PTBAM Transcript 8/19/09 - Donald Leake

[BBTranscriptTeam]

FFQ: Put these TV catchphrases in the order in which they were first spoken on American television, starting with the earliest:
A. Is that your final answer? B. Where's the beef?
C. Live long and prosper D. You're fired!

Spoiler

C. Live long and prosper
B. Where's the beef?
A. Is that your final answer?
D. You're fired!

Donald Leake - 5.55s
Patty Bain Bachner - 10.83s
Scott Six - 5.70s
Chris Maslowski - 9.78s
Michael Sivertz - 6.70s
Terri Pfahler -
Megan Toth - 7.77s
Chales Patton -
Jenni McKay -



Donald Leake
Pennington, NJ
Professor, Bartender and Spoken Word Artist

Regis and Donald do a do-si-do before settling down in the chairs, and Regis mentions that everyone wants to dance now. Donald is a professor at Drexel University, a bartender ("I have a knack for getting people intoxicated") and a spoken word artist. Regis asks what that last one is.

Donald: I guess the common term for it is "slam poet". So I've toured around the country, doing poetry, performing before lots of different people, different venues, I even opened for a rock band doing poetry.
Regis: Poetry is almost forgotten, but I'm glad you're bringing it back. Can you give us a couple of lines of what you've written?
Donald: Yeah, a really short poem I wrote years ago, it's called "Common Sense." It's like 15 seconds. "If I was on 'Jerry Springer" / And they had me backstage / I wouldn't come out. / Common sense, man!"
Regis: And can I add my line to it? "Neither would I!"

Donald's category tree:

Word Play
Strange Titles
How It's Made
Decades Ago
Tween Pop
What an Original!
Tech Talk
The Unschooled
Roasting the Romans
What Is It?
Household Helpers
Talk to the Hand
Britney's Back
Medical Tools
Ring the Bell

$100 (Ring the Bell): A well-known lyric in the holiday song "Silver Bells" promises that "soon it will be" what?
A. July 4th weekend B. Halloween night
C. Christmas day D. National Burrito Month

Spoiler

C. Christmas day (6)

$200 (Medical Tools): A mouth mirror is a tool commonly used by what type of doctor?
A. Dentist B. Podiatrist
C. Cardiologist D. Chiropractor

Spoiler

A. Dentist (9)

$300 (Britney's Back): In one of her recent hit songs, Britney Spears sings "All eyes on me in the center of the ring, just like a" what?
A. Library B. Museum
C. Circus D. Church

Spoiler

C. Circus (9)

$500 (Talk to the Hand): In American Sign Language, using the hands to mimic a kangaroo's jump is a way of signing the name for what country?
A. Canada B. Australia
C. China D. Romania

Spoiler

B. Australia (9)

$1,000 (Household Helpers): Online commentators quipped "Rust in Peace" after the 2009 death of John S. Barry, the man who popularized what household product?
A. Lysol B. Ty-D-Bol
C. Kleenex D. WD-40

Spoiler

D. WD-40 (8)

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Donald's wife's name is Jasmine, and they have a 5-year-old boy who probably won't even watch his dad because he thinks WWTBAM is "boring." When Donald told him he'd be playing a game and hopefully win some money, his son said, "That doesn't sound like a fun game. Frisbee's a fun game, Daddy."

$2,000 (What Is It?): Known for their role in exacerbating California wildfires, the "Santa Anas" are what?
A. Tides B. Winds
C. Earthquakes D. Rock slides

Spoiler

B. Winds (24)

$4,000 (Roasting the Romans): In the '80s, Americans often joked that "Fix It Again, Tony" is what the letters stood for in the name of an Italian manufacturer of what?
A. Computers B. Cars
C. Shoes D. Televisions

Spoiler

B. Cars (23)

$8,000 (The Unschooled): In a 2009 commencement speech at Tulane University, who said "I didn't go to college at all...but look at me, I'm a huge celebrity"?
A. Martha Stewart B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Ellen DeGeneres D. Tyra Banks

Donald doesn't know, so he decides to ATE (15). Ken says he feels confident, and is ready for a question. He reads it, and says:

Ken: I don't remember the speech, but I feel pretty strongly that it's

Spoiler

Tyra Banks. I don't know, did Oprah go to Tulane? That doesn't sound right. I pretty su...Is Ellen DeGeneres from, like, Louisiana? I don't know....she lives in the New Orleans area, right? I don't feel confident about it, but I'm leaning Tyra, so...I don't know if I'd like the contestant to risk it on, you know, my hunch.

Donald goes with Ken's hunch, and leaves with $1,000.

Spoiler

C. Ellen DeGeneres (4)

Regis mentions that Ellen is from Louisiana.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Donald Leake
Pennington, NJ
Professor, Bartender and Spoken Word Artist

...

Donald: I guess the common term for it is "slam poet". So I've toured around the country, doing poetry, performing before lots of different people, different venues, I even opened for a rock band doing poetry.

Our first contestant with a What Else® hook.

$300 (Britney's Back): In one of her recent hit songs, Britney Spears sings "All eyes on me in the center of the ring, just like a" what?
A. Library B. Museum
C. Circus D. Church

E. Whorehouse

$8K: I'm between B and C. I'll try the audience.

[Jeemie]

$8K: I'm between B and C. I'll try the audience.

"In the center of the ring, just like a ....museum"?

Are you serious that you were torn?

[NellyLunatic1980]

$8K: I'm between B and C. I'll try the audience.

"In the center of the ring, just like a ....museum"?

Are you serious that you were torn?

Read the dollar value.

[hbomb1947]

$8K: I'm between B and C. I'll try the audience.

"In the center of the ring, just like a ....museum"?

Are you serious that you were torn?

Read the dollar value.

I read the dollar value, and I'm as surprised as Jeemie that you would be torn.

[NellyLunatic1980]

"In the center of the ring, just like a ....museum"?

Are you serious that you were torn?

Read the dollar value.

I read the dollar value, and I'm as surprised as Jeemie that you would be torn.

The Britney Spears question was not worth $8,000.

[hbomb1947]

Read the dollar value.

I read the dollar value, and I'm as surprised as Jeemie that you would be torn.

The Britney Spears question was not worth $8,000.

Oh.

In any event, the ATA would have been a much better choice for the contestant too on that question . . .

[Jeemie]

Not even on the higher levels have the questions been tricks.

They've all been pretty straight-up (save for that nasty crossword puzzle question- but even that was straight-up- if you do crosswords).