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00:00Bill Cruz Volkswagen...
00:01...today at 5.30, here on Channel 11.
00:06If Steve Allen were angry, would he errands and a rave?
00:12When Jane Meadows goes to a Chinese restaurant, does she order wanton soup?
00:19Does Louis and I wear sly boots or just an ordinary pair of loafers?
00:25We'll find out the answers to these questions and a lot more
00:28as we play television's funniest new game show, Wordplay!
00:32And here's the star of Wordplay, the matter of many words, Tom Kennedy!
00:40Well, thank you very much.
00:42Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
00:44Well, that's for the whole week.
00:50You've just helped me express our sincere appreciation for a great week
00:53to Louis and I, Jane Meadows, and Steve Allen.
00:56Thank you, sir.
00:58It's been fun.
00:59It has been fun.
01:00Hasn't it, Louis?
01:01Hasn't it been a ball or a ball?
01:02Oh, it's been a delightful get-together.
01:05And it's very, very educational.
01:07It is, Jane.
01:08You're absolutely right.
01:09You find out who the liars are.
01:10Oh, these.
01:12I can't wait until the letters come in.
01:14No.
01:16It just came in yesterday.
01:19Let's meet our contestants.
01:22Brian Mulholland is our current champ.
01:24$15,750 a year.
01:26Oh, that's right, because you made $15 on the double definition round.
01:29My goodness.
01:30That's pretty good for one day, Brian.
01:31Yeah.
01:32Yeah.
01:32Yeah.
01:32Okay.
01:33So, enough of you.
01:34Let's talk to Sally.
01:35Sally Lewis, tell us about yourself.
01:37Hi, Tom.
01:38Hi.
01:38I live on an avocado ranch with my husband of 21 years and two teenage sons in a small town
01:44called Somos.
01:46Welcome aboard.
01:47Have fun.
01:48And continue to get left to Brian.
01:49Here's how we play our game.
01:50We use nine words all to be found in Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
01:55Not the third old one, the third new one.
01:57And today's words are conundrum, jejun, errant, wanton, slyboots, nubbin, puissance, exemplum,
02:10and denizen.
02:11And we'll be finding out the definitions of six of those words.
02:14Whoever's ahead at the end of that sixth word will have a chance at our double definition
02:17round, which today is worth $5,000.
02:20And don't forget, one of those words is a bonus word, which today can win for one of our
02:24contestants, an Alaskan cruise.
02:27Let's show our home audience today's bonus words.
02:31All right.
02:32All right, Brian, you're at bat.
02:33Which word first?
02:34Let's start off with puissance.
02:36Puissance, you got it.
02:38All right.
02:38For puissance, we'll start off with Steve Allen.
02:40Well, puissance, as those who are lexicographers or into words would know, is a French word.
02:47Puissance, that's how you would say it originally.
02:49And it is the French word, in fact, for penguin.
02:53Little penguins.
02:54Puissance, yes, which brings to mind the story of Little Pauly, the penguin boy.
02:58Are you familiar with Little Pauly, the penguin boy?
03:00No.
03:01No, but I want to hear about it.
03:02Little Pauly was lost on an ice floe when his parents were ice fishing as a child.
03:06He was raised by penguins.
03:08And to this day, sometimes you can see him down at the Fulton Fish Market wearing a tuxedo about two
03:13in the afternoon.
03:15I see.
03:16So what it means, puissance means penguin.
03:20Puissance, penguin.
03:21And it certainly does.
03:22Yes.
03:23There you go, penguin.
03:24All right.
03:26Penguin.
03:29Is that the way you pronounce it, Jane, puissance?
03:31Puissance, yes.
03:32And indeed, it is a French word.
03:34You want me to go now, right?
03:34Yes, please.
03:35Yes, and it is a French word, but it doesn't, of course, mean what this prevaricator says.
03:41You know what the word prevaricate means?
03:43Anyway, it means power.
03:46Power.
03:46And you know there's a lot of puissance on television.
03:49There's all those powerful people on Dallas and Dynasty.
03:53And when the men on those shows want to get to the top, they kick and murder and fight.
04:00And you know what?
04:00They do terrible things.
04:01It's a lot easier for the women.
04:03Because if a woman wants power, she just has to cut her dress a little lower.
04:07Just a little bit lower.
04:09So, puissance means power.
04:11Oh, power.
04:12Yes.
04:13It's power.
04:14And.
04:16No.
04:19That's the first mistake I've made all week.
04:21I know it is.
04:22Oh, these two have gotten me so, oh, oh.
04:24You mean on the air.
04:25It means.
04:28It means power.
04:30Power.
04:31Power.
04:33Power.
04:34Power.
04:35Ah, ah, ah, ah.
04:36Louie.
04:37You have puissance.
04:39Ah, puissance.
04:41It's misfortune.
04:42A wise man once said that if you have misfortune, look it straight in the eye and laugh at it.
04:51And I would, except she weighs more than I do.
04:57Ah, puissance, puissance, a misfortune.
05:04All right, Brian.
05:07Puissance.
05:08Does it mean penguin?
05:10Does puissance mean power?
05:12Or does puissance mean misfortune?
05:15Well, besides being ravishing, I think Jane is a powerful persuader.
05:19Oh, Brian.
05:20She is powerful.
05:21Is that powerfully right?
05:23Oh, it is.
05:25There you go, Brian.
05:26Behind puissance.
05:28There is $25, and that goes on your scoreboard.
05:31Sally.
05:32Ah, let's try wanton.
05:34Wanton?
05:35Very good.
05:36Yes.
05:37Jane wanton.
05:38Well, this is very interesting because, you know, a wanton is an Indian war bonnet, you know, hat that they
05:44wear when they go into war.
05:45And before sitting bull went to war with General Custer, you know, in that big battle, he asked his wife
05:51throwing bull.
05:53She was, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, she was always buttering him up, and he said, which wanton should I
05:59wear?
06:00So she picked up the turquoise one, and she said, everything better with blue bonnet on it.
06:09Oh, no, it means, wanton means an Indian war bonnet.
06:19Wonton.
06:20Wonton.
06:22Wonton.
06:22Wonton.
06:22All right, Louie, wanton.
06:24First, wanton is a Chinese soup.
06:29Wanton is also a hybrid bird.
06:32Bird?
06:33Bird, for sure.
06:36There's a new wanton that's half homing pigeon and half woodpecker.
06:42Woodpecker knocks before delivering the message.
06:49Oh, the woodpecker's light and knocks before the hydrant bird.
06:54Hydrant bird.
06:57Bird.
06:59Oh, man.
07:01Oh, Friday.
07:02Oh, dear.
07:06I'm in trouble because I understand him.
07:09Please.
07:11Hydrant bird.
07:12Hydrant bird.
07:14Uh, wanton actually means bawdy or lewd.
07:17Or lewdier bawd.
07:19It doesn't matter.
07:20Not many people know that the great, otherwise great, Marie Curie was a wanton woman because
07:26by day she created x-rays and at night she ran an x-rated boarding house as well.
07:32Don't laugh.
07:32That's why she was called Madame Curie.
07:34But be that as it knows.
07:35Oh, he does bawdy.
07:39So it means bawdy.
07:45You don't mean a thing if you ain't got that thing.
07:47That's right.
07:48It means bawdy and lewd.
07:50I see.
07:53I'm going to go with my favorite author, show host, composer, actor.
07:59Louie?
08:00Pianist.
08:02And on and on and on and on.
08:04Body and lewd.
08:05All right.
08:06Did Steve Arino give us the right definition?
08:09Yes, he did.
08:12All right, Charlie, behind one thing you get 60 bucks.
08:15And that gives you 50.
08:16And Brian has 25.
08:17And we're off to the races.
08:19Round two coming up right after this for you.
08:21Don't you go away.
08:24We have raised the dollar amounts behind our words.
08:27We're still having an Alaskan cruise up there.
08:29We're back to Brian, our current champ, for the next pick.
08:33Let's try Arendt.
08:34Arendt.
08:35All right.
08:35Let's take a look at that one.
08:36Lower left-hand corner.
08:38All right, Louie, Arendt.
08:39Arendt.
08:39Arendt means strong.
08:41Like the strong man of the circus, the great amazing Gus.
08:46He once claimed that he could lift a 4,000-pound elephant.
08:51After trying that, the amazing Gus became known as the amazing Truss.
08:57Oh, all right.
08:59As you trust with the light, strong.
09:03Strong.
09:04There you go.
09:05Very good.
09:08Good to see.
09:10Arendt really means wandering, as in let your fingers do the crumbling.
09:16For example, we would have the nomads who wander from place to place in the desert looking for a home.
09:21They are not to be confused, of course, with the no-no-nanette-mads who wander from place to place
09:26looking for a nice dinner theater.
09:28Oh.
09:29They'd be confused.
09:30Perfect.
09:31It means wandering.
09:33Okay.
09:34Simple enough.
09:36How do you guys come up with these stories?
09:39Because Arendt means alert.
09:41And my godmother talks to her plants.
09:44She assures me that they're really alert and aware of what's going on.
09:48Unfortunately, my godmother isn't, because she also talks to her doorknobs, her hangers, her toaster.
09:55That's the kind of family I come from.
09:57Arendt means alert.
09:59Ah, thank you, Jane.
10:04So, Brian is going to sort through this and come up with the right answer he hopes.
10:08Arendt is the word, and it does mean either wandering or alert or strong.
10:13What does it mean?
10:14I thought I knew it.
10:16Errant.
10:16But I guess I'm going to have to guess wandering.
10:19He's going to guess on this one.
10:21Did he guess right?
10:22Is it wandering?
10:23Well, he did.
10:24Way to go, Steve.
10:27Wandering.
10:28That was a good guess, Brian, and it gives you another $100.
10:31Add that to your score for a total of 125.
10:34Sally.
10:35Oh, let's try conundrum.
10:37All right.
10:38Conundrum it is.
10:39Unconnected, and we go to Steve for that.
10:41Well, a conundrum, Sally, is a very intricate or difficult puzzle or question,
10:47and unfortunately, in these troubled times,
10:49there are all kinds of these unsolved problems and questions.
10:54Will we achieve world peace?
10:57How will we solve the problem of world hunger?
11:00Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong?
11:03A conundrum is an intricate and difficult puzzle problem.
11:09Uh-huh.
11:12Me?
11:13Uh-huh.
11:14Well, indeed, these are very, very difficult times,
11:17and a conundrum means a parking space,
11:19and you know how hard it is to find a parking space.
11:22Yes.
11:22In Hollywood, parking spaces, you know, are always assigned,
11:25and in Beverly Hills, they're so hard to find
11:28that you have to phone ahead for a reservation.
11:32So, conundrum means, truly, it means a parking space.
11:35Well, I'll be darned.
11:36Yeah.
11:37You didn't know that.
11:38It is, educate.
11:39We learn to take it every day.
11:40Every day.
11:43Conundrum, Mr. Knight.
11:44Yes.
11:45A conundrum is also called a turnip.
11:48What?
11:49Which is also called a rutabaga.
11:51Do you get the feeling, perhaps,
11:54that someone wanted to give this vegetable
11:56as many stupid names as possible?
12:01Stupid names as possible.
12:03Yeah.
12:03A turnip.
12:05Very good, Louie.
12:08I am going to go again with the multi-talented Steve Allen,
12:12an intricate and difficult problem.
12:14All right.
12:15Steve Reno, once again, intricate and difficult problem.
12:18Did he give it to us?
12:19Right.
12:20Yes, he did.
12:22That angelic little face, he couldn't lie, he wanted to.
12:26$150, and that added to your score,
12:28gives you a total of $200,
12:30and it puts you in the lead, Sally.
12:32But the game isn't over with yet.
12:34We have round three coming up,
12:35and maybe giving away an Alaskan cruise in that round.
12:38After this, for you.
12:44We're winding up a great week with round three of today's show.
12:47Two more words to go.
12:48We've raised the dollar amounts.
12:49The Alaskan cruise is still up there somewhere.
12:51And so let's see how this whole thing works out.
12:53Brian, which word next?
12:55Let's try Sly Boots.
12:56Sly Boots.
12:57Connected three ways up there.
12:58It can mean a lot of money for you.
13:00Jane, tell him about Sly Boots.
13:01Yeah, Sly Boots.
13:02I like this very much because Sly Boots means a dancer.
13:06In fact, I had a friend whose nickname,
13:07he was such a great dancer,
13:08they called him Sly Boots.
13:10And during one number,
13:12he did the fish, the monkey, and the jerk.
13:15Unfortunately, the band was playing a wolf.
13:17Oh, really?
13:18But Sly Boots means a dancer.
13:21Dancer.
13:22Well, I'll be done.
13:26Sly Boots, Louis.
13:27Yes, thank you.
13:29Now, Sly Boots is a sly, tricky person,
13:32like the salesman who convinced me to buy a stereo
13:36because it had huge tweeters.
13:41So I got home, I opened the box,
13:43and realized I'd just bought two 10-pound canaries.
13:51Canaries.
13:51That's it.
13:52Sly Green.
13:53A tricky person is a Sly Boots.
13:59Possible, I guess, Steve.
14:00Well, a Sly Boots, in reality,
14:03to stop all this nonsense,
14:04is a person who takes things literally.
14:06Watch.
14:07I took that literally.
14:09That's not what I'm talking about.
14:10One who takes things literally.
14:13Literally.
14:15Where are you old Sly Boots?
14:16I think it's Louis.
14:17Ah, old slick, old Sly Louis?
14:20Is that right?
14:22Oh, Louis.
14:24You son of a gun.
14:25He got it again.
14:27$100, that is, connected to $225.
14:29We had $325 to your score
14:30for a total of $450.
14:33Put you well on the lead,
14:34but we'll have another word to go,
14:36and it belongs to Sally.
14:37Which one do you want, Sally?
14:39Jéjune.
14:40Jéjune is the bonus word.
14:43You can win an Alaskan crew
14:45with this bonus word,
14:47and it's also connected
14:49to every dollar amount on that board.
14:52This can mean a lot to you.
14:53And for that, we go to Louis Nye.
14:55Let's start her off, Louis.
14:56With Jéjune.
14:57Jéjune.
14:58It's the month that comes after jamais,
15:00and before Jéjune.
15:03Just kidding.
15:05Jéjune means lacking in nutrition.
15:09Nutrition?
15:10Yes.
15:11Lacking in nutrition.
15:12A little light is up.
15:13Lacking in nutrition.
15:14And put it in the box.
15:15There you go.
15:17You got it.
15:18You got it.
15:18See?
15:19On the contrary.
15:21It means to bind together.
15:25My brother, just for example,
15:26he proposed to his girlfriend,
15:28and he said,
15:29my dear,
15:30we should tie up our destiny
15:31and bind ourselves together
15:33in blissful harmony.
15:34And she said,
15:35are you crazy?
15:35In this state,
15:36that could get you three years.
15:38So it just goes to show you,
15:39but I don't know why.
15:40It means to bind together.
15:42Uh-huh.
15:43There we are.
15:44All right.
15:44Let's warm it up
15:45and we're going to bind together.
15:48I, I, I'm up, right?
15:49Yes, ma'am.
15:50Well, I just happen to know
15:51what Jéjune is
15:52because it's a problem
15:53that I have to worry about,
15:55and it means gaining weight.
15:57Ah.
15:57And like poor,
15:59do you know James Earl Hughes?
16:01Have you heard of him?
16:02No.
16:03Well, he's the heaviest man.
16:04He's in the Guinness Book of Records
16:06as the heaviest man
16:07in the whole world.
16:08He weighed 1,039 pounds.
16:11Mm-hmm.
16:11But he claims
16:12that that's not accurate.
16:13Yeah, he says it's not accurate
16:14because they weighed him
16:15with his shoes on.
16:17Oh.
16:18That's amazing.
16:18Yeah.
16:19Now, let's see.
16:20It means gain weight.
16:23Well, isn't that interesting?
16:24Yeah.
16:25Yeah.
16:27Sally, if you get this right,
16:29of course,
16:29you're going to win
16:29an Alaskan cruise.
16:31You could also emerge
16:33as our new champion.
16:34You're behind,
16:35but there's enough money
16:35in those money connections
16:37up there
16:37to make you our champ.
16:38So, I want to ask you something, Sally.
16:40I know you picked it
16:41because of the money connections.
16:42Did you also pick it
16:44because you knew the word?
16:46Oh, I see.
16:47So, let's find out
16:49what jejun mean.
16:50Does jejun mean
16:51bind together?
16:52Does it mean gain weight?
16:54Or does it mean
16:55lacking in nutrition
16:58for the Alaskan cruise
16:59and perhaps the championship?
17:01What is your answer?
17:02Oh, I hope Louie's right.
17:03Lacking in nutrition.
17:05All right.
17:07Louie,
17:08did you give us
17:09the right definition?
17:10He did.
17:11And you win the trip.
17:14And Charlie O'Dowell,
17:15tell her about it.
17:16Okay, Tom,
17:17Charlie,
17:17get ready for a breathtaking
17:18cruise to Alaska.
17:20You and your guests
17:21will fly from Los Angeles
17:22to Vancouver
17:23where you will board
17:24your luxury liner
17:24and begin a seven-day cruise
17:26enjoying the incredible scenery
17:28of the Alaska Inside Passage
17:29furnished by
17:30Holland American Line's
17:31West Tours.
17:32This trip is worth
17:33$3,650.
17:38Congratulations to you.
17:40That word jejun
17:41is worth $100.
17:42It was connected
17:43to 425.
17:44So,
17:45we add 525
17:46to your score
17:47for a total of $725.
17:49And you're the new champ,
17:50Charlie.
17:52Boy,
17:53I tell you,
17:54these have been
17:54terrific games this week.
17:57And we have to say
17:58once again
17:58to another champ,
17:59but he takes with him.
18:00Everybody takes a lot.
18:01Look at this.
18:02$15,750.
18:04Congratulations.
18:05Thank you, Tom.
18:05Thank you very much.
18:07We're very happy for you.
18:08I know you're going
18:09to use it well, aren't you?
18:10I had a wonderful time.
18:11That's good.
18:12Good to hear it.
18:12Sally Lewis
18:13from Somos, California.
18:15Come over here.
18:16She lives on avocado ranch
18:18with a 21-year-old husband.
18:21She's been married
18:22for 21 years
18:23and that's beautiful
18:24country out there.
18:25I go out there
18:25to that nut house
18:26all the time.
18:27Yes, I know.
18:27Oh, yes.
18:28Now, all those nuts
18:29and fruits and things
18:30is terrific.
18:31And it's a nice
18:31pastoral area to live in.
18:33It's lovely.
18:34Okay, let's just talk
18:35for a while.
18:35We'll be back.
18:36No, no.
18:36When we come back,
18:37she's going to try
18:38for $5,000
18:39right after these words
18:40for you.
18:40Step on down there.
18:45If you live
18:46or plan to be
18:46in the Los Angeles area
18:47and would like to be
18:48a contestant
18:49on wordplay,
18:50call 818-569-3664.
18:53Once again,
18:54Tom Kennedy.
18:55Johnny Lewis
18:56is our new champ.
18:57He's thrilled
18:57that he won
18:57that Alaska cruise.
18:59Her husband's always
18:59wanted to go to Alaska
19:00and now he's on his way.
19:02But you're not through yet.
19:03You're knocking on the door
19:04of $5,000 here
19:05in our double definition round.
19:06Behind each of these boxes
19:07are two definitions
19:08but of a single word.
19:09If you get that word right,
19:10the box is yours.
19:11If you get from one side
19:12of the board to the other
19:13by connecting boxes
19:14in less than 45 seconds,
19:16you will get $5,000.
19:18Are you all set,
19:19Si?
19:19Yes, ready.
19:20Okay, let's put 45 seconds
19:21on the clock
19:22and we'll start that clock
19:23with your first pick.
19:2413.
19:26Clock, waking, device,
19:27fearful, feeling.
19:2914.
19:30Parking area, parcel of land.
19:32Lot.
19:3315.
19:34Waterloo General,
19:35cream pastry.
19:36Napoleon.
19:37Go.
19:3716.
19:38Wide mouth container,
19:40sudden shake.
19:41Tremor, tremble, jar.
19:4317.
19:44You've got it, jar.
19:45Yeah, 17, please.
19:46Cultivate soil, cast jar.
19:47Till, 18.
19:48Okay, and...
19:50Bolt partner, eccentric person.
19:53Excentric person, bolt.
19:54You have 15 seconds.
19:55Nuts, nuts.
19:57Yeah, that's it.
19:58Nuts is good.
20:00And you've had about 12 seconds left over.
20:0314 seconds.
20:0514 seconds.
20:08Right straight across.
20:10That's the way you do it.
20:13You bet.
20:14It's a lot of fun, isn't it?
20:16May Lewis,
20:17in her first win on this show,
20:19she won $725 in the game,
20:21$36.50 in the...
20:23Oh, pardon me.
20:24That's in the trip.
20:25That's the Alaskan trip.
20:26Then in the bonus board,
20:27$5,000 for a grand total of $9,375.
20:31That's in one day.
20:32And tomorrow when you come back,
20:33and not tomorrow,
20:34but Monday when you come back,
20:36you get a chance of another $5,000.
20:37Now, folks,
20:38when you come over with me,
20:39would you help me thank these people?
20:41Let's come over and say,
20:42thank you,
20:42Louis and I.
20:44Thank you, Louis.
20:46James, thank you.
20:48I'm terrific.
20:49James, thank you very much.
20:52Good week.
20:52Goodbye, James.
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21:32combines the versatility of a portable typewriter
21:33with the speed and comfort of an office model
21:35furnished by Olympia USA.
21:38Details on the arrest of a murder suspect
21:40in Fayette County
21:41and the grisly stabbing of a barmaid.
21:43And snow is on the way.
21:44Just how much is the question?
21:46Dennis Bowman will have the answer
21:47tonight at 6.
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