Press Your Luck Episode Guide
January 1, 1985 to June 28, 1985
Key: # (Episode Number); Date (when CBS originally aired this episode); returning champ is in bold; (2x), (3x), etc. (number of wins champ has)
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| -- | 1/1/85 | NO SHOW | ||||
| 332 | 1/2/85 | Cydney | Sam | Jill | Sam ($11,050) |
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| 333 | 1/3/85 | Eddy | Sam | Julie | Sam ($5,300) |
Eddy's "Cold cash, cold cash!" from the intros! |
| 334 | 1/4/85 | Sam | Rick | Esmeralda | Esmeralda ($11,348) |
Esmeralda dishes out the whammies to her opponents! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 335 | 1/7/85 | Ryan | Jeanne | Esmeralda | Esmeralda (2x) ($16,619) |
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| 336 | 1/8/85 | Buddy | Mary Ann | Esmeralda | Buddy ($7,750) |
A Flokati rug is unveiled! |
| 337 | 1/9/85 | Brian | Annette | Buddy | Buddy (2x) ($19,858) |
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| 338 | 1/10/85 | Karin | Buddy | Jerome | Jerome ($15,191) |
Jerome Jacobs starts his four-day run |
| 339 | 1/11/85 | Jerome | Michael | LeeAnn | Jerome (2x) ($11,503) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 340 | 1/14/85 | Lisa | Max | Jerome | Jerome (3x) ($8,470) |
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| 341 | 1/15/85 | Lesley | Jerome | Tim | Lesley ($6,939) |
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| 342 | 1/16/85 | Donna | Paul | Lesley | Lesley (2x) ($4,328) |
Donna is a Raider cheerleader! |
| 343 | 1/17/85 | Andra | Lesley | Brad | Brad ($15,759) |
Brad wins the car! |
| 344 | 1/18/85 | Brad | Will | Christine | Brad (2x) ($5,874) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 345 | 1/21/85 | Brad | Arlene | George | Arlene ($3,225) |
First
Day of 2nd Home Player Game! What a weird HP cue sound... Brad wins $750 for Eleanor Shultes of Willow, NY |
| 346 | 1/22/85 | Andrea | Arlene | Mike | Andrea ($10,489) |
Andrea wins $2250 for Sue Simmons of Great Falls, MT |
| 347 | 1/23/85 | Andrea | Al | Rita | Rita ($0) |
*sigh* Another $0 win...11
whammies Andrea wins a sailboat worth $1,379 for Juanita G. Tracy of Los Angeles, CA |
| 348 | 1/24/85 | Nancy | John | Rita | Nancy ($16,724) |
Poor Rita stays
two days and still wins no bucks... Nancy wins $700 for Hazel Andeway of Hawthorne, CA |
| 349 | 1/25/85 | Nancy | Dayna | Ron | Nancy (2x) ($15,290) |
Ron wins $750 for Sylvia Morales, of Mt. Vernon, NY |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 350 | 1/28/85 | Jennie | Terry | Nancy | Jennie ($10,622) |
Jennie Jones' first episode! Terry and Jennie become best friends, so to speak... Nancy wins $2000 for Dorothy Hickey Miller of Oshkosh, WI |
| 351 | 1/29/85 | Michael | Jodi | Jennie | Jennie (2x) ($8,084) |
Jennie's second episode! Michael wins $500, courtesy of the whammy, for Jane Auvil of Salem, MA |
| 352 | 1/30/85 | Melodee | John | Jennie | Melodee ($24,133) |
Jennie's final show Melodee wins $750 for C.J. Santa of Wilmington, CA |
| 353 | 1/31/85 | George | Melodee | Savannah | Melodee (2x) ($10,000) |
Savannah wins $500, courtesy of the whammy, for Wendell & Guyla Mayo of Woodsville, NH |
| 354 | 2/1/85 | Mike | Melodee | Jody | Jody ($7,645) |
Heh, Mike pushes down
a whammy... Mike wins $750 for Virginia Blake of Havertown, PA |
Board changes on 2/5: Whammy moved from square #1 to #18, $2000/LOW moves to square #15 from #16.
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 355 | 2/4/85 | Barbara | Jody | Evan | Jody (2x) ($9,899) |
Evan wins $500 for George Bowe of Gloucester City, NJ |
| 356 | 2/5/85 | John | Steve | Jody | Steve ($19,124) |
Board sound #2 played on the last two spins! Cool... Steve wins $800 for Siapo Jone of Honolulu, HI |
| 357 | 2/6/85 | Steve | Myke | Robin | Robin ($19,119) |
American Gladiator Myke
"Gemini" Horton! Myke wins $500, courtesy of the whammy, for Melvin Dickinson of Marysville, CA |
| 358 | 2/7/85 | Kirby | Ellen | Robin | Kirby ($7,761) |
Robin wins $3000 for E. Velez of New York, NY |
| 359 | 2/8/85 | Philip | Kirby | JoAnn | JoAnn ($14,981) |
Kirby wins $750
for Myra Thomas of New Orleans, LA JoAnn wins the car! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 360 | 2/11/85 | Charlotte | JoAnn | Dave | Charlotte ($5,482) |
JoAnn wins
$3000 for Marge Darrow of Windsor, NY Charlotte wins by $80! |
| 361 | 2/12/85 | Joanie | Charlotte | Seth | Seth ($10,025) |
Joanie wins $500, courtesy of the whammy, for Romona Hernandez of Wilmington, CA |
| 362 | 2/13/85 | Sheila | Ernest | Seth | Seth (2x) ($15,835) |
Ernest wins $2500 for Kathy Roberts from Monroe, MI |
| 363 | 2/14/85 | Seth | Pat | Kathie | Pat ($12,300) |
Pat used to
play for the Minnesota Twins Awesome game Kathie wins a billiard table worth $2,223 for Kenneth E. Olson of Friendship, WI |
| 364 | 2/15/85 | Lex | Jeffery | Pat | Pat (2x) ($13,050) |
Last day
of 2nd Home Player game! Lex wins $2000 for Harold Clark of Hazelhurst, GA Pat wins w/three whammies staring him in the face! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 365 | 2/18/85 | Libby | Jeff | Pat | Jeff ($13,669) |
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| 366 | 2/19/85 | Dean | Jeff | Carolyn | Dean ($2,500) |
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| 367 | 2/20/85 | Kathy | Dean | Robin | Kathy ($8,101) |
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| 368 | 2/21/85 | Kathy | Vince | Janie | Janie ($2,250) |
It's no longer "high stakes," but "Big Bucks" in Rod's opening spiel! |
| 369 | 2/22/85 | Sam | Susan | Janie | Sam ($9,860) |
Susan celebrates early...too
early. Ed Flesh's dog, Press Your Luck, appears! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 370 | 2/25/85 | Lissa | Guy | Sam | Sam (2x) ($9,484) |
- |
| 371 | 2/26/85 | Sam | Jim | Pamela | Pamela ($7,278) |
CLASSIC! The VERY infamous Jim Hess episode! |
| 372 | 2/27/85 | Scott | Pamela | Lisa | Scott ($15,790) |
The audience hates Scott... |
| 373 | 2/28/85 | Scott | Suzanne | Bob | Bob ($9,736) |
Audience chants
"whammy" on Scott's spins?! T. Jay Dexter's poem read Rod Roddy makes a cameo! |
| 374 | 3/1/85 | Dale | Norma | Bob | Bob (2x) ($1,600) |
Eleven whammies hit |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 375 | 3/4/85 | Bob | Victor | Romey | Bob (3x) ($13,593) |
Bob wins again! Nine passed spins results in a whammy-out! |
| 376 | 3/5/85 | Johnny | Jennifer | Bob | Bob (4x) ($5,750) |
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| 377 | 3/6/85 | Bob | Philip | Lynette | Philip ($1,500) |
Bob's fifth show! Jason says Philip wears sweatpants! |
| 378 | 3/7/85 | Steve | Sam | Philip | Philip (2x) ($21,898) |
- |
| 379 | 3/8/85 | Mike | Marlene | Philip | Mike ($13,033) |
Marlene comes back on a future episode. |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 380 | 3/11/85 | Mike | Donna | John | John ($19,524) |
- |
| 381 | 3/12/85 | Joe | Sharon | John | Joe ($12,764) |
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| 382 | 3/13/85 | Joe | Michael | Julie | Julie ($11,458) |
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| 383 | 3/14/85 | Stanford | Linnea | Julie | Linnea ($15,060) |
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| 384 | 3/15/85 | Susan | Linnea | Michael | Linnea (2x) ($9,610) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 385 | 3/18/85 | Linnea | Richard | Lynn | Lynn ($14,740) |
- |
| 386 | 3/19/85 | Gregg | Joan | Lynn | Joan ($8,884) |
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| 387 | 3/20/85 | Joan | Ralph | Trish | Ralph ($22,262) |
- |
| 388 | 3/21/85 | Ralph | Alex | Jane | Ralph (2x) ($14,950) |
- |
| 389 | 3/22/85 | Tyler | Ralph | Mary | Tyler ($9,435) |
9 spins passed to Ralph kills him off |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 390 | 3/25/85 | Tyler | Pam | Wade | Tyler (2x) ($9,400) |
- |
| 391 | 3/26/85 | Denny | Tyler | Bernie | Denny ($8,668) |
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| 392 | 3/27/85 | Denny | Tony | Michele | Michele ($9,750) |
"The Mistress of the Pass" starts her reign! |
| 393 | 3/28/85 | Michele | Joe | Susan | Michele (2x) ($14,576) |
The Mistress nails her first victim! |
| 394 | 3/29/85 | Jack | Michele | Patti | Michele (3x) ($700) |
The Mistress nails her second victim! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 395 | 4/1/85 | Steve (Notre Dame) |
Ruth (Columbia) |
Michael (USC) |
Ruth ($14,126) |
COLLEGE
WEEK!!!! CLASSIC winning celebration: Ruth jumps around and hugs Peter! |
| 396 | 4/2/85 | Sonya (UCLA) |
Lana (Alabama) |
Stuart (North- western) |
Stuart ($11,000) |
Lana is hilarious! |
| 397 | 4/3/85 | Elizabeth (Ohio State) |
Cliff (Arizona) |
Trey (Harvard) |
Elizabeth ($13,384) |
- |
| 398 | 4/4/85 | John (Wake Forest) |
Laurie (Texas) |
Tim (Nebraska) |
Tim ($12,742) |
- |
| 399 | 4/5/85 | Brian (Missouri) |
Terri (California) |
Chris (University of Penn.) |
Brian ($11,060) |
- |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 400 | 4/8/85 | Michele | Drew | Val | Michele (4x) ($12,325) |
Michele nails victim number THREE! |
| 401 | 4/9/85 | Brenda | Mark | Michele | Mark ($14,728) |
Aww...the strategy didn't work this time. |
| 402 | 4/10/85 | Katherine | Jim | Mark | Mark (2x) ($21,591) |
- |
| 403 | 4/11/85 | Mark | Nancy | Vern | Vern ($1,000) |
- |
| 404 | 4/12/85 | Vern | Sheri | Glen | Vern (2x) ($6,290) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 405 | 4/15/85 | Vern | Therese | Brick | Therese ($2,250) |
- |
| 406 | 4/16/85 | Mike | Therese | Marlene | Therese (2x) ($13,250) |
This is one
rowdy episode Marlene returns from a previous episode |
| 407 | 4/17/85 | Tracy | Therese | Jon | Tracy ($10,306) |
Tracy Brown starts her five-day run! |
| 408 | 4/18/85 | Harry | Jan | Tracy | Tracy (2x) ($10,500) |
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| 409 | 4/19/85 | Tracy | Jim | Diane | Tracy (3x) ($10,050) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 410 | 4/22/85 | Tracy | Helen | Marty | Tracy (4x) ($14,237) |
- |
| 411 | 4/23/85 | Terri | Jeff | Tracy | Tracy (5x) ($12,543) |
Tracy
retires with $57,636! Heh, the breast question is quite funny. :-) |
| 412 | 4/24/85 | Kirk | Jonie | Joanie | Jonie ($4,418) |
Kirk nearly whammies out in round ONE, but manages to WIN that round! |
| 413 | 4/25/85 | Jonie | Dave | Denise | Jonie (2x) ($25,332) |
- |
| 414 | 4/26/85 | Jonie | Lance | Cynthia | Lance ($11,151) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 415 | 4/29/85 | Rich | Jennie | Lance | Lance (2x) ($14,974) |
- |
| 416 | 4/30/85 | Lance | Susan | Tommy | Tommy ($5,050) |
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| 417 | 5/1/85 | Cindy | Curtis | Tommy | Cindy ($6,685) |
Cindy Morgan's reign of terror! |
| 418 | 5/2/85 | Duncan | Cindy | Jackie | Cindy (2x) ($15,658) |
- |
| 419 | 5/3/85 | Jamie | Cindy | Kurt | Cindy (3x) ($700) |
- |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 420 | 5/6/85 | Cindy | Pat | Tony | Cindy (4x) ($7,220) |
- |
| 421 | 5/7/85 | Coleen | Cindy | Joe | Coleen ($9,340) |
Cindy's fifth show...bah, she loses. |
| 422 | 5/8/85 | Coleen | Shequita | Dan | Shequita ($13,798) |
- |
| 423 | 5/9/85 | Ken | Shequita | Lela | Lela ($17,546) |
Crazy Lela gives Peter a bear hug! |
| 424 | 5/10/85 | Susie | Lela | Steve | Steve ($10,408) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 425 | 5/13/85 | Steve | Shauna | Jimmie | Jimmie ($18,108) |
Jimmie Lawson gets the big bucks! |
| 426 | 5/14/85 | Amy | Jimmie | Joey | Joey ($13,760) |
Jimmie tells us he is a former NFL player |
| 427 | 5/15/85 | Joey | Damon | Queta | Damon ($9,048) |
Damon earns NO spins in round one, yet still wins round one! On top of that, he wins the game! |
| 428 | 5/16/85 | Patrick | Linda | Damon | Patrick ($16,650) |
Wow, Patrick is quite enthusiastic |
| 429 | 5/17/85 | David | Patrick | Norma | Norma ($16,661) |
Great game! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 430 | 5/20/85 | Mark | Norma | Lucia | Norma (2x) ($17,395) |
Another great game! |
| 431 | 5/21/85 | Roy | Norma | Shelly | Shelly ($14,328) |
Damn! Another great game with a huge whammy loss! |
| 432 | 5/22/85 | Bill | Shelly | Lori-Ann | Bill ($15,550) |
- |
| 433 | 5/23/85 | Debbie | Robert | Bill | Robert ($13,125) |
- |
| 434 | 5/24/85 | Damon | Robert | Kathy | Damon ($8,939) |
Heh, Peter does push-ups on the show |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 435 | 5/27/85 | David | Damon | George- anne |
Georgeanne ($11,608) |
- |
| 436 | 5/28/85 | Elaine | Mike | George- anne |
Georgeanne (2x) ($9,720) |
- |
| 437 | 5/29/85 | Rusty | Barbara | George- anne |
Barbara ($10,350) |
- |
| 438 | 5/30/85 | Barbara | Dennis | Carlee | Dennis ($5,662) |
- |
| 439 | 5/31/85 | Andy | Dennis | Rochelle | Dennis (2x) ($6,033) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 440 | 6/3/85 | Dennis | Danny | Luanne | Danny ($9,407) |
- |
| 441 | 6/4/85 | Leila | Bob | Danny | Danny (2x) ($10,169) |
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| 442 | 6/5/85 | Cindy | Al | Danny | Al ($11,763) |
This is Al Rogers' run! Kris Lane had an interview with him! |
| 443 | 6/6/85 | Al | Lisa | Paul | Al (2x) ($14,019) |
- |
| 444 | 6/7/85 | Al | Cheryl | Ken | Al (3x) ($16,131) |
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| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 445 | 6/10/85 | Myrna | Martin | Al | Martin ($17,418) |
Al was so close to retiring... |
| 446 | 6/11/85 | Martin | Jerry | Carol | Jerry ($10,064) |
- |
| 447 | 6/12/85 | Jerry | Ana | Steve | Jerry (2x) ($11,798) |
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| 448 | 6/13/85 | Carol | Jerry | Pat | Jerry (3x) ($10,438) |
Different Carol, same Jerry |
| 449 | 6/14/85 | Pam | Sam | Jerry | Pam ($6,964) |
CLASSIC! The "Sylvester" episode with Mel Blanc calling in! Sam and Jerry return on future episodes |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 450 | 6/17/85 | Bill | Christy | Pam | Pam (2x) ($5,810) |
Christy
has a hell of a run, but gets too greedy. Pam pulls it off with one spin left! |
| 451 | 6/18/85 | Andrew | Pam | Lisa | Andrew ($18,876) |
- |
| 452 | 6/19/85 | Nina Jo | Andrew | Paul | Nina Jo ($12,771) |
CLASSIC! Nina Jo pulls it out by $3! |
| 453 | 6/20/85 | Nina Jo | John | Sandy | John ($6,858) |
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| 454 | 6/21/85 | Cindy | John | Guy | Cindy ($13,516) |
Cindy wins a car! |
| # | Date | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Winner | Notes |
| 455 | 6/24/85 | Ned | Joanna | Cindy | Cindy (2x) ($5,250) |
- |
| 456 | 6/25/85 | Cindy | Sherri | Theodore | Theodore ($16,593) |
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| 457 | 6/26/85 | Alison | Theodore | Ted | Ted ($20,100) |
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| 458 | 6/27/85 | Ted | Randy | Karen | Randy ($14,364) |
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| 459 | 6/28/85 | Steve | Mary | Randy | Steve ($14,329) |
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