$ALE OF THE CENTURY [NBC]: Episode 3

[robthr]

Wow! I'm super stoked! I always wanted to be on this show and hoped I'd make a good showing. Thank you for being such a great host -- and so patient with me in my awkward approach to the tech. Congrats to my opponents - it could easily have gone another way! A pleasure to play.

[palmer7]

"A pleasure to play". Do you guys have that recorded? Good. Anyway, Bob, as you can see, we have some great prizes to play for. There's the U.S. Treasury Zero-Coupon Bond worth $75,000; the massage chair won on the last episode, the home theater package, and since you won with a score of over $100, we've replaced the $50,000 in cash with the car and the $20,000 in on-road costs. But this is very important, Bob. You could win everything tonight! If you can find "WIN!", "THE!", and "LOT!", in that exact order, then that's just what you'll do. You'll win all the prizes on stage, including the car and the Cash Jackpot!

[asja2002]

[Jackpot Cue]

Steve: (VO) Tonight's $ale of the Century Cash Jackpot stands at $1,100,000!!

[palmer7]

OK, Bob. Remember, in order to win the Lot, you must find, "WIN!", "THE!", "LOT!" in that order. To win the car, "WIN!", and then "CAR". Good luck to you, start picking a few numbers. (on the thread, of course; we'll give you the chance to change your mind if you get a "WIN!")

[robthr]

I'll start with 13 - 8 - 2 - and 5 :-) (crossing fingers)

[palmer7]

Minnie, what's behind lucky #13?


(Minnie flips over #13)

(ding)
The $75,000 bond. Move up one floor to #8.


(Minnie flips over #8)

(ding)

The Cartier necklace worth over $25,000. No win just yet. Numero dos.

(Minnie flips over #2)

[WIN!]

Hey now! That's a WIN! space. If your next pick is "THE!", you're one step away from winning the Lot. If it's "CAR", you've won a Mercedes. Another "WIN!" is worth a $10,000 cash bonus. Anything else is an automatic match. Do you want to stick with 5 or pick another number? (audience shouts suggestions)

[robthr]

I'm stickin with 5, Greg!!!

[asja2002]

[palmer7]

[WIN!]

And you've won $10,000 in cash! Now, we're not done here, Bob. Pick another number. If it's "THE!", you're one step away from winning the Lot. If it's "CAR", you've got a new car. If your next pick is "LOT!", we'll all be disappointed.

[robthr]

Number 6, Greg!

[asja2002]

[palmer7]

[THE!]

(audience gasps, timpani drumroll)

"The!" Oh my goodness, this is it. Bob, the next thing you pick will be an automatic match. If your next pick is "LOT", you'll win everything on stage and $1.1 million in cash. If it's the "CAR", you've got the car. Anything else, automatic match. This is the most important pick of your life.

(spotlights on Bob and the board) Bob, pick one more number.

[robthr]

Oh my goodness. (Breathing controlled, like on Jeopardy!) Greg, I'm going to go with my gut instinct which tells me: #14.

[palmer7]

I hate to do this to you, Bob.... I hate to do this to you, Bob.... but we're going to commercial.

(timpani continues to roll, shot of the board, shot of the Cash Jackpot board, fade to commercial)

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(fade in, timpani drumroll continues)

Greg: We're back. In our last segment, Bob Verini has so far found both "WIN!"s for a $10,000 bonus, and has just found "THE!". If #14 hides the word "LOT!", he will win a $75,000 zero-coupon treasury bond, a Cartier bracelet, a house full of IKEA furniture and $5,000 in bribing money, a home theater package, a $10,000 Hammacher Schlemmer gift certificate, $50,000 in cash, a new Mercedes roadster, $20,000 in on-road costs, and our Cash Jackpot which stands at one million, one hundred thousand dollars. In total, this number could be worth $1,481,309. Bob has been controlling his breathing for the last three minutes, and the whole audience has been on pins and needles. Minnie..... what is behind.... #14?


(Minnie flips over #14......)

[asja2002]

[HE'S DONE IT!!!!!_(lot win cue_sirens_bells)]


[The Cash Jackpot Sign comes back down along with a deluge of balloons and confetti, Minnie hands Bob the "Grundy Cash Suitcase"]