WWTBAM Bored

Brett Mitchell
Houston, TX
Orchestra conductor

Mere said Brett has performed in front of as many as 70,000 people

Brett said it was at the halftime show of a Houston Texans game

Brett's girlfriend Angela, in the audience, is a soprano singer.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 What's My Floor?
9 Nature's Way
8 Iconic Images
7 Food Families
6 Acting Methods
5 Big League Bot
4 Happy Anniversary
3 Divorce, Animal Style
2 Fast Ride
1 Kids' Games

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
10 What's My Floor?
4 Happy Anniversary
9 Nature's Way
2 Fast Ride
3 Divorce, Animal Style
8 Iconic Images
5 Big League Bot
6 Acting Methods
7 Food Families
1 Kids' Games

Mere described the special "Crystal Ball" lifeline for this week allowing the contestant to see the value of the question first.

Question 1 - Level 1 Kids' Games
Which of the following is typically true about the children's game "Ghost in the Graveyard"?
A. It's played in the dark B. It's played in the water
C. It's played in silence D. It's played in costume

Spoiler

Brett said his fear was freaking out on the first question. Brett said played in the water makes no sense.
Brett mentioned the other three and said maybe he could puzzle this out.
Then Brett said this is a smart and friendly audience and that he would ATA.

ATA

A-77% B-3% C-16% D-4%

Answer and value

A. It's played in the dark
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000

Question 2 - Level 7 Food Families
Which of these names belongs to a type of produce that, when picked at a younger stage, may be labeled as the "button" or "crimini" variety?
A. Portobello B. Macoun
C. Russet D. Vidalia

Spoiler

Brett said two foods he does not like are blue cheese and mushrooms. He recognized "button" and "crimini" along with portobello are mushrooms

Answer and value

A. Portobello
Value: $15K
Bank: $16K

Question 3 - Level 6 Acting Methods
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Johnny Depp revealed that he based what character on the idea of an "incredibly stoned" George W. Bush?
A. Captain Jack Sparrow B. Willy Wonka
C. The Mad Hatter D. Rango

Spoiler

Audience laugh after question and before choices. Brett decided to take a risk and guessed The Mad Hatter

Answer and value

B. Willy Wonka
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000-consolation

No break, straight to next contestant.

Question 3 - Level 6 Acting Methods
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Johnny Depp revealed that he based what character on the idea of an "incredibly stoned" George W. Bush?
A. Captain Jack Sparrow B. Willy Wonka
C. The Mad Hatter D. Rango

Spoiler

Audience laugh after question and before choices. Brett decided to take a risk and guessed The Mad Hatter

Answer and value

B. Willy Wonka
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000-consolation

Foul! WWOQ!

JTQ for me.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 3 - Level 6 Acting Methods
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Johnny Depp revealed that he based what character on the idea of an "incredibly stoned" George W. Bush?
A. Captain Jack Sparrow B. Willy Wonka
C. The Mad Hatter D. Rango

Spoiler

Audience laugh after question and before choices. Brett decided to take a risk and guessed The Mad Hatter

Answer and value

B. Willy Wonka
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000-consolation

Foul! WWOQ!

JTQ for me.

And not in the level 8-10 range, either!

But they often do overestimate the familiarity of obscure celebrity chit-chat.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 1 Kids' Games
Which of the following is typically true about the children's game "Ghost in the Graveyard"?
A. It's played in the dark B. It's played in the water
C. It's played in silence D. It's played in costume

"Ghost in the Graveyard"?

Someone's made a game out of that?

How insensitive!

Due to the sub-zero weather outside, I stayed home today and got to see the show.

Here's my take on the stack:

1. Never heard of this game, but was able to figure out the answer based on the name.

2. easy.

3. Eww, a tough one. I wonder if the audience would know. If I got so-so results, I would probably jump.

Due to the sub-zero weather outside, I stayed home today and got to see the show.

Here's my take on the stack:

1. Never heard of this game, but was able to figure out the answer based on the name.

2. easy.

3. Eww, a tough one. I wonder if the audience would know. If I got so-so results, I would probably jump.

Kazoo65 wrote:3. Eww, a tough one. I wonder if the audience would know. If I got so-so results, I would probably jump.

I sincerely doubt that the audience would be any help with that one. Sure, the internet makes it easy to find this trivia, after the fact. Here's a link to a story reporting the interview scoop.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1075100

So, the movie came out in 2005, but the interview was in in May, 2012. How many people were watching/reading and cared enough to remember? Not enough to cause a spike above the random votes, I'm sure.

Brett's run ended early, but he got a nice write-up in in local paper, including a plug for an upcoming concert!

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/sagi ... naire.html

A question about Johnny Depp derailed Brett Mitchell on ABC’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,” but the experience firmly planted the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra director in a true pop culture phenomenon.

Are they saying WWTBAM is still a pop culture phenomenon or were they referring to Willy Wonka?

When host Meredith Vieira read the question, broadcast on WJRT, Channel 12, today, Jan. 22, “I talked it through, and then I took a chance,” he said. “Even Meredith said she thought I had it.”

Meredith doesn't have a very good record, when it comes to contestants that she thought were right.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brett Mitchell
Houston, TX
Orchestra conductor

Mere said Brett has performed in front of as many as 70,000 people

Brett said it was at the halftime show of a Houston Texans game

Brett's girlfriend Angela, in the audience, is a soprano singer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 1 Kids' Games
Which of the following is typically true about the children's game "Ghost in the Graveyard"?
A. It's played in the dark B. It's played in the water
C. It's played in silence D. It's played in costume

Spoiler

Brett said his fear was freaking out on the first question. Brett said played in the water makes no sense.
Brett mentioned the other three and said maybe he could puzzle this out.
Then Brett said this is a smart and friendly audience and that he would ATA.

ATA

A-77% B-3% C-16% D-4%

Answer and value

A. It's played in the dark
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000

Never heard of the game but A is the likely answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Level 6 Acting Methods
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Johnny Depp revealed that he based what character on the idea of an "incredibly stoned" George W. Bush?
A. Captain Jack Sparrow B. Willy Wonka
C. The Mad Hatter D. Rango

Spoiler

Audience laugh after question and before choices. Brett decided to take a risk and guessed The Mad Hatter

Answer and value

B. Willy Wonka
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000-consolation

It's not Jack, and it's not Rango. I haven't seen "Alice In Wonderland" so I don't know about the character. I've seen "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" but Depp's Wonka didn't particularly strike me as being Bushesque. I'll JTQ.