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BrandonFG · « **on:** April 17, 2005, 01:21:29 PM »

I just caught the TTD clip of Thom McKee winning $36,000+ in the 4th tie game, and came to wondering something. Just how DID the pot get to be that high? (yeah, pot and high hahahahaha) Never really seen a lot of TTD, so I'm not quite sure on how the payouts were for boxes...I just know the center box was significantly higher, but I still can't do the math as to how the pot got to almost $37,000. Thanks in advance.

BTW, "Peter Pan?" How simple can we be? I knew that in 4th grade!

NickintheATL · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:23:41 PM »

I believe there was a red category (shut up Jim Caldwell :-P) that doubled the pot if answered correctly, I think it was the Bonus Category if I'm not mistaken.

That is an exciting episode, I did tape it back on 7/4/1998 during a GSN marathon "Tic Tac and Thom".

dmota104 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:32:10 PM »

[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 12:23 PM\']I believe there was a red category (shut up Jim Caldwell :-P) that doubled the pot if answered correctly, I think it was the Bonus Category if I'm not mistaken.

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Close -- "Secret Category".

IIRC, the pot went up to about $40,000 and Mark Leinwand won it.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:34:37 PM »

[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 12:23 PM\']I believe there was a red category (shut up Jim Caldwell :-P) that doubled the pot if answered correctly, I think it was the Bonus Category if I'm not mistaken.

That is an exciting episode, I did tape it back on 7/4/1998 during a GSN marathon "Tic Tac and Thom".

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I see...for some reason, I thought the red boxes were Caldwell era only, hence all the jokes, but now it's coming back to me...damn alcohol. :-P

Thanks to both.

NickintheATL · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:39:38 PM »

[quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 01:32 PM\'][quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 12:23 PM\']I believe there was a red category (shut up Jim Caldwell :-P) that doubled the pot if answered correctly, I think it was the Bonus Category if I'm not mistaken.

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Close -- "Secret Category".

IIRC, the pot went up to about $40,000 and Mark Leinwand won it.

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If only he wasn't mentioning Thom McKee specifically, you'd be right. Hehe.

That game he's referring to set the record at that time, but I believe you're referencing when it was later broken again.

clemon79 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:56:34 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 10:34 AM\']I see...for some reason, I thought the red boxes were Caldwell era only, hence all the jokes, but now it's coming back to me...damn alcohol. :-P
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They weren't, they had the red boxes in the Martindale era, but at the time the Secret Category wasn't red, I don't think. Just special.

dzinkin · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2005, 01:59:27 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 01:56 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 10:34 AM\']I see...for some reason, I thought the red boxes were Caldwell era only, hence all the jokes, but now it's coming back to me...damn alcohol. :-P
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They weren't, they had the red boxes in the Martindale era, but at the time the Secret Category wasn't red, I don't think. Just special.

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No, the "special" categories were always red in the syndie run. Wink just wasn't fixated on the color. :-)

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:02:24 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 10:59 AM\']No, the "special" categories were always red in the syndie run. Wink just wasn't fixated on the color. :-)

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When they had "Seesaw", and "Play or Pass" and all of the other goofy ones, yes. But I am almost certain that there was a period of time before that when they were trying out stuff like the Secret Category where it was the same blue everything else was. I could be wrong, but I'm feeling pretty strongly about this. If someone wants to provide a screengrab of the McKee run showing me a red box, I'll happily eat my words.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:09:39 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 17 2005, 02:02 PM\']But I am almost certain that there was a period of time before that when they were trying out stuff like the Secret Category where it was the same blue everything else was.[/quote]

I'm told that "Secret Category" was the first one they had; but I seem to recall when it first appeared, it was blue....and then was made red to make it "stand out". However, Adam Marchese (remember him?) states on his page that they were burnt orange from the get-go.

davidhammett · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2005, 01:59:36 AM »

I don't remember for sure if Secret Category was red or blue to start -- my vote would be for red, but I won't swear to it -- but I do remember a Secret Category-driven pot that got up to $45,200 -- I forget if it was during McKee's run or not. Dropped my jaw, it did...

zachhoran · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2005, 11:19:15 AM »

[quote name=\'davidhammett\' date=\'Apr 18 2005, 12:59 AM\']I don't remember for sure if Secret Category was red or blue to start -- my vote would be for red, but I won't swear to it -- but I do remember a Secret Category-driven pot that got up to $45,200 -- I forget if it was during McKee's run or not. Dropped my jaw, it did...

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Did the Secret Categ'Ry ever appear in any tiebreaker games? I guess they finally realized by 1982 or so how high the pots could get if the SC appeared in a third of fourth games and dropped the Categ'Ry.