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Post by palmer7 on Mar 7, 2022 12:57:33 GMT -5
This just in, we're down to 7 players. We're having three-way play all week.
Monday & Tuesday: Qualifying matches. Winner moves on to the two-day final, two highest runners-up move on to the Wild Card match.
Wednesday: Wild Card Match. Our two Wild Card contestants will face the new #1 seed, Marc Enyedy. Winner of that match moves on to the two-day final.
Thursday & Friday: Two-game cumulative final. Player with the highest score at the end of two days wins $1,000,000 and a new car. Second place gets $100,000; 3rd place gets $50,000.
Game 1:
Bob Verini - $1,758,977
Vahan Nisanian - $2,349,680
James Greek - $419,232
Game 2:
Frank Jones - $15,539
Kyle Simmons - $299,622
Bob Loblaw - $32,064
Game 3 (Last Chance/Wild Card Match):
Marc Enyedy - Current $uper $ale Champion
Wild Card #1
Wild Card #2
So, for game #1, would Bob, Vahan, and James please check in?
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Post by vahan on Mar 7, 2022 13:07:03 GMT -5
Present
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Post by jman8606 on Mar 7, 2022 13:34:25 GMT -5
Checking in! Been looking forward to this brother!
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 12, 2022 12:44:29 GMT -5
(The scene starts at EPCOT Center, outside Spaceship Earth at night. A 32-year-old white man and a 28-year-old black woman, both dressed in casual clothes are observing it.) Greg: It's really pretty, isn't it? Shuri: Yes. It was designed with the help of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.Greg: Yes, one of my favorite science fiction writers. Now, there's something that I need to tell you. Shuri: What?Greg: After we finish taping the Tournament of Champions, I'm moving production to Stamford, Connecticut so I can rebuild the Avengers Compound there. Shuri: You're rebuilding the Avengers Compound? Why?Greg: I want to reassemble The Avengers. (Shuri looks shocked) Shuri: Are you crazy? After what happened to Tony? To my brother?Greg: What happened to your brother and to Tony is tragic. I would accept reponsibility for raising Tony's kid, but I don't think I should marry the widow. If it's any consolation, the Starks are picking up the check. However, we need some more money. I'm hoping the Wakandan government will support this, considering you and Bald Black General Woman will be in it. Shuri: Her name is Okoye.Greg: Thank you. To be honest, I don't care if her name is Mamase Mamasa Mamakusa. She's in. You're in, she's in, Parker's in, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier are in, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist... Shuri: Wait wait wait... you invited the Defenders?Greg: Yeah, why not? If we're going to have the Avengers assemble, we might as well have everybody. (Shuri shakes her head) Shuri: We've got a lot to talk about...
(we go to black) Greg: (VO) We were going to start this film off quite differently. Originally, we were going to play something like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and show a montage of all the power and corruption not only happening in this country, but also in places like Russia and Ukraine. (beat) Oh, you want to see me talk about this? (The camera cuts to Greg in his dressing room) Greg: There, that's better. Yeah, a significant portion of every ticket is going to help people in Ukraine, but that's sort of beside the point. The studios decided that would be inappropriate. This film is meant to be a morale booster for the entire planet-- except Russia. (singing) "We don't talk about Russia, no no no, we don't talk about Russia...." (back to speaking) So, I figure, why not start with a montage of all the great things that are happening on this planet since the last tournament? That'd be from 2019 to 2022, right? Right. So, what this movie is going to be a smorgasbord of entertainment. Instead of commercial breaks, we'll have some interesting things to watch. You can stay and watch them, or you can get up and go to the bathroom or buy something at the concession stand. Please buy something from the concession stand, it's how theaters make their money. There'll be Monty Python sketches, Disney cartoons, whatever we find interesting. Oh, plus some Marvel content to keep the Marvel fans happy. OK, then. Let's go. Roll the credits. (BGM: "While You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood) 20th CENTURY STUDIOS MARVEL STUDIOS and DISNEY PRESENT:
IN ASSOCIATION WITH: GRUNDY INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, B.V. IMAX CORPORATION PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES, LTD.
A JON FAVREAU FILM
(between the titles, we see a video montage of all the good things that happened in 2019, 2020, and 2021)
GREG PALMER
STACEY WREN
STEVE ANDERSON
BURTON RICHARDSON
MICKEY MOUSE
and A HOST OF OTHERS
in
IN IMAX AND STEREO WHERE AVAILABLE
(more video footage of positive events)
Casting by SARAH HALLEY FINN, C.S.A.
Music Coordinator SEAN SASAHARA
Musical Directors & Supervisors ALAN PARSONS ANDREW POWELL
Original Music by EDD KALEHOFF ALAN PARSONS ALAN SILVESTRI
Visual Effects Producer LISA MARRA
Visual Effects Supervisor GEOFFREY BAUMANN
Costume Designer MARY VOGT
Edited by LEIGH FOLSOM BOYD, A.C.E. MATTHEW SCHMIDT
Production Designers BENTE CHRISTENSON-DUKES MOLLY JOSEPH JOHN IVO GILLES RUDY JOOSTEN MAL NICOLS CHARLES WOOD
Director of Photography GABRIEL BERISTAIN, A.S.C.
Some Characters Based On THE MARVEL COMICS
Co-Producer STEVE MARSHALL
Co-Producer BRIAN CHAPEK
Co-Executive Producer EVELYN WARFEL
Executive Producer GREG PALMER
Executive Producers NIGEL GOSTELOW ANDREW BROOKE KAREN GREENE
Executive Producers MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS
Executive Producers JON FAVREAU, p.g.a. LOUIS D'ESPOSITO JAMES GUNN
Produced by KAREN BENTLEY, p.g.a. STEVEN ANDERSON, p.g.a. KEVIN FEIGE, p.g.a. ADAM SANDLER
Screenplay by CHRISTOPHER MARKUS STEPHEN McFEELEY
Story by NED BENSON GREG PALMER ERIK SOMMERS STEVE ANDERSON
Additional Material by MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS
Gameplay Directed by MARIO SILVESTRI
Film Directed by JON FAVREAU
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Post by asja2002 on Mar 14, 2022 11:19:57 GMT -5
*Television Static**Sale of the Century Logo fades from top center of screen to back center of the screen, looking to be in a very familiar font, Burton Richardson Intones:*
“What you are about to see… is real. The names and faces have not been changed because standards and practices would not allow it.
In this show there are two groups… Those who seek to earn cash and merchandise by answering general knowledge questions… And the cast and crew…plus their humble announcers…who seek to give it away in the name of ratings. These are their stories…
*Black and white photos of everyone on set and behind the scenes with A certain theme song playing in the background**Television Static,Drumroll*Steve: These are...our $ALE OF THE CENTURY champions. They have returned for the chance to win cash and prizes, this week worth...over$8,000,000
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Post by asja2002 on Mar 14, 2022 11:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 14, 2022 12:14:44 GMT -5
(the doors open, I run to my lectern to cheers and applause)
Greg: Thank you very much, Steve Anderson! Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to $ale of the Century. Now, before we get started, we have some bad news. Evan Hatfield, last year's tournament winner, is unable to compete. So now, we are down to seven people. We were planning on having four players compete for the first two days, but it looks like we'll be down to three-way play all week. We also may be having difficulty getting hold of Bob Verini, so we shall see if he makes it. In the meantime, here to explain the rules for this tournament is Steve Anderson. Steve?
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Post by asja2002 on Mar 14, 2022 19:16:25 GMT -5
Steve: consult the book of tournaments!
* The cast of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” come on stage. brother Maynard reads:
Tournaments: chapter 3 verses 7 through 24
And St. Reginald spake saying “Oh Great Being…Quizzeth thy contestants with great vigor, that they may know the thrill of victory”
Steve: Skip a bit ahead please…
B. Maynard: First thy contestants shall play a regulation game. No Brain Drains… Straight Cashcards. The pot for each Cashcard night shall be $75,000… And the number of fame games shall be three. Four Players shall not play each game… Neither play thou two…excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out!
One winner from each of the first two games shall advance, while the three high scorers among runner ups shall play on Wednesday to earn the third finalist chair.
Each night, the winner of the game shall have a chance to add $500000 at the winners board, except on Friday… whoever had proven themselves the highest score of the two game affair, shall with them receive prizes worth over $6,000,000!
The word of Saint Reginald Grundy of Fremantle
Praise be to Nielsen
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 14, 2022 20:02:13 GMT -5
Greg/Audience: Amen.Greg: Now, we have just received word that Bob Verini, he of Jeopardy! fame, is unable to compete. He will be invited back for a future tournament. In the meantime, we paid all this money to use the Jeopardy! theme, we may as well use it. Steve, would you please introduce our three challengers? (the '90s Jeopardy! tournament theme plays as the first three players are escorted to their seats)Steve: (VO) Now entering the studio are three of our previous winners. He was the highest-scoring non-Lot winner this season. From Elba, Alabama, James Greek. With cash and prizes totaling...
A Lot winner and the second $uper $ale runner up, from Glendale, California, Vahan Nisanian, whose winnings total...
And our current $uper $ale champion, who so far holds the record for the most money won on an American game show. Originally from Riverside, New Jersey, Marc Enyedy, who so far has winnings of...
And now, here is the co-host of $ale of the Century.... Stacey Wren! (audience cheers as Stacey comes out from behind the Fame Game board, wearing an outfit that makes her look like a librarian, or Mayim Bialik on a good hair day; she walks to Greg's lectern) Stacey: Thank you, Steve, thank you. I look like Mayim Bialik on a good hair day. I have never had an introduction like that in my life, and you've made me sound quite bright.Greg: Oh, Stacey, how could anyone say you're just a pretty thing to wrap around my arm? You do the most important thing on the show. Stacey: What's that?Greg: You give everyone $20 to start. Stacey: Oh yes, that's right. That is very important. So now, let's meet the three players. We'll start off with Marc. Marc, this isn't long, is it? You won $uper $ale recently, spent the weekend in the Cinderella Castle Suite, and now you're back here. So, I know that doesn't give you a lot of time to decompress and soak everything in. In fact, you were asked to come in as an alternate about an hour before taping started. How are you feeling? Anything on your mind?
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Post by marc412 on Mar 15, 2022 14:13:54 GMT -5
I’m feeling great, but also a bit overwhelmed. I never dreamed I’d rack up over $7 million in winnings, let alone have the chance to almost double it. I hope to figure out what I’ll do with it all by the time it gets delivered.
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 15, 2022 22:44:02 GMT -5
I hope you figure it out, too. You already have the record once, and nobody's going to take that away from you. Well, at least not until the tournament is over, perhaps. Good luck to you.
Next, we have Vahan. You've got a cruise coming your way, along with a trip around the Disney world and a lot of other nice things, over $2.3 million. Have you given any thought to how much time you'll need to take off of work or school?
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Post by vahan on Mar 15, 2022 22:48:13 GMT -5
I'm unemployed right now. I finished school 10 years ago, graduating with an associate's degree in community college.
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 15, 2022 23:03:09 GMT -5
Oh, really? What was your major again?
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Post by vahan on Mar 15, 2022 23:03:46 GMT -5
General Office.
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Post by palmer7 on Mar 15, 2022 23:05:25 GMT -5
And what exactly is that?
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