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00:00Drowning in a sea of bills?
00:10Then it's time to play Debt!
00:13The game show where three debt-laden Americans just like you
00:17compete to have us pay off all their bills and go home with nothing!
00:22And now, let's meet today's contestants!
00:26Hi, I'm Amanda, and I'm in debt because I took out a loan to buy a car.
00:30I'm Greg, and I'm in debt because my wife and I lived off our credit cards when we first got married.
00:35I'm Melissa, and I'm in debt because I never saw a vintage Barbie doll I didn't like.
00:40And now, starting at host, the crown Prince of Credit, the two-goddess, Queen Martindale!
00:53Thanks a lot. Thank you very much. Welcome.
00:56Whoo! Thanks, everybody. Welcome to our show.
01:00Well, the country's in debt. You're probably in debt.
01:02But most importantly, our three players, Amanda, Greg, and Melissa, have come to us with their real-life debt.
01:08And if they look familiar to you, that's because they've all been on the show before.
01:12We reviewed their games, decided that they may have been unfairly disadvantaged in gameplay,
01:17and so we're giving them one more chance to get out of debt!
01:20So let's get this party started.
01:23Our first round we call General Debt, and here are today's categories.
01:27They are...
01:29Some People Think I'm Annoying!
01:31TV Guide, The Thinking Man's Journal.
01:34Yes!
01:36An Anti category.
01:39Famous Vigilantes!
01:41Yes!
01:42And finally, Date Me! Wink!
01:47This is an elimination round.
01:49Only the two players with the least debt at the end of the round get to move on and have a chance at going home with...
01:54Not me!
01:55Got it! Now, Melissa, since you've spent less than your opponents in the game of life, you get the honor of selecting our first category.
02:01To make things fair, we're going to even you all out to the average debt amount of the day, and your average debt is $6,888.
02:08Two final reminders before we start.
02:10All the questions on debt take the IMUR format, as you know, and you will be penalized for an incorrect answer.
02:16Okay, Melissa, select our first category.
02:19I'd like TV Guide, The Thinking Man's Journal for minus 200, please.
02:22Here's your question. I'm TV Guide's rhyming feature that offers both praises and insults to the pressing issues of the TV day.
02:30Greg.
02:31You are Cheers and Jeers, Wink.
02:32That is correct. Worth $200 off your debt.
02:35I'll take Some People Think I'm Annoying for minus 250, Wink.
02:38Here's your question, everybody. Listen carefully.
02:40Sure, I sound like a brand of imitation sour cream.
02:43I'm the comic more annoying than my excruciating ex, Judy Tenuta.
02:47We were looking for Emo, Emo Phillips. Greg, select again, please.
02:53I'll take TV Guide, The Thinking Man's Journal for minus 250, Wink.
02:56Okay, players, I'm the son of America's favorite redhead who appeared on the first cover of TV Guide in 1953.
03:02Melissa.
03:03You are Desi Arnaz, Jr.?
03:05That is it, yes, for $250.
03:07Okay, let's go with TV Guide, The Thinking Man's Journal for minus 150, please.
03:12If you can't solve the one in the New York Times, I'm the puzzle in TV Guide that you can even solve after a lobotomy.
03:18Greg?
03:19You are the TV Guide crossword puzzle?
03:20That's right.
03:22Doesn't speak very well for the crossword puzzle, does it?
03:24Go ahead.
03:25Let's take Famous Vigilantes for minus 250, Wink.
03:27Here's your question.
03:28Played by Tom Laughlin, I'm the karate chopping film character who's half Native American, 100% vigilante, and 110 soldier.
03:36Amanda?
03:37You are Billy Jack, Wink.
03:38Yes, take $250 off that lady's deck.
03:41I like Gate Me, Wink, for minus 250, please.
03:44These are all important dates in pop culture history.
03:47I'm the year the New York Mets won their first World Series and a 1988 movie with Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Downey, Jr.
03:54Amanda?
03:55You are 1969, Wink.
03:56That's correct. Another $250 for you.
03:58I'd like some people think I'm annoying for minus 200, please.
04:01I played the grating Joe Isuzu guy, the pesky neighbor on Empty Nest, and I share my last name with a tacky style of men's suit.
04:12How fast we forget our stars, David Leisure.
04:15David Leisure.
04:17Amanda?
04:19I'd like an anti-category for minus 250, please.
04:22Okay, that's anti-category. All the answers in this category begin with anti.
04:27I'll dry up that dripping nose. I'm the generic name for drugs like Vinodril.
04:32Amanda?
04:33I'm an anti-histomy. You're an anti-histomy, Wink.
04:34Yes, indeed. Another $250. Very good. Amanda?
04:37I'd like an anti-category for minus 200, please.
04:40Whether you spray me or rub me, I'm the generic name for the product that'll stop your armpits from soaking through your shirt.
04:47Amanda?
04:48You're an anti-perspirant, Wink.
04:49Isn't that a nice thought?
04:51I'd like an anti-category for minus 150, please, Wink.
04:54I sound as if I don't like macaroni, but I'm really the Italian word for appetizer.
05:00Amanda?
05:01You're an anti-pasta, Wink.
05:02That's correct. For another 150, she's hot.
05:05I'd like an anti-category for minus 100, please, Wink.
05:07Click your heels together, players, and you'll find me. I'm Dorothy's kind old anti in the Wizard of Oz.
05:13Amanda?
05:14You're anti and Wink.
05:15Again, another $100.
05:18I'd like an anti-category for minus 50, please, Wink.
05:21Wrapping up that category, the temperature never drops below Xerox.
05:24I'm the green fluid in your car's radiator that keeps it from overheating.
05:28Greg?
05:29You're an anti-freeze, Wink.
05:30That's correct. For $50.
05:32Let's go for famous vigilantes for minus 200, Wink.
05:35Here's your...
05:36Whoa!
05:37You get our detonator.
05:38The most difficult question on today's board, in the opinion of our producers,
05:41this is sort of a leveler.
05:42Because of that, it's worth $500 for whoever gets it right.
05:45I'm the guy from New York, dubbed the subway vigilante,
05:48who shot at his muggers, got sued by them for some $40 million,
05:52and lost the case.
05:57Bernard Goetz.
05:58We have less than two minutes remaining in general debt.
06:00Select red.
06:01Uh, date me, Wink, please, for minus 250, or minus 200.
06:04I'm the year the United States entered World War II,
06:06and the title of a deadly Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi movie.
06:10Amanda?
06:11You're 1945, Wink.
06:12No.
06:13Anybody else?
06:14Melissa?
06:15You are 1942, Wink.
06:16No, I'm sorry.
06:17Greg, any idea?
06:18You are 1941, Wink.
06:19You got it, for $200 off your debt.
06:21Okay, date me, Wink, for minus 150.
06:24I'm the year President Kennedy was shot, and the year Brad Pitt was born.
06:28Amanda?
06:29You are 1963, Wink.
06:33Yes.
06:34Wink.
06:35That's it.
06:36Amanda, select.
06:37Oh, uh, oh, um, uh, oh, uh, the TV Guide, The Thinking Man's original, uh, journal,
06:42minus 100, Wink.
06:43Are we throwing you, Amanda?
06:44I'm sorry.
06:45I'm the name of TV Guide's rumor mill section, and the plant through which Marvin Gaye gets his information.
06:50How about it, Melissa?
06:52You are the grapevine, Wink.
06:53Heard it through the grapevine.
06:54Remember that?
06:55Okay, let's go with, some people think I'm annoying, for minus 150, please.
06:59I'm the screechy, squinting comedian who was the voice of Iago the parrot in Aladdin.
07:04Greg?
07:05You are Gilbert Godfrey, Wink.
07:06Yes.
07:08Date me, Wink, for minus 100, please.
07:10I'm the title of the Bernardo Bertolucci epic starring Robert De Niro, and the year McKinley was re-elected president.
07:161900, select again, Greg.
07:20Uh, let's finish out, date me, Wink, for minus 50.
07:22I'm the year America celebrated its bicentennial, and the year Renee Richards won her first tennis match as a woman.
07:29Amanda?
07:30You are 1976, Wink.
07:31Yes, the great 76.
07:33Um, I'd like, some people think I'm annoying, for minus 100, please.
07:36Okay, I'm the irritating actor who clogs up theaters with such blemishes as Billy Madison and Airheads.
07:42Greg?
07:43You are Adam Sandler, Wink.
07:44He's not gonna like that whatsoever.
07:46Yes.
07:47I'll finish out, some people think I'm annoying, for minus 50.
07:50I'm the Dances with Wolfstar, who annoyed Madonna in Truth or Dare by telling her I thought her concert was neat.
07:57Melissa?
07:58You are Kevin Costner, Wink.
07:59Yes, I'll never forget that comment.
08:01Okay, that's the end of General Debt, and I'm sorry to say that you, Melissa, have the highest score, and unfortunately in our game that means you are eliminated, but you won't go home empty-handed.
08:10Julie, what do we have for Melissa?
08:12Well, Melissa, to help you get back on the road to financial recovery, here's our very own Debt Piggy Bank, along with a $200 savings bond. Go pay some bills.
08:24We'll be back to see Amanda and Greg battle it out for a chance to have us pay off all their debts right after this.
08:30And now, let's get deeper into debt with Wink Martindale.
08:42Thanks, Julie. Welcome back, everybody. We're down to two players now. Amanda's in the lead with minus $5,688, and Greg has minus $6,038.
08:50It's a difference of only $350, so it's a very close game.
08:54At the end of this round, though, one of you, the one with the least debt remaining, will have a chance to have us pay off your entire debt.
09:00But first, we're gonna play Gambling Debt.
09:02In this round, I'll show you a category, then you'll wager between yourselves to see who can answer the most questions correctly out of five.
09:08Category values increase throughout the round. $300 is at stake on this first category, which is, I'm big in Japan.
09:16Now, since you're behind Greg, we're gonna let you start the bidding.
09:20I can answer three.
09:22He says three. Amanda, you want to go for four? I'm big in Japan.
09:26She says, prove it. So all you need is three, Greg. Three out of five for the $300, a hundred bucks a piece.
09:31Otherwise, Amanda gets the money.
09:33I'm the ancient sport where Japanese behemoths battle it out in their underwear, and no, it's not professional wrestling.
09:41You are sumo wrestling, wink.
09:43Is that acceptable? Yes, sumo wrestling.
09:47Second question. I'm Japan's mega electronics firm that brought you the Walkman and the Discman and owns Columbia TriStar Pictures.
09:55You are Sony, wink.
09:57Yes, that's two. One more to go. Step up to the mic.
10:00I'm the Japanese craze where you drink a lot and make a fool of yourself by lip syncing your favorite song.
10:06You are karaoke, wink.
10:07Sounds like you've done it a few times, Greg.
10:10That's good for $300 off your debt. Moving on to our second category.
10:15This is worth $400, and we're dealing with toothpaste.
10:19Smile, smile. Nice smiles.
10:22All right, start the bidding, Greg.
10:24I can answer four.
10:25Amanda?
10:26Prove it.
10:27Once again, Amanda says, prove it. Greg, four out of five, and you got the $400.
10:31I'm the company famous for their baking soda in a yellow box, who now also make a damn fine baking soda toothpaste.
10:38You are Armand Hammer, wink.
10:40You got it. Three to go for the money.
10:42I'm the only toothpaste that shares its name with an East Coast university.
10:46You're Colgate, wink.
10:47That's two. Two to go.
10:49You got that little twinkle you get in your eye, and a toothpaste that'll put a little sparkle on your teeth.
10:53You are Gleam, wink.
10:54That's correct. One to go.
10:56According to my ads, you'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with me.
11:04You're Pepsodent.
11:05Yeah.
11:06That's it.
11:07When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
11:09Good for the $400.
11:11Were you asking me or telling me there, Greg?
11:13I have no idea.
11:14Let's move on to our next category.
11:15It's worth $500, and it is five questions about the number four.
11:20All the answers in the category have the number four in them.
11:23All right, Greg, start the bidding.
11:26I can do...
11:27I can answer three.
11:29Amanda?
11:30Five questions about the number four.
11:34Four.
11:35I can answer...
11:36Five.
11:37Amanda says she can answer all five, going for the old McGillip.
11:40Five out of five will give you $500 off your debt, Amanda.
11:43Here's question one.
11:44Good luck.
11:45I'm the 1994 British film about a bloke who attends several nuptial ceremonies and one memorial for a dead guy.
11:52You are four weddings and a funeral, Wayne.
11:53That's one.
11:54Four to go.
11:55I'm the 1975 swashbuckling sequel starring Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, and two other noble swordsmen.
12:02You are the four musketeers, Wayne.
12:04That is correct.
12:05Three to go.
12:06I'm Alan Alda's 1981 film that made the annoying phrase, are we having fun yet?
12:11Part of pop culture.
12:12You are the four seasons, Wayne.
12:14Correct.
12:15Two to go.
12:16Led by lovely Linda Perry, I'm the quartet without peroxide who sang the 1993 hit, What's Up?
12:21You are four non-blondes, Wayne.
12:23That is correct.
12:24One to go for $500.
12:26Amanda, I'm a fantastic four-card hand in poker and the band that sang Love is a Many Splendored Thing.
12:34You are the four aces, Wayne.
12:35Yes.
12:36$500 off your debt.
12:37Well done.
12:38Five out of five.
12:40$750 rests on this category, which is Guys Named Junior.
12:48Amanda, start the bidding.
12:50I can answer three.
12:51Greg.
12:52I can do four.
12:53Amanda.
12:54Prove it.
12:55She says prove it for $750.
12:56I'm the Air America actor who was flying high after being Academy Award nominated for playing Chaplin in Chaplin.
13:03You are Robert Downey Jr., Wayne.
13:05Yes.
13:07I'm the versatile singer-pianist who soundtracked to When Harry Met Sally went platinum.
13:12You are Harry Connick Jr., Wayne.
13:13Yes.
13:15I'm the saxie Jr. who wrote and played the hit Just the Two of Us, and I share my first name with a Muppet.
13:21That would be Grover Washington Jr.
13:27Greg, you need both of the questions I have left to win the money.
13:30How sweet it is to be loved by you, the fans, for my hits like Shotgun that I recorded with my all-stars.
13:40Junior Walker, Amanda, gets the money.
13:43$750 off her debt.
13:46She's in the lead.
13:47Let's move on to our final category.
13:49This will determine our winner.
13:51It's worth $1,500, and the subject is The Masterworks of Chucky and Emilio Sheen.
13:58Are you ready for this, Amanda?
13:59Yes.
14:00How many?
14:01Four.
14:02I can answer four.
14:03Greg.
14:04Prove it.
14:05Greg says go to it, Amanda.
14:06Four out of five will give you the game.
14:08Otherwise, Greg has it.
14:09One.
14:10In a thorough character stretch, I'm the film where Chucky plays an unprincipled yuppie stockbroker.
14:16You are Wall Street wing.
14:17That's one.
14:18I'm the 1986 film based on Oliver Stone's Vietnam experience where the Chuckster actually acted.
14:27You are...
14:28You are...
14:30Oh my God.
14:31Platoon.
14:32Oh my God.
14:33Platoon.
14:34It was not Oh My God.
14:35I'm sorry.
14:36Next.
14:37Inexplicably passed over for Best Picture of 1990, I'm the Epic where Chucky and Emilio play Garbage Men.
14:44You.
14:45You.
14:46Are.
14:47God.
14:48Men at work.
14:49The game goes to Greg.
14:51Men at work.
14:52So Greg, that means you're going on to the final round with a chance to have us pay off your entire debt and you, Amanda, will go home with this.
15:01What do we have, Julie?
15:03Well, Amanda, sorry, we're not going to pay off your bills, but we are going to give you one of our debt piggy banks along with a $500 savings bond.
15:13Spend it wisely.
15:16We're going to be back shortly to see if Greg could move out of the red and into the black after this commercial break.
15:21Sorry, Amanda.
15:30Well, it's got you down.
15:31Well, there's help in sight.
15:32If you'd like to be a contestant on debt and you live in the L.A. area, call 213-468-3300.
15:43And we're back to see if Greg can get out of debt with the help of our main man, Wayne.
15:50Welcome back to Debt, everybody.
15:51I'm standing here with Greg Grohammer.
15:53Greg played his first two rounds, eliminated his opponents, and knocked $3,050 off his debt in short order.
16:00Now, Greg, you've earned the right to have us pay off your entire original debt of $6,880 in the round we appropriately call Get Out of Debt.
16:08If you can answer 10 of my questions in 60 seconds, your debt of $6,880 will be completely wiped out.
16:15You ready?
16:16Yeah.
16:17Your category is Call Your Grammy.
16:21This category is all about Grammy winners.
16:24We set your expiration date at 60 seconds, and your time starts now.
16:28I'm the Creedence Clearwater tune that won a Grammy for Ike and Tina Turner.
16:31Uh, pass.
16:32I won the 1972 record of the year for the first time ever I saw your face.
16:37Pass.
16:38I'm the best male vocalist of 1986 who was addicted to love.
16:42Uh, pass.
16:43I'm the band who won best album in 77 for Rumors.
16:46Pass.
16:47I'm the best R&B vocal for On Broadway.
16:50Pass.
16:51I'm the John and Yoko album that won album of the year.
16:54Pass.
16:55I'm the soap opera star who won a Grammy for Jessie's Girl.
16:57Uh, Rick Springfield.
16:58Yeah, I'm Survivor's Grammy winning song from Rocky III.
17:01Uh, Eye of the Tiger.
17:02Yeah, I'm the funny girl who won a Grammy for People in 64.
17:04Barbra Streisand.
17:05Yes, I'm the numbered street that was the title of a 78 Grammy winning Billy Joel album.
17:09Uh, 30 Second Pass.
17:11No, I'm the charitable 1985 song by USA for Africa that won a Grammy.
17:15Uh, Heal the World.
17:16No, I won a Grammy for Graceland without Garfunkel.
17:19Uh, Paul Simon.
17:20Yeah, I'm the blind R&B man who won a Grammy for Hit the Road Jack.
17:22Stevie Wonder.
17:23No, I'm the 1982 rock vocal performance winner for the song Hurt So Good.
17:26Uh, pass.
17:27I'm the soul to say, oh, time's up.
17:29Let's quickly go through those.
17:31Ike and Tina Turner's Proud Mary.
17:34First time ever I saw your face, Roberta Flack.
17:36Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer.
17:38Fleetwood Mac, Rumors.
17:40George Benson on Broadway.
17:42Double Fantasy, the album of the year by John and Yoko.
17:45The Billy Joel album, 52nd Street, We Are the World.
17:49The charitable 1985 song, Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack.
17:52John Cougar.
17:531982 rock vocal Hurt So Good.
17:55Okay, you didn't make it down to zero, but all is not lost.
17:59That's for sure.
18:00In the first two rounds, you reduced your debt by $3,050.
18:03That's yours to keep, unless of course you want to bet your debt.
18:06When we selected you to be a player on the show, you told us your specialty category in the world of pop culture was the movie Caddyshack.
18:14So before the show, we prepared one question on the movie Caddyshack, and if you can answer this question correctly, we'll double your current total of $3,050.
18:23However, if you go for it and you miss it, you'll be back $6,880 in the hole, okay?
18:29So you can walk away with what you've won, or you can risk it all, and we'll be back to see what you, Greg, want to do.
18:34What is his decision?
18:35We'll find out right after this.
18:51It's time for another Big Money Moment on Debt.
18:56Okay, we're standing here with Greg now.
18:59Greg, of course, here for the second time.
19:01So he's trying to do everything he can to take advantage of this second visit to Debt.
19:06You've had some time to think it over.
19:08If you go for this question, Greg, it's going to be worth $6,100 to you.
19:13So what's it going to be?
19:14You have the chance to risk it all or walk away with what you've won so far.
19:18Audience, what do you think he should do?
19:21What would you do if you were here?
19:23We love their opinions.
19:24They mean so much to us here.
19:26What do you want to do, Greg?
19:27I'm going to take what I have and run.
19:29I'm going to take what I have and run.
19:30You're going to stop.
19:31Okay.
19:32He's going to take his money and run.
19:33$3,050.
19:34Don't blame you for that.
19:35But we do get curious from time to time.
19:37So let's take a look at this question and see how you would have done
19:40had you elected to go for it.
19:42Caddyshack, your subject.
19:43According to Chevy Chase's character, a Zen philosopher once noted
19:48that a flute with no holes is not a flute.
19:51And a donut with no holes is a Danish.
19:54I'm the name of that philosophizer.
20:00Chuck Schick.
20:01No, it was Basho.
20:03So you made a good decision.
20:05You're walking away with $3,050 in cash.
20:08I'm happy for you for that.
20:10Thank you for being with us again.
20:12Well, that's all the time we have left, everybody.
20:14But we'll be back next time.
20:15We'll have three more spenders with me.
20:17And we'll do our best to help get them out of...
20:19Yes!
20:20Yes!
20:21See you next time, everybody.
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