going.
15:08You ready?
15:09Come on.
15:10Big Bucks.
15:11Big Bucks.
15:12Come on.
15:13I need some money.
15:14Stop.
15:15Stop at $500.
15:16$1,329.
15:17You now have three spins and you got about...
15:20You got about $8,700.
15:22$8,900 worth of catching up.
15:24I'm going to go.
15:25Here we go.
15:26Come on.
15:27Give me some Big Bucks.
15:28Big Bucks.
15:29I need some Big Bucks.
15:30Stop.
15:31Stop at a billiard table.
15:32Just avoided the whammy.
15:33Xena, that billiard table is worth $2,223.
15:36$3,552.
15:37About $6,500 less than Michael.
15:40About $6,700.
15:41That's a pass.
15:42Two.
15:43A new strategy.
15:44No problem.
15:45No problem, says Michael.
15:46Let's see if Xena does it again or not.
15:49Big Bucks and stop.
15:51Stop at $500 a spin.
15:53$10,700.
15:54One more spin you have to take, Michael.
15:55All right?
15:56Big Bucks again.
15:57Big Bucks.
15:58Come on.
15:59Let's see it.
16:00And stop.
16:01Stop at a robe.
16:02Michael, a tip's a robe.
16:04Worth $2,846.
16:05That's $13,546.
16:06$10,000 more than Xena.
16:08No problem.
16:09Over.
16:10Over.
16:11Xena?
16:12I'm ready.
16:13You ready?
16:14You have to get something with an additional spin.
16:15Here we go.
16:16Xena and Michael.
16:17Big spin.
16:18Give me an additional spin.
16:20Give me an additional spin, please.
16:22Give me an additional spin and stop.
16:24Stop at a robe.
16:25Michael, you did it.
16:27You have a chance to win $15,546.
16:32Welcome back to Talks for a Good Evening.
18:15Very pretty, and I'm sure you will find many ways to spend all those bucks.
18:19All right, Jen.
18:20Hey, you had a great time, right?
18:21A wonderful time, Peter.
18:22That's all that counts.
18:23We've got some nice prizes for you, too.
18:25I thank you for being with us.
18:26Before we leave, I have some goodies here.
18:27I have a poem from Mrs. Nadine Bunger of West Laco, Texas.
18:32Cars and vacations, big bucks and furs,
18:34sailboats for the hims, diamonds for the hers.
18:37Then comes a whammy, one of those little guys,
18:39wipe off my smiles and bring tears to my eyes.
18:42Here's mud in your eye, I cry out in wrath,
18:44and you take a good bath.
18:45Sink to the bottom and soak your little head
18:47until your eyes pop out and your face turns red.
18:49Nadine, there's some hostility in you,
18:51but I think it's very apt.
18:53We have something from Mrs. Linda Dobrynski of Tuxedo, New York.
18:57In clothes, there are some pictures,
18:59I thought you would get a kick out of them.
19:00They are of my cat, Jake, who faithfully watches your show.
19:03He waits every morning for your show.
19:05He truly is a fan.
19:07That's from Linda Dobrynski.
19:09We have a picture of little Jake.
19:11Here is Jake the cat.
19:13Get a shot of Jake the cat.
19:16We're changing the name of Press Your Luck
19:18to You Bet Your Bird.
19:20And Jake will like the show even more so.
19:23Jake, what a guy.
19:24In any event, we don't have people watching the show,
19:26just animals.
19:27In any event, this is Peter DeMarco saying thanks
19:29for pressing your luck.
19:30Bye-bye.
19:32Some member of our studio audience received
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19:35turning five 20-gallon cans of trash
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20:47This is Rod Roddy, speaking for Press Your Luck,
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