Transcript 11/12/07 Melissa Donahue
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:30 pm
TV Week
Melissa Donahue
Newport, RI
Melissa owes TV for her first crush, Tom Selleck in “Magnum”, and the people she calls her friends.
Melissa watches three to four hours of TV a day.
$100 TVLand’s 2006 list of the greatest TV catchphrases includes what entry form “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”?
A. De plane! De plane!
B. Is that your final answer?
C. Live long and prosper
D. This check better not bounce
$200 As a signal to her grandmother, what did Carol Burnett do at the end of each episode of her classic variety show?
A. Do a pirouette
B. Click her heels
C. Ruffle her hair
D. Tug her ear
$300 What TV series’ opening credits usually feature the motto “The Truth Is Out There’?
A. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
B. The X-Files
C. Unsolved Mysteries
D. Touched by an Angel
$500 “21 Jump Street” featured undercover cops typically disguised as what?
A. Pro athletes
B. Soldiers
C. Musicians
D. High school students
ATA
2% A. Pro athletes
0% B. Soldiers
5% C. Musicians
93% D. High school students
All this week, the $1K question will be a TV theme song question.
Meredith will read the question and then the audience will sing part of a theme song.
$1K The following upbeat lyrics are featured in the theme song for what sitcom?
[singing] Fish don’t fry in the kitchen, Beans don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin’, Just to get up that hill.[/singing]
A. The Jeffersons
B. The Facts of Life
C. Mr. Belvedere
D. Good Times
$2K On the HBO series “Entourage,” Vincent Chase stars in a fictional James Cameron movie about what superhero?
A. Hawkman
B. Green Lantern
C. Aquaman
D. Captain America
PAF – Rachel, a friend of Melissa’s
After Melissa gives the choices, someone almost immediately says “Aquaman.”
Rachel says “Aquaman, it’s Kim and she’s certain.”
$4K Which of these TV shows featured a title character who became pregnant at the age of forty-seven.
A. Alice
B. Rhoda
C. Maude
D. Phyllis
50/50 leaves C. Maude and D. Phyllis.
commercial break
In honor of TV Week, “Millionaire” is giving the contestants and audience copies the new DVD “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” game.
$8K On his show’s pilot episode, what TV dad issued the warning, ‘I am your father. I brought you in this world, and I’ll take you out’?
A. Heathcliff Huxtable
B. Al Bundy
C. Raymond Barone
D. Tim Taylor
$16K What is the name of the fictional advertising agency featured on the acclaimed AMC series “Mad Men”?
A. Spiffy Smythe
B. Jackson Pace
C. Whitney Mayfair
D. Sterling Cooper
Melissa doesn’t know, but decides to take a guess. She seems to be leaning toward Jackson Pace, but them makes one of the others her final answer.
$25K Which of these celebrities has never appeared as a guest judge on “American Idol”?
A. Gladys Knight
B. Dolly Parton
C. Olivia Newton-John
D. Kenny Loggins
commercial break
$50K Who is Lee Stetson?
A. The Fatman in ‘Jake & the Fatman”
B. Wiseguy on “Wiseguy”
C. The Man in “Chico & the Man”
D. Scarecrow in “Scarecrow & Mrs. King”
STQ
$50K A classic episode of “Cheers” features Coach singing a song about Albania to the tune of what standard?
A. Auld Lang Syne
B. When the Saints Go Marching In
C. God Bless America
D. For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
$100K The dramatic 1967 series finale of “The Fugitive” culminates with Dr. Kimble fighting the one-armed man in what location?
A. Cruise ship
B. Graveyard
C. Amusement park
D. Movie theater
commercial break
$250K In an odd ratings gimmick, which of these legal shows once allowed home viewers to vote for the guilty party by calling a 900 number?
A. JAG
B. Matlock
C. Ally McBeal
D. L.A. Law
Melissa decides to leave with $100K.
horn
Answers:
$100 B. Is that your final answer?
$200 D. Tugs her ear
$300 B. The X-Files
$500 D. High school students
$1K A. The Jeffersons
$2K C. Aquaman
$4K C. Maude
$8K A. Heathcliff Huxtable
$16K D. Sterling Cooper
$25K B. Dolly Parton
$50K D. Scarecrow in “Scarecrow & Mrs. King”
$50K B. When the Saints Go Marching In
$100K C. Amusement park
$250K B. Matlock
Melissa Donahue
Newport, RI
Melissa owes TV for her first crush, Tom Selleck in “Magnum”, and the people she calls her friends.
Melissa watches three to four hours of TV a day.
$100 TVLand’s 2006 list of the greatest TV catchphrases includes what entry form “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”?
A. De plane! De plane!
B. Is that your final answer?
C. Live long and prosper
D. This check better not bounce
$200 As a signal to her grandmother, what did Carol Burnett do at the end of each episode of her classic variety show?
A. Do a pirouette
B. Click her heels
C. Ruffle her hair
D. Tug her ear
$300 What TV series’ opening credits usually feature the motto “The Truth Is Out There’?
A. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
B. The X-Files
C. Unsolved Mysteries
D. Touched by an Angel
$500 “21 Jump Street” featured undercover cops typically disguised as what?
A. Pro athletes
B. Soldiers
C. Musicians
D. High school students
ATA
2% A. Pro athletes
0% B. Soldiers
5% C. Musicians
93% D. High school students
All this week, the $1K question will be a TV theme song question.
Meredith will read the question and then the audience will sing part of a theme song.
$1K The following upbeat lyrics are featured in the theme song for what sitcom?
[singing] Fish don’t fry in the kitchen, Beans don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin’, Just to get up that hill.[/singing]
A. The Jeffersons
B. The Facts of Life
C. Mr. Belvedere
D. Good Times
$2K On the HBO series “Entourage,” Vincent Chase stars in a fictional James Cameron movie about what superhero?
A. Hawkman
B. Green Lantern
C. Aquaman
D. Captain America
PAF – Rachel, a friend of Melissa’s
After Melissa gives the choices, someone almost immediately says “Aquaman.”
Rachel says “Aquaman, it’s Kim and she’s certain.”
$4K Which of these TV shows featured a title character who became pregnant at the age of forty-seven.
A. Alice
B. Rhoda
C. Maude
D. Phyllis
50/50 leaves C. Maude and D. Phyllis.
commercial break
In honor of TV Week, “Millionaire” is giving the contestants and audience copies the new DVD “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” game.
$8K On his show’s pilot episode, what TV dad issued the warning, ‘I am your father. I brought you in this world, and I’ll take you out’?
A. Heathcliff Huxtable
B. Al Bundy
C. Raymond Barone
D. Tim Taylor
$16K What is the name of the fictional advertising agency featured on the acclaimed AMC series “Mad Men”?
A. Spiffy Smythe
B. Jackson Pace
C. Whitney Mayfair
D. Sterling Cooper
Melissa doesn’t know, but decides to take a guess. She seems to be leaning toward Jackson Pace, but them makes one of the others her final answer.
$25K Which of these celebrities has never appeared as a guest judge on “American Idol”?
A. Gladys Knight
B. Dolly Parton
C. Olivia Newton-John
D. Kenny Loggins
commercial break
$50K Who is Lee Stetson?
A. The Fatman in ‘Jake & the Fatman”
B. Wiseguy on “Wiseguy”
C. The Man in “Chico & the Man”
D. Scarecrow in “Scarecrow & Mrs. King”
STQ
$50K A classic episode of “Cheers” features Coach singing a song about Albania to the tune of what standard?
A. Auld Lang Syne
B. When the Saints Go Marching In
C. God Bless America
D. For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
$100K The dramatic 1967 series finale of “The Fugitive” culminates with Dr. Kimble fighting the one-armed man in what location?
A. Cruise ship
B. Graveyard
C. Amusement park
D. Movie theater
commercial break
$250K In an odd ratings gimmick, which of these legal shows once allowed home viewers to vote for the guilty party by calling a 900 number?
A. JAG
B. Matlock
C. Ally McBeal
D. L.A. Law
Melissa decides to leave with $100K.
horn
Answers:
$100 B. Is that your final answer?
$200 D. Tugs her ear
$300 B. The X-Files
$500 D. High school students
$1K A. The Jeffersons
$2K C. Aquaman
$4K C. Maude
$8K A. Heathcliff Huxtable
$16K D. Sterling Cooper
$25K B. Dolly Parton
$50K D. Scarecrow in “Scarecrow & Mrs. King”
$50K B. When the Saints Go Marching In
$100K C. Amusement park
$250K B. Matlock