The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Ep. 27; CANCELED)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not WOOL -- but a great guess. Nels, it's back to you.

[nelson17]

I'll take a letter under mittens

[dougmorrisontheair]

Next letter for Nels...










(ding)

...W-A.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(time passes)

(buzz)

No guess in time from Nels. We go back to Frank.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Mittens, please Doug.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another chance to tie, Frank,...









(ding)

...with W-A-R.

[grapebuy789]

Warm!

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's what they do all right. Mittens keep you WARM.










(ding; audience applause)

Tie ballgame at $500. Remaining link's now worth $500 -- 250 for the right answer and the other 250 for completion of the chain. Frank, who's getting the first letter?


nelson17
grapebuy789

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Warm, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Under WARM and above CHAT for you, Frank,...









(ding)

...there's an F.

[grapebuy789]

Fuzzy?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not FUZZY. Back to Nels. Who gets the next letter?

[nelson17]

I'll take the letter

[dougmorrisontheair]

Nels, you're taking...









(ding)

...F-I.

[nelson17]

Firm?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Sorry -- not FIRM. We go back to Frank. Who gets the next letter?

[grapebuy789]

I'll take it.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Frank tries to complete this chain...









(ding)

...with F-I-R.

[grapebuy789]

Fire!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(cuckoo bird)

Close but not close enough, says the birdie. Frank, you've given us a form of the word or words in that link. One chance to capitalize on your guess of FIRE.

[grapebuy789]

Fireside

[dougmorrisontheair]

FIRESIDE is right.










(ding; audience applause)

So, let's recap the chain.

Trash and litter can lead to a lot of pollution -- if it's not picked up correctly. A female cat can give birth to a litter of kittens. According to a famous nursery rhyme, three little kittens lost their mittens. Mittens can keep your hands warm during the winter. You can also stay warm by the fireside. And President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the nation via a radio broadcast was known as a fireside chat.



nelson17
grapebuy789


(theme plays)

Frank leads $1000 to $500 at the end of this first round -- and I hear theme music and I've got a floor director holding up a card that says "COMML". Before I upset anyone, let's just pitch to a commercial break. Round 2 after this -- I think.

(scattered laughter and applause; quick fade to black)

[dougmorrisontheair]

All,

For about the third or fourth time ever, I'm afraid I have to abort a game I've started hosting. I'm doing this for these reasons...

1. Unfortunately, my dad took a turn for the worse two weeks after hospitalization began. Best to say nothing further at the moment.

2. As Frank announced elsewhere, he's going to be off the NGC grid for a few months. There were plans for a special guest challenger to replace Frank, play against Nels and finish the game from there. But, in deference to the first reason, there's really no reason to progress this game further.

...as a result, this episode is canceled -- and will be "rebooted" at a later point in time. At the moment of reboot, Nels will be the champion pro tem, for lack of a better term.

Thank you for understanding -- and may God bless you and the loved ones you treasure.