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Lisa Dziadulewicz (Bored Buddy: shevegas)
Sheboygan, WI
Stay-at-home mom

[Your transcriptionist missed Lisa's introduction when the beginning of the episode began repeating after the commercial, instead of the start of the second segment.]

Question Topics:
* 1555
* The Supremes
* War Heroes
* Search Engines
* Kid Lit
* Famous Firsts
* Agatha Christie
* CELEBRITY Q
* Movie Cameos
* Medicine
* Team Names
* VIP Vehicles
* Restaurant Chains
* Rappers
* Stay in School

$500 * Stay in School
What does a teacher typically call out when "taking attendance"?

A: Titles of books B: Names of students
C: Answers to math problems D: Principal's credit card numbers

Answer

B: Names of students ( 7 )

$1,000 * Rappers
Not surprisingly, which of these rappers has a greatest hits collection that features a song titled "Woof!"?

A: Eminem B: Snoop Dogg
C: Jay-Z D: LL Cool J

Answer

B: Snoop Dogg ( 10 )

$2,000 * Restaurant Chains
Several varieties of syrup are typically on each dining table at which of these restaurant chains?

A: Red Lobster B: Pizza Hut
C: IHOP D: McDonald's

Answer

C: IHOP ( 10 )

$3,000 * VIP Vehicles
While Air Force One is the president's official airplane, Marine One is what type of vehicle?

A: Limousine B: Helicopter
C: Submarine D: Barge

Lisa is sure she knows this, but with 8 seconds left, she decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 0% B: 52% C: 39% D: 9%

That's what Lisa was thinking, too.

Answer

B: Helicopter ( 4 )

$5,000 * Team Names
In a nod to a local industry, Tulsa, Oklahoma is home to a minor league baseball team with what nickname?

A: The Lobstermen B: The Astronauts
C: The Drillers D: The Surfers

Answer

C: The Drillers ( 9 )

$7,500 * Medicine
"Tension pneumothorax" is the scientific term for what medical concern?

A: Slipped disk B: Goiter
C: Collapsed lung D: Heartburn

Answer

C: Collapsed lung ( 20 )

-- Commercial Break --

Lisa and her friends have been trying to have a ladies' night out for a long time. Coming to Millionaire has finally given them a chance to do that. Lisa's buddies, Tatiana, Edie and Laura are in the audience

$10,000 * Movie Cameos
In the 2009 movie "The Hangover," what eccentric celeb cameos as the owner of a stolen tiger?

A: Mike Tyson B: Kiefer Sutherland
C: Christopher Walken D: Joaquin Phoenix

Lisa never saw the movie. With 23 seconds left, she decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: <growls> The one movie I didn't see! Okay, not Mike Tyson. You know, I really feel like it's Christopher Walken.

Lisa: That's what my thought was. But if you had a second choice, what would it be?

René: I would say Joaquin Phoenix, but I'm going to tell you why I don't think it's him, because had it been him, we would have heard about it, because everyone would have said, "Look! He's shaved!" You know, because he's all hairy, again.

Lisa: That's right. He's in the whole band thing.

René: Right. Exactly. I actually think Christopher Walken. And not Kiefer Sutherland, no.

Lisa: All right!

Lisa: Let's go for it. C: Christopher Walken, final answer.

Answer

A: Mike Tyson ( 19 )

Lisa falls to $5,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 * VIP Vehicles
While Air Force One is the president's official airplane, Marine One is what type of vehicle?

A: Limousine B: Helicopter
C: Submarine D: Barge

Lisa is sure she knows this, but with 8 seconds left, she decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 0% B: 52% C: 39% D: 9%

That's what Lisa was thinking, too.

Answer

B: Helicopter ( 4 )

39% of the audience thinks the president gets his own submarine? Cool!

And to think that this was a $3,000 (formerly $500) question...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 * Movie Cameos
In the 2009 movie "The Hangover," what eccentric celeb cameos as the owner of a stolen tiger?

A: Mike Tyson B: Kiefer Sutherland
C: Christopher Walken D: Joaquin Phoenix

Lisa never saw the movie. With 23 seconds left, she decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: <growls> The one movie I didn't see! Okay, not Mike Tyson. You know, I really feel like it's Christopher Walken.

Lisa: That's what my thought was. But if you had a second choice, what would it be?

René: I would say Joaquin Phoenix, but I'm going to tell you why I don't think it's him, because had it been him, we would have heard about it, because everyone would have said, "Look! He's shaved!" You know, because he's all hairy, again.

Lisa: That's right. He's in the whole band thing.

René: Right. Exactly. I actually think Christopher Walken. And not Kiefer Sutherland, no.

Lisa: All right!

Lisa: Let's go for it. C: Christopher Walken, final answer.

Answer

A: Mike Tyson ( 19 )

Lisa falls to $5,000.

Since René didn't see the movie, I wonder where her hunches were coming from? Simply because Christopher Walken gets lots of eccentric roles? After her whole "I'd guess D, but here's why it's not D" explanation, she never did give Lisa a second choice. 100% Christopher, I guess.

drew scheeler wrote:

What do contestants dream of when they use their ask the expert line? Do they dream of expert experts or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit? Don't you worry your pretty stupid head were gonna give you faulty thoughts that we'll implant in your head! And then we're gonna plug our new, fun book and then were gonna give you an "oops-we're-sorry" look!
<chatter to replace the Dougs>
but if we're not correct and you go with our advice... well then you're sh1t out of luck.

Were the contestant and Syler living under a rock for the last year?(Maybe the same rock?)

Mike Tyson's cameo and lip synching to "In the Air Tonight" was all over the place.

Appa23 wrote:Were the contestant and Syler living under a rock for the last year?(Maybe the same rock?)

Mike Tyson's cameo and lip synching to "In the Air Tonight" was all over the place.

Before even seeing the movie I remember a lot of friends talking about the Tyson appearance and the in the air tonight rendition. Im sure it was mentioned in the news somewhere.

Appa23 wrote:Were the contestant and Syler living under a rock for the last year?(Maybe the same rock?)

Mike Tyson's cameo and lip synching to "In the Air Tonight" was all over the place.

Not all over my place.

Here's an article about Lisa's appearance.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/2 ... naire-show

On the $10,000 question, Dziadulewicz tried asking the "expert" — a lifeline currently featuring journalist and author Rene Syler — but Syler didn't know the answer either. She called it, "The one movie I didn't see," and recommended Walken.

Dziadulewicz said she was foiled by a rule change on the show, which removed the long-standing Phone a Friend lifeline in favor of the expert. The change was made a week before Dziadulewicz's show was taped and after she had friends lined up.

She checked later with the friend she would have called and was told they knew the Mike Tyson answer.

"I wish I'd done better, sure, everybody does, but you know, it was fun, I got some money, got out of the house without my kids," Dziadulewicz said. "It was a good experience. … I can't say bad about it, I just wish they hadn't taken away my Phone a Friend."

<grumble>®

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Appa23 wrote:Were the contestant and Syler living under a rock for the last year?(Maybe the same rock?)

Mike Tyson's cameo and lip synching to "In the Air Tonight" was all over the place.

Not all over my place.

I'm with Marley here. Never saw it or hear of it. I guess I live under that rock Appa was talking about.

kay

kayrharris wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Appa23 wrote:Were the contestant and Syler living under a rock for the last year?(Maybe the same rock?)

Mike Tyson's cameo and lip synching to "In the Air Tonight" was all over the place.

Not all over my place.

I'm with Marley here. Never saw it or hear of it. I guess I live under that rock Appa was talking about.

kay

Move over! It's getting crowded down here.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 * VIP Vehicles
While Air Force One is the president's official airplane, Marine One is what type of vehicle?

A: Limousine B: Helicopter
C: Submarine D: Barge

This would've been disaster for me. First thing I had in mind when I saw the question was a boat... and with two watercraft on the board, I would've asked the audience. Seeing the 52-39 breakdown, with one answer that I did not consider beating out one answer that I did consider, I would've had to burn Double Dip. Submarine first, helicopter second.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 * Movie Cameos
In the 2009 movie "The Hangover," what eccentric celeb cameos as the owner of a stolen tiger?

A: Mike Tyson B: Kiefer Sutherland
C: Christopher Walken D: Joaquin Phoenix

I didn't see this movie, but I know that Mike Tyson figured quite prominently in the promos. Plus, Tyson was present at the Golden Globes last week and went up to the stage to help accept the Best Musical/Comedy award for "The Hangover". (Yes, I know. This show was taped long before the Golden Globes, but Tyson was fresh on my mind.)

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 * VIP Vehicles
While Air Force One is the president's official airplane, Marine One is what type of vehicle?

A: Limousine B: Helicopter
C: Submarine D: Barge

This would've been disaster for me. First thing I had in mind when I saw the question was a boat... and with two watercraft on the board, I would've asked the audience.

So you think it's likely there would be an official presidential barge? Really?

Estonut wrote:

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 * VIP Vehicles
While Air Force One is the president's official airplane, Marine One is what type of vehicle?

A: Limousine B: Helicopter
C: Submarine D: Barge

This would've been disaster for me. First thing I had in mind when I saw the question was a boat... and with two watercraft on the board, I would've asked the audience.

So you think it's likely there would be an official presidential barge? Really?

Yes, really. I don't pay attention to the names of the president's vehicles or even what vehicles the president has, except for Air Force One.

Such alot of interesting comments. Mind if I chime in?


Now then. I must agree, I screwed up royally. I never should have used the audience for the Marine 1 question. Dammit, I knew that one. However, on the early questions they generally throw a hint your way, and the hint seemed to point away from what I thought. Given a little bit of time, I would have noodled it out, but I was getting so flustered with the time limit I asked the audience just to give myself some time to think.

As to the movie question - no, I haven't been living under a rock for the last year. However, I do have 4 kids, two of which are two and under, and the only movies I've seen in the last ten years have involved cartoon characters or wizards - sometimes both. My TV watching is pretty limited as well. If you want to know the names of all the characters in Yo Gabba Gabba! I'm your girl. Movies about drunk guys - eh, not so much. I do read People and Entertainment, but that only goes so far. I, along with everyone else that week, should never have listened to the "expert". I was too focused on trying to get to the $25,000 level with the Agatha Christie catagory, where I would have totally rocked the house.

Afterwords, I was pretty depressed. You don't take someone's dream they've held onto for ten years and smash it into teeny tiny bits without some degree of fallout. Even the lovely note from Ms. Vierra did only a bit to lighten my mood. But gradually, I came out of it. And then came the airdate.

Now, you gotta realize that every day is a slow news day in Sheboygan. Sure I did a little phone interview, but I didn't expect much out of it. So when I went to the gym Thursday morning, I was a bit shocked to see my picture and story taking up the majority of the front page. They know me at the gym pretty well, so I got quite a bit of acclaim. Flushed with recognition, I sallied forth to Target to shop and greet the adoring throngs. Alas, no such luck, as indifference was the primary response I received. Buying 4 copies of the paper at the gas station did get some response (and to best understand this, you have to picture your best "Fargo" accent on the part of the cashier).

Me: 4 copies of the "Press", please.

Cashier: 4 copies? Who ya know in dere?

Me: Well, me. I don't get on the front page that often.

Cashier: Oh, dat's you? Dats a good picture dere. Better that than one with numbers across yer chest, yah?

So much for fame. I briefly considered buying some porn, or perhaps a fifth of Jack Daniels and some smokes, figuring that best way to get noticed is to do something highly embarassing. But I decided not to, and instead went to the local Pick N Save. If I'm not at home, that's generally where you'll find me, so I had high hopes of positive feedback. I was not disappointed, and I basked in the adulation of my Pick N Save buddies.

Saturday was another story. My results were banished to the back page, while the front was taken up with a story about Jiffy, the frozen dog. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Jiffy saga - all of you, I'm guessing, - Jiffy was found frozen to the sidewalk last year when his owners left him outside overnight. Because the dog was so obese, he survived, and is now happy and healthy with new owners. Yeah. The End.) How fleeting indeed is fame.

The comments afterwords were generally of two types. The first? A brief pause, and then "Well, you looked really good!" Which is good. If you can't do good, at least you can look good. The second was, "That expert really sucked!" Again, not a comment I will deny.

The silver lining in all this? Finally, I can relax when I'm reading and watching TV. No more obsessive thinking, "Oh, that's a fact! File that one away!" No more caring about things I'm supremely uninterested in. World Series winner? Already forgotten. Which wrist Hillary broke this year? Couldn't tell you. And finally, after I got back and was blindly searching for some other focus, I decided to apply for a position as a community columnist at the Milwaukee paper. This month, I found out I was accepted, and will be starting next month. Goodbye, Millionaire fame. Hello, people pissed off at me for what I write!

(Please excuse the typos. My kids just woke up, and I don't have time to proofread.)

Welcome back, shevegas, and thanks for letting us know this is you.

Totally rotten that you were one of the first to go without the PAF.

shevegas wrote:Buying 4 copies of the paper at the gas station did get some response (and to best understand this, you have to picture your best "Fargo" accent on the part of the cashier).

Me: 4 copies of the "Press", please.

Cashier: 4 copies? Who ya know in dere?

Me: Well, me. I don't get on the front page that often.

Cashier: Oh, dat's you? Dats a good picture dere. Better that than one with numbers across yer chest, yah?

You betcha!

Lisa,

Please drop by from time to time, even with your new job, and even though you'll probably piss-off some people here too.

You're one of us.

Welcome back, Lisa. I hope you'll stick around. We need more funny writers around here!

BTW, no matter what you say now, keep filing those trivia facts in the backof your brain. If you haven't been on Jeopardy already, it's only a year away until you will be eligible to try out for the opportunity to meet Mr. Trebek. Why, you say? Because that's what we do! It's the curse of caring about remembering things in the first place.

MarleysGh0st wrote:
39% of the audience thinks the president gets his own submarine? Cool!

Roosevelt had a presidential yacht.

If Obama had a presidential sub, would it be the USS Alobama?

Thousandaire wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
39% of the audience thinks the president gets his own submarine? Cool!

Roosevelt had a presidential yacht.

If Obama had a presidential sub, would it be the USS Alobama?

LOL.

shevegas wrote:Such alot of interesting comments. Mind if I chime in?


Now then. I must agree, I screwed up royally. I never should have used the audience for the Marine 1 question. Dammit, I knew that one. However, on the early questions they generally throw a hint your way, and the hint seemed to point away from what I thought. Given a little bit of time, I would have noodled it out, but I was getting so flustered with the time limit I asked the audience just to give myself some time to think.

As to the movie question - no, I haven't been living under a rock for the last year. However, I do have 4 kids, two of which are two and under, and the only movies I've seen in the last ten years have involved cartoon characters or wizards - sometimes both. My TV watching is pretty limited as well. If you want to know the names of all the characters in Yo Gabba Gabba! I'm your girl. Movies about drunk guys - eh, not so much. I do read People and Entertainment, but that only goes so far. I, along with everyone else that week, should never have listened to the "expert". I was too focused on trying to get to the $25,000 level with the Agatha Christie catagory, where I would have totally rocked the house.

Afterwords, I was pretty depressed. You don't take someone's dream they've held onto for ten years and smash it into teeny tiny bits without some degree of fallout. Even the lovely note from Ms. Vierra did only a bit to lighten my mood. But gradually, I came out of it. And then came the airdate.

Now, you gotta realize that every day is a slow news day in Sheboygan. Sure I did a little phone interview, but I didn't expect much out of it. So when I went to the gym Thursday morning, I was a bit shocked to see my picture and story taking up the majority of the front page. They know me at the gym pretty well, so I got quite a bit of acclaim. Flushed with recognition, I sallied forth to Target to shop and greet the adoring throngs. Alas, no such luck, as indifference was the primary response I received. Buying 4 copies of the paper at the gas station did get some response (and to best understand this, you have to picture your best "Fargo" accent on the part of the cashier).

Me: 4 copies of the "Press", please.

Cashier: 4 copies? Who ya know in dere?

Me: Well, me. I don't get on the front page that often.

Cashier: Oh, dat's you? Dats a good picture dere. Better that than one with numbers across yer chest, yah?

So much for fame. I briefly considered buying some porn, or perhaps a fifth of Jack Daniels and some smokes, figuring that best way to get noticed is to do something highly embarassing. But I decided not to, and instead went to the local Pick N Save. If I'm not at home, that's generally where you'll find me, so I had high hopes of positive feedback. I was not disappointed, and I basked in the adulation of my Pick N Save buddies.

Saturday was another story. My results were banished to the back page, while the front was taken up with a story about Jiffy, the frozen dog. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Jiffy saga - all of you, I'm guessing, - Jiffy was found frozen to the sidewalk last year when his owners left him outside overnight. Because the dog was so obese, he survived, and is now happy and healthy with new owners. Yeah. The End.) How fleeting indeed is fame.

The comments afterwords were generally of two types. The first? A brief pause, and then "Well, you looked really good!" Which is good. If you can't do good, at least you can look good. The second was, "That expert really sucked!" Again, not a comment I will deny.

The silver lining in all this? Finally, I can relax when I'm reading and watching TV. No more obsessive thinking, "Oh, that's a fact! File that one away!" No more caring about things I'm supremely uninterested in. World Series winner? Already forgotten. Which wrist Hillary broke this year? Couldn't tell you. And finally, after I got back and was blindly searching for some other focus, I decided to apply for a position as a community columnist at the Milwaukee paper. This month, I found out I was accepted, and will be starting next month. Goodbye, Millionaire fame. Hello, people pissed off at me for what I write!

(Please excuse the typos. My kids just woke up, and I don't have time to proofread.)

Great story, even with the sad Millionaire ending. Next time I'm on a show I'm going to have you do my write up.

Thousandaire wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
39% of the audience thinks the president gets his own submarine? Cool!

Roosevelt had a presidential yacht.

True, there have been various presidential yachts, like the Sequoia and the Potomac. Yachts are prestigious enough to get a better name than Air Force/Marine One!

Now, if there is a presidential submarine, I presume its existence is top secret. Maybe presidents take it out, every once in a while, when they need to let off some steam by playing U-Boat captain.

And the next day, another Bermuda Triangle legend is invented as a cover story!

shevegas wrote:Such alot of interesting comments. Mind if I chime in?


Now then. I must agree, I screwed up royally. I never should have used the audience for the Marine 1 question. Dammit, I knew that one. However, on the early questions they generally throw a hint your way, and the hint seemed to point away from what I thought. Given a little bit of time, I would have noodled it out, but I was getting so flustered with the time limit I asked the audience just to give myself some time to think.

As to the movie question - no, I haven't been living under a rock for the last year. However, I do have 4 kids, two of which are two and under, and the only movies I've seen in the last ten years have involved cartoon characters or wizards - sometimes both. My TV watching is pretty limited as well. If you want to know the names of all the characters in Yo Gabba Gabba! I'm your girl. Movies about drunk guys - eh, not so much. I do read People and Entertainment, but that only goes so far. I, along with everyone else that week, should never have listened to the "expert". I was too focused on trying to get to the $25,000 level with the Agatha Christie catagory, where I would have totally rocked the house.

Afterwords, I was pretty depressed. You don't take someone's dream they've held onto for ten years and smash it into teeny tiny bits without some degree of fallout. Even the lovely note from Ms. Vierra did only a bit to lighten my mood. But gradually, I came out of it. And then came the airdate.

Now, you gotta realize that every day is a slow news day in Sheboygan. Sure I did a little phone interview, but I didn't expect much out of it. So when I went to the gym Thursday morning, I was a bit shocked to see my picture and story taking up the majority of the front page. They know me at the gym pretty well, so I got quite a bit of acclaim. Flushed with recognition, I sallied forth to Target to shop and greet the adoring throngs. Alas, no such luck, as indifference was the primary response I received. Buying 4 copies of the paper at the gas station did get some response (and to best understand this, you have to picture your best "Fargo" accent on the part of the cashier).

Me: 4 copies of the "Press", please.

Cashier: 4 copies? Who ya know in dere?

Me: Well, me. I don't get on the front page that often.

Cashier: Oh, dat's you? Dats a good picture dere. Better that than one with numbers across yer chest, yah?

So much for fame. I briefly considered buying some porn, or perhaps a fifth of Jack Daniels and some smokes, figuring that best way to get noticed is to do something highly embarassing. But I decided not to, and instead went to the local Pick N Save. If I'm not at home, that's generally where you'll find me, so I had high hopes of positive feedback. I was not disappointed, and I basked in the adulation of my Pick N Save buddies.

Saturday was another story. My results were banished to the back page, while the front was taken up with a story about Jiffy, the frozen dog. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Jiffy saga - all of you, I'm guessing, - Jiffy was found frozen to the sidewalk last year when his owners left him outside overnight. Because the dog was so obese, he survived, and is now happy and healthy with new owners. Yeah. The End.) How fleeting indeed is fame.

The comments afterwords were generally of two types. The first? A brief pause, and then "Well, you looked really good!" Which is good. If you can't do good, at least you can look good. The second was, "That expert really sucked!" Again, not a comment I will deny.

The silver lining in all this? Finally, I can relax when I'm reading and watching TV. No more obsessive thinking, "Oh, that's a fact! File that one away!" No more caring about things I'm supremely uninterested in. World Series winner? Already forgotten. Which wrist Hillary broke this year? Couldn't tell you. And finally, after I got back and was blindly searching for some other focus, I decided to apply for a position as a community columnist at the Milwaukee paper. This month, I found out I was accepted, and will be starting next month. Goodbye, Millionaire fame. Hello, people pissed off at me for what I write!

(Please excuse the typos. My kids just woke up, and I don't have time to proofread.)

I am glad to have gotten the feedback from some of the ladies on teh Board (and Marley) about "living under a rock" with regard to The Hangover. It got me thinking about how I likely was reading about Tyson's appearance mainly in "guy-centered" publications. For example, I would guess that the SportsGuy on ESPN.com likely did a whole column about it.

So, I will take back the "living under a rock" statement.

As the Dad of 9, 7, and 2 year-olds, I fully understand the "if it ain't animated, I ain't seeing it" explanation. However, my wife and I did break away to see "The Hangover", and I highly recoomend its rental.

"Yo Gabba Gabba"??????? You are a brave woman!

Appa23 wrote:I am glad to have gotten the feedback from some of the ladies on teh Board (and Marley)...

There are ladies on Marley?

Estonut wrote:

Appa23 wrote:I am glad to have gotten the feedback from some of the ladies on teh Board (and Marley)...

There are ladies on Marley?

Hey, he's single.