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Matt Rodrigues
New York, NY
College senior

Matt wants to be a costume designer for theatre and film.

Today’s ATE is actor Robert Wuhl.

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$500 Something with an extremely bad odor is said to “smell to” where?
A. High heaven
B. Middle earth
C. Outer space
D. New Jersey Turnpike

Spoiler

A. High heaven ( 8 )

$1K A store that conducts business “24/7” is open when?
A. Only at night
B. Only on weekdays
C. Seven hours per day
D. All the time

Spoiler

D. All the time ( 8 )

$2K What appropriate three-letter stock market symbol is used by the company Avis?
A. HAT
B. ARF
C. CAR
D. EAT

Spoiler

C. CAR (9)

$3K A worldwide health scare erupted in 2009 over the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly referred to in the press as what?
A. Horse flu
B. Sheep flu
C. Goat flu
D. Swine flu

Spoiler

D. Swine flu

$5K “Day-peep” is an old-fashioned term for what time of day?
A. Noon
B. Dusk
C. Dawn
D. Midnight

ATA ( 8 )

9% A. Noon
8% B. Dusk
81% C. Dawn
2% D. Midnight

Spoiler

C. Dawn (3)

$7.5K Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses Model Number 3025 became all the rage after Tom Cruise famously wore them in what ‘80s movie?
A. Top Gun
B. The Color of Money
C. Born on the Fourth of July
D. Cocktail

Spoiler

A. Top Gun (17)

Today’s celebrity is Senator John McCain.

$10K In 2008, I was teased in the press for repeatedly referring to people as what?
A. My fellow citizens
B. My friends
C. Good people
D. Brothers and sisters

Matt makes “A. My fellow citizens” his final answer.

Matt leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. My friends (17)

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Answers:
$500 A. High heaven
$1K D. All the time
$2K C. CAR
$3K D. Swine flu
$5K C. Dawn
$7.5K B. My friends

OK, so this week's Expert is an ACTOR??? What does HE know about trivia? I would only trust an actor with an entertainment type question.

On to the stack:

Tonight's Final J! was about the subject of the $3K question.

Geez, 2008 wasn't that long ago. I'm surprised the contestant didn't know this. I bet the audience would have. I didn't see the show, but probably would have been yelling at the TV.

$15K with all LLs.

Never heard of the phrase "day-peep", but dawn is the only thing that makes sense. Maybe TDC didn't allow him the time to think about this one.

I figure he mixed "my fellow citizens" with the oft-used presidential phrase "my fellow Americans". Still, I'm sure many of us, right or left, remembered the continuous "my friends." Tough break.

Kazoo65 wrote:OK, so this week's Expert is an ACTOR??? What does HE know about trivia? I would only trust an actor with an entertainment type question.

On to the stack:

Tonight's Final J! was about the subject of the $3K question.

Geez, 2008 wasn't that long ago. I'm surprised the contestant didn't know this. I bet the audience would have. I didn't see the show, but probably would have been yelling at the TV.

Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

ulysses5019 wrote: Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

<Meredith>

"...And today's expert is Robert Wuhl.

Assume the position."

</MV>

AlphaDummy wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote: Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

<Meredith>

"...And today's expert is Robert Wuhl.

Assume the position."

</MV>

As long as you don't hear the sound effect of the snap of a rubber glove ...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Matt Rodrigues
New York, NY
College senior

Matt wants to be a costume designer for theatre and film.

He aspires to the full WE/WE® designation.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s ATE is actor Robert Wuhl.

Who?? Even after I saw his face I didn't recognize him from anything.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K “Day-peep” is an old-fashioned term for what time of day?
A. Noon
B. Dusk
C. Dawn
D. Midnight

ATA ( 8 )

9% A. Noon
8% B. Dusk
81% C. Dawn
2% D. Midnight

Spoiler

C. Dawn (3)

Never heard the expression but it's not too hard to figure out.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s celebrity is Senator John McCain.

$10K In 2008, I was teased in the press for repeatedly referring to people as what?
A. My fellow citizens
B. My friends
C. Good people
D. Brothers and sisters

Matt makes “A. My fellow citizens” his final answer.

Matt leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. My friends (17)

I'm guessing Matt isn't a close follower of politics.

Nihil obstat®.

Jeemie wrote:$15K with all LLs.

Never heard of the phrase "day-peep", but dawn is the only thing that makes sense. Maybe TDC didn't allow him the time to think about this one.

Yes, he told Meredith that he realized what the answer had to be, as soon as he asked for the ATA. And then Meredith said he shouldn't feel bad about that, since it happens all the time.

Why is that, Meredith? Could it be because of The Damned Clock?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Matt Rodrigues
New York, NY
College senior

Matt wants to be a costume designer for theatre and film.

A Where Else® aspiring to be a WE/WE.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s ATE is actor Robert Wuhl.

Could be a good expert. Robert Wuhl does have a little game show experience. He won $10,000 as a contestant on "Pyramid" back in the 1970s.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3K A worldwide health scare erupted in 2009 over the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly referred to in the press as what?
A. Horse flu
B. Sheep flu
C. Goat flu
D. Swine flu

*sigh*... don't remind me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s celebrity is Senator John McCain.

$10K In 2008, I was teased in the press for repeatedly referring to people as what?
A. My fellow citizens
B. My friends
C. Good people
D. Brothers and sisters

Matt makes “A. My fellow citizens” his final answer.

Matt leaves with $5K.

My friends, Matt must've been living under a rock in 2008.

Nihil obstat®

chad1m wrote:I figure he mixed "my fellow citizens" with the oft-used presidential phrase "my fellow Americans". Still, I'm sure many of us, right or left, remembered the continuous "my friends." Tough break.

I'm sure you're right, that was definitely the distractor option. But it certainly wasn't a wicked one. Clearly this fellow is cursed with youthful ignorance of politics. :-/

And the transcriber didn't mention it, but his "plan for the money" story was that he's always wanted a pug, his boyfriend says he could get a pug if he wins $250k.

A pug? pug? C'mon! I'm sure there are going to be dissenters here on the board, but that's not a real dog!
)))

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:My friends, Matt must've been living under a rock in 2008.

Nihil obstat®

My thoughts exactly, Nelly.

Of course, as others have pointed out, factors including TDC may have caused the problem as well.

[Sigh ...]

Nihil obstat.

chad1m wrote:I figure he mixed "my fellow citizens" with the oft-used presidential phrase "my fellow Americans".

"My fellow Americans" was LBJ's main catch phrase. And you can't spell "my fellow Americans" without F-R-E-S-C-A.

TheConfessor wrote:

chad1m wrote:I figure he mixed "my fellow citizens" with the oft-used presidential phrase "my fellow Americans".

"My fellow Americans" was LBJ's main catch phrase. And you can't spell "my fellow Americans" without F-R-E-S-C-A.

Whoa, you just blew my mind. James Burke would be proud of that one.