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00:05Take a risk, take a chance, take a dare, play the game of double dare, with the host of
00:18Double Dare, Alex Kovett. Thank you. Thank you, John. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to
00:31Double Dare 1977 edition. When we got together last, about a year ago, we had a very exciting
00:39game underway, and that's where we're going to pick things up this morning. So let's meet the
00:42players, shall we? First, here's our returning champion, Alan Luscher. How are you, Alan?
00:47I hope 1977 is as good to you as 1976 has been. Alan is our returning champion, as Johnny
00:56indicated, and so far on Double Dare, he has cash earnings of $14,200. You're looking very
01:07serious, Alan. Good luck to you today. Let's meet your opponent.
01:12Challenging Alan Luscher is Ed Hurst. How are you, Ed? It's fine, Alan. You have a happy holiday
01:17season. Very fine. All right. I indicated a few moments ago that we were in the middle of a very
01:23exciting game between you and Alan on our last show, and when we left off, you had accumulated
01:28$250, so we'll put that on your scoreboard. Alan, however, was in the lead. He had $300, a $50 margin.
01:36As you know, a game is $500. I want to wish both you players good luck, and we'll start off
01:41by telling
01:42our audience that if you'd like to play along with us and match your wits against the players,
01:46then turn away from your screens right now because we're going to show you the correct answer
01:49for our very first subject. You can look when you hear the chime. All right? Here it is.
01:57Players, I will tell you that the subject is a place. Here we go. Clue number one to help you
02:03identify that place. Picture postcards of it bearing the message, having a wonderful time,
02:08wish you were here, were once popular. Clue number two. When the U.S. Army engineers took it over,
02:16they found it covered with bird manure. Let's move on to clue number three. Indians recently offered
02:23the U.S. government $24 in glass beads for it. That's our champion's buzzer, Alan Lusher. He has
02:29sealed Ed's booth. Ed can't see or hear what's going on. Alan, your answer.
02:33Alcatraz.
02:33You are right. You've added $50. You now have $350. Just $150 away from another championship
02:40for you. It's dare time. We're going to show you the next clue. Here is the dare clue.
02:45It has been proposed as the site for a West Coast Statue of Liberty. Alan, that's the dare clue. If
02:51you take the dare and show it to Ed and he doesn't come up with the right answer, you will
02:54increase
02:54your total by $100. If he gets it right, he'll pick up $50. What are you going to do?
02:59Let's take the dare.
02:59Fine. Let's bring Ed back. Alan's got the right answer, Ed. He has taken the dare. You have five
03:06seconds to look at this clue and then give me an answer. What's your answer, Ed?
03:16Alcatraz Island.
03:16You're right. That takes you to $300. You are still trailing by $50. Looks like we're going to go right
03:24down to the wire for each of our players. But before we do that, we have to pause for a
03:28commercial message.
03:29I hope you'll watch.
03:34Since the beginning of the program, each of our players has acquired a little bit of cash,
03:39$50 extra. And our champion still leads by $50 as we go on to another subject and we have
03:44another correct answer to show you folks at home.
03:48This time, players, you are looking for a person. Here is the first clue. When a tomahawk thrown by
03:55Ed Ames struck a dummy below the belt, this man said, welcome to Frontier Briss. Alan?
04:01Johnny Carson.
04:02You are right. That takes you to $400. You are one successful dare away from winning another championship.
04:09Let's look at the dare clue. Nelson Rockefeller urged him to run against Bobby Kennedy in the
04:14New York senatorial race. What are you going to do, Alan?
04:17I'll take the dare.
04:18All right. Let's bring Ed in. Alan got a right answer. He has taken the dare. You'll have five
04:25seconds to look at the clue and then I'll need a correct answer if you want to keep this game
04:29going. Anything but a correct answer. Alan remains champion. He'll have $500. Here is the clue.
04:41Ed, what's the answer?
04:42Johnny Carson.
04:43You're right. Oh, good going. Alan's banging the desk in there. He's saying, thought I had
04:49you. And he looked as if he should have had you there because he came up with the answer
04:53very fast, but he still leads by $50. Let's go on to another subject, shall we? Correct answer
04:58for you folks to look at.
05:01The subject this time is a thing. Thing. Here is the first clue. Natural white has always
05:08been the most valuable kind and it sells for $770 a pound. Next clue. Its entanglement in
05:17an oak tree cost Absalom his life. This time it's Ed Hurst's buzzer. What's the answer?
05:23Hair. You're right. Hair it is. We're all tied up, Ed. You could become the new champion
05:30because this is a dare situation for you. Here is the clue. Trichology or trickology is the
05:37branch of science devoted to it. Now, if you take the dare and Alan doesn't come up with
05:44the right answer, you become the new champion. If you take the dare and he comes up with the
05:48right answer, then he will lead you by $50. He won't win the game. What do you want to
05:54do? Let's go for it. I'll take the dare.
05:56Fine. Good, brave challenger. Ed got the right answer and he's taken the dare, Alan. Look at this clue.
06:10Your answer.
06:12Hair.
06:12You're right. Ed had his fingers crossed, but that didn't work. And Alan, you're in the lead
06:18once again by $50 and we go on to another subject. Here's the answer. We're back to people. The
06:27subject is a person and here's the first clue. One of 18 kids, he said, I ran away from home
06:3313 times, but I could never get farther than Bayonne. Second clue. He broke up his Air Force
06:41buddies with routines such as the sex habits of the coconut crab. Ed Hurst has the answer,
06:48he thinks. Flip Wilson.
06:49You're right. He's got it. And it's tied again. $450 apiece. Dare situation for you. Let's
06:57look at the clue before we ask you to decide. Bill Cosby said of him, he may be the one
07:01cat
07:02to put across black feeling through comedy. That's the dare clue. You take that dare clue.
07:08Alan doesn't get it. You win the game. If he gets it, he wins the game.
07:13I'll pass the clue. I think he'll get it.
07:15You think he'll get it? All right. We'll stop here. You're stopping, right? Let's bring Alan
07:21back. Ed got the right answer. You're all tied up. $450 apiece. He has not taken the
07:27dare. And the next clue was Bill Cosby said of him, he may be the one cat to put across
07:32black feeling through comedy. What would your answer have been?
07:35Red Foxx.
07:36Oh, no. The right answer is Flip Wilson. And Ed, one of those situations where you should
07:43have taken the dare, you'd have wound up being new champ. But right now, you and Alan are
07:47just one correct answer away from becoming the new champion. We've got another subject
07:53to go to. Let's look at the right answer.
07:58Good luck, players. Here's the first clue. His family name was changed from the Italian
08:04to the French spelling. Alan Lusher, a right answer, and you win the game.
08:10Napoleon? You're right.
08:14He got the right answer for Alan. It was Napoleon Bonaparte. And he's going to go on to play
08:20the spoilers for $5,000. And we're leaving this with $450 in cash. We have some gifts backstage
08:25also. Congratulations, happy new year, and goodbye. Nice going, champ. We're going to
08:31take a commercial break right now, and then we'll put you to the test again, try to build
08:35it for the $5,000. All right? We're back right after this, folks.
08:43You're looking at our returning champion. He has won three or four matches so far. Total
08:48winnings, $14,700. And now, another $5,000 possibly, as you get to face the spoilers. Let's bring
08:55them on.
09:00Each of our spoilers, ladies and gentlemen, is a PhD, and they're called that in case you're
09:04joining us for the first time. They are called that because they win money if they can keep
09:09our champion from winning the $5,000. So far, he has managed to get by them on a couple of
09:14occasions. Let me introduce the spoilers to you. Spoiler number one is Dr. Jim Brock. Spoiler
09:20number two is Dr. Perry Thorndike. And spoiler number three is Dr. Barry Ruttea. Those are
09:26the spoilers. Let's shut them off right now so they can't hear what we are saying. And we
09:31are going to go about beating the spoilers. We have on this board over here, Alan, as you
09:36know, the eight clues that lead to the identity of a person, place, or thing. Your job, give
09:40away four of the clues and stump the spoilers. Every time a spoiler makes a mistake or doesn't
09:46know the answer, you win $100. If you can give away all four clues and we have at least one
09:52spoiler who hasn't come up with the right answer, then you'll win the $5,000. Let's look at the top
09:56of the board. Yeah, they can encourage. The right answer is Princess Anne. Obviously, the
10:02subject is a person. Good luck. Pick a clue. Number three. Her parents attended the 1976
10:09Montreal Olympic Games and saw her participate in the equestrian events. Do you want to give
10:14that or do you want to pass? That's a pass. That's a pass. All right. We will take a pass
10:19on that one. You have a total of four passes to use, as you know. Pick another clue. Number
10:23six. One magazine writer said, her features are what royalty watchers describe as Hanoverian,
10:34a bit outsize. What do you think of that clue? Do you want to give it or do you want
10:39to pass?
10:39I'll take a chance. You think it might confuse them? All right. Let's bring the spoilers in.
10:46Spoilers. The subject is a person, and here is the clue. One magazine writer said,
10:53her features are what royalty watchers describe as Hanoverian, a bit outsize. We'll go to spoiler
11:00number one. Dr. Brock. No answer. All right. That's $100 for you, Alan. Going to spoiler number
11:06two. Dr. Thorndyke, your reply. Barbra Streisand. You are incorrect. Let's go to Dr. Retilla.
11:13Spoiler number three. Your answer. Grace Kelly. You are wrong, and that's $300 for the champion.
11:20You've given one clue. You've passed. Let's pick another. Number one. The only daughter of Britain's
11:29Queen Elizabeth II. I'll do what Pat Hayden does. I'll pass. Okay. Fine. You've used two passes.
11:36Pick another. Number eight. Her childhood habit of running through Buckingham Palace prompted the
11:43staff to nickname her Ragtime Cowgirl Ann. I'll drop back and pass again. Fine. We have now used
11:53three passes. We have three clues to give away. Got one pass to spare. Number five.
12:00One writer said, she is the sort of boy Prince Philip would have liked to have had. Now, that's
12:07not... A lot of people are saying no. Their first reaction was no, but... Let's give it a shot. Okay.
12:12I'll give a straight reading. Spoilers. One writer said, she is the sort of boy Prince Philip would
12:20have liked to have had. Dr. Brock, we'll hear from you first. No answer. Okay. Now, a hundred bucks. You
12:27see?
12:29Go to Dr. Thornbauer. Your reply. No answer. Okay. Spoiler number three. Dr. Rattella. No answer. No answer.
12:38Okay. You got that, Gavin. You giving away two? All you have to do is give away two of the
12:46remaining three.
12:46Let's try number two. She refused to play Queen Elizabeth in a school play, saying she wasn't suited
12:53for the part of a spinster. Let's give it to him. That sounds pretty good. Spoilers. She refused to
13:01play Queen Elizabeth in a school play, saying she wasn't suited for the part of a spinster. We'll go to
13:09Dr. Brock. Princess Margaret. You are wrong. That's another hundred for the chain. We'll go to
13:15spoiler number two. Your answer. Princess Margaret. You're wrong. Spoiler number three. Dr. Rattella.
13:23Marlon Monroe. You are wrong. Ha ha. Nine hundred dollars. Alan, you're looking good. All you have to do is
13:31get
13:32one clue past any of the spoilers and you'll win five thousand. And you've got one pass to go. So
13:39choose
13:39carefully. Number four. At times, her escapades while single rivaled those of her extroverted aunt,
13:48Margaret Rose. You can use a pass and then we'd have to give them number seven.
13:59Want to take a chance on the unknown? Let's pass this one. Okay. We know what we have to do.
14:08Let's
14:08look at number seven. In 1973, she married Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. We've got to give
14:15them that one. All we have to do is get it past one spoiler and you win five thousand. Keep
14:21your
14:21fingers crossed. Spoilers. In 1973, she married Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. Dr. Brock,
14:30your answer. Princess Anne. Dr. Brock, you are right. You have just won a hundred dollars. Let's go
14:37to Dr. Thorndyke. Your answer. Julie Christie. You are right. Chris is in. He's got five thousand
14:43dollars. Nice scoring, y'all. I told you. That would have faith. Right now up to 19,700 as the
14:52all-time money-winning leader on Double Dare. And we're going into another match right after we take
14:58this break. Stay tuned, folks. Our champion, Alan Lusher, with $19,700 in cash. Must feel very
15:09comfortable in that booth because you have spent a great deal of time there. So far, you've been
15:13defeating all the challengers and all of your challengers have been male. Let's see how you
15:17do against a lady. Let's introduce her, Johnny. Challenging Alan Lusher is Judy Ross. Hello, Judy.
15:24How are you? Are you enjoying the music in there? Oh, I loved it. What kind of work do you
15:29do? Well,
15:30I'm a life insurance agent and I'm a mother of a son that can beat me at tennis. And if
15:34mommy wins
15:34the grand prize, he's naming his pony Double Dare. He says, call me Double Dare? He's naming his pony
15:40Double Dare. His pony is going to be named Double Dare. Yes, he's eight years old. Okay, well then,
15:43you'd better do very well on the show. You've got a tough champion to defeat. Yes. But work hard at
15:48it. I will. All's fair in love and war at the game show or something. Something like that. Good luck
15:53to
15:54you. Thank you. We're going to start off by showing our home audience the correct answer in our very
15:59first subject. Here it is. Players, the subject is a thing. A thing. First clue to help you identify the
16:08thing. Hoover didn't care much for it. But Harding was a virtual addict and Truman was almost as much
16:16of one. Alan Lusher thinks he knows the answer. I'll try a piano. Piano is incorrect. So we close
16:22your booth and we bring Judy back. Alan buzzed in on the first clue, but he gave us an incorrect
16:28answer, Judy. So that's good news for you. You get a look at the next clue. It's the penalty clue
16:32and we'll give you a free guess also. Here it is. Variations include Slippery Elmer, Anaconda,
16:40and Low Ball. Judy, you don't need to buzz in. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so shook. The pool. Pool.
16:48That's a wrong answer. But don't despair too much because Alan will never get a look at that clue
16:54and it might have helped him a great deal. Let's bring him back. You're both going to be eligible.
16:57Still no right answer, Alan. We're going on to clue number three and we're sorry about the static
17:04there. Here's clue number three. In the film My Little Chickadee, while W.C. Fields indulges in it,
17:11he describes his expedition to Afghanistan. Alan? Let's try alcohol. Alcohol is incorrect. So we close
17:23Alan's booth again and we bring Judy back and he gave us another wrong answer. So we're going to
17:29show you another penalty clue. Here it is. By winning its World Series in 1975, Brian Roberts pocketed
17:36$210,000. Judy? Poker. Poker is right. Okay, you've got $50 and you're in a dare situation. Now since this
17:46was the penalty clue, this also becomes the dare clue. Alan has not seen this. If you take the dare,
17:53you'll be showing him this clue and hoping that he will not know the right answer. If it works out,
17:57you pick up an additional $100. Okay, I'd like to dare him, please. Fine. Let's bring Alan back.
18:02Judy gave us the right answer. She's taken the dare. You've got five seconds to look at this clue.
18:14Alan? Poker. Poker is wrong. Judy, good try on your part. We've got a tie game, $50 apiece. And we're
18:21going to move right along to another subject, show you folks at home the right answer.
18:27This time, you're looking for a person. Here is the first clue.
18:31A happily married man, he called marriage a form of legalized prostitution.
18:37Next clue. He did his writing in a rotating room that he would turn to follow the sun.
18:44Smart man. Clue number three. About Americans, he said, I have defined the 100% American as 99%
18:51idiot. And they just adore me. Clue number... We won't go to the next clue. Judy thinks she knows the
18:58answer right now. Mark Twain. Mark Twain is incorrect. So we close you off, Judy. And we bring the champion
19:06back. We got an incorrect answer. So a free look at this clue for you. Clue number four. His love
19:12of
19:12animals made him a rabid anti-vivisectionist and a vegetarian. Alan? Shaw. Shaw. George Bernard Shaw is
19:20right. You've got $100. You're leading right now. You could double your cash winnings. This penalty clue is also the
19:28dare clue. Do you want to take it? I'll take the dare. All right. Let's bring Judy back. Judy, you've
19:33got five seconds to look at this
19:35clue and give me an answer. What's your answer? Ernest Hemingway. You are wrong. We close you off. We give
19:46Alan
19:46another 100. He's got 200. And it's double dare time. Alan, you can go to a total of 400. Here's
19:51the clue.
19:54A teetotaler who did not smoke, he often attacked alcohol and tobacco in his plays. That's the double dare clue.
20:01You're going to take it? I'll double dare. All right. Let's bring Judy back.
20:05Champ's got a rule right now, Judy. Taking the double dare. Here is the clue.
20:13Oh, let's see. Thornton Wilder. Thornton Wilder is wrong. It's George Bernard Shaw. He goes to $400. A commanding lead
20:21in the game.
20:22$400 to $50. And that buzzing sound means we've got to take a break for a commercial message. So stay
20:28right.
20:33We're out of time, so we'll see you on the next show. So long, everybody.
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