Transcript 6/17/09: David Muhlfelder

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David Muhlfelder
New York, NY
Screenwriter

David is known as a walking encyclopedia by his friends. Meredith explains that this is because he "has a knack for trivia, so [he's] the right guy to be in the hotseat."

His category tree:

A Different Breed
Place of Honor
Pen and Brush
Meet and Greet
Who Am I?
Monopoly
Keyboard Symbols
Manana
Threads
I'm Warning You!
Cha-Ching!
Wear a Helmet
Classic TV
No Worries
Are You There Yet?

$100 (Are You There Yet?): Automobile GPS systems typically "speak" what phrase upon reaching a destination?
A. You have arrived B. Right turn ahead
C Make a U-turn D. I have to use the restroom

Spoiler

A. You have arrived (8)

$200 (No Worries): Singer Bobby McFerrin had a smash hit in 1988 with an upbeat song that advised, "Don't Worry, Be" what?
A. Chipper B. Upbeat
C. Peaceful D. Happy

Spoiler

D. Happy (10)

THE HORN SOUNDS. David will be back tomorrow to go for $300 with all of his lifelines available.

[NellyLunatic1980]

David Muhlfelder
New York, NY
Screenwriter

WE/WE®... and his resemblance to Martin Scorsese no doubt got him an instant happy card.

David is known as a walking encyclopedia by his friends. Meredith explains that this is because he "has a knack for trivia, so [he's] the right guy to be in the hotseat."

<grumble>®

[Bob Juch]

I recognized David before they put his name and occupation up. He's a friend of my friend Jeff Arch (who wrote Sleepless in Seattle). I had dinner with them in NYC when Jeff flew out to talk with some folks who wanted to do a Broadway musical of Sleepless in Seattle. Quite frankly to call either of them a screenwriter would be like calling me a screenwriter. All of us have written scripts but we're not making a living from it. Jeff teaches. I don't know what Davis really does.

[MarleysGh0st]

I recognized David before they put his name and occupation up. He's a friend of my friend Jeff Arch (who wrote Sleepless in Seattle). I had dinner with them in NYC when Jeff flew out to talk with some folks who wanted to do a Broadway musical of Sleepless in Seattle. Quite frankly to call either of them a screenwriter would be like calling me a screenwriter. All of us have written scripts but we're not making a living from it. Jeff teaches. I don't know what Davis really does.

This was explained more in today's banter: he has meaningless encounters with celebs while driving a taxi.

[Bob Juch]

I recognized David before they put his name and occupation up. He's a friend of my friend Jeff Arch (who wrote Sleepless in Seattle). I had dinner with them in NYC when Jeff flew out to talk with some folks who wanted to do a Broadway musical of Sleepless in Seattle. Quite frankly to call either of them a screenwriter would be like calling me a screenwriter. All of us have written scripts but we're not making a living from it. Jeff teaches. I don't know what Davis really does.

This was explained more in today's banter: he has meaningless encounters with celebs while driving a taxi.

That must have been in the part preempted by the emergency weather bulletin.

Spoiler

Did he get dursted by the audience?

[KillerTomato]

David Muhlfelder
New York, NY
Screenwriter

WE/WE®... and his resemblance to Martin Scorsese no doubt got him an instant happy card.

David is known as a walking encyclopedia by his friends. Meredith explains that this is because he "has a knack for trivia, so [he's] the right guy to be in the hotseat."

<grumble>®

I actually thought he looked more like Harold Gould.

[Rafferbee]

David was a holdover from Movie Week. They had him take the test at the end of that day to see if he could be in the general pool. Presumably he had only taken the movie test before.

[earendel]

David Muhlfelder
New York, NY
Screenwriter

David is known as a walking encyclopedia by his friends. Meredith explains that this is because he "has a knack for trivia, so [he's] the right guy to be in the hotseat."

Cue the ominous organ music...He's a WE/WE® to boot.

Nihil obstat®.

[MarleysGh0st]

David was a holdover from Movie Week. They had him take the test at the end of that day to see if he could be in the general pool. Presumably he had only taken the movie test before.

Now that's very interesting. I presume he took the movie test in NYC, on one of the occasions where they weren't giving both tests together. So, he had never passed the regular test or qualified for the regular pool, he's given a shot in a special theme week but doesn't get his turn, and then they give him a special opportunity to qualify for the regular pool, thereby denying someone else already in that pool the opportunity to play? (And since he lives in NYC, he hadn't gone to any great expense to get there, either.)

<grumble>®