TKO [CBS]: Episode 2

[palmer7]

I didn't think I'd be doing another episode of this, but Doug Morris gave me a great suggestion to help pick up the pacing. So, we'll be playing another episode with these changes:


1. The $500-$2,500 round is out. The first round will be the only one where contestants can build up their score. Dollar amounts will range from $1,000-$5,000. There will be two "Knockout" questions, which allow you to steal money from your opponent.

2. Round 2 is the "Knockout" round. All Knockouts, all the time. Dollar amounts will be random, from $1,000 to $10,000.

3. To compensate for 22,500 missing dollars from the original Round 1, each new Bonus Bank will start at $25,000. 

4. The bonus bout remains the same.

5. A champion may stay on until defeated or winning the network-imposed limit of five matches. 


With that said, James has won one game and $135,000. Who wants to step into the ring?

[Deleted]

Checking in!

[jmdarrall]

I'd like to play this!

[pathfinder20]

I will throw my hat in the ring.

[palmer7]

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(TKO Pre-Open Into Theme)


Bob Hilton: (VO) Meet Kourtney Wilson, a cashier from Valdosta, Georgia. Jon Darrall, a tutor from Greenville, South Carolina. And our returning champion James Greek, an unemployed person from Alabama, whose winnings so far total $135,000. These three players will compete today on, T...K...O!






(Theme, if you want to skip into that)


And here's the star of our show, Greg Palmer!


(I bow, then walk down the stairs to cheers and applause)


Greg: Thank you very much. Thank you, Bob, and welcome to TKO, a game of survival; where one player must knock out all the competition in order to win the big money. Now, we have our three players. Kourtney, Jon, and James. We will get into introductions now, so Alex and Harry will not complain. (scattered laughter) Alex and Harry know who they are. Kourtney, we'll start with you. (I walk over there) Hi there. Please tell us about yourself.

[pathfinder20]

Well, I am a cashier for Firehouse Subs. Have been there for several years. I enjoy writing stories in my spare time along with learning different languages. Right now I am focusing on Korean.

[palmer7]

Hmmm... Korean. That's an interesting language. Why Korean?

[pathfinder20]

I had a roommate that is Korean and started to get into the culture by listening to different songs and watching tv shows in the language. Wanted to be able to communicate in the language so I started to learn it. Not an easily picked up language I tell you.

[palmer7]

Neither is Spanish. Well, good luck with that, and good luck here, today. Next up, Jon Darrall. Hiya, Jon. Please tell us about yourself.

[jmdarrall]

Hi, Greg. I am a test prep instructor and community relations developer from Greenville, South Carolina. Just turned 34, and I enjoy travelling, MMA, and games of all types.

[palmer7]

Hmm.... so, you're a test prep instructor. I know that with Common Core, education has changed a lot since I was a boy. More teachers are teaching to tests and not really teaching anymore. (some teachers in the audience cheer) Have tests and education changed a lot, in your perspective?

[jmdarrall]

The tests themselves changed in the past year, and the jury still seems to be out on it. As for education and Common Core, South Carolina hasn't adopted it, and it still produces mixed results. Overall, though, test scores are up and dropouts are down.

[palmer7]

(the audience, or at least the people who care about education, cheers) That's just wonderful. Well, good luck to you today.


And over here we have James Greek, our returning champion with $135,000 in cash! (audience cheers) James, I know game show hosts ask this a lot, but what will you do with the money?

[Deleted]

I'm going to use this money and the money I win on here to go to broadcasting school in Charlotte!

[palmer7]

Broadcasting school! Very good. What do you want to go into? Sports, news.... my job?

[Deleted]

Funny you should ask that! I wanna be a game show host! But first, I wanna start out in radio.

[palmer7]

OK. Well, with 135-grand, you've got a great start ahead of you. I think that may cover tuition. Let's get you some room and board. Let's play TKO!


(audience cheers as I walk to my lectern)


And here is the board for Round 1.

(the board is revealed)



 [$1,000]     [$1,000]     [$1,000]
[ MAGAZINE ] [  RAPPER  ]  [ NUMBER  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]






Now, we've tweaked the game a little to make it faster, smarter, and more challenging. This round will be the only chance you have to build up a defense. We have dollar amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. However, hidden in there, we have two Knockout questions which will give you a chance to steal money from your opponents. So be very strategic. You will take whatever money you earn here to the Knockout Round, and the last person standing has a chance to play our Bonus Bout for a bank we're starting at..... $25,000! (audience cheers) Now, James, since you are the champion, you get to pick first. Good luck to you all.

[Deleted]

Let's try number

[palmer7]

OK, "Number".






              [$1,000]
              [NUMBER]

       [RG]     [SS]     [LM]




On the screen, we have three sets of initials. They are, in this instance, "RG", "SS", and "LM". One of those initial sets will help you answer this question:


What mathematician gives his name to an unimaginably large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory?


I hope you got all that.


(buzzcode, initials, and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 7)
*James buzzes in (55)*
James?
James: RG





              [$1,000]
              [NUMBER]

       [RG]    




And who would that be?


James: Ronald Graham


Correct!
(ding)
(audience cheers)





[JAMES] | [JON] | [KOURTNEY]
[$1000]  [$   ]   [$       ]







 [$1,000]     [$1,000]    
[ MAGAZINE ] [  RAPPER  ]  [     ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [$2,000]
                     [CAR NAME]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]






Where to next?

[Deleted]

Let's go with car name

[palmer7]

$2,000 question.







                    [$2,000]
                   [CAR NAME]


           [ASJ]     [REL]     [USG]





On The Dukes of Hazzard, the Duke family's 1969 Dodge Charger was named after what Confederate general?


(buzzcode, initials, and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 35)
*Jon buzzes in (48)*
Jon?
Jon: REL







                    [$2,000]
                   [CAR NAME]


                   [REL]    





Talk to me.


Jon: Robert E. Lee.


Yee-haw!
(ding)
(audience cheers)



[JAMES] | [JON]  | [KOURTNEY]
[$1000]  [$2000]   [$       ]



You pull into the lead by a grand. Where to now?


[$1,000]     [$1,000]    
[ MAGAZINE ] [  RAPPER  ]  [     ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [     ]
                     

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [$3,000]
                     [UMBRELLA]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]


[jmdarrall]

Let's try MAGAZINE for $1,000.

[palmer7]

Thousand-buck question.





            [$1,000]
           [MAGAZINE]

    [JG]     [SDLT]     [AW]





What postmodern artist founded the magazine Interview in late 1969?


(buzzcode, initials, and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 69)
*James buzzes in (47)*
James?
James: AW




            [$1,000]
           [MAGAZINE]

                      [AW]





And that man is?


James: Andy Warhol


Right!
(ding)




[JAMES] | [JON]  | [KOURTNEY]
[$2000]  [$2000]   [$       ]




And we now have a tie for first. Kourtney, it's still early. Where to now, James?



              [$1,000]    
 [     ]    [  RAPPER  ]  [     ]

 [$2,000]   [  $  ]   [     ]
[SELLECK]                      

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [$3,000]
                     [UMBRELLA]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]


[Deleted]

Let's go with Selleck

[palmer7]

A question for two grand....







             [$2,000]
             [SELLECK]

  [ATC]      [ONS]       [TGP]







In 2001, Tom Selleck played the lead role of Murray in a Broadway revival of what comedic play by Herb Gardner?


(buzzcode, initials, and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 52)
*Jon buzzes in (76)*
Jon?
Jon: ATC






             [$2,000]
             [SELLECK]

  [ATC]      




And that is?


Jon: A Thousand Clowns


Yes!
(ding)
(audience cheers)



[JAMES] | [JON]  | [KOURTNEY]
[$2000]  [$4000]   [$       ]



Back and forth it goes, Jon now leads by $2,000. Where to now, Jon?




              [$1,000]    
 [     ]    [  RAPPER  ]  [     ]

 [     ]   [  $  ]   [     ]


 [$3,000]   [  $  ]   [$3,000]
 [NOVEL]             [UMBRELLA]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]

 [  $  ]   [  $  ]   [  $  ]



[jmdarrall]

I'll try NOVEL for $3,000.