Here's a full episode of Press Your Luck from 1986.
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00:00I'm going to press my lips.
00:03That's a good name for a song.
00:04That's so smart.
00:05Hey, let me take a picture of you and I'll and I'll
00:09stick it up your ass.
00:10Agh!
00:11Three months.
00:12Stop!
00:13Stop it!
00:13Keep it down!
00:15Let me keep the same, you win.
00:17Let's see it.
00:18$39,000.
00:19Hey, you're gonna get it!
00:20You're gonna get it!
00:21You're winning.
00:22You're going to be a giant winner.
00:25Let's go!
00:26Today, these three players are after big bucks,
00:31but they'll have to avoid the Wabby
00:33as they play the most exciting game of their lives.
00:36From Television City in Hollywood,
00:40it's time to Press Your Luck.
00:43And now, here's your host,
00:46the star of Press Your Luck,
00:48Peter Tomarken.
00:57I thank you, oh great illustrious one,
00:59for the marvelous intro once again.
01:01Hi everybody, welcome to Press Your Luck.
01:03Gonna have a lot of fun today,
01:04and hopefully big bucks, no Whammies.
01:05Let's meet the three players looking for the big bucks,
01:07and no Whammies, starting with our very first player,
01:10Barbara Huddle.
01:11How are you, Barbara?
01:11I'm fine, how are you?
01:12I'm fine, thank you.
01:14Barbara, where are you from?
01:15I'm from Omaha, Nebraska,
01:16home of the Great Stakes and Go Big Red.
01:19Go Big Red.
01:20And you came all the way out here to play Press Your Luck.
01:22I came all the way out here to see the sun.
01:25Ooh, okay.
01:27And a little bit of Press Your Luck.
01:28Lots of Press Your Luck.
01:29Lots of Press, a lot of bucks.
01:31Big bucks are riding here.
01:32All right, Barbara, good luck to you.
01:35Our second player is our champ,
01:36Dwayne Smith, with $32,236.
01:41I can't believe it.
01:42I mean, Dwayne, where are you going?
01:44I think you're going to Jamaica?
01:45Yes.
01:46Hawaii?
01:47Yes.
01:48And where else?
01:49Oh, you got a motorboat?
01:50Think right now, I'm in awe, I can't believe,
01:53I finally am gonna be able to get out of debt,
01:56and my husband will love me.
01:57I'm sure he loved you even before that,
02:00but he might love you a little bit more.
02:01Good luck today, Dwayne.
02:02Thank you, thank you.
02:03Our third player, Rick Clarks.
02:05How are you, Rick?
02:06Hey, Peter.
02:07And tell me, you're from Jupiter, Rick.
02:08Yes, I am.
02:09Do you want to talk about this?
02:10Well, I just recently arrived here from Jupiter,
02:12and that's Jupiter, Florida, not the planet.
02:15Big difference.
02:16You are a guy, you kind of sneak into places, huh?
02:19Yeah, how'd you know?
02:20I get around, Rick, you know?
02:22I get reporters.
02:23Now, where did you sneak into last?
02:24Are you talking about the Academy Awards?
02:26Sure, that's a good one.
02:26What happened?
02:27Oh, I don't know, I just decided I wanted to go down
02:29and join the rest of my friends down at the Academy Awards,
02:32and I got in and sneaked down.
02:35Well, actually, I was way up in the bleachers,
02:38and I said, oh, I can't see anything from up here.
02:40This is like pits.
02:41Yeah, so I went down and sat down on the floor,
02:44sat next to Faye Dunaway.
02:45Now you and Faye are going together, huh?
02:48Yeah.
02:49But she doesn't know it.
02:49But we're trying to keep it under control.
02:50I understand.
02:51Well, we won't talk about it here, Rick.
02:52Okay.
02:53Ready to play the game,
02:54Here we go.
02:55Give me a buzzer, answer three spins,
02:56and welcome to Choice One, Smith.
02:57Here's the first question.
03:00According to a study quoted in Ladies' Home Journal,
03:02what fraction of married women say they had
03:05an extramarital affair by the time they were 25?
03:08Duann?
03:09One quarter.
03:10Is it one quarter, one half, or three quarters?
03:13Barbara? One half.
03:14What do you think, Rick?
03:14I'll go for one quarter.
03:16The fraction of married gals who admit
03:17to having had an extramarital affair
03:19by the age of 25 is one quarter.
03:21Right.
03:22And Duann gets three spins.
03:25Rick, a spin.
03:27I personally researched this question.
03:28It took me months, but someone had to do it.
03:32You know what I mean?
03:33Here we go.
03:34One of the hottest new treats for kids
03:36is called a dove bar.
03:37Is it ice cream, candy, or, Rick?
03:40Ice cream.
03:41Or a pastry, all right?
03:42Is it ice cream, candy, or pastry?
03:43Barbara? Ice cream.
03:44What do you think, Duann?
03:45Ice cream.
03:46Enticing.
03:47New product is indeed ice cream.
03:49Barbara, a spin.
03:50Duann to four, Rick to four.
03:53Number three, here we go.
03:54According to the Bible,
03:56whose wife turned into a pillar of salt
03:58when she looked back at the destruction?
04:00Duann.
04:01Lot's wife.
04:02Destruction of Sodom.
04:03Is it Lot, Methuselah, or David?
04:05Lot. Barbara?
04:06What do you think, Rick?
04:07Lot.
04:08That curious lady was the wife of Lot.
04:09And Barbara goes to two.
04:11Duann to seven, and Rick to five.
04:14Last question, gang.
04:16In what foreign country will you find
04:19the three newspapers that have
04:20the highest circulation in the world?
04:23Barbara.
04:24London, England.
04:25Is it England, China, or Russia?
04:28Duann?
04:29I'm gonna try China.
04:31What are you gonna try, Rick?
04:32I'll go for London.
04:33Well, you'll find those three
04:34top circulation newspapers in Russia.
04:36Barbara stays at two, Duann at seven,
04:38and Rick at five.
04:39And see you later, you guys can make some money
04:41when you come back after these words.
04:44Big bucks, time for some money,
04:45boys and girls.
04:46Over $50,000 plus up there, cash and prizes.
04:50We'll be right back after this.
05:13Some whammies, you know, just to kind of keep you honest.
05:15You're not interested in the whammies, right?
05:17I don't blame you. How about a trip?
05:18Yes.
05:19All right, let's go down with our beach special guy, Rod Roddy.
05:22Lay it on us, Rod.
05:23Okay, Peter, there is a wonderful time awaiting today's winner
05:27of Lady Luck Smiles at Winnerday,
05:28because that lucky player may be spending six days and nights
05:31in Cancun, that fabulous Mexican beach paradise,
05:35where there's so much to see and do.
05:38Much to do.
05:39A winter holiday worth over $1,500.
05:42Oh, there's that girl running off with Rod's surfboard again.
05:44We'll get it back.
05:45Somehow you want to win this round so you can get all those goodies
05:47and so you can play last in the final round.
05:49That's important.
05:50Four whammies puts you out of the game.
05:51That's important.
05:52And you can pass your remaining spins during your turn.
05:54You ready?
05:55Right.
05:56If you have spins first, Barbara, that's you.
05:57You ready? Two spins.
05:58You got it.
05:59Okay, whammy, you little brat, you stay home.
06:01We're going big time, big bucks.
06:03Stop!
06:04Stop at $5.50.
06:05First place, one spin, Barbara.
06:06Come on, come on!
06:07Come on, big time, big time, big bucks.
06:11Let's go, let's go, let's go!
06:13Stop at a graphic.
06:14Barbara, that graphic has a value of $850.
06:17That brings you up to $1,400, first place for now.
06:19Rick, you're up with five spins.
06:21All right.
06:22Okay, I don't want to see any whammies, none at all today.
06:24Okay, let's start off right.
06:26Stop!
06:27Stop.
06:28Uh-oh, whammy.
06:29Whammy!
06:30Whammy!
06:33I think you called them.
06:34That was the mistake.
06:35Four spins left, Rick.
06:36I'll leave him to scare off the others.
06:37Okay.
06:38All right.
06:39Okay, come on.
06:40Big bucks, big bucks.
06:41A lot of money here.
06:42Let's go, stop!
06:43Stop at $5.50.
06:44All right.
06:45Second place, three spins, Rick.
06:46Okay, let's keep going, let's keep going.
06:48Stop!
06:49Stop.
06:50Another whammy.
06:51This ought to do it.
06:56Oh, no.
06:57Oh, no.
06:58Rick, you have two whammies, $4, two spins.
07:00You want to be careful about getting a third whammy in round one.
07:03What do you want to do with the two spins?
07:06Oh!
07:09I'm going to go.
07:10Here we go.
07:11One more time.
07:12Here we go.
07:14All right, come on.
07:15Let's get some money.
07:16Come on, let's go.
07:17Stop!
07:18Stop at $7.50 and a spin.
07:19You're back in the money.
07:20Two spins, $7.50.
07:21Second place, Rick.
07:24Press their paths.
07:26I'm going to...
07:29I'm going to pass.
07:30Pass.
07:31Two spins to Barbara.
07:32They're yours, Barbara.
07:33Here they come.
07:34Two spins.
07:35Come on, big bucks.
07:36Big bucks.
07:37Big mama wants big bucks.
07:38Stop!
07:39Stop at $7.50.
07:40$21.50.
07:41All right.
07:42One more spin you have to take, Barbara.
07:43Let's go.
07:44We're going.
07:45Okay, big bucks.
07:46Big bucks.
07:47Stop!
07:48Stop at $300 more.
07:49$24.50.
07:50All right.
07:51Now it's up to Duann with seven spins.
07:52Are you ready, Duann?
07:53Okay, yes, I am ready.
07:54I'm ready.
07:55And I'm ready to stop.
07:57Stop it all.
07:59All right, Duann.
08:00You have your one whammy, six spins left.
08:01Okay.
08:02Here we go.
08:03All right.
08:04Okay.
08:05I'm ready.
08:06I'm pressing my luck.
08:07And I need, I need, I need big bucks.
08:08I need that $1,000.
08:09And stop!
08:10Stop at another whammy.
08:11Well, Duann, I have to give you the same speech I gave to Rick.
08:12You have two whammies, no dollars, five spins.
08:13You want to be careful about picking up a third whammy in round one.
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09:55That was tough.
09:56Very tough.
10:05All right.
10:10We're all having such a wonderful time.
10:14I've got four new questions, how about that?
10:17All right!
10:18All right.
10:19You guys got four new answers?
10:20Yes.
10:21All right.
10:22Let's see if they match.
10:23Here we go.
10:24What fraction of Americans feel that most of the people we call yuppies
10:28are more concerned with their own needs than other people's needs?
10:31Dwan?
10:32One half.
10:33Is it one half, one quarter or three quarters, Barbara?
10:35Three quarters.
10:36What do you think, Rick?
10:37Three quarters.
10:38Yuppies are self-centered.
10:39Say three quarters of those questions.
10:40All right.
10:41Barbara gets a spin.
10:42Rick gets a spin.
10:43Next question.
10:44Didn't think we'd ever get there.
10:47Here's a short shot.
10:49What kind of hard liquor is America's most popular?
10:52Dwan?
10:53Bourbon.
10:54Is it bourbon, vodka or rum, Barbara?
10:56Vodka.
10:57What do you think, Rick?
10:58Vodka.
10:59Who says we're anti-Russian?
11:00Our favorite booze is vodka, isn't it?
11:02Barbara gets a spin.
11:03He goes to two and Rick to two.
11:06Third question.
11:09Known as the Monsters of the Midway, what team won the 1986 Super Bowl?
11:18Dwan?
11:19The Chicago Bears.
11:20Is it the Chicago Bears, the Cleveland Browns
11:22or the New England Patriots, Barbara?
11:23The Bears.
11:24Who is it, Rick?
11:25Yeah, those champs are the Chicago Bears.
11:27Barbara to three, Dwan to three and Rick to three.
11:31Do you know the refrigerator personally?
11:33No, but...
11:34Yeah.
11:35We'll talk.
11:36Here we go.
11:37What kind of flower has a variety named the American Beauty?
11:41Barbara?
11:42Rose.
11:43Is it rose, an orchid or a lilac?
11:44Rose.
11:45What is it, Rick?
11:46Rose.
11:47It's an American Beauty rose.
11:48Barbara goes to six, Dwan to four and Rick to four.
11:51We don't have his next one.
11:52He might be big bucks, but come on back.
11:54We're going to talk to him.
11:55Very good.
12:18Yes, this is it, folks.
12:20You have arrived at big bucks land.
12:23You ready for it?
12:24Yes.
12:25Yes.
12:26$100,000 plus up there, cash prizes and goodies.
12:27No more whammies.
12:28Enough whammies.
12:29Five's plenty.
12:30Plenty.
12:31All right?
12:32And once again, Dwan, our champ, 11.50, your play last.
12:33You earned it.
12:34And Barbara, 5.50, six spins, one whammy.
12:36You earned first.
12:37You ready?
12:38Okay.
12:39Here we go.
12:40Let's go.
12:41Whammy.
12:42Stay home, stay home, stay home.
12:43And big bucks, big time, big bucks.
12:44Stop.
12:45Stop at 700 and a spin.
12:46All right.
12:47All right.
12:48And Barbara, 1.50, first place by $100, six spins.
12:49Barbara.
12:50Big time, stop.
12:51Stop at 1,500 more.
12:52Okay.
12:53All right.
12:542,750.
12:55Five spins.
12:56Press your pass.
12:57Okay.
12:58From Martha Christopher Robin, big bucks, stop.
12:59Stop.
13:00Oh!
13:01You're coming to me now.
13:02I see financial disaster in your future.
13:03Well, everyone's equal.
13:04All have two whammies apiece.
13:05So now we're down to four spins for Barbara.
13:06You ready, Barbara?
13:07You bet.
13:08Okay.
13:09You bet.
13:10We're going for it.
13:11All right.
13:12All right.
13:13Let's go, Barbara.
13:14All right.
13:15All right.
13:16All right.
13:17We're going for big bucks.
13:20Stop!
13:21Stop at $2,000.
13:22All right!
13:23Back in first place by $8.50, three spins.
13:25Okay, big bucks, let's go!
13:27Stop!
13:28Stop at $1,400.
13:29All right!
13:30$3,400.
13:31Two spins, Barbara.
13:32You got it.
13:33Let's go for it.
13:34Big-time bucks.
13:35Stop!
13:36Stop at $500.
13:37It's been $3,900.
13:38Still two spins.
13:39All right!
13:40Okay!
13:41We're going for the big-time bucks.
13:42Let's stop now.
13:43Stop at Tahiti.
13:44All right!
13:45All right!
13:46That's worth $3,148.
13:47Let's go!
13:48Brings you up to $7,048.
13:49One spin left.
13:50About $5,900 more than Duann.
13:51How much have I got?
13:52You have $7,048 in one spin.
13:53$7,048.
13:54I can do this, Duann.
13:55Here we go.
13:56You bet.
13:57Let's go with it.
13:58We can do it some more big-time.
13:59Stop!
14:00Stop at $7.50 and a spin.
14:01All right!
14:02All right!
14:03$7,798.
14:04One spin left.
14:05Can you buy me a spin?
14:06Okay, we're going.
14:07We're going.
14:08You bet.
14:09Let's go!
14:10Let's go!
14:11Let's go!
14:12Let's go!
14:13Let's go!
14:14Let's go!
14:15Let's go!
14:16Let's go!
14:17Stop!
14:18Stop!
14:19Stop!
14:20Stop!
14:21Stop!
14:22Stop!
14:23Stop!
14:24Stop!
14:25Stop!
14:26Stop!
14:27Stop!
14:28Stop!
14:29Awful Tahitian dance, but you're not out of the game, Barbara.
14:31We go to Rick with $7.50 and four spins.
14:33Here we go.
14:34All right.
14:35Okay.
14:36Come on, let's get off to a good start here.
14:37A lot of money here.
14:38Stop!
14:39Stop at $5,000 and then a spin.
14:40$5,750, four spins, first place, Rick.
14:42$5,000, five spins.
14:43Stop!
14:44Okay, keep, oh, come on, keep up, we're on a roll,
14:47we're on a roll, keep it going, keep it going,
14:49come on in, stop!
14:50Stop at $750 and it spins.
14:52$6,500, Jill, four spins, special pass.
14:55Okay. Keep going.
14:56One again.
14:57All right.
14:58Come on, come on, come on.
14:59Let's get some more money and stop!
15:00Stop at $1,000 and it spins.
15:02$7,500, four spins.
15:04About $6,400 more than drawn.
15:06All right, we're going, Peter.
15:08Let's go, let's go.
15:09Come on, let's land on some big money and stop!
15:11Stop at $3,000 and it spins.
15:13$10,500, Rick.
15:16Four spins, first place by about $8,350.
15:21Okay.
15:24Dwan has four spins.
15:26I'm going, I'm going.
15:27Here we go.
15:29Okay.
15:30I'm going one, let's go, come on, come on.
15:33Stay good to me, this is for my friends out in the audience
15:35and stop!
15:36Stop at Miami.
15:37Miami.
15:38Rick, that trip to Miami is worth $2,046.
15:41You're at $12,546.
15:44That's about $11,400 more than Dwan.
15:47How much money does Dwan have?
15:49$1,150.
15:50You have $11,400 more.
15:53I'm passing him, Peter.
15:54Ready to Dwan?
15:55Here they come.
15:56Once again, let's see if Dwan can blow it out.
15:59Okay, okay, I'm in your hands.
16:01Stop!
16:02Stop at $1,250.
16:03Yay!
16:04That's $2,400.
16:05Two more spins.
16:06I got to rest my luck.
16:07I got to rest my luck.
16:08Oh, stop!
16:09Stop.
16:11One by Jack, two of my guests,
16:13the Whammies are coming to steal your stage.
16:17Well, Dwan, that's worth $2,400,
16:19but we're going to move the pass spins to the earn column.
16:21Since you're Whammy, you have five spins.
16:22You can press your pass.
16:23Remember, you have three Whammies.
16:24One more Whammy, not only will you be out of the game,
16:27but Rick will win.
16:28But you have five spins.
16:29Okay.
16:30Well, I think what I'm going to do now is to, um...
16:36Here we go.
16:37Rick, Dwan, every spin's a big one.
16:39All right.
16:40Stop!
16:41Stop at $750 and a spin.
16:42Back in the chips.
16:43Five spins, $750.
16:45Dwan?
16:46Uh, I hate to do this, but...
16:50I've got a panty!
16:52Five spins, Rick.
16:53Strategy and Dwan's part.
16:54All right, $12,546.
16:56Here we go, Rick.
16:57Okay.
16:58One at a time.
16:59Okay, I've got to get through all five of these.
17:01Come on.
17:02Let's go.
17:03Let's get it over with.
17:04Let's get some money.
17:05Stop!
17:06Stop.
17:07I want to get a picture of you losing your money.
17:10Say cheese!
17:13I think you took a picture of all of you.
17:15Rick, even Dwan was shocked.
17:17You have no dollars.
17:18You have three whammies.
17:19You have four spins.
17:20One more whammy.
17:21Not only will you be out of the game,
17:22but Dwan will win.
17:23I'm going.
17:24Okay, here we go.
17:25Dwan and Rick.
17:26Big battle.
17:27Everyone has three whammies.
17:28I've got to get this money back.
17:29Come on.
17:30Give me some big money.
17:31Come on.
17:32Let's go.
17:33Let's go.
17:34Stop!
17:35Stop at a whammy.
17:36Dwan wins $50.
17:37We're up and still out of the game.
17:39We'll come back and talk about this one after these messages.
17:51Oh my God!
18:02That is crazy!
18:06I don't believe this! I can't believe this! This is incredible! This is crazy!
18:16Oh my God! I don't believe this! This is... Oh my God! This is awesome!
18:30We're back with today's Big Press You Left With.
18:33And once again it's Duann with $750.
18:37Now obviously you don't get to hear Rod Roddy because it's all in cash.
18:41The $750 added to your previous total of $32,236 gives you a grand total of $32,986.
18:51And you get to come back one more time, Duann, since it shows your last one.
18:56So we'll see you next time.
18:58Barb and Rick, you've got some nice prizes for you. Thank you for being with us.
19:01This was Whammy Day, what can I tell you?
19:03And here's a poem that's appropriate to all that from Linda Gutierrez of Globe, Arizona.
19:07You pressed your luck and you hit that button.
19:10You got all excited when all of a sudden I looked at the screen and what did I see?
19:14That money-hungry whammy a-winkin' at me.
19:16Then he said, dear contestant, we love you so for pressing your luck and giving us your dough.
19:22Yeah, it's the truth. Thank you, Linda.
19:24Until next time, this is Peter Tamarkin. Thanks for pressing your luck. Bye-bye.
19:29Some members of our studio audience receive Amelia Earhart's super lightweight non-stop carry-on luggage.
19:35Casual, fashionable, designed with your lifestyle in mind.
19:38Quality luggage you can count on from Amelia Earhart.
19:41And here's what we have for our departing contestants.
19:43True value, true test, easy care pains for easy desert painting.
19:46Three finishes in many decorated colors from true value hardware stores.
19:49Plus Tootsie Pops, the only pop with a real Tootsie Roll center.
19:53And Tootsie Rolls, a chocolatey candy bar that lasts a long time.
19:57And from the Eureka Company, the Quick Up!
19:59Portless and lightweight with its own wall-mounted recharging stand.
20:02Perfect for quick clean-ups.
20:04Also, Interlude, the romantic fragrance from Francis Denning.
20:07Interlude will take you as far as you want to go.
20:12And new Italian herbs shake-and-bake coating mix.
20:14Parmesan cheese and great seasonings make a delicious new recipe for crispy chicken.
20:19Italian style.
20:56This is Rod Roddy speaking for Press Your Luck, a Carothers Company presentation.