Transcript 10/27/2011 Randy Rice (carryover)

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Randy Rice
Port Washington, NY
Barista

Bank: $11,500
No lifelines
Brought his girlfriend, his band mates, and his mom (she was shown later)

Randy's girlfriend Kelly does not like that his hair is longer than hers.
Randy originally promised to let Mere cut his hair live on national tv if he won the million. However, Mere heard him say he'd do it for a lot less.
Mere showed him a large pair of scissors. Mere got him to promise this if he reached the Classic Millionaire level and almost got him to have it done right then.
Finally Randy agreed to have it done if he accumulates at least $25K.
Mere said the hair would be donated to Locks of Love (a charity that collects hair for children who have lost theirs for medical reasons)

Topic Tree: (Randomized)

All Mixed Up
Third Class Object
American Firsts
Legal Television
Big Money
(jump)
$10000
(jump)
$500
$1000

Question 6 - Big Money
A customer reportedly charged a $52 million private jet to the limit-free American Express card that goes by what nickname?
A. The Blue Card B. The Red Card
C. The Green Card D. The Black Card

Spoiler

Randy said he was given a Black Card at work, causing Meredith to comment that he doesn't need to be on the show
Randy said it was not his but a co-worker's

Answer and value

D. The Black Card
Value: $25K!
Bank: $36500

Audience chants Randy
Mere brings out Lauren, a professional hair stylist, to cut Randy's hair which will be donated to the charity Locks of Love.
Mere gave Randy one last chance to back out before Randy agreed to have it done.
They cut his hair "live" on TV. Lauren fashioned Randy's hair into a ponytail. Mere did the first cut and said her scissors were too dull and to get out another pair.
Lauren finished the job.

Question 7 - Legal Television
Which of these cable channels shares its name with a phase of litigation that happens before a trial?
A. Encore B. Discovery
C. Showtime D. Lifetime

Spoiler

Randy said it's harder to think as he's lost half his brains.
He arrived at the answer after eliminating the other choices as not making sense

Answer and value

B. Discovery
Value: $15K
Bank: $51,500

Commercial Break

Question 8 - American Firsts
Made of wood and iron hoops in 1775, the Turtle was America's first what?
A. Submarine B. Dishwasher
C. Hot air balloon D. Observatory

Spoiler

Randy said that wood and iron hoops sounds like a basket to him and that submarines and dishwashers do not sound good for 200-300 years ago.
Randy said that he wants to keep playing (as he said on the previous question) and guessed Hot air balloon

Answer and value

A. Submarine
Value: not shown
Bank: $1000 consolation

[MarleysGh0st]

Okay, I'm going to rant in this thread. None of what follows is meant as a slight to Locks of Love, which is a worthy charity.*

Randy's girlfriend Kelly does not like that his hair is longer than hers.
Randy originally promised to let Mere cut his hair live on national tv if he won the million. However, Mere heard him say he'd do it for a lot less.
Mere showed him a large pair of scissors. Mere got him to promise this if he reached the Classic Millionaire level and almost got him to have it done right then.
Finally Randy agreed to have it done if he accumulates at least $25K.
Mere said the hair would be donated to Locks of Love (a charity that collects hair for children who have lost theirs for medical reasons)

As I said yesterday, what's Meredith offering you for this deal, Randy? You've already been cast for the show and she's not going to do anything extra to help you. And here you're allowing her to renegotiate the deal twice in a matter of seconds, again without any offer from her!!!

Audience chants Randy
Mere brings out Lauren, a professional hair stylist, to cut Randy's hair which will be donated to the charity Locks of Love.
Mere gave Randy one last chance to back out before Randy agreed to have it done.
They cut his hair "live" on TV. Lauren fashioned Randy's hair into a ponytail. Mere did the first cut and said her scissors were too dull and to get out another pair.
Lauren finished the job.

Move over, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, it's time for Gimmicks "R" Us!

Do you need a lawyer to point out that your really haven't accumulated $25,000 yet, Randy? You can only keep half of your bank at this point...if you walk away!

And the humongus stage scissors that Meredith has been waving around turns out to be too dull to cut his ponytail! Classic!

Question 8 - American Firsts
Made of wood and iron hoops in 1775, the Turtle was America's first what?
A. Submarine B. Dishwasher
C. Hot air balloon D. Observatory

Spoiler

Randy said that wood and iron hoops sounds like a basket to him and that submarines and dishwashers do not sound good for 200-300 years ago.
Randy said that he wants to keep playing (as he said on the previous question) and guessed Hot air balloon

Answer and value

A. Submarine
Value: not shown
Bank: $1000 consolation

And he loses his bank! What a perfect end to this mockery of a negotiation.



*If Randy really intended to donate his hair to Locks of Love, good for him. But it shouldn't have been done in the middle of this show. But, hey, maybe next week Mere will help out the Red Cross by convincing a contestant to give a pint of blood on stage. Dress up the Red Cross volunteer as Dracula and it'd be perfect for Halloween.**



**But not as perfect as a Flying Monkey.

[15QuestionsAway]

Question 6 transcript answer is incorrect - should be d. Black Card.

Carry on.

[Snaxx]

Question 6 transcript answer is incorrect - should be d. Black Card.

Carry on.

Fixed. I had the blue card (an older one that I'm sure carried a limit) in the back of my mind all along.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

*If Randy really intended to donate his hair to Locks of Love, good for him. But it shouldn't have been done in the middle of this show. But, hey, maybe next week Mere will help out the Red Cross by convincing a contestant to give a pint of blood on stage. Dress up the Red Cross volunteer as Dracula and it'd be perfect for Halloween.**



**But not as perfect as a Flying Monkey.

I would so do that. Blood from a Flying Monkey, I have no shame. I put on my Halloween audition questionnaire that I had donated 7 1/2 buckets of blood.

[MarleysGh0st]

*If Randy really intended to donate his hair to Locks of Love, good for him. But it shouldn't have been done in the middle of this show. But, hey, maybe next week Mere will help out the Red Cross by convincing a contestant to give a pint of blood on stage. Dress up the Red Cross volunteer as Dracula and it'd be perfect for Halloween.**



**But not as perfect as a Flying Monkey.

I would so do that. Blood from a Flying Monkey, I have no shame. I put on my Halloween audition questionnaire that I had donated 7 1/2 buckets of blood.

So that's not really ketchup in that bottle?

[earendel]

Randy Rice
Port Washington, NY
Barista

Bank: $11,500
No lifelines
Brought his girlfriend, his band mates, and his mom (she was shown later)

Randy's girlfriend Kelly does not like that his hair is longer than hers.
Randy originally promised to let Mere cut his hair live on national tv if he won the million. However, Mere heard him say he'd do it for a lot less.
Mere showed him a large pair of scissors. Mere got him to promise this if he reached the Classic Millionaire level and almost got him to have it done right then.
Finally Randy agreed to have it done if he accumulates at least $25K.
Mere said the hair would be donated to Locks of Love (a charity that collects hair for children who have lost theirs for medical reasons)

<Sheesh>® they certainly played this up a lot.

Question 6 - Big Money
A customer reportedly charged a $52 million private jet to the limit-free American Express card that goes by what nickname?
A. The Blue Card B. The Red Card
C. The Green Card D. The Black Card

Spoiler

Randy said he was given a Black Card at work, causing Meredith to comment that he doesn't need to be on the show
Randy said it was not his but a co-worker's

Not a co-worker, a customer, I believe. Randy said that he got one the other day and Meredith thought he was saying Amex had sent him one.

Answer and value

D. The Black Card
Value: $25K!
Bank: $36500

Audience chants Randy
Mere brings out Lauren, a professional hair stylist, to cut Randy's hair which will be donated to the charity Locks of Love.
Mere gave Randy one last chance to back out before Randy agreed to have it done.
They cut his hair "live" on TV. Lauren fashioned Randy's hair into a ponytail. Mere did the first cut and said her scissors were too dull and to get out another pair.
Lauren finished the job.

OK is anyone really surprised that the "random" money for this question was the $25K just after Randy agreed to let Meredith cut his hair if he added $25K to his bank?

Those who remember my first BAM show may recall that Regis and I discussed my long hair (which was longer than Randy's, BTW).

Question 8 - American Firsts
Made of wood and iron hoops in 1775, the Turtle was America's first what?
A. Submarine B. Dishwasher
C. Hot air balloon D. Observatory

Spoiler

Randy said that wood and iron hoops sounds like a basket to him and that submarines and dishwashers do not sound good for 200-300 years ago.
Randy said that he wants to keep playing (as he said on the previous question) and guessed Hot air balloon

Answer and value

A. Submarine
Value: not shown
Bank: $1000 consolation

Well, he may have wanted to keep playing but that didn't pan out. "Turtle" should have pointed him away from hot air balloon. And after all the hoopla about getting his hair cut for $25K, he ends up with $1K.