$ale of the Century [NBC]: Episode 23

[tmann3x]

(buzz)

[palmer7]

Nope, but a nice prize behind #6, I hope?

[tmann3x]

[palmer7]

["Forearm Shiver"]








Charlie: (VO) This leather jacket! Made by Cockpit USA, the current supplier of leather jackets to the Air Force, this updated classic version of the A-2 has a rugged outer shell of French lambskin, characterized by its distressed leather appearance that displays its natural grain. It comes with a snap-down collar, epaulets, zip-up front with wind flap, two front cargo pockets (top and side entry), and knit wool cuffs and waistband. Furnished by Cockpit USA!





(cheers and applause)


Greg: Not a Money Card, but it's worth $460. Hope you enjoy that. In the meantime, I'm going to make sure my balls are properly inflated. We'll take a commercial.... (blows whistle and gives signal) Time out!


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

[palmer7]

(main theme closes, cheers and applause)

(fade in)



Greg: Welcome back to Super Bowl Day on $ale of the Century. For those who are interested, my balls are properly inflated. Let's take a look at the scores.



James: $25
Michael: $30
Steven: $30



James is in second with $25. Michael, who didn't hit a Money Card before the break but does have a nice leather jacket, is tied with Steven at $30. And Michele has already left for Comcast headquarters. Back with this.


1. What Chicago song is set at 3:35 AM (or 3:34 AM)?
2. What state made the U.S. the fourth largest country in land mass in 1959?
3. What Knight of the Round Table called Sir Lancelot daddy?
4. What was the profession of Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian selected to go on the space shuttle?
5. Out of Family Guy, The Wonder Years, and The X-Files, which of these shows' pilots did not air after a Super Bowl?


(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. What Chicago song is set at 3:35 AM (or 3:34 AM)?
(buzzcode: 65)
*James buzzes in (64)*
James?
James: 25 or 6 to 4
That's what it means. You're right, and we have a three-way tie.
(ding)


James: $30
Michael: $30
Steven: $30




2. What state made the U.S. the fourth largest country in land mass in 1959?
(buzzcode: 6)
*Michael buzzes in (46)*
Michael?
Michael: Alaska
That's right, and you go to $35.
(ding)


James: $30
Michael: $35
Steven: $30




3. What Knight of the Round Table called Sir Lancelot daddy?
(buzzcode: 35)
*James buzzes in (42)*
James again?
James: Galahad
Sir Galahad is right, and you're in a tie again.
(ding)


James: $35
Michael: $35
Steven: $30


4. What was the profession of Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian selected to go on the space shuttle?
(buzzcode: 81)
*James buzzes in (86)*
James again?
James: Teacher
She was a teacher, and you go to $40.
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $35
Steven: $30


5. Out of Family Guy, The Wonder Years, and The X-Files, which of these shows' pilots did not air after a Super Bowl?
(buzzcode: 85)
*James buzzes in (93)*
James?
James: X-files
Three in a row for the challenger, he goes to $45.
(ding)


James: $45
Michael: $35
Steven: $30



[INSTANT BARGAIN]



And James, you picked a great time to go into the lead, because we have an Instant Bargain for you. You have a $10 lead, $45 to spend, and here's Shannon Vickery with a prize.



(Kelly and Frank tailgate)





Shannon: James, if you're a football fan, this will be a special treat for you. It's a trip to Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis! We'll fly you and a guest from Los Angeles to Minneapolis where you'll spend 4 nights in a Superior Room at the Hotel Ivy, a unique and upscale hotel situated in vibrant, downtown Minneapolis. The hotel's accommodations project the spacious comfort of a private residence and offer an exceptional experience with state-of-the-art amenities, imported fine Italian linens, and custom furnishings.


Plus, we're including a rental car and $4,000 in cash for tickets and refreshments. Furnished by the National Football League. This trip is normally priced at





$5,922


But today on $ale of the Century, it's just yours for only....


$10



(audience cheers as I join them)




Greg: James, we would offer you tickets to this year's Super Bowl, but it's such short notice. I hope you understand. It's a trip with a rental car, and $4,000 in cash. You could take your grandmother with you, I'm sure she'd love Minneapolis. Does this sound appealing to you?

[Deleted]

Well my grandmother had a stroke and she cant travel anymore. And I am not a football fan, however, I've never been to Minneapolis before.

[Deleted]

And I would love to go!

[palmer7]

Well, you'd have $4,000 in cash, so you can do whatever you want if you don't want to go to the Super Bowl. So, it's $5,922 for $10. You'd be in a tie. I will throw in another $1,000 in cash. So, you'd have $5,000 in cash, a great trip to Minneapolis, and you'd be in a tie. Going once...... going twice......

[Deleted]

*buzz*

[palmer7]

He's going to Minneapolis!


(audience cheers)



James: $35
Michael: $35
Steven: $30




[SALE SURPRISE]
(audience cheers even louder)


Oh, you've got a $ale Surprise! (Kelly gives me the envelope) Let's see what we have in here.... (I open the envelope) Oh.... it seems to be a letter with an NBC Sports letterhead. Let me read it to you.


"To the Contestant that Buys this Instant Bargain:


Congratulations to you from NBC Sports Group. in 2018, you are going to become an NFL insider. We will fly you and a guest out to Minneapolis for Media Day, and we'll make sure you get to experience all that the NFL has to offer. You'll attend the hottest pre-game parties, meet with celebrities, and more, all expenses paid. Plus, on Super Bowl Sunday, you will have the best seat in the house as you and a guest will be the third and fourth people in the announcing booth, joining Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth!" (audience cheers) Hold on, there's more! "Plus, we will pay you an undisclosed amount in cash! You will enjoy the ultimate Super Bowl experience, and it's all yours. Furnished by the NBC Sports Group and the NFL. Signed, Mark Lazarus, chair of NBC Sports Group." (some people in the audience faint, I nearly faint myself)


James! Do you know what this means? In 2018, you'll get to sit in the booth with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. To a football fan, this is comparable to entering Willy Wonka's chocolate factory! Plus, you're getting paid an undisclosed amount! Undisclosed!

[Deleted]

In the words of Homer Simpson, WOO HOO!

[palmer7]


James: $35
Michael: $35
Steven: $30



And remember, NBC offered this prize, not us. That prize is worth an undisclosed amount, but you do have $5,000 in cash and a tie with Michael. (I walk back to my lectern) Also, that trip will be in 2018, not this year. Something to look forward to. Back to this.



1. These instruments can be grand, upright, or player. What instruments am I talking about?
2. When you don't consider yourself competent to answer a question, it's said to be above your what?
3. Who said: "Don't have a cow, man"?


(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. These instruments can be grand, upright, or player. What instruments am I talking about?
(buzzcode: 36)
*James buzzes in (53)*
James?
James: Piano
That's exactly what I'm talking about. You're right for $5.
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $35
Steven: $30


2. When you don't consider yourself competent to answer a question, it's said to be above your what?
(buzzcode: 52)
*Steven buzzes in (12)*
Steven?
Steven: Pay Grade
That's right. And you go to $35. (audience cheers)
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $35
Steven: $35



3. Who said: "Don't have a cow, man"?
(buzzcode: 98 )
*Michael buzzes in (100)*
Michael?
Michael: Bart Simpson
That's who said it, you go to $40.
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $40
Steven: $35




It's now time for our halftime show, powered by Reg Grundy. Here are two clips from the show. First, from 1989....





(laughs, cheers and applause)


And here's one from the Australian version featuring our own Alice Conkwright.






(audience laughs, cheers, and applauds)



And that was our halftime show, folks. We'll be right back with the second half.



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

[palmer7]

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



If you missed the last segment, you missed a lot. James just bought a trip to Super Bowl 52, and he's going to be calling the game with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth thanks to a $ale Surprise.


James: $40
Michael: $40
Steven: $35


He also shares the lead with Michael, with the champ Steven only $5 behind.


[FAME GAME]


And we're putting a $15 Money Card up there, as our players compete for control of the Fame Game board. We're looking for a famous organization.


We are an American education organization headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Belgium and Mexico. Our roots can be found in the Sing Out shows of Moral Re-Armament, or MRA, in the mid-1960s. They advocated for love, honesty, purity and unselfishness. We were separated from MRA under the leadership of J. Blanton Belk in 1968. Our group is best known for performing in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986, the most of any act in the game's history. Our performances were frequently lambasted as the worst halftime shows ever by critics for being too dated and not in touch with modern popular culture, thus starting a new trend of popular artists as headliners.


(buzzcode and answer, please)

[palmer7]

(buzzcode: 86)
*James buzzes in (54)*
James?
James: Up with people


That is right! (audience cheers) Here's another interesting fact. Glenn Close was a vocalist for them in the 1960s. Where is the $15 Money Card, Mr. Tuna?

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[palmer7]

[St. Reggie's Fire (Lights in Motion)]



Charlie: (VO) Behind the number five.



Greg: You could go into the lead if you time it just right. We have the lights in motion. Good luck, and fire when ready.


(A letter from A-I other than H)

[Deleted]

C

[tmann3x]

[palmer7]

Caught on the corner, but behind #3 he gets.....

[tmann3x]

[palmer7]

Charlie: (VO) $7,500 in cash!

[Fame Game Cash Win Cue]
(cheers and applause)


Greg: Way to go, James! You're up to $12,500 in cash alone. No money just yet, but we'll be adding a $25 Money Card up there later on, plus we have a $10,000 CashCard right after these questions.


1. What's the main ingredient of guacamole?
2. What expression is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: "Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish."?
3. A potential form of suicide or a popular game show hosted by Mark L. Walberg is known as Russian what?
4. When he wasn't chasing the Road Runner, what cartoon character did Wile E. Coyote set his sights on?
5. Who had a hit in 2005 with a song about "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"?


(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. What's the main ingredient of guacamole?
(buzzcode: 55)
*Steven buzzes in (36)*
Steven?
Steven: Avocado
That's right. You get $5, and we're in a 3-way tie.
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $40
Steven: $40



2. What expression is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: "Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish."?
(buzzcode: 86)
*James buzzes in (87, 1st to respond)*
James?
James: As homer Simpson says d'oh!
That's right, and you go into the lead.
(ding)


James: $45
Michael: $40
Steven: $40



3. A potential form of suicide or a popular game show hosted by Mark L. Walberg is known as Russian what?
(buzzcode: 78 )
*Michael buzzes in (64)*
Michael?
Michael: roulette
Is right, and you go to $45.
(ding)


James: $45
Michael: $45
Steven: $40



Close match we have here.


4. When he wasn't chasing the Road Runner, what cartoon character did Wile E. Coyote set his sights on?
(buzzcode: 38 )
*Michael buzzes in (28 )*
Michael again?
Michael: Bugs Bunny
Right again, you go to $50.
(ding)


James: $45
Michael: $50
Steven: $40



5. Who had a hit in 2005 with a song about "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"?
(buzzcode: 100)
*Michael buzzes in (44)*
Michael once again?
Michael: KT Tunstall
Is exactly right, you go to $55.
(ding)


James: $45
Michael: $55
Steven: $40



[CASHCARD]


And Michael, you chose a great time to go into the lead because we have CashCard. We have, as you know, four suits. Behind one is a $15 refund. Behind another, Random Cash which could add between $1-$50 to your score. Behind one, we have this prize.


(NFL Films music plays as Mike Ditka enters to cheers and applause carrying this prize)





Mike Ditka: Hello, I'm Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears coach. I remember Super Bowl 20 so well. We won that year, and one of the best players we had was Walter Payton. And here's his helmet, autographed by him. It comes with a certificate of authenticity and is sure to go up in value. Even I bought one! Yours with a gift certificate from SportsMemorabilia.com. And it's normally priced at....



$5,000



(audience cheers)



Greg: Well, we couldn't have a Super Bowl show without an award-winning coach. Thank you so much for coming, Mr. Ditka. Michael, that's not all. One of those cards is our CashCard, and since Steven cleaned us out yesterday, it's right back at $10,000.



$10,000



(audience cheers)



Now, Michael, you have a $10 lead. If you bought in, you would tie with Steven. On the other hand, you could get some money out of this. It'll cost you $15 to play. Are you interested?

[Deleted]

I'm not interested, Greg.

[palmer7]

You're not interested? OK, fine. Forget it. But.... if you were, which suit would you have picked?

[Deleted]

I would've gone with Hearts.

[palmer7]

(I select Hearts)

*[HEARTS]* [SPADES] [DIAMONDS] [CLUBS]



Tell you what, Mike. If this happens to be the CashCard, I'll give $10,000 to a charity of your choice.


Mike: Sounds like a great deal to me!



Greg: What's behind Hearts?


(I press the button)
(blip)





















*[RANDOM CASH]* [SPADES] [DIAMONDS] [CLUBS]



Oooh, Random Cash. And today it would've been worth....



*[$30]* [CASHCARD] [DIAMONDS] [CLUBS]
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Thirty dollars!
(audience reacts)


You could've doubled your lead, Michael! Mike, what's your charity?


Mike: The Knights of Columbus.



Greg: We'll give the Knights of Columbus $5,000 in cash. Thank you so much for being here. Speaking of 5-grand, that's how much the CashCard is going up to tomorrow. We'll get to the exciting fourth quarter of this match right after the break.


(main theme to commercial)
(I shake hands with Mr. Ditka, who shakes hands with everyone else)
(fade to commercial)

[palmer7]

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


If you just missed it, Michael had a chance to play CashCard but declined. He still has a $15 lead over the champ, and a $10 lead over James.



James: $45
Michael: $55
Steven: $40



Back with this for all three of you.



1. In the Pokémon anime, what was the first Pokémon Ash Ketchum caught with a Poké Ball?
2. According to the saying, you should never throw stones if you live where?
3. Derived originally from the Latin word "hora sexta", what do the Spanish take after the midday meal?



(buzzcodes and answers, please)

[palmer7]

1. In the Pokémon anime, what was the first Pokémon Ash Ketchum caught with a Poké Ball?
(buzzcode: 85)
*James buzzes in (98 )*
James?
James: Pikachu
(wrong)
No, that one was given to him because he was late. The first one he threw a ball at was Caterpie. You lose $5. Sorry.


James: $40
Michael: $55
Steven: $40



2. According to the saying, you should never throw stones if you live where?
(buzzcode: 13)
*Steven buzzes in (44)*
Steven?
Steven: in a Glass House
You're right, and you go to $45.
(ding)


James: $40
Michael: $55
Steven: $45



3. Derived originally from the Latin word "hora sexta", what do the Spanish take after the midday meal?
(buzzcode: 17)
*Michael buzzes in (11)*
Michael?
Michael: siesta
And you're right as well!
(ding)



James: $40
Michael: $60
Steven: $45