HIGH ROLLERS [NBC PRIMETIME]: Pilot/Episode 1

[palmer7]

OK, I got this idea from James Greek. It's the same High Rollers as before, but with a few big differences:

* The prizes will be much bigger.
* Each game offers a minimum of $5,000 cash if prizes are not won.
* The biggest change will be in the Big Numbers.


1st BN: $250,000 (or $10K a number)
2nd BN: $500,000 (or $25K a number)
3rd BN: $750,000 (or $50K a number)
4th BN: $1,000,000 (or $100K a number)
5th BN: $2,500,000 (or $200K a number)


As you can see, if you win your first game, you get $10,000 for each number you knock off or $250,000 for knocking out all nine in the Big Numbers. The numbers keep growing the more games you win. However, there's a catch: Every time you decide to play a new game, your bonus winnings are at risk. Whatever you win in the main game is yours to keep, but your bonus winnings are at risk. You can leave after each Big Numbers, or go on and face another challenger. Should you lose a match, you lose your bonus winnings.

Now, we're looking for at least three players (two to start and then a growing list of potential challengers). Our timing will be a lot better than most network primetime games.

Who wants to play?

[jman8606]

MGM Grand Las Vegas here I come!

[palmer7]

I got it the first time. One or two more (one more at a minimum).

[vahan]

I'm joining, too.

[palmer7]

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[OPENING THEME]
(cheers and applause)

Dean Goss: (VO) And now, a game of high stakes! Where every decision is a gamble, and every move could be your last!

(cheers and applause)


And now, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, here's the man with all the action.... GREG PALMER!

(wild cheers and applause, as I walk to the dice table with the dice)


Greg: Thank you very much, Dean Goss. Thank you, everyone. WHOO! What a crowd we've got tonight. Not an empty seat in the house.

(shot of the audience)


Executive Producer Emeritus
MERRILL HEATTER



Executive Producers
MARK BURNETT
GREG PALMER



Executive Producers
BARRY POZNICK
JOHN STEVENS
WINK MARTINDALE


Directed by
MIGUEL ENCISO



Thank you very much, and welcome to the network return of High Rollers. Skill, strategy, sabotage, and these unpredictable dice are the elements we have for you as our contestants compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes we'll put on our board. And, depending on how far they go and how much they're willing to risk, one roll of the Golden Dice could be worth as much as two-point-five million dollars! (audience cheers)

Now, before we meet our first two players, we want to pay some respect to the man who started it all: Alex Trebek.

Alex was the original "Man with All the Action", and hosted this show for four years. Yes, the guy who hosted Jeopardy! was once a wild and crazy guy, but a class act all the way. He died late last year, and so, we want to dedicate the entire series and any other future iterations to him. (audience cheers) His widow and children are present. (shot of the Trebek family, back to Greg)

Now, let's meet our first two players. First off, we have James Greek. Hiya, James. Tell us about yourself, please.

[jman8606]

I am 34 years old. I am unemployed and disabled. I live in South Alabama.

[palmer7]

Right, Elba, Alabama. Now, we were talking somewhat before the show. Is this your first trip to Las Vegas?

[jman8606]

Yes! I have never been

[jman8606]

And always wanted to go

[palmer7]

Well, here you are. Good luck to you tonight.

And over here is Vahan Nisanian. Now, someone on our staff wrote on this card to pronounce it as "Va-hahn Nee-sann-ian". Is that correct? If not, please correct me, and in any case, tell us about yourself.

[vahan]

That is correct. That is how it's pronounced.

Las Vegas is my favorite vacation spot. I love going there with my family.

[palmer7]

Well, that's good to know, but we don't know anything else about you. I mean, you don't have to come up with a sob story like you might on some other show on this network, but we do want to know something about you.

[vahan]

Like I said in the other thread, I came to California from Yerevan, Armenia when I was about eight months old. My family wanted to start a new life. I remember High Rollers on USA Network, and now, here I am, playing a GSP community version. I also remember playing the online flash game.

[palmer7]

I remember that, too. Seldom won it, but it was fun. Good luck to you. Give them a nice hand! (audience cheers)


Now, here's the way our game is played. I know a number of you High Rollers fans know this already, but there are some who are just tuning in. You're going to be using these dice to play our game. I'll ask a question. If you buzz in and you're right, you get control of the dice. Buzz in and you're wrong, your opponent gets the dice. You'll roll the dice and try to knock out numbers on our board. We've got the board in three columns, and when you clear a column, we'll put the prize or prizes in that column on your side of the board. If you clear the board, or your opponent cannot clear any numbers off the board, then you win the game and whatever prizes you have earned. Now, if you don't have any prizes on your side and you win the game, we'll give you a house minimum of $5,000 in cash. (audience oooohs) The first player to win two games wins the match and goes on to play the Big Numbers, which we're starting off at $250,000! (audience oooohs even louder) And of course, don't forget, that if you roll a double... (I hold up an Insurance Marker) This will get you out of trouble. It's an Insurance Marker that gives you a free roll. Of course, if you roll three consecutive doubles without clearing a number, you automatically lose the game. Now, does anyone have any questions?

[jman8606]

Nope