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00:00You're watching the game by less than $400.
00:04No way, we said stop!
00:06Stopping a car!
00:07Yeah!
00:08Oh!
00:09More cash, more cash.
00:11Stop!
00:12Stop!
00:13Oh!
00:14Stop!
00:15Stop stop!
00:16Stop failures!
00:17Now you did it!
00:18You are the best today with $20,000.
00:19That that's awesome!
00:20Today these three players, drafted, beat up, just got around their boys, the rabbit, and
00:21they play the most exciting game of their lives on television city in Hollywood!
00:22It's time to Press Your Game!
00:23Flyton!
00:24$10,000, $10,000, $10,000, $10,000, $10,000, $10,000.
00:30Today, these three players are after big bucks.
00:35Up the ladder, boys, the Ramheads,
00:37as they play the most exciting game of their lives.
00:39From Television City in Hollywood,
00:42it's time to Quest Your Luck.
00:46And now, here's your host,
00:48the star of Quest Your Luck,
00:51Peter Sanders!
00:54Awesome.
01:02Hi, thank you, Ron Laude.
01:03Hi, everybody.
01:04Welcome to Quest Your Luck.
01:05We're gonna have a lot of fun today.
01:06There're gonna be a lot of money,
01:08and there're gonna be very few whammies.
01:09I hope, and certainly the players hope that, as well.
01:12Let's meet them right now,
01:13starting with our very first player, our champion,
01:14Erica Doben.
01:16With $23,172.
01:19Now you've got cruises, and you've got some cash. What are you going to do with the cash, Erica?
01:23I've got a house that needs lots of work.
01:25Ah, some remodeling.
01:26Yes, remodeling. Master bath is first. It's got lots of crap in the tub.
01:30Oh, well, it'll take care of about $22,000. Bathrooms are expensive.
01:32But good luck today.
01:34All right, our second player is Bordecai O'Connell.
01:37Bordecai, how are you doing?
01:39Great.
01:40That's good. Bordecai, what are you looking to win today?
01:44I need lots of money for medical school, going to medical school.
01:48Another guy going to medical school.
01:49Yes.
01:50Yeah? That's expensive, isn't it?
01:52Yes.
01:53Well, good luck to you today, Bordecai.
01:55Our third player is Jeannie Fischetti. How are you, Jeannie?
01:58Fine, thank you, Jeannie.
01:59Good. Jeannie, where are you from?
02:02Well, I'm from Hackensack, New Jersey, but not by choice.
02:05Hack...
02:07Better for you to say that than me, Jeannie, because I alienated Newark a while back.
02:11Hackensack is not far from Newark.
02:12Right.
02:13Have you been to Newark?
02:14Oh, yes. Lots of times.
02:16Okay, Jeannie, do you like Newark?
02:19Yes.
02:20You love Newark, don't you, Jeannie?
02:21Oh, I love it, yes.
02:22Hey, what did I tell you?
02:23What a gal.
02:24Yeah.
02:25Jeannie, you came here to win some big bucks?
02:26Big, big bucks.
02:27This is important, because if you ever go back to Newark and Hackensack, you want people to be friendly, huh?
02:32Well, yes, they try to be friendly, yes.
02:35This is great.
02:36Okay, here we go.
02:38Let's play this game before we alienate an entire state.
02:42I'm going to give you three...
02:43If you give me a buzz and answer, you're going to get three spins.
02:45A multiple-choice answer gets you one spin, provided, of course, they're correct.
02:48Are you ready?
02:49Ready.
02:50Here we go with the first question.
02:52Harper's Magazine poses this questionable question.
02:55What fraction of men who are divorced or separated say they're happier now that they are living apart?
03:01Mordecai?
03:02One-half.
03:03Is it one-half, one-quarter, or three-quarters?
03:05Erica?
03:06I'll go with one-half.
03:07What do you think, Jeannie?
03:08I would say one-half also.
03:09We're happier apart.
03:10Say one-half.
03:11It's one-half.
03:12It's Mordecai.
03:13Erica, spin.
03:14Mordecai, three.
03:15Jeannie, a spin.
03:16Here we go.
03:17What vegetable can you peel and put in your soup or stew to absorb excess...
03:22Mordecai?
03:23Tomatoes.
03:24...to absorb excess salt?
03:26Is it tomato, turnip, or potato?
03:28Erica?
03:29Potato.
03:30What do you think, Jeannie?
03:31I would say potatoes.
03:33You can get rid of that salt with a peeled potato.
03:36And Erica goes to two.
03:38Jeannie to two.
03:41When an ostrich sticks his head in sand, is it wishing...
03:44Sorry.
03:45Is it washing, hiding, or hungry?
03:48Jeannie?
03:49It's hungry.
03:50All right.
03:51Is it hungry, washing, or hiding?
03:52Erica?
03:53Hungry.
03:54What do you think, Mordecai?
03:56Hungry.
03:57When an ostrich buries his head, it's hungry.
03:59Erica to three.
04:01Mordecai to four.
04:02Jeannie to five.
04:04According to the King James Version of the Bible,
04:08which famous biblical brother spoke the now famous quote,
04:11Am I my brother's keeper?
04:19The Bible Belt just tuned us out.
04:22I'll give it to you in multiple choice with great reverence.
04:26According to the King James Version of the Bible,
04:28which famous biblical brother spoke the now famous quote,
04:32Am I my brother's keeper?
04:34Is it Cain, Abel, or Luke?
04:37Erica?
04:39Luke.
04:40What do you think, Mordecai?
04:42Cain.
04:43What do you think, Jeannie?
04:45I would say Cain.
04:46Well, that question was asked by Brother Cain.
04:49Erica to three.
04:50Mordecai goes to five.
04:52Jeannie to six.
04:53We'll make some money when we come back,
04:55so hang in there.
04:56We'll be returning.
05:05All right, gang, it's money time.
05:07That's your favorite time, isn't it?
05:09Yes.
05:10That is fun, I understand.
05:11There's over $50,000 in cash and prizes up there,
05:13a few whammies that you want to avoid like the plague,
05:16and there are some great trips.
05:18I have an idea.
05:19Why don't we take a tour of the Bible schools and Disneyland?
05:22Would you like to do that with Disney World?
05:24Yes.
05:25Well, Rod will take us on it.
05:26Reverend Rod.
05:27Yes, I will, Brother Peter.
05:29Here's a dream that could come true for one of today's contestants,
05:33children of all ages will love six days in Florida's Magic Kingdom.
05:37Disney World, experiencing all the thrills and excitement
05:40of Walt Disney's Wonderful World,
05:42a trip worth over $1,500.
05:46All right, sounds like a good trip to me.
05:48If you'd like your trip to spend the bucks,
05:49you want to win this round,
05:50so you can play last in the final round.
05:52That is very important.
05:53Four whammies is also very important
05:55because she'll be very much gone,
05:56and you can pass your remaining spins if you so desire
05:58during your turn.
05:59Everybody got that?
06:00Yes.
06:01All right.
06:02Okay, a few of spins first.
06:03Erica, you're up with three, champ.
06:04Okay, let's go.
06:06Come on, big bucks.
06:08This one's for Kristen.
06:09Stop.
06:10Stop at $1,250.
06:11Yeah.
06:12Erica, first place, $1,250.
06:14Remember, there's add a one up there.
06:15If you got that, you'd have $11,250.
06:17Two spins.
06:18Gonna go.
06:19Here we go.
06:20Big bucks.
06:21No whammies.
06:22Stop.
06:23Stop at $750.
06:24$2,000, one spin.
06:25Kristen, pass.
06:27I'm gonna pass.
06:29You're gonna pass.
06:30All right, now,
06:31you're gonna give one spin to Mordecai or Jeannie.
06:33Um, Jeannie.
06:34Jeannie, it's yours.
06:35You go to Mordecai first.
06:36Five spins, Mordecai.
06:37Here you go.
06:38All right, let's go.
06:39Big bucks.
06:40Big bucks.
06:41Stop.
06:42Stop at $300.
06:43All right.
06:44Second place, four spins.
06:45Mordecai.
06:46Big bucks.
06:47Big bucks.
06:48Get an add a one.
06:49Stop.
06:50Stop at $550.
06:51$850.
06:52Three spins.
06:53$1,150.
06:54Shy, Erica.
06:55Come on.
06:56Let's get a trip somewhere.
06:57Stop.
06:58Stop.
06:59Stop at $500.
07:00$1,350.
07:01Moving up.
07:02$650 less than Erica.
07:03Two spins, Mordecai.
07:04All right.
07:05Let's go.
07:06Big bucks.
07:07Big bucks.
07:08Stop.
07:09Stop at $470.
07:10That's $1,820.
07:11$180 less than Erica.
07:12One spin left.
07:13Pressure to pass it.
07:14Here we go.
07:15All the way.
07:16Big bucks.
07:17Stop.
07:18Stop at $750.
07:19You get it for now, Mordecai.
07:20$2,570.
07:21First place by $570.
07:22Jeannie, one spin you have to take.
07:23Six more, we'll talk about it.
07:24Okay, let's go.
07:25Let's go.
07:26Let's go for the big bucks and stop.
07:27Stop at $400.
07:28Third place.
07:29Six spins.
07:30Pressure to pass.
07:31I'm going from here.
07:32Okay.
07:33Big bucks.
07:34Big bucks.
07:35Stop.
07:36Stop at $500 more.
07:37$900.
07:38Third place.
07:39Five spins, Jeannie.
07:40I'm going.
07:41I'm going for the big bucks.
07:42I'm going for the big bucks.
07:43Stop.
07:44Stop at $200 and a spin.
07:45$1,100.
07:46Third place.
07:47Still five spins.
07:48I'm going.
07:49I have to go.
07:50Okay.
07:51Big bucks.
07:52Big bucks.
07:53Stop.
07:54Big bucks.
07:55Big bucks.
07:56Stop.
07:57Stop at $500 more.
07:58$1,600.
07:59Four spins.
08:00$400 less than Erica.
08:01You are in third place.
08:02Still in third place.
08:03I've got to go for it, Peter.
08:04Okay.
08:05Let's go.
08:06Let's go.
08:07Stop.
08:08Stop at big bucks.
08:09$1,000.
08:10From third place to first place.
08:11$2,600.
08:12First place by $30.
08:13Three spins.
08:14$30 only, right, Peter?
08:15Okay.
08:16I've got to go one more time.
08:17Okay.
08:18Here we go.
08:19Three and a spin.
08:20One more time.
08:21Okay.
08:22Big bucks.
08:23Big bucks.
08:24I hear it.
08:25Big bucks.
08:26Big bucks.
08:27I got you, big buck.
08:28That was sent in by the people from Hackensack, I think.
08:36Extremely rude.
08:37Rude.
08:38Very rude.
08:39Two spins left, though, Jeannie.
08:40Okay.
08:41I've got to go for it.
08:42I'm going to go for it.
08:43Big bucks.
08:44Big bucks.
08:45Big bucks.
08:46And stop.
08:47Stop at $400.
08:48Good place.
08:49One spin.
08:50Press the pack.
08:51I have to go.
08:52Big bucks.
08:53Big bucks.
08:54Big bucks.
08:55Big bucks.
08:56Big bucks.
08:57Big bucks.
08:58Big bucks.
08:59Big bucks.
09:00Stop.
09:01Stop it at a one.
09:02Gives you $1,400, Jeannie.
09:03Erica, 2,000.
09:04Mortdecai, 25, 70.
09:05Big guy, you've got first place to the advantage.
09:06And you don't have to check.
09:07The whole new round will stress you out.
09:08So come on back.
09:09All right.
09:10I'm going to give you another golden opportunity, gang, to earn some spins, which of course
09:20become dollars.
09:21Do you think you can do that?
09:22Yes.
09:23You have to answer the questions, okay?
09:24Yes.
09:25Do you have some answers?
09:26Yes.
09:27Yes.
09:28You think they'll match the questions?
09:29Yes.
09:30Then we'll be in good luck.
09:31Here we go with the first question.
09:32Here is a marriage question.
09:33Is it the bride's parents, the groom's parents, or the bride and groom who host the traditional
09:37engagement party?
09:38Jeannie?
09:39It's the groom's parents.
09:40All right.
09:41Groom's parents, bride's parents, or bride and groom?
09:43Erica?
09:44Groom's parents.
09:45Who is it, Mortdecai?
09:46Groom's parents.
09:48Hosts of the engagement party are the parents of the bride.
09:52See?
09:53You guys basically don't know nothing.
09:56I'm not married.
09:57You're not married?
09:58Doesn't look like you're going to be either.
09:59You know what I mean?
10:00All right.
10:01Number two question.
10:02Tense up.
10:03It's getting serious now.
10:04If you suffer from dyslexia, what do you have a trouble...
10:08Jeannie?
10:09Water.
10:10Shortage of water.
10:11What do you have trouble doing?
10:12Is the correct answer...
10:15You have a shortage of water?
10:17Or is it trouble reading or talking?
10:20Erica?
10:21Got it.
10:23Reading.
10:24What do you think it is, Mortdecai?
10:25It's reading.
10:26Reading.
10:27If you're dyslexic, you have trouble reading.
10:30That's it.
10:31Erica is spin.
10:33Mortdecai is spin.
10:36I think Jeannie needs a drink.
10:41Here we go.
10:42The Greek Hippocrates is known as the father of what profession?
10:49Erica?
10:50Medicine.
10:51Is it medicine, law, or engineering, Mortdecai?
10:56Who was the...
10:57Hippocrates.
10:58Hippocrates.
10:59Greek Hippocrates.
11:01Medicine.
11:02Medicine.
11:03What do you think, Jeannie?
11:04I'd say medicine.
11:05Have you ever heard of the Hippocratic Oath?
11:06It's the father of medicine.
11:07Yes.
11:08Erica to four.
11:09Mortdecai to two.
11:11Jeannie to one spin.
11:13Let's talk about this, Mortdecai.
11:15You're going to be a doctor?
11:16Yes.
11:17Do you plan to be one without taking the Hippocratic Oath?
11:19You can go for it.
11:22I know a number of doctors that evidently haven't ever taken it.
11:27We're going to go to the last question.
11:29Please.
11:30Are you prepared?
11:31Please.
11:32Are you prepared to gird your loins?
11:34You're a doctor.
11:35What does that mean?
11:36You're not a doctor yet, though.
11:37Right.
11:39You having a good time, Mortdecai?
11:40Yes.
11:41Here we go.
11:42It came up until a few seconds ago.
11:47Don't worry about it.
11:48There's only about 40 million people watching.
11:50Don't get nervous.
11:51Liggett and Myers, R.J. Reynolds, and Brown and Williamson
11:55have been three of our largest producers of what products?
12:02Jeannie.
12:03Foil?
12:04Is it foil?
12:06Wine or tobacco, Erica?
12:09Can you read that question again, please?
12:11Why not?
12:12Liggett and Myers, R.J. Reynolds, and Brown and Williamson
12:15have been three of our largest producers of what products?
12:17Is it foil, wine, or tobacco?
12:20Foil.
12:21Foil.
12:22I have to go with the Reynolds foil.
12:25Liggett and Myers foil?
12:28Well, I guess that's true if you can smoke it
12:30because it's all tobacco products.
12:32Erica stays at four.
12:34Wernicke at two.
12:35And Jeannie at one.
12:37And we're coming back for Big Buck right after this.
12:41Go light up your foil.
13:03All right, we're back for Mighty Big Bucks.
13:05We're also back.
13:06Mordecai has coined a new advertising slogan.
13:10It is, I'd walk a mile for a foil.
13:13Right.
13:17That's great.
13:18Well, you never know.
13:19They may use it and give you some money.
13:20Right.
13:21In the meantime, we've got $100,000 up there.
13:24Right.
13:25All right?
13:26Cash and prizes and goodies.
13:28$100,000 up there.
13:29Right.
13:30All right?
13:31Cash and prizes and goodies.
13:32Rammies we don't need any part of.
13:34But would you like to take a trip?
13:36Yes.
13:37Yes.
13:38I think so.
13:39Yeah, I think so.
13:40Right.
13:41Would you like to hear from our bon vivant,
13:42Monsieur Radi?
13:43Yes.
13:44Here he is.
13:45And part-time rock on tour.
13:46How about six nights
13:47in the world's most exciting romantic city, Paris?
13:51Yes, today is like we went to be spending thrilling holidays
13:55in the city of lights.
13:57I'll get it.
13:58See the famous sights, of course,
13:59and dine on the wonderful French cuisine
14:01and trip with over $2,500.
14:03Peter?
14:04All right.
14:05Paris, France.
14:06What a trip, gang.
14:07Mordecai, all the kidding aside,
14:08you have managed to win round one,
14:10and you will then play last 25.70,
14:12so not too shabby.
14:14And Jeannie, with $1,400, one big spin.
14:16You are first.
14:17Are you ready?
14:18Yes, I'm ready.
14:19Okay, gang, let's get some bucks here.
14:20I'm going for the bucks that you have.
14:21All the bucks that you have in one spin.
14:23One spin, okay.
14:24Big bucks, big bucks, stop.
14:26Stop at $7.50 and a spin.
14:28One spin.
14:29$21.50.
14:30Second place, one spin, Jeannie.
14:32I'm going for it.
14:33Okay, big bucks.
14:34We need another spin and big bucks.
14:36Stop.
14:37Stop at $1,400 more.
14:38$35.50, first place.
14:41Erica, you have four spins, $2,000.
14:44Let me just tell you something.
14:45You guys have to get a lot of spins and get going,
14:47because we'll have so much time,
14:48I'll have to read the first act of Hamlet in big Latin.
14:52You don't want to hear it.
14:53You ready, Erica?
14:54I'm ready.
14:55Let's go.
14:56Big bucks, big bucks.
14:58This one's for Kristen.
14:59Stop.
15:00Stop at $2,000.
15:01$4,000, first place.
15:02Three spins, about $500 more than Jeannie.
15:06I'm going.
15:07I feel lucky.
15:08Here we go.
15:09Big bucks, big bucks, stop.
15:11Stop at $1,400 more.
15:13$5,400, first place by $1,900.
15:17Two spins, Erica.
15:18I'm going.
15:19$1,850 to be exact.
15:20Here we go.
15:21Big bucks, big bucks, come on.
15:24Stop.
15:25Stop.
15:26Oh, no.
15:34Sometimes I have to report unpleasant information, Erica.
15:36Not only did you get a whammy, but Jeannie clapped and smiled.
15:41Am I lying, Jeannie?
15:42No, I...
15:43Yes, I did.
15:44Just admit it, Jeannie.
15:45Just admit it.
15:46You'll be a better person for it.
15:47You'll feel better about yourself.
15:48I feel good about it.
15:49Good, okay.
15:50You have one spin left.
15:51What do you want to do?
15:52Go.
15:53Okay, here we go.
15:54I've got to go.
15:55Let's go.
15:56Let's go.
15:57Big bucks.
15:58I need to spin.
15:59Big bucks and stop.
16:00Stop at $500.
16:01You're back in the chips.
16:02No spins left.
16:03Mordecai.
16:04Got to go.
16:05This is it.
16:06Going all the way.
16:07Light up that foil and let's get it.
16:08Big bucks.
16:09Big bucks.
16:10Big bucks.
16:11Stop.
16:12Stop.
16:13It heads to space.
16:14It's a Bermuda.
16:15Mordecai, let's hope the Bermuda has a value of $2,522.
16:18You're in first place with $5,092.
16:20About $1,542 more than Jeannie.
16:22You have one spin left.
16:23All right, Mordecai.
16:24If you can avoid the whammy, you'll win the game.
16:26It's a whammy.
16:27Jeannie's the champ.
16:28Are you ready, Mordecai?
16:29Are you ready, Jeannie?
16:30Here we go.
16:31Big bucks.
16:32Big bucks.
16:33Big bucks.
16:34Stop.
16:35Stop it.
16:36It heads to space.
16:37Mordecai's in the chips.
16:38Big bucks.
16:39Big bucks.
16:40Big bucks.
16:41Big bucks.
16:42Big bucks.
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17:00Big bucks.
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17:14Big bucks.
17:15Big bucks.
17:16We'll be right back with today's big special,
17:18our grand winner, Mordecai, with $6,342.
17:29And Ron Roddy is gonna tell you what you won, right?
17:33Thank you, Peter.
17:34Mordecai, you have won a Bermuda vacation!
17:39Will Jack, you, and your guests not drift off tomorrow
17:41Mordecai, you have won a Bermuda vacation.
17:44Well, Jack, you and your guest
17:45have now tripped out from Los Angeles to Bermuda
17:48for a six-night stay at Modified American Plant
17:50at the Deluxe Belmont Hotel Golf and Beach Club,
17:53the resort designed for sports lovers.
17:55It's set on a semi-tropical estate
17:57overlooking Bermuda's Great South.
17:59You'll enjoy great views, golf, and water sports.
18:01That prize totals $2,522,
18:04combined with the $3,820 in cash you won.
18:08That gives you a grand total, Mordecai, at $6,342.
18:12Congratulations.
18:14All right, Mordecai, well done, $6,342.
18:17You also have a great sense of humor.
18:18You know, in all honesty,
18:20that I would never ridicule a fellow brewing.
18:21I mean, you go to UCLA, right?
18:23Yes, yes.
18:25You're a lot of fun, and you're going to come back
18:26and do it again, right?
18:27Yes, definitely.
18:28All right, congratulations to you.
18:30Erica, you are leaving us with $23,172.
18:34Not bad. Good luck.
18:37Thanks for being with us.
18:38We had some nice prizes for you.
18:39I thank you for being with us, too.
18:41And I told you I was going to do the first act of Hamlet
18:44in pig Latin.
18:45You think I jest?
18:47I'm going to do it in English.
18:48However, it'll sound like pig Latin.
18:50This is actually a poem from Mrs. Nancy Coombs
18:52of Dracut, Massachusetts,
18:54and it stars her daughter Elizabeth, who's four,
18:58and Michael, her son, who's two.
19:00It goes like this.
19:02My two sweet children watch Press Your Luck every day.
19:05Even the Flintstones can't keep them away.
19:08They love the whammy and think he's funny.
19:10What they don't understand is he's taking the money.
19:13They laugh and clap when he starts to dance,
19:15and my love for the show, they really enhance.
19:18So whammy take heart.
19:19Two big fans you've got through, though grownups fear you,
19:23they love you a lot.
19:24That's very nice, Nancy.
19:25Thanks very much.
19:26Thanks, Elizabeth and Michael.
19:28Until next time, this is Peter Tamarkin.
19:30Thanks for pressing your luck.
19:31Bye-bye.
19:33Some member of our studio audience
19:34received RoboCoop's large family food processor
19:37with RoboCoop's innovative grand opening feeder system
19:40for extra large slicing jobs.
19:41A shipper's press, juice extractor, extra slicing disc.
19:45And here's what we have for our departing contestants.
19:47Enjoy cordless ironing with Hamilton Beach's
19:49cordless electronic iron.
19:50Self-cleaning, burst to steam,
19:52Silverstone Soul Plate, Hamilton Beach.
19:54Plus, farm fresh, great tasting Mr. Turkey Brand,
19:57Turkey Frank, luncheon meats and turkey breast.
20:00Delicious, low calorie meats from Mr. Turkey.
20:02And Flambro Imports presents America's favorite crown.
20:06Emmett Kelly Jr., handcrafted limited edition
20:08porcelain figurines, signed and numbered
20:10from Flambro Imports.
20:12Also, Sarah Coventry, a leader in fashion accessories.
20:16Now in retail stores, Sarah Coventry,
20:18fine jewelry to accent today's fashion.
20:21And for more real barbecue taste,
20:24new Shake and Bake barbecue style coating mix.
20:26A new blend of seasonings for delicious
20:28tangy chicken and ribs.
20:29Also, from the Eureka Company,
20:33the handy mini-mite that's cordless and rechargeable.
20:35Eureka Mini-Mite, a mighty vacuum in a mini size.
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20:57This is Rod Roddy speaking for Press Your Luck,
21:01a Carothers Company presentation.
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