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by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:45 pm
Jim is driving a car with bald tires, and has a kitchen with no ceiling and no cabinets. His husband David is his companion. They’ve been married 3-1/2 years, with a wedding in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Bill Nye the Science Guy is the expert.
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$25,000 (Comedy Catchphrases): “In a much-quoted “SNL” sketch, Christopher Walken plays a 1970s record producer who demands what from his band?
A. Extra triangle! B. Louder tambourine!
C. Another gong! D. More cowbell!
At 11 seconds, Jim uses his PAF lifeline, calling his brother Christian
PAF result: D. More cowbell! 100% certainty
D. More cowbell! (11)
$50,000 (Indie Cred): Where are the West Indies?
A. Just south of Thailand B. Just north of Venezuela
C. Just west of Australia D. Just east of Somalia
B. Just north of Venezuela (34) (
Commercial break
Jim lives up near Tupelo, MS, the hometown of Elvis Presley. He is an assessment coordinator for his school district. He prepares his school’s response to the No Child Left Behind Act, working with struggling students.
$100,000 (Ticket Master): As of August 1, what is the top-grossing movie in the U.S. in 2009?
A. Up B. Star Trek
C. The Hangover D. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
At 11 seconds, Jim uses his Double Dip.
Jim’s first answer is A
Jim’s second answer is B
and he leaves with $25,000
D. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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NellyLunatic1980
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by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:56 pm
$25,000 and $50,000 were cupcake questions, which we expected to happen on the last show, given all of the spoilers.
The $100,000 question was valued properly. Unless you've paid attention to box office sales figues every week this year, this one was a challenge. I was pretty sure it wasn't "The Hangover", as it hasn't been in theaters long enough to be the top grosser of the year. I could've seen any of the other three choices being correct. This looks like a good question for the audience. If nothing stands out, I'll also PAF.
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by Jeemie » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:49 pm
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$25,000 and $50,000 were cupcake questions, which we expected to happen on the last show, given all of the spoilers.
The $100,000 question was valued properly. Unless you've paid attention to box office sales figues every week this year, this one was a challenge. I was pretty sure it wasn't "The Hangover", as it hasn't been in theaters long enough to be the top grosser of the year. I could've seen any of the other three choices being correct. This looks like a good question for the audience. If nothing stands out, I'll also PAF.
For the $100,000, if anyone's interested in studying movie stats like this, a great site to go to is boxofficemojo.com.
I go there all the time for various movie stats- it's the only reason I knew this one.
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by Jeemie » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:29 pm
BTW- here is the famous "Cowbell" skit.
Classic!
http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/sn ... wbell.html
What I always found funny about this is that in the original track, you hear the cowbell, but it's not that loud.
Makes you wonder how the scriptwriters' minds worked, that they focused on this!
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by ulysses5019 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:43 am
This thread needs more cowbell...
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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by Ritterskoop » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:57 am
ulysses5019 wrote:This thread needs more cowbell...
Found it.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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by hanzz » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:25 am
Jeemie wrote:NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$25,000 and $50,000 were cupcake questions, which we expected to happen on the last show, given all of the spoilers.
The $100,000 question was valued properly. Unless you've paid attention to box office sales figues every week this year, this one was a challenge. I was pretty sure it wasn't "The Hangover", as it hasn't been in theaters long enough to be the top grosser of the year. I could've seen any of the other three choices being correct. This looks like a good question for the audience. If nothing stands out, I'll also PAF.
For the $100,000, if anyone's interested in studying movie stats like this, a great site to go to is boxofficemojo.com.
I go there all the time for various movie stats- it's the only reason I knew this one.
Yeah, I'm a member at BOM, so I thought this was a cupcake as well, but I can see how it can be tricky if you are not particularly following stuff like that. Star Trek, Up, and TF2 have all been the top grosser of the year at some point, but at the time of taping (August 5?), Transformer's had been out for only about three weeks. I can see why Up and Star Trek were the more appealing choices, since both came out in May and I guess that created the illusion that they've had more time to build up their moneys.
"West Indies" for $50,000 is probably in the same ballpark as "Lesotho" for $1 million.
In this town, don't we love it now, everbody's waiting for the next surprise!
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by Jeemie » Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:09 am
hanzz wrote:Yeah, I'm a member at BOM, so I thought this was a cupcake as well, but I can see how it can be tricky if you are not particularly following stuff like that. Star Trek, Up, and TF2 have all been the top grosser of the year at some point, but at the time of taping (August 5?), Transformer's had been out for only about three weeks. I can see why Up and Star Trek were the more appealing choices, since both came out in May and I guess that created the illusion that they've had more time to build up their moneys.
One thing people always ought to keep in mind regarding movies- they usually make a sizable portion of their gross in the first week or two of release.
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by NellyLunatic1980 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:56 am
ulysses5019 wrote:This thread needs more cowbell...
Feelthy theef. I used a Will Ferrell cowbell avatar a long time ago.
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by ulysses5019 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:26 am
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:This thread needs more cowbell...
Feelthy theef. I used a Will Ferrell cowbell avatar a long time ago.
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Me too. I dug it out of my folder.
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by mikehardware » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:21 pm
The transcript for the previous show indicates that the category tree wasn't shown then. Would anyone be able to check if this episode shows the 100-16K categories? I'm just looking to make the spreadsheet as complete as possible. Thanks!
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by chad1m » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:32 pm