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00:00He is Tom McKee, our current champion, whose winnings now total in cash and prizes $312,700.
00:08He is Tom's current challenger.
00:11They are in the middle of a game, and Tom's battling to save his championship.
00:15Will he succeed?
00:16We'll soon find out, as from Hollywood, it's everybody's game of strategy, knowledge, and fun.
00:25It's Tic-Tac-Toe.
00:28And now, here's our host, Witt Martin Am.
00:33Thank you. Welcome.
00:40Well, welcome to our show.
00:43And really an exciting show these days with our current champion, over $300,000 in cash and prizes.
00:49Let's meet him right now.
00:50Our current champion, whose winnings total in cash and prizes $312,700,
00:55is a pilot in the Navy.
00:57Meet Lieutenant Tom McKee.
01:00And he's a part of the computer systems analyst who spent three years traveling around the world.
01:06Meet Eric Kreppelin.
01:15Just saying to Eric as he walked out here, and also to Tom, it's going to be an interesting match
01:18as we continue.
01:19And I know that you're kind of anxious to get this thing underway.
01:22I'm looking forward to the end of it.
01:22We've kept you waiting long enough, Eric, so we'll move right along.
01:25Lieutenant Tom McKee, with $312,700 in cash and merchandise, may have met his match.
01:30However, are you nervous about this particular game, this particular show, as we start, Tom?
01:35No, not really.
01:36Not as much as what's going to happen is going to happen.
01:39In other words, perhaps you were even more nervous the first time you ever came out here.
01:43Much more.
01:44Well, let's see what happens as we get this game underway once again.
01:54You'll remember, last show, the game was interrupted and time ran out.
01:57We had to stop.
01:58These are the categories for the questions.
02:00Our questions were built around Spirit of 76, Television Stars, Foreign Authors, Dropouts, Japan, Numbers, Comic Strips, World Literature, and
02:11Famous Lovers.
02:12Here's what the board looked like when we ended the last show.
02:15Three O's for Eric, two X's on the board for Tom.
02:18In the pot, $1,100 at this point.
02:22Now, as we begin, first, we shuffle.
02:26Four boxes left, we see Foreign Authors, Dropouts, Numbers, and Japan.
02:29Tom, as our champion, you select first.
02:31Not my favorite wink, but I have to go with Foreign Authors in the top left of the block.
02:35All right, Foreign Authors is the subject.
02:37Tom, if you answer this question correctly, you will have a diagonal block of Eric.
02:41And here is the question in that category.
02:44The English author, Charles Dodgson, wrote the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass under a famous
02:54pen name.
02:55For a block, what was it?
02:58Lewis Carroll.
02:59Yes, full of luck.
03:03So an X goes in the box.
03:05Famous authors.
03:06We add another $200 to the pot.
03:09It's now worth $1,300.
03:11Gentlemen, there are three boxes left.
03:13As you can see, the categories in those boxes can decide who wins and who loses.
03:19Let's move them around.
03:22TV stars, foreign authors, and world literature, Eric.
03:26It's not my favorite either, but I'll try TV stars, please.
03:29Television stars in the top center of the board.
03:31And Eric, here is your question.
03:32First, take a look at this picture, please.
03:35In a popular series, this actor portrays a spaceman whose far-out adventures take place in the 25th century.
03:43Name this actor's television role.
03:45Buck Rogers.
03:47Yes, that is correct.
03:49The actor, by the way, is Bill Girard as Buck Rogers.
03:52Put an O in the box.
03:54TV stars.
03:55Add another $200 to the pot.
03:57That takes us up to $1,500.
03:59We're down now to two boxes.
04:01The categories in them will decide what happens to you in this game.
04:05Let's shuffle.
04:11Okay, let's try foreign authors in the bottom center, Wink.
04:14Bottom center on foreign authors.
04:17Tom, if you answer this question correctly, we will have a tie game.
04:23Here's the question.
04:25This English novelist and social critic wrote about a totalitarian society in his classic novel, 1984,
04:34and satirized communism in his book, Animal Farm.
04:38For a tie game, name him.
04:42Orwell.
04:43Right, George Orwell for a tie game.
05:03Well, Tom, the way the game started, as you well know, had you missed the first question on the show,
05:08that would not have given you that diagonal block,
05:10and perhaps if Eric could answer the next question and gone for that position on the board,
05:14he would have become our new champion.
05:16However, you did pull it out.
05:18We have a tie situation between you two now.
05:20We have $1,700 in the pot,
05:23and shortly, we'll show you nine new categories and start all over again if our hearts will take it.
05:29We'll get back to our second game between these two phenomenal players in a moment.
05:46Every time a champion on tic-tac-toe defeats five opponents, he wins a special prize, special...
05:50Tom has won eight of them, and Jay Stewart's going to tell us what I'm talking about as if you
05:54didn't know.
05:54For your driving pleasure, it's a brand new car!
06:01All right, let's get back to the business at hand now.
06:04With $1,700 in the pot,
06:07here are nine new categories for you two to select from.
06:10Take a letter, sleuths, maps of states,
06:13Dan's and Don's,
06:14women in film,
06:15the 70s,
06:16strange facts,
06:17physics,
06:18and mythology.
06:19Tom Champion goes first, so select, please.
06:21Let's try women in film in the center box, Wink.
06:24In the center box, it's worth $300 to the pot, Tom,
06:26and as you know, you have some extra time to think about your answer.
06:29In the film classic, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,
06:33two of Hollywood's top actresses play aging sisters who live in seclusion.
06:38Name the two actresses who starred in the film.
06:41Here's your extra time.
06:52Tom, I want the names of the two actresses who starred in the film,
06:56Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
06:58Betty Davis was one.
07:00That's correct.
07:01And I don't know, uh,
07:03Shirley Booth is the only guess I have.
07:05I don't know.
07:05No, it's Joan Crawford.
07:06Ah.
07:07Betty Davis and Joan Crawford starred in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,
07:10still $1,700 in the pot.
07:12Let's move the categories around on the board.
07:15Eric?
07:15I'll try to take a letter in the center, please.
07:18In the center box, take a letter.
07:20Again, it's a two-parter.
07:21Eric, I'll give you some extra time for your answer.
07:23Your letter is H.
07:25H.
07:26I'll describe two musical instruments whose names begin with the letter H,
07:30and you name them.
07:32One, this keyboard instrument was the forerunner of the piano.
07:36Two, this small reed instrument is sometimes referred to as a mouth organ.
07:41Think about that.
07:50Eric, the letter is H.
07:52First, this keyboard instrument was the forerunner of the piano.
07:55That's a harpsichord.
07:56That's right.
07:57To put an O in the center box,
07:59this small reed instrument is sometimes referred to as a mouth organ.
08:03Harmonica.
08:04Yes, that's it.
08:05Good for the center box.
08:07So an O goes in the center in the category,
08:10Take a Letter.
08:11$300 goes into the pot.
08:13It's now worth $2,000 as we shuffle.
08:18And we're back to Lieutenant Tom McKee.
08:22Wink, why don't we try the 70s in the lower right?
08:25The 1970s.
08:26The subject question is this.
08:28In May of 1975,
08:31the troops of this Southeast Asian country
08:33captured the American merchant ship, the Mayaguez.
08:37The U.S. later mounted an unsuccessful rescue attempt.
08:42Name the country whose troops seized the Mayaguez.
08:46Cambodia.
08:46Right.
08:47Put it next in that box.
08:49Our next goes there in the 70s.
08:51Another $200 in the pot.
08:52Let's move the categories around with $2,200 to play with.
08:56I'll try physics in the center bottom, please.
08:59Bottom center on physics.
09:00Eric, when this French scientist and his wife discovered radium in 1898,
09:04it laid the foundation for future research and development in nuclear physics.
09:09Name this famous couple.
09:10Curie.
09:11Right.
09:11Marie and Pierre Curie.
09:14An O goes in that box.
09:15Another $200 in the pot.
09:17Let's move the categories again.
09:19Tom.
09:20Didn't do too well,
09:21but I'll have to go with women in film again in the top center.
09:24All right.
09:24Women in film.
09:25Try it again, Tom.
09:26Here is your question.
09:27Answer this correctly, and you'll block Eric vertically on the board.
09:30This beautiful actress has appeared in several films,
09:34including The Wind and the Lion and Getting Straight,
09:37and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie Starting Over.
09:41For a block, name her.
09:45Starting Over.
09:48Candice Bergen.
09:49Wow.
09:50The late Edgar Bergen's daughter, Candice Bergen.
09:52Fine actress.
09:53Still $2,400 in the pot as we shuffle the categories.
09:59And there they are, Eric.
10:01After a lot of soul searching, I'll try the 70s top center.
10:05Took a lot of time to think about, huh?
10:06Yes, it did.
10:07The 1970s.
10:08And Eric, for all of us, especially for Tom, the moment of truth is here.
10:12If you answer this question correctly,
10:15you will become our new champion on Tic-Tac-Doe,
10:18and you will have $2,600 to show for it.
10:22Here's the question.
10:25In February of 1974,
10:28heiress Patricia Hurst was kidnapped by a radical political group
10:32that was known by its three initials.
10:35For Tic-Tac-Doe, the championship, and $2,600,
10:39what are those three initials?
10:42S-L-A.
10:43You win!
10:44We have a new champion.
10:52We have a new champion.
11:16Symbionese Liberation Army, S-L-A.
11:19Eric, our congratulations to you.
11:22Thank you, Wink.
11:23Quite an accomplishment.
11:24Three big O's vertically on the board and a new champion takes over.
11:28What perhaps could be another long reign?
11:30Who knows?
11:30Time will tell.
11:31You have $2,600 to show for your efforts, Eric,
11:35and you have accomplished what the other 43 challengers could not.
11:39It happened on day number 46 for Tom here on Tic-Tac-Doe.
11:44Well, Jenny, you joined him there and you gave him a big hug,
11:46and I don't blame you.
11:47You've got to be real proud of you.
11:49You can't complain at all.
11:51I hope not.
11:52Are you complaining?
11:54You played 88 games.
11:57You missed 32 questions all total out of 385,
12:02and you were on, as I mentioned, 46 shows.
12:04Ladies and gentlemen, that is quite an accomplishment, is it not?
12:20Of course, you're already in the Guinness Book of World Records,
12:23and you sort of set a hallmark for contestants to follow on this show
12:26and all other game shows, Tom.
12:28What is your reaction to all of this now?
12:30You have to have a few thoughts that perhaps are wheeling through your mind
12:34at this moment after becoming sort of a fixture on Tic-Tac-Doe.
12:37Well, I tell you, Wink, I'd like to thank God and my parents
12:41for bringing me up the right way,
12:42and Jenny for coming up here and picking number seven all the time
12:45to start the games off,
12:47and the Navy for allowing me to come.
12:50And I don't know, I told Eric when it was all over,
12:52I said, I feel more relief than anything else, because it's...
12:55The strain is something that kind of gets to you after a while.
12:58It's there.
12:59It's kind of a relief to be done, and no, that's it.
13:02No more trips to Los Angeles.
13:04I'd rather stay down to San Diego.
13:06You've had Los Angeles for a while, huh?
13:07Oh, geez.
13:08Well, Tom, you've been a marvelous contestant.
13:11Obviously, you have done what nobody else has ever been able to do
13:14on any game show, and that is win all this money
13:16and all of these prizes,
13:18and you've conducted yourself marvelously,
13:21and I'm sure that you've had a lot of fans at home
13:23watching Tic-Tac-Toe,
13:24as well as the audiences who have seen you
13:25do your thing here on our show.
13:27And to you and Jenny,
13:29you both celebrated recently your first wedding anniversary.
13:32May I wish you both the very best.
13:34Godspeed.
13:34Spend it wisely and well,
13:36and here's to years of happiness to you both.
13:38Thank you very much, Tom.
13:41We'll be back with a bonus game in just a moment.
13:58Thank you, Jay.
13:59First things first.
13:59Tom McKee was not hard to pronounce,
14:01but Eric, I want you to, you know,
14:03give me the pronunciation of your last name.
14:05If you're going to be around here a while,
14:06I'd better learn this.
14:07Well, the full pronunciation is Hans-Erik-Oskar-Krepelin,
14:10but it's Hans-Krepelin in English,
14:12or Eric-Krepelin I go by.
14:13Would you mind if we just made that Tom Jones or Bill?
14:15That's fine.
14:16Hey, Eric, again, congratulations.
14:18During that break, he said,
14:19gee, it's a nice feeling to be over here in this position.
14:22X-rated position.
14:23That means championship.
14:24Eric, let's see if you can beat the dragon.
14:26First time.
14:26Here we go.
14:31X-rated, so to speak.
14:33Let's get right around here.
14:34There we go.
14:36Surely you've seen this board before.
14:38First time you've been this close to it, though, Eric.
14:39Behind the numbers are various amounts of money,
14:41a tick-a-tack and a dragon.
14:43It was always there somewhere.
14:44Reach $1,000 or more,
14:46or get the tick and the tack,
14:47and you'll win a prize package.
14:48Now, you've had the good fortune
14:49to become our new champion on Tic-Tac-Toe.
14:51And once again, Lady Luck is smiling,
14:53and Jay Stewart's going to tell us
14:54what she's smiling about.
14:55Well, first, Eric,
14:56pack up all your good luck charms
14:57in this beautiful new luggage.
14:59Gateway Luggage,
15:00a collection of totes, pullmans,
15:01and carry-on luggage
15:02in smart designer styles
15:03for today's carry-on style of air travel,
15:06furnished by canny marketing services.
15:08Then rub your rabbit's foot
15:09and try your luck
15:10in the casinos of Las Vegas.
15:12Yes, we'll fly you to Las Vegas,
15:14Nevada's largest city
15:15with its large, luxurious gambling casinos,
15:17busy nightlife,
15:17elaborate shows
15:18that attract visitors
15:19from all parts of the world.
15:20And you'll enjoy a round-trip
15:21flying holiday for two
15:23via Western Airlines to Las Vegas,
15:25America's favorite playground.
15:26Western offers more flights
15:27daily to Las Vegas
15:28than any other airline.
15:29Western Airlines,
15:30the only way to fly.
15:32And while there,
15:33you'll have an exciting
15:33seven-day vacation
15:34at the Frontier Hotel
15:35in Las Vegas,
15:36where you'll enjoy fine dining,
15:38name entertainment
15:39in the Music Hall showroom,
15:40furnished by
15:41the Frontier Hotel
15:42in Las Vegas.
15:44And finally, Eric,
15:45you've heard of the luck
15:46of the Irish.
15:46Well, you'll be lucky enough
15:47to discover it for yourself
15:49when we send you to Ireland.
15:54Yes, you'll enjoy
15:55a fascinating nine-day tour
15:57of the Emerald Isle
15:58in this historical land
16:00of lakes and greenery.
16:01You'll enjoy the triumph
16:02of Dublin's Fair City,
16:03Blarney Castle,
16:04the Lakes of Killarney,
16:05the panoramic Ring of Kerry,
16:07and Galway Bay.
16:08This Irish vacation
16:09is furnished by
16:10CIE Tours International,
16:12and Eric,
16:13this lucky package
16:14is worth,
16:14in cash and prizes,
16:16over $3,650.
16:19That is great.
16:19In this package, Eric,
16:21remember,
16:21avoid the drag
16:22and you lose everything.
16:22Get the tick and the tack
16:23and you automatically
16:24get the dough.
16:25Let's shuffle them around,
16:26cover them up,
16:26and start calling out numbers.
16:29Well, I'd like to get
16:30the first number
16:30from my sister
16:31who has been calling me up
16:32every night with questions.
16:34All right,
16:34who do you have
16:34in the audience
16:34besides your sister?
16:36Well, I have my parents,
16:37my sister,
16:37her two children,
16:39my niece's boyfriend,
16:40and a friend of my nephew.
16:42You've got the whole
16:43second row, I think.
16:43That's right.
16:44She's really been
16:45putting you through it,
16:45huh?
16:46Every night,
16:46I get this phone call,
16:47she's asked me every question
16:48that's been on Tic-Tac-Toe
16:49and the choker as well,
16:50and she makes up
16:51questions at work.
16:51All right,
16:52what number does she
16:52want you to take?
16:53Two.
16:54Number two, all right.
16:54Little Deuce,
16:55top center on the board,
16:56what do we find?
16:56For Eric,
16:57behind number two,
16:57good number?
16:58400, yeah.
16:59I'll take that,
17:00won't you?
17:01Yeah, sure.
17:02Who's next, Eric?
17:03Karen.
17:04Karen.
17:05Six.
17:06Number six.
17:07All right,
17:07right over here,
17:08middle center on the board,
17:10on the far right side.
17:11To go with $400,
17:12what do we find?
17:13Tic,
17:14and it's attack,
17:14and you know what that means.
17:19Number four.
17:20Number four,
17:21okay,
17:22behind number three,
17:23before number five
17:23in the center.
17:24Number four,
17:24what do you have?
17:25600,
17:25attack,
17:26you got it.
17:26Oh!
17:29Oh!
17:37He's traveled all over the world,
17:38but he's never been to Ireland.
17:39How does that happen to be?
17:40Well,
17:40I was in England and Scotland,
17:41but it just never turned out
17:43that we got to Ireland.
17:44You didn't get to call out
17:44a number either.
17:45Where do you think
17:45the dragon was located?
17:47Number five.
17:47Number five,
17:48no doubt in your mind?
17:48No doubt.
17:48Let's look behind number five,
17:50just to see,
17:50just for the fun of it,
17:51$300.
17:52Where was the dragon?
17:52Let's take a look.
17:53One,
17:53three,
17:54seven,
17:54eight,
17:54nine,
17:54somebody said eight.
17:56Nobody said one.
17:57What do you think?
17:57At least I didn't hear
17:58anybody say one.
17:59Well,
17:59you are,
18:00perhaps on your way
18:01to a winning streak.
18:02We're going to find out now.
18:03I will remind you
18:03that your winnings,
18:04including this package
18:05and your trip to Ireland,
18:06comes to a total
18:07not a bad beginning,
18:08$6,250
18:10in cash and merchandise.
18:11Again,
18:12congratulations.
18:13You get over there
18:13and meet new players.
18:16All right,
18:17Jay Stewart,
18:17who's next?
18:18From Manchester,
18:19Massachusetts,
18:20he's a computer systems analyst
18:22whose favorite pastime
18:23is playing golf.
18:24Meet Charles McCarthy.
18:33Charlie McCarthy.
18:33Charlie McCarthy.
18:34Wouldn't you just know it?
18:35You look so much different
18:36sitting on Edgar Bergen's knee
18:38in those great days.
18:39Oh,
18:39wink.
18:39I've heard that before.
18:42Yes,
18:43I'm the one
18:43who looks more like a dummy
18:44right now.
18:45Tell me about your golf game,
18:46Charles.
18:47You pretty good?
18:48No,
18:48but I played to it
18:49three times a week
18:49and I've played in Europe
18:50with some of the courses
18:51like St. Andrews.
18:52Sounds like you are one
18:54who takes golf pretty seriously.
18:55I like golf,
18:56but I think it brings out
18:57the worst in people.
18:59I used to have a regular game
19:00I played of golf
19:01with a friend
19:02and would you play
19:03with someone
19:04who sneakily moved a ball?
19:05No,
19:06I don't think so.
19:06Neither would my friend.
19:07So we never play golf anymore,
19:09but occasionally,
19:09on rare occasions.
19:11We'll find out
19:12if we have time
19:12to play our game
19:13in just a moment.
19:22I've got to say once again,
19:23Tom McKee was a marvelous champion,
19:25over $312,000
19:26in cash and prizes
19:27and I think very honestly
19:29that I had a tendency
19:30from time to time
19:31to lose sight of the fact
19:32that that young man
19:32was only 25 years of age
19:34and usually,
19:35you know,
19:35knowledge is gained
19:36through years
19:37of being around
19:37on this earth.
19:3825 years old
19:39and that's not to minimize
19:40what you have been able
19:41to do, Eric.
19:42I want to congratulate you
19:43and I want to wish you well
19:45and Charlie,
19:45we'll see you first thing.
19:46I promise you,
19:47if you'll come back
19:47on the next show,
19:48we'll get a game underway.
19:49Okay, great.
19:49All right.
19:50Ladies and gentlemen,
19:51thank you for joining us.
19:52Please be with us
19:52for the next edition
19:53of Tic-Tac-Toe.
19:54Bye-bye.
20:32Tic-Tac-Toe is a Jack Berry
20:34and Dan Enright production.
20:35Tic-Tac-Toe is a Jack Berry
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