THE BIG SHOWDOWN: Episode Twenty-Three

[johnnyb]

I need three new contestants to go against each other in another fun-filled action packed and ultra-groovy edition of THE BIG SHOWDOWN.

MATT is one of the contestants....

SERGIO and MATTHEW are not eligible for this episode.

[GameShowNetwork]

Checking in

[jch20088]

Can I join?

[redrangerdude]

I'll play

[mringgenberg]

Checking In

[johnnyb]

OK....here we go!!!!

Let's do this, everyone.





OK....here we go!!!!





You got a 5!!





Oh, you almost had it!!





You got a 10!!





SHOWDOWN!!!!





(THEME MUSIC)



Ladies and gentlemen, these three contestants you see before you will compete in a game of knowledge, speed and stragedy. One of them will have a chance to roll the golden dice for a possible $25,000 in cash. Here on








And here's your host: JOHN BERGMAN.





(APPLAUSE)



Thanks and welcome again to THE BIG SHOWDOWN. One of our players will have a chance at $25,000. We are glad to have you here and we hope we you will have a fun time watching us.

If you didn't watch our last show, you missed out on something really big. Our champion, NELS won his fifth straight game and won himself a car. He didn't win the big money but he walked out of here with over $61,000 in cash and prizes. So we are going to have three new contestants and, who knows, one of them may win five times and go on to meet the other two in our Tournament of Champions. Let's meet one of them now, his name is MARK.

(APPLAUSE)

MARK, welcome to THE BIG SHOWDOWN, tell us about yourself. 

[GameShowNetwork]

I'm almost 32, I collect retro video games and in a few weeks, I'll be moving into my own apartment

[johnnyb]

Really, that's nice, MARK...From what I see on my card, you're from Canada. What part?

[GameShowNetwork]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

[johnnyb]

Beautiful city, been there a year ago. Glad to ahve you on our show, MARK.

Let's meet our next contestants, we have MATT.

(APPLAUSE)

MATT, welcome to THE BIG SHOWDOWN. Tell us about yourself.

[mringgenberg]

I'm a supermarket clerk from Council Bluffs, IA.

[johnnyb]

Ah, that's interesting, MATT....how long have you been a clerk?

[mringgenberg]

12 and a half years.

[johnnyb]

My, that's a long time, MATT. Hope you have a great time here on our show. Let's meet our third contestant, LENNY.

(APPLAUSE)

LENNY, welcome to THE BIG SHOWDOWN, tell us about yourself.

[redrangerdude]

Well, I am currently a student at the University of Central Florida.

[johnnyb]

Oh, that's interesting...what is your major?

[redrangerdude]

Radio/Television

[johnnyb]

That's great and I wish you the best as well on our show.

When we come back, we'll start our game after these messages.

[johnnyb]

Hello and welcome back. Now that we met our contestants, here's how we play THE BIG SHOWDOWN.



The object is to answer questions in order to reach a specific payoff point which we'll reveal before the round begins. We'll show our contestants six catergories worth 1 to 6 points and, just a reminder, those points don't determine the diffuculty of the catergories.


Each question is a toss-up and the one who buzzes in first (gets closest to buzzcode of 1 to 100) and gets it right will win those points. Now, stragedy is key here because YOU CANNOT GO OVER THE PAYOFF POINT, which means that if one of your opponents picks a catergory with a point score that, if you were to buzz-in and get it right would put you over the payoff point, then YOU CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The contestant who's the first to get the payoff point wins a cash prize anywhere from $100 to $500. We'll play three rounds and then a 10 question sprint round and, after that, the two players with the highest scores will go on to the FINAL SHOWDOWN and the winner of that will go on to our GOLDEN DICE bonus game for a chance at $25,000.


(APPLAUSE)


Now, here's a special bonus for our players. If any one of them wins two payoffs points in a row, then, win or lose the entire game, they'll win a great prize.

Can you tell them, TOM?


Yes, it's a PORTABLE ORGAN worth $1,050.

Any questions?

[mringgenberg]

No

[johnnyb]

In that case, let's see what out first payoff point is....

(ELECTRONIC NOISES AND NUMBERS FLASHING)




10....and our first payoff cash bonus is.....

(ELECTRONIC NOISES AND NUMBERS FLASHING)





$275. Now, a one-point toss-up question to see who controls the category board.


TOSS-UP QUESTION:

What part of speech describes a noun like for example, "The Green Grass"?

THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 86

Here are the results:

LENNY first
MATT second
MARK third

(BZZT)

LENNY, your answer?

[redrangerdude]

An adjective

[johnnyb]

AN ADJECTIVE is CORRECT!!!!




LENNY, you have control of the board and here are our first six categories:





We have ISRAEL, MATH, BASEBALL, THE MOVIES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES and EUROPEAN HISTORY.

What's your choice?

[redrangerdude]

Let's do The Movies

[johnnyb]

THE MOVIES:

Sci-fi, Porno or Horror: In 1908, a French film, "A' Ecu'd Or" became the world's first what kind of movie?



THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 28

Here are the results:

MARK first
MATT second
LENNY third

(BZZT)

MARK, your answer?

[GameShowNetwork]

Porno

[johnnyb]

That is CORRECT!!





MARK, you have control of the board and all six categories are in play?




What's your choice?

[GameShowNetwork]

Baseball for 3

[johnnyb]

BASEBALL:

What was the name of the professional baseball league, that last from 1885 to 1960, that was comprised mostly of African-American players?


THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 22

Here are the results:

MARK first
MATT second
LENNY third

(BZZT)

MARK, your answer?

[GameShowNetwork]

Negro Leagues