The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Episode 12)

[gameboy2000]

JONES?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not JONES. Kevin, break for you.

[koopakid17]

I'll take.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)


J-I.

[koopakid17]

Jill?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great guess. It completes the chain.










(ding; audience applause)

Well, let's complete this chain.

"Nickelodeon Guts" was an action sports competition show hosted by Mike O'Malley. "Guts" is a slang term for your stomach. Sometimes, your stomach gets hungry. Hungry Jack is a brand name for a pancake mix. Jack and Jill are famous nursery rhyme characters. And Jill Arrington is the name of a sports reporter.




koopakid17
Gameboy2000


One chain's complete. Kevin leads 1000 to 500. But we up the ante in Round 2. Anything can still happen. Let's see what happens as we set up our second chain. And this chain starts with...










(ding)

...BREATH MINTS and it ends with BATTERY.

Each link in this chain is worth $500. Player who completes the chain scores another $500.

Money link in the middle pays off $250 per letter in bonus money.

Kevin, we left off with you. Give or take a letter below BREATH MINTS or above BATTERY?

[koopakid17]

I'll take below Breath Mints.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kevin starts this round taking...









(ding)

...a T.

[koopakid17]

Tic-tac

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's it.









(ding; audience applause)

[NOTE FROM DOUG: As you can see, the second link in the chain has no hyphen. Kevin's guess was accepted as correct since the letters in said guess were spelled correctly.

It's worth pointing out only the top and bottom links of a main game chain or Missing Link game -- or the top link in the bonus round -- would including non-letter characters. "Guessable" links always have letters and, as indicated above, may include more than one word.]


koopakid17
Gameboy2000


Kevin, you've padded the lead. Chain's still yours.

[koopakid17]

Take below Tic Tac.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kevin hangs on and takes...









(ding)

...a D.

[koopakid17]

Dough.

[dougmorrisontheair]

And in the *wink* of an eye, he scores again.









(ding; audience applause) (a few groans)

Hey, I couldn't resist.


koopakid17
Gameboy2000


All right, Kevin, you're still in business. Money link's in reach if you want to go there.

[koopakid17]

I'll take below Dough.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going to try to pick up $500 more *and* the bonus.









(ding)

Kevin, the money link starts with P.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Kevin.)

[koopakid17]

Pie?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not pie but a good guess. David, over to you.

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter below DOUGH.

[dougmorrisontheair]

David's first try at the money link...









(ding)

...with P-I.

[gameboy2000]

PILLSBURY?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Ohh -- great guess. Great of you to remember the Pillsbury dough boy. But that's not it. Kevin, back to you.

[koopakid17]

Take below Dough again.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kevin tries again...









(ding)

...P-I-Z.

[koopakid17]

Pizza.

[dougmorrisontheair]

There ya go.










(ding; audience applause) (a few groans)


koopakid17
Gameboy2000


(obvious edit)

Now, before we get the nasty letters, we're well aware pizza is sometimes referred to as "pizza pie". So you're probably wondering why the cuckoo bird didn't sound after Kevin's first guess of "pie"

Our judge looked at the dictionary and the thesaurus -- and could only find one connection between "pizza" and "pie". Further, our judge called for a translation of "pie" from English to Italian -- and got "torta" as a result.

So -- we had to have the exact word "pizza" or its plural form "pizzas" for it to count. And -- Kevin got it anyway.

Kevin, you also got the bonus of $1250. And you're still in control.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(time passes) (buzz)

No decision in time. David, here's what happens.









(ding)

We give you the first letter below PIZZA, which is a D, and the first letter above BATTERY, which a C.

David, please pick one link and give it a guess.

[gameboy2000]

I'll go above BATTERY and guess CAR.

[koopakid17]

Ouch, can't believe I missed this.