The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Ep. 24)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another attempt at the win from James...









(ding)

...with S-I-L.

[Deleted]

Is it silent?

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's SILENT, you're our new champion.












































(dings; audience applause; win music plays)

It is SILENT!

Let's recap the final chain before we transfer the champion's crown.










Mr. Mime is a Pokémon character. A mime by trade is silent. You should also be silent at a library; also, "Silent Library" is the title of a game show that aired on MTV. At the library, you could borrow a book. Perhaps at the library or elsewhere, you could join a book club. And for lunch, you could enjoy a club sandwich.

That's the chain -- and that's the game. Lenny, I'm afraid we have to say so long. With your score money and bonus money today, your round total of $17,000 becomes $22,000.

All that money and all this applause are yours, Lenny Jackson.

(audience cheers) (board rotates as part of the theme plays)

James, we're now setting up for today's Missing Link game -- where we determine the maximum value of the final chain. Ready to play?

[Deleted]

Heck yea!

[dougmorrisontheair]

All right, before we set up your final chain...







(ding)

...we spot you four pennies. If you succeed in saving all the pennies, you'll play for up to $40,000.

Now, we'll spot you the top and bottom links of this three-link chain -- and the initial letter of the link in the middle. That would be the missing link.

Solve it correctly on the first try -- and all four pennies join you in the final chain. For each additional letter you need, it costs you a penny -- and thus reduces your potential winnings.

Good luck as we set up this chain.







(ding)

This chain starts with TED and ends with NAP. Link in the middle starts with P.

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For a possible $40,000, what is this missing link?

[Deleted]

Power?

[dougmorrisontheair]

POWER is right! Wow.







(ding; audience applause)

Ted Power, the former major leaguer. And a brief snooze at work would be a power nap.

 

James looks wide awake and ready to convert four cents into $40,000. Come back and see if he wins the 40 grand -- after this.

(theme plays; audience cheers)

[dougmorrisontheair]

[NOTE FROM DOUG: The bonus game might run slow on this end -- partially due to my previously announced day off from NGC on April 26. Until the next episode starts, James is playing against the house. So, deadlines will be relaxed.]

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(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)

James is ready to parlay four pennies into $40,000. So, let's do it to it with the final chain.

James, as you know, in the final chain, we only spot you the top link...










(ding)

...which is MIKE AND. We also spot you the initial letter of each of the remaining links. We also spot you seven spare letters. Each time you give me a wrong guess, it costs you a spare letter.

But each time you're right, the money in the bank increases tenfold.










(ding)

And there you see how the money grows in this money chain -- from four pennies to four dimes -- all the way to $40,000.

(audience cheers)

But keep in mind, in order for money to grow, you have to come up with right solutions. Anytime you give me a wrong guess and the spare letter you spend happens to complete the link, we can't give you credit for a right solution.

Also, if you run out of letters and then give me a wrong guess, the game ends right there and then.










(ding)

So here's the final chain back, James. We're all rooting for you. Next link under MIKE AND starts with an I.

[Deleted]

Mike and Ike!

[dougmorrisontheair]

IKE is right.









(ding; audience applause)

Mike and Ike is the brand name of candies.

Forty cents in the bank. Probably need more money for Mike and Ike. So let's go for four bucks. Under IKE, there's an E.

[Deleted]

Eisenhower!

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's it. EISENHOWER.









(ding; audience applause)

"Ike" was the nickname of Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the U.S.

Up to four dollars. Each additional right answer adds a zero to the tote board. Under EISENHOWER, we have an N.

[Deleted]

I'm going to go with his VP Nixon

[dougmorrisontheair]

Look over my shoulder, would you? No, he's not -- and NIXON is right.









(ding; audience applause)

Richard Nixon indeed was Vice President under President Eisenhower.

You're mowin' 'em down and going for $400 with a W below NIXON.

[Deleted]

I am going to say Watergate

[dougmorrisontheair]

WATERGATE is right.









(ding; audience applause)

When Richard Nixon became President, controversy surrounding the Watergate scandal caused him to resign the presidency.

$400 in the bank. Next stop -- four large. Under WATERGATE, there's an H.

[Deleted]

Hotel

[dougmorrisontheair]

HOTEL is right.









(ding; audience applause)

The Watergate Hotel and Office Building was central in the Watergate scandal.

Welp -- you're nearing completion of a $40,000 chain. Last link starts with a C.

[Deleted]

California!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

If it's CALIFORNIA, you've completed a perfect $40,000 chain.





































(buzz) (scattered groans)

No?!!?! Wow. Well, at long last, here comes your first spare letter.









(ding)

C-O. This is still for 40 large.

[Deleted]

Covington?

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's COVINGTON, you still win $40,000.





































(buzz) (scattered groans)

Not COVINGTON. Next spare letter.









(ding)

C-O-N -- as I hear a few chuckles and murmurs in the crowd.

[Deleted]

Hopefully the third time will be the charm: Concierge

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's CONCIERGE, you still win $40,000.













































(dings; audience cheers)

Bingo!

At a hotel, a concierge can assist guests by making reservations at restaurants and certain other tasks.

You at home may have noticed our machinery didn't catch up to the fact our champ ended up with 5 spare letters. We had 6 up there mistakenly.

But James won fair and square with plenty of letters to spare.

How ya feel, champ?

[Deleted]

Whew! That was a close one!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well, speaking of "close", you've won close to $46,000 today.

$45,750 as a matter of fact. (audience cheers) Remember, James, you win five straight games and you win a *bonus* of $40,000. So as of right now, you're on your way to winning more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Someone in the crowd will have a chance to win $5000 in our audience game -- after this.

(theme plays; audience cheers)

[dougmorrisontheair]

We now seek a player in our Speed Chain audience game. Next one to respond in this thread who didn't play the main game plays this audience game.

[Bryan]

I’ll go!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

And welcome back to Chain Reaction. Our newly-crowned champ calls Alabama home. Now, we'd like to welcome from Mississippi, our audience game player, Bryan Law.

(more cheers)

Bryan, please tell us what you do back in Mississippi.

[Bryan]

I work for Dollar General and I enjoy SEC Football and NASCAR!