The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA; Episode 15)

[billmcdee]

Could it be OLIVER?

[dougmorrisontheair]

It is OLIVER. Good job.







(ding; audience applause)

John Oliver, the host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight". Oliver Queen is the alter ego of The Green Arrow.

You saved three pennies, Bill. We'll see if you can parlay them into $30,000 when we come back to Chain Reaction.

(theme plays; audience applause)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Doug in pre-recorded audio as theme plays)

If you'd like to be a contestant on The $40,000 Chain Reaction, call toll free 1-800-555-40CR. That's 1-800-555-4027.

(audience applauds)

And we're back with our new champion, Bill, who won $6750 -- including that bonus money link from Round 2.

Ready to win more, Bill?

[billmcdee]

Indeed I am Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Then here comes the final chain. As you know, in the final chain, Bil, we only spot you the top link...









(ding)

...which in this case is ACTRESS. We also spot you the first letter of each of the remaining links and we also give you seven spare letters to play with as necessary.

For each incorrect guess you make, you'll spend a spare letter. For each correct solution you make, the money in the bank increases tenfold.









(ding)

And the money chain shows us how that money can grow. Six right answers will eventually parlay three pennies into $30,000.

(audience cheers)

Remember, Bill, it is crucial to go six-for-six. If you spend a spare letter on what ends up being the last letter in the link, we can't credit you with a correct answer. Also, if you run out of free letters and you give a wrong guess, the final round ends right there and then.

So let's bring back your final chain, Bill.









(ding)

Good luck as we all are rooting for you now. Next link under ACTRESS starts with D.

[billmcdee]

Egad....ACTRESS D....   DEBRA?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not DEBRA. Here comes your first letter.









(ding)

D-O.

[billmcdee]

DOLLY PARTON

[dougmorrisontheair]

She's done a lot of acting -- but it's not DOLLY PARTON.

Another letter coming.









(ding)

D-O-N.

[billmcdee]

Donna Reed?  Totally stumped on this one.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great guess -- but it's not DONNA REED.

Here comes another letter.









(ding)

D-O-N-N.

[billmcdee]

Yipes, Donna Mills?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not DONNA MILLS, I'm afraid.

You probably know what's coming next.









(ding)

D-O-N-N-A -- and just clarifying there's at least one more letter after the A.  So you get a chance to guess.

[billmcdee]

I am totally stumped here...Donna Dixon?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another great guess -- but not the right Donna. Betcha the next letter will help.









(ding)

D-O-N-N-A -- and then P.

[billmcdee]

I pray it is DONNA PESCOW

[dougmorrisontheair]

Ya got the right actress in there. DONNA PESCOW is right.









(ding; audience cheers)

We were wondering before airtime if Donna Pescow was a guest of the original Chain Reaction with Bill Cullen. Sources indicated "no".

Huh kay, Bill, you're obviously going to have to nail some of these links off the bat. Let's see if you can work that magic with the next link under DONNA PESCOW -- starting with A.

[billmcdee]

Well I remember she starred in a one word sitcom back in the 70s on ABC called ANGIE, so ANGIE is my guess.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well played. Donna Pescow had the title role in ANGIE.









(ding; audience cheers)

All right, four links to go for $30,000, Bill. Just two letters to help. Let's see if you nail the next link under ANGIE -- starting with B.

[billmcdee]

BOWIE

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great guess -- but David's first wife doesn't fit the chain. Here comes another letter.









(ding)

B-A.

[billmcdee]

BALLARD?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Good guess with the Olympics and the Paralympics to follow -- but that's not it. Here comes the last free letter.









(ding)

B-A-B. Good luck -- give it some thought -- and come up with the answer that's going to keep you in business.

[billmcdee]

BABY

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's BABY, you're still in the final chain.



















































(ding; audience applause)

It is BABY. All right.

"Angie Baby" -- title of the great song by Helen Reddy.

Bill, you're up to $30. You're going to have to win the 30 grand on brute force.

Next link under BABY starts with a B. Think it over and good luck.

[billmcdee]

I'm hoping it's BOOTY

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's BOOTY, you're still on the comeback trail.











































(buzz)
(audience groans and applauds)

No -- it was BOOMER. A baby boomer was born between the mid-1940s and mid-1960s.

Well, you only get $30 from the final chain, Bill. But you won a lot in the main game. We'll total up your winnings after we reveal the rest of the chain.









(ding)


"Boomer Sooner" is the title of the University of Oklahoma's fight song. And if you have bills to pay, you've got to pay them sooner or later.

Today, we're paying Bill $6780 after just one match. Back with more -- after the break.

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[NOTE FROM DOUG: Yes, I know the Olympics are over. We're still playing off of our opening programming announcement with this "commercial break".]

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(audience cheers)

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