On A Roll: Superstar Christmas (CBS primetime)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

One more thing, just like the main game, you want to avoid rolling doubles. Any double means one strike and you can't eliminate a number. Three strikes and the game ends -- but you keep what you've won for your charities. And every dollar is important -- because the player who scores more money in Lucky 7 wins that $50,000 bonus and is crowned the celebrity champion of "On A Roll".

(Melissa hands Greg the dice)

Thank you, Melissa. Greg, the best of luck to you. You -- are on a roll.

(audience cheers)

(Greg rolls)

(audience groans)

Ohhhhhh -- (buzz) -- not a good way to start.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

Doug: Can Melissa zap the strike? Uhhh -- I'm afraid that's against the rules.

Melissa: Yeah, wish I could. (hands the dice back to Greg)

Doug: All right, Greg, you've got it out of your system. Roll 'em again.

(Greg rolls)

(audience cheers)

That's more like it. Away goes the 6.

(ding)

A thousand bucks for your charities -- and another roll.


(Greg rolls)

(audience cheers)

Five and four mean numbah 9, numbah 9, numbah 9 falls by the wayside.

(ding)

Two large so far. Clear out the remaining five sums and we augment that total to 40 large.


(Greg rolls)

(cha-ching)

(audience cheers)

Ah ha! Decision time with the wild roll.

Greg, would you like to play this roll as a 4, 5, 7, 8 or 10...

...*or* would you like a third token for Supergirl's money game?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[palmer7]

Now I've been paying attention, and the hardest numbers to roll are 4 and 10. So let's take out the four.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Playing the 3 as a 4. They like your move.

(ding)

(audience laughs)

Ohhhh -- clever thy is Wally! I see what you did there. "Retiring Favre's number" -- as in Brett Favre number -- of which the Green Bay Packers recently retired. All right, back to the matter of money.


(Greg rolls)

(scattered groans)

Ohhh -- if only you retired Fran Tarkenton's number 10 on the wild roll. (more groans; a few boos) Too soon?

(a few laughs from the crowd)

(ding)

Tarkenton played for the Vikings -- as did Brett, albeit briefly. Okay, enough football talk. Let's talk more money, Greg.


(Greg rolls)

Oh *that* again. (ding) Well -- score's up to $3200. You're still on a roll.

(Greg rolls)

(scattered groans)

Well -- better to roll this combination of 4 than the other. (ding) $3300. Come on, something higher than a 4 this time.


(Greg rolls)

(scattered louder groans) (Doug shakes his head)

Oddly enough, "Frosty the Snowman" airs after us. Could someone call Frosty and tell him we're going to run late?

(scattered laughter)

(ding)

All right. $3400. At least you're avoiding the doubles, Greg. Come on -- bigger and better sum.


(Greg rolls)

(audience cheers)

*That's* what I'm talkin' about.

(ding)

Away goes the 7. I'm -- not even going to comment on either of the first two digits in Greg's score. (scattered laughter from the crowd) He might roll you-know-what again.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(Greg rolls)

(cha-ching)
(audience cheers)

Instead -- wild roll again! Have a think, please, Greg. Want to clear out the 5, 8 or 10 -- or take a third token with Supergirl's money game?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[palmer7]

"Frosty" airs right after us, huh? We can't keep Jackie waiting, or else he'll show one of those slide shows of his. Let's take out that 10.

[dougmorrisontheair]

And away goes the 10.

(ding)

(a few laughs from the crowd)

And -- we get in a Vikings mention from Wally. All right, two numbers to go, Greg. Go get that money.

(audience cheers)

(Greg rolls)

(more cheers)

Sweet! The 8 goes -- (ding) -- which means...

(alarm goes off)

...Livewire has escaped DEO custody.

(audience and Melissa laugh)

Only kidding.

It actually means Greg has as many as five chances to roll a 5 -- and it has to be done naturally. Doubles still count as strikes. So if you strike out or exhaust all five rolls, it's game over. Good luck and roll 'em.

(Greg rolls)

A 7.

(ding)

That's $6500 and you're stayin' alive.

(Greg rolls)

(audience groans)
(buzz)

Uh oh!

Second strike, Greg. One more double -- and it's game over.

Argh!

(buzz; NYSI89 losing horns; audience groans)

Another pair of Texas sunflowers conclude matters in Lucky 7.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

Doug: Wally offers his commiserations for our co-executive producer.

Well, Greg, you've won $6500 for the American Red Cross and French Red Cross. (audience cheers) Total so far for the Red Cross organizations is a nice round $19,000.

And -- Tiffany -- more loot could be on the way, right?

(last few seconds of FF88 theme plays; audience cheers)

Tiffany: Indeed, Doug. (main game board moves stage left) Greg, you have a chance to win another $100,000 for your charities!

(Chyler poses by neon sign)

Doug: And you can win that hundred grand with Supergirl's money game. And since Supergirl is here, we're going to let Melissa take over. Melissa, the floor is yours

Melissa: Thanks, Doug. Greg, good luck. Wally, may we have the numbers for the money game, please?

(FF reveal sfx)

Melissa: Thank you Wally.  Greg, Wally has randomly hidden Supergirl's S in one of these seven screens. All you have to do is cover the screen that has the S and you win the $100,000 bonus for your charities.

You have two tokens -- so please pick two numbers to cover.

[palmer7]

If On a Roll isn't featured in a DC Comic very soon, I'm going to be disappointed. Which is quite ironic because I am a Marvel person. I'll take 1 and 7, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Melissa: We're going to have to work on an "On A Roll" comic book.

(Chyler runs over to the dice table; holds Greg's hand for good luck)

Melissa: We may have to have you as a guest star. (scattered laughter from the crowd) Wally, please cover 1 and 7.

(ding)

Melissa: Now if Supergirl's S is in screen 1 or 7, you win $100,000 for the French Red Cross and the American Red Cross. Wally, is the S in number 1?

(audience groans) (buzz)

Melissa: Sorry. Well, if there's an S in 7, you win $100,000. Is it in 7 Wally?

(buzz; NYSI89 losing horns; audience groans)

Melissa: Ohhh -- sorry.

(Chyler gives Greg consolation hug)

Melissa: Well -- where did Wally hide Supergirl's S?

Melissa: Number 3.

Doug: Ah, should've gone to Rick Garcia's number.

Chyler: You *do* watch our show.

Doug: Yeah, Rick is an anchorman in real life here in L.A. -- and plays an anchorman for Channel 3 in National City on "Supergirl".

Melissa, nice job hosting that endgame. Greg, the bad news is you didn't win the 100 grand. Good news is you pick up another $1000 for each token you earned. That's another $2000 for the French and American Red Cross.

Doug: Total of $21,000 for those fine charities. (audience cheers) We'll bring Billy back to the dice table and play the second half of "The On A Roll Superstar Christmas". Stay with us, please.

(theme plays; audience cheers)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(theme plays)

Tiffany: Welcome back to "The On A Roll Superstar Christmas".

Greg Palmer has the high score of the night with $6500.

Billy Gardell must win this game and score more than $6500 in Lucky 7 to win the celebrity championship of "On A Roll".

Melissa Benoist from "Supergirl" is at the game board for Game 2.

Chyler Leigh, also from "Supergirl" joins us at the dice table...

...as does our host, Doug Morris.


(audience cheers)

I thank you, Tiffany. Indeed, let's get right to our first name game of Game 2. Greg and Billy, please take a look at our game board where we'd normally load up the clues.

(FF reveal sfx; Melissa poses by name game)

Clues for our next puzzle will be there eventually. Right now, we're using the board to play our next name game -- because this is a 14-letter famous last name. This is the only way we could accommodate such a long name.

The gold boxes represent letters in the name. As before, three letters will randomly appear after I read the clue. When letters pop in, you may buzz in.

And here's your clue.

He was already on a roll -- when he landed a role in the movie "Jingle All The Way".

(ding)

(Greg and Billy, please PM me with a buzzcode from 1-100 and your answer.)

[dougmorrisontheair]

35 palmer7
43 Billy Gardell
74 random.org

(Billy buzzes in)

Billy?

Billy: Schwarzenegger?

(dings; audience applause)

Billy, you are aware you don't have to respond in a questioning manner on this show -- right?

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(Billy steps into roller's box)

I'm only kidding. I sense that was a guess and your guess earned another $2500 for Straw for Dogs in Alaska.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, indeed, was one of the stars of "Jingle All The Way" -- which will likely be on cable eleventy billion times between now and Christmas Day.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(FF reveal sfx; Melissa poses again -- this time by numbered and blocked spaces)

Annnnnnd moving right along to the clues in this game. Two-word clue at the top row, three-word clue in the middle and a four-word clue at the bottom row.

(Chyler hands Billy the dice)

Thank you, Chyler. Billy, you need this game to stay in business. You -- are on a roll.


(Billy rolls)

Starting off Game 2 with a 5 and a 2...

...or a 7.

(unintelligible remarks from floor director)

Oh -- thank you. Yes, I should clarify there's at least one Supergirl S on the board. Take a number, find an S and it's another $2500 for your charity.

As before, no candy cane blocks an S.

[Billy Gardell]

5 on the top and 2 on the middle.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Melissa touches screen)

An A and...

(Melissa touches screen)

...an O. Well -- it's early -- but you may guess the top or middle clue -- or roll again.

[Billy Gardell]

Let's do this again, come on, big numbers!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Billy wants big numbers, Greg wants matching numbers...

(Billy rolls)

...and we get a 4 and a 2...

...or a 6.

[Billy Gardell]

4 and 2 on the bottom, I think?

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Melissa touches screen)

This time he takes an A...


(Melissa touches screen)

...and an E. Would you like to guess the bottom clue or roll again? There are two rolls left in the round.

[Billy Gardell]

WE EAT A CANDY?

[dougmorrisontheair]

(a few laughs from the crowd)

(TPiR Pathfinder wrong move sfx)

Interesting guess -- but not right. You're still on a roll, though. Please take the third roll of the round.

(Billy rolls)

And it's the old Lawrence Welk bit -- a 1 and a 2...

...or a 3.

[Billy Gardell]

1 and 2 on the top.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going top shelf for...

(Melissa touches screen)

...an I and...


(Melissa touches screen)

...an N.

All the twos are suddenly gone -- but every non-double roll can certainly be made.  So, Billy, would you like to guess the top row or take the last roll of the round?

[Billy Gardell]

One more roll...

[dougmorrisontheair]

One way or the other, this is your last roll of the round.


(Billy rolls)

And -- fourth straight roll that includes a 2.

A 4 and a 2 or a 6. As we alluded to earlier, you can't take a 2, Billy. But you may take a 4 or a 6.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Billy.)

[Billy Gardell]

6 on the top, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Melissa touches screen)

And you get another N. That was the last roll of the round, Billy. Would you like to guess the top clue?

If you're wrong or want to pass, another name game follows.

[Billy Gardell]

I think I know, but let's do another name game.

[dougmorrisontheair]

All right. No guess from Billy. We'll get set for another name game. This and future name games are less than 14 letters each. So, Greg and Billy, take a look at monitor over there...

(FF reveal sfx)

...where we're dealing with an eight-letter famous last name. Here's your clue.

She was already on a roll -- when she released her album "My Kind of Christmas".

(ding)

---

(Greg and Billy, please PM me your answer and a buzz code from 1-100.)

[dougmorrisontheair]

25 palmer7
42 Billy Gardell
84 random.org

(Billy buzzes in)

Billy?

Billy: Aguilera!

(dings; audience applause)

Yes. Christina Aguilera. Great singer.

Up to $10,000 for Straw for Dogs, Billy. As Chyler hands you the dice -- once again, you're on a roll.

(Billy rolls)

Starting this round with a 6 and a 4...

...or a 10.

[Billy Gardell]

Ten on Top, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Melissa touches screen)

And you get a W. Guess the top clue or roll again?

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Billy.)