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♪ If you want to get a picture ♪
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♪ Of what a person's really like ♪
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♪ Don't take them to a movie ♪
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♪ Don't dine by candlelight ♪
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♪ Pull that game down from the shelf ♪
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♪ That lays bare the inner self ♪
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♪ It's there to see ♪
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♪ In Monopoly ♪
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♪ There's a woman that I work with ♪
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♪ We've been out
on several dates ♪
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♪ I do believe she liked me ♪
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♪ And then I made
my big mistake ♪
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♪ We had gone back
to her place ♪
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♪ When she suggested
that we play Monopoly ♪
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♪ And I agreed ♪
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♪ Take a ride
on the Reading Railroad ♪
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♪ Short Line,
Pennsylvania, B&O ♪
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♪ Each turn around the board
can be revealing ♪
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♪ of something that you
may not want to show ♪
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the judges,
the interpreters,
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the bankers,
are you ready to begin?
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Yes!
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And, players, you're all
in place and ready to begin?
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Yeah!
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Good! I will now cast
the ceremonial
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throwing of the dice.
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Whoa! Here we go.
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Alright, let the games begin!
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[Cheering]
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Ken: This game is the most dynamic
game in the world.
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It changes with every roll of the dice.
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And you never know
until the last minute
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whether you might just win.
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That's Monopoly for you,
spontaneous and exciting.
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Mr. Monopoly: Oh, for heaven's sake.
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Why everybody loves Monopoly.
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It's the most perfect game.
It's about life.
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Playing Monopoly is the only time
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where you can bankrupt your friends
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and they will still be your friends.
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It's like life. You always...
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sometimes you're on the top,
sometimes you're on the bottom,
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but you just don't brag about it.
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Just ok, be cool.
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It is without a doubt
the world's greatest game.
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It brings out the very best in people
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and the very worst in them.
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We were playing Monopoly.
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Monopoly, that's my game. [Laughing]
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And I was winning.
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She was angry and no one
was paying her any attention.
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She flipped the board over.
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Many Monopoly games ended
in tears and in fighting.
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Well, when we play Monopoly,
usually somebody gets injured.
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The first eye gets poked out when
we're trying to pick each other's pieces.
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The second one is when somebody makes
a bonehead trade
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and hurts everyone else's
chances at the table.
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And then my mother is always
stealing money from the bank.
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And my father's always collecting
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on mortgaged properties.
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So yeah, there's usually, you know,
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a couple of punches getting thrown.
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It's really what happens off
of the Monopoly board
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that makes the game so special.
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It's the negotiations between players,
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it's the banter, it's the talk.
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And that experience is fresh
every time a group of people
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come around the board to play.
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And that's why the game
has lasted for generations.
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Just stop for a minute
and think about when you played
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your first game of Monopoly.
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Because it's a memory you never forget.
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One of the reasons Monopoly endures
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is because of the memories it creates.
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The game is a vehicle through which people
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can connect with other people.
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Dale: My family used to have a lake cabin.
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And that's the place that
we could talk my dad
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into playing because he didn't have
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those extra responsibilities.
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And we could play what seemed to be
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all hours of the night to me.
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To play with my dad again, to
play with my grandmother...
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That...
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The Monopoly for me
is about that family memory
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that I really treasure.
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I love Monopoly.
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It's one of those games that you become
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so enthusiastic about playing because
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it just brings people closer together.
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It brings your friends and family
closer together.
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Narrator: If you've never played Monopoly,
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or maybe it's been a few years
since you have,
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here are the basics.
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You pick a token, roll the dice,
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and move around the board,
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buying properties along the way.
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Whenever other players land
on your property,
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they must pay you rent.
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If you land on Chance or Community Chest,
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you get fined or rewarded,
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or even moved to a different
place on the board.
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Try to collect all the properties
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in a color group either by buying them,
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or by trading with the other players,
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which, by the way, most players don't do
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nearly as often as they should.
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When you have a monopoly on a color group,
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you can buy houses and hotels
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which will send the rent through the roof.
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If you need cash, you can
sell back houses and hotels
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or mortgage your properties
for half the face value.
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The object of the game is to bankrupt
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all of your opponents
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and be declared the champion.
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[Shouting]
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Because Monopoly is played
the same around the world,
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it's not language dependent.
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Monopoly doesn't get translated.
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It's localized.
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[Music]
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As a result, I like to think of Monopoly
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as being a universal language.
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It's really a testament to the game
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to see how it's so loved
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from cultures around the world.
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And how everyone can sit down
from across the world
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and play the game
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and shares the same passion for it.
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People come together at world championships
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who have very little in common
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except for their ability to play this game.
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And during the course of the 3 or 4 days
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that the championship unfolds,
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they become global ambassadors.
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Lee: This was 1973.
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And they invited me to participate
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in a World Monopoly Championship.
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How did it end?
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My opponent landed on Boardwalk.
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So that was sort of fortuitous that indeed,
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Boardwalk, probably the most known property
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of the American version of Monopoly
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would have been the one
that was the property
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that won me the championship.
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As a result of Monopoly's global nature,
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the setting for its World Championships
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has always been carefully considered.
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And typically it's in a city
that has some association
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with finance and usually
a glamorous city at that.
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You know, particularly in
the World Championships,
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you've got all them different nationalities
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all coming together,
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with a common name of enjoying themselves
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having a fiercely competitive
game of Monopoly.
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Yet when it's all over,
going back to the bar,
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having a few drinks,
discussing the day's games.
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And it's such a nice atmosphere.
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And perhaps it's a lesson in life,
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how we can all get along.
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So when I did win the Championship,
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I won the amount of money
in a Monopoly game.
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15,140 dollars.
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It was, really, it was a special thing.
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It's just Monopoly, and to me,
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it was just like I won the Stanley Cup.
Because growing up, that's always the dream
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of a Canadian boy, holding the Stanley Cup.
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That's our dream.
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For me, it was my Stanley Cup.
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I first heard about Monopoly tournaments
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when I was in college.
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And at the time, all of my friends
really mocked me
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for the fact that I was
actually considering
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getting in a tournament.
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And I told them, "You watch!
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"I'm going to participate in this,
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and one day I'm gonna end up winning it."
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This Thursday, 48 contestants will compete
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in the 2003 National Monopoly Championship,
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which will be held on-board a moving train.
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[Marching band playing "In the Money"]
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I was fortunate enough to come out on top.
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And then you're standing there.
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There's confetti blowing out
all over the place.
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Everyone's clapping. Flashes are going off.
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And people are wanting to shake your hand,
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and Mr. Monopoly is standing there.
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And it's a moment in time
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that will always exist in my mind.
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Narrator: Every four years,
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over 40 countries around the world
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hold national Monopoly championships.
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The winners of those tournaments
then compete
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against each other at
the World Championship,
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trying to bring the ultimate
crown home to their country.
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Antonio Zafra of Spain will
defend his world title
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at the upcoming World Championship
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at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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And I will be your next
Monopoly World Champion!
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[Music]
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The first time I remember playing Monopoly
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was at my grandparents' house
in Bristol, Rhode Island.
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I was about 6 years old.
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I didn't know too much about the game.
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And I rolled the dice.
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I landed on a few properties,
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and I was hooked!
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My grandma told me that day, she says,
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"Dom, if you've listened to me,
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and you learn the rules of this game,
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you're going to go very far in life."
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Organizer: With total assets of $1,300,
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Domenic Murgo.
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[Cheering]
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[Dom breathing heavily]
Dom's Dad: Congratulations, Dom!
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- Good job.
- Thank you.
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I'm still in shock.
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Some people grow up
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wanting to be professional
baseball players.
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You know, teachers, ballerinas, and me?
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I always wanted to be National
and World Monopoly Champion.
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You will be defeated! You will lose!
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The whole goal of Monopoly
is just beat everyone else down
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and you're the king of the mountain.
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For some personalities,
that's a great thing.
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For me, I like the interaction
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with other people and playing
with other people,
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and instead Monopoly is about
getting rid of them.
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[Dom laughing evilly]
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Tim: I remember playing Monopoly
with my family
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growing up like everybody else says.
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I can still remember playing
by the fireplace at night,
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with my mother and my father there.
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My brother there.
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And I was winning the game,
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but really it was my dad
telling me what to do,
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and doing the mortgages and everything.
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The reason why that memory
is special to me,
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and I think in today's era
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a lot of people can relate to this,
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it's one of the few memories that I have
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of my family all together
before my parents separating
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and divorcing.
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I know that sounds sad and whatever.
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But really it's one of those
things that you can hold on to
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and just really treasure
those moments of wholeness
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and oneness together.
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I have the privilege of getting
to play Monopoly
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with 11 and 12 year olds
almost every day of my work
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and get paid for it.
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So, it's wonderful.
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This is one of the training boards
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that my 6th graders and I practice on.
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It's got all of the math, probabilities,
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expected values.
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This number, this is
the percentage calculated
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by Truman Collins on his Monopoly website.
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From those numbers at the bottom
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of every property in the game,
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I've extrapolated all the expected values
of rent incomes
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from all the different
property groups as a whole
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and all kinds of other math
I've come up with as well.
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So, this is what we use
in my 6th grade classroom,
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and it has helped a lot.
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What does he need to roll to get
to Park Place or Boardwalk?
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Two, seven, eight, nine, or eleven.
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Tim: Nine or eleven. Ok.
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What's the probability of a nine?
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Probability of a nine is 11.1.
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What's the probability of an eleven? 5.6.
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So if you add 'em both together,
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there's about a 16,
almost 17 percent chance
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that you land on them right now.
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Let's see what happens. Go ahead and roll.
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Student: Cha!
[Dice hit the board]
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Nine! There it is!
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Nine, he did it.
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Today we started out with-- we call it
Monopoly Mornings. And students are allowed
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to come to that if they earn
a really good grade
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on a district-wide benchmark test.
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So it's a real large carrot
for them to shoot for.
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What's 4 times 200?
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[In unison]
800.
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800. So that's 800 dollars.
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Now look at how much rent
you'll get if he lands on you.
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[In unison]
Six hundred or five hundred.
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Ok?
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Isn't that a lot better than
the $50 or $100 doubled?
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Consistently, now since
I started my Monopoly
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in the morning carrot,
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my math class continues to set records
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for the high math class at this school
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on those district benchmark tests.
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How many people have
played Monopoly before?
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Probably everyone, right? Gotcha.
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No? A couple people no?
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Ok. Well, we gotta change that sometime.
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I had set goals for myself.
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The first goal was just to play
in my very first tournament.
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To qualify for the championship...
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Tim: We had Matt come and
talk to one of the homerooms
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of the students.
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And he just showed how cool it is
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to be a Monopoly expert.
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And the kids were just like "Wow."
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He looks normal.
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He doesn't dress like a geek or anything.
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And he spent time with those kids.
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Matt: There are so many things
you can learn from this game.
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Whether it be the math skills,
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or the language skills
that it takes to interact
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with other players and work deals.
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So Monopoly teaches you that you need
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to have a certain presentation
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in the way you go about negotiation.
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And I think that Monopoly
is probably the first means
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by which young people, in particular,
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have an opportunity to learn this skill,
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which then stays with them
for the rest of their lives.
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People have told me the first time
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they ever handled money, paper money,
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was when they played Monopoly.
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As a game inventor, you know,
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one of the things we look at is trends
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and kids certainly want
to emulate their parents.
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So I think part of the allure of Monopoly
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is pretending to be an adult,
to handle money.
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And then those big decisions
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of "Geez, I can buy homes.
I can buy hotels!"
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You know, that's a
pretty big deal for a kid.
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So I think part of the allure
for young people is
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"Hey, I can step into the adult world."
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At some level, you have to have
some amount of belief
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in your own power to affect the world,
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to change the world.
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And I think Monopoly has the
potential to provide that
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to children at a time
when there isn't a lot
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that they can do.
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But here is a game where they can compete
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with an adult on practically equal level.
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Tim: I would love to qualify
for the US Championship.
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My wife just
told me today,
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"Honey, can't you do this? It's $15,000."
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I think just playing at the
United States Championship
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would be very special.
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I do not believe there is one single player
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who has perfected the game of Monopoly.
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Although Ken Koury, I understand,
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has the record of bankrupting his opponents
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in a 4-player game in like 15 minutes.
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Ken Koury is good.
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I've always wanted to be
the United States Champion
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or the World Champion.
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The first World Champion, Lee Bayrd,
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he was a mentor of mine for many years.
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He's a good friend of mine.
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And I would love to join those ranks.
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My name is Lee Bayrd.
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I was the first World Champion.
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1973, yeah.
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And to have Lee Bayrd,
first World Champion here?
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That's great.
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Gary: And looking at his trophy
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of the first World Champ trophy.
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That's like...
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Wow, the holy grail!
[Choral sounds]
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It is. It is.
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We were in college. We had the summer off.
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We needed to practice,
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so we basically devoted an entire summer.
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We played about 12 games a day.
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That was in preparation
for the 1977 Regionals.
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Never got tired of it.
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If somebody said,
"How about one more game?"
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I'd play it.
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Not only did we play nonstop,
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we started to study the odds.
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We studied the dice,
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started writing computer simulations
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to find out exactly what
made the game tick.
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Ken: I developed kind of a
sixth sense of Monopoly.
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I don't mean anything mystical.
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I mean when you play so many times,
we would sit and debrief,
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and analyze each game that we played.We still do that today.
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You kind of got a feel for
what was going to happen.
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The fact that I've become so good at it
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and win a lot, of course, adds to the fun.
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I play so many games and I playa lot of tournaments.
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And I end up, almost every time I play,
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I place in the tournament.
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I remember Geoff Ellis taking me
aside onceand saying
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"You know, you're acting a little arrogant,
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and people aren't liking you.
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It's going to hurt you in trading
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if you don't watch it."
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[Token moving on board]
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Umm, that will be all your hundreds.
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My mom made this actually.
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Yeah, I've got a couple
of Monopoly shirts she made
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from some fabric that's been discontinued.
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I'll buy it for full price.
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Full price? Really.
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Kid: 120 dollars.
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Well, there's sales tax.
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[Children playing]
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Ok, will you be the next
Monopoly United States Champion?
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Narrator: Competitors from all
over the United States
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have been qualifying to compete
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at the next US Championship.
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Interested players took an online quiz
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to test their Monopoly knowledge
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and submitted five short essays.
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The top 75 get to play each other
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in an online Monopoly tournament
on Pogo.com.
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I won! I can't believe it!
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I played against Dr. Gary Heller,
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one of the best players in the world.
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It could have gone either way,
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just a matter of who hit who first.
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I'm just very excited to have
done this well
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in the qualifying rounds
and hopefully make it to DC.
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Because I've only been
playing for 15 months,
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and really only against
11 and 12 year olds.
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And that last game that I just had
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was the first game I had
ever beaten adults in.
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So I was quite happy that my 6th graders
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have prepared me well.
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Thanks, kids. Appreciate it.
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Do you want to see my place
out of 75 people?
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Ok.
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This was close people.
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00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:02,958
Ok, drum roll.
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[Kids beating on desks]
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00:17:04,834 --> 00:17:07,291
I'm going to DC!
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00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:10,541
Whoo!
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[Kids screaming]
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Guys, I'm going to Washington DC
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for the Monopoly National Championships!
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[Kids screaming]
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Narrator: After playing each other online,
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the top 23 finishers
from all over the country,
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along with defending
National Champion Matt McNally,
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have been invited to the US Championship
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in Washington, D.C.
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Dom: I will be going to Washington, D.C.
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to compete for over $20,000.
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I've been waiting for this moment
my entire life.
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I've finally made it.
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Then I came to understand
that there was this 11-way tie
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for the last 6 spots.
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And I was one of those 11.
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But on assets, I turned out to be 25
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when only 23 would go onto Washington.
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Then the judges decided to
let all of us who had tied
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for the last 6 spots into the tournament.
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So I'm in by the back door.
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There's a player by the name
of Tim Vandenberg who's...
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a very unsavory character
in the world of Monopoly.
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I figured out through
one of the conference calls
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setting up the game, getting it going,
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that one of my opponents was
one of the practice partners
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for Ken Koury.
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Ken: Everybody had a code name
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because you were supposed to be anonymous.
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In violation of the rules,
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he told all the other players that
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Gary Heller was part of the game,
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and he's a very well-known
championship player.
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And then the other players
were afraid to trade with him.
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Tim: I'm trying to call out Gary Heller,
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to get people to realize he's awesome.
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He still had trades with
other players in the game.
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And I didn't see anywhere in the rules
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that we weren't allowed
to identify players.
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Ken: We reported that, but unfortunately
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this unsavory character is also going
to be playing in DC.
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So we have at least a couple
of cheaters that I know
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that are going to be there.
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My first round match-up, I was disqualified.
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They said that I stalled.
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That's the guy that cheated in a game
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on the computer session
in one of my rounds.
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And then I received the dreaded email
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that I had been disqualified
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and I received 0 points for that game,
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which was disappointing,
which forced me in Game 2
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to not only win the game but
bankrupt all of my opponents
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to have the necessary points
to advance, which I did.
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And I'm very happy that I did so.
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I don't expect him to do very well
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because the security is very tight
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when you get to the
United States Championship,
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and he won't have too many
opportunities to cheat.
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[Music]
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When you play Monopoly, the chances are
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you have a favorite token.
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Nowadays, I tend to take the thimble,
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and the reason is because
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it's innocuous,
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and it's not noticed on the board as much.
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Andy: I always like the wheelbarrow
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because I envision myself
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carrying around so much money
that I need a wheelbarrow
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to move it all.
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I picked up a handmade
Monopoly set on eBay,
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which I strongly suspected
was one of the first,
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or perhaps the first handmade set
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by Charles Darrow from 1933.
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Narrator: Most people think
of Charles Darrow
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as the inventor of Monopoly in Philadelphia
514
00:20:24,709 --> 00:20:26,583
during the Great Depression.
515
00:20:26,584 --> 00:20:28,541
An unemployed plumbing repairman,
516
00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:30,666
Darrow licensed the game
to Parker Brothers in 1935.
517
00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:33,374
But the genesis of Monopoly
actually dates back
518
00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:36,583
more than 30 years earlier.
519
00:20:36,584 --> 00:20:38,917
In 1903, an activist and inventor
520
00:20:38,918 --> 00:20:41,917
named Elizabeth Magie patented
The Landlord's Game,
521
00:20:41,918 --> 00:20:45,541
to promote the single tax
philosophy of Henry George.
522
00:20:45,542 --> 00:20:48,917
George was a popular economist of that era,
523
00:20:48,918 --> 00:20:51,291
who believed that capitalism was creating
524
00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:52,958
an unfair advantage for
landowners in America.
525
00:20:52,959 --> 00:20:56,458
Lizzie Magie submitted The Landlord's Game
526
00:20:56,459 --> 00:20:58,416
to Parker Bros. in 1909,
527
00:20:58,417 --> 00:21:00,374
as well as a revised version in 1923.
528
00:21:00,375 --> 00:21:03,249
But both were rejected.
529
00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:05,917
Far more complicated than most
games of her era,
530
00:21:05,918 --> 00:21:08,249
it included properties to buy
railroads, utilities,
531
00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:12,291
and spaces called "Go to Jail" and "Jail."
532
00:21:12,292 --> 00:21:15,124
Lizzie spent several summers
in Arden, Delaware,
533
00:21:15,125 --> 00:21:17,917
introducing her anti-capitalist game
534
00:21:17,918 --> 00:21:19,875
to other followers of Henry George.
535
00:21:19,876 --> 00:21:21,500
Arden is near Philadelphia.
536
00:21:21,501 --> 00:21:23,917
So how did this 30-mile journey
take almost 30 years
537
00:21:23,918 --> 00:21:27,124
to get to Charles Darrow?
538
00:21:27,125 --> 00:21:28,958
A business professor from Arden
539
00:21:28,959 --> 00:21:30,958
took the Landlord's Game to his students
540
00:21:30,959 --> 00:21:32,917
at the Wharton School of Business
541
00:21:32,918 --> 00:21:34,541
in Philadelphia.
542
00:21:34,542 --> 00:21:36,917
But it would travel through
several other states
543
00:21:36,918 --> 00:21:38,917
before making it back
to the city where Darrow
544
00:21:38,918 --> 00:21:40,917
made Lizzie's game famous.
545
00:21:40,918 --> 00:21:42,458
About 10 years after the professor
546
00:21:42,459 --> 00:21:44,208
started using it in his class,
547
00:21:44,209 --> 00:21:46,082
one of his students took the game home
548
00:21:46,083 --> 00:21:48,166
to Reading, Pennsylvania.
549
00:21:48,167 --> 00:21:50,249
Around 10 years later,
some friends of his took it
550
00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:52,917
to their college in Massachusetts,
551
00:21:52,918 --> 00:21:54,666
where they showed it to a
classmate from Indiana.
552
00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:57,458
He took it home to Indianapolis,
553
00:21:57,459 --> 00:21:59,041
made his own version,
554
00:21:59,042 --> 00:22:00,666
and a teacher friend of his
loved it so much
555
00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:03,041
that she took it to her new job
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
556
00:22:03,042 --> 00:22:07,208
The teacher and her friends
thought the game
557
00:22:07,209 --> 00:22:08,958
would be more fun if they
changed the properties
558
00:22:08,959 --> 00:22:11,917
to the geographical street names
559
00:22:11,918 --> 00:22:13,458
of this famous resort city.
560
00:22:13,459 --> 00:22:15,500
Two of her friends were a couple
561
00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:17,625
who lived in Philadelphia.
562
00:22:17,626 --> 00:22:20,166
They really liked the game
and made their own version.
563
00:22:20,167 --> 00:22:23,583
They switched Arctic Avenue
to Mediterranean
564
00:22:23,584 --> 00:22:25,458
because it sounded more inviting,
565
00:22:25,459 --> 00:22:26,959
changed Shore Fast Trolley Line
to the Short Line Railroad,
566
00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:31,166
and misspelled Marven Gardens.
567
00:22:31,167 --> 00:22:33,917
On an evening walk in 1932,
568
00:22:33,918 --> 00:22:36,500
they ran into a schoolmate
569
00:22:36,501 --> 00:22:37,917
who they hadn't seen in 20 years.
570
00:22:37,918 --> 00:22:39,750
They introduced their finance game to her
571
00:22:39,751 --> 00:22:42,500
and her husband, Charles Darrow.
572
00:22:42,501 --> 00:22:45,625
After almost 30 years
and thousands of miles,
573
00:22:45,626 --> 00:22:48,958
the game had finally completed
the 30-mile journey
574
00:22:48,959 --> 00:22:52,750
from Lizzie Magie to Charles Darrow.
575
00:22:52,751 --> 00:22:55,833
Being unemployed, Darrow had plenty of time
576
00:22:55,834 --> 00:22:58,249
to polish the cosmetics of the game.
577
00:22:58,250 --> 00:23:00,583
His graphic improvements
resulted in the look and feel
578
00:23:00,584 --> 00:23:03,333
we so easily recognize today.
579
00:23:03,334 --> 00:23:05,625
He decided to call it...
580
00:23:05,626 --> 00:23:07,374
"Monopoly."
581
00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:09,625
The game was round
582
00:23:09,626 --> 00:23:10,917
and we played it on the dining room table.
583
00:23:10,918 --> 00:23:13,666
So we all had to eat someplace else.
584
00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:15,708
Then the neighbors started to play.
585
00:23:15,709 --> 00:23:17,082
And everybody gave him advice.
586
00:23:17,083 --> 00:23:18,917
Narrator: Local interest and
the need to feed his family
587
00:23:18,918 --> 00:23:21,716
during the Depression, inspired Darrow
to hand make copies.
588
00:23:21,717 --> 00:23:25,209
His goal was to make and sell
one game a day for $4.
589
00:23:25,918 --> 00:23:29,918
Dad can remember helping
count the number of hotels,
590
00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:33,958
the number of houses,
591
00:23:33,959 --> 00:23:35,917
and putting them in wax paper bags
592
00:23:35,918 --> 00:23:37,625
and stapling them closed,
putting them in the boxes.
593
00:23:37,626 --> 00:23:40,833
I once asked about the paint colors
594
00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:43,208
and Dad kind of laughed and said,
595
00:23:43,209 --> 00:23:44,917
"There was no significance
to the different colors."
596
00:23:44,918 --> 00:23:47,917
It was just the cheapest paint that his dad
597
00:23:47,918 --> 00:23:49,833
could find at the corner five and dime.
598
00:23:49,834 --> 00:23:52,041
Narrator: Darrow completed
the transformation
599
00:23:52,042 --> 00:23:54,082
of Lizzie's game that flipped
600
00:23:54,083 --> 00:23:55,917
how she wanted people
to think of capitalism.
601
00:23:55,918 --> 00:23:58,333
Eric: She was trying to put thisgloss of entertainment on it
602
00:23:58,334 --> 00:24:00,458
where people would play a game
603
00:24:00,459 --> 00:24:01,875
but they would come to understand
604
00:24:01,876 --> 00:24:03,291
why property ownership is bad,
605
00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:05,917
and that idea, of course,
606
00:24:05,918 --> 00:24:07,166
is still exhibited in the game itself.
607
00:24:07,167 --> 00:24:09,458
One person wins, everyone else loses.
608
00:24:09,459 --> 00:24:11,750
It's a celebration of capitalism
609
00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:13,249
where one person eventually stands on top
610
00:24:13,250 --> 00:24:15,249
and throws all the money
on top of their head
611
00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:16,500
and they're like, "I am awesome! I rule!"
612
00:24:16,501 --> 00:24:18,416
You know, "You guys suck! Get out of here!"
613
00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,917
And that's exactly what Magie
was trying to get across
614
00:24:20,918 --> 00:24:24,709
was that some people end up
owning lots of land
615
00:24:25,250 --> 00:24:29,208
and everyone else has to pay for it
616
00:24:29,209 --> 00:24:30,750
through no fault of their own
617
00:24:30,751 --> 00:24:32,166
in terms of just not being there early.
618
00:24:32,167 --> 00:24:34,166
Narrator: Demand for the game
began to grow.
619
00:24:34,167 --> 00:24:36,833
Darrow took a deep breath
and commissioned a printer
620
00:24:36,834 --> 00:24:38,917
to make 500 sets.
621
00:24:38,918 --> 00:24:40,917
But orders outside Philadelphia lagged,
622
00:24:40,918 --> 00:24:43,458
so he tried to sell the rights to Monopoly.
623
00:24:43,459 --> 00:24:45,917
My grandfather, at one point,
624
00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:47,917
went to both Parker Brothers
and to Milton Bradley
625
00:24:47,918 --> 00:24:50,917
with his idea,
626
00:24:50,918 --> 00:24:52,167
and got letters from both
of them that rejected him.
627
00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:56,333
Narrator: Despite the rejections,
628
00:24:56,334 --> 00:24:57,917
Darrow convinced a major
Philadelphia department store
629
00:24:57,918 --> 00:25:00,541
to stock his game,
and it started to take off!
630
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:03,918
My mother had a school classmate,
631
00:25:05,042 --> 00:25:08,625
and she, fortunately,
632
00:25:08,626 --> 00:25:10,583
called my mother, and said,
633
00:25:10,584 --> 00:25:12,583
"There's a game down here called Monopoly
634
00:25:12,584 --> 00:25:14,917
and you really ought to get your father
635
00:25:14,918 --> 00:25:17,458
to take a look at this game
636
00:25:17,459 --> 00:25:19,082
cause it's making quite a splash
637
00:25:19,083 --> 00:25:20,791
down here in Philadelphia."
638
00:25:20,792 --> 00:25:22,501
Well, they did and, of course,
everybody had a wonderful time
639
00:25:23,209 --> 00:25:26,958
and they said, "Gee, maybe we should give
640
00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:28,917
this thing a try."
641
00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:30,041
Parker came back to him and said,
642
00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:32,708
"You know, we've reconsidered."
643
00:25:32,709 --> 00:25:34,917
And my grandfather said, "That's wonderful.
644
00:25:34,918 --> 00:25:37,333
I've reconsidered too."
645
00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:38,875
Well, emboldened by increased sales,
646
00:25:38,876 --> 00:25:40,791
Darrow asked for a royalty agreement,
647
00:25:40,792 --> 00:25:42,917
and his family continues
to receive royalties
648
00:25:42,918 --> 00:25:46,458
from all things Monopoly to this day.
649
00:25:46,459 --> 00:25:48,958
I'm pretty sure they had
a shot to buy it outright
650
00:25:48,959 --> 00:25:51,875
and passed that opportunity up,
651
00:25:51,876 --> 00:25:53,917
which I'm very grateful for.
652
00:25:53,918 --> 00:25:57,041
And it just took off in the middle
of the Depression.
653
00:25:57,042 --> 00:25:59,917
And the company had a heck of
a time trying to find space
654
00:25:59,918 --> 00:26:02,208
in the city of Salem
655
00:26:02,209 --> 00:26:03,917
to assemble the game
to keep up with the demand.
656
00:26:03,918 --> 00:26:06,917
When you invent a game, a modern game say,
657
00:26:06,918 --> 00:26:09,666
there's certainly test playing.
658
00:26:09,667 --> 00:26:12,208
But you would never take,
you know, 10, 15, 20,
659
00:26:12,209 --> 00:26:15,082
30 years to develop a game
660
00:26:15,083 --> 00:26:16,917
because it's just not
economically feasible.
661
00:26:16,918 --> 00:26:18,917
So I think Monopoly
benefits from the fact
662
00:26:18,918 --> 00:26:21,666
that it evolved over such a long time.
663
00:26:21,667 --> 00:26:24,082
Every person that played it,
touched it in some way.
664
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:27,666
Narrator: The possibility of
being a wealthy landowner
665
00:26:27,667 --> 00:26:30,458
turned out to have a much stronger appeal
666
00:26:30,459 --> 00:26:32,291
to basic human nature
667
00:26:32,292 --> 00:26:33,917
than Lizzie's politically-themed game.
668
00:26:33,918 --> 00:26:35,458
Within one year, Monopoly was
already engrained
669
00:26:35,459 --> 00:26:38,833
in the popular culture of the day.
670
00:26:38,834 --> 00:26:40,291
Not when you're playing Monopoly.
671
00:26:40,292 --> 00:26:42,124
I think it might interest you to play it.
672
00:26:42,125 --> 00:26:44,208
I don't think that it would be
673
00:26:44,209 --> 00:26:45,833
as successful if it was launched today.
674
00:26:45,834 --> 00:26:47,791
I think it was the perfect
game at the perfect time.
675
00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:49,917
It was the Depression
and people were feeling
676
00:26:49,918 --> 00:26:51,833
very pessimistic about the future.
677
00:26:51,834 --> 00:26:53,917
Tim: 25 percent of the
population is out of work
678
00:26:53,918 --> 00:26:56,541
and they had a lot of time on their hands.
679
00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:57,917
And along comes this game where
680
00:26:57,918 --> 00:26:59,833
you can spend a lot of time
with the people you care about.
681
00:26:59,834 --> 00:27:01,917
But no one had any money
682
00:27:01,918 --> 00:27:04,442
and here was a game where not only
could you handle money,
683
00:27:04,443 --> 00:27:06,017
but you could buy homes and hotels.
684
00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:07,958
And it just was... perfect!
685
00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:10,124
And people just gravitated toward it.
686
00:27:10,125 --> 00:27:12,333
And here's something that gives them hope
687
00:27:12,334 --> 00:27:14,750
and gives them a vision of the future.
688
00:27:14,751 --> 00:27:16,708
And by this sort of act of
constantly moving forward,
689
00:27:16,709 --> 00:27:19,625
kind of focuses them on the future.
690
00:27:19,626 --> 00:27:21,917
Charles: You should take
with you his hard work
691
00:27:21,918 --> 00:27:24,500
and determination.
692
00:27:24,501 --> 00:27:26,124
I mean, he was turned down by
two very successful companies,
693
00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:29,208
and still, you know,
went on and went with it.
694
00:27:29,209 --> 00:27:32,875
So, don't always feel that
even the big guy's word
695
00:27:32,876 --> 00:27:36,458
is necessarily the last word.
696
00:27:36,459 --> 00:27:38,416
If you feel you can do it,
697
00:27:38,417 --> 00:27:39,958
keep pushing.
698
00:27:39,959 --> 00:27:41,374
But don't forget the fun part, either.
699
00:27:41,375 --> 00:27:43,833
Randolph: We used to think
if we can get a game,
700
00:27:43,834 --> 00:27:45,918
and we can keep it going
at a good pace for 5 years,
701
00:27:46,042 --> 00:27:49,917
and then drop it, that's good.
702
00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:51,918
10 years is like, "Wow, that's wonderful."
703
00:27:52,918 --> 00:27:56,041
75 years...
704
00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,917
[Chuckles]
705
00:27:57,918 --> 00:27:59,833
That's a dream.
706
00:27:59,834 --> 00:28:01,792
And Monopoly is a dream.
707
00:28:04,292 --> 00:28:07,583
Phil: When Darrow sold Monopolyto Parker Brothers,
708
00:28:07,584 --> 00:28:10,416
one of the first questions they posed is
709
00:28:10,417 --> 00:28:12,958
"You have any thoughts for
what we should use
710
00:28:12,959 --> 00:28:15,249
for the playing pieces of this game?"
711
00:28:15,250 --> 00:28:17,041
Now Darrow did not include
tokens in his game.
712
00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:19,917
He had a little message in the rules saying
713
00:28:19,918 --> 00:28:21,750
to use objects from around your home
714
00:28:21,751 --> 00:28:23,917
to be your playing pieces.
715
00:28:23,918 --> 00:28:25,291
He recommended thimbles, pennies,
716
00:28:25,292 --> 00:28:27,166
other little objects.
717
00:28:27,167 --> 00:28:28,416
Buttons, for example.
718
00:28:28,417 --> 00:28:29,833
And he instinctively said,
719
00:28:29,834 --> 00:28:31,082
"My nieces particularly love
charms from charm bracelets."
720
00:28:31,083 --> 00:28:34,750
And the result is history.
721
00:28:34,751 --> 00:28:36,917
Ken: This piece, you may recognize.
722
00:28:36,918 --> 00:28:39,166
This is the original one
which is tarnished black.
723
00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:41,917
It's a sterling silver charm
from a charm bracelet
724
00:28:41,918 --> 00:28:44,625
from the 1920s.
725
00:28:44,626 --> 00:28:46,541
This is a solid gold shoe.
726
00:28:46,542 --> 00:28:48,917
Carry it everywhere.
Just in case a game pops up.
727
00:28:48,918 --> 00:28:51,918
Never can be too prepared.
728
00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:58,208
[Dice and token noises]
729
00:28:58,209 --> 00:28:59,249
Let's start forcing some trades then.
730
00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:01,708
Matt: There's an incredible
amount of strategy and luck
731
00:29:01,709 --> 00:29:03,666
in every game of Monopoly.
732
00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:05,708
And anyone who tells you
something different
733
00:29:05,709 --> 00:29:07,291
is just flat-out lying to you.
734
00:29:07,292 --> 00:29:09,583
One of the complaints by modern gamers
about Monopoly
735
00:29:09,584 --> 00:29:11,917
is that it's luck.
736
00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:13,082
Everything is luck.
You roll the dice, you move.
737
00:29:13,083 --> 00:29:15,166
You roll the dice, you move.
738
00:29:15,167 --> 00:29:16,917
And I'd have to put it at somewhere like
739
00:29:16,918 --> 00:29:18,500
90 percent luck, 10 percent skill.
740
00:29:18,501 --> 00:29:20,833
Winning Monopoly is based on skill.
741
00:29:20,834 --> 00:29:22,917
If it were just luck,
I wouldn't be able to beat
742
00:29:22,918 --> 00:29:24,958
my cellphone every time I play it.
743
00:29:24,959 --> 00:29:27,082
It's like cards.
744
00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:28,249
Some hands are better than others,
745
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:29,666
but you can win with just about any hand
746
00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:31,917
if you play it right.
747
00:29:31,918 --> 00:29:33,208
And Monopoly actually is a
better representative
748
00:29:33,209 --> 00:29:36,333
of what real life is like than let's say,
749
00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:38,708
a game of pure skill, such as chess.
750
00:29:38,709 --> 00:29:41,208
Ultimately, the dice will decide
who's the winner or loser.
751
00:29:41,209 --> 00:29:44,041
But, you obviously want to put yourself
752
00:29:44,042 --> 00:29:45,791
in the best position to win,
753
00:29:45,792 --> 00:29:46,958
and that's where the skill comes in.
754
00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:48,374
[Dice rolling]
755
00:29:48,375 --> 00:29:49,708
Charlie Brown: Seven!
756
00:29:49,709 --> 00:29:50,917
[Token moving on board]
757
00:29:50,918 --> 00:29:52,124
Go directly to Jail.
758
00:29:52,125 --> 00:29:53,917
Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.
759
00:29:53,918 --> 00:29:57,166
Good grief.
760
00:29:57,167 --> 00:29:58,918
Going to Jail is probably the
most famous setback
761
00:29:59,167 --> 00:30:02,750
in the game of Monopoly.
762
00:30:02,751 --> 00:30:03,917
Cam: Uh oh. Go to jail.
763
00:30:03,918 --> 00:30:05,917
[Child laughing]
764
00:30:05,918 --> 00:30:07,416
That's too bad, Uncle Cam.
765
00:30:07,417 --> 00:30:09,583
You know how it's Monopoly out there?
766
00:30:09,584 --> 00:30:12,501
Remember Boardwalk,
Park Place, Marvin Gardens?
767
00:30:12,959 --> 00:30:16,541
Go directly to Jail?
768
00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:18,333
We can use our Get Out of Jail Free cards.
769
00:30:18,334 --> 00:30:21,125
Or we can choose Stop, Do Not Pass GO.
770
00:30:21,918 --> 00:30:25,500
Do not collect $20 million.
771
00:30:25,501 --> 00:30:27,750
Barack Obama: We can't continue to spend
772
00:30:27,751 --> 00:30:29,333
as if the hard-earned tax
dollars of the American people
773
00:30:29,334 --> 00:30:31,917
can be treated like Monopoly money.
774
00:30:31,918 --> 00:30:34,500
Oh, really?
775
00:30:34,501 --> 00:30:35,501
How come all those guys on Wall Street got
776
00:30:35,502 --> 00:30:36,917
Get Out of Jail Free cards? Huh?
777
00:30:36,918 --> 00:30:38,166
How'd that work? Exactly!
778
00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:39,917
Wheeler: Uh, the Get Out of Jail Free card.
779
00:30:39,918 --> 00:30:42,166
Is that based on something
that exists, or...
780
00:30:42,167 --> 00:30:44,917
That wasn't a stupid question.
781
00:30:44,918 --> 00:30:46,500
[Clucking disapproval]
782
00:30:46,501 --> 00:30:47,541
Wheeler: That's real.
783
00:30:47,542 --> 00:30:48,708
It's real in the game of Monopoly.
784
00:30:48,709 --> 00:30:50,082
Knowing when to get out of Jail
785
00:30:50,083 --> 00:30:51,917
and when to stay in
786
00:30:51,918 --> 00:30:53,583
is also one of the key strategies
787
00:30:53,584 --> 00:30:55,917
for winning at Monopoly.
788
00:30:55,918 --> 00:30:57,500
Early in the game,
789
00:30:57,501 --> 00:30:58,917
when there are properties to be bought,
790
00:30:58,918 --> 00:31:00,917
and no one has formed a developed monopoly,
791
00:31:00,918 --> 00:31:03,917
you want to get out of Jail
as fast as you can.
792
00:31:03,918 --> 00:31:06,374
Just pay the 50 dollars and get out.
793
00:31:06,375 --> 00:31:10,625
But later in the game,
if your opponents are holding
794
00:31:10,626 --> 00:31:14,500
developed monopolies against you,
795
00:31:14,501 --> 00:31:16,958
you want to try to stay in Jail
as long as you can.
796
00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:20,082
- Ok, that one I'll buy.
- What?
797
00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:23,041
- Yeah.
- Don't you want to auction?
798
00:31:23,042 --> 00:31:24,291
Nope.
799
00:31:24,292 --> 00:31:25,833
Phil: Obviously, there's a lot of strategy
800
00:31:25,834 --> 00:31:27,583
to what properties you buy.
801
00:31:27,584 --> 00:31:29,042
When the game begins,
I buy everything I land on.
802
00:31:29,334 --> 00:31:33,291
When you buy property
you have trading material.
803
00:31:33,292 --> 00:31:35,917
So even though you may not
particularly like the Greens
804
00:31:35,918 --> 00:31:37,917
because they're expensive and
don't get landed on a lot,
805
00:31:37,918 --> 00:31:40,625
somebody else may covet them
and if you have one,
806
00:31:40,626 --> 00:31:43,625
you now have something that
they will want to get from you
807
00:31:43,626 --> 00:31:46,333
in return for something that you may need.
808
00:31:46,334 --> 00:31:49,208
Many people think that Boardwalk
809
00:31:49,209 --> 00:31:50,917
and Park Place are the best group to own
810
00:31:50,918 --> 00:31:52,833
because they are the most expensive.
811
00:31:52,834 --> 00:31:54,625
There's two reasons why that's not true.
812
00:31:54,626 --> 00:31:56,541
First, as a two property group,
813
00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:57,958
they're not landed on as much.
814
00:31:57,959 --> 00:31:59,626
But secondly, they lie after
the space that says
815
00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:04,333
in the corner "Go to Jail."
816
00:32:04,334 --> 00:32:06,333
Matt: And people go to Jail quite a bit.
817
00:32:06,334 --> 00:32:08,416
It's one of the most
heavily landed on spaces
818
00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:10,416
in the entire game.
819
00:32:10,417 --> 00:32:14,666
Phil: That makes the Red group and the
Orange group the best groups on the board.
820
00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:16,666
And the reason is simple.
821
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:19,176
When you come out of Jail,
you have to go past them.
822
00:32:19,177 --> 00:32:21,251
And they get landed on more often
than the Dark Blues
823
00:32:21,276 --> 00:32:23,833
or the Greens,
for example.
824
00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:25,501
Ken: You have to get to the 3 house level,
825
00:32:25,751 --> 00:32:29,333
we have 3 houses on each property.
826
00:32:29,334 --> 00:32:31,208
The rent triples from 2 to 3 houses.
827
00:32:31,209 --> 00:32:33,249
I don't want the Greens.
I think you should have them.
828
00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:35,791
You want me to have the Greens.
829
00:32:35,792 --> 00:32:37,124
Yeah, because it's a better monopoly.
830
00:32:37,125 --> 00:32:39,917
Andy: I think the most interesting aspect
831
00:32:39,918 --> 00:32:41,917
of the game is that it
involves convincing people
832
00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:44,291
to do things that you think are not
in their best interests.
833
00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:47,082
You have to convince them
to help you win the game,
834
00:32:47,083 --> 00:32:50,291
but you have to convince them
835
00:32:50,292 --> 00:32:51,708
that you are helping them win
the game in order to do it.
836
00:32:51,709 --> 00:32:53,875
So it takes a very human element,
837
00:32:53,876 --> 00:32:55,875
and a very strategic element.
838
00:32:55,876 --> 00:32:58,208
I found myself realizing
that the same skills
839
00:32:58,209 --> 00:33:01,375
I had in Monopoly are needed
in business to negotiate.
840
00:33:01,918 --> 00:33:05,917
One of the most key things to realize
841
00:33:05,918 --> 00:33:08,124
is seize the opportunity.
842
00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:09,917
That's Monopoly, and that's life.
843
00:33:09,918 --> 00:33:12,917
The parallel is that you're
going to go broke sometimes,
844
00:33:12,918 --> 00:33:16,958
because you gamble in Monopoly
to take a chance to win.
845
00:33:16,959 --> 00:33:20,750
In business, there's a time
and place that you do need
846
00:33:20,751 --> 00:33:24,124
to try to take a chance.
847
00:33:24,125 --> 00:33:25,833
And if you're wrong,
848
00:33:25,834 --> 00:33:27,041
or if you don't execute correctly,
849
00:33:27,042 --> 00:33:28,958
then you can be broke.
850
00:33:28,959 --> 00:33:30,666
Well, I've been broke
many times in Monopoly.
851
00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:33,249
And despite where I'm at today,
852
00:33:33,250 --> 00:33:34,917
I've been broke 3 times in life.
853
00:33:34,918 --> 00:33:38,374
It's the positive thinking.
854
00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:39,917
If you're thinking positive,
things will come to you.
855
00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:42,958
So, if I'm a money magnet,
money will come to me.
856
00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:45,917
I like learning about people
through game play.
857
00:33:45,918 --> 00:33:48,625
It's a safe way that
they can express themselves,
858
00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:51,166
and yet reveal themselves.
859
00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:53,374
[Music]
860
00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:55,124
I'm a really competitive person,
and I really like to win.
861
00:33:55,125 --> 00:33:57,791
I think I like about Monopoly
is when you really win,
862
00:33:57,792 --> 00:34:00,625
you're bankrupting everyone else
and making them lose.
863
00:34:00,626 --> 00:34:02,917
So it kind of sounds evil, I guess,
864
00:34:02,918 --> 00:34:04,958
but it's just my personality a little bit.
865
00:34:04,959 --> 00:34:06,917
I take pride in winning games.
866
00:34:06,918 --> 00:34:09,041
The similarities between
being a lawyer and Monopoly,
867
00:34:09,042 --> 00:34:12,124
I think, has to do with negotiating.
868
00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:14,666
Being a corporate attorney,
869
00:34:14,667 --> 00:34:15,958
you negotiate terms of a contract.
870
00:34:15,959 --> 00:34:18,333
In Monopoly, you're negotiatingterms of a deal
871
00:34:18,334 --> 00:34:20,917
with respect to trading the property.
872
00:34:20,918 --> 00:34:22,958
Anthony: Being a lawyer,
873
00:34:22,959 --> 00:34:26,291
I think your lawyer should be good at Monopoly.
If your lawyer is not good at Monopoly,
874
00:34:26,292 --> 00:34:27,958
it's time to get a new lawyer.
875
00:34:27,959 --> 00:34:29,124
There's a problem.
876
00:34:29,125 --> 00:34:30,125
So I go straight to GO,
877
00:34:30,126 --> 00:34:32,166
or do I have to actually
go to all the property?
878
00:34:32,167 --> 00:34:34,041
I landed on Mayfair.
879
00:34:34,042 --> 00:34:35,500
No, you advance to the next
property owned by someone else.
880
00:34:35,501 --> 00:34:37,750
One of the key messages
I like to get out
881
00:34:37,751 --> 00:34:39,708
at one of these events is to tell people
882
00:34:39,709 --> 00:34:41,374
that if they actually play the rules,
883
00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:43,291
it's really important
'cause that's the way
884
00:34:43,292 --> 00:34:44,917
the game plays fast.
885
00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:46,917
Jose: We used to play with the $500
886
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:48,708
in the middle for Free Parking.
887
00:34:48,709 --> 00:34:49,917
We never read the rules.
888
00:34:49,918 --> 00:34:51,666
What happened waswe started reading the rules
889
00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:53,208
when we started playing for money.
890
00:34:53,209 --> 00:34:55,124
Dr. Balzac: House rules do
a couple of things.
891
00:34:55,125 --> 00:34:57,417
One is they help to balance
a perceived inequity.
892
00:34:57,959 --> 00:35:01,666
They give you that feeling,
893
00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,249
ok, so maybe you're having awful luck.
894
00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:05,333
But by having this money on Free Parking,
895
00:35:05,334 --> 00:35:07,500
well maybe you'll just get something
896
00:35:07,501 --> 00:35:08,917
that will keep you in the game longer.
897
00:35:08,918 --> 00:35:10,166
But the other thing
is that with house rules,
898
00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:12,958
you're connecting yourself to this game.
899
00:35:12,959 --> 00:35:16,917
It's not just something that someone else
900
00:35:16,918 --> 00:35:18,541
has designed for us,
901
00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:19,917
and now we're going
to sit here and play it.
902
00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:21,291
Now it's a game that we are part of.
903
00:35:21,292 --> 00:35:24,875
Andy: Usually people who complain
904
00:35:24,876 --> 00:35:26,208
about how long Monopoly takes
905
00:35:26,209 --> 00:35:27,541
are people who don't know
how to play Monopoly.
906
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,374
They'll put $500 in
Free Parking every time,
907
00:35:30,375 --> 00:35:33,166
double your money if you land on GO.
908
00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:35,333
And won't trade with anybody
909
00:35:35,334 --> 00:35:37,625
because they're afraid of losing,
or even worse,
910
00:35:37,626 --> 00:35:39,917
cut everybody breaks once
they do have a monopoly
911
00:35:39,918 --> 00:35:42,333
'cause they don't want to put people out.
912
00:35:42,334 --> 00:35:44,500
If you do this, the game's
gonna go for days.
913
00:35:44,501 --> 00:35:47,917
But if you're really trying
to bankrupt your opponent,
914
00:35:47,918 --> 00:35:50,291
you'll be done in an hour and a half,
two hours.
915
00:35:50,292 --> 00:35:52,750
If you play Monopoly by the rules,
916
00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,416
and don't put money on Free Parking
917
00:35:54,417 --> 00:35:55,918
and no immunities on trade,
the game doesn't take that long.
918
00:35:57,918 --> 00:35:59,876
[Music]
919
00:36:01,042 --> 00:36:03,208
Phil: The selection of token
says a lot about who you are,
920
00:36:03,209 --> 00:36:06,416
and I think this is the reason why tokens
921
00:36:06,417 --> 00:36:08,416
are featured so often in TV and movies.
922
00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:11,583
Ed, do you have to play
racing car every time?
923
00:36:11,584 --> 00:36:13,917
[Laughter]
924
00:36:13,918 --> 00:36:15,374
Why don't you use this little
wheelbarrow for a change
925
00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:17,875
instead of that racing car?
926
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:18,917
Don't want the wheelbarrow!
[Laughter]
927
00:36:18,918 --> 00:36:20,791
Only reason I play Monopoly is
928
00:36:20,792 --> 00:36:22,082
'cause I want to be the racing car.
929
00:36:22,083 --> 00:36:24,041
I like being the shoe.
930
00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:25,917
No, I like being the car!
931
00:36:25,918 --> 00:36:27,374
I'd give my brother everything I have.
932
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,416
He could be the racecar in Monopoly.
933
00:36:29,417 --> 00:36:31,833
Monopoly!
934
00:36:31,834 --> 00:36:33,958
The racecar!
935
00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:36,833
I'm going to be the gold racecar.
936
00:36:36,834 --> 00:36:39,374
The gold racecar is somewhat of like
937
00:36:39,375 --> 00:36:41,917
the superhero of Monopoly.
938
00:36:41,918 --> 00:36:43,958
For about 95% of Monopoly games
that I've ever played,
939
00:36:43,959 --> 00:36:46,750
I go for the car.
940
00:36:46,751 --> 00:36:47,917
And that's actually slightly ironic
cause I'm 23,
941
00:36:47,918 --> 00:36:50,834
and I still haven't gotten
my driving license.
942
00:36:53,250 --> 00:36:56,917
Narrator: In the beginning,
943
00:36:56,918 --> 00:36:58,333
Monopoly was seen
as a purely American game,
944
00:36:58,334 --> 00:37:00,917
and was not expected
to have universal appeal.
945
00:37:00,918 --> 00:37:03,208
But Parker Brothers had a
very good relationship
946
00:37:03,209 --> 00:37:05,333
with a leading game company
in the United Kingdom,
947
00:37:05,334 --> 00:37:07,666
called John Waddington Limited.
948
00:37:07,667 --> 00:37:09,917
So early on, they sent a copy
to Waddingtons.
949
00:37:09,918 --> 00:37:12,917
My grandfather gave the game
to my father and said,
950
00:37:12,918 --> 00:37:16,166
"Have a look at this. See what you think."
951
00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:18,917
Well, I was 7. My brother was 4.
952
00:37:18,918 --> 00:37:22,249
And having played the game,
953
00:37:22,250 --> 00:37:26,158
we were soon like everybody else completely
absorbed by it.
954
00:37:26,159 --> 00:37:29,458
My grandfather picked up the telephone
and fixed up the license deal.
955
00:37:29,459 --> 00:37:31,333
And Leeds became the home
of Monopoly in the UK.
956
00:37:31,334 --> 00:37:35,374
Narrator: Monopoly not only succeeded
in the UK,
957
00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:38,458
it spread all across Europe, too!
958
00:37:38,459 --> 00:37:41,124
The 30 years spent beta-testing
959
00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:42,958
Lizzie Magie's version early on,
960
00:37:42,959 --> 00:37:44,917
combined with the cosmetic enhancements
961
00:37:44,918 --> 00:37:47,441
by Charles Darrow, gave the game a feeling
962
00:37:47,442 --> 00:37:51,142
and a look that worked everywhere:
Asia, Africa, South America...
963
00:37:51,542 --> 00:37:54,917
And today, Monopoly is available
964
00:37:54,918 --> 00:37:57,125
in over 100 countries,
and played in even more.
965
00:37:57,918 --> 00:38:01,124
[Music]
966
00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:02,917
Phil: One of my favorite true stories
967
00:38:02,918 --> 00:38:04,917
about the impact of Monopoly globally,
968
00:38:04,918 --> 00:38:08,124
is how it was used in World War II
969
00:38:08,125 --> 00:38:10,917
to help Prisoners of War
escape from Germany,
970
00:38:10,918 --> 00:38:14,583
Italy & Austria where they were impounded.
971
00:38:14,584 --> 00:38:16,833
John Waddington,
972
00:38:16,834 --> 00:38:18,124
who was the official licensee for Europe,
973
00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:20,584
had perfected a technique
of printing on silk.
974
00:38:21,334 --> 00:38:25,249
So the government turned to us
to print the maps
975
00:38:25,250 --> 00:38:28,917
for airmen, mostly airmen,
976
00:38:28,918 --> 00:38:31,917
and they were sown into their uniforms.
977
00:38:31,918 --> 00:38:33,875
Phil: So that if they were shot down,
978
00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:34,958
they could pull this map out of their boot
979
00:38:34,959 --> 00:38:36,708
and figure out where they might be.
980
00:38:36,709 --> 00:38:37,958
And the maps would show places
where they might find partisans
981
00:38:37,959 --> 00:38:41,166
who would help get them back home.
982
00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:42,666
But also they had the idea of
putting the silk maps
983
00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:45,917
into sets of Monopoly.
984
00:38:45,918 --> 00:38:47,541
Phil: The question was
985
00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:50,118
"Well, how do we get Monopoly
games inside of POW camps?"
986
00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:51,893
Well, the answer came back "the Red Cross."
987
00:38:51,918 --> 00:38:54,917
Victor: And then carried it a stage further.
988
00:38:54,918 --> 00:38:56,917
Not just maps in Monopoly,
but files, real money,
989
00:38:56,918 --> 00:39:00,583
compasses, anything to help
the prisoners to escape.
990
00:39:00,584 --> 00:39:03,917
And many, many did escape.
991
00:39:03,918 --> 00:39:05,666
Phil: The project was very successful.
992
00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:08,958
However, it was so secretive,
993
00:39:08,959 --> 00:39:11,708
it took 45 years before
the British government
994
00:39:11,709 --> 00:39:14,082
finally revealed its existence.
995
00:39:14,083 --> 00:39:16,833
World War II also brought temporary changes
996
00:39:16,834 --> 00:39:19,833
to the retail versions of
Monopoly, around the world.
997
00:39:19,834 --> 00:39:22,917
Jason: So it's quite an ingenious device,
998
00:39:22,918 --> 00:39:24,333
just to save on materials
during the wartime.
999
00:39:24,334 --> 00:39:26,750
And also as you can see, the pieces,
1000
00:39:26,751 --> 00:39:28,708
rather than being metal pieces,
1001
00:39:28,709 --> 00:39:30,458
were down to cardboard
stuck into wooden slots.
1002
00:39:30,459 --> 00:39:33,750
Again to cut down on materials
during the wartime.
1003
00:39:33,751 --> 00:39:36,750
Narrator: In the 1950s, Monopoly was banned
1004
00:39:36,751 --> 00:39:39,625
by Communist countries behind
the Iron Curtain.
1005
00:39:39,626 --> 00:39:41,917
Not to be denied,
1006
00:39:41,918 --> 00:39:43,917
citizens from those Eastern Bloc countries
1007
00:39:43,918 --> 00:39:45,917
took great risks by either
hand making the game,
1008
00:39:45,918 --> 00:39:48,875
or even manufacturing underground versions.
1009
00:39:48,876 --> 00:39:51,917
After the fall of the Berlin Wall,
1010
00:39:51,918 --> 00:39:53,917
the Monopoly World Championship
1011
00:39:53,918 --> 00:39:56,249
was held in Berlin in 1992.
1012
00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:59,666
And today, some of the best
players in the world
1013
00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:02,917
come from those former
Eastern Bloc countries.
1014
00:40:02,918 --> 00:40:05,917
So we have a World Championships
in October,
1015
00:40:05,918 --> 00:40:07,917
and there are over 40 countries,
1016
00:40:07,918 --> 00:40:09,958
All having National Championships
at the moment
1017
00:40:09,959 --> 00:40:11,917
to qualify a national champion
1018
00:40:11,918 --> 00:40:14,249
to come along and represent the country
1019
00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:16,167
in Vegas in October.
1020
00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:23,667
[Gameplay noises]
1021
00:40:31,209 --> 00:40:34,541
We did it!
1022
00:40:34,542 --> 00:40:35,917
[Laughing]
1023
00:40:35,918 --> 00:40:37,083
[Applause & cheering]
1024
00:40:40,918 --> 00:40:41,167
[Big Ben chiming]
1025
00:40:48,918 --> 00:40:51,959
[Applause]
1026
00:41:08,626 --> 00:41:11,918
[Applause]
1027
00:41:14,918 --> 00:41:17,918
[Musical group performing]
1028
00:41:22,292 --> 00:41:25,626
[Cheering]
1029
00:42:01,459 --> 00:42:04,750
Yes!
1030
00:42:04,751 --> 00:42:06,626
[Cheering]
1031
00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:19,792
[In unison]
Monopoly!
1032
00:42:19,918 --> 00:42:21,876
I will win in Vegas!
1033
00:42:23,375 --> 00:42:24,875
Whoo!
1034
00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:25,917
Matt: When people first realize
1035
00:42:25,918 --> 00:42:27,875
that I'm a United States
National Monopoly Champion,
1036
00:42:27,876 --> 00:42:30,917
they might snicker a little bit,
1037
00:42:30,918 --> 00:42:33,208
and they think it's kind of dorky.
1038
00:42:33,209 --> 00:42:34,875
And let me tell you,
it's definitely not the line
1039
00:42:34,876 --> 00:42:37,666
to use to pick up chicks or anything.
1040
00:42:37,667 --> 00:42:40,249
[Music from Donn Arden's "Jubilee!"
1041
00:42:40,250 --> 00:42:42,291
Lara: My name is Lara Preister.
1042
00:42:42,292 --> 00:42:43,917
And I'm a showgirl at Bally's
1043
00:42:43,918 --> 00:42:45,666
in the show called "Jubilee!"
1044
00:42:45,667 --> 00:42:47,917
My boyfriend is Matt McNally.
1045
00:42:47,918 --> 00:42:49,416
He's the National Monopoly Champion
from 2003.
1046
00:42:49,417 --> 00:42:52,208
And we met almost two years ago now,
1047
00:42:52,209 --> 00:42:55,291
and we were at an after party
1048
00:42:55,292 --> 00:42:56,917
for a benefit that we were doing.
1049
00:42:56,918 --> 00:42:58,500
We lived the same direction
1050
00:42:58,501 --> 00:42:59,541
so I drove behind him on the way home.
1051
00:42:59,542 --> 00:43:01,291
And his license plate said "Monopoly."
1052
00:43:01,292 --> 00:43:03,917
And I thought, "Oh, what is that about?
1053
00:43:03,918 --> 00:43:06,416
That's a bit much for me, maybe."
1054
00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,917
So, of course, the next time we spoke,
1055
00:43:08,918 --> 00:43:09,958
I asked him,
1056
00:43:09,959 --> 00:43:11,458
"What's this Monopoly
license plate all about?"
1057
00:43:11,459 --> 00:43:14,374
And he told me that he was
1058
00:43:14,375 --> 00:43:15,666
the National Monopoly Champion.
1059
00:43:15,667 --> 00:43:17,166
And my response to that
was the same as everyone else.
1060
00:43:17,167 --> 00:43:20,500
"Does that even exist? What is that?"
1061
00:43:20,501 --> 00:43:22,249
But as you begin to explain to them
1062
00:43:22,250 --> 00:43:24,708
what the tournament is all about,
1063
00:43:24,709 --> 00:43:26,917
and the cash prize that
comes along with the title,
1064
00:43:26,918 --> 00:43:29,541
and the opportunity
to represent your nation,
1065
00:43:29,542 --> 00:43:31,791
there's definitely a newfound
respect for it.
1066
00:43:31,792 --> 00:43:34,166
So, obviously since we've been dating,
1067
00:43:34,167 --> 00:43:36,041
I've been playing more and more the game
1068
00:43:36,042 --> 00:43:37,666
and learning more about it.
1069
00:43:37,667 --> 00:43:38,917
And I find it really interesting the way
1070
00:43:38,918 --> 00:43:41,459
it interacts with real life,
business and the real world.
1071
00:43:41,918 --> 00:43:44,876
Matt: After the 2004 World Championship,
1072
00:43:45,918 --> 00:43:47,917
I have to admit, I was depressed.
1073
00:43:47,918 --> 00:43:50,124
I had a bad showing.
1074
00:43:50,125 --> 00:43:53,174
The tough part is I don't know if
I'll ever be back.
1075
00:43:53,175 --> 00:43:57,124
You get one chance to do it every,
you know, 4 to 6 years.
1076
00:43:57,125 --> 00:43:58,917
And it's sort of like the Olympics.
1077
00:43:58,918 --> 00:44:01,583
As I look ahead to the
National Championship,
1078
00:44:01,584 --> 00:44:03,875
you better believe I'm going
to do everything I can
1079
00:44:03,876 --> 00:44:06,416
to defend my title.
1080
00:44:06,417 --> 00:44:08,249
Well, I've put together what I think
1081
00:44:08,250 --> 00:44:09,750
is a very impressive coaching team
1082
00:44:09,751 --> 00:44:11,333
to prepare for the D.C. tournament.
1083
00:44:11,334 --> 00:44:13,917
Head coach is going to be Geoff Ellis.
1084
00:44:13,918 --> 00:44:16,124
And what he does is he runs
me through dozens and dozens
1085
00:44:16,125 --> 00:44:19,249
of practice games.
1086
00:44:19,250 --> 00:44:20,917
Then when we get at the tournament itself,
1087
00:44:20,918 --> 00:44:22,750
he does a little bit of analysis
1088
00:44:22,751 --> 00:44:24,917
and intelligence gathering
on the other players.
1089
00:44:24,918 --> 00:44:27,041
The assistant coach is Dr. Gary Heller.
1090
00:44:27,042 --> 00:44:29,792
And then Dana Terman is a
consultant to the head coach.
1091
00:44:29,918 --> 00:44:33,833
And then finally there's Lee Bayrd,
1092
00:44:33,834 --> 00:44:35,917
who really needs no introduction.
1093
00:44:35,918 --> 00:44:37,583
He was the very first
World Monopoly Champion.
1094
00:44:37,584 --> 00:44:39,918
And all of them are traveling
to D.C. with me.
1095
00:44:45,918 --> 00:44:49,249
Good luck to you all.
1096
00:44:49,250 --> 00:44:51,208
We're looking forward
to lively and vigorous games
1097
00:44:51,209 --> 00:44:54,333
played in a spirit of goodwill
1098
00:44:54,334 --> 00:44:56,958
and good sportsmanship.
1099
00:44:56,959 --> 00:44:58,958
Phil: Ok. Let the play begin!
1100
00:44:58,959 --> 00:45:01,124
Go!
[Dice hitting the board]
1101
00:45:01,125 --> 00:45:03,458
Good luck. May the best player own it all!
1102
00:45:03,459 --> 00:45:06,750
Phil: At first this was pretty intimidating.
1103
00:45:06,751 --> 00:45:08,708
The idea of me representing
this great game to the world,
1104
00:45:08,709 --> 00:45:11,917
and knowing that if I made a mistake,
1105
00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:13,666
it would be very embarrassing,
1106
00:45:13,667 --> 00:45:15,291
but I resolved to really make sure
1107
00:45:15,292 --> 00:45:16,875
I did a great job.
1108
00:45:16,876 --> 00:45:20,917
And apparently I did because even though
it's quite a number of years later,
1109
00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:22,082
I'm still doing it.
1110
00:45:22,083 --> 00:45:23,708
Gary P: Phil Orbanes
1111
00:45:23,709 --> 00:45:24,833
probably knows more about the Monopoly game
1112
00:45:24,834 --> 00:45:26,958
and the rules of the game
1113
00:45:26,959 --> 00:45:28,626
and the techniques of the game than anyone.
1114
00:45:28,918 --> 00:45:30,918
And you're out!You're out.
1115
00:45:32,542 --> 00:45:34,125
The speed die will be used
in championship play tonight
1116
00:45:34,709 --> 00:45:38,500
for the first time in tournament history.
1117
00:45:38,501 --> 00:45:41,666
Narrator: If you want to make the game play
1118
00:45:41,667 --> 00:45:43,458
a little bit faster,
1119
00:45:43,459 --> 00:45:44,917
a red speed die is now included
in some versions of Monopoly.
1120
00:45:44,918 --> 00:45:48,124
It has numbers on three sides.
1121
00:45:48,125 --> 00:45:50,917
So if you roll triples, you can
move anywhere you like
1122
00:45:50,918 --> 00:45:53,082
on the board.
1123
00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:54,208
Two of the sides on the speed die
1124
00:45:54,209 --> 00:45:56,541
have the biggest game changer of all.
1125
00:45:56,542 --> 00:45:58,082
Mr. Monopoly, himself.
1126
00:45:58,083 --> 00:46:00,458
Early in the game, after making
making your normal move,
1127
00:46:00,459 --> 00:46:02,917
he advances you to the
next unowned property.
1128
00:46:02,918 --> 00:46:05,917
So all of the properties
get purchased very quickly.
1129
00:46:05,918 --> 00:46:08,917
Once all the properties
have been purchased,
1130
00:46:08,918 --> 00:46:11,500
after your normal move,
Mr. Monopoly makes you move
1131
00:46:11,501 --> 00:46:14,791
to the next property
where you will owe rent!
1132
00:46:14,792 --> 00:46:17,583
John: I will say it certainly does move you
1133
00:46:17,584 --> 00:46:19,333
to other properties,
1134
00:46:19,334 --> 00:46:20,625
and can either make you rich real fast,
1135
00:46:20,626 --> 00:46:23,625
or bankrupt you real fast.
1136
00:46:23,626 --> 00:46:26,291
The strategies are totally different
1137
00:46:26,292 --> 00:46:28,124
from classic Monopoly once you throw
in the Speed Die.
1138
00:46:28,125 --> 00:46:30,833
All of the probabilities and math
1139
00:46:30,834 --> 00:46:32,666
and expected values are off.
1140
00:46:32,667 --> 00:46:35,042
It's a totally different game.
1141
00:46:35,834 --> 00:46:37,375
$950.
1142
00:46:38,918 --> 00:46:40,958
My plan is like divine intervention.
1143
00:46:40,959 --> 00:46:43,041
That's it! That's my plan, here.
1144
00:46:43,042 --> 00:46:44,917
So we'll see how far that gets me.
1145
00:46:44,918 --> 00:46:46,917
One, four, or five.
1146
00:46:46,918 --> 00:46:48,917
Interviewer: How do you think
you're gonna do?
1147
00:46:48,918 --> 00:46:50,292
Uh...
1148
00:46:51,501 --> 00:46:52,083
I don't know.
1149
00:46:54,918 --> 00:46:55,918
Sell you Indiana for $50.
1150
00:46:55,919 --> 00:46:58,374
I want the best for my brother Gabe.
1151
00:46:58,375 --> 00:46:59,917
He wants the best for me.
1152
00:46:59,918 --> 00:47:01,791
But at the end of the day,
let's make no mistake about it.
1153
00:47:01,792 --> 00:47:04,833
I want to be World Champion.
1154
00:47:04,834 --> 00:47:06,500
And if it means squashing my
little brother like a bug,
1155
00:47:06,501 --> 00:47:09,541
I'm gonna do it!
1156
00:47:09,542 --> 00:47:10,917
But let me also say this.
1157
00:47:10,918 --> 00:47:12,875
If, and only if, I am eliminated earlier,
1158
00:47:12,876 --> 00:47:16,917
I want this guy to go all the way.
1159
00:47:16,918 --> 00:47:19,250
And win, lose or draw,
he's always gonna be my brother.
1160
00:47:19,834 --> 00:47:23,041
I love you, Gabe.
1161
00:47:23,042 --> 00:47:24,666
[Dom kisses Gabe]
1162
00:47:24,667 --> 00:47:26,458
Craig: Aw, come on. I want
Community Chest for you.
1163
00:47:26,459 --> 00:47:28,458
I'll buy that for $180 please.
1164
00:47:28,459 --> 00:47:30,166
Ken: The toughest competition
1165
00:47:30,167 --> 00:47:31,416
is probably the defending champion,
Matt McNally.
1166
00:47:31,417 --> 00:47:33,917
Matt McNally.
1167
00:47:33,918 --> 00:47:34,918
Matt McNally.
1168
00:47:34,919 --> 00:47:35,958
Everybody knows him.
1169
00:47:35,959 --> 00:47:36,959
They know the face, they know the name.
1170
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,917
And I think it will be that
much more difficult for him.
1171
00:47:38,918 --> 00:47:41,458
Matt: Everyone wants to beat me.
1172
00:47:41,459 --> 00:47:42,875
But I'm gonna put up
my best fight against them,
1173
00:47:42,876 --> 00:47:44,917
and we'll see.
1174
00:47:44,918 --> 00:47:46,459
[Music]
1175
00:47:47,918 --> 00:47:49,958
Bjørn: My favorite token is the iron.
1176
00:47:49,959 --> 00:47:52,374
I have an idea that it's so small
1177
00:47:52,375 --> 00:47:54,917
that sometimes people don't see it.
1178
00:47:54,918 --> 00:47:57,374
That's my secret.
1179
00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,082
This one. Can you see that?
1180
00:47:59,083 --> 00:48:01,458
It's a little iron machine.
1181
00:48:01,459 --> 00:48:03,917
Maybe I'm woman, so I like that?
1182
00:48:03,918 --> 00:48:07,249
Plus, it's really cool to say
that you're the Iron Man.
1183
00:48:07,250 --> 00:48:09,375
That just sounds cool.
1184
00:48:10,709 --> 00:48:13,750
The battleship,
1185
00:48:13,751 --> 00:48:14,917
it's just simply the toughest piece
on the board.
1186
00:48:14,918 --> 00:48:17,583
It's not an option.
1187
00:48:17,584 --> 00:48:18,875
Whenever I play with anybody,
there's only one.
1188
00:48:18,876 --> 00:48:20,333
That token is the hat.
1189
00:48:20,334 --> 00:48:21,917
Why is somebody the iron?
Why is somebody the ship?
1190
00:48:21,918 --> 00:48:24,709
I have no idea. But I am always the hat.
1191
00:48:25,501 --> 00:48:29,041
Geoff: I mean in reality,
1192
00:48:29,042 --> 00:48:30,458
if a real battleship took on a top hat.
1193
00:48:30,459 --> 00:48:32,500
It speaks for itself, really.
1194
00:48:32,501 --> 00:48:35,583
We've run a lot of analytics
1195
00:48:35,584 --> 00:48:36,917
on which is the most popular tokens.
1196
00:48:36,918 --> 00:48:38,918
Depending on the year,it's
Scotty dog or the racecar.
1197
00:48:39,375 --> 00:48:43,541
Interviewer: What was your
favorite token growing up?
1198
00:48:43,542 --> 00:48:44,917
Oh, Scotty dog, definitely.
1199
00:48:44,918 --> 00:48:46,875
Yeah, it's not an option for me
not to have Scotty.
1200
00:48:46,876 --> 00:48:49,416
Helen: I love the dog.
1201
00:48:49,417 --> 00:48:50,667
I think it's the only one with a heart.
1202
00:48:53,918 --> 00:48:57,917
I love all the historical things
that go into the game.
1203
00:48:57,918 --> 00:49:00,791
How all the street names
1204
00:49:00,792 --> 00:49:02,041
are actual places in Atlantic City.
1205
00:49:02,042 --> 00:49:04,291
And all the little icons.
1206
00:49:04,292 --> 00:49:06,917
And it's just a very memorable
part of my childhood.
1207
00:49:06,918 --> 00:49:08,917
Narrator: Some might say that the
most famous icon
1208
00:49:08,918 --> 00:49:11,917
in the game is its mascot, Mr. Monopoly.
1209
00:49:11,918 --> 00:49:15,041
Originally called Rich Uncle Pennybags,
1210
00:49:15,042 --> 00:49:17,917
an unknown artist modeled the character
1211
00:49:17,918 --> 00:49:19,958
after the appearance of legendary financier,
1212
00:49:19,959 --> 00:49:21,917
J.P. Morgan,
1213
00:49:21,918 --> 00:49:23,541
complete with handlebar mustache, tuxedo,
1214
00:49:23,542 --> 00:49:26,333
top hat, and cane.
1215
00:49:26,334 --> 00:49:29,333
I live in Marvin Gardens,
1216
00:49:29,334 --> 00:49:30,917
which is an area of Atlantic City,
1217
00:49:30,918 --> 00:49:32,833
with my wife, Madge.
1218
00:49:32,834 --> 00:49:34,249
We have a little Scotty dog named Scotty.
1219
00:49:34,250 --> 00:49:37,458
Millard and Madge do not have any kids.
1220
00:49:37,459 --> 00:49:40,541
But they do have 3 nephews
1221
00:49:40,542 --> 00:49:42,333
by the names of Andy, Randy, and Sandy.
1222
00:49:42,334 --> 00:49:45,917
Narrator: The other characters in the game
1223
00:49:45,918 --> 00:49:47,583
are Officer Edgar Mallory,
1224
00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:48,958
who, of course, sends you to Jail,
1225
00:49:48,959 --> 00:49:50,917
and Jake the Jailbird,
1226
00:49:50,918 --> 00:49:52,416
who some believe Charles Darrow
1227
00:49:52,417 --> 00:49:54,166
drew in his own likeness
to make fun of himself.
1228
00:49:54,167 --> 00:49:56,917
Alex Trebek: More than 5
billion little green houses
1229
00:49:56,918 --> 00:50:00,166
have been constructed for this board game,
1230
00:50:00,167 --> 00:50:02,750
since it was introduced in 1935.
1231
00:50:02,751 --> 00:50:05,500
- Jason?
- What is Monopoly?
1232
00:50:05,501 --> 00:50:07,625
Narrator: Monopoly trivia is everywhere!
1233
00:50:07,626 --> 00:50:09,833
For example, if you were to
take all the plastic houses
1234
00:50:09,834 --> 00:50:12,041
made for Monopoly and place them end to end,
1235
00:50:12,042 --> 00:50:14,917
they would circle the Earth...
1236
00:50:14,918 --> 00:50:17,166
twice!
1237
00:50:17,167 --> 00:50:19,374
George: I like to tell people
that when I take them
1238
00:50:19,375 --> 00:50:21,750
to the factory on tours,
when we get to the part
1239
00:50:21,751 --> 00:50:24,208
where we make the money,
1240
00:50:24,209 --> 00:50:25,666
that we print more money
than the US Treasury.
1241
00:50:25,667 --> 00:50:28,374
Jason: To help promote
the World Championships
1242
00:50:28,375 --> 00:50:30,666
when they were held in Great Britain,
1243
00:50:30,667 --> 00:50:31,958
a chap came over from America
1244
00:50:31,959 --> 00:50:33,625
with a 1 million pound Monopoly board game,
1245
00:50:33,626 --> 00:50:36,917
which was basically made out of solid gold,
1246
00:50:36,918 --> 00:50:39,333
with the houses and hotels that had
1247
00:50:39,334 --> 00:50:41,833
like diamonds and rubies in the chimneys,
1248
00:50:41,834 --> 00:50:44,166
each of the spaces on the boardalso had emeralds
1249
00:50:44,167 --> 00:50:46,917
and things like that,
built into this board game.
1250
00:50:46,918 --> 00:50:49,625
And it was quite a
surreal experience really,
1251
00:50:49,626 --> 00:50:52,166
knowing this board in front of you
1252
00:50:52,167 --> 00:50:53,917
was worth basically a million pounds,
1253
00:50:53,918 --> 00:50:55,917
all for a game of Monopoly.
1254
00:50:55,918 --> 00:50:58,833
Narrator: Monopoly is the type of game
that has inspired
1255
00:50:58,834 --> 00:51:00,917
all kinds of world records.
1256
00:51:00,918 --> 00:51:03,792
[Music starts] The largest permanent
Monopoly board is over 900 square feet
1257
00:51:03,918 --> 00:51:07,625
in San Jose, California.
1258
00:51:07,626 --> 00:51:09,709
The longest underwater game
is over 72 hours.
1259
00:51:10,918 --> 00:51:15,209
And the longest continuous game
lasted 70 straight days.
1260
00:51:16,918 --> 00:51:20,875
Monopoly has become such a cultural icon
1261
00:51:20,876 --> 00:51:24,124
that it is now possible to stretch the game
1262
00:51:24,125 --> 00:51:27,833
in many different directions.
1263
00:51:27,834 --> 00:51:29,541
Any number of commercial
items exist that you can
1264
00:51:29,542 --> 00:51:32,917
buy in stores that have Monopoly logos,
1265
00:51:32,918 --> 00:51:34,875
whether it's drinking glasses
or towels or key rings.
1266
00:51:34,876 --> 00:51:38,708
Reebok did a line of Monopoly...a collab--
1267
00:51:38,709 --> 00:51:41,917
There's a bunch of them.
1268
00:51:41,918 --> 00:51:44,917
There's one that's the board itself.
There's one that's like Community Chest.
1269
00:51:44,918 --> 00:51:46,249
So there's like heaps of different ones
1270
00:51:46,250 --> 00:51:47,374
that are pretty cool.
1271
00:51:47,375 --> 00:51:48,750
So then I saw them and I was like, "Wow,
1272
00:51:48,751 --> 00:51:49,833
I could wear a Monopoly board on my feet.
1273
00:51:49,834 --> 00:51:51,041
I need these shoes."
1274
00:51:51,042 --> 00:51:52,917
Charles: In '35, it was just one game,
1275
00:51:52,918 --> 00:51:55,124
in one country.
1276
00:51:55,125 --> 00:51:57,374
Now it's multiple variations of that game
1277
00:51:57,375 --> 00:52:00,208
all over the world.
1278
00:52:00,209 --> 00:52:01,958
We've gone into electronics,
1279
00:52:01,959 --> 00:52:04,458
online,
1280
00:52:04,459 --> 00:52:05,917
lotteries,
1281
00:52:05,918 --> 00:52:07,166
McDonalds.
1282
00:52:07,167 --> 00:52:08,500
It's complex to keep track of.
1283
00:52:08,501 --> 00:52:10,917
But I wouldn't trade it.
1284
00:52:10,918 --> 00:52:12,750
Ashley: When I won the
1 million dollar prize
1285
00:52:12,751 --> 00:52:14,917
from Monopoly at McDonalds,
1286
00:52:14,918 --> 00:52:16,541
I was actually on my way to church.
1287
00:52:16,542 --> 00:52:18,249
And I was having pregnancy cravings
1288
00:52:18,250 --> 00:52:19,917
for bacon, egg and cheese biscuits.
1289
00:52:19,918 --> 00:52:21,583
So we went through the drive-thru.
1290
00:52:21,584 --> 00:52:22,958
And I pulled the winning
piece off of a hash brown.
1291
00:52:22,959 --> 00:52:25,541
It was the Boardwalk piece.
1292
00:52:25,542 --> 00:52:27,541
And I already had Park Place in my car.
1293
00:52:27,542 --> 00:52:29,166
Kept thinking that there was
something that was missing.
1294
00:52:29,167 --> 00:52:31,208
I had to have something else
1295
00:52:31,209 --> 00:52:32,958
because nobody actually wins this.
1296
00:52:32,959 --> 00:52:34,917
So I went to church,
1297
00:52:34,918 --> 00:52:36,333
and afterwards I went to another
McDonalds restaurant
1298
00:52:36,334 --> 00:52:39,416
and got a game board.
1299
00:52:39,417 --> 00:52:41,818
And I got back out to my car
and I realized that I had won.
1300
00:52:42,919 --> 00:52:43,993
And then they called me and said,
1301
00:52:44,018 --> 00:52:45,708
"It's official.
You've won a million dollars.
1302
00:52:45,709 --> 00:52:47,374
We're gonna send you
an official letter."
1303
00:52:47,375 --> 00:52:48,917
And that led to a whirlwind year.
1304
00:52:48,918 --> 00:52:51,041
It was a lot of fun.
1305
00:52:51,042 --> 00:52:52,458
It's often hard to think
of Monopoly as a game,
1306
00:52:52,459 --> 00:52:55,249
because it's just used as a brand.
1307
00:52:55,250 --> 00:52:57,708
You know, it's more like
Mickey Mouse, or Barbie.
1308
00:52:57,709 --> 00:53:00,958
Or these weird pop culture
things that become
1309
00:53:00,959 --> 00:53:04,291
part of your life as you grow up.
1310
00:53:04,292 --> 00:53:06,708
In its infancy, Monopoly was influenced
by society
1311
00:53:06,709 --> 00:53:09,625
and what was going on in everyday life.
1312
00:53:09,626 --> 00:53:11,666
But that quickly flipped.
1313
00:53:11,667 --> 00:53:13,208
And Monopoly began influencing society,
1314
00:53:13,209 --> 00:53:15,917
and this has continuously been
reflected in the media
1315
00:53:15,918 --> 00:53:18,917
and popular entertainment, year by year.
1316
00:53:18,918 --> 00:53:21,917
So what kinda games do you like to play?
1317
00:53:21,918 --> 00:53:23,791
I love Monopoly.
1318
00:53:23,792 --> 00:53:24,958
I brought some dinner and Monopoly.
1319
00:53:24,959 --> 00:53:26,833
We can have a fun, low-key night,
unless I lose.
1320
00:53:26,834 --> 00:53:30,041
We're gonna stay home and play Rockopoly.
1321
00:53:30,042 --> 00:53:31,958
- What?
- It's a great game, Wilma.
1322
00:53:31,959 --> 00:53:34,792
Just the thing for promoting togetherness.
1323
00:53:34,918 --> 00:53:37,917
Hi.
1324
00:53:37,918 --> 00:53:39,124
Joanie, where were you?
1325
00:53:39,125 --> 00:53:40,334
Right here playing Monopoly.
I won ten grand!
1326
00:53:40,501 --> 00:53:43,875
He cheated.
1327
00:53:43,876 --> 00:53:45,041
Five, six, seven, eight, nine.
1328
00:53:45,042 --> 00:53:47,166
What are you doing?
Hotel.
1329
00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:49,791
- You do not have a hotel there.
- Hotel.
1330
00:53:49,792 --> 00:53:52,500
That'll be 1400 bucks.
1331
00:53:52,501 --> 00:53:54,208
[Laughter]
1332
00:53:54,209 --> 00:53:56,583
I have 9 dollars.
1333
00:53:56,584 --> 00:53:58,208
[Laughter]
1334
00:53:58,209 --> 00:53:59,917
Five, six! Ha ha, yes!
1335
00:53:59,918 --> 00:54:02,541
What? Oh no.
1336
00:54:02,542 --> 00:54:04,708
Yay!
1337
00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:05,833
Another hotel?
1338
00:54:05,834 --> 00:54:07,374
Matt: Monopoly has a special
place in my heart
1339
00:54:07,375 --> 00:54:08,958
because it's the game that I grew up with.
1340
00:54:08,959 --> 00:54:11,374
It's how we socialized as a family.
1341
00:54:11,375 --> 00:54:14,416
We would sit around a table
and we'd play a board game.
1342
00:54:14,417 --> 00:54:16,917
And we would chat about our day.
1343
00:54:16,918 --> 00:54:19,124
And we don't have enough of that nowadays,
1344
00:54:19,125 --> 00:54:21,917
I don't think.
1345
00:54:21,918 --> 00:54:23,166
You know, with so many other distractions,
1346
00:54:23,167 --> 00:54:25,041
of everyone going in
their own separate ways.
1347
00:54:25,042 --> 00:54:27,917
You know, everyone's on
Facebook and MySpace,
1348
00:54:27,918 --> 00:54:30,750
and they're connected to everyone.
1349
00:54:30,751 --> 00:54:32,249
But are they close to anyone?
1350
00:54:32,250 --> 00:54:33,917
And board games like Monopoly are great ways
1351
00:54:33,918 --> 00:54:36,082
to sort of, ok, connect with people
1352
00:54:36,083 --> 00:54:38,458
you really care about face to face.
1353
00:54:38,459 --> 00:54:41,875
[Short musical interlude]
1354
00:54:41,876 --> 00:54:45,124
[Crowd and gameplay noise]
1355
00:54:45,125 --> 00:54:47,625
Narrator: The 28 qualifiers are competing
1356
00:54:47,626 --> 00:54:49,124
in 3 preliminary rounds.
1357
00:54:49,125 --> 00:54:50,917
After those 3 rounds, the top 4 players
will advance
1358
00:54:50,918 --> 00:54:53,959
to a final game, to determine
the new US Champion.
1359
00:54:56,042 --> 00:54:57,918
Ten bucks.
1360
00:54:59,375 --> 00:55:01,082
Did you win second prize
in a beauty contest?
1361
00:55:01,083 --> 00:55:03,917
I should have won first.
1362
00:55:03,918 --> 00:55:05,917
I would have voted for you.
1363
00:55:05,918 --> 00:55:07,041
Okay.
1364
00:55:07,042 --> 00:55:08,917
[Dice hitting board]
1365
00:55:08,918 --> 00:55:10,458
Wow.
1366
00:55:10,459 --> 00:55:11,917
Rick: So in 2006, I lost my grandfather.
1367
00:55:11,918 --> 00:55:15,833
Growing up, I played a lot
of board games with him
1368
00:55:15,834 --> 00:55:17,625
and really I learned my
skills around the board game
1369
00:55:17,626 --> 00:55:20,166
and my killer instinct
from him.
1370
00:55:20,167 --> 00:55:22,333
So you know, it's too bad he's
not here to see all this.
1371
00:55:22,334 --> 00:55:25,583
But I know I'm making him proud.
1372
00:55:25,584 --> 00:55:28,167
Ken: I made a pretty bad
mistake during the game
1373
00:55:29,375 --> 00:55:32,666
that I'm kinda kicking myself for
1374
00:55:32,667 --> 00:55:34,082
and my coaches are really upset with me.
1375
00:55:34,083 --> 00:55:36,834
But as far as this round, I'm out of luck.
1376
00:55:40,501 --> 00:55:44,458
Reporter: Good morning. 20,580 dollars.
1377
00:55:44,459 --> 00:55:46,917
That's what they'll win.
1378
00:55:46,918 --> 00:55:49,258
That's the amount of money that is
in a Monopoly game.
1379
00:55:49,259 --> 00:55:52,124
But this winner, the national champion,
will walk away with the real thing.
1380
00:55:52,125 --> 00:55:54,124
And they will go to the
World Championships.
1381
00:55:54,125 --> 00:55:56,917
My name is Lou.
1382
00:55:56,918 --> 00:55:58,082
I'm here to support my friend, Adam.
1383
00:55:58,083 --> 00:55:59,458
We've been playing Monopoly together
1384
00:55:59,459 --> 00:56:00,958
for about 20 years or so.
1385
00:56:00,959 --> 00:56:02,708
So this is my Monopoly tattoo.
1386
00:56:02,709 --> 00:56:04,458
It's Mr. Monopoly.
1387
00:56:04,459 --> 00:56:05,833
This is the Advance to Boardwalk card.
1388
00:56:05,834 --> 00:56:07,917
Mr. Monopoly is pushing the baby carriage
1389
00:56:07,918 --> 00:56:09,917
around the Boardwalk.
1390
00:56:09,918 --> 00:56:11,834
[Gameplay noise]
1391
00:56:13,417 --> 00:56:16,666
Nine.
1392
00:56:16,667 --> 00:56:18,833
To my victor.
You slay me!
1393
00:56:18,834 --> 00:56:21,292
One, two, three, four, five...
1394
00:56:23,209 --> 00:56:26,917
Thank you, congratulations.
1395
00:56:26,918 --> 00:56:28,166
How'd you do your first round?
1396
00:56:28,167 --> 00:56:29,918
-I went bust.- Me too.
1397
00:56:30,751 --> 00:56:31,918
St. James for $750.
1398
00:56:34,042 --> 00:56:36,917
- That's it. Great job.
-Lara, well played game.
1399
00:56:36,918 --> 00:56:40,917
Narrator: Going into the last
preliminary round,
1400
00:56:40,918 --> 00:56:42,917
12 players are tied for 1st place,
1401
00:56:42,918 --> 00:56:46,416
trying to be one of the top
4 players that will advance
1402
00:56:46,417 --> 00:56:48,875
to the championship game.
1403
00:56:48,876 --> 00:56:50,918
[Crowd noise]
1404
00:56:58,918 --> 00:57:02,917
- Let's mortgage...Ventnor.
- I'll give you $500 for Connecticut.
1405
00:57:02,918 --> 00:57:05,958
I think you've lost your chance
to win the championship,
1406
00:57:05,959 --> 00:57:08,041
- unfortunately.
- As did you.
1407
00:57:08,042 --> 00:57:09,917
- I'm very sorry.
- I'm sorry for you too.
1408
00:57:09,918 --> 00:57:11,750
I've won one.
1409
00:57:11,751 --> 00:57:12,917
Well, not again.
1410
00:57:12,918 --> 00:57:14,166
Third match didn't go very well.
1411
00:57:14,167 --> 00:57:15,750
Really, I played as well as I could.
1412
00:57:15,751 --> 00:57:17,791
And I'm very proud of that.
1413
00:57:17,792 --> 00:57:19,041
Dom: So, sorry Matt.
1414
00:57:19,042 --> 00:57:21,833
But coming in today,
I did want to play against him
1415
00:57:21,834 --> 00:57:25,750
and the next time Hasbro runs the National
Championship, I hope to see him again.
1416
00:57:25,751 --> 00:57:26,875
94 dollars.
Thank you.
1417
00:57:26,876 --> 00:57:27,917
One more turn and it would
have been all over.
1418
00:57:27,918 --> 00:57:29,833
Rick: I've won two matches.
1419
00:57:29,834 --> 00:57:31,291
So I think that gives me a good shot.
1420
00:57:31,292 --> 00:57:32,958
I feel like I could be in the Final Four.
1421
00:57:32,959 --> 00:57:35,625
Tim: I believe I just got 47 points.
1422
00:57:35,626 --> 00:57:38,082
Some people say that's
enough to get in the final.
1423
00:57:38,083 --> 00:57:40,500
If it's not, I had a great time.
1424
00:57:40,501 --> 00:57:42,541
I won 2 out of 3.
1425
00:57:42,542 --> 00:57:43,917
I'm going to go home proud, regardless.
1426
00:57:43,918 --> 00:57:45,667
I'm here to announce the 4 finalists.
1427
00:57:45,959 --> 00:57:49,667
The four finalists are
1428
00:57:50,209 --> 00:57:53,751
Richard Marinaccio,
1429
00:57:54,709 --> 00:57:57,917
Brandon Baker,
1430
00:57:57,918 --> 00:58:00,917
Dale Crabtree,
1431
00:58:00,918 --> 00:58:03,208
Timothy Vandenberg.
1432
00:58:03,209 --> 00:58:06,625
And the winner of this final game
1433
00:58:06,626 --> 00:58:10,542
will be given a check for 20,580 dollars.
1434
00:58:12,501 --> 00:58:15,917
I'm excited, you know.
1435
00:58:15,918 --> 00:58:17,249
I don't know what's going to happen.
1436
00:58:17,250 --> 00:58:19,775
I've met all the players that have made the
finals,
1437
00:58:19,776 --> 00:58:22,958
and they all seem to be good people and
good players. So we'll see what happens.
1438
00:58:22,959 --> 00:58:24,374
To my knowledge,
Richard is an unknown player
1439
00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:27,833
from New York
1440
00:58:27,834 --> 00:58:29,500
because I tried googling him
and couldn't find
1441
00:58:29,501 --> 00:58:32,082
anything about him.
1442
00:58:32,083 --> 00:58:33,374
Rick: You know, I was really a nobody
1443
00:58:33,375 --> 00:58:34,708
from Buffalo, New York.
1444
00:58:34,709 --> 00:58:35,917
And I remember, one of the competitors say,
1445
00:58:35,918 --> 00:58:37,124
"So who do you play with up in Buffalo?"
1446
00:58:37,125 --> 00:58:38,917
And I said, "I don't know.
1447
00:58:38,918 --> 00:58:41,483
My mother, my father,
my fiancée, my cousins."
1448
00:58:41,484 --> 00:58:45,558
Dale: I was one of those tied for
last place getting to this tournament.
1449
00:58:45,559 --> 00:58:49,124
So, just the fact that I'm here at all
is unmerited favor, if you will.
1450
00:58:49,125 --> 00:58:51,334
And to get this far,
I really feel flattered.
1451
00:58:51,959 --> 00:58:55,416
It's this close.
1452
00:58:55,417 --> 00:58:56,875
And hopefully I can win the final table.
1453
00:58:56,876 --> 00:58:59,917
[Music starts]
1454
00:58:59,918 --> 00:59:01,292
Ok, so Richard? Ready?
1455
00:59:01,667 --> 00:59:03,792
Tim: Are we rolling to see who goes first?
1456
00:59:05,834 --> 00:59:07,166
Phil: The first roll is a 3. He's first.
1457
00:59:07,167 --> 00:59:09,791
Rick: I will buy Baltic Avenue.
1458
00:59:09,792 --> 00:59:11,501
So the first property’s been purchased.
1459
00:59:12,417 --> 00:59:15,500
A nine!
1460
00:59:15,501 --> 00:59:17,249
Second property is purchased. Connecticut.
- I will buy it.
1461
00:59:17,250 --> 00:59:19,917
You've seen past accounts
where World Champions
1462
00:59:19,918 --> 00:59:23,291
have lost at Monopoly,
not because they're bad players,
1463
00:59:23,292 --> 00:59:26,124
but because they're having bad luck.
1464
00:59:26,125 --> 00:59:28,166
It can make novice players,
somewhat like me,
1465
00:59:28,167 --> 00:59:30,958
possible to be a National Champion.
1466
00:59:30,959 --> 00:59:33,166
Rick: That'll be four dollars.
1467
00:59:33,167 --> 00:59:34,917
Phil: First rent is paid.
1468
00:59:34,918 --> 00:59:37,125
Rick: Thank you.
1469
00:59:38,918 --> 00:59:42,708
I'll buy that for $200, Reading Railroad.
1470
00:59:42,709 --> 00:59:45,333
$300 change please.
1471
00:59:45,334 --> 00:59:46,917
I also spoke to some of the players
1472
00:59:46,918 --> 00:59:48,458
before the final round and wished them luck
1473
00:59:48,459 --> 00:59:50,833
and you know, asked them to,
1474
00:59:50,834 --> 00:59:52,666
if they could, bring down the
Dark Prince of Monopoly,
1475
00:59:52,667 --> 00:59:54,917
Tim Vandenberg.
1476
00:59:54,918 --> 00:59:56,082
Alright.
1477
00:59:56,083 --> 00:59:57,918
Rick: Things weren't really
going so well for me.
1478
00:59:59,918 --> 01:00:00,417
- Triples!
- Wow.
1479
01:00:03,125 --> 01:00:04,958
What do you want?
1480
01:00:04,959 --> 01:00:06,833
Phil: So triples enables you to move
1481
01:00:06,834 --> 01:00:08,541
to any space on the board.
1482
01:00:08,542 --> 01:00:09,917
What will you choose?
1483
01:00:09,918 --> 01:00:11,751
Rick: I wasn't in a strong position
at that point.
1484
01:00:13,834 --> 01:00:15,917
There was a lot of property distributed.
1485
01:00:15,918 --> 01:00:18,917
- Pacific.
- Tim: Good call.
1486
01:00:18,918 --> 01:00:20,917
-I'll buy it. Great call.
- Phil: Interesting.
1487
01:00:20,918 --> 01:00:24,584
I have never seen the Greens
win at a US Championship.
1488
01:00:28,584 --> 01:00:32,374
Rick: What do you think, guys?
1489
01:00:32,375 --> 01:00:34,166
Anyone interested right now?
1490
01:00:34,167 --> 01:00:36,500
It takes three of us
to go to the table here.
1491
01:00:36,501 --> 01:00:40,583
I'm looking for the Oranges
right now, and um...
1492
01:00:40,584 --> 01:00:42,917
Well, we all know Oranges wins games.
1493
01:00:42,918 --> 01:00:44,917
If you could get me this,
and an Orange and $300,
1494
01:00:44,918 --> 01:00:48,416
- we can talk.
- Can't give you the $300.
1495
01:00:48,417 --> 01:00:49,917
I don't have a chance.
1496
01:00:49,918 --> 01:00:50,958
I mean, if I'm giving you both of these,
1497
01:00:50,959 --> 01:00:52,374
I'm giving you the material
you need to work a straight deal
1498
01:00:52,375 --> 01:00:53,958
with them, for the other
Orange and the Blue.
1499
01:00:53,959 --> 01:00:55,875
So I don't know.
1500
01:00:55,876 --> 01:00:56,917
- This doesn't--
- If I'm bringing this in,
1501
01:00:56,918 --> 01:00:58,791
the money goes off the table.
1502
01:00:58,792 --> 01:01:00,791
Cause then you're both-- I'm giving up
two monopolies here.
1503
01:01:00,792 --> 01:01:04,082
I really appreciate it, but um...
1504
01:01:04,083 --> 01:01:06,249
St. James for States?
1505
01:01:06,250 --> 01:01:09,124
- Straight up?
- Yup.
1506
01:01:09,125 --> 01:01:10,958
Tim: Wow.
1507
01:01:10,959 --> 01:01:13,583
Rick: This for the Green and Yellow.
1508
01:01:13,584 --> 01:01:15,416
Same deal we had before.
1509
01:01:15,417 --> 01:01:16,750
Now you've got the Orange monopoly.
1510
01:01:16,751 --> 01:01:17,875
You're giving him the Oranges?
That's game, man.
1511
01:01:17,876 --> 01:01:19,583
- You give him the Oranges--
- Dale: If I give you Green and Yellow,
1512
01:01:19,584 --> 01:01:20,958
and you give me the Orange,
1513
01:01:20,959 --> 01:01:22,958
- I'm giving you the monopoly.
- He's gonna win in a heartbeat.
1514
01:01:22,959 --> 01:01:24,875
I'm giving you a monopoly too.
1515
01:01:24,876 --> 01:01:26,542
Rick: We're giving each other
a monopoly, right?
1516
01:01:29,959 --> 01:01:33,249
Deal.
1517
01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:35,750
Wow.
1518
01:01:35,751 --> 01:01:36,917
Serious wow.
1519
01:01:36,918 --> 01:01:38,541
Tim: Good job, Dale. Good job, Richard.
[Applause]
1520
01:01:38,542 --> 01:01:41,958
Dale: One house.
1521
01:01:41,959 --> 01:01:44,250
Tim: Alright, we need to
create threats so that
1522
01:01:46,209 --> 01:01:47,918
he starts tearing down
and doesn't get out of control.
1523
01:01:49,334 --> 01:01:52,917
Brandon, what do you want to do?
1524
01:01:52,918 --> 01:01:54,500
I'll take the Pink and Electric Company
1525
01:01:54,501 --> 01:01:55,958
off your hands.
1526
01:01:55,959 --> 01:01:57,124
For the Red?
1527
01:01:57,125 --> 01:01:59,417
Ok, this for the Red and $200?
1528
01:02:00,918 --> 01:02:04,249
And $100
1529
01:02:04,250 --> 01:02:06,208
and Water Works, if you want it.
1530
01:02:06,209 --> 01:02:08,249
Tim: All right.
1531
01:02:08,250 --> 01:02:10,583
Ok, significant trade.
1532
01:02:10,584 --> 01:02:12,918
[Applause]
1533
01:02:13,918 --> 01:02:17,875
Phil: Each player has a color group.
1534
01:02:17,876 --> 01:02:19,833
Hopefully, I didn't just
make a huge mistake.
1535
01:02:19,834 --> 01:02:22,458
- We'll see.
- Well, you've got plenty of cash.
1536
01:02:22,459 --> 01:02:25,041
Let's gamble here.
1537
01:02:25,042 --> 01:02:26,917
Yeah. Yeah.
1538
01:02:26,918 --> 01:02:28,082
- I'm gonna gamble. Give me 4 houses.
- But this is fun, right?
1539
01:02:28,083 --> 01:02:30,082
- We're having fun.
- Yeah.
1540
01:02:30,083 --> 01:02:33,500
[Brandon laughing]
1541
01:02:33,501 --> 01:02:34,917
Brandon: Give me 8 houses.
1542
01:02:34,918 --> 01:02:37,249
Phil: It's getting tense.
1543
01:02:37,250 --> 01:02:38,750
- There's a lot of houses up now.
- Brandon: A lot.
1544
01:02:38,751 --> 01:02:40,917
This is not going to take much longer.
1545
01:02:40,918 --> 01:02:42,458
Mr. Monopoly could determine this quick.
1546
01:02:42,459 --> 01:02:43,958
Tim: Yeah, I think that's... yeah.
1547
01:02:43,959 --> 01:02:46,584
We all love Mr. Monopoly,
just not right now.
1548
01:02:51,250 --> 01:02:54,917
[Brandon moans in disgust.]
1549
01:02:54,918 --> 01:02:55,918
Ok, so that's...
1550
01:02:55,919 --> 01:02:57,292
$130, and then Pennsylvania is $450.
1551
01:02:59,792 --> 01:03:02,917
Wow.
1552
01:03:02,918 --> 01:03:04,917
- Phil: So can you raise $250?
- Brandon: We'll see.
1553
01:03:04,918 --> 01:03:07,374
Brandon had some bad fortune,
1554
01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:09,208
and he had to tear down before his monopoly
1555
01:03:09,209 --> 01:03:11,333
could produce for him.
1556
01:03:11,334 --> 01:03:12,917
I bow out gracefully.
1557
01:03:12,918 --> 01:03:14,917
Alright.
1558
01:03:14,918 --> 01:03:16,375
[Applause]
1559
01:03:17,417 --> 01:03:21,834
Phil: The Greens are getting quite
formidable now in rents.
1560
01:03:25,167 --> 01:03:28,791
You wanna work a trade?
1561
01:03:28,792 --> 01:03:31,917
- Eh.
- You can still get 2nd place here.
1562
01:03:31,918 --> 01:03:34,917
Don't let him...
1563
01:03:34,918 --> 01:03:36,791
He's looking out for himself.
1564
01:03:36,792 --> 01:03:37,917
- I know-- - I've been offering to help you
and he hasn't.
1565
01:03:37,918 --> 01:03:39,917
- No, you haven't.
- We're all in for ourselves.
1566
01:03:39,918 --> 01:03:41,708
Let's be honest.
1567
01:03:41,709 --> 01:03:43,833
[Dice hitting board]
1568
01:03:43,834 --> 01:03:45,250
- That hurt.
- Ten.
1569
01:03:46,167 --> 01:03:47,918
Ok, so that's $900 for the first,
1570
01:03:49,918 --> 01:03:53,082
and $900 for the second.
1571
01:03:53,083 --> 01:03:54,958
That'll do it.
1572
01:03:54,959 --> 01:03:56,918
[Applause and cheering]
1573
01:04:03,292 --> 01:04:06,917
- Dale, great job.
- Good game.
1574
01:04:06,918 --> 01:04:08,917
It really came down to who
was gonna end up throwing
1575
01:04:08,918 --> 01:04:10,626
Mr. Monopoly first.
1576
01:04:11,542 --> 01:04:12,667
Nine.
1577
01:04:14,792 --> 01:04:16,208
- Community Chest.
- Collect $200.
1578
01:04:16,209 --> 01:04:18,541
Collect $100.
1579
01:04:18,542 --> 01:04:20,041
How will I do?
1580
01:04:20,042 --> 01:04:21,501
It will all be determined
by the Speed Die.
1581
01:04:24,125 --> 01:04:27,166
- Pacific.
- That's $1100.
1582
01:04:27,167 --> 01:04:30,917
I think that's it, right?
This is not enough, right? [Applause]
1583
01:04:30,918 --> 01:04:33,249
Ok, great.
1584
01:04:33,250 --> 01:04:34,791
Congratulations, Rick.
1585
01:04:34,792 --> 01:04:36,082
- Thanks. - Great job.
- Good job.
1586
01:04:36,083 --> 01:04:38,917
It looked like Tim might win for a moment,
1587
01:04:38,918 --> 01:04:40,458
but then Rick pulled it off
and got rid of him,
1588
01:04:40,459 --> 01:04:43,166
I was as happy as can be.
1589
01:04:43,167 --> 01:04:44,917
Our new champion, right here.
[Applause]
1590
01:04:44,918 --> 01:04:47,333
Rick: When I first realized that I had won,
1591
01:04:47,334 --> 01:04:48,917
it was a little bit of disbelief.
1592
01:04:48,918 --> 01:04:50,917
I hadn't eaten all day because
I was so nervous about,
1593
01:04:50,918 --> 01:04:52,917
you know, making it on.
1594
01:04:52,918 --> 01:04:54,416
And then all these cameras rush around me,
1595
01:04:54,417 --> 01:04:55,958
and they're expecting me to say something.
1596
01:04:55,959 --> 01:04:57,917
And I had nothing prepared, obviously.
1597
01:04:57,918 --> 01:04:59,583
And I didn't know what anyone
wanted me to say.
1598
01:04:59,584 --> 01:05:01,583
Uh, hopefully America's going to
win in October.
1599
01:05:01,584 --> 01:05:03,416
We'll see.
1600
01:05:03,417 --> 01:05:07,666
I think we haven't won in a while, right?
I guess I'm headed to Las Vegas.
1601
01:05:07,667 --> 01:05:09,791
His life will change today.
1602
01:05:09,792 --> 01:05:11,791
Forever more, he will be known
as a US Champion.
1603
01:05:11,792 --> 01:05:14,500
The cash will come and go.
1604
01:05:14,501 --> 01:05:15,959
But he is now the face of Monopoly
in America.
1605
01:05:20,334 --> 01:05:23,917
I was very happy for Rick.
1606
01:05:23,918 --> 01:05:25,416
I think he's a fantastic player.
1607
01:05:25,417 --> 01:05:26,958
But it was really hard,
1608
01:05:26,959 --> 01:05:28,708
hearing that you are
the former US Champion.
1609
01:05:28,709 --> 01:05:32,500
Hopefully, that will serve as a great,
1610
01:05:32,501 --> 01:05:34,791
deep motivation to get back there
1611
01:05:34,792 --> 01:05:37,124
and win it again sometime.
1612
01:05:37,125 --> 01:05:38,917
I can't say I like my chances.
1613
01:05:38,918 --> 01:05:40,208
It always comes down to
a little bit of the dice.
1614
01:05:40,209 --> 01:05:41,958
We'll see what happens.
1615
01:05:41,959 --> 01:05:43,417
And what better place to
roll dice than Las Vegas, right?
1616
01:05:44,626 --> 01:05:46,375
[Music ends]
1617
01:05:47,918 --> 01:05:50,666
Ken: I called Phil.
1618
01:05:50,667 --> 01:05:51,917
He's quite an expert on Monopoly history.
1619
01:05:51,918 --> 01:05:53,917
I said, "I think I have this
handmade Darrow set."
1620
01:05:53,918 --> 01:05:56,958
And he wrote me back and he said,
1621
01:05:56,959 --> 01:05:58,750
"I think this is an authentic
1622
01:05:58,751 --> 01:06:00,124
handmade Darrow set.
1623
01:06:00,125 --> 01:06:01,625
I think you got one."
1624
01:06:01,626 --> 01:06:03,750
Phil: Monopoly has become a great passion
for collectors. [Music starts]
1625
01:06:03,751 --> 01:06:06,833
It's still in many ways
the ground floor to get in
1626
01:06:06,834 --> 01:06:09,708
on collecting Monopoly
because it hasn't become
1627
01:06:09,709 --> 01:06:12,541
as popular, let's say,as collecting art
1628
01:06:12,542 --> 01:06:14,875
or even other types of collectibles,
1629
01:06:14,876 --> 01:06:16,833
like baseball cards.
1630
01:06:16,834 --> 01:06:18,166
Collecting is a very...
1631
01:06:18,167 --> 01:06:19,875
it's an interesting phenomenon.
1632
01:06:19,876 --> 01:06:21,708
And as human beings, we seem to have a need
1633
01:06:21,709 --> 01:06:24,917
or desire to gather things.
1634
01:06:24,918 --> 01:06:27,917
Dave: My life would be void
1635
01:06:27,918 --> 01:06:29,583
without Monopoly and other games.
1636
01:06:29,584 --> 01:06:31,124
I've got over 5,000 games.
1637
01:06:31,125 --> 01:06:33,166
Gaming is just one major part of my life.
1638
01:06:33,167 --> 01:06:35,666
Then we didn't realize that
there were so many
1639
01:06:35,667 --> 01:06:37,750
different versions, and thought,
1640
01:06:37,751 --> 01:06:39,333
"There's only the basic version really."
1641
01:06:39,334 --> 01:06:40,917
eBay was just coming in.
1642
01:06:40,918 --> 01:06:42,208
It was about 1 to 2 years old at most.
1643
01:06:42,209 --> 01:06:44,541
And that's what really got us going.
1644
01:06:44,542 --> 01:06:46,584
I have about 600 sealed ones
and about 50-60 open ones.
1645
01:06:47,918 --> 01:06:51,917
I'll always treasure this one
cause it's the first one
1646
01:06:51,918 --> 01:06:54,166
we bought as a married couple.
1647
01:06:54,167 --> 01:06:55,958
Oh, there's always a set
that you always want.
1648
01:06:55,959 --> 01:06:58,917
And remember, Monopoly is a game about
1649
01:06:58,918 --> 01:07:00,833
collecting all the things.
1650
01:07:00,834 --> 01:07:02,208
About getting all the property.
1651
01:07:02,209 --> 01:07:03,875
And so in a sense, it's a game
that feeds itself
1652
01:07:03,876 --> 01:07:07,583
into our innate desire to collect things.
1653
01:07:07,584 --> 01:07:11,249
Matthew: Me and my wife says,
"Ooh, that's a nice one.
1654
01:07:11,250 --> 01:07:13,416
"Buy that one and have a look at that one."
1655
01:07:13,417 --> 01:07:15,917
So I would blame eBay.
1656
01:07:15,918 --> 01:07:18,208
Narrator: Before Monopoly was published,
1657
01:07:18,209 --> 01:07:20,041
people made their own versions,
1658
01:07:20,042 --> 01:07:21,750
naming the properties
after streets and places
1659
01:07:21,751 --> 01:07:23,917
in their hometowns.
1660
01:07:23,918 --> 01:07:25,917
In the '90s, published editions
of Monopoly started
1661
01:07:25,918 --> 01:07:28,833
to follow this heritage.
1662
01:07:28,834 --> 01:07:30,875
It all started with this game right here
1663
01:07:30,876 --> 01:07:33,833
which is the San Diego edition of Monopoly.
1664
01:07:33,834 --> 01:07:35,917
Being that we're from San Diego,
1665
01:07:35,918 --> 01:07:37,750
we figured that this one was
the first one to start with.
1666
01:07:37,751 --> 01:07:40,208
Narrator: The success of those early sets
1667
01:07:40,209 --> 01:07:41,959
has now spawned hundreds
of special editions.
1668
01:07:42,209 --> 01:07:45,708
From cities
1669
01:07:45,709 --> 01:07:47,333
and sport teams,
1670
01:07:47,334 --> 01:07:49,208
to movies
1671
01:07:49,209 --> 01:07:50,750
and television shows.
1672
01:07:50,751 --> 01:07:52,666
They're a must have for collectors of both
1673
01:07:52,667 --> 01:07:54,917
Monopoly and the theme.
1674
01:07:54,918 --> 01:07:56,625
For example, if you're a Simpsons fan,
1675
01:07:56,626 --> 01:07:58,917
having The Simpsons Monopoly
game sitting on your shelf,
1676
01:07:58,918 --> 01:08:01,917
it's a great source of pride.
1677
01:08:01,918 --> 01:08:03,875
I get so excited every year
when we put together
1678
01:08:03,876 --> 01:08:05,917
new Monopoly games.
1679
01:08:05,918 --> 01:08:07,958
It's like being an 8 year old
all over again.
1680
01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:09,917
The reason I started collecting Monopoly
1681
01:08:09,918 --> 01:08:12,833
is because my mom
for Christmas and birthday
1682
01:08:12,834 --> 01:08:15,708
got me the Franklin Mint Monopoly.
1683
01:08:15,709 --> 01:08:17,917
And as a joke, I just said,
1684
01:08:17,918 --> 01:08:19,333
"Ok. I guess I'll start
collecting Monopoly."
1685
01:08:19,334 --> 01:08:22,041
I didn't think it was possible,
1686
01:08:22,042 --> 01:08:23,666
but now I've got close to 100 games
1687
01:08:23,667 --> 01:08:25,750
and many other memorabilia.
1688
01:08:25,751 --> 01:08:27,917
My husband designed a Monopoly bathroom
1689
01:08:27,918 --> 01:08:30,541
and so it just keeps on evolving
1690
01:08:30,542 --> 01:08:32,625
and getting bigger.
1691
01:08:32,626 --> 01:08:33,708
My favorite portion of the bathroom is
1692
01:08:33,709 --> 01:08:35,917
probably the Water Works light fixtures.
1693
01:08:35,918 --> 01:08:38,917
He asked me what my favorite
1694
01:08:38,918 --> 01:08:40,041
token was when I play Monopoly,
and it's the shoe.
1695
01:08:40,042 --> 01:08:41,958
So he incorporated the shoe paperweights
1696
01:08:41,959 --> 01:08:44,208
to be the faucet handles.
1697
01:08:44,209 --> 01:08:46,458
We really need to add another bathroom
1698
01:08:46,459 --> 01:08:47,917
because when people get into this bathroom,
1699
01:08:47,918 --> 01:08:51,249
they don't come out.
1700
01:08:51,250 --> 01:08:55,708
And so we have a line and we have to knock
on the door and say, "You have to come out."
1701
01:08:55,709 --> 01:08:57,958
And people would run out
1702
01:08:57,959 --> 01:08:59,458
to the rest of the house and say,
1703
01:08:59,459 --> 01:09:00,708
"Wait, wait. You've gotta come see this!"
1704
01:09:00,709 --> 01:09:02,917
Well, here's a collection
of some Monopoly mugs, and yes,
1705
01:09:02,918 --> 01:09:05,833
I haven't drank out of them.
1706
01:09:05,834 --> 01:09:07,666
Mr. Monopoly advancing to Boardwalk there.
1707
01:09:07,667 --> 01:09:10,917
A Monopoly coin counter, a picture frame.
1708
01:09:10,918 --> 01:09:14,791
I need to find a suitable picture for that.
1709
01:09:14,792 --> 01:09:17,500
Down underneath, we've got a little tin.
1710
01:09:17,501 --> 01:09:19,958
And something that reminds me
of the innocence
1711
01:09:19,959 --> 01:09:22,958
of playing Monopoly.
1712
01:09:22,959 --> 01:09:24,458
Two little teddy bears.
1713
01:09:24,459 --> 01:09:26,041
It's a peaceful feeling piece.
1714
01:09:26,042 --> 01:09:28,709
My cat is named Madge after
Mr. Monopoly's wife, Madge.
1715
01:09:30,584 --> 01:09:34,291
If you go into Mr. Monopoly's family,
1716
01:09:34,292 --> 01:09:37,375
he was originally named
Rich Uncle Pennybags,
1717
01:09:37,918 --> 01:09:41,708
and his first name is Millard.
1718
01:09:41,709 --> 01:09:44,416
And I understand Madge is
also a pretty good gardener.
1719
01:09:44,417 --> 01:09:47,333
Then that explains the wheelbarrow token.
1720
01:09:47,334 --> 01:09:50,583
Without the game of Monopoly,
1721
01:09:50,584 --> 01:09:52,208
well I'd still be living here
and I still would be
1722
01:09:52,209 --> 01:09:54,791
working over at the engraving shop,
1723
01:09:54,792 --> 01:09:56,500
and still be unmarried.
1724
01:09:56,501 --> 01:09:58,249
But I don't think you'd be
seeing the decorations.
1725
01:09:58,250 --> 01:10:01,709
I will never retire from
the game of Monopoly.
1726
01:10:02,209 --> 01:10:05,917
It's not a job, it's a life!
1727
01:10:05,918 --> 01:10:08,291
[Percussion music]
1728
01:10:08,292 --> 01:10:10,208
And there is some fantasy to it.
1729
01:10:10,209 --> 01:10:12,792
[Short musical interlude]
1730
01:10:13,959 --> 01:10:17,375
[Street noise]
1731
01:10:17,876 --> 01:10:21,041
[Fountain noise]
1732
01:10:21,042 --> 01:10:24,875
Mr. Monopoly: This is the 13th
World Championship.
1733
01:10:24,876 --> 01:10:27,166
And it's very exciting.
1734
01:10:27,167 --> 01:10:28,917
We have players who are very skilled
1735
01:10:28,918 --> 01:10:30,917
and very experienced.
1736
01:10:30,918 --> 01:10:32,625
Alright, let the games begin!
1737
01:10:32,626 --> 01:10:35,292
[Cheering]
1738
01:10:35,709 --> 01:10:38,958
[Dice being thrown]
1739
01:10:38,959 --> 01:10:41,624
[Music starts] Narrator: After 3
preliminary rounds the top 16
1740
01:10:41,625 --> 01:10:44,458
players will be matched up
in 4 semi-final games.
1741
01:10:44,459 --> 01:10:46,833
The winner of each of those 4 games,
1742
01:10:46,834 --> 01:10:48,792
will meet in the final to compete
for over $20,000,
1743
01:10:49,083 --> 01:10:52,959
and the title of World Champion.
1744
01:10:55,584 --> 01:10:56,292
It's great being here in Las Vegas
1745
01:10:59,250 --> 01:11:00,791
and hosting this tournament.
1746
01:11:00,792 --> 01:11:02,500
And I'm looking forward to meeting people
1747
01:11:02,501 --> 01:11:03,791
from all over the world.
1748
01:11:03,792 --> 01:11:05,291
And there really won't be
another chance like this
1749
01:11:05,292 --> 01:11:07,333
probably in my lifetime.
1750
01:11:07,334 --> 01:11:10,124
- Pennsylvania.
- I'll buy that, please.
1751
01:11:10,125 --> 01:11:13,500
I played a lot of Monopoly in my life,
1752
01:11:13,501 --> 01:11:15,375
but I didn't know that
a national championship
1753
01:11:15,918 --> 01:11:19,333
existed in Norway.
1754
01:11:19,334 --> 01:11:20,917
So when I heard about it,
I signed up immediately.
1755
01:11:20,918 --> 01:11:23,958
I mostly signed up for fun.
1756
01:11:23,959 --> 01:11:26,917
But when I qualified for the finals
1757
01:11:26,918 --> 01:11:29,875
with 20 players left,
1758
01:11:29,876 --> 01:11:32,082
I really started to take it
seriously and practiced.
1759
01:11:32,083 --> 01:11:35,917
And I managed to win.
1760
01:11:35,918 --> 01:11:37,708
I'll be looking to take down everybody
1761
01:11:37,709 --> 01:11:39,583
cause we're going there to win.
1762
01:11:39,584 --> 01:11:41,041
I'm not bringing my mates
halfway around the world
1763
01:11:41,042 --> 01:11:43,041
to come anywhere other than first.
1764
01:11:43,042 --> 01:11:45,917
Be through to the finals and on to victory.
1765
01:11:45,918 --> 01:11:48,917
V-Day.
1766
01:11:48,918 --> 01:11:50,416
I do have a nickname.
1767
01:11:50,417 --> 01:11:52,750
It kind of shortens down to TNT,
1768
01:11:52,751 --> 01:11:54,416
which is the way tougher
version of the nickname.
1769
01:11:54,417 --> 01:11:56,458
TNT goes boom.
1770
01:11:56,459 --> 01:12:00,458
But the long version is "The Nimble
Thimble." No, I don't like the thimble.
1771
01:12:00,459 --> 01:12:02,041
The battleship is the way
tougher than the thimble,
1772
01:12:02,042 --> 01:12:03,917
so you gotta go with the toughest piece.
1773
01:12:03,918 --> 01:12:06,166
The strategy that I'm implementing today
1774
01:12:06,167 --> 01:12:07,791
is to bring a huge support crew,
1775
01:12:07,792 --> 01:12:09,249
for just, you know, general support.
1776
01:12:09,250 --> 01:12:10,917
Get the morale up and that sort of thing.
1777
01:12:10,918 --> 01:12:12,791
[Guys yelling]
1778
01:12:12,792 --> 01:12:14,333
[Music starts]
1779
01:12:14,334 --> 01:12:15,917
And the second strategy is A.N.D.
1780
01:12:15,918 --> 01:12:18,833
Accumulate, negotiate, and dominate.
1781
01:12:18,834 --> 01:12:20,918
[Music builds in intensity]
1782
01:12:24,501 --> 01:12:27,918
I want, I want 20 houses.
1783
01:12:42,876 --> 01:12:46,374
Congratulations.
[Music ends]
1784
01:12:46,375 --> 01:12:48,625
[Applause]
1785
01:12:48,626 --> 01:12:50,333
Will: So right now this is the end
1786
01:12:50,334 --> 01:12:51,917
of the 3 game preliminary round.
1787
01:12:51,918 --> 01:12:53,875
And I think momentarily
1788
01:12:53,876 --> 01:12:55,374
they will announce what players
have made it
1789
01:12:55,375 --> 01:12:58,917
to go through to the Semi-Finals.
1790
01:12:58,918 --> 01:13:00,791
And so I guess there's some
tension in the room right now.
1791
01:13:00,792 --> 01:13:03,791
Will: There are 16 out of 41 players
1792
01:13:03,792 --> 01:13:06,249
who will be advancing tomorrow
1793
01:13:06,250 --> 01:13:07,875
to a one game knockout elimination round.
1794
01:13:07,876 --> 01:13:11,333
Interviewer: So how are your
feelings about possibly
1795
01:13:11,334 --> 01:13:12,917
making it to the Semi-Finals?
1796
01:13:12,918 --> 01:13:14,625
It's hard to say.
1797
01:13:14,626 --> 01:13:15,875
Uh, I had a fair chance
before the last match
1798
01:13:15,876 --> 01:13:18,583
but now I don't know.
1799
01:13:18,584 --> 01:13:20,541
It's just small chance.
1800
01:13:20,542 --> 01:13:21,917
So my friend Gabriel said,
"I don't think you'll make it.
1801
01:13:21,918 --> 01:13:24,750
Sorry."
1802
01:13:24,751 --> 01:13:28,458
The only thing I felt bad was that I
wanted to play more Monopoly.
1803
01:13:28,459 --> 01:13:31,583
I wanted to get back the next day and play
more because I had so much fun.
1804
01:13:31,584 --> 01:13:33,208
The final tally was pretty close.
1805
01:13:33,209 --> 01:13:36,834
We had a 7-way tie for 16th place.
1806
01:13:37,792 --> 01:13:41,584
Let's take a look at our 16 semi-finalists.
1807
01:13:44,250 --> 01:13:47,584
[Cheering]
1808
01:13:59,209 --> 01:14:03,124
Interviewer: Number 16, by that much!
1809
01:14:03,125 --> 01:14:05,666
- How do you feel?
- Perfect.
1810
01:14:05,667 --> 01:14:06,917
I was so surprised. I didn't see it coming.
1811
01:14:06,918 --> 01:14:09,958
I'm just...
1812
01:14:09,959 --> 01:14:10,959
This is so great.
1813
01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:12,458
Perfect!
1814
01:14:12,459 --> 01:14:14,166
Good morning, everyone!
1815
01:14:14,167 --> 01:14:16,125
Day 2 of the 2009 Monopoly
World Championships.
1816
01:14:17,375 --> 01:14:21,416
Thousands of people have
competed all across the world
1817
01:14:21,417 --> 01:14:23,917
to be in this very room
today for the Semi-Finals.
1818
01:14:23,918 --> 01:14:26,917
Announcer: Go!
1819
01:14:26,918 --> 01:14:28,500
Mr. Monopoly: Let the games begin!
1820
01:14:28,501 --> 01:14:30,750
Bjørn: Before the game,
people were coming up to me
1821
01:14:30,751 --> 01:14:33,083
and told me how I felt about
being on the hardest table.
1822
01:14:33,918 --> 01:14:37,917
And that they would look
at me as an underdog.
1823
01:14:37,918 --> 01:14:41,541
So I was mostly excited because
I didn't have anything
1824
01:14:41,542 --> 01:14:45,375
to lose because they were so good players.
1825
01:14:45,584 --> 01:14:48,918
[Music starts]
1826
01:14:54,542 --> 01:14:54,918
[Applause]
1827
01:15:01,250 --> 01:15:04,625
Yes! Yes!
1828
01:15:04,626 --> 01:15:06,792
[Cheering]
1829
01:15:10,959 --> 01:15:14,292
[Cheering]
1830
01:15:16,626 --> 01:15:20,416
[Rick saying the theme from Sportscenter]
1831
01:15:20,417 --> 01:15:22,917
Yay, Rickie.
1832
01:15:22,918 --> 01:15:24,249
USA!
1833
01:15:24,250 --> 01:15:26,751
Let's recognize our four finalists.
1834
01:15:26,918 --> 01:15:30,584
From New Zealand, Geoff Christopher.
1835
01:15:32,959 --> 01:15:36,334
[Applause]
1836
01:15:37,334 --> 01:15:38,167
Yeah, boys!
1837
01:15:40,709 --> 01:15:43,875
Announcer: From Norway,
Bjørn Halvard Knappskog.
1838
01:15:43,876 --> 01:15:46,918
[Applause & cheering]
1839
01:15:51,834 --> 01:15:52,918
From Russia, Oleg Korostelev.
1840
01:15:55,584 --> 01:15:58,584
[Applause]
1841
01:16:02,042 --> 01:16:03,834
And from the United States of America,
1842
01:16:06,125 --> 01:16:08,291
Richard Marinaccio!
1843
01:16:08,292 --> 01:16:10,501
[Applause & cheering]
1844
01:16:13,834 --> 01:16:16,042
Players, are you ready?
1845
01:16:17,292 --> 01:16:19,166
Let the games begin!
1846
01:16:19,167 --> 01:16:21,958
Seven, and it's Chance.
1847
01:16:21,959 --> 01:16:24,208
[Music starts]
1848
01:16:24,209 --> 01:16:26,416
- Chance. - Geoff: Are we doing the
pass to the side thing?
1849
01:16:26,417 --> 01:16:27,834
Phil: Yup. Ok, so he's moving
to the next utility.
1850
01:16:30,167 --> 01:16:30,792
Eight.
1851
01:16:33,542 --> 01:16:35,583
- Vermont.
- Geoff: Buy.
1852
01:16:35,584 --> 01:16:36,834
Buying Vermont for $100.
1853
01:16:39,083 --> 01:16:42,166
- Doubles.
- Doubles.
1854
01:16:42,167 --> 01:16:44,208
That's 12 times 4, that's 48.
1855
01:16:44,209 --> 01:16:47,082
And the first rent is being paid.
1856
01:16:47,083 --> 01:16:49,583
Thank you.
1857
01:16:49,584 --> 01:16:50,875
Rick's Mom: Yeah, Rickie!
1858
01:16:50,876 --> 01:16:53,082
Reading.
1859
01:16:53,083 --> 01:16:54,834
- Reading Railroad. $200.
- I'll buy that.
1860
01:16:55,626 --> 01:16:58,918
Thank you.
1861
01:16:59,334 --> 01:17:00,918
- Triples!
- Triples!
1862
01:17:02,792 --> 01:17:04,333
Triples entitles Norway to move
to any space of his choice.
1863
01:17:04,334 --> 01:17:08,041
This is a very significant decision
early in the game.
1864
01:17:08,042 --> 01:17:10,917
I'll take the Marvin Gardens.
1865
01:17:10,918 --> 01:17:12,918
Phil: So he will advance to Marvin Gardens.
1866
01:17:16,918 --> 01:17:20,374
- Triples!
- How unusual.
1867
01:17:20,375 --> 01:17:22,666
It's unusual to see two of the
in three rolls.
1868
01:17:22,667 --> 01:17:25,334
The odds are quite low of rolling triples.
1869
01:17:26,501 --> 01:17:29,958
Banker: Pennsylvania.
1870
01:17:29,959 --> 01:17:31,751
The Greens were good for Russia
in his last game.
1871
01:17:33,918 --> 01:17:34,959
So now we only have two
properties in the bank.
1872
01:17:37,918 --> 01:17:41,333
Kentucky and Connecticut.
1873
01:17:41,334 --> 01:17:43,250
Oleg, if I can get New York,
are you keen to do a deal
1874
01:17:44,584 --> 01:17:48,166
with the Greens and the Oranges?
1875
01:17:48,167 --> 01:17:50,374
- And what are you looking to...
- What would you prefer?
1876
01:17:50,375 --> 01:17:52,959
Hmm, I'd like to exchange
this one on the Green.
1877
01:17:53,918 --> 01:17:57,249
For the Green?
1878
01:17:57,250 --> 01:17:58,917
We ought to do that deal, now.
1879
01:17:58,918 --> 01:18:02,333
Phil: Ok, we have a three-way
trade and it's been accepted.
1880
01:18:02,334 --> 01:18:05,124
A three way trade.
1881
01:18:05,125 --> 01:18:08,041
- Let's go boys, let's go!
- Russia has the Greens.
1882
01:18:08,042 --> 01:18:10,917
New Zealand has the Orange.
1883
01:18:10,918 --> 01:18:12,833
the US has the Purples.
1884
01:18:12,834 --> 01:18:15,249
The game is getting exciting.
1885
01:18:15,250 --> 01:18:16,833
Geoff: Some serious trading went down
1886
01:18:16,834 --> 01:18:18,666
very early on in the piece.
1887
01:18:18,667 --> 01:18:19,833
I thought I did quite well out of it.
1888
01:18:19,834 --> 01:18:22,166
And I got the Orange set
which most old school Monopoly dudes
1889
01:18:22,167 --> 01:18:24,917
reckon it's a pretty good set.
1890
01:18:24,918 --> 01:18:26,666
Bjørn: So all the three other players
had a full monopoly
1891
01:18:26,667 --> 01:18:28,917
and started to build houses.
1892
01:18:28,918 --> 01:18:30,666
And I sat there like an idiot,
1893
01:18:30,667 --> 01:18:32,458
and I felt "Now I'm bankrupt in 2 minutes."
1894
01:18:32,459 --> 01:18:35,583
We're gambling, huh?
1895
01:18:35,584 --> 01:18:37,666
- I like it.
- We're dancing, we're dancing.
1896
01:18:37,667 --> 01:18:40,708
Rick: We're gonna end our moment
1897
01:18:40,709 --> 01:18:42,124
in the spotlight early, huh?
1898
01:18:42,125 --> 01:18:44,375
I actually will give you
a Red one for the Blue one.
1899
01:18:45,918 --> 01:18:49,917
Luckily, I swapped my Red
one with a Light Blue one
1900
01:18:49,918 --> 01:18:53,417
from the Russian player.
Was actually a little bit surprised
1901
01:18:53,418 --> 01:18:56,917
that he went on that
because he already had a monopoly.
1902
01:18:56,918 --> 01:18:58,917
We all got a chance now, right?
1903
01:18:58,918 --> 01:19:00,875
- Banker: That was doubles.
- That's it.
1904
01:19:00,876 --> 01:19:02,541
Let's wait just for a second here
1905
01:19:02,542 --> 01:19:04,124
and just look at the situation.
1906
01:19:04,125 --> 01:19:05,167
We have five color groups formed.
1907
01:19:05,459 --> 01:19:08,917
All properties owned.
1908
01:19:08,918 --> 01:19:11,333
Players are in a very interesting
1909
01:19:11,334 --> 01:19:13,541
and exciting portion of the game,
1910
01:19:13,542 --> 01:19:16,917
in just a matter of minutes.
1911
01:19:16,918 --> 01:19:18,917
So let's go, and good luck.
1912
01:19:18,918 --> 01:19:20,584
Let's do it.
1913
01:19:21,918 --> 01:19:25,750
This is like the fastest
game I ever played.
1914
01:19:25,751 --> 01:19:27,875
- Doubles and Mr. Monopoly.
- Phil: It's not over yet.
1915
01:19:27,876 --> 01:19:30,958
But I threw doubles again.
1916
01:19:30,959 --> 01:19:32,918
Bjørn: Sixteen.
1917
01:19:34,542 --> 01:19:35,542
Rick: Sixteen. Here you go.
1918
01:19:35,543 --> 01:19:37,666
-And you have it, with one dollar to spare.
- Rick: One dollar to spare.
1919
01:19:37,667 --> 01:19:41,166
Bjørn: I would like to buy some houses.
1920
01:19:41,167 --> 01:19:44,375
I'll buy hotels on each.
1921
01:19:44,918 --> 01:19:48,082
Ok.
1922
01:19:48,083 --> 01:19:50,818
Phil: The houses are coming down
on the Light Blues
1923
01:19:50,819 --> 01:19:53,601
and they're being replaced
by shiny red hotels.
1924
01:19:53,626 --> 01:19:57,918
- Bjørn: Here you go.
- Rick: How'd you like to buy Park Place?
1925
01:19:58,918 --> 01:20:02,459
Bjørn: No thank you.
1926
01:20:07,792 --> 01:20:11,124
Mr. Monopoly and six.
1927
01:20:11,125 --> 01:20:13,541
Oh, no $200.
1928
01:20:13,542 --> 01:20:16,709
[Applause]
1929
01:20:17,125 --> 01:20:20,750
He can't meet the $550,
1930
01:20:20,751 --> 01:20:22,958
so he goes bankrupt to Norway as is.
1931
01:20:22,959 --> 01:20:26,625
- Thank you.
- Tough game.
1932
01:20:26,626 --> 01:20:28,374
I knew that would happen.
1933
01:20:28,375 --> 01:20:29,958
Well played.
1934
01:20:29,959 --> 01:20:31,791
[Applause]
1935
01:20:31,792 --> 01:20:35,249
Did you see that one coming?
1936
01:20:35,250 --> 01:20:37,791
- He was going to send the Blues over?
- What, how he got hotels?
1937
01:20:37,792 --> 01:20:40,249
Rick: No, I didn't think he was
going to send the Blues over to him.
1938
01:20:40,250 --> 01:20:41,958
What did he get?
Did he get the Reds in exchange?
1939
01:20:41,959 --> 01:20:43,666
He got the Reds, but he had two monopolies.
1940
01:20:43,667 --> 01:20:46,833
So I knew we were in trouble.
1941
01:20:46,834 --> 01:20:49,958
Geoff: Seems like we might
be playing for second.
1942
01:20:49,959 --> 01:20:52,125
You could come in second right now.
1943
01:20:52,667 --> 01:20:55,875
Aw.
1944
01:20:55,876 --> 01:20:56,958
Phil: Seven and Mr. Monopoly.
1945
01:20:56,959 --> 01:20:59,166
- Well, that's it.
- Phil: Wow.
1946
01:20:59,167 --> 01:21:00,876
[Applause and cheering]
1947
01:21:02,876 --> 01:21:06,917
So the US has gone bankrupt to Norway.
1948
01:21:06,918 --> 01:21:10,042
His mortgaged properties
carry with it the interest.
1949
01:21:11,125 --> 01:21:14,709
[Applause & cheering]
1950
01:21:24,209 --> 01:21:28,333
Phil: And so Norway has
mortgaged his remaining
1951
01:21:28,334 --> 01:21:30,583
single properties, so that Mr. Monopoly
1952
01:21:30,584 --> 01:21:32,959
will direct New Zealand
to the high rent district.
1953
01:21:34,834 --> 01:21:38,708
I would like to buy some
houses on the Greens.
1954
01:21:38,709 --> 01:21:41,876
Phil: So 7 houses are going
to be erected on the Greens.
1955
01:21:47,542 --> 01:21:50,958
[Geoff claps]
Four! Yes!
1956
01:21:50,959 --> 01:21:54,124
One, two, three, four.
1957
01:21:54,125 --> 01:21:55,875
Phil: Jail.
1958
01:21:55,876 --> 01:21:56,918
[Loud cheering and laughter]
1959
01:22:00,584 --> 01:22:02,918
Phil: At this stage in the game,
1960
01:22:04,542 --> 01:22:05,917
it's great to be in jail.
1961
01:22:05,918 --> 01:22:09,082
Geoff: Pretty sure it needs to go really,
1962
01:22:09,083 --> 01:22:10,918
really bad for you though.
1963
01:22:15,918 --> 01:22:19,708
- Phil: Triples.
- I go to jail.
1964
01:22:19,709 --> 01:22:22,209
[Cheering]
1965
01:22:25,417 --> 01:22:26,959
Two, four, six, seven.
1966
01:22:28,918 --> 01:22:30,875
[Dice hitting board
in slow motion]
1967
01:22:30,876 --> 01:22:33,458
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
1968
01:22:33,459 --> 01:22:35,249
Ah, she's all over.
1969
01:22:35,250 --> 01:22:36,458
- Well done.
- It was.
1970
01:22:36,459 --> 01:22:39,583
The new World Champion is Norway!
1971
01:22:39,584 --> 01:22:42,209
[Lots of cheering]
1972
01:22:53,918 --> 01:22:57,709
You're not first, you're last, boys.
1973
01:22:58,876 --> 01:22:59,918
Bjørn: I will definitely be back.
1974
01:23:02,834 --> 01:23:04,459
To try to defend Norway again,
to defend the title.
1975
01:23:04,626 --> 01:23:08,833
It will be hard, I think.
But I will try my best.
1976
01:23:08,834 --> 01:23:12,125
Oleg, from Russia. Thank you.
1977
01:23:12,918 --> 01:23:16,500
Phil: We're here having fun today
1978
01:23:16,501 --> 01:23:18,124
because an unemployed man
in the Great Depression,
1979
01:23:18,125 --> 01:23:20,833
Charles Darrow, started making Monopoly
to feed his family.
1980
01:23:20,834 --> 01:23:24,917
Since then, all of us have
enjoyed a bounty of fun,
1981
01:23:24,918 --> 01:23:28,167
and priceless memories,
thanks to the game he crafted.
1982
01:23:29,167 --> 01:23:31,834
Matt: Love the game for what it is.
1983
01:23:33,083 --> 01:23:35,374
Recognize that it is
an opportunity to bring
1984
01:23:35,375 --> 01:23:38,124
people together,
to celebrate, to have fun,
1985
01:23:38,125 --> 01:23:41,791
to enjoy what you're doing.
1986
01:23:41,792 --> 01:23:43,708
And for many people, it's a tradition
1987
01:23:43,709 --> 01:23:45,917
that is passed on
from generation to generation.
1988
01:23:45,918 --> 01:23:49,208
The game's been around for 75 years,
1989
01:23:49,209 --> 01:23:51,041
and it will be around for 75 more.
1990
01:23:51,042 --> 01:23:53,666
And it will outlive all of us.
1991
01:23:53,667 --> 01:23:56,918
[Music ends]
1992
01:24:13,667 --> 01:24:17,333
♪ If you want to get a picture ♪
1993
01:24:17,334 --> 01:24:19,833
♪ Of what a person's really like ♪
1994
01:24:19,834 --> 01:24:22,291
♪ Don't take them to a movie ♪
1995
01:24:22,292 --> 01:24:24,791
♪ Don't dine by candlelight ♪
1996
01:24:24,792 --> 01:24:26,958
♪ Pull that game down from the shelf ♪
1997
01:24:26,959 --> 01:24:29,208
♪ That lays bare the inner self ♪
1998
01:24:29,209 --> 01:24:31,500
♪ It's there to see ♪
1999
01:24:31,501 --> 01:24:33,917
♪ In Monopoly ♪
2000
01:24:33,918 --> 01:24:37,041
♪ There's a woman that I work with ♪
2001
01:24:37,042 --> 01:24:39,917
♪ We've been out on several dates ♪
2002
01:24:39,918 --> 01:24:41,958
♪ I do believe she liked me ♪
2003
01:24:41,959 --> 01:24:44,291
♪ And then I made my big mistake ♪
2004
01:24:44,292 --> 01:24:46,917
♪ We had gone back to her place ♪
2005
01:24:46,918 --> 01:24:49,417
♪ When she suggested
that we play Monopoly ♪
2006
01:24:50,292 --> 01:24:53,751
♪ And I agreed ♪
2007
01:24:53,918 --> 01:24:55,918
♪ Take a ride on the Reading Railroad ♪
2008
01:24:58,167 --> 01:25:01,918
♪ Short Line, Pennsylvania, B & O ♪
2009
01:25:02,626 --> 01:25:06,709
♪ Each turn around the board
can be revealing ♪
2010
01:25:07,709 --> 01:25:11,667
♪ of something that you
may not want to show ♪
2011
01:25:12,709 --> 01:25:16,458
♪ Well before the game got started, ♪
2012
01:25:16,459 --> 01:25:18,917
♪ we had a minor tiff ♪
2013
01:25:18,918 --> 01:25:21,416
♪ It seemed we both were heart set ♪
2014
01:25:21,417 --> 01:25:23,750
♪ On that clunky battleship ♪
2015
01:25:23,751 --> 01:25:26,166
♪ I was pretty close to tears ♪
2016
01:25:26,167 --> 01:25:28,291
♪ My favorite token through the years ♪
2017
01:25:28,292 --> 01:25:30,750
♪ What could I do? ♪
2018
01:25:30,751 --> 01:25:32,917
♪ She took the shoe ♪
2019
01:25:32,918 --> 01:25:36,082
♪ She was giving out the money ♪
2020
01:25:36,083 --> 01:25:38,541
♪ I could not suppress a smile ♪
2021
01:25:38,542 --> 01:25:40,917
♪ She put each denomination ♪
2022
01:25:40,918 --> 01:25:42,917
♪ In its own separate special pile ♪
2023
01:25:42,918 --> 01:25:45,542
I held all of my cash
In my hand in one big stash
2024
01:25:46,751 --> 01:25:50,501
♪ I know the way the game was played ♪
2025
01:25:51,042 --> 01:25:54,541
This guy comes by.
2026
01:25:54,542 --> 01:25:56,500
He's gotta weigh 600 pounds.
2027
01:25:56,501 --> 01:25:58,541
He's got a custom made Star Trek uniform
2028
01:25:58,542 --> 01:26:00,666
that was probably made
when he was only 400 pounds.
2029
01:26:00,667 --> 01:26:03,041
Got the pointed ears and everything.
2030
01:26:03,042 --> 01:26:04,958
And I said, "Hey, we're starting
a Monopoly tournament.
2031
01:26:04,959 --> 01:26:06,541
Why don't you join us?"
2032
01:26:06,542 --> 01:26:07,542
And he looked at me and he says,
2033
01:26:07,542 --> 01:26:08,542
"What do I look like, a nerd?"
2034
01:26:08,543 --> 01:26:10,458
[Nerdy voice] Want to go play Monopoly
2035
01:26:10,459 --> 01:26:11,958
at my place?
2036
01:26:11,959 --> 01:26:13,458
[John laughing hysterically]
2037
01:26:13,459 --> 01:26:15,249
♪ Well, I cruised around the board ♪
2038
01:26:15,250 --> 01:26:17,625
♪ In my fortress battleship ♪
2039
01:26:17,626 --> 01:26:19,917
♪ I was grabbing up the properties ♪
2040
01:26:19,918 --> 01:26:22,541
♪ Seemed my luck just would not quit ♪
2041
01:26:22,542 --> 01:26:24,917
♪ I was grinning ear to ear ♪
2042
01:26:24,918 --> 01:26:27,541
♪ Winning's no great cross to bear ♪
2043
01:26:27,542 --> 01:26:29,750
♪ There was no doubt ♪
2044
01:26:29,751 --> 01:26:31,917
♪ She'd be wiped out ♪
2045
01:26:31,918 --> 01:26:34,875
♪ Well it's true she did have Boardwalk ♪
2046
01:26:34,876 --> 01:26:37,374
♪ Yes, she had Park Place ♪
2047
01:26:37,375 --> 01:26:39,833
♪ And before I knew what happened ♪
2048
01:26:39,834 --> 01:26:42,458
♪ she put hotels on each space ♪
2049
01:26:42,459 --> 01:26:44,917
♪ But no one lands on them ♪
2050
01:26:44,918 --> 01:26:46,917
♪ And then I did and did again ♪
2051
01:26:46,918 --> 01:26:49,249
♪ Oh yeah, that hurt ♪
2052
01:26:49,250 --> 01:26:51,541
♪ And it got worse ♪
2053
01:26:51,542 --> 01:26:54,500
♪ I had to give her all my cash ♪
2054
01:26:54,501 --> 01:26:56,917
♪ I had to mortgage all I bought ♪
2055
01:26:56,918 --> 01:26:59,666
♪ And then I picked this card ♪
2056
01:26:59,667 --> 01:27:01,666
♪ Advance your token to Boardwalk ♪
2057
01:27:01,667 --> 01:27:03,917
♪ I'm not the kind to battle fate ♪
2058
01:27:03,918 --> 01:27:06,166
♪ but how much can a person take? ♪
2059
01:27:06,167 --> 01:27:08,374
♪ I took no more ♪
2060
01:27:08,375 --> 01:27:10,959
♪ I flipped the board ♪
2061
01:27:11,167 --> 01:27:14,918
♪ Take a ride on the Reading Railroad ♪
2062
01:27:15,626 --> 01:27:19,292
♪ Short Line, Pennsylvania, B & O ♪
2063
01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:23,834
♪ Each turn around the board
can be revealing ♪
2064
01:27:24,918 --> 01:27:28,918
♪ Of something that you
may not want to show ♪
2065
01:27:29,792 --> 01:27:33,374
♪ Well I still see that woman ♪
2066
01:27:33,375 --> 01:27:36,124
♪ We still cross paths at work ♪
2067
01:27:36,125 --> 01:27:38,583
♪ I don't believe her looks intended ♪
2068
01:27:38,584 --> 01:27:40,791
♪ To make me feel like I'm a jerk ♪
2069
01:27:40,792 --> 01:27:42,917
♪ But if there comes another day ♪
2070
01:27:42,918 --> 01:27:44,959
♪ When someone asks me if I play Monopoly ♪
2071
01:27:46,459 --> 01:27:49,918
♪ I'll say, "Not me" ♪
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