Transcript 09/15/2009 Mark Mindlin

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Mark Mindlin
North Brunswick, NJ
23-yr-old college sophomore
Mark is engaged, but says he needs to make some money before he gets married

Has all lifelines except ATA

ATE ? Ali Wentworth

Topic Tree
Nostradamus
Landmarks
History of Law
Movie Titles
Military Bases
Government
Lewis & Clark
Former Presidents
Food Safety
Sitcoms
(Fashion Trends)
(Brand Names)
(Cable TV)
(The Bible)
(Abbreviations)

$7500 (Sitcoms):
The theme song of the hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men" features what word sung repeatedly?
A. Two B. And
C. Half D. Men


said he has no idea so ATE (:24)

ATE

Ali "The theme song for two and a half men, hold on,"

"Do you know the answer?" Mark says I have no clue
Ali screams.

"Uh you know I.. I.. I ... I'm a Sex and the City girl but um I, I would guess Men."
ok
Mere- Wild guess Ali or based on anything
Ali- It's a , I say I would have a 20pct chance of being right
Mark- I appreciate your advice
Mere- Thanks Ali
Ali thank you, good luck!
Mere says Mark will need a little luck

PAF :22
choices Gregory (North Brunswick NJ), Amber (South Amboy NJ), Andrei (Edison NJ)

PAF

Amber- Men, then asks for answers again, then pretty sure it is Men 75%

Spoiler

D. Men (:18)

$10K (Food Safety):
According to a recent report from the CDC, what is the most commonly identified source of food poisoning in the U.S.?
A. Citrus fruit B. Cheeses
C. Bread D. Poultry

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

Spoiler

D. Poultry (walk at :04)

Mark walked with $7,500.

[chad1m]

I was shocked he walked with the $7,500. I mean, $5,000 is not that much different than $7,500. And if he happened to be right on his $10,000 guess, maybe he could've gotten one or two questions he knew cold after that and pocketed a bit more dough. I didn't think the Two and a Half Men one was that hard - even if you've walked by a TV that was playing the song, it's stuck in your head forever. And I figured poultry could be figured out by simple reasoning - don't cook it long enough, and soon you're hurling on the dining room floor.

[Jeemie]

I was shocked he walked with the $7,500. I mean, $5,000 is not that much different than $7,500. And if he happened to be right on his $10,000 guess, maybe he could've gotten one or two questions he knew cold after that and pocketed a bit more dough. I didn't think the Two and a Half Men one was that hard - even if you've walked by a TV that was playing the song, it's stuck in your head forever. And I figured poultry could be figured out by simple reasoning - don't cook it long enough, and soon you're hurling on the dining room floor.

I was stunned as well at this.

[Snaxx]

I was shocked he walked with the $7,500. I mean, $5,000 is not that much different than $7,500. And if he happened to be right on his $10,000 guess, maybe he could've gotten one or two questions he knew cold after that and pocketed a bit more dough. I didn't think the Two and a Half Men one was that hard - even if you've walked by a TV that was playing the song, it's stuck in your head forever. And I figured poultry could be figured out by simple reasoning - don't cook it long enough, and soon you're hurling on the dining room floor.

I was stunned as well at this.

Per the biz site, only one person walked all last season (with the clock) on question 7, and three others walked on question 8. This is a bad sign that many of the casted contestants had a goal of around 8K and are seeing it now more reachable, only needing to navigate six questions to get to 7.5K and another for 10K.



.

[Estonut]

I was shocked he walked with the $7,500. I mean, $5,000 is not that much different than $7,500. And if he happened to be right on his $10,000 guess, maybe he could've gotten one or two questions he knew cold after that and pocketed a bit more dough. I didn't think the Two and a Half Men one was that hard - even if you've walked by a TV that was playing the song, it's stuck in your head forever. And I figured poultry could be figured out by simple reasoning - don't cook it long enough, and soon you're hurling on the dining room floor.

We've had lots of occurrences of listeriosis and other stuff from bad cheese in CA, but I've never heard of anyone getting sick from bread nor citrus, so DD should have worked fine...

[MarleysGh0st]

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

So much for the more generous money tree encouraging more risk-taking in the middle tier.

[Jeemie]

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

So much for the more generous money tree encouraging more risk-taking in the middle tier.

Well, I'm out here! I wouldn't fathom stopping at $7,500- I would guess my way to the $25,000 safety if I had to!

I think I passed the test, so c'mon, TPTB!!! I'm only a phone call and a train ride away!

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

So much for the more generous money tree encouraging more risk-taking in the middle tier.

Well, I'm out here! I wouldn't fathom stopping at $7,500- I would guess my way to the $25,000 safety if I had to!

I think I passed the test, so c'mon, TPTB!!! I'm only a phone call and a train ride away!

I'm with you Jeemie!!! I'll be there tomorrow if necessary. I can't believe he walked with his double dip left and only risking $2,500. I'd eeny-meeny-miney if I had to.

[ten96lt]

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

So much for the more generous money tree encouraging more risk-taking in the middle tier.

Well, I'm out here! I wouldn't fathom stopping at $7,500- I would guess my way to the $25,000 safety if I had to!

I think I passed the test, so c'mon, TPTB!!! I'm only a phone call and a train ride away!

When I was in Vegas at the MGM grand in 2002 they had a preview screening of Two and a Half Men which they asked us to rate the show and ever since they played that theme its been stuck in my head. The 10K I would have DD on poultry and cheese with poultry being my first guess.

Join the club Jeemie, I'm only a phone call and a plane ride away (which I can get on one with 90 mins notice in case any PTB are reading)! lol

[earendel]

Mark Mindlin
North Brunswick, NJ
23-yr-old college sophomore
Mark is engaged, but says he needs to make some money before he gets married

$7500 (Sitcoms):
The theme song of the hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men" features what word sung repeatedly?
A. Two B. And
C. Half D. Men

said he has no idea so ATE (:24)

ATE

Ali "The theme song for two and a half men, hold on,"
"Do you know the answer?" Mark says I have no clue
Ali screams.
"Uh you know I.. I.. I ... I'm a Sex and the City girl but um I, I would guess Men."
ok
Mere- Wild guess Ali or based on anything
Ali- It's a , I say I would have a 20pct chance of being right
Mark- I appreciate your advice
Mere- Thanks Ali
Ali thank you, good luck!
Mere says Mark will need a little luck

PAF :22
choices Gregory (North Brunswick NJ), Amber (South Amboy NJ), Andrei (Edison NJ)

PAF

Amber- Men, then asks for answers again, then pretty sure it is Men 75%

Spoiler

D. Men (:18)

So now the "expert" is 0 for 3. And with FlaGal coming up today and tomorrow, she gets the unfortunate expert also.

$10K (Food Safety):
According to a recent report from the CDC, what is the most commonly identified source of food poisoning in the U.S.?
A. Citrus fruit B. Cheeses
C. Bread D. Poultry

Mark says he did not see the report, could guess but 7.5K is better than 5 so he will walk. Mere reminds him that he has Double Dip, but he does not want to chance it and makes his decision final.

Spoiler

D. Poultry (walk at :04)

I didn't see the report, either, but I read the news. <*sigh*> So the new money tree doesn't encourage risk-taking.

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article about Mark's appearance. Nothing there that we don't already know from watching the episode/reading the transcript.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/ ... +500+prize

[NellyLunatic1980]

Zzzzzzzzzz...