Hot Dice (Syn., Episode 11)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Could you get a little more excited next time? (audience laughs) $8600 in your bank.

(audience cheers)

(ding) (tones sound)

We're going to have to check the record books -- but I think $8750 is the record for most money banked in one game. Clément Couvreur, I'm certain $8600 is the most anyone's banked in one *round* of Hot Dice.

(audience cheers)

Now then -- (tones sound) -- yes, I know it's time for the catch-up round, Mr. Sound Effects Man! (scattered laughter from the crowd)  I heard you the first time.

Matt, since you're trailing, you'll get one roll of the dice. If necessary, Clément will roll.

Unless you find extra rolls on the double decision board, you get one and only one roll of the dice in this round. The value of the roll is immediately added to your bank. The player who ends this round in the lead wins the game and that sought-after gold coin.

Now it's important to keep in mind there are no free rolls -- which means a 7 is still a bust sum in this round. You don't lose anything since there's no pot -- but you don't gain anything either. This also means the double decision board is still active and we need to reshuffle it.

(amounts are shuffled on the double decision board; after shuffling stops, the amounts are covered immediately with the doubles)

All right, the extra rolls are now in place. There's also a "double your score" space. So anything can still happen.

Matt, mathematics say you have to avoid rolling a 7. If you roll snake eyes, we'd have to default to the double decision board.

When you're ready, please take your catch-up roll.

(Matt, number from 1-100 please.)

[mringgenberg]

38

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Matt rolls)

(bust cue; loud groans from the crowd)

Oh no! The one combination you didn't want and you rolled it!

Sorry, Matt. Clément, you've won the game!

(dings; audience applause)

Well -- what can I say? Just when you were thinking "ballgame" at the end of Round 5, Clément pulls off the comeback of the year.

To reiterate, Clément does get to keep all the money he banked in this game. Matt, same goes for the $8300 you banked in this game. Total winnings for Matt, by the way, have just exceeded $95,000.

(audience cheers)

When we start Game 2, we start with fresh banks. Come back to see if Clément can win the match in a sweep -- or Matt can force a tie-breaker game -- here on Hot Dice.

(commercial cue plays; audience applauds)

[billmcdee]

2015 NGA award for most exciting moment and/or greatest comeback! Phenomenal!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Welcome back to Hot Dice. Before Game 1, you'll recall I pulled into my parking space in a fantastic set of wheels. It won't be mine to keep. But it could be for Matt or Clément. Fellers, roll that clip, please, and let's learn more about that automobile.

(fade to black; clip rolls)

(MG-HSH theme plays)

Doug: (in pre-recorded audio) Any contestant who wins five matches in a row drives home in a new car.

(audience cheers)

Luxury for any season, it's the Mercedes-Benz E550 Cabriolet. Comes with a 5.5-liter V8 engine, seven-speed automatic transmission, a UVS sunshade and an awesome sound system. An amazing prize worth $74,500.


(audience cheers)

(MG-HSH theme plays)

And our contestants will receive some of the following.

Dolphins & Friends bite-size crackers. They have a cheddar cheese taste as big as the ocean. For a wholesome snack anytime, try
Dolphins & Friends bite-size cheddar cheese crackers.

Franco-American Ravioli-O's and Spaghetti-O's. The neat kid's treats you can eat with a spoon. Uh-oh, Spaghetti-O's and Ravioli-O's.

Hall's Mentholyptus Cough Tablets. Vapor action penetrates deep to help your stuffy nose feel clearer. Hall's -- soothes your
throat, helps your cough.

Hamilton Beach's revolutionary totally cordless rechargeable knife. Works in the kitchen, on the patio and even your next picnic. The cordless freedom knife from Hamilton Beach Scovill.

And a member of our studio audience will receive the Enterprise battery-operated wall clock in walnut-finished cabinet. A timely gift from Westclox, a Tally Industries Company.


(audience cheers)

(clip ends; fade to Doug at dice table with players)

No other show offers a Cabriolet *and* Dolphins & Friends. (audience laughs; smattering of applause) Not to mention this.

A copy of the Hot Dice home game. Clément, Matt and every other player who makes it to the dice table takes home this fantastic Hot Dice home game. See if you can pull off a miracle comeback like Clément did in the last game -- when you play Hot Dice at home. Now, let's set up for Game 2.

(ding)

New game with new banks -- although the money you banked previously is still take-home pay.  That last game was worth nearly $17,000 to the two of you.  Let's see how much more you win -- starting with Round 1 of Game 2 and this question.

Red, white or blue. The stars on the American flag are of what color?
56 CCSCO (2nd
56 mringgenberg (1st)
45 randomizer.org

(Note from Doug: Rules state the player who PMed me sooner takes the tie-breaker edge)

(Matt buzzes in)

Matt?

[mringgenberg]

White

[dougmorrisontheair]

White is right. (audience applause) All right, Matt, you need this game to stay in the match. Roll those bones, please.


(Matt rolls)

And you're starting off with $600. Bank the half dozen bills or roll 'em again?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Roll 'em Again

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Matt rolls)

(doubles cue; audience cheers)

Woah, that again. Double decision time, Matt. You know the drill. Would you like for us to add $400 to the pot...

...or do you want to go to the double 2 screen and hope for something better than 400?


(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Go for the screen.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Bypassing the $400. What awaits Matt in the double 2 screen?

(ding)

(audience cheers)

$2000. The good decision pays off fivefold. Let's reshuffle.

(amounts are shuffled on the double decision board; after shuffling stops, the amounts are covered immediately with the doubles)

All right, you now have $2600. Want to bank or roll again?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Roll Again

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered gasps)

Hey, Clément got eight thousand and change in one round. Perhaps Matt wants to try to eclipse that.

(Matt rolls)

Got a 5 for $500. Pot's up to $3100. What now?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Bank It

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Banking $3100.

(ding)

Matt leads early in this game. He's looking to win this game to send this match with Clément to a tie-breaker game.

Round 2 question deals with a little TV trivia.

Pikachu from "Pokémon" or Denny Crane from "Boston Legal". Based on their shows' scripts, which TV character says his name more often?
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39 mringgenberg
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(Matt buzzes in)

Matt?

[mringgenberg]

Pikachu

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's right -- because that's about all he says. (audience applause) He says "Pikachu" or a combination of syllables in his name. Denny often says his first and last name -- but also speaks fluent English.


(Matt rolls)

Matt takes his free roll and starts off with an 8 for $800. Wanna bank or wanna roll?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Roll

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Matt rolls)

(scattered applause)

Matt rolls a 5 and he stays alive. Wanna bank $1300 or roll again?

[mringgenberg]

Roll Again

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Matt rolls)

(scattered groans; a few applaud)

And a 1 and a 2 put $300 more in the pot. Want to bank a sweet 16 or try to get more green?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Roll

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Matt rolls)

(scattered cheers)

That is better -- a 9. You're up to $2500. Bank or roll?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[mringgenberg]

Bank It

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Banking two and a half grand.

Round 3:
CCSCO
mringgenberg

Matt quickly up to $5600. Clément yet to score in this game. Let's see if nothing turns into something as we start Round 3 and this.

Walker, Welker or Welsh. It's a definite Chuck Norris fact that the action star played a Texas ranger with what last name?
34 CCSCO
36 mringgenberg
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(Clément buzzes in)

Clément?

[CCSCO]

Walker!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Walker's right. (audience applause) It's also right Chuck Norris orders his Big Macs from Burger King.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(Clément rolls)

Clément couldn't wait to take his free roll. He's starting off with an 8 for $800.

I think I know what you want to do -- but ya gotta tell me -- bank or roll?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[CCSCO]

I'm rolling again.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Clément rolls)

And a 5 brings the pot up to $1300. Want to bank or want to roll?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[CCSCO]

One more.