The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA; Episode 20)

[grapebuy789]

Puppy Love?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Ya put it all together. PUPPY LOVE is right.









(ding; audience applause)

Fans of the original run of The $40,000 Chain Reaction will recall whenever we have a starter link with a question mark, the unexposed nearby link usually leads to some kind of pun or wordplay.



koopakid17
grapebuy789


So with that, Frank, you're on the board first -- and you still have command of the chain.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter above B please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Going back the other way.









(ding)

Frank, you're taking P-L.

[grapebuy789]

Is it Play?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not PLAY -- but I can see what you're doing there. Kevin, back to you.

[koopakid17]

Give below Puppy Love.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Okay, Frank, another chance to guess...









(ding)

...this time with the link starting with a D.

[grapebuy789]

Dog?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not a bad guess -- but it's not DOG.

Kevin, another successful give. How do you play it now?

[koopakid17]

Take below Puppy Love.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kevin tries it and takes...









(ding)

...an O.

[koopakid17]

Done?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not DONE. Sorry. Frank, back to you.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Puppy Love please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Frank tries it with...









(ding)

...D-O-N.

[grapebuy789]

Is it Donkey?

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

Sorry, Frank, it's not DONKEY. I'm also sorry we have sick minds in the crowd.

Kevin, back to you.

[koopakid17]

I liked that so much I want to give above B.

[dougmorrisontheair]

*Giving* the third letter. Okay, Frank...









(ding)

...it's yours with P-L-A.

[koopakid17]

Plan.

[dougmorrisontheair]

PLAN is right.









(ding; audience applause)


koopakid17
grapebuy789


Frank, you're now up to $500. Now the link below PUPPY LOVE is incomplete; there's at least one more letter after D-O-N. So would you like to give or take a letter below PUPPY LOVE or under PLAN.

[billmcdee]

(methinks you meant to say above "PLAN")

[grapebuy789]

Wait a minute Doug. Kevin gave me a letter above B. And then he said the answer when it was my turn.

[koopakid17]

Shoot! Sorry about that.

[GameShowNetwork]

I would like to make this clear right now. Please do NOT say an answer unless it is your turn. My suggestion for this is to throw out the round and start fresh, but it's up to Doug as to what he wants to do.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Thanks, Mark.  Really, the best thing to do is let Frank keep his 500-0 lead since Kevin blurted out the right answer when it was Frank's turn to guess. It's early.

 











koopakid17
grapebuy789


Frank, you're now up to $500. Now the link below PUPPY LOVE is still incomplete; there's at least one more letter after D-O-N. So, Frank, would you like to give or take a letter below PUPPY LOVE or under PLAN.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Puppy Love please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Next letter under PUPPY LOVE for Frank...










(ding)

...D-O-N-N.

[grapebuy789]

Donnie?