Sale of the Century/Episode Guide/NBC/1986

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This is an episode guide covering 1986 of the NBC run of Sale of the Century.

January[]

No episode aired on January 1, 1986 due to coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
1/2/1986			Judy
1/3/1986			Judy
1/6/1986			Judy
1/7/1986			Judy
1/8/1986			Judy
1/9/1986	Glenda	Sean	Judy	Judy Cahill clears the Winner's Board and leaves, retiring with $89,780.
1/10/1986		Franklin
1/13/1986
1/14/1986
1/15/1986
1/16/1986
1/17/1986
1/20/1986
1/21/1986
1/22/1986
1/23/1986
1/24/1986
1/27/1986			Albert
1/28/1986	Gary	Linda	Albert	Preempted outside of the East Coast for NBC News coverage of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
1/29/1986
1/30/1986
1/31/1986

February[]

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)
2/3/1986
2/4/1986
2/5/1986
2/6/1986
2/7/1986
2/10/1986
2/11/1986
2/12/1986
2/13/1986
2/14/1986	Ed	Saundria	Duane
2/17/1986			Saundria
2/18/1986
2/19/1986
2/20/1986
2/21/1986
2/24/1986
2/25/1986
2/26/1986
2/27/1986
2/28/1986

March[]

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
	3/3/1986
	3/4/1986
	3/5/1986
	3/6/1986
	3/7/1986
	3/10/1986
	3/11/1986
	3/12/1986
	3/13/1986
	3/14/1986
	3/17/1986
	3/18/1986
	3/19/1986
	3/20/1986
	3/21/1986
	3/24/1986
	3/25/1986
	3/26/1986
	3/27/1986
	3/28/1986
	3/31/1986

April[]

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
	4/1/1986
	4/2/1986
	4/3/1986
	4/4/1986
	4/7/1986
	4/8/1986
	4/9/1986
	4/10/1986
	4/11/1986
	4/14/1986
	4/15/1986
	4/16/1986
	4/17/1986
	4/18/1986
	4/21/1986
	4/22/1986
	4/23/1986
	4/24/1986
	4/25/1986
	4/28/1986
	4/29/1986
	4/30/1986

May[]

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
	5/1/1986
	5/2/1986
	5/5/1986
	5/6/1986
	5/7/1986
	5/8/1986
	5/9/1986
	5/12/1986
	5/13/1986
	5/14/1986
	5/15/1986
	5/16/1986
	5/19/1986
	5/20/1986
	5/21/1986
	5/22/1986
	5/23/1986
	5/26/1986
	5/27/1986
	5/28/1986
	5/29/1986
	5/30/1986

June[]

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
	6/2/1986
	6/3/1986
	6/4/1986
	6/5/1986
	6/6/1986
	6/9/1986
	6/10/1986
	6/11/1986
	6/12/1986
	6/13/1986
	6/16/1986
	6/17/1986
	6/18/1986
	6/19/1986
	6/20/1986
	6/23/1986
	6/24/1986
	6/25/1986
	6/26/1986
	6/27/1986
	6/30/1986

July[]

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
7/1/1986			Dick
7/2/1986			Dick
7/3/1986			Dick
7/7/1986	Kevin	Pat	Dick	Pat & Dick were tied going into the Instant Cash. Pat elected to play for $3 and went on to win $8,000.
7/8/1986			Dick
7/9/1986
7/10/1986
7/11/1986
7/14/1986
7/15/1986
7/16/1986
7/17/1986
7/18/1986
7/21/1986
7/22/1986
7/23/1986
7/24/1986
7/25/1986
7/28/1986
7/29/1986
7/30/1986
7/31/1986			Ellen

August[]

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
8/1/1986			Ellen
8/4/1986			Ellen
8/5/1986	Deborah	Michael	Ellen	Instant Cash is at $1,000.
8/6/1986			Ellen	Ellen ends the day with a total of $44,609, winning a Porsche sports car from the Winners Board.
8/7/1986	Jody	Aldo	Ellen	Jody Spreckles was brought back due to an error, her first run predating the Instant Cash. As she was on her 10th day then, she is playing to clear the Winners Board today. The only prize remaining for her is $3,000; she already has winnings of $53,412 in hand. To reclaim the championship, Jody correctly answers a question about which North American country was once ruled by Emperor Maximilian (Mexico) just as time expires in the Speedround to break a 50-50 tie with Aldo. Aldo, who led 45-40 going into the Speedround could have been in a tie had he correctly answered a question about what popular syndicated TV show is known as "ET" ("Entertainment Tonight"; he draws a blank); Jim incorrectly states Aldo would have won outright. As Jody's first run had taken place several months earlier, she had likely already been awarded her Winners Board prizes. Despite this, Jim goes through his usual spiel about risking her Winners Board prizes to go for the $50,000 bonus. She elects to go for the $50,000, citing it to be the year of the older winner, giving Willie Shoemaker as an example. Ellen leaves with $46,287 in winnings, including a Porsche sports car and $7,129 in cash. Her final day prizes include an $849 washer-dryer (Kelvinator) plus a $700 Sale Surprise and another $100 cash offer from Jim. Aldo wins $419 in track lighting and $200 from the Fame Game to leave with $669 in cash and prizes; Jody pockets $600 from another Fame Game to bring her total to $57,012. Jim announces another Home Viewer Sweepstakes, to take place the following week, with cash amounts on the Fame Game board.
8/8/1986	J.T.	Jim	Jody	Jody wins the $50,000 bonus, retiring with $107,462. Her take includes a luxury automobile, a trip to Tahiti, gold earrings, a shopping spree, an audio-video entertainment package and $68,200 in cash. Jody wins in somewhat suspenseful fashion, trailing briefly midway through the Speedround. Only after she answers her final question correctly in the final seconds does she secure her 10-point victory and the cash bonus. To break a 75-75 tie with J.T. and secure the win, Jody correctly answers back-to-back questions in the final 10 seconds about what state is represented by the 50th star on the U.S. flag (Hawaii) and who, in 1979, became the first female mayor of Chicago (Jane Byrne). Jim wins a $300 telephone package and a $530 console cabinet table (via American of Martinsville) from the Fame Game, leaving with $870 in cash and prizes. J.T. buys a $629 dishwasher and pockets an additional $100 in the first Instant Bargain; her one-day total is $804. Jody rounds out her winnings with $400 in wallpaper from another Fame Game.
8/11/1986
8/12/1986
8/13/1986
8/14/1986
8/15/1986
8/18/1986
8/19/1986
8/20/1986
8/21/1986
8/22/1986
8/25/1986
8/26/1986
8/27/1986
8/28/1986
8/29/1986

September[]

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
9/1/1986
9/2/1986
9/3/1986	Al	Gisele	Vince	Instant Cash is at $1,000.
9/4/1986	Steven	Marianne	Al
9/5/1986	Bryan	Anna	Al
9/8/1986	Art	Rebeca	Al
9/9/1986	Raymond	Carol	Al
9/10/1986	Ed	Cindy	Al	Instant Cash is won for $6,000.
9/11/1986	Ort	Barbra	Al
9/12/1986	Rob	Rebecca	Al	Instant Cash is won for $2,000.
9/15/1986	Larry	Flo	Al
9/16/1986	Michael	Yvonne	Al	Al's 10th day, needing a victory to win the car and clear the Winner's Board.
9/17/1986	Gordon	Diane	Michael
9/18/1986
9/19/1986
9/22/1986
9/23/1986
9/24/1986
9/25/1986
9/26/1986
9/29/1986
9/30/1986

October[]

NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
10/1/1986
10/2/1986
10/3/1986
10/6/1986				A Home Viewer Sweepstakes runs for at least the next two weeks.
10/7/1986
10/8/1986
10/9/1986			Wayne
10/10/1986	Casey	Missouri	Wayne	Instant Cash is at $2,000. Nobody rings in on the second Fame Game, whose clues eventually lead to "a banana." While - as typical of Fame Game questions - early clues are a bit vague, the contestants are completely dumbfounded even after the answer becomes more obvious with mentions of "ripe yellow state," use in ice cream sundaes, and popularity with monkeys.
10/13/1986	Alison	Frank	Missouri	Alison was first ruled incorrect on a question about the TV show Alice, but the ruling was later reversed when the judges realized that the answer she gave (Flo) was also the name of the spin-off series.
10/14/1986			Alison
10/15/1986
10/16/1986
10/17/1986
10/20/1986
10/21/1986
10/22/1986
10/23/1986
10/24/1986
10/27/1986
10/28/1986
10/29/1986
10/30/1986
10/31/1986

November[]

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Notes
	11/3/1986
	11/4/1986
	11/5/1986
	11/6/1986
	11/7/1986
0993	11/10/1986	This week was taped on October 30, 1986.
0994	11/11/1986
0995	11/12/1986
0996	11/13/1986
0997	11/14/1986
0998	11/17/1986
0999	11/18/1986
1000	11/19/1986	1,000th episode, as noted in this press release.
1001	11/20/1986
1002	11/21/1986
1003	11/24/1986
1004	11/25/1986
1005	11/26/1986

December[]

No episode aired on December 25, 1986 due to special Christmas programming.

Ep. #	NBC Airdate	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3 (Champ)	Notes
1006	12/1/1986
1007	12/2/1986
1008	12/3/1986
1009	12/4/1986
1010	12/5/1986
1011	12/8/1986
1012	12/9/1986
1013	12/10/1986
1014	12/11/1986
1015	12/12/1986
1016	12/15/1986
1017	12/16/1986
1018	12/17/1986
1019	12/18/1986
1020	12/19/1986
1021	12/22/1986
1022	12/23/1986
1023	12/24/1986
1024	12/26/1986
1025	12/29/1986
1026	12/30/1986
1027	12/31/1986