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(Gene) The 7 is bad The 8 is trickier
But two of a kind is even stickier
on Card Sharks
[audience cheering]
And here's the host of Card Sharks,
Jim Perry.
[audience cheering]
Thank you very much.
Thank you. Weome to Card Sharks.
Happy to have you here with us.
And, as always, we appreciate you
joining us at home.
Thank you.
A nice opening poem from Lillian Smith
from the fine school of Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama, watching us on WSFA Channel 12.
Thank you, Lillian.
Now, we're gonna open up the Board, and get to the cards.
Go ahead.
Janice and Lois, load in the cards,
we're setting up for the tiebreaker
with these Card Sharks.
[audience cheering]
Shannon Lavelle.
Hi, Shannon. Our champion.
Good to see you again.
Good to be here.
And again, won't you briefly tell us
something about yourself?
Yes. My name is Shannon Lavelle.
I'm 23 years old.
I'm a secretary, I'm from Hawthorne, California,
and I'm a sport enthusiast.
You're doing very well here.
You're getting very comfortable with the show, aren't you?
Trying.
You're good.
Shannon has won $1,875 in cash.
So, a profitable stay.
And Tom Veltham is our challenger.
Hello.
Hi, Tom.
Good to see you again.
Thank you.
And, again, won't you
tell us about you.
Yes, I am Tom Veltham.
I live in Huntington Beach, California.
I work for the telephone company in Newport Beach,
and my new activity for this year
is I'm going to be roller-skating.
I think I said that yesterday.
I think it's the new craze out here,
and it's a way to get a tan, as I've said,
without having to lie in the sun and do nothing.
But you've got to lie on the sun
in Huntington Beach,
don't you?
Not if you roller skate.
No?
No, you can stand up
in the sun.
Nice to have you back.
Thank you.
You're in a very tough spot.
Both of you each have one game.
We're setting up the tiebreaker.
And as you can see, there are just three cards up there,
three questions here.
Someone, very quickly, is gonna get a crack at the big money.
And as we left off,
the question goes to you, Tom.
Okay.
Tom, we asked 100 men:
Did you get your first lesson in love
from an older,
experienced woman?
[audience laughing]
How many men did get their first lesson in love
from an older woman?
Well, uh, a lot of men probably would like
to have lessons from older women.
But I think the number...
I think most of them probably, uh, if the first lesson
was in high school and the girl was probably
a little bit younger.
It was in my case.
How many with
the older woman?
So the number's gonna be relatively small.
Maybe, uh, 20.
20 out of 100 say it was an older woman.
Shannon?
Well, I think maybe guys
would want an older woman
since they don't know too much.
[audience laughing]
I'm gonna say it's gonna be a little bit higher.
You say higher.
They need help. Yes.
Tom says 20. Shannon says higher.
The actual number of men who got their first lesson
in love from an older woman is...31.
Shannon is right,
it is a little higher.
[audience applauding]
Alright.
Shannon starts off
the tiebreaker with a 3.
Higher!
Higher than the 3?
A 5.
Higher again!
If it's higher, Shannon goes for the big money.
She goes
with an ace.
Yes!
Shannon wins it.
Wow!
Tom, thank you for coming back.
You got $100 in cash and some nice parting gifts.
Thank you for being here. Tom Veltham.
Shannon, come on down here.
Well, you keep moving.
Oh, myoodness.
Now, Shannon, you have got to get some good cards
with the Money Cards this time.
I know before we went on the air,
you've cut the Money Cards in the event that
you should win
the match, yes?
Yes.
Alright. Let's hope these are the ones
that are gonna pay off big for you.
So, let's root Shannon on, and come on up there,
and let's get to the Money Cards.
Come on, love.
Be careful, and hop on up.
Here we go.
And with the Money Cards, we're gonna give you
$200 of new money.
Three cards to bet as you will on that level.
Up to the second level, another $200 of betting money.
Three more cards.
Remember, your minimum bet is $50, till you get
to the top card, the Big Bet, where you must risk
at least half the money.
Good luck. Here's $200.
You can change the base card on each level
if you need to, Shannon.
Thank you, Lois. We'll start with $200 and a 7.
Change that card!
Change...
You can only
change it once.
You must play this one.
An ace!
All of it, lower!
$200, the whole thing, that this is lower than the ace.
It is, with a jack.
[audience applauding]
$50, lower.
$50, lower than the jack?
Right again.
$450.
[audience applauding]
$50, higher.
Again, the minimum bet, higher?
And right again.
$500, we move up the 7, give you the other $200,
you have $700.
Change that card.
And let's see if we can make another good change.
The 7, a 5.
A little better.
Okay, $100, higher.
$100 this time. Higher than a 5?
Right!
Still around those middle cards,
but you're up
to $800.
I'm gonna go $50, lower.
Let's see it much lower. Let's see a good one.
Lower?
Low enough.
$850, and you're right smack in the middle.
I'm gonna go $50, higher.
$50, higher than an 8?
No.
(Audience) Aw
[buzzer sounds]
But again, with some very bad cards, you have $800,
and we move up the 8, which you do not have to play.
Change that card.
Change it.
Shannon, if ever anybody
deserved a good card, you do.
A jack. Fairly good.
You must bet at least $400.
You have a jack and $800.
What's your Big Bet?
I'm gonna bet
half of it, lower.
Alright, come on, Shannon.
$400, lower than a jack?
Yes!
[audience applauding]
Shannon, you get lousy cards, but you played them beautifully.
Another $1,200.
Oh, my goodness.
Very nicely done.
You had one good card in the whole mess,
and got $1,200 out of it.
Shannon, you're up to $3,175 in cash.
And our Aerospace secretary continues her winning ways.
We'll be right back with a new challenger after this.
[audience applauding]
Here comes a new challenger on Card Sharks.
Scott Polter. Hi, Scott.
Hi, how are you doing? And I'm fine.
How about you?
Fine, thank you.
Won't you tell us
about yourself?
My name is Scott Polter.
I'm originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
However, I've lived in San Bernardino
for about nine months now.
I drive a truck, but I do that just because
I can't make a living at my chosen profession.
I'm a poet.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
[audience cheering]
Now, I don't wanna put you on the spot or anything,
but do you have a poem for the show?
Glad you asked that.
I did bring one, just in case
I got on the show.
Ah.
[audience laughing]
How about this: "I'm here to win, to beat those cards
Drawing deuces and aces can't be all that hard
Unless, of course, they're followed by a pair
Now, that could put me off the air"
[audience applauding]
Alright.
You had, you had something in your pocket,
so I'm gonna put you on the spot again.
If you win, do you have a poem for that?
Yes, I do.
[audience laughing]
Somehow, I figured.
"My friends predicted sevens and eights
My usual fate
But I'm drawing deuces and aces
Friends, I'll be home a little late"
[audience laughing]
Good to have you here, Scott.
And good luck on the match to both of you.
We start the best two out of three.
And we'll start with a question to Shannon.
Shannon, we asked 100 pediatricians:
Has, oh, listen to this.
One hundred pediatricians.
Has a mother ever called to ask you
which end of the baby the thermometer goes in?
[audience laughing]
How many pediatricians said a new mother has called to ask
which end the thermometer goes in?
Well, hopefully, new mothers are gonna know
all about what's happening and about their children.
I don't think it's gonna be quite that high.
I'm gonna go about 30.
30 out of 100 pediatricians have had that question.
Scott, what do you think?
Oh, I think today, you're getting girls,
11, 12, 13 years old are becoming pregnant.
I don't think they know anything about having babies.
This is a lot more common than most of us think.
That's going to be even lower.
No, how many said they've had that question,
which end
of the thermometer...
Which would call?
She said 30. Yes.
Higher, higher.
Higher?
Much higher.
I'm sorry.
Sounded like that what you're thinking... 11, 12?
The actual number of pediatricians
who said a new mother has called to ask which end
of thermometer goes in is...33.
You're right, Scott.
It is higher.
[audience applauding]
Scott starts off the match with a jack.
Fair card. I'll go lower, Jim.
Lower.
You'll play it lower.
Yes, a 2.
Higher! Higher!
Higher than a 2?
An 8.
Freeze.
And we move over the Freeze Bar.
And Scott got one of those 2s he was asking for,
and he has the lead.
Scott, we surveyed 100 women who are married
to congressmen, and we asked them:
Deep down, do you wish
your husband would give up politics?
How many wives of congressmen said deep down,
they wish their husband would give up politics?
I believe that's going to be a high number
because politicians spend an awful lot of time
away from home, an awful lot of time politicking
out of the state, out of their locale.
They're leaving their wives alone too much.
I'm gonna say 67.
67 out of 100 wives of politicians, congressmen
said yeah, "I'd like him
to give up."
I think I'll agree
with him.
I think when, you know... That's, uh, trying on them.
You know, they're gone a lot, and I think they have
a lot of work caused from them being politicians, too.
The wives gotta support them.
I think it's gonna be a little bit higher.
Even higher than that?
Little bit higher. Yes.
A lot of agreement from the audience.
The actual number of wives of congressmen who wished
their husband would give up politics is...17.
Very much lower.
[audience applauding]
And that rather surprised me, as well.
Interesting, 17. Scott, you've got an 8.
Change the card,
Jim, please.
Now you can get rid
of the middle card with an ace.
Oh, great card. Lower, Jim.
Lower than the ace? A 4.
Higher!
For the first game
of the match, higher?
Yes.
[audience applauding]
Scott met some great cards,
and his poem paid off for Game 1.
We'll be right back with Game 2 after this.
[audience applauding]
Let's watch this here.
Oh, well, she worked her way out of that.
Okay, Jan.
[audience laughing]
Here we go.
Game 2 starts with a question to you, Shannon.
Shannon, we found 100 divorced women
who are receiving alimony from their ex-husband,
and we asked them:
If your ex-husband suddenly stopped paying alimony,
even though he could afford it,
would you be willing to have him thrown into jail?
How many women would be willing
to have their ex-husband thrown in jail?
Well, I think they need that money.
You know, some of them aren't working,
even though more women are working these days,
but some of them aren't.
They need that money.
But I don't think they're willing to put
their, you know, husbands...
They obviously care for those person, uh,
people, at one time.
I think it's gonna be kinda low.
I'm gonna go with 25.
25 out of 100 would put them in jail.
Scott?
Oh, I'd say it's got to be
higher than that, Jim.
Uh, you, you're gonna go through divorce,
that means it led to something.
You got a big fight.
You can't stand each other anymore.
Something's wrong.
I think the number of wives who would like
to put their ex-husbands in jail if they did or did not
send them the alimony.
[audience laughing]
That's got to be higher.
You say higher?
Yeah.
The actual number of women receiving alimony
who would be willing to have their ex-husband thrown in jail
if he stopped his alimony payments is...82.
Oh, boy,
is that higher.
[audience applauding]
Yes.
So, Scott starts off Game Number 2 with a 5.
Higher, Jim.
Playing it higher.
A 10.
Lower.
Risking it, lower?
Oh, no, another 10.
(Audience) Aw!
[buzzer sounds]
Back to the base card goes the challenger,
and a break for you, Shannon, with a 4.
Higher.
Higher than a 4?
A 6.
Freeze.
And Shannon takes a one-card advantage.
Janice will fill in the spaces.
The question goes to you, Scott.
Oh, we've had a lot of questions...
I hope you've been with us over the last few shows.
We've had a lot of questions about the New Hampshire primary
coming up tomorrow, as a matter of fact.
This is the definitive question for the New Hampshire primary.
Now, the primary is about to occur,
so we asked 100 voters in New Hampshire:
If one of the presidential candidates knocked on your door
and asked to use the bathroom,
would you let him?
[audience laughing]
Of course, I think...
How many New Hampshire
voters would let
a presidential candidate use their bathroom?
Sure, I think if a... Any, any average person
that I know, any person that I know of,
if a presidential candidate came to their door,
they'd let them use anything they have.
That's got to be a high number.
Eighty-three.
Eighty-three.
What do you think, Shannon?
I think people
are pretty nice.
And I think it's gonna be a little bit higher.
Even higher than that?
Yes, people are nice.
The actual number of New Hampshire voters
who would let a presidential candidate
use their bathroom is...78.
It is not higher.
Seventy-eight.
[audience applauding]
But you, twenty-two.
Do you realize somewhere around New Hampshire tonight,
there are presidential candidates looking
for a bathroom?
[audience laughing]
Scott, you've got a 5.
I'll keep the 5, Jim, and go lower.
Lower?
I mean, higher.
I'm sorry.
Higher, higher.
You could go lower.
No, I wanna go with higher.
That would be way
against the odds.
Higher?
Yes!
[audience applauding]
I'll risk it
and go higher, Jim.
Higher than a 6?
An 8.
Freeze.
And now, as he goes up the middle,
we move over the Freeze Bar.
That's got to be the ultimate political question.
Shannon, we found 100 top business executives.
These men are the heads of some of the country's
largest corporations, and we asked them:
If two women were equally qualified to be
your new secretary, you are a secretary, right?
Business executives.
If two women were equally qualified to be
your new secretary, but you found one of them
very sexually attractive, would you hire her?
How many business executives would hire the woman
they found sexually attractive?
Well, if they're equal, that's a tough question.
But I think that's gonna give them the edge, maybe.
Those will, those will influence...
You know, sex comes into play a lot of part, sometimes.
The decisions... I think it's gonna be a high number.
I'm gonna say 78.
78 out of 100 say all things being equal,
they'll hire the one they're sexually attracted to.
I think even if they weren't equal,
the one with the sex appeal would get the job.
It's gonna be higher, Jim.
Higher than that?
The actual number of business executives
who would hire the woman they found
sexually attractive is...62.
Not higher. Shannon.
Maybe their wives help them in the hiring process.
Shannon, you've got a 6.
Change that card.
Now she can change it.
A great change, a 3.
Higher!
Higher than the 3?
A 7.
Freeze.
And now, as we move over the Freeze Bar.
I say, now as we move over...
We have a tie.
Each player needs two cards. We are at sudden death.
Someone has to win it right now.
Scott, we asked 100 third-grade kids:
Are your new clothes always a little big
because your parents want you
to grow into them?
[audience laughing]
How many third graders said their new clothes
are always a little big because their parents
want them to grow into them?
That's gotta be a fairly high number, too.
Kids grow in, grow out of clothes so fast
that parents are constantly spending money on new clothes.
Also, a lot of kids got bigger sisters, bigger brothers
and passing clothes down.
They're gonna be bigger.
I'm gonna say 80.
80 out of 100 say yeah, they're wearing clothes
that are a little big for them.
I think that a lot of them probably do,
but if it was my kid, I wanna make them happy.
I'd give them what they wanted.
I think it's gonna be a little bit lower.
A little bit lower?
Yes.
This will decide control
in sudden death.
A little bit lower.
The actual number of third graders
whose new clothes are always a little big
because their parents want them to grow into them is...67.
Shannon is right.
It's a little lower.
[audience applauding]
Now, Shannon, it is sudden death.
You're both near the middle.
You need two cards. Scott needs two cards.
You could, of course, change it if you want it.
You have control. Play or pass?
I'm gonna pass it.
Scott starting right up the middle with an 8.
Turn them both over, you win.
But if you make one mistake,
Shannon has the game and she ties it up.
You've got an 8.
Okay, Jim, higher.
Higher than the 8?
It is a queen.
Lower, Jim!
If it's lower, we have a new champion.
We do. And Scott wins it in sudden death.
Shannon, we have to say good-by
You've done very well.
Oh, it's been fun.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You're a fine champion,
leaving us with $3,175.
Thank you so much. Thank you, Shannon.
Shannon Lavelle.
And, Scott Polter, come on over here.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
The poems paid off. Whichever sides you'd like to go, Scott.
We'll be right back right after this commercial break
with the Money Cards.
we mentioned from time to time
about coming down and joining us
in the studio audience, and with Gene Wood
as official cheerleader, we do have a lot of fun.
But I must say, this last commercial break
was one of the most enjoyable we've ever had.
We had a madrigal group from La Ca ada High School
entertain us during this break,
and they were just wonderful.
You really were.
Scott, you ready
to go to work?
Yes, I am.
Let's get to the Money Cards. Come on Scott, hop up.
Here we go.
You know how to do it,
of course.
(Scott)
Yes, I do.
We're gonna deal out seven cards there
and give you $200 on each of the first two levels.
Doesn't sound like a lot, but if you can go double,
double, double, all the way to the top,
it's $28,800.
Oh, let's go.
Love to see you do it.
Come on, Scott.
I sure would like
to do it.
I know you'd write a poem for that.
I sure would.
Here's $200.
I'll write two or three.
You can change the base card on each level, remember.
Thank you, Lois. We'll start Scott off
with $200 and a king.
A king.
Good card.
Good card, Jim. Lower.
Uh, $200, all of it, lower.
Alright, you got carried away
there with the king, right?
Yup.
The whole thing, $200, that this is lower than a king.
It is.
Alright. Alright.
$400.
Near the middle.
[audience applauding]
Uh, $50, lower.
$50, lower than the 9?
Right again.
Still near middle.
Alright. Still a bad card.
[audience applauding]
$50, higher.
$50, higher than a 7?
No.
(Audience) Aw!
[buzzer sounds]
$400. A pretty good card, though.
The 4, we move it up, and give you the other $200.
You have $600, Scott. You want that 4?
I'm gonna keep the 4.
I'm gonna keep the 4, and go $300, higher.
Half of it. $300, higher than a 4?
Right!
An 8.
$900 and an 8.
[audience applauding]
Uh, $50 lower, Jim.
$50, lower than that middle card?
He's right.
[audience cheering]
$950.
$50, higher.
Come on, let's see a biggie.
Higher? Higher.
Alright! Alright!
[audience cheering]
With a nice $1,000, we pick up an ace.
All of it, all of it, lower!
Come on,
for $2,000, lower?
All of it, lower.
Alright!
[audience applauding]
That's super!
Thank you.
Nice.
You held back with the bad cards, and when you got
the good one, you had some money to go with it.
Very nicely bet, Scott. Nicely done.
Good job. $2,000, $200 in the game.
$2,200 for our champion.
We'll be back with our much richer poet right after this.
[audience cheering]
Janice is gonna deal out two brand-new decks of cards.
Here comes our next player on Card Sharks.
Lois Davidson.
Hi, Lois.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
We are running out of time, so very quickly,
if you'll tell us where you're from
and get you comfortable and get you playing.
Okay, my name is Lois Davidson.
I'm from Huntington Beach, California.
Okay, and we'll find out more about you on the next show,
but right now, I know you're eager to get started.
So, here we go.
Best two out of three, we start with the question to Scott.
Scott, we asked 100 men who subscribe
to "Playboy" magazine:
Would you subscribe to "Playboy"
even if there were
no nude pictures?
[audience laughing]
How many men claim they would subscribe
to "Playboy" even if there were no nude pictures?
Uh, no, Jim, I subscribe to "Playboy" magazine.
I read the articles.
And they got some of the best writers in the country,
writing for "Playboy" magazine, but I think the average man,
who subscribes to "Playboy" magazine,
does it for one reason, and that's those pictures.
Low number, 30.
30 out of 100 would subscribe anyway, Lois?
Oh.
What do you think?
I think that number's gonna be higher
because there is a lot of very good writing in there.
I'm a journalism major, and I know that that magazine
has probably the best writers in the country.
So, I'm gonna say that number is higher.
Higher.
A pretty good commercial for "Playboy" between you two.
Scott says 30. Lois says higher.
Yeah, I know. I've heard all the stories about the cartoons,
but let's find out.
[audience laughing]
The actual number of men who would subscribe
to "Playboy" even if there were no nude pictures is...24.
Not higher, it's lower. Scott.
Alright.
And Scott starts off the match with a 4.
A 4. Higher, Jim.
Higher than a 4?
A queen.
Alright! Lower!
Lower than the queen?
A 6.
Freeze.
We move over the Freeze Bar,
and now Scott has a good headstart on Game 1,
needing two cards while Lois needs four.
And we don't have time to play anymore.
We did want to get you started in the match there, Lois.
Okay? You're comfortable with us?
Yes.
Okay.
Lois and Scott will be back with us
to finish this match on the next Card Sharks.
As always, we thank you for joining us.
Do come down. Join us sometime.
Gene will tell you how to do it.
And I'm gonna say bye-bye for now.