The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA; Episode 19)

[billmcdee]

I'd like a letter under CHARLOTTE please, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

The champ takes...









(ding)

...C-H.

[billmcdee]

CHURCH

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another music reference. That's right.









(ding; audience applause)

Bill, you retake the lead. You still maintain control of the chain.


jmdarrall
billmcdee

[billmcdee]

I'll take a letter for myself under CHURCH please, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ tries to the pad the lead...









(ding)

...with a D.

[billmcdee]

DANCE

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not DANCE. And Jon, control's back to you for a chance to tie the score.

[jmdarrall]

I'll take a letter above B.B. KING.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Interesting strategy by the challenger.









(ding)

Jon, you've got a B above B.B. KING.

[jmdarrall]

Blues?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Two years after his passing, he's still a blues icon.









(ding; audience applause)

May God continue to rest B.B.'s soul.


jmdarrall
billmcdee


Game's tied again. We're down to one unsolved link. We now make it worth $500 -- $250 for the right answer and the other $250 for completion of the chain. Jon, who gets the next letter?

[jmdarrall]

I'll let him have it.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another interesting move. Okay, Bill, to complete the chain...









(ding)

... D-E.

[billmcdee]

DEACON

[dougmorrisontheair]

You've completed the chain.









(ding; audience applause)

Wondering how a word leads to the next? Wonder no longer.

In a football game, when a placekicker tries to score a field goal and succeeds, the play-by-play announcer would say, "The kick is up -- and good." Good Charlotte is the name of a rock band. Charlotte Church is the name of a singer. A church's staff would include a deacon. "Deacon Blues" is the title of a classic hit song by Steely Dan. And when it comes to blues music, you can't get better than the late B.B. King.

That's your Round 1 chain. Bill has the early lead 1000 to 500. Jon, we're raising the stakes in Round 2. One right guess gets you right into the thick of this. So let's set up our next chain. Our second chain starts with...









(ding)

...STERLING and it ends with FIRE. Each link in the chain is now worth $500. Player who completes the chain scores an additional $500.

And we also have bonus money in that center link -- the one with the dollar sign at the end. Solve that link correctly and you win a bonus of $250 per letter in that link. As always, the bonus money from that center link doesn't apply to the score of the game.

So, Bill, will you give or take a letter below STERLING or above FIRE?

[billmcdee]

I'll take a letter for myself under STERLING please, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ takes the first letter of Round 2...









(ding)

...which is an S.

[billmcdee]

SILVER

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's it -- SILVER.









(ding; audience applause)

Champ's up to $1500 just like that. Bill, what's your next move?


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billmcdee

[billmcdee]

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

[dougmorrisontheair]

Bill tries it again...









(ding)

...with an L.

[billmcdee]

Ooh, I was afraid of that, there's two possibilities.....

LONE RANGER

[dougmorrisontheair]

That hunch -- worked.









(ding; audience applause)

Bill now up to $2000. Jon, hang in there with $500. Bill, money link's in reach if you want to go for it.


jmdarrall
billmcdee

[billmcdee]

Oh yes!  A letter for me please under LONE RANGER

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ goes for the bonus...









(ding)

...with an M.

[billmcdee]

MASK

[dougmorrisontheair]

MASK is right for a grand.









(ding; audience applause)

A grand as in $1000 -- which is the value of the bonus link.

MASK has four letters -- at $250 each -- that gives you the $1000 bonus.



jmdarrall
billmcdee


As for the money that counts toward the score, you have another $500. And you still have control of the game.

[billmcdee]

Awesome!  Thank you.  I'm "ON A ROLL", so I'll take a letter for myself please under MASK, Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(Doug whistles part of OAR theme)









(ding)

That's as far as I'm going to plug one of my other projects on another network. Got an R, champ.