Opening graphics: Television's Fastest Hour! Prizes Galore! Happy Winners!
First four contestants: Maria Alamet, Robert Worthington, Marta Hortel and Alan Culler
Bob enters through audience
Janice does the handoff
Today's models: Janice, Dian, Kathleen & Holly
IUFB 1: A set of Black & Decker power tools (modeled by Kathleen)
Bids:
Maria: $625
Robert: $850
Marta: $950
Robert: $725
ARP: $1083 Winner: Marta
Marta will have a chance to walk the Golden Road that begins with a can of Ralph's stewed tomatoes and leads to the following: A set of Moulinex small kitchen appliances (modeled by Dian), an Aqua-Cat catamaran (modeled by Janice), and a $40,000+ Cadillac Seville (modeled by Holly)
Tomatoes: 59 cents
Appliances: -01, guesses 9 and is not correct
Game ends
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Next contestant: Kevin Short (interestingly, this contestant turns out to be a young lady)
IUFB 2: A Panasonic fax machine (modeled by Holly)
Bids:
KEVIN: $1050
Alan: $1350
Maria: $1100
Robert: $1200
ARP: $1150 Winner: Maria
Maria will play Grand Game for a chance to win $10,000
Target price: $2.60
Grocery products:
Polaner All-Fruit preserves
Reynolds oven cooking bags
Erase carpet spot remover
Sunlight lemon dish detergent
Creamettes spaghetti
Klondike Lite ice cream bars
Picks the dish detergent, it's $1.49, moves up to $10
Picks the spaghetti, it's $1.89, moves up to $100
Picks the oven cooking bags, they're $1.22, moves up to $1000
Opts to go all the way, picks the preserves, they're $2.39, she wins $10,000!
(spot remover was $2.79; ice cream bars were $2.99)
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Next contestant: Douglas Ferrell
IUFB 3: A Mikaelian & Sons diamond and emerald ring (modeled by Dian)
Bids:
DOUGLAS: $2500
Robert: $1800
Kevin: $2000
Alan: $2600
(all overbids; bidding starts again)
Douglas: $975
Robert: $1300
Kevin: $1200
Alan: $1301
ARP: $1440. Winner: Alan
Alan will play Race Game for a Wesley Allen canopy day bed (modeled by Janice), an Oneida hostess set (modeled by Holly), a General Electric washer & dryer (modeled by Kathleen), and a popcorn machine (modeled by Dian)
Prices (in order from top to bottom on the stand):
$615
$919
$1170
$1590
Puts $1170 on washer & dryer, $1590 on day bed, $615 on popcorn machine and $919 on hostess set. Pulls lever. Has 1 right.
Runs back, changes hostess set to $1590 and day bed to $919.
Pulls lever. Has 1 right.
Runs back, changes hostess set back to $919, puts $1590 on popcorn machine, puts $615 on day bed, and leaves washer & dryer at $1170.
Timer runs out. However, due to production error, Bob decides to give Alan all 4 of the prizes. It is never revealed how many he actually had right, or which prices go with which prizes.
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Showcase Showdown #1
Marta will spin first, Alan second and Maria third.
Marta spins 95 cents and stays on it.
Alan spins 45 cents. Spins again and gets 75 cents for a total of $1.20 and is out.
Maria spins 60 cents. Spins again and gets 35 cents, tying Marta's 95. The two of them will now have a spin-off.
Marta spins 85 cents.
Maria spins 10 cents.
Marta is the winner.
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Next contestant: Nancy Jones
IUFB 4: Whirlpool dishwasher (modeled by Janice)
Bids:
NANCY: $650
Douglas: $575
Robert: $700
Kevin: $701
ARP: $590. Winner: Robert
Douglas will play Pick-A-Number for a Royal Products Ponderosa Pine wine closet.
Price of the prize (minus the missing number) is $28-0.
The 3 choices for the missing number are 0, 5 and 9. Douglas chooses 5. Bob then reveals the correct price to be $2800. Douglas does not win.
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Next contestant: Mary McWhorter
IUFB 5: A Jason telescope.
Bids:
MARY: $750
Robert: $1100
Kevin: $900
Nancy: $1101
(all overbids; bidding starts again)
Mary: $695
Robert: $675
Kevin: $650
Nancy: $595
(all overbids again; bidding starts again)
Mary: $490
Robert: $350
Kevin: $400
Nancy: $401
ARP: $516. Winner: Mary
Mary will play Secret X for a trip to Ireland (modeled by Dian), valued at $5122.
Mary places her free X in the top right square. She can win 2 more X's by identifying the prices of 2 small prizes.
Small prize #1: A Hoover hand-held vacuum
Small prize #2: A Boston electric pencil sharpener
(both modeled by Holly)
The vacuum is either $65 or $90. Mary correctly chooses $65 and receives another X which she places in the bottom left square.
The pencil sharpener is either $18 or $25. Mary incorrectly chooses $18 and does not receive a third X.
Mary will win if the Secret X in in the middle center square. However, it is at the bottom, and Mary does not win.
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Next contestant: India Yelton
IUFB 6: A pair of Bradington-Young recliners (modeled by Holly and Dian)
Bids:
INDIA: $950
Robert: $655
Kevin: $1000
Nancy: $1001
ARP: $1650. Winner: Nancy
Nancy will play Dice Game for a blue Pontiac Sunbird LE coupe.
The first number in the price, which is 1, is given free.
Rolls $14,654, not rolling any numbers correctly. Guesses "lower" each time.
ARP is revealed to be $11,526. Because of the 6 being higher than 4, Nancy does not win.
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Contestants not appearing on stage receive: a tabletop griddle by Max Burton Enterprises, a supply of Hershey's chocolate syrup and powdered cocoa mix, and a supply of Actifed cold & allergy medication.
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Showcase Showdown #2:
Mary will spin first, Robert second and Nancy third.
Mary spins 35 cents. Spins 35 cents again for a total of 70.
Douglas spins 85 cents and stays on it, forcing Mary out.
Nancy Spins 20 cents. Spins again and gets 55 cents for a total of 75 and is out.
Douglas is the winner.
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Marta is the top winner in the showcases, and Douglas is the runner up.
The first showcase features prizes revealed as Holly hires "the Priceless Shopping Service." A service so fast that, in the blink of an eye, it can provide a gift for anyone.
Prizes are: a Magnavox 20 inch color TV (a last minute gift for her boss), a Star Trek pinball machine (for a boyfriend), and a Fleetwood Prowler travel trailer (a special gift for a cousin who's a forest ranger).
Marta chooses to pass. Douglas bids $14,950
The second showcase is an ordinary, non-themed showcase featuring a dining room by American Of Martinsville, a set of Noritake china, and a set of sterling silver flatware (along with a wooden case) by Wallace Silversmiths. Additionally, a pair of Honda Elite 50 LX motorscooters are offered (for getting some fresh air after dinner).
Marta bids $9000
The actual retail price of Marta's showcase is $14,196 (difference of $5196)
The actual retail price of Douglas's showcase is $15,961 (difference of $1011)
Douglas is the big winner of the day.
