Hot Dice (Syn., Episode 14; audience game)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Yeah, can't win the million without taking a chance on the double decision board. If there's money, you're closer to winning a million. Does that double 1 screen hide $25,000; $50,000; $100,000 or a bust?

(buzz) (audience groans)

Uh oh. Another bust. That will cost you your last coin. You'll have to roll the dice after we reshuffle the board.


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

All right, no coins to help you out. The next 5, 7 or 9 means you lose $1500 and the game. Make it a good roll this time.


(Bill rolls)

(bust cue; audience groans)

Ahhhh -- darn it. Another 7. That's the game. I'm terribly sorry, Bill.

[billmcdee]

Well, I'm very pleased with 3 wins and over $50,000, so no need to feel too badly for me gracious host

Besides, as the legendary late, great baseball pitcher Catfish Hunter once said "The sun don't shine on the same dog's (paraphrasing the next word) behind every day."

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered laughter)

Glad to see you're taking this well.

$49,350 -- and a chance to add much more on the next show.

We'll play an audience game -- after this.


(commercial cue plays; audience applauds)

[dougmorrisontheair]

As announced previously in the vacation section, there's a chance Hot Dice will be on hiatus for a few weeks. I purposely saved the set up for an audience game that could take a while to play. So that's what we'll play.

Since we're in a little bit of a time crunch, we'll bypass qualifying. So, who wants to play? First one to respond who didn't play in the main games of the episode gets to play; we'll likely start the audience game tonight.

[billmcdee]

If nobody else is interested, I'll be glad to play an audience game for charity.

[dougmorrisontheair]

And we're back. We zipped through the match and Bonus Bonanza pretty quickly -- that there *may* be time for a second audience game.

Meantime, Bill here wants to play for charity. And we'll let him do that...

...in our game of Double Up. Now, Bill, more than $50,000 can be won here if you play the game *just* right. So I take it you'd like to play for more than one charity.

[billmcdee]

Yes I'll be playing for two charities Doug, Autism Speaks and the American Tinnitus Association.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Two fine organizations. Here's how you make money for them.

Behind eight of these numbers are amounts of money. Behind two of the remaining numbers, we have double cards. Find a double card and we will double up all the money you've accumulated.

That leaves two numbers -- and they hide "bust" cards. Find a bust -- and the game ends plus you lose everything you've accumulated for the charities.

So after you've found money or you've doubled up, I'll give you a chance to start.

Since you have no money at risk, you might as well start picking. Pick a number, please.

[billmcdee]

8 calls to me.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Your instincts tell you number 8.  All right, Bill's looking for money behind number 8.

(ding) (scattered groans)

Ohhh -- it's a double card -- and you've doubled nothing.

Well -- at least it's not a bust. Now you still have no money. No sense in stopping on nothing. So -- pick another number. Make it a good one.

[billmcdee]

I'll try 3 this time Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Number 3. Let's get this man's charities some money behind 3.

(ding) (audience applause)

$1000. That's more like it. Bill, you may stop here and take $1000 -- or risk it all and pick another letter.

(audience shouts suggestions)

Remember, there are still two bust cards and a double card up there.

[billmcdee]

Odds in my favor, I'll risk it and try 12.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going for number 12. Does 12 hide more money or a double?

(ding) (audience cheers)

FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!

(more cheers)

Bill, I don't know if this will influence your choice -- but the highest number you chose, 12, was hiding the highest dollar amount on the board, $5000. (more cheers) While that's the only $5000 bill on the board, there's still a double card up there -- and more money.

If you keep playing, watch out for those bust cards. Find a bust -- and you lose the $6000 and the game.

What's your call?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[billmcdee]

7 safe, 2 unsafe, odds are 3.5 to 1 in my favor.

I'll risk it and go with #1.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Playing on. All right. Do we have something won-derful behind 1?

(ding; audience applause)

I'd say so -- $2500. Bill, that's $8500 right now to split 50/50 with your charities. You may stop now and we'll send each fine organization a check for $4250 -- or you may risk it all and try to get more.

What'cha think?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[billmcdee]

Odds are still good, I'm going to risk it, and go with 11.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

He's conservative rolling dice -- but not so much here at the Double Up game.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

Well, there's another $2500 bill on the board and still a double card. Maybe there's one of them here at 11.

(ding; audience applause)

Another $500 bill. Keeps you in business. You're up to $9000.

(clip rolls in upper right monitor on double decision board)

Nappa: What? 9000? There's no way that can be right.

(audience laughs; smattering of applause)

It is right, Nappa. Do the math -- like we did. Er, wait, wrong show. (scattered laughter) Well, Bill, there's still a card up there that doubles up the money, another hides $2500. The others are 1000s, 500s and those two nasty busts.

Want to stop and keep nine large or risk it all again?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[billmcdee]

I'll call it quits

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going to stop here and take nine large.

(audience cheers)

That's $4500 for each of your fine charities. But -- we're not done quite yet. After all, we are Lester Holt types of folks -- who adhere to the belief your right to know overrides your right to exist.

(scattered laughter)

If you played on, what number would you have picked?

[billmcdee]

LOL at the Lester Holt comment.


I would have gone with #6.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well, we were Brian Williams folks -- but ya know. (scattered laughter from the crowd) What was hiding behind number 6?

(audience cheers)

Disaster! That's what. Good move. Open up the rest of the board, please.

The other double card was at 9, the other bust next door at 7 and the other $2500 bill was at 10.

Bill, congratulations on winning $4500 for Autism Speaks and another $4500 for The American Tinnitus Association.

We'll see you when you defend your championship on the next show.

(audience cheers)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Believe it or not, we have time for one more audience game. Who wants to play.

(cameras pan as various audience members raise hands; shout, "Me! Me!"; etc.)

[Again, we're bypassing qualifying to ensure we have time to actually play the audience game. First one to respond who hasn't played in the main game gets to play.]

[tmann3x]

I'll give it a try.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(points to Tony)

Come on up here!

(audience cheers)

Welcome, Tony. Please tell us about yourself.

[tmann3x]

I'm a freelance artist, former comic book collector and a fan of action movies. Right now, I'm looking for a job and pursue a new career hopefully soon.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well, I hope you find great and rewarding work soon. We'll find out about the game you'll be playing -- after we find out about the prize at stake.

---

(prize music plays)

Doug: (in pre-recorded audio) It's maid service for a year.

(audience cheers)

That's right, come home to a clean home for the next 52 weeks. Once a week for the next year, maids will come to your place of residence and make it clean. This prize is worth $5200.

---

(audience cheers)

Maid service for the year could be yours in this game we call...

...Pass or Fail. In a moment, I will give you a question on the subject of music. The correct answer is up there somewhere on the board -- a number between 1 and 6 inclusive. Obviously, it's a number you can roll on one dice cube.

But here's the tricky part. You can't just tell me the correct answer after I give you the question. You have to *roll* the correct answer. And since we don't have all day to roll the right answer...

(ding)

...we give you a maximum of five chances to roll the right answer.

Now, let me give you the question.

A balalaika has how many strings?

In a moment, you'll make the first of five rolls. If you think you've rolled the correct answer, lock it and we'll see if you're right. If you think you've rolled a wrong answer, roll again.

Keep playing until you lock in an answer you've rolled -- or you've rolled five times. We automatically lock in whatever you roll on your fifth try as your answer.

If you lock in the right answer, you pass this test and win the maid service. Lock in a wrong answer -- and you'll fail the test -- and we give you the dunce cap from "Street Smarts".

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

So -- when you're ready, give it a roll.

(Tony, number from 1-100, please. You'll see the result of that roll and, at most, the next four down the list.)

[tmann3x]

Big roll.. (34)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Tony rolls)

And you're starting off with a 2. If you think a balalaika has 2 strings, lock it in and we'll see if you win. If not, you still have four rolls to go.

Lock in this answer of 2 or roll again?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[tmann3x]

I'm not feeling confident having 2 as the answer. I'll roll again. *roll*

(72)