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00:00Can one of these three contestants feel the love tonight or will they be scarred by our vindictive machine?
00:05Who will be prepared to win our $20,000 jackpot? I'm Todd Woodbridge. Let's find out on Tipping Point.
00:31Welcome to Tipping Point, where these three contestants are ready to take on the machine. So let's meet them.
00:36Hi, I'm Jason. I'm an author from South Australia. And if I win the money today, I'm going to buy
00:41a boat and call it the Hot Toddy.
00:45Hi, I'm Karen, a physio assistant from Mount Dundonong, Victoria. If I win today, I'm going to visit the Champagne
00:52House of Berkley Co. in Reams, Paris.
00:56Hi, I'm Tyson and I'm a real estate agent from South Yarra. I'm a former professional ballet dancer and I'm
01:01here to plié my way all the way to the jackpot round.
01:05Righto, Tyson. If you're going to plié your way all there, can we see a little bit of that?
01:10Give you a little something something.
01:11Yeah.
01:12Oh, no way, Tyson.
01:15Holy boy.
01:18That hurt.
01:19Tell us a little bit about your career. You're a long-time professional for the Australian Ballet.
01:23Yeah, I was there for five years. I went to the ballet school and then I decided to leave in
01:262021 and I joined real estate.
01:27Yeah, fantastic. We look forward to seeing what other moves you've got throughout the game today.
01:32Karen, lovely to have you. It's a really, really beautiful story that we've got because you need to introduce your
01:37parents, please.
01:38Yes, I'd like to introduce my mum and dad.
01:40Yep.
01:41John and Sheila.
01:42Yes.
01:42And they've come all the way from the UK just to be here today.
01:46How long since you two have seen Karen?
01:502018.
01:512018 was the last time you saw. So Tipping Point has brought you all together again.
01:56Again, yes.
01:57We love that. That's fantastic. Well, we're very pleased and privileged to have you in our audience.
02:04Magnus, good luck, Karen.
02:05Well, they did want me to win so I could send them back business class.
02:08Exactly.
02:09And you can go back to some champers as well. Good stuff, Karen.
02:13Jason, I love that intro. The hot toddy boat. Tell us a little bit about that.
02:17But also your author and your career of that.
02:20Yes. So I have written books for a very long time.
02:25I have delved mostly in fantasy and science fiction and horror.
02:30I love telling stories.
02:31Well, it sounds like you've got a fair bit up your sleeve today.
02:33Good luck to you and to Karen and Tyson.
02:36It's time for us to play Round One Bank Builder.
02:42All right. In Bank Builder, it's your chance to build some serious money.
02:46Every counter that you push over the Tipping Point, $100 will be added into your bank.
02:50And in the round, you'll each start with three counters.
02:53If you buzz in and answer correctly, you can choose to play one of your counters into the machine
02:57or you could ask one of your opponents to play one of theirs instead.
03:00If you answer incorrectly or don't answer within three seconds,
03:03then I'll have to take a counter away from you.
03:05In the machine, you'll see the two double counters.
03:08If you push one of those over, you'll double the value of your drop,
03:11along with the two mystery counters, which will guarantee you a great price
03:15if you could get one of those over.
03:17Are you ready? Here comes the opening question.
03:20Which day of the week is the only one that has a nine-letter name?
03:24Jason.
03:25Wednesday.
03:25Correct.
03:30I think I'd like to play Thanks, Mr Woodbridge.
03:32Oh, very formal.
03:34And light it up for drop zone two.
03:37Drop zone two.
03:38Light it up.
03:45There she goes.
03:46That's OK.
03:46I think that's directly behind the black, which should get something off the top, Jason.
03:50It does.
03:52What comes from the bottom shelf?
03:55Oh!
03:58Two over the tipping point to get us started today.
04:01200 will go in the machine for you, Jason.
04:03Let's transfer it from there.
04:04Put that into your bank, and we're off and racing.
04:09Here is your second question.
04:11Indicating a conclusive victory, the phrase,
04:13game, set, match, is taken from which sport?
04:16Jason.
04:17Tennis.
04:17Of course it is.
04:19You going to play your next one?
04:20I would like to pass it to Karen.
04:25Karen.
04:27Here's an opportunity for you.
04:29Drop zone two.
04:30Light it up again.
04:31Jason did a little bit of work.
04:33Karen, get a better payday from it.
04:40Oh, it's sitting in between two ever so slightly here.
04:45Oh.
04:47Doesn't get enough push.
04:48So, Jason, a nicely played piece of tactics by you.
04:52I'm sorry, but I'm not.
04:54No problems.
04:55That's what the game's about, Jason.
04:57Here comes your next question.
04:59What is the only capitalised letter in Apple's trademark spelling of the word iPhone?
05:04Jason.
05:05P.
05:05It is P, yes.
05:09Nice work, Jason.
05:10What to do this time then?
05:11I will play.
05:12Yeah.
05:13And drop zone two.
05:14Yeah, let's do it.
05:23Oh, come on.
05:26Give me the mystery.
05:27That'll work around.
05:28Oh.
05:29Wow.
05:29Oh.
05:30Oh.
05:30Beautiful.
05:38Oh, no mystery, but a plethora of counters for you, Jason.
05:43Ten came over that tipping point.
05:45Double figures.
05:47$1,000 is going to come out of the machine.
05:50And you'll have $1,200.
05:52And the lead all by yourself.
05:54Nice work, Jason.
05:55One counter left to play.
05:57You've got a 12-counter lead over Karen and Tyson.
05:59Karen, you've still got two.
06:00Tyson has all three.
06:01Yeah.
06:02Moving on to the next question.
06:04Typically a floral garland, lays are famously presented to people arriving in which US state?
06:09Jason?
06:10Hawaii.
06:11That's correct.
06:15Drop zone two.
06:16Let's do it.
06:17After the mystery, clean it out all together and then Karen and Tyson can have a go.
06:27Oh, come on.
06:30My wife wants a Thermomix.
06:31Let's go.
06:34Oh.
06:35She's going to have to wait for that, Jason.
06:38I think that's going to hang on.
06:40So nothing out of your last counter.
06:42And you've got yourself 1,200 as you need to sit back and see what Karen and Tyson can do.
06:47Here's your next question.
06:49The words espresso and cappuccino are directly borrowed from which European language?
06:53Karen?
06:54Italian.
06:55Correct.
06:56Yes.
06:57Where not?
06:59I'm going to light up too, please.
07:01Light it up.
07:03Here it goes.
07:04Can Karen get this mystery counter?
07:09Here it goes.
07:11Look, it's time to get on down.
07:15There you go.
07:23Well done.
07:26Some money in the bank and a mystery counter.
07:28Three in total, Karen.
07:29$300 will go up and we'll take it from our machine.
07:32Put that into your bank and you'll be nine behind Jason.
07:37But Karen, I don't have a Thermomix for you.
07:40But what I do have, all the way from the South Sea and Raw Pearls of Adelaide,
07:44you're going home with this stunning pearl necklet, valued at $2,500.
07:52Well done.
07:54Right, Karen, you've got one counter left to play.
07:56Nine behind Jason.
07:58Tyson, any time now.
08:01Moving on to the next question.
08:03The Alaskan Malamud is a large breed of what domestic animal?
08:06Tyson.
08:07Dog.
08:08He's in the game.
08:08Well done.
08:10All right.
08:12So, Tyson, five counters have gone into drop zone two.
08:15We haven't played anywhere else.
08:17I would do drop zone three, please.
08:19Light up three for Tyson.
08:28Yeah, that should be all right, I think.
08:31Get something over.
08:33Come on, Tyson.
08:34Yay.
08:37Go, go, go, go.
08:38Go, go, go, go, go.
08:39Well done.
08:41So, two gets you started.
08:43$200 goes into the machine.
08:44Let's put it in the bank, Tyson.
08:46And you're one behind Karen.
08:47Three questions left for the round.
08:49Which Australian Prime Minister is the only one to have a surname beginning with the letter T?
08:55Tyson.
08:56Malcolm Turnbull.
08:57That's correct.
08:57Well done.
09:01Drop zone three again, please.
09:03Light up drop zone three.
09:05All right.
09:14Don't squeeze in between the two rows there.
09:17That's gone the right direction, Tyson.
09:18Yay.
09:21Go, go, go, go.
09:25Creeping up on it.
09:27Doubled the amount this time.
09:28Four over the tipping point.
09:29So that's $400.
09:30We'll put that into the bank and it'll hard the gap.
09:32So, Jason.
09:33Six behind.
09:35Second last question of the round.
09:37The name of which Bohemian New York City neighbourhood is short for South of Halston Street.
09:42Tyson.
09:43Soho.
09:44Correct.
09:44Well done.
09:46Okay, Tyson.
09:47Drop zone one, please.
09:49Light up one.
09:49First time we've gone all the way to the left.
10:00Head's left.
10:00Spins all the way back to the right.
10:04Oh.
10:05Come on.
10:06Go, go, go.
10:10And you find another two.
10:12So you made a game of it, Tyson.
10:14$200 goes up and at the end of your round you'll have $800 and that'll be four behind Jason.
10:20So, Karen, you're five behind Tyson.
10:22Here's your closest one at the moment.
10:24You've got the final counter.
10:25You don't need to buzz in.
10:26You do need to give an answer.
10:27You've got three seconds.
10:28Here it is.
10:29Robin Williams plays which iconic spinach-slurping sailor in a 1980 film?
10:37I don't know.
10:39Popeye.
10:40Oh.
10:41You could have done that while you said the first time.
10:43I couldn't do it.
10:44You said I don't know.
10:46Oh, Karen, I've got to take that counter away from you.
10:49And so that would mean at the end of our bank builder round we've got a tight game going on.
10:53Jason played brilliantly early.
10:55He's got $1,200.
10:56Karen's got $300.
10:57Tyson with $800.
10:59And to separate you three in our next round you'll be playing Quickfire.
11:03So stay with us on Tipping Point.
11:16Welcome back, everyone.
11:17We've got Jason, who's an author, Karen, a physio assistant, and Tyson, who is a real estate agent, all hoping
11:23to play for $20,000 today.
11:25If one of you are going to get through, we need to play our next round, and that is Quickfire.
11:33And so in this round, you'll each have 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible.
11:38For every correct answer, I'll give you a counter to play into the machine.
11:41Now, unfortunately, for the player with the lowest score at the end of this round, we have to say goodbye.
11:46But, Jason, for you, you have the lead here by four over Tyson, and it gives you the opportunity to
11:52play in first if you would like to.
11:54Yes, I would like to play, thank you.
11:55Good one.
11:59Good luck to you.
12:00I'm going to put 30 seconds on the clock, and your time starts.
12:04Now, what name for a style of short stiletto shoe takes its name from the term for a baby feline?
12:09A pass.
12:10Kitten.
12:11What nationality is Grand Slam tennis champion Coco Gough?
12:15Pass.
12:15American.
12:16Which figure from Greek mythology fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water?
12:21Daedalus.
12:22Narcissus.
12:23In which century did cubism emerge as a visual art style?
12:2720th.
12:27Correct.
12:28What is the lowest denomination euro banknote in current circulation?
12:32Five.
12:33Correct.
12:33The River Shannon is the longest river.
12:37Two, Jason.
12:39Where does he go?
12:43Light up drop zone four, thanks, Todd.
12:45Light it up, all right?
12:54Okay, first time we've been here, it can be a little troubling at times.
12:58I'm seeing a lot of shadow down the bottom.
13:01Yeah, well, now you might be able to get some of them.
13:08It was five and an extra one became six, a half a dozen.
13:12$600 goes up and we'll keep it there for the moment.
13:14As you get ready with your second counter.
13:17Drop zone four.
13:18Okay.
13:25Oh, no.
13:28That one's Winona.
13:29It's jumped on top.
13:31The rider is there.
13:33Oh.
13:33All right, okay.
13:35Still not bad.
13:37$600 I'm going to take from the machine, Jason, and you'll sit back with $1,800 and see what
13:41Karen and Tyson can do.
13:45So, Tyson, you're up next if you'd like to.
13:48I'm going to play.
13:48Please?
13:49Good.
13:51In that case, I'll put 30 seconds on the clock for you and your time starts.
13:56Now, in 10-pin bowling, how many pins must be knocked down to achieve a strike?
13:5910.
13:59Correct.
14:00The national flag of the Netherlands is blue, red, and what are the colour?
14:03White.
14:03Correct.
14:04Acrux or Alpha Crucis is the brightest star in which constellation?
14:08Pass.
14:09Southern Cross.
14:10What name for a type of street or road is abbreviated to PDE?
14:14Pass.
14:15Parade.
14:15The island of Tahiti lies in which of the world's oceans?
14:19Pacific.
14:20Correct.
14:21Katarina and Petruchio are the two main characters of which play by William Shakespeare?
14:25Pass.
14:26Pass.
14:26The Taming of the Shrew.
14:29Guys, pick, doesn't it?
14:30Yeah.
14:31You did well, though.
14:32A very steady three for you, Tyson.
14:34So, 10 behind Jason.
14:36Okay.
14:36Light up four, please.
14:40Here we go.
14:44He stabbed a couple there.
14:47Stabbed them and spun one.
14:50Go over.
14:52This is going to spread out a little, too.
14:54Look at that.
14:55Woo!
14:56Woo!
14:56Woo!
14:57Woo!
15:00Not as many as I thought you might get.
15:02It was two.
15:03So, 200 is your starter.
15:04What are you going to do with the second counter?
15:06I'll light up four again, please.
15:07Light up four.
15:09Appreciate it.
15:14Right.
15:15No.
15:15She's just throwing them out.
15:18It'll go left.
15:19Go, go, go, go, go.
15:21Oh.
15:22Yes.
15:23Go.
15:24Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push.
15:26Oh.
15:29You got one more, Tyson?
15:31No.
15:32I will light up four again, please.
15:34Backy goes.
15:35Yeah.
15:35Been a fair bit of building.
15:36Can you get the payday from it?
15:42Oh.
15:44Should be good.
15:46Should be good.
15:46It should be.
15:47But it might get.
15:48Oh.
15:49It's all competitive.
15:50I thought it was going to pin.
15:51Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
15:53Oh.
15:54Oh.
15:56One.
15:57One.
15:57Oh.
15:58My goodness.
15:58I cannot believe.
16:00I can see it hanging there.
16:01How long that shadow is.
16:02There is one that is completely over the edge.
16:05It's not going to come in time for you, Tyson.
16:07Yeah.
16:07So you did get a single.
16:08So 100 goes up.
16:09And after your three counters, we'll transfer you $300.
16:11So you'll have 1,100.
16:14100.
16:16Karen, you're eight behind Tyson.
16:18Are you ready to play?
16:20Yes, Todd.
16:2030 seconds goes on the clock for you.
16:22Your time starts.
16:24Now, the word triad means a group of how many?
16:26Three.
16:27Correct.
16:27A 2024 Disney film is named for which character from The Lion King?
16:32Simba.
16:32Mufasa.
16:33The Little Match Girl is a fairy tale written by which famous children's author?
16:36Hans Christian Andersen.
16:37Correct.
16:38Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy's famous name in which club and ball sport?
16:42Football.
16:42Golf.
16:43An identifier used in filing tax returns, what do the initials TFN stand for?
16:48Tax file number.
16:49Correct.
16:49In 2012, Campbell Newman became Premier of which Australian state?
16:53South Australia.
16:54Queensland.
16:56All right.
16:58Solid.
16:59When I said football, I meant soccer.
17:00Did you?
17:01Would you have given it me?
17:02No, because he played golf.
17:04Oh, no.
17:06Rightio.
17:07You've got yourself three, Karen.
17:09Seven behind.
17:10Okay.
17:12Light up four, Todd.
17:13Let's do it.
17:18I need you on the left.
17:19And I didn't shoot quick.
17:22Oh, don't ride.
17:23Don't ride.
17:24Okay.
17:25Oh.
17:25Just sit down.
17:27Living dangerously, Karen.
17:28I was.
17:31Oh.
17:32Oh.
17:36Right, you've got two more.
17:37Okay.
17:37Stress for you.
17:39Are you going back there?
17:40Yeah.
17:41Karen.
17:42Karen.
17:43What?
17:44Oh.
17:45Light up four.
17:47Sorry.
17:48The intensity.
17:49I was in the zone.
17:50You certainly were.
17:52I've lit it up for you now.
17:54I just wasn't sure where you were going.
17:59On the left.
18:00On the left.
18:01Oh.
18:02Is it dry?
18:03I think you're good.
18:04You're good.
18:04That might get those three grey ones down.
18:07Come on.
18:07Yes.
18:07There they go.
18:08Come on.
18:09Come on.
18:09Come on.
18:10Come on.
18:10Come on.
18:11Come on.
18:12Oh.
18:15Holy moly.
18:17You're going to get another push.
18:18It's not done yet.
18:21Oh.
18:21Oh, wow.
18:22Good job.
18:25Well, Tyson, I told you that you've done the work for Karen.
18:29Yeah.
18:29And she's come through with the goods.
18:31You got nine over, including a double.
18:34That's 1,800.
18:37That's amazing.
18:38Good job.
18:41That's incredible.
18:42You've got one more to go, though.
18:44Okay.
18:44Could you like to drop some three?
18:46Certainly can.
18:48You get back in the zone.
18:53Oh, another stabbing drop.
18:57Still a good pile right in front of where you've put that counter, Karen.
19:01Oh.
19:06Oh.
19:06But it fills the gap.
19:09Well, let's take 1,800 out of the machine, add it to the telly from earlier, Karen, and
19:14you'll sit back with the lead at $2,100.
19:21Wow.
19:22At the end of our quickfire round, Jason's got 1,800.
19:26Karen, you've got the lead.
19:28And Tyson, unfortunately, you set it all up.
19:30Yeah.
19:31But it means we've found your tipping point.
19:36I hope you've enjoyed your time with us.
19:39Thank you, Tyson.
19:40And that means that coming up is Jason and Karen about to go head-to-head.
19:43Who'll go on to play for the 20,000?
19:45And it is going to be a battle royale here on Tipping Points.
19:59Welcome back, everybody.
20:01Jason and Karen about to go head-to-head.
20:03Just three counters separating the two of you.
20:05It's quite the game, this one.
20:06It's been fantastic.
20:07Jason, before we get into it, though, you're from Hindmarsh Island in South Australia.
20:11Beautiful part of the world.
20:13And we haven't spoken to your lovely wife, Kate.
20:17Oh, she's my rock.
20:20Absolute legend.
20:24You two have got two lovely kids.
20:26We do.
20:26Tell us about them.
20:27So we have our eldest, Logan, and he has additional needs.
20:31Yeah.
20:31He has autism and intellectual disability.
20:34And then we have our six-year-old daughter, Lottie.
20:36And she's a firecracker.
20:37But they're both beautiful children and they're so excited that Daddy's here today.
20:40So they'll be watching.
20:42And going well as two.
20:43I wonder if you did have some success, whether you'd sing about it, Jason, because I hear
20:47you like a bit of karaoke.
20:49You've even been in competitions.
20:51Yes, yes.
20:52Two-time state finalist.
20:53Wow.
20:54So what'd you sing?
20:56A whole bunch of stuff.
20:58But, yeah, Mustang Sally's probably a good go-to.
21:01I like that.
21:01But, yeah, a lot of, you know, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker and all that kind of thing.
21:06Some good stuff there.
21:07Talking about Tom Jones, it's a nice segue to you, Karen.
21:10Going back to the UK.
21:12And this fantastic little story that's come about from your mum and dad coming down here.
21:17So when you rang them and said you're on the show, what actually happened?
21:20So I rang them and said, my dad loves Tipping Point UK.
21:23So I rang them and said, I've got on Tipping Point.
21:25And you'd sent the date.
21:26And then about two weeks later, I'd get a text message while I'm eating my tea going,
21:31Dad's on his way.
21:32Fantastic.
21:32And, John, whereabouts are you two from exactly now?
21:35We're from Blackpool in Lancashire.
21:37And tell me about your love of Tipping Point.
21:39That is a thing to do in the afternoon.
21:41What do you think of our version compared to Ben Shepard's version?
21:46Well, yours is a bit more easy going, like, you know.
21:49Yeah.
21:49It's a bit more...
21:50Oh, God.
21:52The English one's a bit...
21:53Better?
21:55Better, yes.
21:55Thank you, yes.
21:57I was going to get it out of you somehow, John.
22:00Well, there's some two very special stories in play today.
22:04So one of you will get through to play for the $20,000 jackpot.
22:08Good luck to you both as you get set to play Head to Head.
22:15In this round, you'll each have two questions.
22:17If you answer your question correctly, you get the counter to play into the machine.
22:20If you get it wrong, your opponent steals the counter.
22:23If you aren't sure of your question, you can pass it.
22:26Now, Karen, you will get the first question as you're in the lead.
22:30Here it is.
22:33Designed by Vincent Kinnair for children,
22:36which computer font is often called the world's most hated?
22:40Pass or play?
22:42I think I'll pass.
22:44Yeah.
22:45I'm glad you did.
22:46Oh.
22:48Is it Comic Sans?
22:49And that's what I was going to say.
22:50Were you going to say that, Karen?
22:53We'll find out.
22:53Is it Comic Sans?
22:58Yes.
23:01Chos my god.
23:03Should have gone.
23:04That's a steal for Jason.
23:06All right.
23:07Three is the difference.
23:10One.
23:11One.
23:11Three.
23:12My lovely wife is saying three.
23:15So that's where you're going to go?
23:16Yes.
23:16Okay.
23:16Light it up.
23:27Now to go left.
23:29It shouldn't nudge.
23:30That black one's out.
23:32Don't ride.
23:32Don't ride.
23:34Oh.
23:40Listen to your wife.
23:42Oh my lord.
23:44You've been told, listen to your wife.
23:46Lucky you did, Jason, because it got you eight over the tipping point.
23:49Nice.
23:50Eight hundred.
23:51Let's take it from there.
23:53Put that in the bank.
23:54The lead has changed hands.
23:55Two thousand six hundred.
23:56A five counter deficit.
23:58And now that means, Jason, you've got your first question.
24:04Located in the Hemersley Range, Karajini National Park is in which Australian state or territory?
24:11No idea, pass.
24:15All right, Karen.
24:17I'm going to go New South Wales.
24:18Let's find out if it is New South Wales.
24:23No.
24:24Western Australia, it is.
24:26Jason, good pass by you.
24:28You've got your counter back.
24:29I'll go with three again.
24:31Okay.
24:31Backdrop zone three.
24:32Okay.
24:36Backdrop zone three.
24:41Oh, it does sit.
24:42Be good to me.
24:42Be good to me.
24:43That was good first bit because I got flat for you, Jason.
24:46Come on.
24:47I've got to get some jury out of this.
24:49Oh.
24:52Oh.
24:54Well, the lead has changed hands, but the game is by no means over.
24:58And we'll be back after the break to see who goes on to play for the $20,000 jackpots.
25:14Welcome back to Tipping Point.
25:16Jason, Karen, five counters are the difference at the moment.
25:19Karen, you've got this next question.
25:24Adopted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1909,
25:28what are the two official colours of Wimbledon?
25:32Pass or play?
25:35I'm going to pass.
25:40I've got to go, just a sheer guess, white and red.
25:44Would you have gone white and red, Karen?
25:46I'd have gone white and green.
25:48Would you?
25:49Well, Jason's gone white and red.
25:51Does he give you a counter back in the game?
25:57Green and purple.
25:59Green and purple?
26:00Green and purple.
26:01Right, Karen.
26:02Five counters behind, you are, so this is going to be crucial for you.
26:06Where are you playing?
26:08The audience are shouting one, so I'm going to go with the audience.
26:11Todd, light up Zopto one.
26:13Let's do that.
26:14I've only been there once before.
26:22Oh, that knocks one off the top and it rides.
26:27Oh, yes.
26:28Oh, yes.
26:28Come on.
26:28No.
26:29Flip, flip.
26:29Yep, yep.
26:30Go, go, go.
26:31Yes!
26:33Woo!
26:35Ball, Jason.
26:37Wow.
26:38It's a tie.
26:39Five came over.
26:40$500 goes up.
26:42Oh, God.
26:43Let's take it.
26:44Move it into the bank.
26:46$2,600 each.
26:49Cannot be any closer than this.
26:51So, Jason, you've got the final question.
26:54Whoever gets the counter most likely goes through.
26:58Here it is.
27:01Goodbye, farewell and amen is the 1983 series finale of which US sitcom set in wartime?
27:11Pass or play, Jason?
27:14I'm going to try for this one.
27:16Is it mash?
27:19What would you say, Karen?
27:20I would have said mash.
27:22Is mash the correct answer?
27:27It is.
27:29Oh, brilliant.
27:33So, Jason, you've got to get one counter here.
27:37Light up drop zone one, please, Todd.
27:38Okay.
27:40Light it up.
27:49Oh, I guess.
27:52That'll go to the left.
27:53Probably knock something off the side, does it?
27:56Yeah.
27:59Come on, you beautiful thing.
28:01Oh!
28:03Oh!
28:09Oh!
28:10Oh!
28:10Oh.
28:11Oh!
28:13Oh, oh!
28:13Oh!
28:15Oh!
28:17Oh!
28:18and with 2,600 each, it means we have a tie-break.
28:27And so, it all comes down to this.
28:30If you buzz in and answer correctly, you will be going through.
28:33If you get it wrong, you'll be going home.
28:36And here comes your tie-break question.
28:38When written as a numeral, how many zeros are in 1,000?
28:43Jason.
28:44Three.
28:44Correct. It was just a battle of the buzzer.
28:48So, Jason, great reflexes by you.
28:50You are safe, and unfortunately, Karen, we found your tipping point.
28:57Karen, there's still a lot of good that has come out of today.
29:00You're not leaving empty-handed.
29:01You've got your necklet, and it meant that we got your family out here
29:06for you guys to be back together once more.
29:08So, it's been wonderful having you and all of you in our stand today.
29:12And, Jason, you snuck through, but you've got your chance to play for the jackpot counter.
29:18It's worth $20,000, and we'll find out whether you can take that bag of cash home
29:23right after the break.
29:41Super great game today, Jason.
29:43Threw in the tie-break.
29:44You've got yourself $2,600.
29:46That's the beginning.
29:48Because we want you to go home with the jackpot, but to do that...
29:51Me too.
29:51We need to find out a little bit more about you before we put that into the machine.
29:55Because a published author, in quite a few different things you're talking about,
29:59sci-fi, all sorts of things.
30:00Yeah, I've been writing since I was a kid, and I've dabbled in just about everything,
30:05but mostly the fantastic and the strange and the unusual.
30:08You know, things that, you know, the sort of what-if questions.
30:11Well, one of the things that, you know, that I picked up on before,
30:14Kate, you mentioned your son Logan has some autism, and you've had to, you know,
30:18do a lot of work through that, and you do writing in those spaces for autism.
30:21Be a little more specific about that, if you could.
30:24Absolutely.
30:24So, my lovely wife and I, we put together this business to specifically deal with
30:31autistic writers.
30:32Out of the back of me going out to schools and libraries and delivering writing workshops,
30:37and I noticed the people that had the most interesting ideas were on the spectrum,
30:42and I said, there's something to this, and it went gangbusters, and it grew.
30:47We changed a lot of lives, and we helped a lot of people sort of connect and make friends,
30:51and it was just a beautiful thing to find people like myself and my son and help them.
30:56One of the things, though, that I feel with you, it oozes out of you, is positivity.
30:59I know that you don't like Debbie Downers, you like people to see the right side of life.
31:04Yeah.
31:04So, that would mean, let's get the positivity into the machine.
31:07We're going to play the jackpot round then, Jason.
31:13Right.
31:14Time to put the jackpot into the machine.
31:16Push it back out.
31:17There's your 20,000.
31:18Unless you decided to go into drop zone one, on the top shelf there is still a double.
31:22If you're able to push that over together, it could be 40,000.
31:26What are you thinking, Jason?
31:30Yep, the ones are in.
31:32There's not one person who doesn't say one here, so I'm going to light that up.
31:36Light up drop zone one.
31:44Get flat.
31:45Oh.
31:46It did.
31:47Got flat.
31:48It's all good.
31:49Relax.
31:50Breathe again.
31:51Fantastic.
31:52Okay.
31:53The double comes down early, but it might hang around.
31:58Now we start to make some money.
32:01Four came over the tipping point, so that'll give you $3,000.
32:04And now we'll find out the categories that you are playing today, Jason.
32:08You've got walks, talks, hawks, forks and porks.
32:13Oh, fantastic.
32:14Fantastic.
32:15Now you can play one, two or three.
32:16The more you play, the harder the question will be.
32:19What would you like to do?
32:21Top to bottom three.
32:22Let's roll.
32:23Starting with walks for three.
32:25Walks for three.
32:29I'm walking here, I'm walking here is a famous line from which film?
32:34Midnight Cowboy, The Godfather or Taxi Driver?
32:39I can really hear Robert De Niro saying that, so I'm going to lock in Taxi Driver, thanks, Todd.
32:44Okay.
32:45I'll light up Taxi Driver.
32:49Is I'm walking here, I'm walking here, a famous line from Taxi Driver?
32:58Midnight Cowboy.
32:59Ah, never mind.
33:01Right.
33:01That one's gone.
33:02We will keep the positivity.
33:05Moving on down.
33:06Next is talks.
33:08Talks for three.
33:09Thanks, Mr Woodbridge.
33:14Okay, Jason.
33:15A non-profit organisation known for their signature TED Talks.
33:19TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and What?
33:23Is it Development, Design or Disruption?
33:28I really have a good feeling about this because they are talks that change and
33:37elevate the way people think about things and by their very nature disrupt.
33:42I would love disruption.
33:43Okay, I'll light up disruption.
33:47Is the D in TED Talks for disruption?
33:56Oh, it's Design.
33:59Oh, bugger.
34:00Technology, Entertainment and Design.
34:03Right.
34:04That wasn't the start I was expecting, actually, Jason.
34:07So, we need to hone in a little here.
34:09Uh, let's go porks for three.
34:11Porks.
34:12You want to go porks?
34:12Yeah, let's change it up.
34:14Change my luck.
34:15Good.
34:15Shake it out.
34:16Change it up.
34:18Porks for three.
34:20In addition to cars, Volkswagen also sells millions of what in-house branded pork product?
34:26Is it schnitzels, sausages or streaky bacon?
34:31Oh, that's crazy.
34:33Volkswagen sells meat?
34:36I'm going to go with sausages, a very German answer.
34:39Okay, let's light up sausages.
34:42Volkswagen also sells millions of what in-house branded pork product?
34:47Is it sausages?
34:52Well done.
34:53Oh, oh, my God.
34:56Right, we're on the board at last.
34:59We've got three to play.
35:00Rightio, we need a little bit of luck because we're a few counters short, so anywhere direct hit would be
35:05great.
35:06Light up job zone one, please.
35:09Come on, Jason.
35:09Let's go.
35:16Not quite.
35:17Not quite, but it will probably push that one just a little left there like it has.
35:24That's okay.
35:25We've got two more to put in there, so let's light it up again.
35:28Job zone one.
35:37That's the one.
35:38Come on.
35:39We just need it to stay well behind.
35:41Give it a good solid push.
35:42Don't wrap around.
35:43It wraps.
35:44A little bit.
35:45That's all right.
35:45You've got a half a push.
35:49Now.
35:50Now we need another good one here.
35:52Final counter of this category.
35:54Light it up.
35:56There we go.
36:02Come on, get in there.
36:03Come on, you good thing.
36:05Push it hard.
36:06Hard, hard, hard.
36:07That's it.
36:08It's on the edge.
36:09I'm on the edge.
36:10Yes.
36:12And here comes the money.
36:14Yeah.
36:15Yay.
36:18Good stuff.
36:19Another five.
36:20So you'll have $3,500, Jason.
36:22And we've got it almost over that top shelf.
36:25But we need to go back to categories.
36:27We've got two left to play.
36:29Hawks or Forks?
36:30Let's go Hawks for three, please.
36:33Right.
36:37The Hawks are an NBA basketball team based in which US city?
36:43Chicago, Boston or Atlanta?
36:46My brother-in-law used to be an NBA player.
36:50Is that right?
36:50And he used to play for the Chicago Bulls.
36:54Is that right?
36:54Boston Hawks just sounds weird.
36:56I'm going to go Atlanta Hawks, please.
36:58OK, let's slide up Atlanta.
37:01Who's your brother-in-law?
37:02Luke Shensher.
37:03Wow.
37:04Tall.
37:05Very tall.
37:05Yes.
37:06Right.
37:07Good to know that little bit of information.
37:09But we'll find out whether you're right and Atlanta's correct right after the break.
37:25Right, Jason, we need more counters.
37:27You've got $3,500 and we're just one push away from getting that jackpot off the top shelf.
37:33So let's see if we've got the correct answer here.
37:36Before the break, I asked you, the Hawks are an NBA basketball team based in which US city?
37:42And a little bit of insider knowledge, perhaps.
37:44You said light up Atlanta.
37:46Is that correct?
37:49Yes, it is.
37:51Fantastic.
37:53Well done.
37:55Wonderful.
37:56All right.
37:56Now we need a little bit of luck.
37:57We need a bit of a lateral squeeze to get this down.
37:59So I'm going to light up one for you, Jason.
38:01Here we go.
38:03Come on.
38:10All right.
38:11Come around.
38:12Yeah, we need it to kind of wrap, don't we?
38:14This way.
38:14Go right.
38:15Go right.
38:16Here we go.
38:16Come on.
38:18It might get you an extra counter.
38:21Down it comes.
38:23And this thing's kind of ready to squeeze its way down.
38:27Nice.
38:27So you've got 100.
38:28That'll give you 3,600.
38:30Let's go.
38:31And I'll light it up again.
38:32Centre, centre, left, left side.
38:34We'll get it done.
38:39That's it.
38:41Sit down.
38:42Oh, this might just go in the gap, though.
38:46Oh, it did, too.
38:48Right.
38:49It's builded up, so that's not so bad.
38:51One more.
38:52One more over there.
38:53Knock it down, Jason.
38:54I'm going to light it for you.
38:55Here we go.
38:58Come on.
39:06Can it lateral it?
39:08Can it?
39:08Can it?
39:09No.
39:09Not enough weight.
39:12Oh, and it's going to give us that.
39:16Yeah!
39:19Second chance push here, Jason.
39:21Positivity.
39:22We're in this.
39:22Come on.
39:23Come to positivity.
39:27Four more.
39:28You're going to have $4,000.
39:30We're out of counters.
39:30And let's go back.
39:32Final category of the round.
39:34Forks.
39:35Are you playing for three?
39:36I give all the forks about this question, Todd.
39:39Please lock it in for three.
39:47Southfork Ranch is the iconic setting of which US TV drama?
39:52Yellowstone, Dallas or Deadwood?
39:55Uh, well, it's, uh, in all the advertising.
40:00It's Yellowstone.
40:02Shall I light up Yellowstone?
40:03Yep.
40:04Light up Yellowstone.
40:06Southfork Ranch is the iconic setting of Yellowstone?
40:16Oh, Dallas.
40:18Oh, Dallas, Jason.
40:20We haven't got it off the top, but we have it peering over the edge.
40:23And you've got yourself $4,000.
40:25Still good stuff.
40:26Well played.
40:28Wonderful.
40:30And so I was very much hoping we would have that on the bottom shelf
40:34before I had to say to you, we're about to play Jackpot Temptation.
40:43So, I wonder how tough it's going to be for me to try to convince you
40:47to give up $4,000 to still have a crack at this jackpot going over the tipping point.
40:54What are you thinking?
40:55What have you got in the tank?
40:57You started saying that you wanted a boat.
40:59You were going to call it Hot Toddy.
41:01Didn't you?
41:02So let's do this.
41:04I'm going to give you three counters for $40,000.
41:09But I'm also going to put this on offer for you.
41:14How about a brand-new Kia K4?
41:17Oh.
41:17Elegant, sporty and stylish.
41:20This small sedan is valued at $32,990 and could be yours thanks to Kia.
41:26How about that?
41:28Oh.
41:28All right.
41:29So not a boat, but a car.
41:32Oh.
41:33Oh, Todd, what are you doing to me, mate?
41:36So, three counters, $40,000, a Kia K4.
41:41Kate, what are you thinking?
41:43Oh, I think take the money.
41:46Oh.
41:47She said she'd say that, but I thought I'd better ask.
41:50Take the money.
41:52It's too much.
41:52What if I gave you another offer, Kate?
41:54Oh, what's your offer, Todd?
41:56Well, I might just grab this, though.
42:00Instead of three counters, I'll give you five counters for the original value of $20,000.
42:06And while you two have a think about that, and I put this back into my pocket, we're headed
42:11to the newsroom.
42:12So before we went to the newsroom, boat, car.
42:16Car was the best I had.
42:18Three counters for $40,000 and the Kia K4.
42:21Or you could take five for the original value of $20,000.
42:28Ooh, gets tough, eh?
42:31Yeah.
42:32I thank you for your generosity, good sir.
42:36I am going to have to take the money today.
42:39Thank you very much.
42:40Well played.
42:41Well done, Kate.
42:42You didn't let him get away from you there, did you?
42:45Nice work.
42:46Congratulations, Jason.
42:47You've won yourself $4,000.
42:49You've been great.
42:50Loved having you on the show.
42:52Say hello to the kids for us.
42:53Thank you very much to our audience.
42:55And thank you very much to all of you at home for watching.
42:57And join us next time when three new contestants get their chance
43:00to light up their luck on Tipping Point.
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