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Andrei Giglevitch
Rock Tavern, NY
NYPD Sergeant

Everyone calls him Gig.

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$100 Which of these films humorously depicts the difficulties of raising twelve children?
A. You, Me and Dupree
B. Cheaper by the Dozen
C. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
D. Twelve Angry Nannies

Spoiler

B. Cheaper by the Dozen (5)

$200 On its menu, the world’s largest fast-food chain offers numerous items with names that incorporate what prefix?
A. San-
B. Von-
C. Mc-
D. Del-

Spoiler

C. Mc- (6)

$300 “Half past three” is a way of expressing which of these times?
A. 3:15
B. 3:30
C. 3:45
D. 3:55

Spoiler

B. 3:30 (5)

$500 In medicine, the term “salve” refers to what type of treatment?
A. An ointment
B. A syrup
C. An injection
D. A pill

ATA (10)

89% A. An ointment
5% B. A syrup
3% C. An injection
3% D. A pill

Spoiler

A. An ointment ( 8 )

$1K Fittingly, the Liberty Bell is featured in the logo of what Major League Baseball team?
A. Atlanta Braves
B. Cincinnati Reds
C. Milwaukee Brewers
D. Philadelphia Phillies

Spoiler

D. Philadelphia Phillies ( 8 )

commercial break

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, Will Dana, managing editor of “Rolling Stone” magazine.

$2K Perhaps a reference to a popular garnish, “Three Olives” is the name for a British brand of what?
A. Beer
B. Iced tea
C. Vodka
D. Wine

ATE (19)

Will says the answer isn’t instantly obvious to him. “I would guess vodka. Olives don’t really go with beer or wine or iced tea. You can at least put an olive in your martini. I’m telling you that that’s a guess.”

Spoiler

C. Vodka (12)

$4K The 2008 thriller “Transsiberian” takes place primarily aboard a train traveling from Beijing to what city?
A. Moscow
B. Cairo
C. Delhi
D. Cape Town

Spoiler

A. Moscow (23)

$8K In part because of its rounded shape and leathery green skin, what fruit is also known as an “alligator pear”?
A. Cantaloupe
B. Pineapple
C. Coconut
D. Avocado

Spoiler

D. Avocado (22)

commercial break

$16K On a wildly popular kids’ TV show, Tasha, Tyrone, Pablo, Austin and Uniqua are better known as the what ?
A. Rugrats
B. Backyardigans
C. Animaniacs
D. Tiny Toons

Spoiler

B. Backyardigans (20)

$25K The presentation of a colorful “gypsy robe” to an ensemble’s most seasoned player is a decades-old tradition among whom?
A. Circus clowns
B. Broadway performers
C. Ballet dancers
D. Opera singers

PAF (24)

Gig’s PAF team:

Blanca from Syracuse, NY – Gig’s sister
Vladimir from Monroe, NY
Steve from Monroe, NY - (BB moonie)

PAF – Blanca

Gig reads the question and choices. He says gypsy rose instead of gypsy robe.
Meredith corrects Gig when he finishes giving the choices with about fifteen seconds left on the clock.
Blanca says she isn’t sure, but it sounds like it might be like a um dancing as time expires.

Gig: If it runs out, I keep the $16K, correct?
Meredith: Mm-Hmm. Or you can DD. But you would go down to a thousand - -
Gig: I can’t . I going to take my money and good fortune and go home.

He says if he had to guess, he would go with ballet dancers.

Spoiler

B. Broadway performers ( 0 )

horn

Answers:
$100 B. Cheaper by the Dozen
$200 C. Mc-
$300 B. 3:30
$500 A. An ointment
$1K D. Philadelphia Phillies
$2K C. Vodka
$4K A. Moscow
$8K D. Avocado
$16K B. Backyardigans
$25K B. Broadway performers

Should the word in the $500 question have been "salve"?

elwoodblues wrote:Should the word in the $500 question have been "salve"?

Why, yes it should.

He's a WE as Rock Tavern, NY is by Newburgh.

Bob Juch wrote:He's a WE as Rock Tavern, NY is by Newburgh.

I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:He's a WE as Rock Tavern, NY is by Newburgh.

I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Bob Juch wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:He's a WE as Rock Tavern, NY is by Newburgh.

I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Okay, I'll buy that reasoning -- but it's still a llloooooonnnnnngggg drive.

elwoodblues wrote:Should the word in the $500 question have been "salve"?

Meredith pronounced it "solve". I've only heard "save" (rhymes with have). Whatever.

His 3rd PAF was me.

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silvercamaro wrote: I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Okay, I'll buy that reasoning -- but it's still a llloooooonnnnnngggg drive.

Quite a few NYC police and firefighters lived just as far out on Long Island, around where I lived when there, and make the long drive to the city. I think the city makes them be residents when they are hired, but afterwards they are free to move and some move a pretty long way. One cousin of mine moved a more reasonable distance from Queens to Seaford, then retired from the NYC PD and moved to Colorado.

moonie wrote:His 3rd PAF was me.

Congrats on the brief face time. I suppose after seeing the question you were either relieved you weren't called or like "Darn I could have helped him."

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silvercamaro wrote: I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Okay, I'll buy that reasoning -- but it's still a llloooooonnnnnngggg drive.

Yep! I have no idea why people tolerate such long commutes.

I work with several people who drive here from Charlotte; that's 75 miles!

Moonie, I'm sorry you didn't even get a mention. Usually Meredith says "your friend or your brother or your boss" something like that. She didn't even mention your name. Bummer. How do you know Gig?

ontellen wrote:Moonie, I'm sorry you didn't even get a mention. Usually Meredith says "your friend or your brother or your boss" something like that. She didn't even mention your name. Bummer. How do you know Gig?

He's one of Moonie's patients. I'm still wondering whether Moonie would have known the answer. (I would not have.) --Bob

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Andrei Giglevitch
Rock Tavern, NY
NYPD Sergeant

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Meredith introduces today’s ATE, Will Dana, managing editor of “Rolling Stone” magazine.

So we toss him only the pop culture questions.

$25K: Never heard of a gypsy robe, though the word gypsy has me leaning toward circus clowns. Will Dana may know this, so I'll try him first. If he doesn't know it, I'll PAF.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Gig’s PAF team:

Blanca from Syracuse, NY – Gig’s sister
Vladimir from Monroe, NY
Steve from Monroe, NY - (BB moonie)

PAF – Blanca

I wonder if Moonie knew this answer.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Andrei Giglevitch
Rock Tavern, NY
NYPD Sergeant

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Meredith introduces today’s ATE, Will Dana, managing editor of “Rolling Stone” magazine.

So we toss him only the pop culture questions.

$25K: Never heard of a gypsy robe, though the word gypsy has me leaning toward circus clowns. Will Dana may know this, so I'll try him first. If he doesn't know it, I'll PAF.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Gig’s PAF team:

Blanca from Syracuse, NY – Gig’s sister
Vladimir from Monroe, NY
Steve from Monroe, NY - (BB moonie)

PAF – Blanca

I wonder if Moonie knew this answer.

Gypsies are chorus members. The robe is awarded on opening night to the most experienced one.

Andrei is one of my patients. A great guy, he taped this in October and has been waiting for the airdate ever since.

If he had called me, I would have leaned toward "Opera Singer", as I can picture one of those in a robe, for some reason. However, my 14yr old Jordan KNEW the correct answer, as she is a Broadway fanatic (and saw a reference to this while seeing "Legally Blonde". (Now, would I have trusted her answer in the heat of a phone call? That is the question!)


Im sorta bummed she didnt mention who the PAFs 'were'. (Warning, Delusion of Grandeur-alert) If she had said "Chiropractor", I wonder if she would have remembered me (why not, I had a whole 9 minutes on that show).

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silvercamaro wrote: I've been to Newburgh. I don't consider that WE territory. That seems absolutely upstate.

He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Okay, I'll buy that reasoning -- but it's still a llloooooonnnnnngggg drive.

The cost of living has been driving people further and further away from NYC, despite the outrageously long commute.

Also, Newburgh is still in the WABC viewing area, which has always been our more general definition for Where Else.

BTW, did anyone else think that Andrei looked like a young Spiro Agnew?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob Juch wrote: He's with the New York City Police Department. If he can commute, he's a WE.

Okay, I'll buy that reasoning -- but it's still a llloooooonnnnnngggg drive.

The cost of living has been driving people further and further away from NYC, despite the outrageously long commute.

Also, Newburgh is still in the WABC viewing area, which has always been our more general definition for Where Else.

When I lived in Danbury, CT, you would have called me a WE (TM), I suppose.

Jeemie wrote:When I lived in Danbury, CT, you would have called me a WE (TM), I suppose.

Certainly!

Didn't you get the NYC TV channels, there? Didn't some of your neighbors commute to the city?

Where Else!

I'm curious to see if you think if Monticello, NY is WE territory? We do get the NY stations and we are 90 miles from NYC - although very few people commute from there (I always thought of Middletown to be the farthest point in our direction that had a significant number of commuters to NYC). Although I haven't lived there for over 25 years, I was there for a month when I tried out for BAM nearly a year ago.

BTW, Moonie - I see you are from Monroe - did you grow up there? I taught at Monroe-Woodbury H.S. for a year back in 1980-81 and was wondering if on some off chance we might have crossed paths? I also did a stint on their volunteer ambulance service.

---Jay

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Jeemie wrote:When I lived in Danbury, CT, you would have called me a WE (TM), I suppose.

Certainly!

Didn't you get the NYC TV channels, there? Didn't some of your neighbors commute to the city?

Where Else!

Yes to both- but Danbury has a completely different character than New York and its surrounding burbs.

And how is this any different than most of the J! contestants coming from the LA area?

WE/WE- I can see you grumbling (TM) about.

The geographical WE on its own?

Not so much.

frogman042 wrote:I'm curious to see if you think if Monticello, NY is WE territory? We do get the NY stations and we are 90 miles from NYC - although very few people commute from there (I always thought of Middletown to be the farthest point in our direction that had a significant number of commuters to NYC). Although I haven't lived there for over 25 years, I was there for a month when I tried out for BAM nearly a year ago.

Hey, a definition is a definition, right?

Although, if we were to assign degrees of Where Elseness, Monticello would be much less WE than anyplace that can get to the studio using the subway.

The whole point of our mentioning Where Else, remember, is to highlight what a disproportionately large percentage of contestants come from this area--something that was not true back when they used the Phone Game. There's a big country out there, Elsewhere!

MarleysGh0st wrote:

frogman042 wrote:I'm curious to see if you think if Monticello, NY is WE territory? We do get the NY stations and we are 90 miles from NYC - although very few people commute from there (I always thought of Middletown to be the farthest point in our direction that had a significant number of commuters to NYC). Although I haven't lived there for over 25 years, I was there for a month when I tried out for BAM nearly a year ago.

Hey, a definition is a definition, right?

Although, if we were to assign degrees of Where Elseness, Monticello would be much less WE than anyplace that can get to the studio using the subway.

The whole point of our mentioning Where Else, remember, is to highlight what a disproportionately large percentage of contestants come from this area--something that was not true back when they used the Phone Game. There's a big country out there, Elsewhere!

So, does that make me a Wee-WE?