♪♪
It's time to press your luck.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Peter: This is unbelievable.
Stop!
You have rolled 31 times without a Whammy,
and you're still going?
Oh.
Elizabeth: "Press Your Luck" is celebrating our 40th birthday.
This is wild!
[ Both screaming ]
He won the car.
[ Screaming ]
[ Both screaming ]
Stop.
It's the Bentley!
He won the car!
And stop.
[ Screams ] It's The Big 40.
Oh, my God.
Stop!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Screaming ]
I am having a spiritual experience with you tonight.
Oh, my gosh.
You have one spin left.
No Whammies, no Whammies, no Whammies.
And stop.
[ Screaming ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
This is why "Press Your Luck" is the best game on television.
Happy birthday, "Press Your Luck"!
Tonight, these three players are after big bucks,
but they'll have to avoid the Whammy,
as they play the most exciting game of their lives.
From Haven Studios in Hollywood,
it's time to press...your...luck!
And now here's the host of "Press Your Luck,"
Elizabeth Banks!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Elizabeth: Hi, everybody.
Welcome to "Press Your Luck,"
where taking big risks can win you big bucks.
Let's meet our three contestants.
[ Cheers and applause ]
A private investigator from Monroe, Louisiana,
please welcome Howard.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
A registered nurse, please welcome Inger.
Hi, Elizabeth.
Finally, a mother of two from Irvine, California,
say hello to Kayla, everybody. Hi, Elizabeth!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Good luck to all three of you.
Tonight, you're gonna take on our Big Board.
It's loaded with cash and prizes.
And every time you stop the board like this -- stop,
put money in the bank, just like that.
Yes! The player with the most cash and prizes
in their bank at the end of Round 2 gets to keep it
and goes on to our bonus game for a shot at $1 million.
[ Cheers and applause ]
First things first, let's earn some spins.
I have three questions for this round.
Here we go.
If I did business at a credit union,
you could say, "Elizabeth banks."
See, my name is a complete sentence,
like Jeremy Irons or Robin Quivers.
But if I were a pop-singing megastar
who catches a fish with a sharpened pole
and sang "Oops!...I Did It Again" --
Howard. Britney Spears.
I'm gonna finish the question.
...what sentence would I be?
Inger, is it Britney Spears, Jordin Sparks, Stevie Nicks?
Britney Spears.
What do you think, Kayla?
Britney Spears.
It is, of course, Britney Spears.
That means Howard picked up three spins,
Inger picked up a spin, and Kayla picked up a spin.
It's Britney, fish.
[ Laughter ]
I'm real proud of myself for that one. Yeah.
Question 2 -- According to a survey
by RTA Outdoor Living,
one-third of adults admit they snoop around at a house party.
But tell me, in what specific area of the bathroom
do they snoop --
Kayla.
The bathroom cabinet.
She said the bathroom cabinet.
In what specific area of the bathroom do they snoop the most?
Howard, is it the cabinet, the shower, the hamper?
It's gonna be the cabinet.
What do you think, Inger? The cabinet.
It is, in fact, the medicine cabinet.
That means Howard picked up a spin,
Inger picked up a spin, and Kayla picked up three spins.
Question 3, your last chance to pick up spins
to take to the Big Board.
I know a thing or two about coke and bears,
but tell me, what type of bear
has been the on-again, off-again mascot for Coca-Cola?
Howard. The polar bear.
Inger, is it polar bear, panda bear, cocaine bear?
[ Laughter ]
Polar bear.
What do you think, Kayla? Polar bear.
It is, of course, that white, beautiful polar bear
drinking that Coca-Cola.
Howard, that means you picked up three more spins
to bring your total to seven. Seven, alright!
Inger got a spin for three, and Kayla got a spin for five.
That's all the questions in this round.
It's time to take on the Big Board.
Let's go.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Alright.
[ Contestants cheering ]
We've got thousands of dollars
and some epic prizes on our Big Board tonight.
But beware of the Whammy.
[ Sour note plays ]
If you land on him, he takes away all your cash and prizes,
leaving you with nothing.
If you rack up four Whammies, you're out of the game.
Alright, let's get to it.
We'll start with the player who has the fewest spins,
and that's Inger.
Press your luck.
Alright, come on, storm chasing.
Come on, waffles for life.
Big cash, big prizes.
And stop.
$1,500.
Yes. Yes.
You have two more spins.
Press your luck or pass those spins?
I am pressing my luck.
Go for it. Whoo!
Let's go. Waffles for life.
I see you, Greece. Where are you at?
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ]
[ Audience groans ]
Hey, did you hear the one about me taking all of your money?
[ Crickets chirp ]
Is this thing on?
[ Splat! ]
[ Audience booing ]
[ Boing! ]
Inger, I'm so sorry.
The Whammy has taken all of your money.
Yes. Yes. You have one more spin.
You can press your luck with that spin or pass it.
Lots of game left to play. How you feeling?
I am pressing my luck!
Go for it, Inger. Whoo!
Come on. We can do this.
I need a big prize, big cash.
Come on. And stop.
$2,000 in the bank.
There you go. Yes.
Alright, Kayla. I'm ready.
You need to press your luck, Kayla.
I'm gonna do it. Alright! Five spins.
Let's do it. Alright. I'm a money magnet.
I don't want to buy nothing.
I'll take that statue of David.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ] Oh!
Oh, my goodness.
You're muted.
Oh, sorry.
The only thing more awkward than this meeting
is trying to take your money when you don't have any.
[ Laughter, dog barking ]
[ Boing! ]
I always want him muted.
Kayla, I'm so sorry. You have now met the Whammy.
You have zero dollars in the bank.
Press your luck, Kayla?
Press my luck! Let's do it.
Alright, big bucks.
I want that statue of David.
No Whammies. And stop.
$1,700, and you picked up a spin.
Whoo! Oh, my God!
Four more spins.
Let's go! No Whammies, big bucks.
I'll take that statue of David.
And stop.
$2,000.
Kayla, you now have 3,700 bucks.
Three spins left.
You can press your luck or you can pass them.
I think I'll take one more.
I'm gonna press my luck, Elizabeth.
She likes this board. Alright.
Still want that statue of David. I'd take him to Greece.
No Whammies. And stop.
$1,500.
Okay, you are firmly in the lead -- $5,200.
How you feeling? Two more spins?
I feel good. I think that's a big enough lead.
I think I'm gonna pass them to my good friend Inger.
Ooh! She wants to pass those spins.
Bam. There they are.
You have no decision about those passed spins.
You need to take them, and you're gonna do it right now.
Hit it. Alright, let's go.
I want those waffles.
Let's go storm chasing.
Big money, big prizes.
And stop.
Oh, $1,750. Oh, yeah.
One more spin, Inger. You must take it.
Alright, let's go, guys. Let's go.
Statue of David.
Big prizes. Trip to Greece.
We want something.
And stop.
$1,750 again.
Alright, you're now ahead of Kayla by $300. Nice.
There you go. Took the lead.
But it is Howard's turn at the Big Board.
Yes! How about me? Yeah!
You ready? Yes, ma'am.
Hit it. Yes, ma'am.
Come on, now. Come on, big bucks.
Storm Chasing Adventure.
That's me right there, all over me.
And stop.
$2,600 in the bank. Six more spins.
Press 'em or pass 'em?
I want to press my luck!
Yes! Yes!
Come on, now. Come on, now.
I need some money. Big bucks, big bucks.
And stop.
Whoo. $1,750. $1,750.
Like it. I like it.
Alright, you're still in third place, Howard.
You have five more spins. Press 'em or pass 'em?
Elizabeth, I want to press my luck again.
Go for it. Yeah! Come on, big bucks.
Big bucks, big bucks.
And...stop!
[ Sour note plays ]
That's the Whammy.
I see the money.
[ Grunts ]
[ Clang! ]
[ Splat! ] I still got your money, loser.
[ Groans ] [ Boing! ]
Now you've all met the Whammy tonight.
Zero dollars in the bank, Howard,
but you have four more spins to play with.
What would you like to do? Press my luck.
Keep going.
Come on, now. Come on, big bucks.
Big bucks and big bucks.
And stop!
$1,500. Alright, you're back on the board.
That's good. Three more spins.
Press 'em or pass 'em?
Press my luck. Press my luck.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
And...stop!
$2,675.
Alright, Howard, you're still in third place.
Two more spins.
You can press them or you can pass them.
I want to press my luck.
Okay. Yes, yes.
Come on, now. Come on.
I need big bucks here, big bucks here.
And stop.
$1,750. $1,750.
You're now in first place. How you feeling?
One more spin. You got $5,925 in the bank.
Pass. Pass, pass.
Alright. He wants to pass his spins.
Whenever you pass, they go to the opponent with the most money.
Right now, that's Inger.
There it is.
You have to take this spin. You got to beat the Whammy.
Let's go! Waffles for life.
Big money. Let's go!
And stop.
Whoo! $1,500.
Alright. Inger the winner of Round 1 -- $7,000.
And this Big Board has a lot more in store for these players
and you, so don't go anywhere.
"Press Your Luck" will be right back.
[ Contestants cheering ]
Okay. Yes.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back to "Press Your Luck."
Now, before we jump into Round 2,
let's learn a little more about our contestants.
So, Howard, you're from Monroe, Louisiana.
Tell me about yourself.
Yes, ma'am. I have four wonderful kids.
I spent 30 years in law enforcement.
I spent 12 years undercover.
Four of those were with the FBI task force.
I used to have a goatee down to here,
and I'd braid it out and put some beads in it.
Wait, wait. What were you undercover as?
As a drug buyer.
A drug buyer? Oh, sure. Drug buyer.
Yes. Uh-huh.
And I would purchase narcotics, illegal drugs
from anyone willing to sell to me.
And then you would arrest them?
No, ma'am. We would make several cases.
Then they would go back to arrest them with a female with them
so they think they sold dope to a female so it didn't burn me.
This sounds fascinating
and like a podcast I need to listen to.
Doesn't it?
It was fun. It was fun.
What do you like to do for fun now that you're not doing that?
My wife and I are avid bass fishermen.
And I hear you're like a champion.
We've won quite a few tournaments,
she and I have, as a couple.
It's just -- just what we do. We love it.
Well, welcome to "Press Your Luck," Howard.
Thank you. Good luck tonight.
Thank you very much.
Inger, you're from right here in California.
Inger: Yes. Tell me about yourself.
I've been a nurse for over 20 years.
I work as a lead nurse at an immunization clinic.
We work in a nontraditional setting,
so we give shots under bridges, farms, parking lots.
Wherever it's needed we go.
Wow. That's incredible work. What do you do for fun?
I've got my three kids
that two of them used to play basketball.
My son, he went to Loyola Chicago.
So he was on the Final Four team, and --
Wow! Yes.
And my daughter was down the road from him at Northwestern.
Incredible.
I'm sure they're gonna cheer for you tonight
on "Press Your Luck." Yes.
Welcome to the show and good luck tonight. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Kayla from Irvine, California.
How are you? Tell me about yourself.
So good. First of all, pleasure to meet you.
Oh, thank you.
I am a girl mom of two under two.
The youngest I just had. She's 2 months old.
You have a 2-month-old at home? I do. She's at home.
Oh, my goodness. You must be so busy and tired.
I love her so much. It's worth it.
Their father is the love of my life,
and I'm super grateful for that.
What do you guys like to do for fun?
Okay, so, we're big board-game people, and we love game shows.
So we have the ultimate mix of the two.
We have the "Press Your Luck" board game...
Love that. ...which is where I got this little guy.
My Whammy. Oh, that's a little plush Whammy right there.
And I didn't have him out earlier,
which is why his little friend popped up.
Uh-huh. But I'm hoping that now that I have him out
and I give him some love [Smooches]
none of his friends will come out.
I like this strategy.
Kayla, welcome to "Press Your Luck." Thank you.
Good luck to all of you. Let's get back into the game.
Time for Round 2.
I've got four questions this time.
Here we go.
One day, the Whammy took a moist stroll
past the Hollywood sign
and decided to swim through the window.
"Schwing," he said. "I feel like a real pumpkin."
Okay, that story doesn't make any sense at all.
And that's because before the show,
I asked the audience to give me some adjectives, nouns,
and verbs without knowing where they were going --
Kayla. Mad Libs.
...in a classic party game that was first published in 1958.
What game were we playing?
Howard, is it Mad Libs, 20 Questions, Scattergories?
Scattergories.
What do you think, Inger?
I'll go with Mad Libs.
This is indeed the crowd-pleasing game of Mad Libs
that we're playing.
So, Howard, I'm sorry. No spins for you.
But Inger picked up a spin, and Kayla picked up three spins.
Alright. Question 2.
I'm not gonna lie. I love my job.
Ask silly questions, wear fabulous outfits,
give away piles of cash and prizes.
What's not to love?
As reported earlier this year by Study Finds,
out of every four Americans who work full time,
how many are happy with their jobs?
Kayla. Two.
Howard, is it two out of four,
three out of four, one out of four?
One out of four.
What do you think, Inger?
I'll say three out of four.
Here's the thing -- Most people want to work
at a job they're happy at.
So three out of four say they are happy.
That means only Inger picked up a spin... Good job.
...bringing your total to two.
Question 3.
You know that feeling where you think your phone
is vibrating in your pocket but actually it isn't?
That's become so common that it even has a name.
If you think about a "Star Wars" menace or a masked man --
Kayla. Phantom.
I'm gonna finish the question, Kayla.
...or a masked man of Broadway musical,
you might just figure it out.
It's called what vibration syndrome?
Howard, is it phantom, ghost, fake?
Phantom.
What do you think, Inger?
Phantom.
It is, of course, phantom.
That means Howard picked up a spin,
Inger picked up a spin,
and Kayla picked up three more spins.
Question 4.
If cats really do have nine lives,
how many total lives would nine cats have?
Kayla. 81.
Howard, is it 81, 72, 18?
81.
What is it, Inger? 81.
9 times 9 is 81.
That means Howard picked up another spin,
bringing his total to two.
Inger picked up a spin for four.
And Kayla picked up three more spins for nine.
That's it for this round.
Now let's take these spins to our Big Board.
Here we go.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Alright.
It's Round 2, so we are doubling the Big Bucks to $10,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And we have a very special square on the board this season.
It's called The Big 40.
It's helping us celebrate 40 years
since "Press Your Luck" first premiered in 1983.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah!
If you land on that square, you win 40 of...
something phenomenal, I promise.
Now, Kayla, you have the least amount of money,
so you will spin first.
Nine spins to take to the Big Board.
Are you ready to press your luck?
I'm ready, Elizabeth. And I want to press my luck!
Hit it, Kayla.
I want big bucks. I want no Whammies.
And stop.
Oh, my goodness.
It's a bubble hotel in Iceland.
Have you ever been to Iceland?
I have not, Elizabeth.
How much is it worth for Kayla's bank?
$7,045.
You now have the lead, Kayla.
Okay. Eight spins left.
Press your luck or pass those spins?
I want to press my luck, Elizabeth. Good luck, Kayla.
Whoo! Alright. No Whammies, big bucks!
I want to double my money.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ] Both: Oh!
[ Spy music plays ]
Oh, Iceland.
Whammy, James Whammy.
♪♪
[ Boing! ] No.
Not suave, Whammy.
Kayla, you have two Whammies. Alright.
Seven more spins. What do you think?
You want to press your luck with those seven spins or pass 'em?
I'm gonna come back.
I'm gonna press my luck, Elizabeth.
You're gonna come back. Let's go!
She's on the comeback trail. I want to swim with those otters.
I want big bucks. I want no more Whammies.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ] Ohh!
Ooh.
I'm a magnet.
Uh-oh. Goose egg.
[ Laughing ]
[ Goose honking ]
Huh? Aah!
[ Gulp! ] Aah!
I'm being digested.
[ Boing! ]
Whew, the comeback, Kayla,
just got stopped by the Whammy. Yeah.
Four Whammies puts you out of contention.
You have six spins. How you feeling?
Do you want to press your luck with those spins?
I'm feeling good. I got time to come back. You're feeling good?
I'm gonna press my luck, Elizabeth. The comeback trail starts now.
Let's do it! Comeback Kayla.
I want that Butterworth. Alright. No Whammies.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ]
[ Audience groans ]
Oh, my God.
Fore!
[ Groaning ]
Four Whammies means you're out.
[ Boing! ]
Kayla...
I'm the first person to have -- ...I need you to throw --
No, throw that away. Thank you very much.
That was not the move.
Oh, Kayla, I'm so sorry.
That's the end of the game for you tonight.
It was a pleasure to meet you. Thank you, Elizabeth.
It's been great having you here.
Howard, you are up next with your two spins,
and Howard's gonna take those spins
when "Press Your Luck" comes back right after this.
I'm so sorry. It's okay.
I should have known that was gonna happen.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back to "Press Your Luck."
Kayla just Whammied out of our game.
Howard, you have two spins.
Are you ready to press your luck?
I am ready to press my luck!
Take it away, Howard. Yes! Yes!
Come on, Big 40.
Anything, anything but a Whammy.
And stop.
Pick A Corner. You have a decision to make.
You got $3,000, $1,500 and a spin, or Mrs. Butterworth's.
$1,500 and a spin.
$1,500, and he wants the extra spin.
Bam! There it goes.
You now have the lead. You have two spins.
Press your luck or pass those spins?
Elizabeth, I want to press my luck!
He wants to go for it. Yeah!
Come on, Big 40. Come on, Big 40, anything.
Anything but a Whammy.
And stop.
Whoa!
It's the big bucks!
Howard, $10,000. Yes!
And you picked up another spin.
Big decision to make.
You now lead by more than $10,000.
How you feeling?
[ Audience shouting ]
I want to press my luck, Elizabeth!
Press my luck!
Come on, big bucks.
Anything but a Whammy. Anything but a Whammy.
And stop.
Yes! It's a car!
Yes! Whoo!
You just won a Mustang!
Whoo, whoo, whoo! Whoo!
Wow! Whoo!
Howard. This is a new car for Howard.
And it's worth how much for his bank?
$46,790.
Howard, you have $64,215.
One final spin.
Do you want to press your luck with that spin, face this board,
or do you want to pass it to Inger?
I want to, Elizabeth, pass it!
Passing it. Pass it over.
Whew. Alright, Inger, you ready to press your luck?
I'm ready to press my luck. Good luck, Inger.
Yes. Let's go.
There's a lot of big prizes out here.
I want the big bucks, big prizes.
The Big 40. Let's go.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ] Oh, wow.
Oh, my God.
Don't mind me.
[ Humming ]
Okay, take it away.
Aah!
[ Boing! ] Inger, I'm so sorry.
The Whammy took your money.
However, Take The Lead is on the board.
The Big 40's on the board. Yes, it is. Yes.
You want to keep building that bank?
You have four spins to do so.
I am going to press my luck!
She wants some money in the bank.
Take The Lead. The Big 40.
Let's get that Big 40.
Big money, big prizes.
And stop.
Yeah! $10,000.
Whoo! Yes! Whoo!
And you picked up a spin, Inger. Yeah, man.
There you go. Do you want to press your luck with those spins
or pass them to Howard, who has to take them?
You know what? I've got a big hill to climb.
I'm pressing my luck!
Alright. Whoo!
Let's get The Big 40.
The hot tub. Mrs. Butterworth.
Big money, big prizes.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ] That's the Whammy.
[ Audience groans ]
Hello. My name is Whamigo Montoya.
I stole your money. Prepare to cry.
[ Grunting ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Boing! ] Inger, I'm so sorry.
You have three Whammies.
If you meet the Whammy one more time,
the game is over for you tonight.
How you feeling? Well, I feel like I got to at least get on the board.
So I'm gonna at least do one spin, Elizabeth,
and I'm gonna press my luck.
Oh, good luck. Anything but the Whammy.
Come on, Big 40. Come on.
Anything. Anything.
And stop.
[ Sour note plays ]
Howard is our winner.
You earned it. Congratulations.
Kayla: Good job, Howard!
This is a crazy way, I know, to win "Press Your Luck."
It is.
Howard, you have won $64,215,
including a Mustang Mach-E.
That is all yours to keep no matter what.
You are going to the bonus game, Howard.
How you feeling?
Emotional. Very emotional.
It's an emotional game, huh?
Yes.
How do you feel about these two players?
I love them.
We got to know each other prior to coming on.
And two fine ladies here. They got great families.
And God bless y'all. I love y'all.
Win the million for us, Howard. Thank you.
That's right. We're cheering you on, Howard. Thank you.
Inger and Kayla, thank you so much for playing. Thank you.
You all need to keep it right here
for the "Press Your Luck" bonus game.
Howard is gonna play for cash and prizes
up to $1 million.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! It can all happen tonight.
Don't go anywhere.
Whoo-hoo!
Good job, Howard. Congratulations.
Welcome back to "Press Your Luck."
So far tonight, Howard has won cash and prizes
totaling $64,215.
That includes a Mustang Mach-E.
Yes!
All of that is yours to keep
no matter what happens the rest of the night.
And now it's just you versus the Big Board.
And tonight, Howard, you could go home a millionaire.
Yes, ma'am.
$1 million.
How are you feeling right now?
You got pretty emotional at the end of the game there.
I got emotional. I got my wife
[Voice breaking] my son with me.
Yeah.
They've been here cheering you on all night.
You told me that car is gonna be for your wife.
It's for my wife. I love her so much.
I can never give her enough.
And she's my best friend. She's my bass fishing buddy.
You know, we fish a bunch of tournaments together.
He said he can't give you enough.
That's so amazing.
Jada: Wow. This is emotional. [ Laughs ]
But, yeah, like he said, we are.
We're very, very best friends. We have a blast together.
He's hilarious, if y'all hadn't noticed.
[ Laughter ]
But, yeah, we have so much fun --
the fishing, the just hanging out.
Everything -- We do everything together.
It's amazing.
And who's this? Logan's my son.
I got three other children at home that I'm very proud of.
Logan made the trip out with me,
his first time to fly on an airplane and --
Wow. And --
It was fun. It was fun.
[ Laughter ]
How about Howard? What's Howard like as a dad?
Oh, I mean, I don't even know where to start.
I mean, 23 years of life.
He's taught me so much, from resilience.
We've been through ups and downs like crazy.
So it's been something that's helped me grow as a person.
You know, that's invaluable.
He's been a great father to me and continues to be.
I love him very much. Amazing. Oh, so great.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That was great.
You know, it's just so wonderful to be here.
And I'm ready to go for this Big Board.
Yes.
I love to hear it, Howard.
Good luck to you.
Good luck to you, Howard. Thank you.
You are gonna face off against the Whammy over five rounds.
At the end of each round,
you can take whatever money you've made and walk away
or press your luck and play on.
The longer you stay in the game,
the bigger the money gets on the board.
And if you make it to our final round,
our Big Bucks Bonanza,
one spin could be worth $100,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's a lot of money.
But there are still Whammies out there.
And we have seen what the Whammy can do tonight. Wow.
If you hit one, he takes your bank right back down to zero.
Four Whammies puts you out of the game.
But as a reminder, if your bank in the bonus game
ever hits $500,000,
this game ends and we send you home a millionaire.
Yeah!
In this first round, the Big Bucks are worth $10,000.
But there's always more than just cash up on the board.
We love to put fun prizes
on this board here at "Press Your Luck."
And, Howard, I want to show you
your first personalized prize.
Here it is.
Michael Kors Accessories.
It's a shopping spree at Michael Kors.
This is for your wife.
This is definitely for my wife, yes.
She has a knockoff Michael Kors at home.
So she needs the real stuff.
You want the real deal? Want the real deal.
You get the sunglasses, too? Yes.
Okay, this is gonna be
a Michael Kors shopping spree for your wife.
Throw it up on the board for Howard.
Yes.
Let's show Howard his second prize.
It's a dog house. Dog Houses! Yes!
This is three dog houses, I believe,
plus food and treats for the next five years.
Wow! We want to take care of your pups.
Wow! That's a lot of dog food.
We have three dogs. This would be awesome.
And the food. Whew.
Food. Food and treats. It's like feeding kids.
Yes, absolutely.
We're gonna put the dog houses
and the food and treats up on the board for Howard.
There it goes. Yeah!
You're starting off this round with five spins.
You just got to face the Whammy five times.
You're gonna beat him right now.
Take it away, Howard. Let's go!
Alright. Alright. Alright.
Let's go! I need dog houses, dog houses.
My wife needs those purses, real Michael Kors.
Ready. And stop.
$2,000, yes. $2,000.
Yes.
Easy as that.
Easy. Just do it four more times.
Four more. Come on, now.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Big bucks, big bucks, big bucks.
Come on, Michael Kors. I need it.
Stop.
[ Sour note plays ] [ All groan ]
♪ We are the Whammies and we take all your money ♪
♪ And we think that it's funny
♪ Ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Ooh. [ Boing! ]
Okay, we're gonna shake that off, Howard.
Three more spins in this round,
three opportunities to win big bucks.
Three more, three more. That's right, that's right. Take it away, Howard.
Let's go, let's go, let's go. Make that button work for you.
He's there. No more.
Anything but a Whammy. Anything but a Whammy.
Come on, big bucks.
And...stop.
$1,500.
Yes, yes. More of that.
Yeah, there you go. More of that. Spin it to win it. Here we go.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's go, big bucks. Let's go, big bucks.
And stop!
$4,750. Alright. $4,750, yeah.
$6,250 in the bank now.
Just one more spin in this round.
One more spin. I've got this, baby.
Come on, give me some big bucks.
Stop!
$2,500. $2,500.
Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Howard!
Whoo! $8,750 in the bank after Round 1.
You have a decision to make.
You can walk away with your money,
or you can stay and press your luck in Round 2,
where the Big Bucks jump up to $25,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
How you feeling, Howard?
You know, I've got one Whammy.
I've got all these fine people behind me. That's right.
We're gonna press your luck.
Yes, yes. Whoo-hoo!
I love when people stay to play,
'cause it means I get to add another prize to the board.
Howard, are you ready? I'm ready.
Show him what it is.
It's a Ford Bronco. [ Shouting ]
Yes!
You already won a Ford Mustang.
My wife loves these Broncos.
Yeah, they're nice.
I know it sounds like everything about my wife.
And it is to me.
She loves the Ford Broncos.
This would be like a dream come true.
I may have to take the car from her.
[ Laughter ]
Well, you're gonna fight over it.
Exactly, yes. And that's just gonna be lovely.
Yes, yes, absolutely. Every day
somebody gets to drive one of those Fords.
This is great. We'll both have Fords.
I love the Ford Bronco for the wife.
We're gonna put it up on the board for Howard.
Yeah.
Alright, Howard, you're gonna play Round 2,
where the Big Bucks are worth $25,000.
And you're gonna do it when "Press Your Luck" returns
right after this. Yeah, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back to "Press Your Luck."
It's Round 2 of the bonus game.
Howard has $8,750 in the bank.
One Whammy on the board.
The Big Bucks are now worth $25,000.
You only have to take four spins in this round.
Four. Start the winning right now, Howard.
Let's do this!
You got it, come on. Come on, baby, big bucks.
Come on, Ford Bronco. Anything but a Whammy.
And stop.
$4,750.
Yeah. Yeah.
$13,500. Three more spins.
Just keep doing it.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
Stay away, Whammy. Anything but a Whammy.
And...stop.
[ Sour note plays ]
It's okay. It's just two.
[ Laughing ]
♪♪
Aah! [ Splash! ]
[ Boing! ]
Yeah, we know Whammy gets happy taking people's money.
It's okay. Howard, it's okay. Listen.
Pull myself up. Lose A Whammy is on the board.
There it is right there. Yes.
Shake it off.
Let's just blow through this and win everything.
I'm ready. Okay.
Ready. Let's go. Come on, baby. Come on.
Big bucks. Big bucks. Lose A Whammy. You got it.
Come on, anything but a Whammy.
Anything going. Big bucks, big bucks.
And stop.
It's the Michael Kors accessories.
Got it!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
Come on. Yeah!
She needs a nice purse... Yeah!
...if she's gonna be driving around in the Mustang.
How much is the Michael Kors shopping spree worth
for Howard's bank?
$10,000. Oh!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
She's gonna get some nice things. Yes.
Alright. One more spin in this round.
One more spin. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Logan: Lose A Whammy! Lose A Whammy! Big bucks.
I need to lose a Whammy.
Anything but a Whammy.
And stop.
$7,500. $7,500.
Yeah!
It's more money. It's more money.
Yes.
Whoo!
$17,500.
Whoo! Including the Michael Kors accessories now in your bank.
And, Howard, you can walk away right now.
It's really nice.
Or you can stay and play, press your luck in Round 3.
The Big Bucks, they don't just jump up.
They double up to $50,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Audience chanting, "Press your luck! ]
I think I want to ask my wife.
Yeah. What do you think?
You only have two Whammies. You're doing great.
Logan: I think they want you to press your luck.
I want you to press your luck. You want me to press my luck?
[ Cheers and applause ] Press my luck?
Yeah! Press my luck! Yeah!
Alright, he's doing it.
Howard has decided to stay and play,
which means it's time to add another prize
to the board, Howard.
Show him what it is.
It's Bahamas and Key West honeymoon.
Whoo!
This is you and your wife flying first class,
staying at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas resort
in a Sapphire Suite for 14 nights.
This includes your own private cabana and couples massages.
Oh! And then you're off to Key West
for seven nights in a luxury oceanfront suite
for five days of deep-sea fishing.
Howard! Logan: He's gonna love that.
I heard you needed a honeymoon, Howard.
My wife and I got married.
We didn't have enough disposable income
to go on a really nice honeymoon.
I love her more every day.
Every morning I wake up, I'm so glad to be with her.
Us getting away like this... Yeah.
...letting our minds relax.
I've got sand in my shoes right now.
Thinking about it.
Let's get that trip!
Let's get it on the board. There it goes. Yes!
Bahamas & Key West. Alright.
You only have to take three spins in this round.
Whenever you're ready, make this board your own, Howard.
Come on. You got it. Gonna own it.
Gonna own this board. Own it. Own it.
Let's get the Bahamas. Let's get the Bahamas.
I need a trip. I need a trip.
Big bucks. Stop!
Oh! $50,000!
Yeah, oh, oh!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, baby, yeah!
Whoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
That's a lot of money.
$50,000. Bam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, my God.
You picked up a spin.
You picked up another opportunity
to win those big bucks.
Do it again, Howard. You've got this. Let's do this.
No Whammies. Big bucks, big bucks, big bucks.
Anything but a Whammy. Anything but a Whammy.
Stop!
$3,750. Yeah!
$71,250 is in that bank, Howard.
Two more spins. Two more wins.
Come on.
Two more wins!
Anything but a Whammy. Anything but a Whammy!
And stop!
Yeah! $10,000!
Yeah!
That's a lot of money.
Howard!
$81,250.
You take your time with this final spin.
You take it when you're ready.
One more, one more. One more.
I'm ready to go.
This board wants to give it to you.
It wants to give it to you, Howard.
Anything but a Whammy. Anything but a Whammy.
And stop!
[ Sour note plays ]
[ Audience groans ]
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes! [ Laughing ]
Was that my last spin?
[ Boing! ]
We're gonna shake off this Whammy.
We got to shake this off. The winning is coming.
It is all gonna happen for Howard
when "Press Your Luck" comes back...
Yeah! Right after this.
Don't go anywhere.
So damn close.
Ugh!
Welcome back to "Press Your Luck."
Howard, you finished that round with $0 and three whammies.
But the good news is, we are increasing
the Big Bucks right now to $75,000.
Yes.
You just need one of them.
And we are adding one final prize to the board,
picked out just for you, Howard.
Let's show him what it is.
It's a bass boat.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Breathes deeply ]
My wife, s-she got me crying.
[ Audience "Awws" ]
We need this boat so bad.
That's a boat.
It means so much to us.
That's a boat, right? Oh, absolutely.
Now, why this boat?
I've always been a Skeeter fan.
That's the name of the boat.
When I was growing up, I used to just go by the lot
just to look at the boats through the fence.
And I knew as I grew older,
I was gonna be on one of these boats one day.
It's just -- It's been a dream of mine and hers.
It's a double dream. It's a dream of yours,
and it's a dream of hers. It's our hobby, yeah.
Well, well, hold on, hold on, hold on.
If it's a dream of yours, and it's a dream of hers,
then I better give you his-and-her boats.
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!
It's two boats.
I gotta give you two boats.
Oh, no!
Right? Yes! Oh.
Look, he wants to hit the button for it right now.
I want to hit it. I want to hit it.
All right, let's put the two bass boats up on the board.
Whoo!
Howard, we need to put you in the winning zone, man.
Yes. It's your time.
The Michael Kors accessories,
I got to put those back up on the board.
Put them back. Yeah.
The Whammy can't have those.
No, no, no.
Three spins in this round.
That's all you got to get through.
And whenever you're ready,
you start winning those prizes right now, Howard.
Good luck. Come on in, energy!
Come on. Come on, we can do this!
Yes! Yes! Come on!
Come on, baby. No Whammies, no Whammies.
I need those boats. And stop.
$7,000. $7,000.
Yes.
Two more. Two more.
Lose the Whammies up there.
Come on, let's go!
Come on. You got it!
Need that honeymoon.
And stop!
Bahamas!
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's the trip. It's the honeymoon.
One more. You got this.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You got it.
Thank you!
Okay.
How much is the honeymoon trip
to the Bahamas and Key West worth for Howard's bank?
$88,506.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You're almost at a hundred grand, Howard.
I'm close.
Just feel the love.
I got it. Feel the fun.
One more. You got this.
Baby, make it happen.
You got this. You got this.
Come on. Come on.
One spin. One spin.
Come on. Anything but a Whammy.
And stop!
It's the dog houses!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Your three pooches are gonna be living in style.
How much is that worth?
Oh, $14,667. Bam! Yeah!
Howard, you survived Round 4.
Whoo! $110,173 in the bank.
This is a really, really big decision
that you have right now. Yes, it is.
You can walk away with these winnings.
Or you can stay,
press your luck one final time.
And if you decide to play, the Big Bucks
jump up to a life-changing $100,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And not only that, we are bringing back the Big Bucks
from all the previous rounds because
this would be the Big Bucks Bonanza, Howard.
Every cash amount on our board is Big Bucks.
$10,000 would be up there, $25,000,
$50,000, $75,000,
and, of course, the biggest bucks of all,
$100,000. $100,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
All right, Howard, this is the decision of a lifetime.
Decision of a lifetime.
No doubt this has been a blessing beyond belief.
I would like to ask my sections, please.
You need to go. You do whatever you got to do.
They are my extended family. Y'all are my extended family.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank y'all for everything. Thank you for backing me.
It means so much to me. Should I go or should I stay?
-Go! -Go!
Should I go or should I stay?
[ Audience shouting ]
Walk away! Walk away!
[ All chanting "Walk away!" ]
I agree.
Walk away! Walk away!
All right, Howard.
Do you want to stay and play "Press Your Luck's"
Big Bucks Bonanza, or you gonna walk away?
I'm gonna walk away!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Howard has decided to call it quits.
Thank y'all. Thank you.
Howard. Thank you.
You had to make a decision
that was right for you and your family.
And you are a big, big winner tonight, Howard.
Absolutely.
Chris, remind everybody,
what is Howard taking home tonight?
Congratulations, Howard.
You're driving out of here in a new Mustang Mach-E.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Bring your pooches to some brand-new dog houses.
Yeah! Got my dog houses!
And you're off to the Bahamas and Key West.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Plus, $24,425 in cash,
bringing your grand total to $174,388.
Way to go, Howard!
Come on over.
Thanks so much for watching.
Gonna see you next time right here on "Press Your Luck."
Yay! He did it!
Thanks, y'all.
Oh, my gosh. So amazing.
This was so fun. Incredible vacation.
Oh, my God. You got a car.
A new car. I was thinking the boat,
so I almost went for the next one.
But we got our honeymoon. I had to quit.
Yeah. You guys need that trip.
You're gonna cherish that time.
-Absolutely. -Send me pictures.
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