The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Ep. 52, charity bonus game)

[bighornbattle]

Felicia.

[dougmorrisontheair]

FELICIA is right.









(ding; audience applause)


"Bye, Felicia" is a famous dismissive phrase from the movie "Friday". (ACC: "Felisha")

[NOTE FROM DOUG: There's a reason we saved this chain for the bonus round. In "Friday", the character's first name is actually spelled "Felisha". Had George said "Felisha" before the C was revealed, we would accept this as a correct answer.]

You've got a dime in the bank, George. For a dollar, the next link below FELICIA starts with D.

[bighornbattle]

The only thing coming to me is Day.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great thing -- because DAY is right.









(ding; audience applause)

Felicia Day, the star of "The Guild", is from Huntsville, Alabama.

A buck's in the bank now, George. For $10, the next link starts with an O.

[bighornbattle]

One.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not ONE. Great guess as you spend your first spare letter.









(ding)

O-F.

[bighornbattle]

Off.

[dougmorrisontheair]

There ya go.









(ding; audience applause)

If you missed there, the second F would've completed the link and taken you out of contention for ten large.

BTW, Matthew Broderick starred as the title character in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

Ten dollars in the bank now, George. For $100, the next link starts with S.

[bighornbattle]

Set.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not SET. Good guess though. Here comes another letter.









(ding)

S-W.

[bighornbattle]

Switch.

[dougmorrisontheair]

SWITCH is right.









(ding; audience applause)

One way to look at that -- David Letterman famously stated, "There is no off position on the genius switch."

$100 for you, George. For $1000, the next link starts with J.

[bighornbattle]

Job.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another good guess -- but not JOB. Here comes another letter.









(ding)

J-E.

[bighornbattle]

Jewelry.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Have you been talking to Tiffany and the dice girls from my other show? (scattered laughter from crowd) They switch jewelry all the time.

JEWELRY is incorrect. Another spare letter. Let's see if this helps.









(ding)

J-E-F.

[bighornbattle]

Jeff.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(cuckoo bird sfx)

Form of the word or words in that link. One chance to capitalize on that guess, George, without losing a letter -- comes now.

[bighornbattle]

Jeffrey.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(buzz)

Can't take it. Sorry. So here comes another letter -- and you probably know what's coming.









(ding)

J-E-F-F -- and I will clarify there's at least one more letter after the double F. So, George, you may take a guess.

[bighornbattle]

Jeffy.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(cuckoo bird sfx)

A generous cuckoo I think -- but another chance nonetheless to guess without losing a letter, George.

[bighornbattle]

Jeff.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(buzz)

Can't take it -- and here's why...









(ding)

...there's more than one word in the link -- J-E-F-F and then H.

[bighornbattle]

Jeff Hardy.

[dougmorrisontheair]

'Fraid that's not it either. Here comes your last spare letter.









(ding)

J-E-F-F and then H-E. You'll need to correctly solve this here to stay in business, George.

[bighornbattle]

Jeff Healey.

[dougmorrisontheair]

If it's JEFF HEALEY, you're still in the hunt for $10,000.

(buzz)

(ahhs from the crowd; smattering of applause)

No -- it was Jeff Hephner, the host of the relatively new game show "Switch". Sorry about that.

And to complete the chain...










... ah -- just Chicago.

Jeff Hephner was a cast member on "Chicago Fire" -- who since moved to "Chicago Med". And in accordance with our rules, if you started your guess with "Chicago", even if you guessed "Chicago P.D.", we'd accept as a correct answer.   Even if you just said Chicago, as we had it, that would have been a win.

Had you said "Chicago Hope", you'd get dirty looks from network brass -- but we'd still accept as a correct answer.

(scattered laughter from crowd)

Well, only $100 from the final chain -- but quite a bundle from the main game -- for a total in cash and merch of...

...$102,600.

(audience cheers)

And you're still the champion. If you win the next main game, that's an *instant* $40,000 bonus. Then after that, the zombie apocalypse vehicle and more than $120,000 on a gas card.

How's that sound?

[bighornbattle]

Sounds good. But hey $100 is better than nothing.

[dougmorrisontheair]

I think you can get a really fancy lamp for $100 at Levitz. In any event, we'll see you on the next show, George.

After the break, something special -- stay with us.

(theme plays; audience applause)