$ale of the Century [NBC]: Episode 35

[Deleted]

Dixie?

[palmer7]

That's what we're looking for. You're right.
(ding)



Cameron: $25
Billy: $35
John: $55



4. On what 1982 film's soundtrack would you hear "Working Girl March"?
(buzzcode: 79)
*Billy buzzes in (53)*
Billy?
Billy: Tootsie!
Yes, by Dave Grusin. You're right, and you go to $40.
(ding)



Cameron: $25
Billy: $40
John: $55



5. What are Conquest, Slaughter, Famine, and Death for readers of the Book of Revelations in the New Testament?
(buzzcode: 59)
*Cameron buzzes in (73)*
Cameron?
Cameron: The four horsemen
That's right. The four horsemen of the apocalypse. You're correct.
(ding)



Cameron: $30
Billy: $40
John: $55



[INSTANT BARGAIN]



John, you've got a $15 lead. Stacey, what have you got now?


(Mitch and Shannon continue their romance on the couch while watching a movie)




Stacey: Well, John, if you're anything like these lovebirds, you can enjoy a movie---- without necessarily watching it---- with these prizes. First, this Sony Full HD 3D Home Theater Projector has a dynamic contrast ratio of 120,000:1, so blacks and whites are optimized for finer detail, even in dark scenes. The electronic panel alignment adjusts the blue and red elements in each pixel for precise color and clarity.





And this Sony 7.1ch Soundbar with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® lets you enjoy the subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound with High-Resolution Audio. It combines Digital Signal Processing and Wave-front technology to emulate a natural, three-dimensional sound field, all from a single sound bar and subwoofer. Furnished by Sony. And finally, we're throwing in $1,000 for movies and other necessities. Together, these prizes would normally cost....





$5,500


But tonight on $ale of the Century, they're yours for only...


$9



(audience cheers as I join them)


Greg: Oh yes, folks. (I note Shannon and Mitch) This is for all you people who write to us on social media, pairing these two together. Anyway, John..... I know on our last show, you passed up movie tickets. Now you can bring the movies home to you. Is that better?

[Deleted]

Eh, not by a lot. Besides that I really don't have a place to put the system in the house.

[palmer7]

Oh...... he doesn't have a place to put it in the house. Although come to think of it, with some of those prizes you've won, I can agree with that. That's a happy little problem, I'd say. Now, look, you're already getting $1,000 cash built in, I'll just throw in a thousand of my own. Why not? You'd have a $6 lead if you bought and $6,500 in cash and prizes. Going once... going twice....

[Deleted]

As tempting as the cash is, I still can't accept. No sale.

[palmer7]

No sale again. (audience groans) That's his right, ladies and gentlemen. I don't blame him. I just had to put in an honest effort. (I walk back to my lectern) It's not my problem that he's got over $105,000 already.


1. What Swiss city hosted the first post-WWII summit conference, in 1955?
2. What revolutionary pill got Carl Djerassi into the National Inventors Hall of Fame?
3. What was the profession of Pinocchio's father, Gepetto?


(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. What Swiss city hosted the first post-WWII summit conference, in 1955?
(buzzcode: 44)
*Billy buzzes in (39, answered first)*
Billy?
Billy: Geneva
That's exactly right, and you get another $5 for that.
(ding)


Cameron: $30
Billy: $45
John: $55



2. What revolutionary pill got Carl Djerassi into the National Inventors Hall of Fame?
(buzzcode: 11)
*Billy buzzes in (40)*
Billy again?
Billy: Birth-control pill!
You're within striking distance now at $50.
(ding)


Cameron: $30
Billy: $50
John: $55



3. What was the profession of Pinocchio's father, Gepetto?
(buzzcode: 20)
*Billy buzzes in (50)*
Billy again?
Billy: He's a woodcarver!
That's exactly what he is, and you're tied for first.
(ding)


Cameron: $30
Billy: $55
John: $55




Speaking of Geppetto, in the original version, he wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush. This is called polendina in Italian, and subsequently his neighbors call him "Polendina" to annoy him. We'll be back with a close match, right after this.


(main theme to commercial)
(cheers and applause)
(fade to commercial)

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(1986-88 Australian theme plays)


Charlie: (VO) It's time for the $ale of the Century Play-At-Home game! Call 1-855-505-SALE, for your chance to win $10,000 in cash, a walk-on role on Days of Our Lives or one of four other lovely prizes.


Greg: Plus get valuable offers from third, fourth, and fifth parties! Maybe a sixth if you're lucky!


(legal mumbo-jumbo scrolls down the bottom third of the screen)


1-855-505-SALE


Charlie: (VO) So call 1-855-505-SALE, to play and win!

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(fade in)
(main theme closes, cheers and applause)



Well, it's Friday here on $ale, and we're looking at a very close match to wrap up this week.



Cameron: $30
Billy: $55
John: $55



Billy and John are tied at $55 each, but Cameron's not out of it at $30.....


[FAME GAME]


Especially not when we add a $15 Money Card to the board. Looking for a famous thing.


I am a musical composition, Op. 67, written in 1936 in the USSR. My composer was commissioned by Natalya Sats and the Central Children's Theatre in Moscow to write a new musical symphony for children. Intrigued, he wrote me in four days. The debut was, in the composer's words, inauspicious at best: (quote) "... [attendance] was poor and failed to attract much attention". (close quote) The first concert performance of me outside Russia was by the Dublin Orchestral Players under the direction of Brian Boydell on June 9, 1942 in Dublin, Ireland. I have been seen as an allegory for the political situation of the Soviet Union in the 1930s. I consist of a story which is told by a narrator, and each character is represented by a different musical instrument in the orchestra. Various narrators have ranged from Sterling Holloway to Rob Reiner to Melissa Joan Hart, in character as Clarissa Darling. Walt Disney produced an animated version of me in 1946 for the film Make Mine Music.


(buzzcode and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 46)
*John buzzes in (45)*
John?
John: Peter and the Wolf
That's the one. You're right again. (audience cheers)


"Peter and the Wolf". Stacey, where's the $15?

[palmer7]

(lights in motion)


[1][2][ ]
[4][$15][6]
[7][$10][9]



Stacey: Behind #5, Greg.


Greg: Two Money Cards to shoot for, good luck and fire when ready. (a letter between A-I that isn't G, please)

[Deleted]

(E)

[palmer7]

(he stops)



[1][2][ ]
<4>[$15][6]
[7][$10][9]



Well, it went to #4, which gives us...


[1][2][ ]
<MM>[$15][6]
[7][$10][9]




MYSTERY MONEY OR TRY AGAIN


Charlie: (VO) Mystery Money or Try Again!



Greg: Now what that means is we have a cash amount that ranges from 99 cents to $10,000. Do you want to take the mystery money, or do you want another crack at a Money Card? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Let's go for the Mystery Money.

[palmer7]

He's going for the Mystery Money. How much is in there?



(the panel reveals...)



[1][2][ ]
<$7,127>[$15][6]
[7][$10][9]




$7,127 in cash! (audience cheers) Excellent job, John. Too bad we can't add that to your score here...



Cameron: $30
Billy: $55
John: $55



You're still tied at $55 with Billy. Back with these questions.



1. What sport is most frequently featured in John Irving novels?
2. The Parthenon in Greece was dedicated to which Greek Goddess?
3. Starting with M, what insect do dragonflies eat?
4. What name is given to the fruit of an oak tree?
5. Give me the next line to this recent Taylor Swift song.



He said, "Let's get out of this town,
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds."
I thought heaven can't help me now.
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down

He's so tall and handsome as hell



(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. What sport is most frequently featured in John Irving novels?
(buzzcode: 97)
*Cameron buzzes in (49, 1st to respond)*
Cameron?
Cameron: Wrestling
That's exactly right, you get another $5.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $55



2. The Parthenon in Greece was dedicated to which Greek Goddess?
(buzzcode: 58 )
*John buzzes in (47)*
John?
John: Athena
That's the goddess we're looking for, and you go to $60.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $60


3. Starting with M, what insect do dragonflies eat?
(buzzcode: 29)
*John buzzes in (33)*
John again?
John: Mosquitoes
Just be glad we didn't ask you to spell it. You're right.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $65



4. What name is given to the fruit of an oak tree?
(buzzcode: 16)
*John buzzes in (29)*
John again?
John: Acorn
That's what it is, you go to $70.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $70



5. Give me the next line to this recent Taylor Swift song.



He said, "Let's get out of this town,
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds."
I thought heaven can't help me now.
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down

He's so tall and handsome as hell


(buzzcode: 60)
*John buzzes in (56)*
John?
John: He's so bad but he does it so well
Spending its first week at #1 on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream, you're right.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $75



[CASHCARD]



CashCard time, and John, you have a $20 lead over Billy. We have four suits, as you know, one of them hides a $15 refund, one of them hides Random Cash, and one of them hides this....

(Katy, as a jewel thief, tries to crack this safe)




Stacey: John, you've won an awful lot of loot recently, so I'm going to appeal to your sense of security. This safe offers you the utmost in protection. It comes with an U.L. Listed Group 2 Combination Lock, solid steel construction, and has a factory-tested 2 story impact rating. Furnished by Mesa Safe. And what do we have inside that safe?



(Katy finally cracks it and pulls out...)






Stacey: A snake bangle! The serpentine form carries streamlined modernity in this 18K gold bangle. The original designs are copyrighted by Elsa Peretti, and it's yours with a gift certificate from Tiffany and Co. And this prize package is normally priced at....



$5,215




(audience cheers)


Greg: And John, you hit it big last night, so the CashCard is right back at $10,000. (I pull out a stack of bound $100 bills)



So, John... you have a $20 lead. If you bought in, you'd still be ahead by a question. What say ye?

[Deleted]

I think I'll let the CashCard build up a bit before I go back after it, so this time around, I won't go for it.

[palmer7]

All right. In that case, since we have a little time, I'm going to go into the audience. (I pick up a mic and go into the audience) Who wants a shot at $10,000?




(first "audience member" or non-player to respond gets a crack at it)

[Deleted]

Me! (Raises hand)

[palmer7]

(I pick the man with the raised hand) You, sir! Stand up, please. OK. Name, rank, hometown, and serial number.

[Deleted]

Hunter Dillon, Rookie, Liberty, West Virginia, A-00001

[palmer7]

Very good, rookie! (I salute him, audience laughs) Now, here is the mission before you. You have an opportunity to pick up $10,000 or that prize. You will pick a suit off the CashCard board. If you get the $15 or the Random Cash, I will give you $50 for each dollar that comes up. So, if you get the $15, that's $750 in cash. If it's Random Cash, you get between $50 and $2,500. If you find the Prize, you get the bangle and safe worth over $5,000. If you find the CashCard, you get $10,000 in cash. It's that simple.


Now, rookie.... I will give you the option right now to take $1,000 and not pick. Will you take the money, or will you go for the CashCard? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

No, I'll go for the CashCard, and I'll pick my lucky suit, Spades!

[palmer7]

Oh, he said Spades, that's what he meant. Very well. Glad to see you corrected yourself.


(Stacey presses the Spades screen)





[HEARTS] <SPADES> [DIAMONDS] [CLUBS]



All right. Good luck to you. Stacey, show us what's behind Spades.


(she presses the button)




(blip)











[HEARTS] <PRIZE> [DIAMONDS] [CLUBS]





Prize! You've won the Tiffany gift certificate and the safe worth $5,215. Where was the CashCard?



(Stacey hits the button again)




[HEARTS] <PRIZE> [CASHCARD] [CLUBS]





Diamonds. Congratulations, Hunter. (I shake his hand) Are you happy with your prize, rookie?

[Deleted]

(Like a Marine in boot camp) I MEANT SPADES, SIR!

[palmer7]

A BIT TOO LATE FOR THAT, SON! You've already won the bloody prize. Thank you for playing. DISMISSED! (audience cheers) CashCard goes to $15,000 on Monday. We'll be right back. (I salute the camera)




(main theme to commercial)
(cheers and applause)
(fade to commercial)

[palmer7]

(fade in)
(main theme closes, cheers and applause)



Greg: During the break, Hunter dropped and gave me 20 pushups. He had terrible form, according to one person, but he did far better than I ever could.



Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $75



Speaking of 20, John has a $20 lead. Back with this for all three of you.



1. Players selecting the same character/strategy over and over in a game is known as Complacent what?
2. What author created the characters Ponyboy and Sodapop?
3. In which US state is the headquarters for the Mayo Clinic?


(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. Players selecting the same character/strategy over and over in a game is known as Complacent what?
(buzzcode: 54)
*Billy buzzes in (42)*
Billy?
Billy: Complacement Gaming syndrome?
That's right. You get $5.
(ding)


Cameron: $35
Billy: $60
John: $75


2. What author created the characters Ponyboy and Sodapop?
(buzzcode: 33)
*Billy buzzes in (37)*
Billy?
Billy: Errr.... not sure... Hilton? I don't know his full name.
(wrong)
First off, it's a she, and second, you were one letter off. It's S.E. Hinton, not Hilton. Sorry, you go back down to $55.



Cameron: $35
Billy: $55
John: $75


3. In which US state is the headquarters for the Mayo Clinic?
(buzzcode: 97)
*Billy buzzes in (64)*
Billy again?
Billy: Minnesota!
And you just earned that $5 right back, it is in Minnesota.
(ding)



Cameron: $35
Billy: $60
John: $75


[FAME GAME]


And with $15 separating first and second, every dollar is important. All three Money Cards are up on the board as we look for a famous person.


I am an actor and musician, born in Cypress, California on August 19, 1963. I am the oldest child and only son of a former swimsuit model who was raised in England and is of Irish and English ancestry and a restaurateur of Greek descent. I attended John F. Kennedy High School. I began my acting career with the role of Blackie Parrish on the soap opera General Hospital in late January 1982, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984. I later starred in a musical sitcom where I shared lead vocals on a version of the song "Alone", a few years before Heart made it famous. I earned a role in the sitcom You Again? with Jack Klugman, but I am most famous for my role as a "bad boy" who moves in with his brother-in-law and nieces. On that show, my character's last name was changed from Cochran to Katsopolis in the second season.



(buzzcode and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 84)
*Billy buzzes in (49)*
Billy?
Billy: John Stamos
Currently starring on a show on another network, you're right! I am John Stamos. (audience cheers)



Stacey, where is the $25 Money Card?


(lights in motion)


Stacey: Behind the number 9, Greg.



[1][2][ ]
[ ][$15][6]
[7][$10][$25]



Greg: Three big Money Cards to shoot for. Good luck, and fire when ready. (an unchosen letter between A-I, please)

[Billy Gardell]

Okay, big bucks, no wh.... Oh, sorry. I mean MONEY CARD! Stop! (A)

[palmer7]

(he stops)



[1][2][ ]
[ ][$15][6]
[7]<$10>[$25]




Stop at $10!


(fanfare)
(camera flashes between Billy and the Money Card)
(cheers and applause)

We add that to your score....


Cameron: $35
Billy: $70
John: $75




And now you're only $5 behind John. We finish up the game with the Speed Round. May I have 10 questions on the clock, please?



Cameron: $35
Billy: $70
John: $75

[10]



(ding)


And the scores, Cameron at $35, Billy at $70, John at $75. Y'all curb your collective enthusiasm, folks, we're not giving away the Porsches tonight. Good luck to everyone as we start the Speed Round.... NOW!



1. "Remember the Maine!" was the rallying cry for what war?
2. In what country would you find the mouths of the Yangtze River?
3. How many ballet dancers would you find dancing a "pas de deux"?
4. What businessman served as manager of the Atlanta Braves for one game in 1977?
5. How many oxygen atoms does a molecule of ozone have?
6. What part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
7. In Greek mythology, what is the name of the god of Dreams?
8. What is a male beaver called?
9. What accordion-laden type of dancing is the official state dance of Wisconsin?
10. In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?



(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. "Remember the Maine!" was the rallying cry for what war?
(buzzcode: 25)
*Cameron buzzes in (25)*
Cameron?
Cameron: The Spanish-American War?
Yes!
(ding)


Cameron: $45
Billy: $70
John: $75

[9]



2. In what country would you find the mouths of the Yangtze River?
(buzzcode: 51)
*John buzzes in (44)*
John?
John: China
Correct.
(ding)


Cameron: $45
Billy: $70
John: $85

[8]


3. How many ballet dancers would you find dancing a "pas de deux"?
(buzzcode: 13)
*John buzzes in (31)*
John?
John: 2
Correct.
(ding)


Cameron: $45
Billy: $70
John: $95

[7]


4. What businessman served as manager of the Atlanta Braves for one game in 1977?
(buzzcode: 3)
*John buzzes in (19)*
John?
John: Ted Turner
Yes!
(ding)


Cameron: $45
Billy: $70
John: $105

[6]



5. How many oxygen atoms does a molecule of ozone have?
(buzzcode: 7)
*Cameron buzzes in (3)*
Cameron?
Cameron: 3
Right.
(ding)


Cameron: $55
Billy: $70
John: $105

[5]



6. What part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
(buzzcode: 90)
*John buzzes in (55)*
John?
John: Eyes
Right again.
(ding)


Cameron: $55
Billy: $70
John: $115

[4]


7. In Greek mythology, what is the name of the god of Dreams?
(buzzcode: 9)
*Billy buzzes in (39)*
Billy?
Billy: Now I'm frustrated between Roman and Greek names. It's a guess, Morpheus.
Good guess, just under the buzzer.
(ding)


Cameron: $55
Billy: $80
John: $115

[3]



8. What is a male beaver called?
(buzzcode: 75)
*Billy buzzes in (48)*
Billy?
Billy: Well, a beaver is a beaver. So I say a beaver.
Right, just under the buzzer again.
(ding)



Cameron: $55
Billy: $90
John: $115

[2]





9. What accordion-laden type of dancing is the official state dance of Wisconsin?
(buzzcode: 74)
*John buzzes in (54)*
John?
John: Polka
Yes!
(ding)



Cameron: $55
Billy: $90
John: $125

[1]



10. In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
(buzzcode: 15)
*Cameron buzzes in (43)*
Cameron?
Cameron: Jupiter
Is right....



Cameron: $65
Billy: $90
John: $125

[0]




But is not enough as John wins again!

[WIN CUE]
(cheers and applause)


["SECRET GARDEN"]



And a spectacular Speed Round to end the week. Congratulations again, John. Back to you in a moment, but first, some goodbyes to good players.


Billy, you were close to him all game, but he pulled ahead in the Speed Round. You do leave us with $90 and some parting gifts, plus our thanks for playing.


Cameron, I'm glad we were able to get a plug in for your warehouse. You leave us with $65, some parting gifts, and our thanks for playing.


Any last words for either one of you?