The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA; Episode 17)

[billmcdee]

I will take a letter for myself below OCTOBER please, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ keeps it and takes...









(ding)

...an H.

[billmcdee]

Hmm, do I go for the obvious or is this a trick?


I'll use my first instinct and say HALLOWEEN, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another $750 for you, Bill.











(ding; audience applause)


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billmcdee


All right. Bill, you're up to $4250. Each right answer is worth no less than $750. Next correct guess from you wins the game. David, if control goes your way, you'll want to get on a run.

Bill, control's yours.

[billmcdee]

Let me take a letter for myself above TALE please, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ goes the other way.










(ding)

For the win, Bill, first letter above TALE is an F.

[billmcdee]

Could be one of two things again, but as Paul Lynde once remarked on The Hollywood Squares...

"I'll go with the FAIRY."

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's FAIRY, Bill, you're still our champion.









































(dings; audience applause; win music plays)

It is FAIRY! Congratulations.

Congratulations, Bill. We'll play Missing Link shortly. First, let's go ahead and complete the rest of this chain.









Tom Clancy's first ever novel focused on the hunt for a fictional submarine named Red October. The last day of October is Halloween. Halloween is considered a...










(ding)

...spooky holiday. Next link was a music reference.










(ding)

Spooky Tooth is the name of a rock band; its former members include Gary Wright and Mick Jones. When a young child loses a tooth, he or she puts it under his or her pillow for the tooth fairy to pick up and exchange for money. And a story involving magic, elves or other folklore is a fairy tale.

That's the chain. David, he's tough. Once he got a hold of that third chain, he just wouldn't let go.

You're not leaving us empty-handed. You did pick up $1750. That money joins the fine gifts we spoke of earlier. All that with our thanks for playing Chain Reaction. Nice hand for David.

(audience cheers)

Bill, you ready to try your hand at Missing Link?

[billmcdee]

Right after I share a quick story.

An old woman who was very poor was desperate for money.  She put her false teeth under her pillow.  The following morning she discovered the Tooth Fairy left her counterfeit money

Ready to have at it Doug!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience laughs and applauds)
(board opens as part of the theme plays)

Bill appearing at Chuckle's Yuckle Hut in Passaic, New Jersey Saturday night. (scattered laughter from the crowd) Now that you've had some laughter, let's go after more money with the Missing Link game.







(ding)

There you are -- four pennies. More pennies you save, the more likely you'll win big. You'll use these pennies to try to convert into tens of thousands of dollars.

Let's now set up this three-link chain.








(ding)

It starts with BRENDA and it ends with LORELEI. Link in the middle starts with S. To save all four pennies, what's that missing link?

[billmcdee]

Is it SONG?

[dougmorrisontheair]

SONG -- is right! Wow!







(ding; audience applause)

Was that a guess?

[billmcdee]

Not entirely.  Believe it or not, when my son was younger, he would watch Disney Channel, and I remember Brenda Song as an actress on one of their featured shows "Suite Life".  And I seemed to also recall a song by Styx entitled Lorelei.  Funny thing of it is, I took a girl named Lorelei to her senior prom way back when!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well you figured it out all right. Brenda Song, the actress from "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". And indeed the rock band Styx had a song entitled "Lorelei".

Bill's saved all four pennies. Can he turn them into $40,000? Find out -- after this.

(theme plays; audience cheers)

[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)

Welcome back. Bill, we want to save some time at the end of the show for an audience game and a special dedication. So we're going to dive right into your final chain.











(ding)

And your final chain starts with SEWING MACHINE, we had to abbreviate that. We spot you just the initial letter of each of the remaining links. We give you seven spare letters to play with as needed.

Each time you give me a wrong guess, it costs you a spare letter. Each right guess multiplies the money in the bank by ten.










(ding)

That's what the money chain looks like. Give me six right answers -- and we'll add $40,000 to your winnings.

(audience cheers)










(ding)

So there's your final chain back, Bill. Best of luck to you. Under SEWING MACHINE, your next link starts with S.

[billmcdee]

SINGER, I hope.

[dougmorrisontheair]

A maker of sewing machines is the Singer corporation.









(ding; audience appplause)

Four pennies now become four dimes. Let's go for four bucks. Under SINGER, there's a T.

[billmcdee]

TENOR

[dougmorrisontheair]

Oh that's a great guess. But that's not it. Here comes your first spare letter.









(ding)

T-I.

[billmcdee]

If this is a last name, I will be in trouble.

I'll say TINY TIM

[dougmorrisontheair]

Good guess -- but we're not tipping through the tulips with Tiny Tim on that one. Perhaps this next letter will help.









(ding)

T-I-F.

[billmcdee]

TIFFANY

[billmcdee]

And if that is right, I am going to go out on a limb and say I know the rest of the chain

[dougmorrisontheair]

First of all, TIFFANY is right.










(ding; audience appplause)

Famous singer from the 1980s is named Tiffany.

Now let's just take this *one* link at a time. Under TIFFANY, it's an L.

[billmcdee]

LAMP

[dougmorrisontheair]

Shedding some light on the subject. That's it.










(ding)



(ding; audience appplause)


A tiffany lamp has a glass shade.

$40 in the bank now. Going for $400. Under LAMP is a G.

[billmcdee]

Yes YES!

Doug, be prepared for another Pauline chasing Bob Barker around the studio after her $10,000 Grand Game win back in 1981.


GENIE is the next word I am hoping and believing.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Is that a promise or a threat? (scattered laughter is right) GENIE is right.












(ding; audience appplause)

400 bucks fer ya, Bill. Five letters to spare and two links away from bedlam. (more scattered laughter) Concentrate. Under GENIE, it's a W.

[billmcdee]

WISH!

[dougmorrisontheair]

We'll give it to you. It's actually WISHES -- plural.











(ding; audience appplause)

One link left for $40,000. You'll have at least five tries at it. What's that last link starting with B?