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00:08So far, the wall has paid out over $35 million and counting.
00:14This is an all-time record!
00:16You give real people that shot to change their lives and to live off their dreams.
00:21Let's go!
00:22Who's next?
00:24Tonight, a hero and his wife from Washington State are getting the dream shot.
00:29So this is an unbelievable story.
00:30Francis Zuber, avid skier, was heading down the slopes when he caught sight of an object sticking just out of
00:36the snow.
00:37He stopped, went back, and found out it was actually a snowboarder, inverted and buried in the snow, fighting to
00:43get out.
00:43Hold on, I'm coming.
00:45So Francis took immediate action, digging out snow with his bare hands to save this man's life.
00:50So you're going to meet him and his wife, Hope, coming up right now.
00:53Welcome to the Wall on NBC.
01:03Please welcome to the Wall, Francis and Hope!
01:07Yay!
01:09How's it going?
01:10Nice to meet you.
01:11How you doing?
01:12Hi, Hope.
01:12Welcome.
01:13Oh, my gosh.
01:14Good to be here.
01:15Wow.
01:15I know, yeah.
01:16It's large.
01:17You could totally ski down there.
01:18You could ski down there.
01:19Yeah.
01:19Yeah, you know, it'd be kind of a gnarly drop-in, but I think I could do it, Chris.
01:22But you could probably do it.
01:23I wouldn't.
01:25Before we get started, I would just like to introduce you to everyone who's watching.
01:29Francis is a carpenter.
01:30Hope is a veterinarian.
01:31That's amazing, both of you.
01:34They live in beautiful Bellingham, Washington.
01:36Not only are they newlyweds, but they're high school sweethearts.
01:39They've known each other since, like, middle school.
01:41Francis loves to ski.
01:42He's no strangers to the slopes.
01:44But nothing could prepare him for what he saw one day last year.
01:48Francis was heading down the slopes when he caught sight of an object sticking out of
01:52the snow.
01:55It was just a tiny section of snowboard.
01:58You all right?
01:59And Francis just had a gut feeling and made a small decision that would become monumental.
02:04It was just a quick little flash, and then when I turn around, I realize it's a snowboard
02:08upside down, and I can see that he's moving back and forth.
02:10So I know that he's still alive, and you only have 15 minutes when somebody is immersed
02:15in snow before they suffocate.
02:17So I didn't know how long he'd been there for.
02:19I knew that I had to get to him as quick as I could.
02:22Hold on.
02:23I'm coming.
02:32Hey.
02:33You all right?
02:33Can you hear me?
02:45You okay?
02:46You all right?
02:48Yeah.
02:50Okay.
02:50You're good.
02:51You're good.
02:52I got you.
02:53You okay?
02:54Can you breathe?
02:55Yeah.
02:56Okay.
02:56All right.
02:58We're both going to catch our breath for a sec.
03:01In under three minutes, he got to the snowboarder's base, creating an airway, and ultimately saving
03:06his life.
03:08I'm going to help dig you out, okay?
03:10Yeah.
03:10No problem, man.
03:11You're good.
03:12Whoa.
03:13It is really incredible what you were able to do that day, and this may not surprise you
03:17that we have someone who just wanted to say a big thanks.
03:20Take a look.
03:21Francis, I love you guys so much.
03:25Francis, you went out of your way for me.
03:28I was absolutely certain that I wasn't going to survive.
03:31I had 100% accepted that I was going to die there on the mountain that I've ridden my whole
03:37life that I grew up on.
03:39Without you, I wouldn't be here.
03:40I wouldn't be able to say, you know, I love my wife.
03:47I wouldn't be able to see my family and my friends.
03:50And it was because of you that I have all those things.
03:56And I'm very grateful for that.
03:58Oh, my gosh.
03:59Oh, my gosh.
04:00I mean, hearing the first person account of what happened is horrifying because it
04:04all just changed in a second.
04:05It was just a second, you know?
04:07I'm so glad that Ian's okay, and he was very lucky to have you there that day.
04:11And we're lucky to have you here now because this is your shot.
04:13Francis, you saved a man's life.
04:15But if all goes well tonight, you both could be going home with up to $12 million.
04:20That would be cool.
04:20That would take the edge off.
04:22That would take a look for the edge off.
04:24Later in the show, the million-dollar bin is on the wall.
04:30We're going to give you 10 chances at that million dollars.
04:34After that, of course, there are red balls, which could be a
04:37pretty harmless or they could take it all.
04:40But to earn a shot at the millions, we have to make it through Free Fall Plus.
04:43This is our speed game.
04:44Ooh.
04:45So you know how this works.
04:46Once I read the question, three balls are going to fly down the wall.
04:49Okay.
04:49You must lock in your answer before the first ball breaks the plane on the top of those
04:53slots right there.
04:54And then we just have to finish Free Fall on the positive for a chance to go on to play
04:57for millions of dollars.
04:58That's Free Fall Plus.
05:00If you're feeling very confident that you know an answer, you can hit that.
05:04It will turn the balls gold.
05:06It will automatically double the amounts of whatever it lands in.
05:09You can only use Plus one time in Free Fall.
05:12Okay.
05:12All right, you ready?
05:13Yeah!
05:13All right.
05:14Let's do it, Chris.
05:15Here we go.
05:16First question of Free Fall.
05:18In the Matrix movies, Keanu Reeves plays the main character, a hacker who goes by what name?
05:23Is it Leo or Neo?
05:25Neo, Neo.
05:26Neo, B.
05:27V, V, V, V, V, V, V, V.
05:29Come on!
05:3125, 25.
05:32Come on!
05:32Come on!
05:34There's a 5,000.
05:35Yeah, there's a 25.
05:37Woo!
05:38$30,000, potentially $60,000 question.
05:43Oh, my God.
05:43That's a correct answer.
05:45Of course, it's Leo.
05:46Yes!
05:46Who would have said Leo?
05:48That is not a...
05:49Come on, Leo.
05:50Yeah.
05:50$60,002.
05:52That's not bad for one question.
05:54That's a good start.
05:55Oh, my god.
05:55All right, question two.
05:58Which of these is a nickname for the stadium
06:00where the Dallas Cowboys play their home games?
06:02Is it Tom World or Jerry World?
06:05Oh, no.
06:06I got to see Jerry World.
06:08Jerry World?
06:08Jerry World.
06:09Come on, Jerry World.
06:10Come on, Jerry World.
06:11Let's give it $40,000.
06:13$40,000.
06:13Come on, get it.
06:16$5,101.
06:17Jerry World is correct.
06:19Yes.
06:19That's a good start.
06:20Nice.
06:21Nicely done.
06:22We both felt Jerry.
06:24$65,103 is your total right now.
06:26OK.
06:27It's time for our third question of free fall.
06:30As established by the TV comedy Parks and Recreation,
06:33Galentine's Day is a celebration that takes place
06:35on which date?
06:36Is it February 13th or March 16th?
06:39Hey, February 13th.
06:41February 13th.
06:42I know that show.
06:42Don't find it.
06:43Right there.
06:44Whoa, fast, fast.
06:46Oh, there's a go.
06:46It's going to be a 25.
06:47Oh, it's going to be a 25.
06:49Oh, it's up $5,000.
06:50$5,002.
06:52Galentine's Day is Feb 13.
06:54Nicely done.
06:56Wow.
06:56Galentine's Day.
06:57You now have $70,105 on the wall.
07:01Woo!
07:02Here is your fourth question.
07:05Ina Garten is a cook and host famously known
07:07as the barefoot what?
07:09Is it Contessa or Duchess?
07:12Uh, I'm going to just go with A.
07:15Contessa.
07:16All right.
07:16Yes.
07:17All right, let's go, let's go, let's go.
07:19Come on, let's go.
07:20Come on, let's go.
07:20$20,000, $20,000, $20,000.
07:22Get out of it.
07:23Get in there.
07:24$20,000.
07:25There you go.
07:25Oh.
07:27$20,011.
07:28The barefoot Contessa.
07:30Oh, very good.
07:32Very good.
07:33Nice one.
07:34It was perfect.
07:35You have $90,116.
07:37Oh, my gosh.
07:38Here comes your last question of Free Fall.
07:41The reggaeton hit, Gasolina, was sung by Daddy Who.
07:45Is it Dodger or Yankee?
07:47Yankee, Daddy.
07:49Daddy Yankee, Yankee.
07:50Yeah, that was an easy one.
07:51I had to do that one, yeah.
07:51Come on.
07:52Oh, come on, $25,000.
07:53Why is it?
07:54Come on, what's with the puns?
07:56What is it with them?
07:57Come on, five.
07:58All right.
07:59All right.
08:00That almost went to $25, but $5,002, that's a correct answer.
08:04Yankees are going to get it.
08:05All right.
08:06Yeah, and you have, at the end of Free Fall, $95,000.
08:11Okay, yeah.
08:12Later on, you're going to have a choice whether or not
08:15to keep guaranteed money, which is $95,118 plus 20 grand
08:20for each correctly answered question, or do you rip it up
08:22and risk it for whatever is up on the wall?
08:25Could be millions, could be zero.
08:26Yeah.
08:27Before the game, you decided, Francis,
08:28you're going to go answer some trivia back there for us.
08:31Are you a trivia guy?
08:32I got a lot of useless knowledge in my head, Chris.
08:35I'm hoping that the stars align a little bit back there.
08:37I feel like he can keep it cool and really think through things.
08:40Meanwhile, I'm really good at being a maniac,
08:43so I think it works.
08:44It's going to be a great team.
08:45You're going to be a great team.
08:46So the next time you see each other,
08:47you could have millions of dollars.
08:49Okay.
08:51Francis, you are everything, your compassion and your thoughtfulness
08:57and all those qualities, I feel like just led to this moment
09:01when you found Ian.
09:03When I first saw that video, I still get emotional,
09:07just because I saw every part of you you put into that rescue.
09:12I know you hate praise, and even more, you hate attention,
09:16but I'm glad we're doing this.
09:17You deserve it.
09:18You deserve it all.
09:19You're going to do amazing.
09:21I love you.
09:21I love you, too.
09:24All right, I'm going to take you back.
09:25All right.
09:26You're going to be great back there.
09:27Thanks for it.
09:27We'll be watching.
09:28We'll be sending happy vibes to the back end of all.
09:31All right.
09:32From this point on, do you think I have any idea how well it's going up here?
09:36You could be up, millions are down to zero.
09:39Some days it's good, some days it's not so good.
09:41We never know, but when we come back,
09:43the million-dollar super drop kicks us up.
09:45Oh, my God!
09:47Oh, my God!
09:48Oh, my God!
09:49And later...
09:50Oh, my God!
09:51Oh, wow, what a wild kick to the right!
09:53Okay!
09:55An incredible night unfolds as hope goes all out.
09:58Okay, okay.
09:59Oh, my goodness!
10:00Oh, my God!
10:02And Francis wrestles with an impossible decision.
10:05Will he play it safe?
10:06This is a really tough call.
10:08Or will he risk it all?
10:21Welcome back to The Wall.
10:22This is Hope, a veterinarian from Bellingham, Washington.
10:25Back behind the wall in isolation is her husband, Francis.
10:27He's a carpenter and a life-saving skier.
10:29But tonight, he doesn't worry about handling all the trivia.
10:31Their current total is $95,118.
10:35But before we get back into the game,
10:36who did you bring for support tonight?
10:38These are our moms.
10:39Hey!
10:40Hi, moms!
10:41That's my mom, Tina, in the pink dress.
10:43Hi, Tina.
10:43And then that's Jerry, Francis' mom,
10:46in the cool aqua blazer.
10:47Thank you so much for being here.
10:49All right, this is round two.
10:50You can see on the wall there's now a $150,000 bin up there.
10:54Whoo!
10:55Which means it is time for the super drop.
11:01Come on!
11:02Seven times $150,000 means that you could have more
11:05than a million dollars in seconds.
11:06All right, wall.
11:07Come on, wall.
11:09Whoo!
11:09Drop off!
11:10Here we go.
11:10OK.
11:12All right, let's go.
11:13All right.
11:14Let's go.
11:14Let's go.
11:14Everybody go this way.
11:16Everybody.
11:17Whoo!
11:18Right here, right here.
11:19Oh, my god.
11:19Oh, my god.
11:20Almost a $150.
11:21Oh, my god.
11:21OK.
11:22Oh, there's a $150,000, there's a $75,000.
11:26There's a one.
11:28This is really good stuff.
11:30This makes me very happy because now your total is $330,220.
11:35Oh, my god.
11:36Now, here's where we get to the questions.
11:38Yeah.
11:38You're going to decide where to play the ball from.
11:40Five, six, seven, or hovering over larger amounts.
11:42Could be a riskier play.
11:43OK.
11:44If you're less confident, one, two, or three,
11:45or over lower amounts.
11:47And that's going to protect the money you have.
11:48OK.
11:49Let's begin the question.
11:50OK.
11:50Here are the answers.
11:52Can you hear me now?
11:53Got milk?
11:55What's in your wallet?
11:56That is feeling like they missed commercials or something.
11:59I feel like he's got this.
12:01OK.
12:02I'm going to go with seven.
12:03Oh, wow.
12:04Risky play right out of the gate.
12:06Here we go.
12:08We're going to do it.
12:09OK.
12:09OK.
12:10Seven.
12:11Here we go.
12:12Let's send the question over to Francis.
12:16What question has Jennifer Garner been asking commercial viewers
12:19since 2014?
12:21Can you hear me now?
12:23Got milk?
12:24What's in your wallet?
12:26Oh, boy.
12:27OK.
12:28OK, Francis.
12:29I don't watch a ton of cable TV, to be honest.
12:31Oh, boy.
12:32This is a tough one.
12:33OK.
12:33I'm going to rule out B right off the bat.
12:35I haven't seen her in a Got Milk commercial before.
12:39Can you hear me now?
12:40That's Verizon.
12:41I can't remember her being in that, either.
12:43I'm going to go with C. What's in your wallet?
12:46Lock it in.
12:47OK.
12:48OK.
12:49Let's see.
12:50The answer for Capital One.
12:51OK.
12:52And that is the correct answer.
12:53Oh, my gosh.
12:54What's in your wallet?
12:55Woo!
12:56Right now, it's a green ball for number seven is in your wallet.
12:59So let's see how much money we can put in your wallet.
13:01Woo!
13:02Go ahead and drop it.
13:03OK.
13:03Oh, come on.
13:04This is good.
13:05This is a good start.
13:10Oh, my God.
13:11All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way.
13:13Oh, this is really good.
13:16Oh, my God.
13:17Get in the house.
13:19No!
13:21All right.
13:22It's OK.
13:22You're a total on the wall right now.
13:25330,230.
13:26All right.
13:26All right.
13:27Here are your next set of answers.
13:31Le pentagon, lexagon, loctagon.
13:34Oh, jeez.
13:35Oh, my God.
13:35Based on those, do you want to double up?
13:38You can play deux.
13:40OK.
13:40These are French shapes, so he can at least figure out shapes.
13:45I think I'm going to double up.
13:48OK.
13:48But I'm going to do five.
13:52OK.
13:52Yes.
13:52Doubling up for five.
13:54Here we go.
13:55Double up for five.
13:56Woo!
13:58OK.
13:59Let us share the question with Frances.
14:02Yes.
14:03French.
14:05Because the country's border roughly resembles a specific shape,
14:09which of these do the people of France
14:11use as a nickname for their nation?
14:13Le pentagon, lexagon, loctagon.
14:20Oh, boy.
14:21OK.
14:22This is a tough one.
14:25Really, I'm just trying to picture the shape of France
14:28right now.
14:29So I want to say it's only got five real borders to it.
14:34Oh, man.
14:35All right.
14:35Let's go with A, le pentagon.
14:37Lock it in.
14:38OK.
14:38I may regret this.
14:39It's fine.
14:41OK.
14:41The borders of mainland France are not perfectly straight lines,
14:44but it's pretty easy to draw a six-sided hexagon around them.
14:48Mexa-good.
14:49Oh, god.
14:50I can't look.
14:51OK.
14:51Still early in the game.
14:52Please drop them.
14:53Just drop a little bit.
14:55Just drop them a little bit.
14:56Oh, god.
14:57Here they come.
14:58Oh, I'm scared.
14:58One of them's going way left.
15:00They're both going kind of left.
15:01OK.
15:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:01Go this way.
15:02Now one of them's going a little right through the middle.
15:04Oh, they're both going right.
15:05Don't do that.
15:06Don't do that.
15:06OK, $10,000.
15:08Oh.
15:09OK.
15:10OK, $100,000 and $10.
15:12OK.
15:13Your current total right now is $230, $220.
15:15Not bad.
15:15$230, $220.
15:16Here is your last set of answers this round.
15:18OK.
15:20Poodle.
15:21French Bulldog.
15:22Oh, my god.
15:23Golden Retriever.
15:24OK.
15:24Based on those, I'm going to give you three options.
15:27You could play one.
15:28Yep.
15:29You could play three and triple up, or we
15:32could turn that one on the end gold.
15:33Then you can go wall to wall, which means we will place
15:36a ball in every slide.
15:38The riskiest move.
15:39Wall to wall could get you over 1.2 million.
15:41OK.
15:42But that could also bring you down to zero.
15:43Uh, no.
15:45Do you happen to know someone who works with animals?
15:47Yes.
15:48Like, did you, if he absorbed anything from me ranting
15:51every day from work?
15:52OK, I'm scared, but I'm going to go wall to wall.
15:55Really?
15:56Yeah.
15:57OK.
15:57Drop that in there.
15:59I'm scared.
16:00Like, he's not going to want to watch this show after.
16:04Sorry, Francis.
16:05And we are in wall to wall.
16:08Oh, it's shimmering.
16:09It's golden.
16:10It's beautiful.
16:12Seven balls.
16:13Let's send Francis the question.
16:14Let's see, Francis.
16:18After 31 years at the top of the American Kennel Club's list
16:21of most popular breeds nationwide, in 2022, the Labrador
16:26Retriever dropped to the second position.
16:29Which breed took the Labrador Retriever's place
16:32as the most popular dog?
16:34Poodle.
16:36French Bulldog, Golden Retriever.
16:40Francis, I'm sending you vibes.
16:42Oh, boy.
16:42It's a Frenchie, and I'm, come on.
16:44I sure do wish we were switching positions right now.
16:47Oh, man.
16:49OK.
16:49It's not Poodle.
16:50Rule out Poodle.
16:50I don't think it's Poodle.
16:51OK.
16:52That's my guy.
16:53Oh, man.
16:53All right, French Bulldog.
16:55I know they're really popular.
16:56I don't think they're that popular, though.
16:58There's Golden Retrievers everywhere.
17:00It's got to be C. Golden Retriever, block it in.
17:05You seem very confident.
17:07Yeah.
17:07OK.
17:08Um, you were right.
17:12Francis was wrong.
17:13I'm so sorry.
17:14That's an incorrect answer.
17:15Oh, my God.
17:16It was French Bulldog.
17:17OK.
17:18You did play wall to wall.
17:20Seven red balls right there.
17:21Now we've got to drop them wall to wall.
17:24Oh, no.
17:30It's fine.
17:31You're going to just all go.
17:32Not fair.
17:33I'll go this way.
17:35Let's go this way.
17:36OK.
17:36One.
17:37One dollar.
17:37OK, 51.
17:38One dollar.
17:38Three women in a dollar.
17:39Four women in a dollar.
17:42OK.
17:42I mean, four women in a dollar.
17:44That is not bad.
17:45But I have to do it again.
17:47Yeah, I know.
17:48I know.
17:48OK, so that makes your total now.
17:50One hundred five thousand, two sixteen.
17:52OK.
17:52We have a whole nother round.
17:54We have a whole nother round.
17:55We have to do the evil super drop.
17:57This is part of the balance of our game.
17:59They were green on the way up.
18:00They were red on the way down.
18:03OK.
18:04Oh, God.
18:05Drop them.
18:05Eh.
18:08Oh, God.
18:09OK.
18:10Let's do it again.
18:11Let's all go in one.
18:12Let's all go in one.
18:13Right here.
18:14Yeah, yeah.
18:15OK.
18:16I have to say with me.
18:18Oh, that's a check.
18:19That's a roll.
18:19That's a roll.
18:20That's a roll.
18:21That's a roll.
18:22That's a roll.
18:23That's a roll.
18:24Oh, my God.
18:25That was fantastic.
18:27This is unreal.
18:28Oh, my God.
18:29You just survived 14 Red Balls over two drops.
18:32And get this, nine of those 14 Red Balls landed
18:35in just $1.
18:37That was crazy.
18:37So we're finishing this round.
18:39With something.
18:40With something.
18:40$30,201.
18:42That was great.
18:43Because when we come back, everything's going to change.
18:46We're going to have that million dollar bid up there.
18:48All right.
18:48OK.
18:50And with four free shots at it.
18:52Oh, wow.
18:52What a wild kick to the right.
18:54Please, please, please, please.
18:55How many millions will they add to their total?
18:58Please, please.
18:59Oh, my goodness.
19:00OK, OK, OK, OK.
19:00Easy, easy.
19:02This could happen.
19:03Ah!
19:04Yes!
19:09Welcome back to the wall.
19:10Call in the family.
19:11This is where the biggest game in the world takes up.
19:14I'm here with Hope, a veterinarian from Bellingham,
19:16Washington.
19:17Back behind the wall in isolation is her husband, Francis,
19:20a life-saving carpenter.
19:21While skiing, he miraculously caught sight of a snowboarder
19:25buried upside down in the snow.
19:27And Francis immediately began digging him out of the snow
19:29with his bare hands, quickly working his way toward the man's
19:32face to free up an airway.
19:34OK, you're good.
19:36You're good, I got you.
19:37And he made it just in time, saved the man's life.
19:39Now they're all friends.
19:41It's an incredible story.
19:43They're currently told $30,201.
19:46All right.
19:46There's time for round three, and everything can change.
19:49Can you see there's a million dollar bid up there on the wall?
19:51Oh, there it is.
19:52As you know, we're going to start this round
19:53with four green balls.
19:55Yes.
19:56Four free shots at that million.
19:59Yep.
19:59But remember that wherever you play them from,
20:00they come back later as red balls.
20:02They do.
20:03And of course, the three questions in the middle
20:05can really swing the odds in either direction.
20:07Yeah.
20:07So now you just have to decide where you want
20:09to play your first green ball.
20:11OK.
20:11We definitely do need to build up now.
20:15OK.
20:15I am going to go with seven.
20:18Play number seven.
20:19OK.
20:20Right off the bat, number seven.
20:22All right.
20:22First green ball.
20:23Let's go ahead and drop it.
20:25All right, OK.
20:26Whoa!
20:27OK.
20:27Million.
20:28Yeah, let's do it.
20:30Drop it in the million.
20:33Yeah, OK.
20:34Oh, wow, what a wild kick to the right.
20:37Please, please, please, please.
20:37Oh, my goodness.
20:38OK, OK, OK, OK, easy, easy, easy.
20:43Oh, $500,000.
20:45$500,000.
20:46$500,000.
20:47That was actually business.
20:48Yes.
20:49We got the momentum going.
20:51Millions still within the reach.
20:53Your total on the wall now, $530,201.
20:57Oh, my God.
20:57OK.
20:58That was a very good drop.
20:59Wow.
20:59Where would you like to play your next ball?
21:01I'd like to play my next ball at five.
21:05Number five, all right.
21:06Drop it in there.
21:10I'm going to dedicate five to veterinarians.
21:13OK.
21:14And I was five years old when I first
21:16got my first dog, Muffin.
21:18It kind of inspired me to help more animals
21:22and save as many as I could.
21:24It just really struck a chord with me when I was young.
21:26And also, shout out to my mom, who's always pushed me to go
21:30further, because she loves animals.
21:31Well, anyone who dedicates their lives
21:33taking care of our furry friends is fantastic.
21:38This could take you over $1.5 million.
21:41Woo!
21:41Come on.
21:43Drop it.
21:44All right.
21:46OK.
21:47Let's go.
21:48Let's go.
21:49Let's go this way.
21:50OK.
21:50Yeah.
21:50Yeah.
21:51Yes.
21:52Yes.
21:54Come on.
21:55Yes.
21:56Yes.
21:57Oh, I'll take it.
21:59OK.
22:00400.
22:01Very nice.
22:03Very nice.
22:04Your total on the wall is, get this, $930,201.
22:10Where do you want to play your third ball?
22:12I'm going to put this next one at three.
22:15OK.
22:15Number three.
22:16Drop it in there.
22:20All right.
22:21This could take you over $1.9 million.
22:24Go ahead and drop it.
22:25Drop it in the million.
22:27It's going to go right just in the million right there.
22:32OK.
22:33OK.
22:34OK.
22:34OK.
22:35Let's go.
22:36Let's go.
22:36Let's go this way.
22:37OK.
22:37100.
22:38200.
22:39200,000.
22:40100,000.
22:4150,000.
22:4250,000's all right.
22:42All right.
22:4250,000's all right.
22:44I'll take that.
22:44Well done.
22:45Yeah.
22:45That brings your total to $980,201.
22:49OK.
22:50All right, you have one last green ball to play.
22:52You're just shy of a million dollars.
22:53I'm going to go with two.
22:56OK.
22:57Number two.
22:57Drop that in there.
23:02OK.
23:03Last green ball.
23:04Yeah.
23:05You could easily get up over a million after this.
23:07OK.
23:08Let's see if we can hop over to the right.
23:09You can go anywhere.
23:10Drop it.
23:13OK.
23:14Go right here.
23:14Come on.
23:15Come on, mom.
23:16This way.
23:16Follow me.
23:17OK.
23:17All right.
23:1850,000.
23:1950,000?
23:20All right.
23:2050,000.
23:21That could show over a million.
23:22Oh, my God, you're right.
23:24Yeah.
23:25Check it out.
23:25$1,030,201.
23:29All right.
23:30Now let's get to some questions.
23:32OK.
23:32I'm going to give you the answers.
23:35Wayne Gretzky.
23:37Ooh.
23:37John McEnroe.
23:38Babe Ruth.
23:40Magic Johnson.
23:41OK.
23:42This is sports.
23:43OK.
23:44I don't want to go super crazy,
23:47because I want to protect what I have.
23:48But I do think there might be a chance.
23:51So I am going to go with four.
23:54OK, four.
23:55Yeah.
23:56That can go either way.
23:57Drop that in there.
23:58OK.
24:00So you're correct.
24:01This is indeed a sports question.
24:02So we're bringing in someone off the bench to ask it.
24:04Please welcome NBC's Mike Chirico.
24:07Whoa, what?
24:09Chris, let's do this.
24:10Let's do it, Mike.
24:11Yeah.
24:15Considered some of the greatest to ever play their respective games,
24:18which of these athletes professionally competed right-handed?
24:21Oh, jeez.
24:22Wayne Gretzky, John McEnroe, Babe Ruth, or Magic Johnson?
24:28Wall players, good luck.
24:31Oh, man.
24:32I'm picturing Babe Ruth.
24:34I'm pretty sure he was left-handed.
24:35OK.
24:36Something's telling me Wayne Gretzky was also left-handed.
24:40I feel like that's one of the crazy, fun facts about him.
24:43OK.
24:43You know it.
24:44John McEnroe, Magic Johnson.
24:49Ah, I, yeah.
24:51It's kind of a shot in the dark here.
24:53Yeah.
24:54I'm going to go with D, Magic Johnson, lock it in.
24:57Well, if he's right, you can potentially have $2 million on the wall.
25:01That's true.
25:01If he's wrong, then we'll just pick up and keep going.
25:05Yeah.
25:06OK.
25:07Competed right-handed, Magic Johnson!
25:11Yeah!
25:12Yeah!
25:12That's the correct answer.
25:14Number four, this could go anywhere.
25:16Whoa!
25:17Whoa, whoa, whoa!
25:18OK.
25:19I love that this is green.
25:20Let's drop it.
25:22Whoa.
25:24OK.
25:25Yes!
25:26OK.
25:27Yes!
25:28Go, if I can follow my voice.
25:30Follow my voice.
25:31Please follow my voice.
25:33Here's the first one.
25:34$400,000!
25:38This is epic.
25:39A correct answer turns into another $400,000.
25:43Add that to the two huge hits from earlier in the round,
25:47and you've gone from $30,000 to a staggering $1,430,201.
25:55Oh, my god.
25:56This could be the biggest finish we've ever seen.
25:58You've got two questions, right?
26:00A double up and a triple up opportunity will be up there.
26:02That's up to $5 million still on the line.
26:04With a massive total on the wall and millions still up for grabs.
26:08You can double up if you want to.
26:10Woo!
26:11Will this veterinarian and her life-saving husband
26:13from Washington go home, millionaires?
26:15Get to the left!
26:16Yeah, all the way to the left!
26:17All the way!
26:18Oh, goodness.
26:19Get to the left.
26:20Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
26:21Go, go, go, go, go!
26:27Call or text everyone you know.
26:30This game is taking off.
26:32We just watched Hope go from $30,000 all the way up
26:36to more than $1.4 million to start this round.
26:39Welcome back to the wall.
26:40It's amazing, like, everything's going great right now.
26:43You have an incredible $1,430,201 on the wall.
26:48Back in isolation, her husband, Francis,
26:49has no clue what's going on out here.
26:51We still have two questions left, millions still within reach.
26:54Here are your next set of answers.
26:58Mbop, Barbie Girl, Fly Away, Jumpin', Jumpin'.
27:02Now, you can double up if you want to.
27:04Those, like, are some popular songs.
27:08I don't know how much he knows Mbop or Barbie Girl.
27:11Oh, you know what?
27:12I'm going to do one ball of three.
27:14OK, great.
27:16One ball from number three.
27:17OK.
27:19Let's send Francis the question.
27:24The first Now That's What I Call Music Compilation album
27:27in the US was released in 1998.
27:30Which of these songs was not on that album?
27:35Mbop, Barbie Girl, Fly Away, Jumpin', Jumpin'.
27:41OK.
27:42I remember those albums.
27:43This is going back a little bit.
27:45I was three years old when this was released.
27:49Which of these songs was not on that album?
27:51Fly Away, Barbie Girl, those are the only two that I recognize.
27:54I feel like Barbie Girl was post-2000.
27:57I remember that in elementary school.
27:59I want to say that's, like, early 2000s.
28:02OK.
28:03I think let's go with B, Barbie Girl, Lock It In.
28:08OK.
28:10The correct answer, Jumpin', Jumpin' by Destiny's Child.
28:14OK.
28:14OK.
28:15So, yeah, that's OK.
28:17You only played one ball.
28:17You did not double up.
28:18So this could be fine.
28:19OK.
28:20Let's go ahead and drop it.
28:22All right, one or 10, even 100, but nothing else, please.
28:28OK.
28:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:29Stay over here, please.
28:31Yeah.
28:32Keep going.
28:32Yeah.
28:33Yes.
28:34OK.
28:34Yes.
28:35Three.
28:36Yes.
28:37Stay right over there.
28:38One.
28:38$1.
28:39$1.
28:41Very good.
28:42Hope, nice job.
28:43Oh, my God.
28:45$1.430,200.
28:48It's nice and even.
28:49It's nice and even as we go into our last set of answers.
28:54OK.
28:56Author, Leo Tolstoy.
28:57Guitar maker, Leo Fender.
29:00Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio.
29:02Artist, Leonardo da Vinci.
29:04Whoo.
29:04Now, based on those, you can triple up if you want to.
29:06I think I'm going to be a little more reasonable.
29:08OK.
29:09One ball of four.
29:09One ball of four.
29:10Sounds good.
29:11It's going to be great.
29:12No need to be nervous at all.
29:16Let's send him the question.
29:20Leo.
29:20Which of these famous people named Leo was born on August 10th,
29:25making his astrological sign Leo?
29:28Author, Leo Tolstoy.
29:31Guitar maker, Leo Fender.
29:34Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio.
29:37Artist, Leonardo da Vinci.
29:39How?
29:40Oh, wow.
29:41Who would know this?
29:44I'm not really big into the whole horoscope thing either.
29:48I don't think he even knows that we're both Aquarius,
29:50but we are.
29:52It's kind of scary just throwing a guess out there
29:55at the moment.
29:56But I think that's what I have to do.
29:58Let's go with D, Leonardo da Vinci.
30:00Lock it in.
30:02Maybe that's right.
30:03You did the best in the situation.
30:04Yeah.
30:04I would have done the same thing.
30:06The correct answer was guitar maker, Leo Fender.
30:08Oh, OK.
30:09August 10th.
30:11Happy birthday, Leo Fender.
30:12Oh, for dinner.
30:13Thanks for the sweet guitars.
30:14OK.
30:15So let's go ahead and drop it.
30:16We're protecting 1.4.
30:20Come on, poor.
30:21You're going to follow my voice to the left.
30:24Please, please.
30:28OK.
30:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:30No, don't go down.
30:31I get it.
30:31Follow, follow.
30:32Slow, slow, slow yourself.
30:34Slow your roll.
30:35Into the line.
30:37Into the tail.
30:38Into the freaking tail.
30:39Oh, my god.
30:40Oh, my god.
30:42This is unreal.
30:45Francis may have missed the final two questions,
30:47but those two red balls combined only cost you $11.
30:53$1,430,190.
30:58Oh, my god.
31:00This is an epic number.
31:01That's a lot.
31:02Right now, it's deliberation time.
31:04Oh, my god.
31:05We're already there.
31:06This is a very tough decision to make.
31:07It's the seemingly impossible choice of taking guaranteed money or whatever is potentially
31:12left on the wall.
31:13Is this total of $1,430,190 enough to make it through the four red balls?
31:21I'm scared.
31:22Now, this is a contract that will change the course of the show.
31:26Does he sign it?
31:27Does he tear it up?
31:27Everyone who plays the wall gets an opportunity to leave with guaranteed money.
31:31Yeah.
31:32A signed contract gets you all your money from Free Fall, which was $95,118.
31:36Yeah.
31:37Francis got two questions right, so $20 for each of those.
31:41$135,118 is what you would get if he signs the contract.
31:45Yeah.
31:45Which is a terrific guarantee.
31:47Okay.
31:47If he rips it up, he's risking for what's left on the wall, which right now is $1.4 million.
31:52Yeah.
31:52We still have to get through four red balls.
31:54Yeah.
31:54I'm going to send this to him.
31:56He's going to make that decision.
31:57We'll bring Francis up.
31:58He can't hear you or see you, but y'all are so connected, so just talk to him.
32:03Oh, hi, Francis.
32:05You did awesome.
32:07We have a lot of money on the wall.
32:09I think you can rip it up.
32:13I give you my blessing to rip it up.
32:15Let's go for it.
32:16Let's figure it out.
32:18All right.
32:20There it goes.
32:22Ah!
32:24Francis has the contract.
32:25We're going to cut off the feed so that he can make this decision in private.
32:30Obviously, we're going to find out what he decided at the end of the show.
32:37I am...
32:38I'm still...
32:39I'm still at a total loss right now, honestly.
32:42I...
32:43It's really just because I...
32:45I don't...
32:46Those last three questions were just so difficult.
32:49I'm kind of concerned that they all were just red, and I'm picturing all the different scenarios
32:54that could have gone on out there.
32:56Hope has worked so hard, and she has...
32:59She's got a lot of debt.
33:01Turns out becoming a veterinarian is not cheap.
33:03This is a really impossible decision.
33:05It really is.
33:12I mean, I figure if I got...
33:14I got two right, I think.
33:16Pretty sure about that.
33:19This is a really tough call.
33:26Paul and the family, this is unreal.
33:29This could be a huge finish tonight.
33:32Welcome back to The Wall.
33:33I'm here with Hope.
33:33You have an incredible $1,430,190 on The Wall.
33:39About $135,000 in your guarantee.
33:41We're just waiting for Francis to decide on which one he's going to go for.
33:46Yeah.
33:46Oh, I hear it.
33:48Oh, boy.
33:49There it is.
33:49So whatever he decided, he's done.
33:51Yeah, that's it.
33:53But there's one last part of the game that we have to get through.
33:55It's the four red balls.
33:57We're going to play them from the same place that we let you drop the four free green balls from.
34:00The first number you chose was seven.
34:05All right, seven.
34:06This time, go to the left.
34:13If it goes anywhere but the million, we'll be in good shape.
34:16Yeah, yeah.
34:17Anywhere but the million.
34:19Number seven.
34:20Oh, there's a lot of big amounts under there.
34:25All right.
34:26Be nice.
34:28Drop it.
34:30Whew.
34:35All right.
34:35Come on, come on, yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:37Go all the way, all the way, all the way, all the way, all the way.
34:39Don't even think about it.
34:40Right in the ten.
34:41Right in the hundred.
34:42Oh, my God.
34:45Oh, jeez.
34:48That's the one I told it not to do.
34:51Oh.
34:52Hope, I'm so sorry.
34:53Okay.
34:54I'm so sorry, Hope.
34:57Oh, that's a bummer.
34:59That really sucks.
35:01Okay.
35:02I'm sorry.
35:04Still $430,190 up there.
35:06Yeah, that's still a lot.
35:07The second number you selected was five.
35:10All right, five.
35:11You're going to now just stay away from the big ones.
35:17All right.
35:18All right, number five.
35:19Go ahead and drop it.
35:20You've been so nice to me, Walt.
35:22Please be nice to me.
35:30Okay, okay, hurry.
35:32Go to the left.
35:33No, go to my voice, please.
35:34Go to the left.
35:35Yeah, one, one.
35:36Oh, my God.
35:38Oh, my God.
35:42I'll take one.
35:43I'll take one.
35:43It's just like that release of tension after that last drop.
35:47That was a huge whiplash.
35:49Oh, my God.
35:52That ball was dancing over the million, but only took one dollar.
35:56Oh, geez.
35:59All right.
36:00We're halfway there.
36:01You know how we told a quarter of $30,189?
36:04Okay, three.
36:05The third number you selected was three.
36:07Yeah.
36:07So let's put that in there.
36:09Anything to the left.
36:10A hundred or a one or a ten.
36:12Okay.
36:13All right.
36:14Drop it.
36:17Come on, three.
36:18Right in that one.
36:19We're going to do $1 from now on.
36:21That's it.
36:27All right.
36:27Get to the left.
36:28Yeah, all the way to the left.
36:29All the way.
36:30No, more to the left.
36:31All the way.
36:32All the way.
36:33All the way.
36:34All the way.
36:34Yes, $10.
36:37Oh, my God.
36:38Okay.
36:39Okay.
36:39Okay.
36:40Okay.
36:41Okay.
36:43Wow.
36:45You're doing great.
36:46You're total on the wall now.
36:48You have 431.88.
36:50I'm very happy to tell you the last number you chose was two.
36:53Yes.
36:53This is our final ball.
36:54Okay.
36:55Here we go.
36:56Two.
36:57We've had two ones in a row.
36:59Two amazing drops.
37:01Can we do it again?
37:02Yes.
37:03Last ball.
37:04Last ball.
37:05Last ball.
37:07The million wipes you out.
37:09The 500,000 wipes you out.
37:10The 400,000 takes almost all of it.
37:12I mean, you've had so many lucky drops tonight.
37:15Do you have just a little bit of luck left for one more right here?
37:19Last one.
37:25Okay.
37:26Come on.
37:26Great.
37:27No, left.
37:28All the way.
37:29Left.
37:29Yes, yes.
37:29Left is good.
37:30Easy.
37:31Left is good.
37:31Left is good.
37:33$50,000.
37:34Yes.
37:34You're going home with money.
37:36You're going home with money.
37:37You're going home with money.
37:38Oh, congratulations.
37:40Oh, my God.
37:41Oh, my God.
37:43I'm going to cry.
37:46$380,188.
37:47Folks, I'm very happy to tell you that you are,
37:50either going home with $380,000 or $135,000.
37:56Yeah.
37:56Just a minute.
37:57We're going to find out how this story ends.
37:58Did Francis sign a contract for $135,000 or tear it up for $380,000?
38:04This is The Wall on NBC.
38:05Nicely done.
38:08Coming up.
38:10Francis Zuber's quick thinking on the slopes
38:12prevented an unthinkable tragedy.
38:14Discovering a submerged snowboarder trapped and helpless,
38:17Francis dug him out just in the nick of time
38:20to open an airway and save his life.
38:22Okay.
38:23You're good.
38:23I got you.
38:25And now, if you tore up the contract,
38:27you're risking it all for what's left on the wall.
38:29It's a $380,000 moment for this young couple from Washington.
38:33You know me.
38:34I like to take some risks.
38:35I like to send it a little bit.
38:36But, uh, I'm getting older, maybe.
38:39And was thinking about playing it safer.
38:41It was a very difficult decision.
38:47But I...
38:55Welcome back to The Wall.
38:57Well, it's time to end the suspense
38:58and find out what Francis decided.
39:00Let's bring him out.
39:02Francis Zuber, ladies and gentlemen.
39:04Welcome to the stage.
39:05How are you?
39:06Feeling a little rattled, Chris.
39:07That was, uh...
39:08That was probably the most nerve-wracking experience
39:11I've ever had just sitting in a chair.
39:13You seem totally composed.
39:15It didn't read on camera.
39:16You did great back there.
39:17Well, thank you.
39:18And I'll bring you up to speed.
39:19You got two questions, right?
39:20I'm gonna give you $20,000 for each one of those
39:22toward your guarantee.
39:23Which means if you sign the contract I sent you,
39:25it was worth $135,118.
39:27If you tore it up,
39:29you're risking it all for what's left on the wall,
39:31which you don't know.
39:32And we don't know what you did,
39:33so I'm gonna invite you over to Hope.
39:35Didn't seem like that long ago we were right here.
39:38So go ahead and tell us what you decided.
39:42Okay.
39:44Sitting back there,
39:45I was thinking a lot about our future.
39:51We want to have a family,
39:54build on our house,
39:57pay off our debt,
39:58pay off the mortgage,
40:00and $100,000 probably wouldn't cut that.
40:04You know me, I like to take some risks.
40:06I like to send it a little bit.
40:08But, uh,
40:09I'm getting older, maybe,
40:10and
40:12was thinking about playing it safer.
40:22It was a, yeah,
40:23it was a very,
40:24very difficult decision.
40:32But I ripped it up.
40:40Frances,
40:42I am so proud of you.
40:44Uh,
40:45that was not easy at all back there,
40:47but you did so well.
40:50And it's just kind of crazy
40:52looking at you.
40:53I fell in love with you
40:55when I was 16 years old.
40:56And I've loved you my whole life.
41:00And you're always,
41:02always there to support me.
41:04So,
41:05I just can't thank you enough for that.
41:08And
41:09just thinking about you back there
41:11going through that,
41:13you should be confident
41:15because we are going home
41:17with $380,000.
41:19You made the right call!
41:21$380,188!
41:24What a nice couple!
41:27You know,
41:28she helps people's pets get better.
41:30He saves people.
41:33I mean,
41:34it's,
41:34you've been together since high school.
41:35Just seeing the two of you together,
41:38it's just,
41:38it warmed this old man's heart.
41:41This really made my day.
41:43I love giving nice people good news.
41:45And they are going back
41:46to Bellingham, Washington
41:47with $380,188.
41:51Hope this made your day
41:52a little bit better.
41:52Thanks for watching The Wall.
41:54Good night.
41:57$380,188!
41:58You did it.
42:00You got money!
42:05You got money!
42:07You got money!
42:10You got money!
42:15You got money!
42:17You got money!
42:21You got money!
42:23You got money!
42:25You got money!
42:26You got money!
42:26You got money!
42:26You got money!
42:27You got money!
42:27You got money!
42:27You got money!
42:28You got money!
42:31You got money!
42:37You
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