Three on a Match (NBC; Episode 8)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Left center to start.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the nine.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Woah -- top left.

Kourtney, you could be winning $50,000 on this next pick.

Think it over -- while we take -- this break.


(audience applause; theme plays)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(theme plays)

Steve: Our contestants will receive some of the following...

Chef Boyardee pastas. Next time hunger takes hold, feed your need and reach for the delicious taste of Chef Boyardee pastas.

And table Soccer. From Sportcraft, a unique tabletop soccer game. The action is fast and furious. Realistic-looking players and fields add to the fun. Sportcraft, the games people play.

Steve: We'll be back with more of Three on a Match after this word of interest. Closed captioning provided by...

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience applause; theme plays)

And we're back on Three on a Match. When last we left our champion, Kourtney had put $200 on the numbers 3 and 9...

...and that happened. We're on the brink of a big money moment.

Kourtney, if you buy the number in the lower left, $50,000 is yours.

Please resume -- and with any luck at all, end -- your buying spree.

[pathfinder20]

*takes a deep breath.* $100 on the five.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Am

I

standing

next

to

a

fifty

thousand

dollar

winner?

(ding) (loud groans from crowd)

No. Sorry.

Huh kay. Still a couple of hundred to spare.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the 1.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

First visit to the right column.  So, upper right, lower left, or exact middle will advance to the next phase.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the seven.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Odds are slightly in your favor to make three in a row -- but you've got to make three in a row to stay in business.

(dings; audience cheers)

Got it across the top.

Okay, you know what's next, Kourtney. We've stuffed the grid with cash awards in addition to the single digit numbers.

The prizes range from $3000 to $30,000.

Pick any visible number -- and it doesn't have to be from the top row -- and let's see what you're starting with.

Remember -- up to three chances to trade up to $30,000.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with number seven.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Behind number 7, we find...

(ding)

...$6000. As you know, you may stop here, keep the $6000 or trade it in and try to find a higher award -- would that you find the 30 grand.

Two tries left if you continue.

(audience shouts suggestions)

[pathfinder20]

I will trade it in for number nine.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Six grand comes back to the house. Did you trade up?

(ding) (audience cheers)

I'd say so -- $10,000.

Kourtney, what do you think? Take the $10,000 -- or trade it in for one more number?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[pathfinder20]

Let’s keep the $10K.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Keeping the $10,000. Very well. If you were going to go for it, Kourtney, what number were you going to pick?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go with number five just for fun.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Behind number 5, we had...

(audience cheers)

...just four grand. Where was the 30 grand?

Number 6 in the lower right -- a number you hadn't bought.

And there it was. With that, Kourney, you're up to...

...$145,940 -- and there's another chance to win more. Please head on back.


(audience applause; theme plays)

Okay, folks. Because this is a rematch, we're picking up where we left off on the categories.

(ding)

Three is a Magic Number -- the new category. They join the leftovers, Nashville Notes and General Info.

Kourtney, which category would you like?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try General Info.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going to our potpourri category for...

(dings; audience cheers)

...wowsers -- $90 and a doubler. With everything doubled, looks like someone's going to the grid right after this showdown.

Players, good luck and away we go.

1. "Beagle Devour Beagle"

2. "Geddy Lee-Led Canadian Band"

3. "Pocket Monsters' Caretaker"

4. "Deceiving Result of Seven Divided by Seven: One George Lucas Space Opera Saga"

5. "Bozo's Saline Drops"

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Kourtney and Matt, for each riddlegram, please PM me your answer and a buzzcode from 1-100.

[dougmorrisontheair]

1. "Beagle Devour Beagle"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: “Dog Eat Dog”

Doug: That's it.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: Title of a Brooke Burns game show and a Ted Nugent hit song. On to the next riddlegram.

2. "Geddy Lee-Led Canadian Band"

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: "Rush" -- the title of a Ron Howard movie. Kourtney still leads one-nil. Next riddlegram.

3. "Pocket Monsters' Caretaker"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: “Pokémon Trainers”

Doug: Well -- we singularized the riddlegram and the champ gave a plural answer. But, even in quotes, let's check to be sure.

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: That's what I was afraid of. "Caretaker" is another word for -- "Concierge". And we were going for the streaming series title "Pokémon Concierge". So the point goes to Matt, I'm afraid.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: Tie ballgame at one. Next riddlegram.

4. "Deceiving Result of Seven Divided by Seven: One George Lucas Space Opera Saga"

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: Oh, I thought you'd get this from at least the math problem and the George Lucas reference.

"Deceiving" is another word for "Rogue"; seven divided by seven results in "One"; and "One George Lucas Space Opera Saga" is another way of saying "A Star Wars Story".

Put it all together and you've got "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". (scattered groans) So you're saying -- that new riddlegram format can't come soon enough. (scattered laughter from crowd) In any event, last one to break the day.

5. "Bozo's Saline Drops"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: “Tears of a Clown.”

Doug: We will accept that.

(audience cheers)

Let me take a moment to clarify. Fans of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles know the group's hit song "The Tears of a Clown". However, Iron Maiden recorded a different song with the title "Tears of a Clown" -- and we've learned other professional works with "Tears of a Clown" without the "The" within the title. So we'd have to accept either way.

With that, Kourtney banks the doubled $90. We add in $20 a point instead of $10.

And, Kourtney, with $220, can't horde that money, we need to go to the grid now.

(ding)

Again, when a player banks at least $200 in total, the contestant must go to the grid. On this trip, there's a stop sign to watch out for.

Kourtney, good luck.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with 20 on the yellow.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Double Dollars card. That and the international money symbols are still up there.

Remember, there is another Double Dollars card in the $30 column and another in the $40 column. The stop sign is not obstructing Double Dollars.

[pathfinder20]

$30 on the blue.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered groans)

Yen -- takes you out of the running for $50,000 -- but plenty of money left to spend.

Just avoid that stopper.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try 30 on the red.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered groans)

Euro.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $40 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Euro again. Find the third and you win.