This has to be the quintessential Press Your Luck episode, as it had everything: spin battles, huge whammy loss, and luck dictating the winner by the smallest of margins in the last passed spin!
@@EricLimasTPLEra77 The funniest part,IMO, was after the first Spins question. Nobody answered it correctly. It was the way Peter just tossed the question card and his body language basically said "Fuck it. Let's move on.' HAHA
+MBK1997 Sadly, no. I lost track of him and most of that crowd in the late eighties. Last I knew , he was in Los Angeles, but that was a long, long time ago. I sure wish I could be of more help.
22:52 Andrew reacts to the most shocking, most devastating, most heart-stopping, most heartbreaking losses ever! By only $3! Darn, I thought he would come back, but he lost.
+acotbc For half of 1985, Press Your Luck alternated between two different model Big Screen TVs. Because they appeared in the same square, it seemed like a change in price, rather than a different prize.
At 2:55 Paul got a little cocky when he said "It means bad luck for everyone playing against ME!" As we see in this episode he shouldn't have said that, Karma haha.
What an episode! Andrew survived a spin battle with Paul, who lost $19K, and came so close to winning in the end. If the Big Screen TV hadn't devalued earlier in the year from $3800 to $2600, he would have won (strangely, the value would go back to $3800 later in the year).
That really is the Best episode of Press Your Luck history! Nina Jo and Andrew and Paul were all really sweet! The end with Nina Jo and Andrew was not only exciting but it was also really sweet!!!
This episode must have been too funny, competitive, and entertaining for GSN to air the edited version that was aired originally and on USA in the 90s. I loved this episode. "Press Your Luck" had the best, exciting, and funny contestants, putting Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to shame in the mid-1980's. I feel so sorry for the show, it could have lasted longer on TV because it was so competitive, funny, entertaining, and probably one of the best on CBS daytime (next to "The Price Is Right").
I agree with you for the most part. I have defer when it comes to Jeopardy, though. Three Stoges guy would have been okay on Wheel, but not Jeopardy. It's a classy, interlectual show. Alex Trabeck would have fainted with this Andrew guy.
That $3 difference is insane. This had everything that made a great episode. The energy this show had was so much fun. I miss this from back in the day. I hope we can get another season with the reboot, even though it does not compare to this version
@@40bpaula Nope! ABC and is hosted by Elizabeth Banks. Out of the recent game show revivals, Press Your Luck is by far THE most true and near-perfect replica of the 1983 - 1985 set! We, as game show connoisseurs, have one Mr. Robert Mills, an executive director at ABC, have to thank for that. As of only last Wednesday, the revival PYL is currently on Season 3, and so far appears it will survive the dreaded cancellation curse of the late, great Peter Tomarken era.
Showing that nail-biting last spin to me could kind of look like a scene from The Price Is Right. As if you're seeing which one of them has won their showcase.
BTW, anyone know why this airing lasts nearly 25 minutes, than 22 minutes, like most episodes of this show did? Was this a special cut put together by GSN from the original master tape?
That was a close but intense game! Damn, I thought Andrew was going to win again but he was off by only $3 unfortunately making Nina Jo the victor instead.
Microsoft Sam At the time he ditched it, it would not have made a difference; it and the rest of his 5-figure stash would have been lost to a Whammy two spins later.
Is it just me, or contestants named Paul have the worst luck on the show? Having said that, on that passed spin when he whammied, the nerd in me was hoping for him to hit the $2,500 space in #13 (or the Advance Two Spaces in #11, or the Move one space in #14 with $2,500 showing) which would have given him $22,222 on his scoreboard. (Provided, of course, in the case of Move One Space, he chooses $2,500)
