$ale of the Century Plus - Pilot Episode - FINISHED!

[dad90]

The Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length. Numerous species have been assigned to the genus; however, many of these might be questionable. Fossils have been found in the Sichuan Basin and Yunnan Province in China.

Therefore, it is true and you are correct for a big $50!



(Ding)

(Audience Applause)

And Matt has now gone up to 2nd place, and we got ourselves a game going on now, and there's still 4 more statements to go. Here's the keyword for the 7th statement...

OCEAN

PM me your wager and buzzcode at this time.

[dad90]

And everyone has locked in their wagers as time expires. Let's see what they are...

WILLIAM: $50

MATT: $40

NELS: $50

William and Nels have once again tied for the highest wager, and at the maximum wager at that, so this statement will be played as a Toss-Up for both of them! I can also tell you this right now, that whoever answers this statement correctly will take the lead. Good luck to both, and here comes your statement.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Atlantic Ocean is the world’s biggest ocean.

Magic #: 98



(William's Ring-In Code: 87)

William, you buzzed in! 18 hours starts now.

[williamlow31]

False

[dad90]

The largest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean.

So William, you are absolutely right, and you get to steal $50 from Nels!



(Ding)

(Audience Applause)

And with that, we got ourselves a lead change for quite some time, and now, William has taken the lead while Nels falls down to last place! What a stunning turn of events, ladies and gentlemen! This is now anybody's game, and we have 3 statements left to go. Here's the keyword for our 8th statement.

LANGUAGE

PM me your wager and buzzcode at this time.

[dad90]

And that's time. Let's see who wagered what...

WILLIAM: $50

MATT: $30

NELS: $50

It's another tie between William and Nels at $50 each. Same scenario as last time, so hands on buzzers, William and Nels. Here's your statement.

TRUE OR FALSE: The letter ‘A’ is the most commonly used letter in the English language.

Magic #: 59



(Nels' Ring-In Code: 39)

Nels, you buzzed in! 18 hours starts now.

[dad90]

(Buzzer)

And time is up. Since Nels has failed to respond within the 18-hour time limit, that means that William steals another $50 from Nels!



(Ding)

(Audience Applause)

The correct answer was FALSE. According to Oxford Dictionaries, the letter ‘E’ is the most frequent and occurs in 11% of all English words.

We're now going to our 9th statement and here's the keyword.

CROP

PM me your wager and buzzcode at this time.

[dad90]

And everyone has locked in their wagers as time expires. Let's see what they are...

WILLIAM: $50

MATT: $50

NELS: $50

And look at this! Everyone has wagered the maximum wager at $50! Here's how it's going to work. Whoever buzzes in and answers this statement correctly will get $25 from their opponents for a total of $50! However, an incorrect answer will not only take away $50 from your score, but your opponents will split the lost money 50-50, meaning that they will each get $25.

With all that said players, hands on buzzers, because here comes the statement.

TRUE OR FALSE: Corn is the most widely cultivated and consumed crop on the planet.

Magic #: 5



(William's Ring-In Code: 2)

William, you buzzed in! 18 hours starts now.

[williamlow31]

My mind is telling me it’s rice, so I’ll say false.

[dad90]

And I'm afraid that you're wrong.

(Buzzer)

It was actually TRUE. Corn is the primary crop, wheat is the secondary crop, and rice is the third crop.

And William, for getting that one wrong, you have just given $25 to Matt and Nels.



(Ding)

(Audience Applause)

And would you look at this! We got another lead change and for the first time and quite in a long time, Matt has now taken the lead!

The scores are getting close, but here we are at our 10th and final statement of the Auction part of the Flash Ca$h round, and this is the keyword...

TABLE

PM me your wager and buzzcode at this time.

[dad90]

And the final wagers are locked in! Let's see who will get this last statement...

WILLIAM: $50

MATT: $10

NELS: $50

And it's going to be a Toss-Up between William and Nels one more time for the maximum wager of $50. This will determine if William takes back the lead by stealing Nels' money or if Nels jumps up to second place by stealing William's money. Either way, whoever gets it wrong will be in 3rd place heading into the second part of the Flash Ca$h round.

Good luck to you both, and here comes the statement.

TRUE OR FALSE: Among the letters of the alphabet, only the letter J is not included in the Periodic Table.

Magic #: 68



(Nels' Ring-In Code: 40)

Nels, you buzzed in! 18 hours starts now.

[nelson17]

That’s true

[dad90]

Let's take a look at the Periodic Table of Elements, shall we?



As you can see, you don't see the letter J and Q...



...but when you extended it, you do see a Q, which means that J is the only letter that does not appear at the Periodic Table of Elements at all, so it is True, and you get to steal $50 from William!



(Ding)

(Audience Applause)

So, at the end of the Auction Round, we have Matt in 1st place at $260, Nels in 2nd at $226, and William in 3rd at $193.

Now...

I would like to take this moment to honor a legend that almost made it to 100 years old...

...and that is none other than the greatest Golden Girl of all time, Betty White.



Ms. White won five Primetime Emmys and one competitive Daytime Emmy — as well as a lifetime achievement Daytime Emmy in 2015 and a Los Angeles regional Emmy in 1952 — in a television career that spanned seven decades and that the 2014 edition of “Guinness World Records” certified as the longest ever for a female entertainer.

But her breakthrough came relatively late in life, with her work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1973 to 1977, for which she won two of her Emmys.

As Sue Ann, the host of a household-hints show on the television station where Ms. Moore’s character worked, the bedimpled Ms. White was annoyingly positive and upbeat, but also manipulative and bawdy — the sexpot next door, who would have you believe she slept with entire Army brigades during World War II.

Once, when someone asked her how she was feeling, Sue Ann replied cheerfully: “I didn’t sleep a wink all night. I feel wonderful.”

She won another Emmy in 1986 for an entirely different kind of character: the naïve, scatterbrained Rose on “The Golden Girls,” which revolved around the lives of four older women sharing a house in Miami. Whereas Sue Ann knew everything there was to know about getting a man into bed, Rose got to the same place innocently, and by being just a wee bit off center.

Ms. White was the last surviving member of the show’s four stars. Estelle Getty died in 2008, Bea Arthur in 2009 and Rue McClanahan in 2010.

Ms. White won her final Emmy in 2010 as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for hosting the Mother’s Day episode of “S.N.L.” She followed that appearance with a regular role on yet another sitcom, “Hot in Cleveland,” and then with a book contract and her own reality show. She was bigger than she had been in decades. But she didn’t see her resurgence as a comeback.

“I’ve been working steady for 63 years,” she said in an interview for the ABC News program “Nightline” in 2010. “But everybody says, ‘Oh, it’s such a renaissance.’ Maybe I went away and didn’t know it.”

Ms. White was over 50 and already a television veteran when she first appeared on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” but her work there elevated her career to a new level.

Betty Marion White was born on Jan. 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ill., the only child of Horace and Tess (Cachikis) White. Her father was an electrical engineer, her mother a homemaker. When Betty was a toddler, the family moved to Los Angeles, where she grew up.

At Beverly Hills High School, from which she graduated in 1939, she appeared in several student productions and even wrote her class’s graduation play, in which she had the lead role. During World War II she served in the American Women’s Voluntary Services and drove a “PX truck” delivering soap, toothpaste and candy to soldiers manning the gun emplacements the government had established in the hills of Santa Monica and Hollywood.

She also met and married a P-38 pilot, Dick Barker. That marriage lasted less than a year; when Ms. White wrote an autobiography, “Here We Go Again,” in 1995, she mentioned the marriage but did not mention his name.

Toward the end of the war she became involved in the Bliss-Hayden Little Theater, which was run by two Hollywood character actors, Lela Bliss and Harry Hayden, and designed to give young people a chance to perform in front of an audience. Her first performance there was in “Dear Ruth,” a comedy about a girl who pretends to be her older sister. It was seen by Lane Allen, an actor turned agent, who encouraged Ms. White to pursue an acting career. She and Mr. Allen were later married, but that union also ended in divorce.

Ms. White began her radio career by saying one word on the popular comedy “The Great Gildersleeve.” The word was “Parkay,” the name of the margarine sponsoring the show. That led to bit parts in 1940s radio staples like “Blondie” and “This Is Your F.B.I.”

She broke into television in 1949 on a local talk show called “Al Jarvis’s Hollywood on Television.” When Mr. Jarvis left the show, she succeeded him as host.

She had a few television shows of her own in the 1950s, including two sitcoms and a variety show (which she produced herself, and on which she drew both praise and criticism for featuring a Black tap dancer, Arthur Duncan, as a regular, a highly unusual move for the time). But none of those shows stayed on the air for long, and by the early 1960s she was best known as a very busy freelance guest. Game shows were her specialty: She appeared on “To Tell the Truth,” “I’ve Got a Secret,” “The Match Game,” “What’s My Line?” and, most notably, “Password,” whose host, Allen Ludden, she married in 1963.

Ms. White and Mr. Ludden remained married until his death in 1981. They had no children together, but she helped him raise his three children by a previous marriage, David, Martha and Sarah.

In 2018 she was the subject of a PBS documentary, “Betty White: First Lady of Television.” The title, she joked, might have meant that she was the first woman ever on television.

But the most surprising, and high-profile, role she played in her later years was host of “Saturday Night Live” in May 2010, a booking that came about largely because of a spirited social-media campaign. Ms. White’s appearance — in which she gleefully participated in sketches suffused with the show’s trademark irreverent, often off-color humor — gave “S.N.L.” its highest ratings in a year and a half.

One of her last in-person appearances was on the 2018 Emmy Awards telecast.

As late as 2019, Ms. White was still doing voice-over work, most notably as a toy tiger named Bitey White in the animated film “Toy Story 4.” She had been planning to celebrate her 100th birthday with a one-night-only film to be shown in select movie theaters. And she had just given an interview to People magazine in which she talked about her life as she turned 100.

Unfortunately, that didn't happen as she has passed away on New Year's Eve of 2021, a true final nail in the coffin of a bizarre year.

God Bless You, Betty White. Rest in Peace.



(Fade to Commercial)

[dad90]

[dad90]

(Fade In)

(Audience Applause)



(Play from 13:21 to 13:25)

And welcome back! Now, before the break, we've honored one of TV's greatest legends, Miss Betty White, and we're going to continue to do that in our 2nd half of the "Flash Ca$h" semifinal round. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 20/$20 Showdown!





There are now 20 questions left in the 3-player portion of the match, and each of these questions will now either give you $20 if you're right, or take away $20 if you're wrong, for a potential total of $400.

20/$20 SHOWDOWN:
1. IF PLAYER'S LEAD > $345 = NEW CHAMPION
2. IF PLAYER'S LEAD <= $345 = TOP 2 PLAYERS ADVANCE TO FINAL ROUND
3. THIRD PLACE PLAYER ELIMINATED
4. ANY PLAYER'S SCORE <= $0 = AUTOMATIC ELIMINATION

Now, at the end of this round, if the difference between 1st and 2nd is $345 or less, then the top 2 players will move on the Final Round, while we have to say good-bye to our 3rd-place player. However, if that player's lead is over $345 from 2nd, then we will crown that player our new champion right then and there, but as mentioned before, if someone's score is $0 or worse at anytime, we will end the Semifinal immediately and eliminate that player.

(Audience Oohs)

To help you out a little bit, I'm going to tell you the topic on what tonight's 20/$20 Showdown is going to be.

Since we're celebrating Betty White's legacy, I thought that it would be a good time to remember her and 3 others that are now fully reunited in heaven; The Golden Girls.



The questions will have something to do with the series "The Golden Girls".

Take a look at your PM, and standby.

[dad90]

DK: And for the final time tonight, everyone has locked in. We know that at least one player will be eliminated from this game once this Showdown is over, so with that in mind, may I have the Showdown Countdown counter set to 20 please?

20

(Ding)

Thank you very much. A quick recap before the Showdown; William at $193, Matt at $260, and Nels at $226. I wish all 3 of you the very best of luck as we start the 20/$20 Showdown...

NOW!

What was the name of the cook who worked for the Girls in the pilot episode only?

Magic #: 92

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 40)

Nels.

Nels: Coco.

DK: Right.

19

What actor played Lucas Hollingsworth, Blanche's uncle, whom Dorothy married in the series finale?

Magic #: 61

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 62)

Nels.

Nels: Leslie Nielsen.

DK: Right.

18

Out of Bridget, Gunilla, Holly and Kirsten, which of the following is NOT the name of one of Rose's daughters?

Magic #: 79

(William's Ring-In Code: 96)

William.

William: Holly.

DK: Right.

17

What was proven to have caused the fire at Shady Pines that sent Sophia to live with Dorothy and the other Girls?

Magic #: 56

(William's Ring-In Code: 46)

William.

William: Heater.

DK: Acceptable enough. It was a Faulty one at that.

16

What was Dorothy's childhood nickname?

Magic #: 96

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 79)

Nels.

Nels: Moose.

DK: Right.

15

What was the name of Blanche's granddaughter who was conceived via artificial insemination?

Magic #: 88

(William's Ring-In Code: 67)

William.

William: Aurora.

DK: Right.

14

What was the name of the gangster who was seeking revenge on Miles for snitching on him?

Magic #: 7

(William's Ring-In Code: 65)

William.

William: The Cheese man.

DK: Right.

13

Who was the young flight attendant that Stan married after he divorced Dorothy?

Magic #: 10

(William's Ring-In Code: 90)

William.

William: Chriss.

DK: I cannot accept that. I'm sorry.

12

Blanche always referred to her father as Big Daddy; what was his real first name?

Magic #: 35

(William's Ring-In Code: 78)

William.

William: Curtis.

DK: There you go. That's right.

11

Which of the Girls once worked as a grief counselor?

Magic #: 23

(William's Ring-In Code: 23)

William, and on the nose.

William: Rose.

DK: Right for double that amount or $40 plus the $500 bonus that will be handed out at the end.

10

Of Day of the Wheat, The Festival of the Dancing Sturgeons, Hay Day, and St. Sigmund's Day, The Headless Boy is an integral part of which holiday celebration in St. Olaf?

Magic #: 63

(William's Ring-In Code: 88)

William.

William: St Sigmund's Day.

DK: Right.

9

What was the Zbornie, Stan's million-dollar invention?

Magic #: 53

(William's Ring-In Code: 59)

William.

William: Baked potato opener.

DK: Right.

8

Miles Webber, Rose's beau, was actually a former mob accountant in the Witness Protection Program. What was his real name?

Magic #: 33

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 8)

Nels.

Nels: Nicholas Carbone.

DK: Right.

7

What was Blanche's maiden name?

Magic #: 36

(William's Ring-In Code: 34)

William.

William: Hollingsworth.

DK: Right.

6

What celebrity did Rose fantasize was her real father?

Magic #: 62

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 56)

Nels.

Nels: Bob hope.

DK: Right.

5

What was the name of the neighbor's dog whom the Girls occasionally dog-sat (and who eventually appeared in a Golden Girls spinoff series)?

Magic #: 75

(William's Ring-In Code: 72)

William.

William: Dreyfuss.

DK: Right.

4

The Girls briefly operated a concession stand at the boardwalk where they sold pizza and what other snack item?

Magic #: 18

(Nels' Ring-In Code: 80)

Nels.

Nels: Knish.

DK: Right.

3

What was the name of Dorothy's cross-dressing brother?

Magic #: 56

(William's Ring-In Code: 80)

William.

William: Phil Petrillo.

DK: Right and all over it.

2

What local landmark was destroyed by a hurricane while Rose and Blanche were hosting a telethon for its preservation?

Magic #: 22

(William's Ring-In Code: 16)

William.

William: Mckinley Lighthouse.

DK: Right.

1

What prolific character actor portrayed Sal Petrillo, Sophia's late husband, who appeared in several flashback episodes?

Magic #: 73

(William's Ring-In Code: 60)

William.

William: Sid Melton.

DK: Right.

0

(The Showdown is Over!)

And that's the end of the 20/$20 Showdown, and by taking a look at the scores at the end of the Flash Ca$h Semifinal round...

...we have William at $453, Matt at $260, and Nels at $346, which means that William and Nels are advancing to the Final Round!



(Play Win Cue at 14:00)

(Audience Cheers and Applause)

We'll get to our 2 players in just a moment, but first, some unfinished business.

Who was the young flight attendant that Stan married after he divorced Dorothy?

It was Chrissy. And sadly William, any type of misspellings will not count in the 20/$20 Showdown, but you did manage to get one of the Magic #s right on the nose, and as such, you will get...

(DK walks over to William)

(Ding x 5)

DK & Audience: $100...

$200...

$300...

$400...



DK: $500!

(Multiple Dings; Audience Applause)



So that's $1,000 in bonus cash from the matching Magic #'s so far, and you are certainly not done yet as you have to battle against Nels in the Final Round, which we'll get to in a matter of moments.

But first, we have to say good-bye to Matt Ringgenberg. Matt, you had the lead going into the 20/$20 Showdown, but you didn't buzz in quick enough, and that's what cost you a spot in the Final, but you have done very well in our game.

In fact, you did match your Lucky Number from one of the Bargain Roulette games, and won a Grandfather Clock because of that.

You've also won the Camera Package, the Smartphone, Designer Sunglasses, the Turntable Package, and $6,244 in cash from the $ale of the Century Vault.

And for finishing in 3rd place, we're going to multiply your game score by 10, so that's an additional $2,600 in cash, meaning that your final cash total is $8,844, which means that you are leaving here tonight with a grand total, in cash and prizes, of...

$18,593

$18,593!

(Audience Cheers and Applause)

Now we got ourselves a commercial break, and when we come back, William and Nels are going to battle it out in our Final Round for the Championship right after this!



(Start at 00:16)

(Audience Applause)

[dad90]

[dad90]

(Fade In)

(Audience Applause)



(Play from 13:21 to 13:25)

Peter: And now, it's time for the Final Round of $ale of the Century Plus, and once again, here's Dayo Kayode!

DK: I thank you, Peter! And yes, indeed, we are back and we're now down to our final two players...



William at $453 and Nels at $346; a difference of only $107. As such, we're going to play our final round called "The Champion's Challenge Round", and when this is all said and done, one of you will become tonight's champion and will be moving on to our Main Event, The $ale of the Century Round.

But first, this final round stands in your way, and this round is dedicated to both Wink Martindale, whom he hosted "Debt" as his final game show, and to the late and great Alex Trebek as he hosted "Jeopardy" as his final game show.

Now, here's how the Final Round works...

[$30] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

In a moment, I will be showing a category worth that particular dollar amount, and then you two will wager between yourselves to see who would answer the most questions correctly out of 5. Dollar values will increase throughout the round...

[$30] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

...and $30 will be at stake in this category...

[THE SALE MAKER] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

(Category Reveals)

The Sale Maker.

Now Nels, since you are trailing, you will start the bidding first. How many questions do you think you can answer out of 5?

(Audience Suggestions)

[nelson17]

3

[dad90]

William, we come over to you. Are you going to for 4 or 5 questions, or are you going to make Nels "prove it"?

[williamlow31]

Let’s go 4

[dad90]

Nels, want to go for all 5, or make William "prove it"?

[nelson17]

Prove it

[dad90]

William, this one is yours. Now, if you can answer 4 out of 5 questions correctly, and you'll add $30 to your credit, but failure to do so, and Nels will add $30 to his credit.

Two final reminders before we begin; all the questions in this Final Round will take the "I am, You are" format, meaning that you must say "You are" before giving me the official answer, otherwise, it will be counted as incorrect, even if it's the correct answer, and once the question has been posted, you will have 24 hours to answer.

That being said, best of luck to you both. William, here's Question 1...

[THE SALE MAKER] -- [?] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

I am the billionaire who said these words, "In 1970 I founded Virgin as a mail order record retailer".

24 hours starts now, William.

[williamlow31]

You are Richard Branson.

[dad90]

That is correct!

(Audience Applause)

[THE SALE MAKER] -- [ ] -- [?] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

I was a traveling soap salesman before founding what became the world's largest chewing gum company.

24 hours starts now, William.

[williamlow31]

You are William Wrigley Jr.

[dad90]

That's the one we're looking for!

(Audience Applause)

[THE SALE MAKER] -- [ ] -- [ ] -- [?] -- [4] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

In 1912, I was the Maine (& only) man in my new clothing business; as of 2019, my company has annual sales of $1.59 billion.

24 hours starts now, William.

[williamlow31]

I think you are L.L.Bean.

[dad90]

And I think that you are right on that one!

(Audience Applause)

One more and you'll get the money.

[THE SALE MAKER] -- [ ] -- [ ] -- [ ] -- [?] -- [5]

[$40] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$50] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$75] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

[$150] -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [5]

As the founder of Ronco, I've pioneered the infomercial.

24 hours starts now, William.

[williamlow31]

You are Ron Popeil.