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viewer winning a car or vacation; the top category was reached only once in the show's history). A bonus prize would also be awarded to the audience member whose team bowled the most strikes. Another prize could be won for scoring a "Turkey" (three consecutive strikes).
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lanes installed inside KTTV's studios, pitted against each other in teams of two. Victorious teams won prizes for home viewers, based upon the level of winning scores; there was an additional prize for the viewer associated with the team that bowled the most strikes.
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scored a 266, just 34 pins shy of a perfect score of 300. Their game easily surpassed the 210 score needed to win a new car, which was the top prize at that time. Jed Allan remarked that the previous high score was a 206, which was reached by
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set (containing fifteen episodes) was released on June 14, 2011 by S'More
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in 2014 but was canceled before making it to air as part of that channel's shift in focus toward scripted programs. The show is instead an internet-only show, and episodes can be found on
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