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00:00This is the battlefield for our game of speed and strategy.
00:05These are the letters which lead to victory on Blockbusters!
00:10And here's the star of Blockbusters, Bill Cohen!
00:16Hello there. Thank you.
00:19Good. Thank you, Johnny.
00:22Hello there, team.
00:26That's a nice punch.
00:27That's how you fellas dress, so you gotta work.
00:33Hello there.
00:35By golly, I'm awfully glad you could drop in today.
00:37We have coffee and donuts a little later on.
00:40Famous comedy team who comes in and does jokes for us.
00:43This is Blockbusters, you know.
00:45It's a show where we have been trying air, oh, I don't know how long,
00:48to determine whether two heads are better than one.
00:50We have never decided that, but we do have two heads and a single head here
00:54playing one whale of a game.
00:56To begin with, our solo player.
00:58He is currently our champion.
00:59He has $1,900.
01:02He is Harry McClain.
01:03Welcome back, Harry.
01:10From day to day, I am prone, Harry, to forget things that I heard the day before,
01:15so fill us in again on what you do.
01:17Oh, you tell us anyway.
01:19Okay, I was born in Pennsylvania, and I live and I've been working in New Jersey for all
01:26my life.
01:26I'm with one of the major airlines in the country.
01:29As a passenger service representative.
01:29Passenger service.
01:30You won game one, by the way, of this particular match.
01:34A game consists of two matches.
01:36First team to win two picks up $1,000 and goes to Gold Run for an additional $5,000.
01:41Trying to win their first one are two brothers-in-law who are here.
01:45They are Chris Colatzis and Ray Ramirez.
01:48Welcome, Ray.
01:48Welcome, Chris.
01:52What do you do, Ray?
01:56You're the aerospace fellow, are you not?
01:58That's right.
01:59I'm an electrical engineer for a large aerospace corporation.
02:02Happy to have you with us.
02:03Married, aren't you?
02:04Brothers-in-law.
02:04You'd have to be.
02:05Right.
02:05Well, you wouldn't have to be.
02:06One of you would have to be.
02:07Of course, you could be divorced and still be brothers.
02:09Sure.
02:10Right.
02:11Okay.
02:11Anything else you want to tell us about you, Ray?
02:13Anxious to win some money.
02:14I hope it goes well for you.
02:16Here's Chris Colatzis, and Chris is very good so far at fixing microphones.
02:20I saw that.
02:21Chris started to clap at the opening of the show and knocked his microphone to another network.
02:24What do you do, Chris?
02:27I'm a fourth-year medical student, Bill.
02:29And you're going to the University of?
02:31Autonomous University of Guadalajara.
02:33That's very interesting.
02:34That's very good.
02:34And you're going to practice here in California, huh?
02:36Right.
02:37Okay.
02:37We wish you well.
02:38You too, Ray and Harry.
02:39You all know how it works.
02:40We're going to pick up with the very beginning of game two.
02:43So if you're all ready, there's our board over there.
02:45Solo player works his way from top to bottom, represented by the red.
02:48He can do it in four moves.
02:50Family pair, side to side, represented by the white.
02:52They can do it in five, and that's the handicap.
02:54I'm going to start this game with the letter you see about to flash up there.
02:58It is the letter M, which means the answer begins with M.
03:02The moment you think you know, hit your button.
03:04Ready, Harry?
03:05Ready.
03:05Ray?
03:05Ready.
03:06Chris?
03:06Ready.
03:07Good luck.
03:07Bill?
03:08All right.
03:08What M is the state whose residents are called Downeasters?
03:15That's Harry.
03:16Maine.
03:16Maine is right, Harry, and you're up there with the first one.
03:18The guy's going to have to keep an eye on Harry.
03:25He's sharp and tricky.
03:26Really?
03:26Where are you going, Harry?
03:28Let's try F, please.
03:29Okay, the letter F.
03:31Here's the F question.
03:32What F did the ancient Egyptians use to knead their bread dough instead of their hands?
03:39That's Chris.
03:40Feet.
03:40Feet is right.
03:41Good for you, Chris.
03:47I sort of had that figure that a medical student would come up with the feet answer.
03:51Very good.
03:52Where are you going, Chris?
03:53Oh, I think we'll try the H, Bill.
03:54Okay, now you see we're going in a different direction.
03:57H question.
03:58Here we go.
03:59What H precedes noon?
04:03Harry?
04:04High.
04:05Anxiety and hopes.
04:06High is the right answer, Harry.
04:07Good.
04:08Where to, Harry?
04:14Try the letter A.
04:15Okay, letter A.
04:17Harry's still trying to make that top-bottom connection.
04:20What A is a type of rose or where Winthrop Rockefeller was governor?
04:26Please do not help.
04:28Harry's taking a shot.
04:29Arkansas?
04:30Good shot, Harry.
04:31Arkansas is right.
04:33Arkansas, yeah.
04:34Process of elimination.
04:38You figured it wasn't Alabama, didn't you, Harry?
04:40I kind of figured, yes.
04:41I know it wasn't Alaska.
04:43Let's try the letter L.
04:45Okay.
04:45You see, if Harry gets there, he will not quite have made it yet.
04:48He'll have another one.
04:48So, Ray and Chris, you better get busy and block now.
04:51Now, here comes an L question.
04:53What L precedes Michigan?
04:57Harry?
04:58Lake.
04:58Lake Huron and Superior.
05:01Lake is the answer, Harry.
05:03We got a good one here.
05:07Fellas, we got a good one.
05:09And, well, Harry, where are you going?
05:11As if he didn't know.
05:12Let's try the letter P.
05:13Letter P.
05:14And you see what happens if he gets it.
05:15It makes the connection.
05:17Ray and Chris, it's blocked now or never.
05:18Deciding possible game and match.
05:23What P was showman Barnum?
05:28Ray?
05:30Repeat it in its entirety for Harry, and he can win the whole bunch with it.
05:35What P was showman Barnum or Howdy Doody's Mr. Bluster?
05:39Phineas.
05:40That's the right answer.
05:42You've won the game and the match, Harry.
05:43Congratulations.
05:44Congratulations.
05:48Well, that's two in a row for you, Harry.
05:57You're doing all right.
05:58Ray and Chris, thank you very kindly.
06:00You ran up against a literal buzzsaw here, Harry.
06:04Yeah, he's doing okay.
06:06Thank you, Ray, very much.
06:07And you too, Chris.
06:08For both of you, we have some nice consolation prizes.
06:11Sit right there.
06:12Harry, we'll be back and give you a chance at $5,000 more in a moment.
06:15But right now, we got this for you.
06:18Well, Harry, this is a big moment here.
06:27You certainly went flying through that game, Harry.
06:30And you went flying through.
06:31You know, you ran into your trouble yesterday.
06:33You won the game handily.
06:34Then you ran into trouble in the Gold Run board.
06:36Are you ready to cope with it today?
06:38Well, we'll try it again.
06:39All right.
06:40You keep winning.
06:40Here, I'm going to push the button.
06:42Come on up here because you're going to get a chance at $5,000 more on Gold Run.
06:47Give you my good luck.
06:48I hope it works.
06:52Well, there it is in front of you there, Harry.
06:55The idea, as you know, is to start at the left side and connect the gold to the gold.
06:59The moment you do that, you have $5,000.
07:01You have 60 seconds in which to accomplish that.
07:04Should you miss, we throw a block up.
07:06Because questions, some are hard, some are easy.
07:08Perhaps you'll get an easier question and be able to work your way around the block.
07:12You have 60 seconds.
07:13You about ready?
07:14Yeah.
07:14All right.
07:15There's the 60 seconds up there alongside of Harry.
07:18Sort of get your path in your mind, Harry.
07:20And the clock will begin counting down when you tell me where you want to start.
07:24Good luck.
07:25Okay.
07:25Let's start with A.J.
07:26He said, you ain't heard nothing yet, folks.
07:31Pass.
07:32C.R.
07:33First James Bond novel.
07:35Pass.
07:39R.B.
07:40First to break the four-minute mile.
07:42Roger Bannister.
07:43You got it.
07:44D.
07:44Uses the slogan, we are driven.
07:47Datsun.
07:48Yes.
07:49R.M.H.
07:50John Denver Song.
07:53Rocky Mountain High.
07:54You got it.
07:55A.B.
07:56Married to Mel Brooks.
07:58Ann Bancro.
07:59Yes.
08:00K.H.
08:01Where the Wright Brothers Flew.
08:03Kitty Hawk.
08:03You did it.
08:04Congratulations.
08:05Good boy.
08:08Good boy.
08:12Yay, Harry.
08:17All right, Harry.
08:18I give you Harry.
08:22Well, that gold-run board, Harry, might have given you a little trouble last time, but you
08:29sure went flying through it today.
08:31That was a marvelous job of work.
08:33You started off with these misses, and then the A.J., I know you know this, Harry, he
08:38said, you ain't heard nothing yet, folks.
08:40I should do that sort of an imitation.
08:42You want to take a shot?
08:43Al Jolson.
08:43Al Jolson.
08:44And see our first James Bond novel was Casino Royale.
08:49But what do you care?
08:50Because you have $7,400, and you're still in there playing.
08:55Go on back and take your seat.
08:56We're going to have some more money now for Harry or someone who can win it.
09:01See you later.
09:02See you later.
09:02See you later.
09:02See you later.
09:07Wow.
09:12Very good.
09:14That Bob Hilton is not only a marvelous announcer, he streaks very well, too.
09:19Notice the applause and cheers that got.
09:21You know, Harry, we've just proved an old point with you.
09:24Here you are.
09:25You came up here just a moment ago, and in 60 seconds, you got yourself relatively rich.
09:29You now have a fortune at the moment, $7,400.
09:33And wouldn't you know, two beautiful ladies come up and sit down right beside you.
09:37They're a mother and daughter team.
09:38You know that, Harry?
09:39Yes.
09:39I love their names.
09:40They are, the mother is Ginny James, and the daughter is Ginger James.
09:45Welcome.
09:46We're happy to have you here.
09:47Hi, Ginger.
09:52Hi, Bill.
09:53Is Ginny a fun type of mother for a young lady in here?
09:56Oh, yeah.
09:56People think we're sisters.
09:58Yeah, you look like sisters.
10:01Yeah, she's a good mom.
10:02How about on the discipline bit?
10:04Is she easy along those lines?
10:06Well, both my parents, they let us do anything if it's not going to hurt us as long as, you
10:10know.
10:11As long as they agree.
10:12You know, if it's safe.
10:14What is that these days, Ginger?
10:16You're, I don't, what, anything else you want?
10:18You go to school or what?
10:19Well, I graduated from high school last year, and I took a year off to travel between high
10:23school and college.
10:24I plan on going to college next year.
10:25I want to teach the deaf.
10:27And right now I'm a waitress, trying to earn a little money before I go to college.
10:31Okay.
10:32And I like to roller skate a lot around Lake Michigan.
10:35We're from Chicago.
10:36Oh, yeah.
10:36That's a long roller skate.
10:39We didn't bring anyone with us.
10:40I don't know who's up to us.
10:42And I also like to watch our hockey team, which is the Blackhawks.
10:45I just love it.
10:46Oh, fine.
10:46Bobby Hull used to be with him.
10:47Yeah.
10:48Stan Makeda.
10:49Yeah.
10:49Yeah.
10:50That's before your time.
10:51Hello, Jenny.
10:51Hi there.
10:52How are things with you at home?
10:53Just fine.
10:54Getting along all right with the old man, are you?
10:55Just great.
10:56Good.
10:57Really, that's fine.
10:58In fact, he's going to be 50 on July 1st.
11:00I wanted to say a special hi to him for that.
11:02That old?
11:02Yeah.
11:03But he looks really young.
11:06Ginger is one of our six children, and they're all real interesting, and two of them are married
11:10to really super people.
11:11We have a great family.
11:12Well, happy to have both of you here, and hope you do well on our game.
11:15And what's your husband's name?
11:17Ed James.
11:18Ed James.
11:19Old boy.
11:19Nice having you.
11:21Is Ed with you out here?
11:21No, no, no.
11:22He's home.
11:22He's home.
11:23He's home.
11:23He's in the store, isn't he?
11:24He's in the store, isn't he?
11:24He's in the store, isn't he?
11:25You know how it works, don't you?
11:27Yep.
11:27You do.
11:27Are you all ready to show these girls?
11:29I think so.
11:29Okay.
11:30Here we're going to begin this game.
11:31First team to win two now.
11:33Gets a chance to go around with a letter B.
11:35Means the answer's going to start with B, Ginger, and Ginny.
11:37The moment you think you know, hit the button.
11:39Here's a question.
11:40I'm only kidding about 50 being old.
11:44Question coming.
11:45Question coming.
11:46Answer with a B.
11:47What B is played in streets?
11:50Ann?
11:51Wait, yes, Ginny.
11:52Bocce ball?
11:53No, no.
11:54I repeat it now for Harry.
11:55What B is played in streets and in the house that Ruth built?
12:00Baseball.
12:00Baseball is the answer.
12:02Yes.
12:02That's for my baby, Jane.
12:05The streets today, Ginny, are too rough for bocce ball.
12:12Go right over your opponent's hickey there.
12:14Where are you going, Harry?
12:15Let's try F.
12:16Okay, now, Ginny and Ginger, you want a block in here.
12:19F question.
12:20What F are boxers who weigh 100 and...
12:23Yes, Harry?
12:25Featherweights.
12:25Nope.
12:26Nope.
12:27Now, repeat it for either Ginger or Ginny.
12:29Raise your hand.
12:29What F are boxers who weigh 112 pounds or less?
12:34Ginny.
12:34I'll guess that they're flyweights.
12:36You guessed right, Ginny, and you're on the board.
12:38That's good.
12:40There you go.
12:43Okay.
12:44Where to, Ginny?
12:45Let's see.
12:47You're the white up the other one.
12:49No, no.
12:50Okay, we'll take an A question, please, Bill.
12:52A question you're going to get.
12:53An A question.
12:54Boy, that's for A-N question.
12:56Anyway, the answer starts with an A.
12:58Question.
12:59What A is a kind of boat, a kind of clip, or an Everglades reptile?
13:08That's Ginny again.
13:10Alligator.
13:10You're right, Ginny, again.
13:11Okay.
13:13I'll get a boat.
13:14I've never heard of an alligator boat, but what do I know?
13:20Where are you going?
13:20Me either.
13:20I don't care.
13:21No, what do you care?
13:21Where are you going, Ginny?
13:22Oh, I'll try the M, please.
13:24Okay, you're going to get both ends and the middle locked in there.
13:27Harry's going to be working to block.
13:29M question.
13:29What M is the hall that privates report to for...
13:36Mess.
13:38KP.
13:38Mess is the answer.
13:39You're right again, Ginny.
13:41Uh-oh.
13:41Thank you, Harry.
13:43That's the answer for you.
13:46Look at the family pair.
13:48Where to?
13:49J for James.
13:50Letter J for James.
13:52Here comes a question.
13:54What J is actor Dean?
13:57Oh, yes, Harry.
13:59James?
14:00Nope.
14:00Repeat it now.
14:01Oh, look at Ginny's hands up.
14:02What J is actor Dean or rock star Mick?
14:05Ginny?
14:06Jagger.
14:07Huh?
14:08Jagger?
14:09Jagger is the right answer.
14:10Exactly.
14:11Good to hear you.
14:17Well, Harry cut a swath through two teams before this point, but where are you going now?
14:24We'll try the tea, please.
14:25And if you get the tea, it means you win game one and pick up $500.
14:29Harry, you want to block?
14:30Here comes a tea question.
14:31$500 at stake for the family pair.
14:34What tea was discovered by a Chinese emperor 5,000 years ago, and today, people all over the world drink it?
14:43Harry?
14:44Tea.
14:44Tea is the right answer.
14:45You block and you're on the board.
14:46Okay, Harry.
14:48Okay, Harry.
14:49Hang in there with your selection just a moment, if you will, Harry, because we have to pause and take care of some business out of town.
14:57Well, I'll tell you one thing, blocks, there are times when blocks do more damage than others, and those two blocks that Harry has thrown there, you see the red, really lengthen your path, Ginger and Ginny.
15:19Harry, you were the last one to score, so it's up to you to choose.
15:22Where do you want to go?
15:23Let's try your favorite letter, S.
15:25S, I love that.
15:27Other day, I called everything S. I don't know.
15:29But anyway, I stopped that now, and Ginger and Ginny, you want this.
15:33Block him back, as they say.
15:34Question.
15:35What S is an American religious sect, or what some cocktails are made in?
15:45Harry?
15:45Shakers.
15:46Shakers, sure.
15:47There you go.
15:48Harry got that one.
15:48Well, Harry, you're pretty close.
15:55Where do you want to go?
15:56Well, try the letter L.
15:58And if Harry gets the letter L, he wins game one and picks up $500.
16:02So, ladies, you want to block.
16:05Question.
16:05What L do trains...
16:08Let me reread it.
16:08What L do some trains do when they start, or was...
16:14Harry?
16:16Lurch?
16:16That's the game and $500.
16:26Okay, Harry.
16:31Full question.
16:32I didn't want to keep you in suspense.
16:34The full question was, what L do some trains do when they start, and that's when you hit the buzzer.
16:39The rest of the question, or was the Addams family butler?
16:43Lurch is the answer.
16:44And Harry picks up another $500.
16:46Harry, you're going great.
16:48Now, Ginger and Ginny, you got off to a marvelous start, and the idea now is try to regain that momentum.
16:52Ah, you can do it.
16:53So, we're going to pick up with game two now.
16:55$500 to our solo player.
16:57Ginger and Ginny trying to get in there and pick up $500 of their own.
17:01Game two starts with the letter P.
17:04Letter P.
17:05What P does Long John Silver, Rooster Cogburn...
17:09Harry, Pegleg?
17:12Nope.
17:13Repeat it for Ginger or Ginny.
17:15What P does Long John Silver, Rooster Cogburn, or Moshe Diane wear over one I?
17:21Ginny's hands up.
17:22It's a patch.
17:23Patch is the right answer.
17:24Absolutely.
17:26Do a good guess.
17:30Ginny is the captain of the team.
17:32Hand was first up.
17:33Thereby, the answer went to her.
17:34Well, you got one, Ginny.
17:35Where are you going now?
17:37The L, please.
17:38Okay.
17:40Ideas to keep up that momentum now.
17:42Question.
17:43Answer starts with L.
17:44What L is the play that Donald Sutherland is making...
17:48Yes, Ginny?
17:50Lolita.
17:50His Broadway debut in Lolita is right.
17:53Good.
17:55Very good.
17:55I'm speaking with that, by Ginny, sir.
17:58Okay, where to now?
18:00The T, please.
18:01Letter T.
18:03Question coming.
18:04Answer starts with T.
18:05What T was the institute founded by Booker...
18:09Ginny?
18:11I hope it's Tuskegee.
18:13T Washington.
18:14Tuskegee is right.
18:15And you have another one.
18:17Booker T Washington.
18:22Booker T Washington founded Tuskegee.
18:24And Ginny James is going to make another choice.
18:27Okay, since you made us feel so comfortable, we'll go to your favorite letter S.
18:30Okay.
18:32Okay.
18:32Yeah, that's...
18:33Everybody ready now?
18:35What S was the biblical wife of Abraham or...
18:42Ginny?
18:43Sarah?
18:43Pastry maker Lee.
18:45Sarah is the right answer.
18:46You've got another one.
18:52Where to?
18:55Well, go for B for bink.
18:57B for bink?
18:58Yeah.
18:58Okay.
18:59It's a private joke.
19:00Okay.
19:01Here comes a B question for you.
19:03This can win it for you.
19:04Pick up 500 bucks.
19:06Question.
19:07What B did George Harrison stage...
19:11Ginny?
19:12Bangladesh.
19:13A benefit concert for Bangladesh is right.
19:16Congratulations.
19:16Congratulations.
19:22All right.
19:26Hey, good.
19:26That turned into a heck of a game.
19:30Bangladesh was the answer.
19:32Family pair, Ginger and Ginny have $500.
19:34Harry has $500.
19:36We have a tie match.
19:37And we'll be having a tie breaker right now.
19:39What we're going to do is pause so we can all earn a few bucks.
19:42See you in a moment.
19:42Thank you, Harry.
19:47Ginger and Ginny.
19:48We'll be back again next time to come to a decision on this one.
19:51$5,000 for someone.
19:52Goodbye from Gold Rush.
19:53We'll see you.
19:54Some of our contestants will receive four gallons of super-struggable two-test easy-care latex,
19:58flat wall, and trim finish for both walls and woodwork.
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20:25Plus the flavor shaker.
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20:28And new renews of adjustable air pressure.
20:30They last 25% longer.
20:31Open it a little or a lot.
20:33It all depends on the odors you've got.
20:34And a representative of our studio audience will receive
20:36the heavy-duty Chamberlain 555 garage door opener.
20:40With a protector system, the electric eye's safety feature sees obstacles
20:43and reverses the garage door without making contact.
20:45Release by Chamberlain.
20:46This is Bob Hilton speaking for Blockbusters, a Mark Goodson, Bill Doddman production.
21:09We'll see you next time.
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