Transcript 10/02/2007 Todd Stapleton

Todd Stapleton

Memphis, TN

tugboat captain



Brought along a companion, not just his girlfriend in the audience, but
also "Captain Morgan," a good luck monkey (doll) that he brings around
all the time. Meredith rubs the doll for good luck.





$100- In the U.S., women end up changing their last names about 80% of the time when they do what?

A. Have a baby B. Buy a car

C. Get married D. Give up organized crime



$200- A long-running series of public service ads starred crash-test dummies Vince and Larry urging people to do what?

A. Read books B. Register to vote

C. Fight racism D. Wear seat belts



$300- Which of these specialists often uses family trees to maintain a record of ancestral lineages?

A. Genealogist B. Cosmetologist

C. Meterologist D. Toxicologist



$500- The cable TV network DIY, whose name stands for "Do It Yourself," primarily features programming on what subject?

A. Finance B. Sports

C. Animals & nature D. Home improvement & hobbies



$1000- "Tootsy" is a slang term for what part of the body?

A. Foot B. Nose

C. Thumb D. Chin



$2000- Which of these "smushed" singer names overlaps by one letter and not two?

A. Waynewton B. Placidomingo

C. Ericlapton D. Chrisaak



$4000- How many planets in our solar system have one-syllable names?

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 D. 4







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He says he can only come up with Venus (???) and Mars





ATA A-4% B-89% C-5% D-2%







Commercial break



He won a beauty contest in college, a Mr Barry contest (Barry College).
It was a spoof of the Mrs Barry contest. He won it in the talent
portion doing the Pee Wee Herman "Tequila" dance.





$8000- Which of these Mexican dishes consists of cornmeal and other ingredients wrapped and cooked inside a cornhusk?

A. Tamales B. Nachos

C. Fajitas D. Enchiladas





$16,000- Immortalized in a Johnny Cash song, Folsom State Prison is located in what U.S. state?

A. California B. Kansas

C. Texas D. Illinois





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He thinks it is not likely to be California, is deciding between Texas
and Kansas (misspoke Canada and says he knows Canada is not a state)





50/50

A. California B. Kansas





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He guessed incorrectly and left with $1000.







Answers

$100- C. Get married

$200- D. Wear seat belts

$300- A. Genealogist

$500- D. Home improvement & hobbies

$1000- A. Foot

$2000- C. Ericlapton

$4000- B. 2

$8000- A. Tamales

$16K- A. California

Answers:

$200- E. Call Mike (AlphaDummy) to be on WWTBAM

$4K: Venus is one syllable?! <grumble>®

$16K: My instinct before the choices came up was California, but I would've ATA just to confirm it.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$4K: Venus is one syllable?! ®

LOL

On 5th Grader, Jeff Foxworthy would have been sure to rub the contestant's nose in this mistake, but Meredith let it go by without comment. Now we'll never know how many in the audience went allong with Todd's misleading guess and how many remembered Earth.

so far so good

I could live without the "monkey" business. Of course.

I will consider that $500 question to be a shout-out to Jaybeecon, even if they didn't mention him by name.

$200- A long-running series of public service ads starred crash-test dummies Vince and Larry urging people to do what?

A. Read books B. Register to vote

C. Fight racism D. Wear seat belts

I guess it didn't work. Why else did they need the new "Click it or ticket" law enforcement campaign.

$1000- "Tootsy" is a slang term for what part of the body?

A. Foot B. Nose

C. Thumb D. Chin

This is news to me. I thought it was toe.

$2000- Which of these "smushed" singer names overlaps by one letter and not two?

A. Waynewton B. Placidomingo

C. Ericlapton D. Chrisaak

$2K seems to be the figure-outer one.


$4000- How many planets in our solar system have one-syllable names?

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 D. 4

Make that the $4K .... Let's see -- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto. B, final answer.

$8000- Which of these Mexican dishes consists of cornmeal and other ingredients wrapped and cooked inside a cornhusk?

A. Tamales B. Nachos

C. Fajitas D. Enchiladas

Ooh, that's coming up. The annual Halloween carnival at a local school, where you can eat the tamales right there and then order more for Christmas.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Todd Stapleton

Memphis, TN

tugboat captain



Brought along a companion, not just his girlfriend in the audience, but
also "Captain Morgan," a good luck monkey (doll) that he brings around
all the time. Meredith rubs the doll for good luck.

OK, "rubbing the monkey" has a meaning that I'm sure didn't escape anyone in the audience, or Meredith either, for that matter. I'm surprised the censors let them get away with it. But it was a cute bit.


$1K - I always thought "tootsie" (spelled that way) was a slang term for the toes, not the foot. But from the answers, there was only one logical choice.

$4K - When Todd said he could only think of two, and named Venus as one of them, I wondered if he was saying he could only think of two planets, or two planets with one syllable. Surely he realized that Venus has two syllables.

$16K - I thought it was in California, but wouldn't have been sure enough to go without a lifeline. I'd try ATA and see what results came up.