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London Pfahler
Upland, CA

At the show's opening, Meredith stands next to London, introducing her with, "This massage therapist is living in her parents' garage. It's a good thing they let her out, so she can win a million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

London is living in the garage because there's no extra room in the garage, so all they could think of was to take some stuff out of the garage and "fill it up with me."

Meredith wants to know, "So where's the car?"

The car is in the front of the driveway and it's wrecked because her dad got rear-ended, so it's smashed in sitting in the driveway and they can't tow it until it's permanently his and they obviously can't put it in the garage because she's in there, so there's nowhere to put it.

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The expert, as he has been all week, is million-dollar winner John Carpenter. He's been perfect this week.

$100 -- Can't Touch That
If you wanted to describe an object as undesirable, you would most likely say, "I wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot" what?
A. Ladder, B. Pole
C. Rope, D. Britney Spears album

Answer

B. Pole (10)

$200 -- Carrot-Top
The comedian Carrot Top has a "carrot-top," which means he sports which of these physical features?
A. Blue eyes, B. Big ears
C. Red hair, D. Long legs

Answer

C. Red hair (10)

$300 -- Tough Choices
The eternal question "Ginger or Mary Ann" asks men to choose between two characters on what classic TV show?
A. M*A*S*H, B. Gilligan's Island
C. My Three Sons, D. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Answer

B. Gilligan's Island (9)

$500 -- Teething Tots
Perhaps alluding to the diets of very small children, deciduous or "baby" teeth are also known as what?
A. Bread teeth, B. Fruit teeth
C. Steak teeth, D. Milk teeth

London needs to ATA (7)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 4%
C. 2%
D. 93%

Answer

D. Milk teeth (6)

$1000 -- Two Steps Back
Which of the following is the name of a wildly popular brand of foam clogs?
A. Crocs, B. Rhinos
C. Chimps, D. Hippos

Answer

A. Crocs (11)

Meredith notes, "That one was easy for you. You've got a thousand dollars."

$2000 -- Mambo Italiano
In Italian, the "@" sign found in e-mail addresses is known as "chiocciola" because it's also the work for what similarly-shaped animal?
A. Snail, B. Butterfly
C. Centipede, D. Spider

Answer

A. Snail (25)

$4000 -- Not Again
In 2009, what famously reclusive author sued to prevent the publication of an unauthorized sequel to "The Catcher in the Rye"?
A. Thomas Pynchon, B. Harper Lee
C. Cormac McCarthy, D. J.D. Salinger

ATE (19)

John's been doing a great job all week. Meredith thinks he's gotten every single one right. John's just trying to help.

Spoiler

Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger. After London asks him a couple of times, John agrees that he's 100% sure.

Answer

D. J.D. Salinger (18)

Commercial break

$8000 -- Chem Lab
In recent headlines, health concerns about bisphenol A focus on the chemical's presence in what everyday item?
A. Cigarettes, B. Hand soap
C. Artificial sweeteners, D. Plastic drink bottles

PAF (18)

London's PAF line-up is:

Terri (Upland, CA), her mother
Brian (Upland, CA), her father
Brian-Nick (Upland, CA), her brother

She chooses her dad, Brian.

Brian helped London prepare for the game.

He needs "bisphenol" spelled. He's not sure, he would have to say . . . . buzzer

DD (2)

London's first answer is correct.

Answer

D. Plastic drink bottles (2)

It looks like London may be about to cry. She's okay, though. She had an inkling because there's been a lot of talk about this lately (Transcriber's note -- the California Legislature has been vigorously debating a bill to ban the use of the chemical in

Spoiler

baby bottles

) but she wasn't sure. Her dad said that if she's not positive, to use her lifelines and she did. Meredith notes, "You used him; he didn't know."

$16,000 -- Names in the News
A familiar face in the ongoing economic situation, Timothy Geithner currently holds what job?
A. CEO of Citibank, B. Federal Reserve Chairman
C. White House Counsel, D. Secretary of the Treasury

London has no clue. She wishes she could use her lifeline for this one. She's going to walk away with her $8,000.

Answer

D. Secretary of the Treasury (8)

Going into the commercial break, we are introduced to the on-deck contestant, Alan Carver of Federal Way, WA

Commercial break

I'm going to guess audition. I'm sorry, even as a chemistry major, I can forgive bisphenol, but you have to have been living under a rock not to know or have heard about Timothy Geithner in recent news.

A rarity for me, not even ATA use through $16K and without breathing too hard from the comfort of my computer chair.

One of these days, I've gotta read me some Salinger. Questions on his books come up way too often.

And I agree with hanzz. Pay attention to current events and those in power, people!!

I'm sorry, I've been trying to turn over a new leaf and be nice to contestants because I understand the Hot Seat is pressure-packed, but if you're playing a trivia game, ya GOTTA be up on current events.

And I may have even cut her some slack on that, but to have to ATA on the friggin' $500 question? One that, again, had the clue to the answer in the question (although not completely clear-cut a clue, since it said "small children" and not "babies")?

And her father may have helped her prepare for the game but didn't spend time on PAF management, seemingly.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:At the show's opening, Meredith stands next to London, introducing her with, "This massage therapist is living in her parents' garage. It's a good thing they let her out, so she can win a million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

Meredith has been getting better lately at calling the show by its proper name.

$8K: Never heard of this chemical. Let's try the audience, since the question said this chemical has been in recent headlines.

Did this lady make to the RoF via an audition or the Phone Game?  She seemed very unprepared to play the game.  Also, we have yet another person who doesn't seem to pay attention to current events. I knew both the chemical question and the question about what Tim Geithner does-it helps to read/listen to the news.  As another person said, if you're going to be on a game show that involves trivia questions, you should brush up on stuff like recent headlines and current Cabinet members. 

Kazoo65 wrote:As another person said, if you're going to be on a game show that involves trivia questions, you should brush up on stuff like recent headlines and current Cabinet members. 

To heck with the game show! If you want to know what's going on in the world and not be led by the nose to inane opinions by bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and television hosts and oped writers, you should know - not just "brush up on", but KNOW - about recent headlines and federal officials. It's part of being a citizen, not just a user of resources and good oxygen.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:London Pfahler
Upland, CA

At the show's opening, Meredith stands next to London, introducing her with, "This massage therapist is living in her parents' garage. It's a good thing they let her out, so she can win a million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

London is living in the garage because there's no extra room in the garage, so all they could think of was to take some stuff out of the garage and "fill it up with me."

Meredith wants to know, "So where's the car?"

The car is in the front of the driveway and it's wrecked because her dad got rear-ended, so it's smashed in sitting in the driveway and they can't tow it until it's permanently his and they obviously can't put it in the garage because she's in there, so there's nowhere to put it.

She's living in the garage - another "times are tough" hotseater.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500 -- Teething Tots
Perhaps alluding to the diets of very small children, deciduous or "baby" teeth are also known as what?
A. Bread teeth, B. Fruit teeth
C. Steak teeth, D. Milk teeth

London needs to ATA (7)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 4%
C. 2%
D. 93%

Answer

D. Milk teeth (6)

Giving London the benefit of the doubt, this is one of those questions that could have been answered without the pressure of TDC®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4000 -- Not Again
In 2009, what famously reclusive author sued to prevent the publication of an unauthorized sequel to "The Catcher in the Rye"?
A. Thomas Pynchon, B. Harper Lee
C. Cormac McCarthy, D. J.D. Salinger

ATE (19)

John's been doing a great job all week. Meredith thinks he's gotten every single one right. John's just trying to help.

Spoiler

Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger. After London asks him a couple of times, John agrees that he's 100% sure.

Answer

D. J.D. Salinger (18)

I guess she didn't have to read "Catcher" in high school.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8000 -- Chem Lab
In recent headlines, health concerns about bisphenol A focus on the chemical's presence in what everyday item?
A. Cigarettes, B. Hand soap
C. Artificial sweeteners, D. Plastic drink bottles

PAF (18)

London's PAF line-up is:

Terri (Upland, CA), her mother
Brian (Upland, CA), her father
Brian-Nick (Upland, CA), her brother

She chooses her dad, Brian.

Brian helped London prepare for the game.

He needs "bisphenol" spelled. He's not sure, he would have to say . . . . buzzer

DD (2)

London's first answer is correct.

Answer

D. Plastic drink bottles (2)

All in all it seems that London's relative youth is working against her. Most parents of young children would probably know this one, as would those who do a lot of exercising and have their own water bottles. This might be an easy Google, but London didn't bother to spell "bisphenol" for her dad.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000 -- Names in the News
A familiar face in the ongoing economic situation, Timothy Geithner currently holds what job?
A. CEO of Citibank, B. Federal Reserve Chairman
C. White House Counsel, D. Secretary of the Treasury

London has no clue. She wishes she could use her lifeline for this one. She's going to walk away with her $8,000.

Answer

D. Secretary of the Treasury (8)

Hmmm...doesn't she realize that she (or more likely her children) are going to be paying off the debt that the government has incurred?

gsabc wrote:

Kazoo65 wrote:As another person said, if you're going to be on a game show that involves trivia questions, you should brush up on stuff like recent headlines and current Cabinet members. 

To heck with the game show! If you want to know what's going on in the world and not be led by the nose to inane opinions by bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and television hosts and oped writers, you should know - not just "brush up on", but KNOW - about recent headlines and federal officials. It's part of being a citizen, not just a user of resources and good oxygen.

If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

gsabc wrote:

Kazoo65 wrote:As another person said, if you're going to be on a game show that involves trivia questions, you should brush up on stuff like recent headlines and current Cabinet members. 

To heck with the game show! If you want to know what's going on in the world and not be led by the nose to inane opinions by bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and television hosts and oped writers, you should know - not just "brush up on", but KNOW - about recent headlines and federal officials. It's part of being a citizen, not just a user of resources and good oxygen.

If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

gsabc wrote:To heck with the game show! If you want to know what's going on in the world and not be led by the nose to inane opinions by bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and television hosts and oped writers, you should know - not just "brush up on", but KNOW - about recent headlines and federal officials. It's part of being a citizen, not just a user of resources and good oxygen.

If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

As longas it's not Larry King...

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

OK, but there will be a pop quiz sometime next week....

lb13

Rexer25 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

As longas it's not Larry King...

Hey, I've actually seen Larry King before, sometimes Judge Judy is on it! Holly was even on it once.....

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Time to give that DVR to someone more worthy of occupying space on this planet......

lb13

gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

OK, but there will be a pop quiz sometime next week....

lb13

I said "record" it......

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

Rexer25 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

As longas it's not Larry King...

Hey, I've actually seen Larry King before, sometimes Judge Judy is on it! Holly was even on it once.....

OMG, I just realized that I can now set it to record JJ so I can watch it whenever I want and not have to slog through the repeats to get to the new ones!

I'm now off to figure out how to do that.....

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
gs is not getting my DVR! How about if I promise to record one hour of CNN per week?

OK, but there will be a pop quiz sometime next week....

lb13

I said "record" it......

If a DVR recording is never watched, does it really exist?

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

OK, but there will be a pop quiz sometime next week....

lb13

I said "record" it......

If a DVR recording is never watched, does it really exist?

lb13

Yes, until it's deleted to record another hour the next week.

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

Rexer25 wrote:
As longas it's not Larry King...

Hey, I've actually seen Larry King before, sometimes Judge Judy is on it! Holly was even on it once.....

OMG, I just realized that I can now set it to record JJ so I can watch it whenever I want and not have to slog through the repeats to get to the new ones!

I'm now off to figure out how to do that.....

But I look good, even in the repeats.....

Byrd wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Hey, I've actually seen Larry King before, sometimes Judge Judy is on it! Holly was even on it once.....

OMG, I just realized that I can now set it to record JJ so I can watch it whenever I want and not have to slog through the repeats to get to the new ones!

I'm now off to figure out how to do that.....

But I look good, even in the repeats.....

Of course I will save all episodes where Byrd has a speaking part other than the docket announcements. Especially when JJ cracks him up, my Byrd looks so cute when he laughs....

Also when somebody gets too out of hand and Byrd has to go over there and get mean with them and shut them up or escort them from the courtroom.

Southpaw Fanny wrote:

gsabc wrote:

Kazoo65 wrote:As another person said, if you're going to be on a game show that involves trivia questions, you should brush up on stuff like recent headlines and current Cabinet members. 

To heck with the game show! If you want to know what's going on in the world and not be led by the nose to inane opinions by bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and television hosts and oped writers, you should know - not just "brush up on", but KNOW - about recent headlines and federal officials. It's part of being a citizen, not just a user of resources and good oxygen.

If you don't know whats going on in the word, you probably don't pay attention to radio and television hosts and op-ed writers in the first place.

Signed,

User of resources and whatever oxygen there happens to be in the air here.

Okay, my wording wasn't the best. The point was that more people know the latest "American Idol" winner than know who their Congresscritter or Senators are, let alone major Cabinet secretaries.

I suppose that if you're listening to the bloviating, self-aggrandizing radio and TV hosts, you're assimilating SOME information in this vein. The overall information content may be suspect, but they do usually get the names and titles correct.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:London Pfahler
Upland, CA$500 -- Teething Tots
Perhaps alluding to the diets of very small children, deciduous or "baby" teeth are also known as what?
A. Bread teeth, B. Fruit teeth
C. Steak teeth, D. Milk teeth

London needs to ATA (7)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 4%
C. 2%
D. 93%

Answer

D. Milk teeth (6)

Hmm, that can't be a good sign...

$16,000 -- Names in the News
A familiar face in the ongoing economic situation, Timothy Geithner currently holds what job?
A. CEO of Citibank, B. Federal Reserve Chairman
C. White House Counsel, D. Secretary of the Treasury

London has no clue. She wishes she could use her lifeline for this one. She's going to walk away with her $8,000.

Answer

D. Secretary of the Treasury (8)

Commercial break

Yeah, that seems about right.

Seems like a (slightly) kinder and gentler CindyBAM so far, not that many of the cast members are taking advantage.

Mention of Carpenter also reminds me, since Carver was the carry over I presume he loses Carpenter, who seems a decent ATE, for whomever or whatever comes next. It would seem the odds would not be in his favor to get someone equal or better given the usual suspects used as ATE's in the recent past.

Not that he needs it since he is going to win a million dollars!

You are a prophet!

*Grumpy old lady Alert*

okay, aside from the contestant's aforementioned seeming lack of qualification for the show...

What the heck is that ridiculous display London and other "youngins" do all the time these days? Ya know, the tongue sticking out, along with outstretched fists wagging the forefingers and pinkies? WHAT IS THAT? And, WhY? Does "it" have a name? Another younger contestant did it recently as well on the Regis run, iirc. It just looks so damn stupid!

there. i feel better now.

secondchance wrote:*Grumpy old lady Alert*

okay, aside from the contestant's aforementioned seeming lack of qualification for the show...

What the heck is that ridiculous display London and other "youngins" do all the time these days? Ya know, the tongue sticking out, along with outstretched fists wagging the forefingers and pinkies? WHAT IS THAT? And, WhY? Does "it" have a name? Another younger contestant did it recently as well on the Regis run, iirc. It just looks so damn stupid!

there. i feel better now.

Well...you've heard of "jazz hands"...this is "rock hands".