The All-New Tic Tac Dough (NBC/USA) - Episode 2 - Finished!

[samthebravesfan]

Bill McDee has $106,000 as our one-day champion and he'll check in for more!  I'll need his opponent and we'll get started on the next episode!

[bighornbattle]

Can I please try?

[billmcdee]

All ready and raring to go.

[bighornbattle]

Good luck Bill.

[billmcdee]

Good luck George!

[samthebravesfan]

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*The set is dark and as Rich Fields speaks, it lights up and the board opens, 90 TTD theme plays*

Rich Fields: In a moment, the game that intrigued a nation! In a moment, the game of strategy, knowledge and fun! In a moment:




*Cheers and applause*

Rich: And now, our host who will take us through the next 30 minutes of Tic Tac Dough: Sam Switzer!

*Sam comes to the set to applause*

Sam: Howdy, everyone and welcome to The All-New Tic Tac Dough! I know all of you at home and here in the audience are ready for some exciting tic-tac-trivia action, so let's get right on with it! Rich, please welcome back our champion!

*90 TTD intro theme*

Rich: Our champion the X player is a regular game show panelist and host of Split Decision, and he has $106,000 in cash, meet Bill McDee!

*cheers and applause as Bill takes his podium*

Rich: And, our O player is from Spartanburg, South Carolina, meet George Cluster!

*90 TTD intro theme ends with applause as George comes to the podium*



It's great to have you both here. Now, George, since you're the new kid on the block around here, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?

[bighornbattle]

Well, as Rich said, I am from Spartanburg, SC. I enjoy Mahjong, singing, do word finds, love listening to news themes, watch game shows, and enjoying life. I have 5 friends cheering me on no matter what.

[samthebravesfan]

Hey, always nice to have friends cheering you on. I've wondered how tough it is to play mahjong, but hopefully Tic Tac Dough here is easier.

And Bill, what can I say? You started off your championship with a bang and there's nowhere to go but up.

[billmcdee]

I certainly hope to do so.  I must win more money to pay for the income taxes I incurred from my big win on yesterday's show!

[samthebravesfan]

It just keeps piling on the more you win, doesn't it?

*audience laughs*

It's true, it's true!  But we want everyone to win a lot of money on our show, and you two know how to do it.  We have nine categories on the board here for our first game:

1. The 1990s

2. Number Please
3. Football

4. Jims and James
5. Japan

6. It's A Dilemma

7. Sitcoms

8. Royalty

9. Felines

Each of your jobs is to make Tic Tac Dough across, horizontally, or diagonally. Each outside box is worth $500 for the pot and the center box is worth $1000 since it's so important, but it's always a two-part question.  And you see two red categories there; those are our special categories and I'll explain the rules to them should either of them be picked along the way.

Should you tie, the money in the pot is carried over into the next game and the values of each box is doubled.  It takes two games to win a match here on The All-New Tic Tac Dough, and here's something I didn't mention before on our last show: if you're skilled and lucky enough to win five matches in a row on our show, you will win a fabulous new car!

*audience cheers and applause*

And of course the winner of our match gets to go to the Beat The Dragon bonus game, where you can possibly win the Dragon's Jackpot, which Bill has.  And that always starts at:

*ding*

$100,000

*more cheers and applause, and possibly a "Boo-yeah!" coming from the crowd*

Must be your friends, George. Anyway, the X player, our champion, always goes first in Game 1, so Bill, start us off.

[billmcdee]

I'll try football please.

[samthebravesfan]

Football in the top right.

This quarterback, whom spent his first five years with the Chargers, spent fifteen more seasons with the New Orleans Saints.  He led them to a win in Super Bowl XLIV and retired after 2020 with the most passing yards by a quarterback with 80,358 of them.  Name him.

[billmcdee]

Drew Brees

[samthebravesfan]

Correct!

*ding, applause*

*whooooooosh, bong*

Our first X there and $500 in the pot. You're up, George, what would you like to try?

[bighornbattle]

Japan in the center please.

[samthebravesfan]

It'll be $1,000 and an O if you can get this two-part question right. Here we go.

Japan's language utilizes the Latin alphabet, Arabic numbers, and three other sets of characters. The first uses characters borrowed from the Chinese language, the second is commonly used to spell out words from those Chinese characters, and the third is used for words borrowed from other languages. Name two of those three systems.

*90 TTD think music*

What are your answers, George?

[bighornbattle]

Kanji & Hiragna.

[samthebravesfan]

That's right, and the other is katakana, good job!

*ding, applause*

*whoooooooosh, bong*

Two questions, both answered correctly, $1,500 in the pot and we have our first shuffle.

*90 TTD shuffle chimes*

*90 TTD stop dings*

Please select, Bill.

[billmcdee]

I will try sitcoms

[samthebravesfan]

Sitcoms in the top center.  Here's your question, Bill:

This spin-off sitcom on CBS, which premiered in 2017, follows the Cooper family, Texans whose youngest son is a genius but struggles with relating to his family and coping with people whom are not as smart as him.  For the box, name the show.

[billmcdee]

Young Sheldon.

[samthebravesfan]

Correct!

*ding, applause*

*whooooooooosh, bong*

$2,000 in the pot now and we go to George for his next choice.  Where's the next O going?

[bighornbattle]

Japan for the block.

[billmcdee]

Please see the vacation thread regarding my status.



Thank you,



Bill

[samthebravesfan]

Japan it is, scoreboard had a little error there, it should have said $2,000.  Anyway, here's your question:

Considered the father of modern manga, this artist and cartoonist created pioneering manga and anime such as Astro Boy, Kimba The White Lion and Phoenix, as they are known in English.  For the box, name him.

[samthebravesfan]

(After this answer, we're going to take a break until Bill can return.)

[bighornbattle]

Osamu Tezuka

[billmcdee]

I am back on the scene, barring my internet or power being disrupted.

[samthebravesfan]

(Excellent! Without further delay, let's continue!)

That's correct, George!

*ding, applause*

*whoooooooosh, bong*

NOW there's $2,500 in the pot and it's time to shuffle again.

*90 TTD shuffle chimes*

*90 TTD stop dings*

Okay, Bill, where's that next X going?

[billmcdee]

I will try Sitcoms for a diagonal block.