CRC: 0x91C5B6EA File: plot.list Date: Fri Sep 14 01:00:00 2007 Copyright 1991-2007 The Internet Movie Database Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.imdb.com plot.list 2007-09-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLOT SUMMARIES LIST =================== MV: "$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime" (1986) PL: A short-lived quiz show hosted by TV veteran Jim Lange. Husband-and-wife PL: teams would compete against each other in answering a tough series of PL: trivia questions. The winning couple would then go on to the championship PL: round, where they would have a chance to win one million dollars. BY: Jean-Marc Rocher PL: Two married couples, sometimes including a returning champion, competed in PL: one of the first game shows to offer $1 million as a grand prize. In PL: "$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime," which combined elements of "Wheel of PL: Fortune" and "Scrabble," the couples competed to solve word puzzles. Up to PL: six clues were given for the puzzle's solution; one member of each team was PL: selected to try to guess each clue word, with letters inserted at random PL: except for the last one. Each correct guess was worth $25 and allowed the PL: contestant to go to the keyboard. The keyboard indicated which letters were PL: in the puzzle, plus one "stinger" (an extra letter not in the puzzle); PL: selecting the "stinger" meant the contestant lost his/her turn, and a new PL: clue was played. Each selected letter revealed in the puzzle added $25 to PL: the pot; the team that solves the puzzle won the pot. Three rounds were PL: played, with the second round values of $50 per clue/puzzle letter and PL: third round values of $100 each. The team with the most money after three PL: rounds was champion, kept their winnings and advanced to the bonus round. PL: In the bonus round, the couple selected a category from a choice of three PL: and then are locked in an isolation booth. The couple has 60 seconds to PL: guess six words associated with that category. For each successful bonus PL: round win, the couple was given a cash prize ($5,000 on day 1, $10,000 on PL: day 2), or they could give it back and continue, always at risk of losing a PL: subsequent bonus round and thus having to leave the show. Only by winning PL: three bonus rounds in a row did the couple win the $1 million grand prize. PL: The $1 million was awarded as all cash during the spring 1986 season, and PL: $900,000 plus a $100,000 luxury prize package (two Mazda cars, a house full PL: of furniture, including a living room, dining room, bedroom, complete PL: kitchen and outdoor spa, and twenty round-trip airline tickets to anywhere PL: in America on Delta Air Lines) during the 1986-1987 season. BY: Brian Rathjen and "Ranger Ian" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$1.98 Beauty Show, The" (1978) PL: A parody of traditional beauty contests hosted by oddball comedian Rip PL: Taylor. Mock pageant contestants would be put through a series of bizarre PL: and embarrassing routines until one emerged as the winner. After a brief PL: fanfare the winner was presented with her prize, worth $1.98. BY: Jean-Marc Rocher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) PL: The object of the game is simple...to get to the top of the Pyramid (aka PL: "Winner's Circle") in the shortest time possible. But to do so, contestants PL: must face celebrities (and vice versa) by naming as many answers in a PL: particular category as possible within 30 seconds. If a contestant wins the PL: main game, they get the right to go to the Winner's Circle to try for the PL: grand prize, which throughout the series has ranged from $10,000 to PL: $25,000. The most popular incarnation of the series has been "The $100,000 PL: Pyramid", where three top contestants who have gone to the pyramid in the PL: shortest amount of time return for a Tournament Of Champions, which the PL: grand prize is $100,000. BY: hiphats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$100,000 Name That Tune" (1984) PL: An updated version of the popular long-running quiz show, hosted by Jim PL: Lange. Two contestants compete to see who has the greater knowledge of PL: popular songs. As the music plays, the first contestant to name the song PL: wins money and prizes. Additional challenges include the contestants PL: 'bidding' on how few notes they need in order to name that tune. BY: Jean-Marc Rocher PL: Two contestants competed in a series of musical identification games in PL: this 1980s five-day-a-week update of "Name That Tune." Games included PL: Melody Roulette, where host Lange spun a carnival wheel to determine the PL: dollar value of the tune; Tune Topics, where each song's title was related; PL: and the famous Bid-a-Note, where contestants were given the clue to a song PL: and then bid downward against each other to determine how few notes they PL: needed ("I can name that tune in three notes!"). Contestants won points for PL: winning each round; the high scorer after three rounds was champion and PL: moved on to the "Golden Medley. In the "Golden Medley," the champion had to PL: identify seven tunes within 30 seconds. Prizes were awarded for each PL: correct answer. An incorrect guess stopped the game, while naming all seven PL: tunes won an additional prize package and the right to return for a PL: tournament (which took place every eight weeks or so) for $100,000 in cash PL: and prizes. Some of the prizes offered for the tournament winners were PL: awarded individually to winners in a home- viewer contest. BY: Brian Rathjen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$25 Million Dollar Hoax" (2004) PL: A three-episode reality series. A woman has to convince her family that she PL: has won the lottery and that the money has turned her from a nice girl into PL: a selfish shopaholic. If the prank is successful, the family really will PL: win a large prize. If she fails, her and her family get nothing. BY: van_whistler@hotmail.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$64,000 Question, The" (1955) PL: "The $64,000 Question" was based on the old radio program, "Take it or PL: Leave It," which had a $64 top prize. Contestants who appeared on the show PL: answered questions in one single category (e.g., Shakespeare, the Bible, PL: American History or boxing). The first question was worth $64, and doubled PL: as the questions increased in difficulty, up to that breathtakingly PL: difficult $64,000 question. If the contestant reached the $1,000 plateau, PL: the contestant returned to the next show to answer one question each week PL: (the questions brought out by a bank executive and two security guards), so PL: long as he/she kept winning. At the $4,000 plateau, he/she was placed in an PL: on-stage isolation chamber; at the $8,000 plateau, any incorrect answer PL: guaranteed the contestant a Cadillac Series 62 sedan as a consolation PL: prize. At the $64,000, the contestant was given some reference material to PL: study and/or could enlist the aid of an expert to help him/her answer the PL: $64,000 question. The category for the first $64,000 winner, Capt. Tom PL: McCutcheon, was in cooking; the second $64,000 winner was Dr. Joyce PL: Brothers, whose expertise was in boxing. "The $64,000 Question" was among PL: the most watched shows in all of television between 1955 and 1957, but its PL: popularity would deteriorate rapidly in the face of the Quiz Show Scandals. PL: Regardless of the connection "The $64,000 Question" may have had with the PL: scandals, it remains among the most influential television game shows. BY: Brian Rathjen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV: "$9.99" (2003) PL: Can you have fun in New York City on $9.99? Before you say fuhgetaboutit, PL: let $9.99 hosts Julie Laipply, Brian McMullan, Maryam Basir and Rich PL: Collier show you inexpensive and free things to do in the five boroughs. PL: Every episode of $9.99 is a whirlwind tour of New York City's unique PL: neighborhoods. Visit parks, museums, restaurants, galleries and a whole PL: host of interesting attractions that cost little or no money. Each show PL: reveals eight to ten adventures with a combined cost that never tops $9.99. PL: Whether you're watching from new York, New Jersey or Connecticut, satellite PL: or cable, don't miss out on the next adventure for only $9.99! BY: Harry Hunkele -------------------------------------------------------------------------------