Press Your Luck - Episode 6

[@JonesDylan874]

Ah, yes. The first time we get to see a retired champion.

[@artkurtz9238]

It took years to finally see this episode. It was pre-empted for a Reagan speech on the east coast in 1983.

[@TheEggplantThatAteChicago]

That's a heckuva wait! Glad you saw it finally.

[@Davidraisedsimmentalcows.]

Great game show, very fun and exciting to watch and enjoy! Thank you for sharing.

[@vargas218]

18 year old Robert came in their like a boss. Walking away with $28,487 in cash and prizes in 3 days

[@brianschwartz1372]

4 days actually

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

12:35 I actually miss those Lifestyle Lift commercials. They were so corny. xD

[@godlyobject6509]

Really happy for Robert there. I wonder where he is now? With that drive, brain, and cash, I hope he went far.

[@cinemaholic730]

Same here, happy he won. Along with the drive and brain he also had a great personality.

[@todddavis4378]

L m l no one

[@seanmontgomery801]

The 2 biggest mistakes people make on "Press Your Luck" are they wait too long to stop the wheels in motion and they always mention the whammies.

[@KPCarter2000]

So he is the first undefeated champion on PYL in history

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

yea he is the first retired champion

[@markheying2830]

@@JoeyFlyBoy Also if I remember, with the $25,000 Limit it would usually take 2 or 3 Days for any Champion to retire undefeated.

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

@@markheying2830 oh yea. And i meant to say hes the first $100k champion

[@HectorHustles]

When this show started it seemed to be slower but got faster as the show keep going and even got the whammy foghorn sound on episode 11

[@dgproductions4686]

He broke the original limit in 1983... Now Michael Larson broke the $100,000 limit in 84... Notice the difference????

[@somerandomgameranimator4481]

No… because the limit during Larson’s episode was still $25,000…

[@KijaniLion]

Really strange occurrences in this episode... Robert's $5000 hit didn't follow the board pattern at all, the light just randomly went there when he hit the button. Something fishy going on there.

[@wschmrdr]

That was common in the early episodes. The board could only run one pattern at a time rather than switch to another one automatically upon completion, so they manually switched the board pattern to keep it somewhat pseudo-random. It was more Larson-proof than what they did later, ironically.

[@jeffreyforti1166]

I loved Robert what happened to him? Anybody know?

[@jeffreyforti1166]

Where is robert?

[@ProWrestlingWeekly]

It took some digging to try and make sense of it, and wschmrdr did note a huge part of it. Here's a further breakdown: First, here are the Larson-era patterns used at the time, labeled A-E for avoiding numerical confusion and square 1 starting in the upper left corner, moving clockwise: A- 3, 16, 13, 10, 18, 8, 6, 14, 7, 5, 15, 11, 17, 2, 12, 1, 9, 4 B- 5, 18, 11, 13, 3, 6, 15, 7, 1, 9, 14, 16, 10, 2, 4, 12, 17, 8 C- 11, 6, 10, 12, 1, 4, 14, 16, 2, 9, 17, 8, 13, 15, 3, 7, 18, 5 D- 17, 10, 15, 13, 2, 8, 18, 16, 12, 3, 5, 11, 7, 4, 1, 9, 14, 6 E- 18, 16, 10, 5, 11, 9, 2, 13, 17, 7, 4, 15, 12, 8, 6, 3, 1, 14 The spin in question starting at 23:30 went in this order: 18, 16, 10, 5, 11, 9*, 4, 14, 16, 2, 9, 17*, 4 (STOP) The board started with pattern E, then about 6 light changes into the sequence, a manual switch was made to pattern C. Then six more light changes later, it was manually switched back to pattern E... right as Robert stopped the board. The programming forced the switches to not count as part of the change in sequence. So, where the * are above, square 9 moving to 4 was the sixth sequential number in the pattern, and at square 17, it was the eleventh sequential number. Even though there were thirteen squares in the path of the spin, due to the two manual pattern flips, it only counted as eleven. Had the sequence not been manually changed at that moment, Robert would've stopped at square 17 and won the trip to Lehigh.

[@wns808]

@@ProWrestlingWeekly hats off to Larson for figuring out all 5 patterns and knowing when and where to stop the board. I remember watching Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal on GSN and how Peter gave a chance to Ed and Janie to replicate Larson’s run on a simulated board

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

Champion Robert Annis Has Won Cash and Prizes Totaling... $28,487!

[@darrendoyle568]

Didn’t hear the sound effect for hitting a whammy when did that start

[@JonesDylan874]

I think in episode 8.

[@richardhernandez4490]

Cash total was $19,820.

[@GameShowMike]

Is that the same Robert Ennis that later worked on the staffs of game shows such as Wheel of Fortune?

[@cjlaw7560]

Whammy big bank count from 9/26/83 1st whammy:$1,150 2nd whammy:$2,150 3rd whammy:$300 Total:$3,600

[@mookiecookie44]

$590 microwave? Jeeeeesus.

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

Microwaves were expensive in 1983.

[@lisacogar1490]

That prize has gotta come to the new press your luck

[@40bpaula]

Yep. They were tres expensive back in the day. We got our first one when I was about 11 or 12 in 1980. it was a Little Litton. My Moms wouldn't tell me how much it cost. I had a few good experiences with it until I blew it up by putting aluminum foil over one of my dishes. After that, I hated the thing and always felt queasy when I cooked with it. That's why I don't have one to this day. Well, that and the fact that the talking ones for the blind STILL cost like freakin' 300 bones. Okay, boring story time with Auntie Karla is over. carry on.

[@TheEggplantThatAteChicago]

@@lisacogar1490 No one would want it now.

[@justinbryant9419]

@@gaffneyrailroading1982 why did it get replaced in early 1985

[@Hello-gj8vx]

Where did the Madea commercials come from?

[@theedspage]

Wonder what model of Texas Instruments computer Robert won? (Spoiler?)

[@donnapodhurst6552]

Every time Peter says you dont want a Whammy they get one, this is baloney

[@katieb777]

wow Robert is so handsome !

[@ericsanjuan2002]

10:08 BANKRUPT oh man last time I’m sorry

[@ericsanjuan2002]

20:56 BANKRUPT ouch!!! I’m sorry

[@ericsanjuan2002]

22:01 BANKRUPT oh man!!! I’m sorry