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00:00Today, these three players are after big bucks but they'll have to avoid the whammies as
00:25they play the most exciting game of their lives.
00:26From television city in Hollywood, it's time to Press Your Luck.
00:33And now, here's your host, the star of Press Your Luck, Peter Tomartini.
00:42Thank you very much.
00:48I was going to say thank you, Rod Roddy, but I can't because that's Charlie O'Donnell because
00:53Rod's still under the weather but he will be back I promise you.
00:55Meanwhile, Charlie is one heck of a guy.
00:58Let's hear it for Charlie.
01:01What a guy, what a night, what a band.
01:03And let's meet the three players right now vying for the bucks on Press Your Luck starting
01:07with our very first player, our returning champion, Leslie Riggs with $21,038.
01:14How are you, Leslie?
01:15I'm doing just fantastic.
01:16I bet you are.
01:17What are you going to do with all that money?
01:18I'm going to go and have a nice trip to Portugal.
01:20I'm going to buy everything there I see.
01:22Buy everything there is.
01:23You bet.
01:24You're going to do real well.
01:25We'll see what happens today.
01:26Okay.
01:27Good luck.
01:28Thanks.
01:29Our second player, Liz Henley.
01:30How are you, Liz?
01:31I'm fine, Peter.
01:32Great.
01:33Where are you from?
01:34I'm from Arizona.
01:35I'm originally from Vermont.
01:36Oh, so you're traveling west.
01:37Yeah, with two children.
01:38This is where it ends.
01:39This is where the pot of gold is.
01:41Absolutely.
01:42I love California.
01:43You ready for the bucks?
01:44Yes.
01:45I'll take all.
01:46Good luck to you today, Liz.
01:48Our third player is Fred Goff.
01:49How are you, Fred?
01:50How are you doing, Peter?
01:51I'm doing fine.
01:52Fred, what do you do?
01:53I work for National Railroad, actually.
01:54As if there's more than one.
01:55Well, like, you know.
01:56And what do you do for them?
01:57Actually, I stay awake in adverse situations.
01:58I'm a brakeman-switchman.
01:59I ride around on the caboose.
02:00What do you do as a brakeman-switchman?
02:01Ride around on the caboose.
02:02Make sure the train gets from point A to point B.
02:03Great.
02:04I'm envious.
02:05Someone's got to do it.
02:06You know?
02:07Fred, do you want to do this?
02:08Because I love trains.
02:09I love to ride.
02:10I don't know.
02:11Yeah?
02:12It'd be a pretty rough trade.
02:13You think so?
02:14You like it?
02:15I could work a deal with Rod Roddy, maybe.
02:16I don't know.
02:17I don't know.
02:24Well, so you're a brakeman, but you've never been west of...
02:29or east of...
02:30Salt Lake City, Utah.
02:31Never been there.
02:32Never been west of Catalina or south of Tijuana, either,
02:34so I'm looking for a trip.
02:35Well, you know that east of Salt Lake, it just drops off.
02:38Well, I hope not.
02:39Because I'm out of here.
02:40I'm on a trip.
02:41Let's find out.
02:42You ready to play this game?
02:43All right.
02:44Buzzing answers.
02:45Three spins.
02:46Multiple choice.
02:47One spin.
02:48Here's the first question.
02:49Here's one from Tammy's Restaurant Guide.
02:51What is the most ordered seafood in the United States?
02:54Fred?
02:55Shrimp.
02:56Is it shrimp, halibut, or crab?
02:57Leslie?
02:58I'll say halibut.
02:59What do you say, Liz?
03:00I would say halibut.
03:01Well, the most ordered seafood in the U.S. is shrimp.
03:03And Fred gets a big three.
03:05Yep.
03:07You serve much of that on the caboose?
03:09All the time.
03:10All right.
03:11Every day.
03:12According to a Gallup poll,
03:14are you more likely to believe something
03:16if you've heard or read about it from CBS News,
03:19Time Magazine, or your local newspaper?
03:21Fred?
03:22Time Magazine.
03:23All right.
03:24Is it Time Magazine, CBS News, or a local paper?
03:25Leslie?
03:26CBS News.
03:27What do you think, Liz?
03:28CBS News.
03:29See, when we have a question
03:30and it has something like CBS News,
03:31it's always right.
03:32Okay.
03:33You, CBS News is where you believe it.
03:34Leslie is thin.
03:35Liz is thin.
03:37Here we go.
03:40Now that it's 10 years old, tell us.
03:42What's the name of that supersonic passenger plane
03:44that flies between Europe?
03:46Leslie?
03:47The Concorde.
03:48Europe and the U.S.
03:49Is it the Concorde, Electra, or Lotus?
03:51It's definitely the Concorde.
03:52It's the Concorde.
03:53You got it, Fred.
03:54That fast flyer is the Concorde.
03:55Leslie to four, Liz to two, and Fred to four.
03:59Last one.
04:01Traditionally, what kind of meat will you find in Scrapple?
04:06Liz?
04:07Is it brain?
04:09Is it brain, beef, or pork?
04:12Leslie?
04:13Pork.
04:14What do you think, Fred?
04:15I'll take a shot with beef, Peter.
04:16You would.
04:17That's what you always find in Scrapple.
04:18I thought you'd find Chuck Woolery.
04:20No.
04:21I don't know.
04:22Pork.
04:23That's what you find in Scrapple.
04:24Leslie goes to five, Liz to two, and Fred stays at four.
04:27You guys are going to make some money when you come back.
04:29Don't go away.
04:30We'll be back after these words.
04:32All right, gang, time for money.
04:36Money, money, money, money.
04:40Fred likes that.
04:44I don't blame him.
04:48All right, gang, time for money, money, money, money.
04:56Fred likes that.
04:57I don't blame him.
04:58$50,000 plus bucks up there in prizes and cash,
05:00whammies you don't want any part of,
05:02and how about a trip?
05:03Oh, that's good.
05:04El Matador, Charlie O'Donnell.
05:05Hit it.
05:06Got one for you, Peter.
05:07What would you say to a holiday in Spain?
05:08Six days and nights in romantic Madrid
05:09could be in store for one of today's lucky players.
05:10Seeing all the sights in Spain's capital city,
05:16and of course, taking in all the color of the Spanish tradition,
05:25a trip worth over $1,500.
05:32All right, that's no bull.
05:33Hey, all right, you want your trip in the goodies
05:34because you want to play last in the final round.
05:35If you win this round, that's what happens.
05:36That's an advantage.
05:37Four whammies, distinct advantage.
05:38Disadvantage because you'll be history,
05:39And you can pass your remaining spins during your turn
05:41if you so desire.
05:42Also, remember, add a one is up there,
05:43so if you add a one to your total,
05:44if you had a thousand, add a one,
05:45you'd have 11,000.
05:46Big spin, all right?
05:47A few spins first.
05:48Liz, two of them.
05:49You're up.
05:50Here we go.
05:51Okay, all right, all right, all right.
05:52Okay.
05:53Big box, $1,000, $2,000, and stop!
05:54Stop at $700.
05:55First place, one spin, Liz.
05:56Okay, okay.
05:57$2,000, $2,000, and stop!
05:58Stop!
05:59Oh!
06:00Oh!
06:01Oh!
06:02Oh!
06:03Oh!
06:04Oh!
06:05Oh!
06:06Oh!
06:07Oh!
06:08Oh!
06:09All right, Liz, you get $200.
06:10Starts at $20.
06:11We've got no bucks, but the game isn't over, Liz.
06:12No more spins.
06:13We're going to go to Fred with four of them.
06:14All right.
06:15There we go.
06:16All right, get the green up there.
06:17How about some money?
06:18How about some money?
06:19And stop!
06:20Stop it, old mammy.
06:21Oh, stop, stop!
06:22All right, Fred, you may want to switch tracks.
06:23You have three spins left.
06:24You ready?
06:25I got to go.
06:26Here we go.
06:27I got to play here.
06:28Let's get some money.
06:29I need some money.
06:30I need it.
06:31I need it now.
06:32Stop!
06:33Stop at $550.
06:34There's money.
06:35All right.
06:36Stop at $5.50. Here's money.
06:38First place, two spins, Fred.
06:39Here we go. Let's get some money.
06:42All right, and stop.
06:44Stop. That's another whammy.
06:46Stop.
06:50Fred, you have two whammies, no dollars, one spin.
06:52You want to be careful about getting a third whammy
06:54in round one, and you have a spin left.
06:55What's your pleasure?
06:57All right, it goes to either Liz or Leslie.
06:59I'm going to give them all the way down to Leslie.
07:01Leslie, all right.
07:02One you have to take. Here it comes, Leslie.
07:05Let's go to Madrid. Okay, come on now. Stop.
07:08Stop at $200. First place for you.
07:10Now you have five spins. Press or pass?
07:12Okay. Okay.
07:15Come on. Big bucks now. Come on. Stop.
07:18Stop. Move in space to $500 or $300 and a spin.
07:20I'm going to take the $500. $500 gives you $700.
07:22And you now have four spins, Leslie.
07:26Okay. I think I'm going to go ahead and pass those to Fred.
07:29Fred, they're back to you, four of them.
07:31A little strategy here.
07:32Let's see if you can fight off that whammy.
07:34Let's do it. Okay, you need some cash.
07:37And stop.
07:38Stop.
07:40Oh, there's a whammy.
07:41Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:46Fred, you're on the ropes. Let's talk.
07:47One more whammy, you'll be out of the game.
07:49You have three spins. What are you going to do?
07:51Well, I at least want to make it to the second round.
07:52Back to Leslie.
07:53All right, Leslie, they're yours, three of them.
07:54Here we go.
07:56Okay.
07:57You know what? Some good dollars here.
07:58Come on. Stop.
08:00Stop. There's a whammy.
08:02Ah, ah, ah, ah.
08:05Round again, courtesy of Fred.
08:09Leslie, two spins left.
08:11Press your pass. No one's got any bucks.
08:12Okay, I'm going to go ahead and press.
08:14Here we go.
08:15Okay, come on, now. Come on.
08:16Let's get on the winning track here.
08:18Stop.
08:19Stop and advance two spaces to $750.
08:21One spin left and you are in first place.
08:23What are you going to do? Press your luck or pass?
08:25Okay, let's go ahead and I'm going to pass it to Liz.
08:30Pass it to Liz. Yours, Liz.
08:32Fred leads the side of the lead.
08:33Here we go, Liz.
08:36Come on, give me $1,000, $1,000, $1,000.
08:39Now, stop. Stop at $400.
08:41Fred, zero. Liz, $400.
08:43Leslie, $750. You have the advantage in first place.
08:45We'll come right back. Don't go away.
08:47All right, gang, you want more spins, right?
09:16And we want to have a moment of silence for Fred
09:18because at this point, Fred is hanging by his thumbs, right?
09:21But I'm still here. You're still here.
09:22And remember, there's Lose a Whammy up there,
09:23so things could change dramatically.
09:26Are you ready for the first question?
09:27Ready. Here we go.
09:29What fraction of all people who suffer from ulcers are men?
09:33Leslie. 75%.
09:34What fraction? Oh, three-fourths.
09:36Is it three-quarters, one-quarter or one-half, Liz?
09:39Three-quarters. What do you think, Fred?
09:40One-half.
09:42Men suffer from three-quarters of the ulcers.
09:44Leslie, three spins. Liz, a spin.
09:49Fred is getting one. That's right.
09:52Quickly. Which of the sun's several kinds of rays
09:56produce sunburn? Fred.
09:58Gamma rays. Is it gamma, ultraviolet,
10:00or infrared? Leslie.
10:02I believe it's the ultraviolet.
10:03What do you think, Liz? The ultraviolet.
10:05Sunburn comes from ultraviolet rays.
10:08Leslie, to four. Liz, to two.
10:12Nice of you, Fred, to let the ladies go ahead.
10:13I think it's a real noble gesture on your part.
10:14My mother taught me this.
10:16Here we go.
10:17What's the name of the popular television comedy
10:20that features three middle-aged women
10:21named Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy?
10:24Leslie. The Sunshine Girls.
10:26Is it The Sunshine Girls, The Golden Girls,
10:28or Facts of Life, Liz?
10:30It's The Golden Girls.
10:31What is it, Fred? I got one.
10:32It's The Golden Girls.
10:33And those are The Golden Girls.
10:35Liz to three, and Fred gets a hot spin.
10:38All right. Here we go.
10:40Last question.
10:41I'm on your... I'm plugging for...
10:43My money's on Fred.
10:50Then again, I own an Edsel, so what do I know?
10:55Pool balls are solid or striped,
10:58and all but one have numbers on them,
10:59and that one is called the cue ball.
11:02Fred. White.
11:03What color is it?
11:04Is it white, black, or red, Leslie?
11:06It's white.
11:07Liz? It's white.
11:09You snuck in, Fred, and white is right.
11:11Leslie to five, Liz to four, and big Fred to four.
11:15Big bucks if you come back after these words.
11:16Over $100,000.
11:18Stay with us.
11:41All right, James, one cent for the million dollars.
11:43That's how much you're playing for.
11:45That's a tidy amount of money, don't you think so?
11:46Up there on that big board, we've got trips.
11:49We have Puerto Rico and New York and Rome.
11:52We've got a home bar, Acapulco.
11:54And for Fred, $2,000 or lose one wedding.
11:58There you go. There you go.
12:00Fred needs that.
12:01You're going to actually play first
12:02because Leslie, with $750, is going to play last.
12:05You earned it.
12:06Fred, $2,000 or lose one wedding.
12:09Leslie is going to play last. You earned it.
12:10Fred, need I say, one whammy and you will be O.H.
12:16We don't want that. At least I don't want that
12:17because you're a nice guy. You know what I mean?
12:18I think my options are pretty clear.
12:20Yeah. Four spins. Here we go, Fred.
12:21I'm going to lose my tie a little bit.
12:22All right. I don't blame you.
12:23This is for my little girl, Jennifer.
12:25Come on now. I got to do it here.
12:28And stop.
12:29Stop. Jennifer gets the next round, TV.
12:31Fred, that's worth $2,800.
12:34You're in first place. You have three spins.
12:35You still have three whammies.
12:36I still got to go, TV.
12:37Okay, here we go.
12:39All right. Worked for Jennifer.
12:40How about for my little boy, Freddie, the fourth now, huh?
12:43One time. And stop.
12:45Stop at $500.
12:47$3,300. So far, so good, Fred.
12:49Two spins left. What are you going to do?
12:53I'm going to play, Peter.
12:55He says Fred. Okay.
12:56I'm going to play.
12:57Don't get serious.
12:58How about some cash here? A little trip.
13:00One more time now.
13:03Stop. Stop at $4,000.
13:04Yes. Yes.
13:06Right now. $7,300.
13:09Two spins left.
13:10First place, three whammies.
13:11I'm sorry, Leslie.
13:12These got to come back home to where I got them.
13:14Back over to Leslie.
13:15You think about it for a moment or two.
13:16Leslie, we're going to go to Liz with $400 and four spins.
13:18Four spins. All right.
13:19Okay. Okay. $5,000 and a spin.
13:22Big bucks. Big bucks. Stop.
13:24Stop at Acapulco.
13:27Liz, that's worth $1,336.
13:29You're in second place with $1,736 and three spins.
13:31I'm going to go. I'm going to go.
13:33Big bucks. Please. Big bucks.
13:35Please. Please. Please. Please. Stop.
13:37Stop at $1,500.
13:38$3,236. Two spins.
13:40Pressure pass.
13:50I'm going to pass, Liz.
13:52I'm going to pass.
13:59Pass. Pass. Two.
14:01Friendship. Fred.
14:03A gesture of pure friendship.
14:04Fred, two spins. You have to fight off.
14:06$7,300. Are you ready?
14:07I'm ready.
14:08No whammies. Big bucks.
14:10Got to do it again.
14:11All right.
14:12About for the old college boys in the steam club this time, huh?
14:16And stop. Stop at Acapulco.
14:18Fred, now you got to hold on to it.
14:20It's worth $5,808.
14:22$15,108.
14:24One more spin. You have to take, Fred.
14:26Let's fight off that whammy. Here we go.
14:29One last time. How about my luck, huh?
14:32All right. One last time.
14:34How about some cash now? What do you say?
14:36And stop. Stop at $14,508.
14:39All right. Great.
14:40$14,508.
14:43Stay in the game. Less than $7.50.
14:45Two spins. You have to take. Here we go.
14:47Okay. I'm ready for it.
14:48Come on. We can get some big bucks here, too.
14:50Come on, now. Big money. Stop.
14:53Stop at 23 gold.
14:55Leslie, that trip was worth $3,304.
14:58You're at $4,054.
14:59Second place. One spin. You have to take.
15:01Okay. We'll go for it here.
15:02Let's try big bucks in Rome.
15:04I'd love to go to Rome.
15:05Come on, now. Stop.
15:07Stop at $1,400.
15:09That's $5,454.
15:10Five spins. Trust your pass.
15:20I'm going to pass.
15:21Pass.
15:23Fred.
15:24We're talking living on the edge here, Fred.
15:27You can do it, Fred. I have confidence in you.
15:28One whammy, and Leslie's a champ.
15:30Fred, five times.
15:32All right. Here we go. Number one.
15:33All right.
15:35You didn't give me any options, Peter.
15:36Here we go.
15:37One more time for my mom this time.
15:40What do you say? And stop.
15:41Stop at $1,400. All right, Fred.
15:43$15,908. Four times.
15:45Here we go. And on Leslie.
15:47All right.
15:49How about my little sister now?
15:50Everybody needs some luck.
15:52And stop. Stop at $500.
15:54$16,408.
15:56Three to go, Fred. Here we go.
15:58You're on a roll.
15:59I can hardly swallow, but here we go.
16:01One more time.
16:03Got the whole family.
16:04And how about my little nephew now?
16:05What do you say? One time.
16:06And stop. Stop.
16:08Pick a quarter. $500 a spin.
16:09Press for the answer.
16:10Plus or minus.
16:12The answer. The answer is $1,044.
16:14Most important, two spins.
16:15Lucky number, $17,452.
16:18Two to go, Fred. Here we go.
16:19I got a lot going on.
16:21Come on, now.
16:23I got my little nephew in.
16:24Let's cut the big one in now.
16:26Everybody needs some luck.
16:28And stop. Stop at $1,000 a spin.
16:30$18,452.
16:32Fred, you got one spin left.
16:33Take the tie off, Fred.
16:34Take the tie off. Take the tie off.
16:36All right. Now let's get serious.
16:37One more spin you have to take.
16:39Let's do it, Fred. Come on, now.
16:40$18,452. Come on.
16:43Last but not least, this one's for my dad now.
16:45Last but not least, huh?
16:47What do you say? One more little bit of luck.
16:50And stop. Oh!
16:52Leslie, you're the champ today with $5,454.
16:58Congratulations.
17:00We'll come back and talk to you after these 20 words.
17:56Leslie, pay very close attention.
17:58Charlie O'Donnell is going to tell you what you won.
17:59Charlie?
18:00Leslie, you won a Puerto Rican holiday.
18:04You and your companion will fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico
18:06for a six-night stay at the El San Juan Hotel.
18:10Choose activity or relaxation, glittering nightlife,
18:12magnificent beach, gourmet meals
18:14at the San Juan Hotel and Casino Puerto Rico.
18:18This prize totaling $3,304
18:22combined with the $2,150 in cash you won today
18:25and the $21,038 in cash and prize you won previously
18:31gives you a grand total of $26,492.
18:36Congratulations.
18:37All right, Leslie, what a game today.
18:39And you get to come back and hit on us again.
18:41Congratulations.
18:43Fred?
18:45Sorry, Peter.
18:46You want to change jobs now?
18:48I think Leslie ought to give me the trip to Puerto Rico.
18:51Since you've never even,
18:52you don't even know it exists, right?
18:53No, no. I'd be happy with the Mississippi River.
18:57You hung, you got more tenacity.
18:59You hung on with three whammies from round one.
19:01I felt it. I felt it.
19:03It just, it won too many.
19:04I mean, you go down, I mean, like fighting and kicking.
19:08Won too many.
19:09What a game. What a game.
19:10Hey, good to have you with us, Fred.
19:11We've got some nice prizes for you.
19:13You don't go away empty-handed.
19:14And same with Liz, I thank you.
19:16I have a little poem that may be appropriate,
19:18hopefully be more appropriate to Leslie
19:19than to Liz and Fred.
19:20It's from Joe Wolfson of Gulfport, Mississippi.
19:24Right? Yeah.
19:26MDs treat some patients, surgeons fix the rest.
19:29Chiropractors crack your back and claim they fix it best.
19:33Whammies seen on Press Your Luck
19:34purge prize accounts and test
19:36the contestant's future popularity
19:38with an unforgiving IRS.
19:42Timely. Thank you very much.
19:43Until next time, this is Peter Tamarkin.
19:44Thanks for pressing your luck.
19:45Bye-bye.
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