This is one of my favorite episodes as the contestants clearly knew how to play the game properly. I see so many where people just keep going because they have alot of spins, not taking into account where things stand like dollar amounts and how many whammies are out. A shame one of them had to lose this one.
This is the premiere of the 3rd and final season of "Press Your Luck," which will feature, at the beginning of each episode, including whammy scenes from the past, after announcer Rod Roddy (and sometimes Charlie O'Donnell, who fills in for him in April 1986, due to his car accident), say, "But they'll have to avoid the whammy, as they play the most exciting game of their lives." Also, new surprises, prizes and new scenes/sequences of whammy animations (after contestants land on them, even the new scene of "You're Out," by the Whammy Choir, which will show later).
I remember watching this episode when it was new. I felt very bad for Nancy. I said then I will say now got to let the board go around a little bit before stopping. She did get my favorite whammy the Michael jackson whammy
Soulalonegirl instead of TheOctoberspirit. My account is a mess. Thanks for having this. It's my fave game show. I'm so glad someone else appreciates it too.
Nancy was a great player. Got 12 spins, and racked 25,000 dollars, if not for having to take that 1 last spin I think she would have won. But even it at the end she refused to pass her spins and kept going getting close to beating Mark.
I think she just wanted to get it over with. My biggest pet peeve is when a contestant would stop the board when about 7 or 8 whammies popped up at one time!!!
Lol. I love the Michael Jackson Whamie. Miss Nancy pushed her luck instead of just pressing it. she got greedy. She should have passed those spins back to old dude.
According to Vahan, this episode is #506, with the next episode being *#507* from September 3, 1985 and PYL's Thanksgiving week aired for 3 episodes from November 25-27, 1985, not 4. There was no Friday episode of Thanksgiving week.
There have been many hit, and the prices always went back and forth from $2600 to $3800. The episode where Andrew loses by just $3 (episode 452), the price was $2600. I think the next one hit went back up to 3800. He should've won really.
im just trying to keep it like what JH has on his episode guide so it wont be confusing to me when i upload them here. I understand that this episode is really #506.
I think you did, because you were looking at the GSN PDFs and you said that the November 15, 1985 episode was episode #560 and the last episode to air in their old time slot was episode #592. So if you include the unaired BTS episode in the episode count, there were 6 BTS episodes altogether so that puts this one at #506.
Cathy ($31,408), Robert ($30,518) and (allegedly) Trish ($35K+) all said "hold my beer".... Also, on the series finale, Andy lost $25,972 after a Double Your Bucks + a spin hit... Forgot to mention Bobby from #483 who lost $26,229 to a whammy. As bad as Nancy's loss was, it wasn't even in the top five
