Three on a Match (NBC; Episode 9)

[dougmorrisontheair]

We owe pathfinder20 -- Kourtney -- a chance to play the bonus grid for up to $80,000.

After the bonus, we'll seek Kourtney's next challenger.

So, Kourtney, please enter and sign in.

[pathfinder20]

Entering and signing in.

[bighornbattle]

Count me in.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Jul 28, 2024 19:50:21 GMT -5 bighornbattle said:

Count me in.

Hang on.  Gotta go through qual, first.  Kourtney, your bonus starts shortly.

[dougmorrisontheair]

KNBC - LOS ANGELES

Staff announcer: Jimmy Fallon -- tonight at 11:35.

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(dramatic music plays)

Steve Anderson: If you put $20 on the red....

...$30 on the green...

...and $40 on the yellow...

...you could win $50,000 playing Three on a Match.

("Jet Set" plays)

Here's your host -- the star of Three on a Match -- Doug Morris!

(audience cheers; Doug knocks on wall for good luck a la Bill Cullen)

Thank you, Steve. Hellooooooo, everybody, and welcome to Three on a Match.

Our current champion just continues to add to an incredible total -- and with any element of luck, Kourtney Wilson will walk out of here a millionaire.

Let's formally make welcome Kourtney Wilson.

(audience cheers)

Kourtney, let's take a moment to explain where you stand. You've banked $145,940. (audience cheers) Yes -- a great total. Plus, you have $560 in spendable cash you'll be taking to our bonus grid.

Theoretically, you can win $80,000 there.  Succeed there -- and that would put your total at more than $225,000.

You would then need about another $25,000 to reach the $250,000 milestone. And when you do collect at least $250,000 in winnings, we send you out of here -- but not before we quadruple that total to no less than $1,000,000.

(audience cheers)

So in the event you do retire a millionaire on this show, let's give you a chance right now to send shout outs to friends and loved ones.

[pathfinder20]

I want to send a shout out to my friends and family across the nation. My church family and my work family.

[dougmorrisontheair]

All right, well they're rooting for you. For the next little while, we're rooting for you as well -- as we head on over to the bonus grid for another game of Three in a Row. Let's head on over there.


(audience applause; theme plays)

Yes, for the next little while, we *can* root for you, Kourtney -- because you're going against the house. And I'm against the house.

(scattered laughter from crowd)

Gotta get in Bill Cullen's classic line here.

Kourtney, you know the drill by now. We've randomly hidden the numbers 1 through 9 in this grid with no duplicates. You'll buy those numbers one at a time at the rate of $100 each.

The moment you align three of the numbers in a row straight across, up and down, or diagonally, you'll play for up to $30,000 in the next phase.

If those first three picks are in a row, it's an instant $50,000.

(audience cheers)

I honestly lost count as to how many games you've won here on our show. But I know you've never lost since you first stepped onto this stage. So it would be a thing of beauty if you won $80,000 in total right here.

Let's start by getting $50,000 on these first three picks.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the 8.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Center right to start out.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the one.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered groans)

So much for the 80 grand. But $30,000 could be won. Keep the faith and keep going.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the seven.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Okay, getting some traction in the top row. Find the upper right number on this next pick and we go to the next phase.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the five.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered groans)

Bottom right corner.

Well -- does open up a diagonal chance. Need the middle number for the diagonal -- or the upper right for the dual win.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the six.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

(buzz)

(audience groans)

Oh -- darn. Center left and that's the game. Sorry about that.

What were the middle and upper right numbers, please?

The 9 was in the upper right, 3 in the middle, and we only put 6 away to show what was really need when Kourtney was going for the diagonal or the dual win. Now, as we reveal the entire grid, Kourtney, there is good news.

[pathfinder20]

Really? What’s that?

[dougmorrisontheair]

You do receive as a consolation prize the lowest cash award that's in the grid.

And that's $3000. You still keep the $60 leftover. That gives you a total of a nice round...

...$149,000.

(audience cheers)

And there's another chance to win more money in the next game. We'll play it right after this.

(audience applause; theme plays)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Okay, due to my previously announced vacation and in an effort to move matters forward, bighornbattle will play again Kourtney.

[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.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience applause; theme plays)

A new game of Three on a Match is about to start. And with it, we welcome a new player -- George Custer.

(audience cheers)

George, welcome. Please tell us about yourself.

[bighornbattle]

Well, I am from Spartanburg, SC. I enjoy singing, doing word finds, play games, listen to news themes, listen to 80s music, and play Mahjong. I even have the Teen Titans out there with me to root me on and they gave everyone an autograph before the show.

[dougmorrisontheair]

All right. Well, with our champion on quite the winning streak, you'll need all the support you can get.

George, Kourtney, good luck. As you know, to win the game...

...you have to match an image from the left column with one from the middle column with one from the right column. Of course, those boxes come at prices -- and you've go to earn money from correctly solving riddlegrams.

We take titles, phrases, and other common expressions -- and change the word. What you have to do is give us the original wording.

Now let's go to the categories.

By The Numbers, Rock On!, and The Mystery Category.

Kourtney, as the champion, you'll start us off by choosing one of these subjects.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go By the Numbers please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Let's see what number's hiding behind By The Numbers.

(ding)

$90. All right, the correct solution to each riddlegram includes at least one number. It's possible any correct answer will have more than one number. For example, if we provided, "Five Minus Three Nearly Bankrupt Young Ladies" as a riddlegram, that's another way of expressing the sitcom title "Two Broke Girls".

That's how riddlegrams work here on Three on a Match. With that, good luck, and here we go.

1. Wonderful items appear among dividends of 27/9

2. Fortunate sum of three and four

3. "32,000 Pounds"

4. "3600 Seconds"

5. "That Four-Million Cent Domino Effect"

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

[dougmorrisontheair]

1. Wonderful items appear among dividends of 27/9

33 pathfinder20
04 bighornbattle
87 random.org

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: Good things come in threes.

Doug: That's it.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: First point of the day for the champ. Next numeric riddle gram...

2. Fortunate sum of three and four

77 pathfinder20
08 bighornbattle
10 random.org

(George rings in)

Doug: George?

George: Lucky 7

Doug: That's it.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: "Fortunate Sum" -- wasn't that a CCR song? (scattered laughter from crowd) Tie ballgame. Let's break the tie with this.

3. "32,000 Pounds"

16 pathfinder20
12 bighornbattle
19 random.org

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: “Sixteen Tons”

Doug: The Tennessee Ernie Ford classic. That's right.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: One point away from the way. George, need the last two.

4. "3600 Seconds"

60 pathfinder20
16 bighornbattle
14 random.org

(George rings in)

Doug: George?

George: 60 minutes

Doug: Indeed.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: Show that's been known to tick a few people off. (scattered groans from crowd) In any event, this boils down to this last riddlegram. Winner of this last point wins $90.

5. "That Four-Million Cent Domino Effect"

40 pathfinder20
20 bighornbattle
74 random.org

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney for the showdown.

Kourtney: “The $40,000 Chain Reaction”

Doug: Our sister show. That's right.

(audience cheers)

Doug: $90 for you, Kourtney. Now, we add in $10 for each point for each player.

Doug: George picks up $20 in the showdown -- but Kourtney has a little more than enough to go to the grid. Kourtney, want to go for the win at the grid or pick another category? To help you with your choice, let's bring in another category.

Doug: On The Telly. So -- one of these categories or the grid, Kourtney?

[pathfinder20]

I am going to earn some more money with Rock on.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going for more more money. Rock On! hides...

(ding)

...$60 and three free boxes. This could be vital for anyone.

The solutions to each riddlegram is a titles of a classic rock song.

1. "Grab That Dough Then Vamoose"

2. "Twelve Divided by Twelve"

3. "Boob Tube Suppers"

4. "Attorneys, Pistols Plus Currency"

5. "Domestic Female"

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Kourtney and George, for each riddlegram, please PM me your answer and a buzzcode from 1-100.  Extra time will be allowed to respond due to my vacation as announced in the NGC vacations section.

[dougmorrisontheair]

1. "Grab That Dough Then Vamoose"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney.

Kourtney: “Take the money and run”

Doug: That right.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: The Steve Miller Band classic. Kourtney's on the board first in this showdown. Next riddlegram.

2. "Twelve Divided by Twelve"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney.

Kourtney: “One”

Doug: Makes perfectly good sense, as Bill Cullen would say.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


Doug: That's a Metallica song. U2 had a hit with a different "One" song. And Kourtney, you're just *one* point away from winning this showdown.

3. "Boob Tube Suppers"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney.

Kourtney: “T.V. Dinners”

Doug: By ZZ Top. That's a winner.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


(scattered cheers)

Doug: But, as you know, we keep going. Any player who sweeps all five points in a showdown scores a $50 bonus.

Kourtney, in your case, that *should* put you passed the $200 threshold -- making a trip to the grid mandatory.

Let's see what happens.

4. "Attorneys, Pistols Plus Currency"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney.

Kourtney: “Lawyers, Guns and Money”

Doug: By Warren Zevon. That's right.


pathfinder20
bighornbattle


(scattered cheers)

Doug: But now -- let's see if the champ can score the extra $50 on this.

5. "Domestic Female"

(time passes) (buzz) (scattered groans)

Doug: Well that means $50 goes into my pocket for the next date night. (scattered laughter from crowd) Domestic in this country would be a synonym for American -- and female's another word for woman.

So we were going for The Guess Who's masterpiece "American Woman".

Kourtney, even with that setback, there's still good news -- and it doesn't involve changing car insurance. We just added $60 to your coffers for the win. We now kick in $10 a point.

(scattered cheers)

That brings you up to $220. Rules say when a player's total meets or exceeds $200, the contestant must go to the grid.

Lest we forget, you're going to the grid, champ, with *two* freebies.

With all this good news, there's bad news. Because you're bringing at least $200 to this visit, we have a stop sign somewhere.

Find it and your turn at the grid ends immediately.

George is hoping like the dickens you find it after you spend a lot of money so that the match-up evens out.

But -- let's see what happens.

Good luck, everyone.

Kourtney, the grid awaits.