Who's Still Standing? (2011) s01e01 Episode Script
Country Strong
Ho, ho, ho! Join us now For the who's still standing? Four night holiday event.
With not one - Yeah! Announcer: Not two Not three But $4 million of christmas cash on the line.
It's time to see who's naughty and who's nice On the who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
Ho, ho, ho! [exciting music.]
Ho, ho, ho! This is high-stakes trivia.
This is who's still standing? One hero versus ten total strangers In a series of intense, head-to-head trivia battles.
Miss just one question And you'll fall through the floor.
[woman screams.]
If the hero drops all ten strangers, He will win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho! Now, someone who's always on santa's nice list, Ben bailey.
- Tonight on who's still standing, Jared young, a volleyball coach From conway, arkansas, Will be competing to win $1 million.
[cheers and applause.]
How you doing, jared? - Good, ben, how are you? - I'm good, man.
Nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- So you're a volleyball coach? - Yes, yes, volleyball coach from conway, arkansas.
- Conway, arkansas.
- Coach coed boys and girls.
Have a great time.
- Are you a big trivia guy? - You know, I'm a big trivia guy.
I grew up doing crosswords with my grandma, Doing crosswords with your grandmother Since you were a little kid.
- Yup, yup.
- You think you're ready? You think you got what it takes To win a million bucks here tonight? - I'm ready, ben.
Let's roll.
- All right.
All right, jared.
All these guys are on trapdoors already.
This is your trapdoor.
Once you step on it, there's no stepping off Until the game ends one way or another.
You might walk off a winner.
You might drop through with nothing.
So it's a big step.
Are you ready to take that step? - I'm ready to take that step, ben.
- All right, step on the door.
Let's play this game.
[cheers and applause.]
All right, so here's how things are gonna work.
To win the million you got to take down All ten of the strangers.
Take a minute and look around at these people.
Who are they? They come from all walks of life.
Some have book smarts, Some have street smarts.
Others are pop culture experts.
Each one of them wants to take you out And walk out of here with 10,000 bucks.
So they might like you.
They might think you're a nice guy.
They might be moved by your story Of doing crosswords with your grandmother.
But when it comes down to it, They want to knock you through the floor And walk out of here with cash, okay? - All right.
That's all right.
That's all right, ben.
That's all right.
- If you take down all ten one by one, You'll win $1 million.
- I'm ready.
- All right, jared, let's get started.
You are ten drops away from $1 million dollars.
- Yeah.
- Who's gonna be first? - Whoo! You're scared, huh? You're scared.
- I don't know.
- Three, three, three.
- Come on.
Right here.
Right here.
- I don't know.
- The bowtie.
You know you want the bowtie.
- I'm gonna go right here.
Gonna go with number three.
- Opponent number three, opponent number three.
- Challenge accepted.
- Good luck.
Good luck.
- Number three, introduce yourself.
Who are you, where you from, what do you do? - All right, hi.
My name is April marquette.
I'm a web designer, and I'm from astoria, oregon.
- All right.
- All right.
- Thank you.
- All right, let's get started.
Let's play this game.
[cheers and applause.]
- You ready to win $10,000 - Yes, sir.
- And stop him before he gets started? - All right.
All right.
Let's do this.
- Jared, are you ready to take down your first opponent On your way to a million bucks? - Yes.
Yes, yes.
I'm ready.
- Put you down.
- You're ten drops from the million, 20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- Okay, as a vegetarian, I don't like to eat here.
It's kfc.
[bell dings.]
- kfc.
All right, jared, you're up.
Here we go.
- I'm gonna go ruby, ben.
[bell dings.]
yeah! - Ruby red.
Back to you, April.
- [imitates meow.]
it's catwoman.
[laughter.]
- That was the most laid-back catwoman.
[imitates meow.]
[laughter.]
[imitates meow.]
Okay, whatever.
Jared, back to you.
Here we go.
- Royal flush.
[bell dings.]
Yeah.
- Yes, indeed.
Royal flush it is.
Back to you, April.
- All right, I'm from the northwest.
I know it's trout.
[bell dings.]
[cheers and applause.]
- Trout indeed.
- Poor fish.
- Trout from the northwest.
Jared, back to you.
- I love friends.
It's bing.
- Yeah! - Bing, bing.
We doubled up on the bing there.
Back to you, April.
- All right.
It's got to be ethanol.
- Yes, indeed.
- Pow! [imitating gunfire.]
Yes [cheers and applause.]
- Oh, crowd's getting excited now.
- It's all right.
It's okay.
It's all right.
I got it.
I got it.
- All right.
The crowd's getting into it.
Remember, as the round goes on, The questions get harder.
Jared, back to you.
Here we go.
- My man tom brady.
- April, you're up.
- All right, let's see, uh Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, stay tuned as The who's still standing? Holiday marathon continues next.
Stand up, america.
It's time for the who's still standing? At home holiday challenge.
Here's your first question: Do you know the answer? If you guessed "button," you're still standing.
More holiday trivia is coming up.
Who will be the last member of your family still standing? Now back to the game.
[cheers and applause.]
- This is a real battle.
April, you ready to win $10,000 And stop him before he gets started? - All right.
- Jared, are you ready to take down your first opponent On your way to a million bucks? - Yes, yes.
I'm ready.
- All right, April, This question is for you.
Here it is.
- All right, let's see.
Uh, honey nut cheerios.
Yeah! - Whoo! April was all over that one.
Back to you, jared.
- Right in my wheelhouse, baby.
Lead singer for the police.
That's sting.
- Right in your wheelhouse? - That's--I love them.
They're my favorite band.
- I didn't even know you had a wheelhouse, jared.
- That is my wheelhouse.
I love 'em.
- [stammers.]
Yes, in kentucky you can find fort knox.
- Yes, you can.
- Pow, pow, pow, pow.
Yay! - You picked a tough one right off the bat.
- Thought she was sweet.
- She might be sweet, but she also knows some stuff.
- Yeah, she does.
- Back to you, jared.
Here we go.
- Triceratops.
Good, yes.
Oh, my god.
- All right.
We're gonna keep it going.
April, you're up again.
- And the movie starred johnny depp.
It's sweeney todd! Yeah! - Yes, it is.
Whoo.
Jared, back to you.
- Kelley's blue book.
Kelley blue book.
There it is.
There it is.
Oh, man.
Wha-- Ah.
Right? - These guys will not go down.
April, back to you.
- Yay, a recent question.
Dominique strauss-kahn.
[cheers and applause.]
Oh! Yeah! - [exclaims.]
come on.
- Wow.
Wow.
Maybe you're just getting the hard work Out of the way up front.
- Oh, man.
- There's only one way to find out, And that is to press on.
Jared, back to you.
- Oh, man.
Got to be, uh Oh, boy.
Minnesota? - You have two passes.
Ten seconds.
- Twin lakes.
Nothing twin.
- Five seconds.
- I'm gonna pass.
- Pass.
To you, April.
- Okay, let's see here.
Okay, let's see.
Uh, twin cities Uh, let's see.
A town.
Let's see.
Uh - Think out loud.
Ten seconds.
- Minnesota.
Port, uh, city, town Oh.
Um - Five seconds.
One second.
- [muttering.]
- Oh! - I'm sorry.
Oh.
- Wow.
- Thank you.
- What a round.
What a round.
- Thank you.
Good-bye.
- Whoo! Jared didn't know it.
He used a pass.
It went to April.
She didn't know it.
Let's find out what it was.
Eden prairie? Hey, apparently a very nice place to live.
- Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! - Good-bye.
- And down she goes.
Oh, man.
Whoo! Wow.
One down, jared.
One person down.
What a battle.
What a battle.
Were you sweating? - Yeah, I was sweating.
I thought she was gonna be really nice to me.
She made me use my pass.
I know.
- People are nice until there's 10,000 bucks on the line.
- Right? - She wanted that money.
She made you burn a pass.
You used a pass on your first battle, man.
- I know.
- Yeah.
Let's find out what she was worth to you.
- Bring out--bring out the big money.
Let's go.
- Could be 10,000 bucks.
Could be 20,000 bucks.
- That's right, that's more what we're talking about.
Come on.
- All right, let's take a look.
- Three grand'll work.
- $3,000.
- That'll work.
That'll work.
- Ho, ho, ho, jared has a total of $3,000 And has dropped one stranger.
He must drop nine more to win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho! - You got through the first one.
Got through the hard part.
- Right.
- All right.
- Remember, you can't leave with the money Until you've dropped five of the strangers.
You have nine drops to a million dollars, jared.
Who's gonna be next? - All right.
- Bring it on, man.
Right here, right here.
- Come on, let's dance.
Let's dance, cowboy.
- Me, me, me, me, me.
- Lucky number seven.
- Come on, number eight.
Let's go.
- Let's go, brother! Me and you! Let's go! - Let's go! - Going down, brother.
- He picked opponent number eight.
You're pretty confident.
Who are you? Introduce yourself.
- My name is ron ramsey.
I'm from detroit, michigan.
I work for commercial marketing.
Yes! - Detroit.
- All right, ron ramsey.
I like you already.
- I like myself, brother.
[laughter.]
- Come on, detroit.
- All right.
- Let's go.
- So let's get to this round.
Here we go.
- Yeah! - All right, fellas.
It's a specialty round.
It's called true dat.
Questions and answers in this round Have to do with truth.
So keep that in mind when you're answering these questions.
Jared, you have one pass.
Don't forget about your pass.
You're looking to take another step closer To one $1 million.
Ron ramsey is looking to drop you through the floor.
First question is for you, ron ramsey.
It's nine drops to a million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- Uh, jesus.
[bell dings.]
- Jared, back to you.
- Jack nicholson.
[cheers and applause.]
- All right, back to you, ron.
Here we go.
- A qua-- a owl.
A owl, owl, owl.
[laughs.]
- I say "who"? - I say--I say "who"? - Jared.
Here we go.
- Cyndi lauper.
- Yes, indeed.
- Yay, cyndi.
- I think that's true.
I think that's true.
- That is true.
- Ron, back to you.
- Nothing but the truth, brother.
- [laughs.]
Back to you, jared.
- Truth or dare.
Good.
Good.
- All about true or truth continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- True value? - Yes, indeed.
Yes, indeed.
We're in another battle.
Jared, back to you.
- Truth serum.
Yes.
- Yes, indeed.
All about true or truth.
Continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- I say "who"? Um An--uhCougars? Environmental crisis.
America, it's time to stand up For your next who's still standing? At home holiday challenge question.
Think you got it? If you said "feliz navidad," You're still standing and still in the game.
Remember, last family member standing At the end of the show wins.
Now more of who's still standing? Ho, ho, ho! [cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you're looking to take another step closer To $1 million.
Ron ramsey is looking to drop you through the floor And walk out of here with $10,000.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Questions and answers in this round, All about true or truth.
Continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- I say "who"? Um Cougars.
Uh, environmental crisis.
Uh, polar caps melting.
- Ten seconds, ron.
- Polar--polar something.
- Sound it out.
- Polar range-- polar rover.
Range rover.
Hell, uh, heck, uh Ah.
- Oh, no.
Ron! You said "range rover.
" - I don't know, man.
- Jared, what do you think? Do you know it? - Global warming.
- Oh, my-- - Yes, it is.
Global warming.
- Sorry, detroit.
- Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! - There's something in my eye.
There was something in my eye.
No, I will not drop! I will not go! I'm not going anywhere! Aah! - Oh! - No! Not ronald! - Two down, jared, On your way to a million bucks.
Two battles in a row, man.
Wait.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Listen.
Yeah, I don't hear anything Coming from over by number eight anymore.
- Oh.
- It's quiet over there all of a sudden.
It's quiet over there.
I don't know what happened.
You just worked real hard For whatever is behind that number eight there.
- Yeah.
Come on.
- Are you ready to find out what it is? - Yeah, ben, let's go.
- Let's see what it is.
$20,000! - Yeah, baby! Yeah! Yes! Yes! - Wow.
- Oh! - Ho, ho, ho, ho, Jared now has a total of $23,000 And has dropped two strangers.
He must drop eight more to win $1 million.
- All right.
- Oh, come on.
- Whoo! - Okay.
- 23,000 bucks.
- All right.
- If you take out just three more of these people, I'm going to give you a chance to take what you've got And walk away.
What can you do with $23,000 in conway, arkansas? - I'll become so popular.
Just immediately, ben.
It's gonna be great.
I'll be honest with you.
I play guitar and do a little singing.
I would buy myself a beautiful, beautiful, Uh, acoustic martin guitar right now.
Very expensive, but, you know, it'd be nice.
- Wow, okay.
All right.
Very nice.
Very nice.
- Yeah, they're really nice.
- You've had two of the longest battles I've seen thus far.
And you survived them both.
You're still here.
You're still standing.
You are eight drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? [cheers and applause.]
- Come on! Over here.
Over here.
Over here.
- I'm thinking it's between number one and number five.
- Number one.
Number one.
- Come on, me, me.
- Number five, dangerous.
But let's go.
Let's do this.
Me and you, number five.
Come on.
- So why'd you pick her? You said she looks dangerous.
- Yeah, I figure-- yeah, I know, I know, But just a little feeling I get.
I hope-- Man, I hope I'm gonna be all right.
We'll find out.
- All right.
Okay.
You chose to face the fear and go right into it.
He said you're dangerous, number five.
Are you? Who are you? Where are you from? What do you do? - I am erin.
I'm from la habra, california, And I'm a makeup artist.
- All right, a makeup artist.
Okay.
You think you can stop him? You think you can take him down? - Piece of cake.
- Piece of cake.
All right.
Well, I guess we're about to find out.
Let's play.
Here we go.
- Whoo-hoo! - You have $23,000, jared.
You have one pass.
Do not forget about it.
Erin, you're playing for $10,000.
- Oh, I want it.
I need $10,000! Yes! I need it! - All right.
It's the makeup artist Against the volleyball coach.
Erin, first question is for you.
Here we go.
Eight drops to the million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- That would be kitten.
- Yes, it would.
I like the way that you said that.
"that would be kitten.
" - Jared, you're up next.
Here we go.
- A carrot.
Good, good.
- Yes, indeed.
- Just about blanked.
- Erin, back to you.
- That would be jesse james.
- Those guys are both legendary outlaws at this point, Aren't they? Jared, back to you.
- Wikipedia.
Wikipedia.
- Erin, back to you.
- Daniel radcliffe? - All right.
And the game continues.
Back to you, jared.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Stay tuned for more of The who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
This is who's still standing? [cheers and applause.]
- All right.
Erin, you're playing for $10,000.
- Oh, and I need $10,000! Yes! I need it! - Jared, you're looking to take another step Closer to $1 million.
Back to you.
20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- The initials in-- l.
L.
Bean.
Come on, baby, yes.
- Yes, indeed.
- Yeah.
All I could think of was jc penney, And I'm like, "that doesn't fit.
" - Now I know why he abbreviated it.
They were like, "why don't we just go with l.
L.
, dude? Seriously.
" Back to you, erin.
Here we go.
- Married with children.
- Yes! - Yes, indeed.
Back to you, jared.
- London.
- Yep.
Another intense battle.
Erin, back to you.
- Oh.
Bro--brooks-- uh, oh, gosh.
Uh, garth brooks.
Uh - Ten seconds.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Guess.
Sound it out.
Use the puzzle.
- Puz--puz--uh Mister I don't--country star.
- Oh! - Word vomit.
- Oh, no, erin.
Jared, you're a cowboy.
Do you know it? - Uh, is it dolly parton? - I think it is.
- It is.
Oh, man.
- No! - Anything you want to say, erin, before you go? - I had so much fun.
Thank you.
Bye, guys.
- You had a good time? They want you to go, and you're gone.
Whoo! - OhWhat? - Three down, jared.
Three down on your way to a million bucks.
And you kept your pass.
- Yes.
- You have $23,000.
It was a pretty long battle.
How do you feel? You feel okay? - I feel good.
I want that to be high.
I want that to be high, ben.
Come on.
- You don't want me to waste any time.
You want to see what you won.
- No.
Let's get it done.
- All right.
- Let's get it done.
- Could be $1,000.
Could be $20,000.
- Come on, ben.
Come on, man.
You're killing me.
Hey! - $15,000! - Hey! Hey! Whoo! Hey, hey, hey.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $38,000 And has dropped three strangers.
He must drop seven more to win $1 million.
- Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
- Wow.
- Oh, man.
Are you kidding me? That's crazy.
- If you drop just two more of these strangers, I'm gonna give you a chance To take what you've got and walk away, okay? - Okay.
- So just put that in the back of your head.
Keep that there, and maybe that's a goal.
You feel good? You feel strong? - Oh, man, this is great.
- Are you ready to keep playing? - Yeah, let's keep going, ben.
- All right, jared, You are seven drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? [cheers and applause.]
- Come on.
Number four.
- You look crafty, man.
You look too cra-- I don't know.
- So snazzy.
- All right, number two.
Let's roll.
- He's going for number two.
He wants opponent number two.
- Wise choice.
- Let's meet him.
Number two, who are you? Are you a quick battle? Are you smart? What's up? - I am zack ritter from los angeles, california, And I'm an academic counselor at ucla.
Did I mention I'm also a phd student? - Oh, no! - In higher education? Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
- Before you freak out, he did say pstudent.
- Right.
Right.
- He might have just started yesterday.
- Right.
Here's hoping.
- Oh, wait.
I also forgot.
I have two masters.
That I've gotten in three years.
I just--it slipped my mind.
I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
That's fine.
- You sure you don't want to pick that guy now? - All right, he didn't start that yesterday.
- I once watched the masters on television.
That's all--that's all I got.
That's all I got.
That's all I got, man.
- He's got a good response.
- I'm a little outgunned right there.
- How do you feel about your choice right now, jared? - Oh, not so great.
Not so great.
- Not so great.
- I'm thinking I maybe should have Shopped around a little bit on that.
- All right, guys.
Here we go.
Let's get this game started.
[cheers and applause.]
- Okay, this is an appropriately named specialty round.
It's called lady killer.
This round is all about ladies.
- That's my round every day.
[laughter.]
- Zack is looking to take you out, Stop your run, and win $10,000.
[cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you are looking to continue your run, And take another step toward a million dollars.
- Come on.
- Zack, you're up first.
Good luck to both of you.
20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- Uh, ladies foot locker.
Uh, lady foot locker.
[bell dings.]
lady f--whoa.
Those plurals-- those plurals get me every time.
- All right.
Lady foot locker indeed.
- Lot of ladies.
- Back to you, jared.
- Martha washington.
- Very nice.
Very nice.
Back to you, zack.
- Uh, "sponge cake shaped like a digit in your hand.
" Finger food, uh, sponge cake? - Ten seconds.
Who's still standing? Is back, Where dropping ten strangers Can win you $1 million.
[cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you are looking to continue your run And take another step toward a million dollars.
- Come on.
- Zack is looking to take you out, stop your run, And win $10,000.
We're still on our specialty round.
It's called lady killer.
This round is all about ladies.
Back to you, zack.
- Here we go.
- Uh, "sponge cake shaped like a digit in your hand.
" Finger food, uh, sponge cake? - Ten seconds, zack.
- CakeFlower? - Sound it out.
- Cake flower.
Um "sponge cake shaped like a digit on your hand.
" - Say something, zack.
- Finger--palm flower.
- Oh, zack! - Sponge cake? - Jared, do you know it? - Lady--ladyfinger? All right.
- Yes, it is, a ladyfinger.
- Oh, man.
All right.
It was fun.
Take care, everybody.
- Looks like you're taking all your degrees And going down! - Oh, ho, ho! Wow! - Four down, jared.
Four down on your way to a million.
How many degrees did he have? - Oh, tons.
A lot more than me.
- He had a lot of degrees.
He took them all to the basement with him, didn't he? - Man.
- Let's take a look at what he was worth.
- Come on.
Big money, ben.
Come on.
Come on, big money.
- No, you want me to flip this over.
- Yeah, come on.
Give it to me.
- I know you can't wait.
- Give it to me, come on.
- Yes! Yes! Bring it! Bring it! Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $48,000 And has dropped four strangers.
He must drop six more to win $1 million.
- Yes, man.
All right.
All right! - Has anyone ever offered you $48,000 All in one try before? "here, I'll give you $48,000.
" - Never, never.
- Never.
Well, it's about to happen, because here's the deal.
You drop just one more of these strangers, And I'm gonna give you a chance to walk away.
- [exhales.]
- Just one more, okay? So choose carefully.
You are six drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? - Right here, man.
I'll take you in.
Come on in.
- Come on.
Come on.
- Oh, man.
- Come on.
- I'm gonna go number one, ben.
Going number one.
- Opponent number one.
It's opponent number one.
- Number one.
- Let's find out-- who are you? Introduce yourself to us.
- I'm sibanee snare from pasadena, california, And I'm a store manager.
Pasadena, right? Yeah.
- Are you a trivia buff? - A little bit.
- Do you have any fancy college degrees Like the guy who just fell through the floor? - Yes, I do, but obviously that didn't help.
But I do.
I got a couple of degrees under my belt.
- All right.
Okay.
- I'm winning.
Money.
- [laughs.]
she's ready.
She wants 10,000 bucks.
- I sure do.
Ooh! [cheers and applause.]
- I think we're ready to go.
Let's play! - All right.
- Jared is looking to get one step closer to a million bucks.
Sibanee is looking to win $10,000 By dropping you through the floor and ending that run.
Sibanee, this first question is for you.
Six drops to the million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- Ritz.
[bell dings, cheers and applause.]
- Putting on the ritz.
Jared, back to you.
- Christina aguilera.
- Yes, indeed.
Back to you, sibanee.
Here we go.
- The grand canyon.
- Yes, indeed.
Hi, I'd like a mule, please.
In one year.
- [laughter.]
- Jared, here we go.
- Their seat belt.
- Yes, they are.
- All right.
Come on.
Let's go.
- Sibanee, back to you.
- Oh, I know this.
Um, oliver? No.
Um, morris.
- Whoo! - Oh! Wow.
- Close.
That was close.
- All right.
Back to you, jared.
Here we go.
- Oktoberfest.
Yeah? Good.
All right.
- Oh.
Come on.
- And we continue.
Sibanee, back to you.
- Ugh.
My grandfather loves chess.
He's gonna kill me if I don't get this right.
- Uh - Ten seconds.
- King me? Um - Work it out.
Look at the puzzle.
Sound it out.
- Uh - Five seconds.
- Oh - Say something.
- Uh, oh.
I don't know.
- Oh, no! - Jared, did you know it? - Checkmate.
- Oh, my god.
- Checkmate.
- I can't believe I just-- - Sibanee, do you want to say anything before you go? Oh! Whoa.
- Oh! That's not cool.
- Oh, man.
[laughs.]
Oh, man.
- Wow.
- I'm so happy.
- You must be a really happy man, jared, Because you are halfway to a million dollars! Holy christmas.
$48,000 plus whatever You just won by taking her down, And we're gonna find out what that is Right after this.
- Oh.
[cheers and applause.]
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Stay tuned for more of The who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
America, stand up.
It's time to play our final Who's still standing? At home holiday challenge question.
Think you got it? If you said "white christmas," You're still standing.
Are you the last member of your family standing? Then you're tonight's winner.
Congratulations! And now, back to the game.
[cheers and applause.]
- Welcome back to who's still standing? I'm here with jared.
He's just taken out his fifth opponent in a row, And he still has one pass left.
We're about to find out what he's gonna add to his total.
Could be $1,000.
Could be $20,000.
He's got $48,000.
What do you think it is, man? - Give me another big one, baby.
- Another big one? - Give me another five digits, baby.
Let's go.
- Another five digits? - Come on, ben.
Treat me right.
- All right, let's find out what it is.
- $1,000.
$1,000.
- Hey, that'll work.
That'll work.
- All right.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $49,000 And has dropped five strangers.
He must drop five more to win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
- Jared, you have $49,000.
[cheers and applause.]
- Okay? You have one pass.
And I'm gonna give you a choice.
You can take that $49,000 and walk away right now, Or you can stay on the trapdoor, Take on the remaining five, And go for the million.
Talk it out.
Think about it.
It's a big decision.
- Yeah, yeah.
- 49,000 bucks.
- It's a lot of money.
- What could you do with it? - Oh, you know what? It may seem silly, but, you know, I've never owned a brand-new car, all right? [cheers and applause.]
- Never in my life.
- I don't think that's silly.
That's not silly.
- I mean, that would be great.
$50,000.
That's-- to a little boy from arkansas, That's a lot of money.
- It's a tough decision.
You got $49,000, you have one pass left, So I'm gonna make it easier for you.
I'm gonna sweeten the deal a little bit.
- Oh.
Come on, ben.
- If you stick around and play, I'm gonna give you another pass.
- Oh, man, you are killing me.
- You made it all the way to here, You only used one pass.
Now you have two.
- Oh, man, I know, but - $49,000 is a lot of money, But it's not a million bucks, is it? - No.
No, it's not.
It's not.
- Okay.
But if you stick around and you lose, You lose everything.
So are you gonna take your money and walk away, Or are you gonna stick around and play? What's it gonna be? - Go for it! Go for it! Come on.
- All right.
You know what, ben? I think I made really good choices Up until now of who to play against, And I got to be honest.
Even with the passes, I'm a little unsure of these guys.
Money in my pocket, baby.
Money in my pocket.
- Yeah? - $49,000, I'm taking it.
I'm walking.
I'm out.
I'm out.
I'm out.
I'm out.
- All right.
- Money in my pocket, baby.
- Well, congratulations, buddy.
- Thank you so much.
- You just won $49,000 on who's still standing? - Thanks, ben.
- Whoo! $49,000.
All right, jared has one more choice that he's got to make.
You're leaving here with $49,000.
You want go through the door, Or you want to go through the floor? - I want to go through the floor! - All right.
- Come on! - Congratulations, buddy.
- Yeah! - He wants to go through the floor.
Let's drop him.
You're a great hero.
Thanks for playing.
Oh! Announcer: Ho, ho, ho The mach 7, rapid fire, Ultimate speed round.
The remaining strangers will be asked questions One by one with only ten seconds to answer.
Get it right, $1,000 is added to the bank.
Get it wrong, they'll fall through the floor.
The one who's still standing wins it all.
Let the speed round begin.
[cheers and applause.]
- Are you ready, speed round players? - Whoo! - Steve early is a roller rink manager, Who served in the air force, and had top secret clearance.
This question is for you.
Here it is.
- Statue of liberty.
[bell dings.]
- Marla mcclure has a bachelor's degree in psychology And scored a 1500 on her sats.
[cheers and applause.]
Marla.
- A shark.
- Catherine smith is an avid reader Who is always reading at least four books at a time.
[cheers and applause.]
- Catherine.
- Olive oyl.
- Yes, indeed.
- Todd stables maintained a perfect 4.
0 average While studying mechanical engineering in college.
Todd.
- Uma thurman.
- And she got that revenge.
Jeffrey moore's mom gave him an encyclopedia when he was five, And it became his favorite book.
Jeffrey.
- C--c--uh - Two seconds.
- Forgive me.
I'm so sorry.
- Oh, no.
You said, "cur--cur--forgive me.
" It was carbon.
- Carbon, of course.
Good luck, you guys.
- Drop him through the floor.
And then there were four.
$4,000 in the pot.
Steve early, we are back to you.
Here we go.
- Usher.
- Marla.
- Oh, my gosh.
Um - Use the puzzle.
- Uh - Five seconds.
- Oh.
Tootsie rolls.
Um, snick--oh.
- Ah.
- What is it? Let's take a look.
- Oh.
- Jelly beans.
Jelly beans.
Bye-bye, marla.
Thanks for playing.
And then there were three.
$5,000 in the pot.
Catherine, you are up next.
Here we go.
- Maine.
- Maine is right, and we're up to $6,000.
Todd.
- Holy--jeez.
Uh, I don't have it.
- Two seconds.
Oh.
Her maternal nickname is Octomom.
- Oh! - 'cause she's got eight kids.
- Bye, guys.
Maybe not? Whaa! - $6,000 in the pot.
We are down to our last two players.
[cheers and applause.]
- Whoo.
- Steve, you started us off, and it's your turn again.
Here we go.
- Uh, uh, medusa, uh - Keep guessing.
- I don't even know.
- Oh! - That's it.
- Oh, no.
- Bye, mom.
- Let's see who it is.
- Hercules, of course.
- Hercules.
- Sorry.
- Steve, thanks for playing.
- Thank you.
- Have a good trip back to new orleans.
And there he goes! - Catherine smith, you're the last one who's still standing.
- I am! - Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- You just won $6,000.
- [screams.]
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- One way or another, You're gonna leave here with $6,000.
Do you want to go through the door, Or do you want to go through the floor? - I'm going through the door.
- All right.
She's going through the door.
Well, step off of that trapdoor.
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Excellent choice.
- Thank you.
- Have fun spending your money.
Give it up for catherine.
She just won $6,000.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Tune in again tomorrow night at 8/7 central For an all-new - Who's still standing?
With not one - Yeah! Announcer: Not two Not three But $4 million of christmas cash on the line.
It's time to see who's naughty and who's nice On the who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
Ho, ho, ho! [exciting music.]
Ho, ho, ho! This is high-stakes trivia.
This is who's still standing? One hero versus ten total strangers In a series of intense, head-to-head trivia battles.
Miss just one question And you'll fall through the floor.
[woman screams.]
If the hero drops all ten strangers, He will win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho! Now, someone who's always on santa's nice list, Ben bailey.
- Tonight on who's still standing, Jared young, a volleyball coach From conway, arkansas, Will be competing to win $1 million.
[cheers and applause.]
How you doing, jared? - Good, ben, how are you? - I'm good, man.
Nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- So you're a volleyball coach? - Yes, yes, volleyball coach from conway, arkansas.
- Conway, arkansas.
- Coach coed boys and girls.
Have a great time.
- Are you a big trivia guy? - You know, I'm a big trivia guy.
I grew up doing crosswords with my grandma, Doing crosswords with your grandmother Since you were a little kid.
- Yup, yup.
- You think you're ready? You think you got what it takes To win a million bucks here tonight? - I'm ready, ben.
Let's roll.
- All right.
All right, jared.
All these guys are on trapdoors already.
This is your trapdoor.
Once you step on it, there's no stepping off Until the game ends one way or another.
You might walk off a winner.
You might drop through with nothing.
So it's a big step.
Are you ready to take that step? - I'm ready to take that step, ben.
- All right, step on the door.
Let's play this game.
[cheers and applause.]
All right, so here's how things are gonna work.
To win the million you got to take down All ten of the strangers.
Take a minute and look around at these people.
Who are they? They come from all walks of life.
Some have book smarts, Some have street smarts.
Others are pop culture experts.
Each one of them wants to take you out And walk out of here with 10,000 bucks.
So they might like you.
They might think you're a nice guy.
They might be moved by your story Of doing crosswords with your grandmother.
But when it comes down to it, They want to knock you through the floor And walk out of here with cash, okay? - All right.
That's all right.
That's all right, ben.
That's all right.
- If you take down all ten one by one, You'll win $1 million.
- I'm ready.
- All right, jared, let's get started.
You are ten drops away from $1 million dollars.
- Yeah.
- Who's gonna be first? - Whoo! You're scared, huh? You're scared.
- I don't know.
- Three, three, three.
- Come on.
Right here.
Right here.
- I don't know.
- The bowtie.
You know you want the bowtie.
- I'm gonna go right here.
Gonna go with number three.
- Opponent number three, opponent number three.
- Challenge accepted.
- Good luck.
Good luck.
- Number three, introduce yourself.
Who are you, where you from, what do you do? - All right, hi.
My name is April marquette.
I'm a web designer, and I'm from astoria, oregon.
- All right.
- All right.
- Thank you.
- All right, let's get started.
Let's play this game.
[cheers and applause.]
- You ready to win $10,000 - Yes, sir.
- And stop him before he gets started? - All right.
All right.
Let's do this.
- Jared, are you ready to take down your first opponent On your way to a million bucks? - Yes.
Yes, yes.
I'm ready.
- Put you down.
- You're ten drops from the million, 20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- Okay, as a vegetarian, I don't like to eat here.
It's kfc.
[bell dings.]
- kfc.
All right, jared, you're up.
Here we go.
- I'm gonna go ruby, ben.
[bell dings.]
yeah! - Ruby red.
Back to you, April.
- [imitates meow.]
it's catwoman.
[laughter.]
- That was the most laid-back catwoman.
[imitates meow.]
[laughter.]
[imitates meow.]
Okay, whatever.
Jared, back to you.
Here we go.
- Royal flush.
[bell dings.]
Yeah.
- Yes, indeed.
Royal flush it is.
Back to you, April.
- All right, I'm from the northwest.
I know it's trout.
[bell dings.]
[cheers and applause.]
- Trout indeed.
- Poor fish.
- Trout from the northwest.
Jared, back to you.
- I love friends.
It's bing.
- Yeah! - Bing, bing.
We doubled up on the bing there.
Back to you, April.
- All right.
It's got to be ethanol.
- Yes, indeed.
- Pow! [imitating gunfire.]
Yes [cheers and applause.]
- Oh, crowd's getting excited now.
- It's all right.
It's okay.
It's all right.
I got it.
I got it.
- All right.
The crowd's getting into it.
Remember, as the round goes on, The questions get harder.
Jared, back to you.
Here we go.
- My man tom brady.
- April, you're up.
- All right, let's see, uh Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, stay tuned as The who's still standing? Holiday marathon continues next.
Stand up, america.
It's time for the who's still standing? At home holiday challenge.
Here's your first question: Do you know the answer? If you guessed "button," you're still standing.
More holiday trivia is coming up.
Who will be the last member of your family still standing? Now back to the game.
[cheers and applause.]
- This is a real battle.
April, you ready to win $10,000 And stop him before he gets started? - All right.
- Jared, are you ready to take down your first opponent On your way to a million bucks? - Yes, yes.
I'm ready.
- All right, April, This question is for you.
Here it is.
- All right, let's see.
Uh, honey nut cheerios.
Yeah! - Whoo! April was all over that one.
Back to you, jared.
- Right in my wheelhouse, baby.
Lead singer for the police.
That's sting.
- Right in your wheelhouse? - That's--I love them.
They're my favorite band.
- I didn't even know you had a wheelhouse, jared.
- That is my wheelhouse.
I love 'em.
- [stammers.]
Yes, in kentucky you can find fort knox.
- Yes, you can.
- Pow, pow, pow, pow.
Yay! - You picked a tough one right off the bat.
- Thought she was sweet.
- She might be sweet, but she also knows some stuff.
- Yeah, she does.
- Back to you, jared.
Here we go.
- Triceratops.
Good, yes.
Oh, my god.
- All right.
We're gonna keep it going.
April, you're up again.
- And the movie starred johnny depp.
It's sweeney todd! Yeah! - Yes, it is.
Whoo.
Jared, back to you.
- Kelley's blue book.
Kelley blue book.
There it is.
There it is.
Oh, man.
Wha-- Ah.
Right? - These guys will not go down.
April, back to you.
- Yay, a recent question.
Dominique strauss-kahn.
[cheers and applause.]
Oh! Yeah! - [exclaims.]
come on.
- Wow.
Wow.
Maybe you're just getting the hard work Out of the way up front.
- Oh, man.
- There's only one way to find out, And that is to press on.
Jared, back to you.
- Oh, man.
Got to be, uh Oh, boy.
Minnesota? - You have two passes.
Ten seconds.
- Twin lakes.
Nothing twin.
- Five seconds.
- I'm gonna pass.
- Pass.
To you, April.
- Okay, let's see here.
Okay, let's see.
Uh, twin cities Uh, let's see.
A town.
Let's see.
Uh - Think out loud.
Ten seconds.
- Minnesota.
Port, uh, city, town Oh.
Um - Five seconds.
One second.
- [muttering.]
- Oh! - I'm sorry.
Oh.
- Wow.
- Thank you.
- What a round.
What a round.
- Thank you.
Good-bye.
- Whoo! Jared didn't know it.
He used a pass.
It went to April.
She didn't know it.
Let's find out what it was.
Eden prairie? Hey, apparently a very nice place to live.
- Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! - Good-bye.
- And down she goes.
Oh, man.
Whoo! Wow.
One down, jared.
One person down.
What a battle.
What a battle.
Were you sweating? - Yeah, I was sweating.
I thought she was gonna be really nice to me.
She made me use my pass.
I know.
- People are nice until there's 10,000 bucks on the line.
- Right? - She wanted that money.
She made you burn a pass.
You used a pass on your first battle, man.
- I know.
- Yeah.
Let's find out what she was worth to you.
- Bring out--bring out the big money.
Let's go.
- Could be 10,000 bucks.
Could be 20,000 bucks.
- That's right, that's more what we're talking about.
Come on.
- All right, let's take a look.
- Three grand'll work.
- $3,000.
- That'll work.
That'll work.
- Ho, ho, ho, jared has a total of $3,000 And has dropped one stranger.
He must drop nine more to win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho! - You got through the first one.
Got through the hard part.
- Right.
- All right.
- Remember, you can't leave with the money Until you've dropped five of the strangers.
You have nine drops to a million dollars, jared.
Who's gonna be next? - All right.
- Bring it on, man.
Right here, right here.
- Come on, let's dance.
Let's dance, cowboy.
- Me, me, me, me, me.
- Lucky number seven.
- Come on, number eight.
Let's go.
- Let's go, brother! Me and you! Let's go! - Let's go! - Going down, brother.
- He picked opponent number eight.
You're pretty confident.
Who are you? Introduce yourself.
- My name is ron ramsey.
I'm from detroit, michigan.
I work for commercial marketing.
Yes! - Detroit.
- All right, ron ramsey.
I like you already.
- I like myself, brother.
[laughter.]
- Come on, detroit.
- All right.
- Let's go.
- So let's get to this round.
Here we go.
- Yeah! - All right, fellas.
It's a specialty round.
It's called true dat.
Questions and answers in this round Have to do with truth.
So keep that in mind when you're answering these questions.
Jared, you have one pass.
Don't forget about your pass.
You're looking to take another step closer To one $1 million.
Ron ramsey is looking to drop you through the floor.
First question is for you, ron ramsey.
It's nine drops to a million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- Uh, jesus.
[bell dings.]
- Jared, back to you.
- Jack nicholson.
[cheers and applause.]
- All right, back to you, ron.
Here we go.
- A qua-- a owl.
A owl, owl, owl.
[laughs.]
- I say "who"? - I say--I say "who"? - Jared.
Here we go.
- Cyndi lauper.
- Yes, indeed.
- Yay, cyndi.
- I think that's true.
I think that's true.
- That is true.
- Ron, back to you.
- Nothing but the truth, brother.
- [laughs.]
Back to you, jared.
- Truth or dare.
Good.
Good.
- All about true or truth continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- True value? - Yes, indeed.
Yes, indeed.
We're in another battle.
Jared, back to you.
- Truth serum.
Yes.
- Yes, indeed.
All about true or truth.
Continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- I say "who"? Um An--uhCougars? Environmental crisis.
America, it's time to stand up For your next who's still standing? At home holiday challenge question.
Think you got it? If you said "feliz navidad," You're still standing and still in the game.
Remember, last family member standing At the end of the show wins.
Now more of who's still standing? Ho, ho, ho! [cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you're looking to take another step closer To $1 million.
Ron ramsey is looking to drop you through the floor And walk out of here with $10,000.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Questions and answers in this round, All about true or truth.
Continuing.
Back to you, ron.
- I say "who"? Um Cougars.
Uh, environmental crisis.
Uh, polar caps melting.
- Ten seconds, ron.
- Polar--polar something.
- Sound it out.
- Polar range-- polar rover.
Range rover.
Hell, uh, heck, uh Ah.
- Oh, no.
Ron! You said "range rover.
" - I don't know, man.
- Jared, what do you think? Do you know it? - Global warming.
- Oh, my-- - Yes, it is.
Global warming.
- Sorry, detroit.
- Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! - There's something in my eye.
There was something in my eye.
No, I will not drop! I will not go! I'm not going anywhere! Aah! - Oh! - No! Not ronald! - Two down, jared, On your way to a million bucks.
Two battles in a row, man.
Wait.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Listen.
Yeah, I don't hear anything Coming from over by number eight anymore.
- Oh.
- It's quiet over there all of a sudden.
It's quiet over there.
I don't know what happened.
You just worked real hard For whatever is behind that number eight there.
- Yeah.
Come on.
- Are you ready to find out what it is? - Yeah, ben, let's go.
- Let's see what it is.
$20,000! - Yeah, baby! Yeah! Yes! Yes! - Wow.
- Oh! - Ho, ho, ho, ho, Jared now has a total of $23,000 And has dropped two strangers.
He must drop eight more to win $1 million.
- All right.
- Oh, come on.
- Whoo! - Okay.
- 23,000 bucks.
- All right.
- If you take out just three more of these people, I'm going to give you a chance to take what you've got And walk away.
What can you do with $23,000 in conway, arkansas? - I'll become so popular.
Just immediately, ben.
It's gonna be great.
I'll be honest with you.
I play guitar and do a little singing.
I would buy myself a beautiful, beautiful, Uh, acoustic martin guitar right now.
Very expensive, but, you know, it'd be nice.
- Wow, okay.
All right.
Very nice.
Very nice.
- Yeah, they're really nice.
- You've had two of the longest battles I've seen thus far.
And you survived them both.
You're still here.
You're still standing.
You are eight drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? [cheers and applause.]
- Come on! Over here.
Over here.
Over here.
- I'm thinking it's between number one and number five.
- Number one.
Number one.
- Come on, me, me.
- Number five, dangerous.
But let's go.
Let's do this.
Me and you, number five.
Come on.
- So why'd you pick her? You said she looks dangerous.
- Yeah, I figure-- yeah, I know, I know, But just a little feeling I get.
I hope-- Man, I hope I'm gonna be all right.
We'll find out.
- All right.
Okay.
You chose to face the fear and go right into it.
He said you're dangerous, number five.
Are you? Who are you? Where are you from? What do you do? - I am erin.
I'm from la habra, california, And I'm a makeup artist.
- All right, a makeup artist.
Okay.
You think you can stop him? You think you can take him down? - Piece of cake.
- Piece of cake.
All right.
Well, I guess we're about to find out.
Let's play.
Here we go.
- Whoo-hoo! - You have $23,000, jared.
You have one pass.
Do not forget about it.
Erin, you're playing for $10,000.
- Oh, I want it.
I need $10,000! Yes! I need it! - All right.
It's the makeup artist Against the volleyball coach.
Erin, first question is for you.
Here we go.
Eight drops to the million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- That would be kitten.
- Yes, it would.
I like the way that you said that.
"that would be kitten.
" - Jared, you're up next.
Here we go.
- A carrot.
Good, good.
- Yes, indeed.
- Just about blanked.
- Erin, back to you.
- That would be jesse james.
- Those guys are both legendary outlaws at this point, Aren't they? Jared, back to you.
- Wikipedia.
Wikipedia.
- Erin, back to you.
- Daniel radcliffe? - All right.
And the game continues.
Back to you, jared.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Stay tuned for more of The who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
This is who's still standing? [cheers and applause.]
- All right.
Erin, you're playing for $10,000.
- Oh, and I need $10,000! Yes! I need it! - Jared, you're looking to take another step Closer to $1 million.
Back to you.
20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- The initials in-- l.
L.
Bean.
Come on, baby, yes.
- Yes, indeed.
- Yeah.
All I could think of was jc penney, And I'm like, "that doesn't fit.
" - Now I know why he abbreviated it.
They were like, "why don't we just go with l.
L.
, dude? Seriously.
" Back to you, erin.
Here we go.
- Married with children.
- Yes! - Yes, indeed.
Back to you, jared.
- London.
- Yep.
Another intense battle.
Erin, back to you.
- Oh.
Bro--brooks-- uh, oh, gosh.
Uh, garth brooks.
Uh - Ten seconds.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Guess.
Sound it out.
Use the puzzle.
- Puz--puz--uh Mister I don't--country star.
- Oh! - Word vomit.
- Oh, no, erin.
Jared, you're a cowboy.
Do you know it? - Uh, is it dolly parton? - I think it is.
- It is.
Oh, man.
- No! - Anything you want to say, erin, before you go? - I had so much fun.
Thank you.
Bye, guys.
- You had a good time? They want you to go, and you're gone.
Whoo! - OhWhat? - Three down, jared.
Three down on your way to a million bucks.
And you kept your pass.
- Yes.
- You have $23,000.
It was a pretty long battle.
How do you feel? You feel okay? - I feel good.
I want that to be high.
I want that to be high, ben.
Come on.
- You don't want me to waste any time.
You want to see what you won.
- No.
Let's get it done.
- All right.
- Let's get it done.
- Could be $1,000.
Could be $20,000.
- Come on, ben.
Come on, man.
You're killing me.
Hey! - $15,000! - Hey! Hey! Whoo! Hey, hey, hey.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $38,000 And has dropped three strangers.
He must drop seven more to win $1 million.
- Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
- Wow.
- Oh, man.
Are you kidding me? That's crazy.
- If you drop just two more of these strangers, I'm gonna give you a chance To take what you've got and walk away, okay? - Okay.
- So just put that in the back of your head.
Keep that there, and maybe that's a goal.
You feel good? You feel strong? - Oh, man, this is great.
- Are you ready to keep playing? - Yeah, let's keep going, ben.
- All right, jared, You are seven drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? [cheers and applause.]
- Come on.
Number four.
- You look crafty, man.
You look too cra-- I don't know.
- So snazzy.
- All right, number two.
Let's roll.
- He's going for number two.
He wants opponent number two.
- Wise choice.
- Let's meet him.
Number two, who are you? Are you a quick battle? Are you smart? What's up? - I am zack ritter from los angeles, california, And I'm an academic counselor at ucla.
Did I mention I'm also a phd student? - Oh, no! - In higher education? Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
- Before you freak out, he did say pstudent.
- Right.
Right.
- He might have just started yesterday.
- Right.
Here's hoping.
- Oh, wait.
I also forgot.
I have two masters.
That I've gotten in three years.
I just--it slipped my mind.
I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
That's fine.
- You sure you don't want to pick that guy now? - All right, he didn't start that yesterday.
- I once watched the masters on television.
That's all--that's all I got.
That's all I got.
That's all I got, man.
- He's got a good response.
- I'm a little outgunned right there.
- How do you feel about your choice right now, jared? - Oh, not so great.
Not so great.
- Not so great.
- I'm thinking I maybe should have Shopped around a little bit on that.
- All right, guys.
Here we go.
Let's get this game started.
[cheers and applause.]
- Okay, this is an appropriately named specialty round.
It's called lady killer.
This round is all about ladies.
- That's my round every day.
[laughter.]
- Zack is looking to take you out, Stop your run, and win $10,000.
[cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you are looking to continue your run, And take another step toward a million dollars.
- Come on.
- Zack, you're up first.
Good luck to both of you.
20 seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
- Uh, ladies foot locker.
Uh, lady foot locker.
[bell dings.]
lady f--whoa.
Those plurals-- those plurals get me every time.
- All right.
Lady foot locker indeed.
- Lot of ladies.
- Back to you, jared.
- Martha washington.
- Very nice.
Very nice.
Back to you, zack.
- Uh, "sponge cake shaped like a digit in your hand.
" Finger food, uh, sponge cake? - Ten seconds.
Who's still standing? Is back, Where dropping ten strangers Can win you $1 million.
[cheers and applause.]
- Jared, you are looking to continue your run And take another step toward a million dollars.
- Come on.
- Zack is looking to take you out, stop your run, And win $10,000.
We're still on our specialty round.
It's called lady killer.
This round is all about ladies.
Back to you, zack.
- Here we go.
- Uh, "sponge cake shaped like a digit in your hand.
" Finger food, uh, sponge cake? - Ten seconds, zack.
- CakeFlower? - Sound it out.
- Cake flower.
Um "sponge cake shaped like a digit on your hand.
" - Say something, zack.
- Finger--palm flower.
- Oh, zack! - Sponge cake? - Jared, do you know it? - Lady--ladyfinger? All right.
- Yes, it is, a ladyfinger.
- Oh, man.
All right.
It was fun.
Take care, everybody.
- Looks like you're taking all your degrees And going down! - Oh, ho, ho! Wow! - Four down, jared.
Four down on your way to a million.
How many degrees did he have? - Oh, tons.
A lot more than me.
- He had a lot of degrees.
He took them all to the basement with him, didn't he? - Man.
- Let's take a look at what he was worth.
- Come on.
Big money, ben.
Come on.
Come on, big money.
- No, you want me to flip this over.
- Yeah, come on.
Give it to me.
- I know you can't wait.
- Give it to me, come on.
- Yes! Yes! Bring it! Bring it! Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $48,000 And has dropped four strangers.
He must drop six more to win $1 million.
- Yes, man.
All right.
All right! - Has anyone ever offered you $48,000 All in one try before? "here, I'll give you $48,000.
" - Never, never.
- Never.
Well, it's about to happen, because here's the deal.
You drop just one more of these strangers, And I'm gonna give you a chance to walk away.
- [exhales.]
- Just one more, okay? So choose carefully.
You are six drops away from $1 million.
Who's gonna be next? - Right here, man.
I'll take you in.
Come on in.
- Come on.
Come on.
- Oh, man.
- Come on.
- I'm gonna go number one, ben.
Going number one.
- Opponent number one.
It's opponent number one.
- Number one.
- Let's find out-- who are you? Introduce yourself to us.
- I'm sibanee snare from pasadena, california, And I'm a store manager.
Pasadena, right? Yeah.
- Are you a trivia buff? - A little bit.
- Do you have any fancy college degrees Like the guy who just fell through the floor? - Yes, I do, but obviously that didn't help.
But I do.
I got a couple of degrees under my belt.
- All right.
Okay.
- I'm winning.
Money.
- [laughs.]
she's ready.
She wants 10,000 bucks.
- I sure do.
Ooh! [cheers and applause.]
- I think we're ready to go.
Let's play! - All right.
- Jared is looking to get one step closer to a million bucks.
Sibanee is looking to win $10,000 By dropping you through the floor and ending that run.
Sibanee, this first question is for you.
Six drops to the million.
20 seconds on the clock.
- Ritz.
[bell dings, cheers and applause.]
- Putting on the ritz.
Jared, back to you.
- Christina aguilera.
- Yes, indeed.
Back to you, sibanee.
Here we go.
- The grand canyon.
- Yes, indeed.
Hi, I'd like a mule, please.
In one year.
- [laughter.]
- Jared, here we go.
- Their seat belt.
- Yes, they are.
- All right.
Come on.
Let's go.
- Sibanee, back to you.
- Oh, I know this.
Um, oliver? No.
Um, morris.
- Whoo! - Oh! Wow.
- Close.
That was close.
- All right.
Back to you, jared.
Here we go.
- Oktoberfest.
Yeah? Good.
All right.
- Oh.
Come on.
- And we continue.
Sibanee, back to you.
- Ugh.
My grandfather loves chess.
He's gonna kill me if I don't get this right.
- Uh - Ten seconds.
- King me? Um - Work it out.
Look at the puzzle.
Sound it out.
- Uh - Five seconds.
- Oh - Say something.
- Uh, oh.
I don't know.
- Oh, no! - Jared, did you know it? - Checkmate.
- Oh, my god.
- Checkmate.
- I can't believe I just-- - Sibanee, do you want to say anything before you go? Oh! Whoa.
- Oh! That's not cool.
- Oh, man.
[laughs.]
Oh, man.
- Wow.
- I'm so happy.
- You must be a really happy man, jared, Because you are halfway to a million dollars! Holy christmas.
$48,000 plus whatever You just won by taking her down, And we're gonna find out what that is Right after this.
- Oh.
[cheers and applause.]
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Stay tuned for more of The who's still standing? Holiday marathon.
America, stand up.
It's time to play our final Who's still standing? At home holiday challenge question.
Think you got it? If you said "white christmas," You're still standing.
Are you the last member of your family standing? Then you're tonight's winner.
Congratulations! And now, back to the game.
[cheers and applause.]
- Welcome back to who's still standing? I'm here with jared.
He's just taken out his fifth opponent in a row, And he still has one pass left.
We're about to find out what he's gonna add to his total.
Could be $1,000.
Could be $20,000.
He's got $48,000.
What do you think it is, man? - Give me another big one, baby.
- Another big one? - Give me another five digits, baby.
Let's go.
- Another five digits? - Come on, ben.
Treat me right.
- All right, let's find out what it is.
- $1,000.
$1,000.
- Hey, that'll work.
That'll work.
- All right.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Jared has a total of $49,000 And has dropped five strangers.
He must drop five more to win $1 million.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
- Jared, you have $49,000.
[cheers and applause.]
- Okay? You have one pass.
And I'm gonna give you a choice.
You can take that $49,000 and walk away right now, Or you can stay on the trapdoor, Take on the remaining five, And go for the million.
Talk it out.
Think about it.
It's a big decision.
- Yeah, yeah.
- 49,000 bucks.
- It's a lot of money.
- What could you do with it? - Oh, you know what? It may seem silly, but, you know, I've never owned a brand-new car, all right? [cheers and applause.]
- Never in my life.
- I don't think that's silly.
That's not silly.
- I mean, that would be great.
$50,000.
That's-- to a little boy from arkansas, That's a lot of money.
- It's a tough decision.
You got $49,000, you have one pass left, So I'm gonna make it easier for you.
I'm gonna sweeten the deal a little bit.
- Oh.
Come on, ben.
- If you stick around and play, I'm gonna give you another pass.
- Oh, man, you are killing me.
- You made it all the way to here, You only used one pass.
Now you have two.
- Oh, man, I know, but - $49,000 is a lot of money, But it's not a million bucks, is it? - No.
No, it's not.
It's not.
- Okay.
But if you stick around and you lose, You lose everything.
So are you gonna take your money and walk away, Or are you gonna stick around and play? What's it gonna be? - Go for it! Go for it! Come on.
- All right.
You know what, ben? I think I made really good choices Up until now of who to play against, And I got to be honest.
Even with the passes, I'm a little unsure of these guys.
Money in my pocket, baby.
Money in my pocket.
- Yeah? - $49,000, I'm taking it.
I'm walking.
I'm out.
I'm out.
I'm out.
I'm out.
- All right.
- Money in my pocket, baby.
- Well, congratulations, buddy.
- Thank you so much.
- You just won $49,000 on who's still standing? - Thanks, ben.
- Whoo! $49,000.
All right, jared has one more choice that he's got to make.
You're leaving here with $49,000.
You want go through the door, Or you want to go through the floor? - I want to go through the floor! - All right.
- Come on! - Congratulations, buddy.
- Yeah! - He wants to go through the floor.
Let's drop him.
You're a great hero.
Thanks for playing.
Oh! Announcer: Ho, ho, ho The mach 7, rapid fire, Ultimate speed round.
The remaining strangers will be asked questions One by one with only ten seconds to answer.
Get it right, $1,000 is added to the bank.
Get it wrong, they'll fall through the floor.
The one who's still standing wins it all.
Let the speed round begin.
[cheers and applause.]
- Are you ready, speed round players? - Whoo! - Steve early is a roller rink manager, Who served in the air force, and had top secret clearance.
This question is for you.
Here it is.
- Statue of liberty.
[bell dings.]
- Marla mcclure has a bachelor's degree in psychology And scored a 1500 on her sats.
[cheers and applause.]
Marla.
- A shark.
- Catherine smith is an avid reader Who is always reading at least four books at a time.
[cheers and applause.]
- Catherine.
- Olive oyl.
- Yes, indeed.
- Todd stables maintained a perfect 4.
0 average While studying mechanical engineering in college.
Todd.
- Uma thurman.
- And she got that revenge.
Jeffrey moore's mom gave him an encyclopedia when he was five, And it became his favorite book.
Jeffrey.
- C--c--uh - Two seconds.
- Forgive me.
I'm so sorry.
- Oh, no.
You said, "cur--cur--forgive me.
" It was carbon.
- Carbon, of course.
Good luck, you guys.
- Drop him through the floor.
And then there were four.
$4,000 in the pot.
Steve early, we are back to you.
Here we go.
- Usher.
- Marla.
- Oh, my gosh.
Um - Use the puzzle.
- Uh - Five seconds.
- Oh.
Tootsie rolls.
Um, snick--oh.
- Ah.
- What is it? Let's take a look.
- Oh.
- Jelly beans.
Jelly beans.
Bye-bye, marla.
Thanks for playing.
And then there were three.
$5,000 in the pot.
Catherine, you are up next.
Here we go.
- Maine.
- Maine is right, and we're up to $6,000.
Todd.
- Holy--jeez.
Uh, I don't have it.
- Two seconds.
Oh.
Her maternal nickname is Octomom.
- Oh! - 'cause she's got eight kids.
- Bye, guys.
Maybe not? Whaa! - $6,000 in the pot.
We are down to our last two players.
[cheers and applause.]
- Whoo.
- Steve, you started us off, and it's your turn again.
Here we go.
- Uh, uh, medusa, uh - Keep guessing.
- I don't even know.
- Oh! - That's it.
- Oh, no.
- Bye, mom.
- Let's see who it is.
- Hercules, of course.
- Hercules.
- Sorry.
- Steve, thanks for playing.
- Thank you.
- Have a good trip back to new orleans.
And there he goes! - Catherine smith, you're the last one who's still standing.
- I am! - Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- You just won $6,000.
- [screams.]
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- One way or another, You're gonna leave here with $6,000.
Do you want to go through the door, Or do you want to go through the floor? - I'm going through the door.
- All right.
She's going through the door.
Well, step off of that trapdoor.
Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Excellent choice.
- Thank you.
- Have fun spending your money.
Give it up for catherine.
She just won $6,000.
Announcer: Ho, ho, ho, Tune in again tomorrow night at 8/7 central For an all-new - Who's still standing?