Weakest Link (NBA Edition)
Chris Wolvie
rest will be benched as round by round they are voted off as...
THE WEAKEST LINK! (NBA FINALS EDITION)
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For this special two-part halftime edition, the rules have changed:
1. Only five contestants, going for $500,000 instead of $1 million
2. Because of rule change #1, only five correct answers are needed to hit the
$100,000 "target" (the chain goes $1,000--$5,000--$10,000--$20,000 and
$100,000)
3. The clock starts at 2 minutes in the first round, 15 seconds are removed in
each round, and only one minute for the Double Round (Round 4)
4. Final Round is best of 3, not 5
Contestants:
(Name, Occupation, Charity)
BOB COSTAS, NBC Sports Broadcaster, Cardinal Glen Children's Hospital
BARON DAVIS, Point Gaurd for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, United Negro College
Fund
LISA LESLIE, Center for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, NABCO
"SNAPPER" STEVE JONES, NBC Basketball Broadcaster, Jackie Robinson Foundation
BILL WALTON, NBC Basketball Broadcaster, NBA Retired Players' Association
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ROUND 1 2 minutes even
Money banked: $11,000
Chains banked: 3
BOB : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
BARON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
LISA : 3 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
SNAPPER : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
BILL : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
"Who thinks NBA stands for No Brains Allowed?"
BOB : BARON
BARON : BOB
LISA : BILL
SNAPPER : BOB
BILL : LISA
Anne: "Snapper..."
Snapper: "Yes"
Anne: "Don't like Bob?"
Snapper: "He's a little nervous, y'know...and, when he gets that way, he throws
up on people."
Anne: "Bob..."
Bob: "Anne..."
Anne: "...with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 2 1 minute, 45 seconds
Money banked: $6,000
Chains banked: 6
BARON : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
LISA : 1 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 2 chains banked
SNAPPER : 2 answers right, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
BILL : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 2 chains banked *WEAKEST LINK*
(Yes, they DID get 5 answers in a row...instant $100K down the drain)
"Who needs to be benched?"
BARON : LISA
LISA : SNAPPER
SNAPPER : LISA
BILL : LISA
Anne: "Baron...which college did you go to?"
Baron: "UCLA."
Bill: (At the same time) "He went to UCLA and I was..."
Anne: "(to Bill) No one is TALKING to you at the moment! (to Baron) Why Lisa?"
Baron: "She held us up."
Anne: "Bill,...why Lisa?"
Bill: "She certainly didn't know Lennie Wilkins, on of the two people in the
Basketball Hall of Fame twice..."
Lisa: "All right, buddy, all right..."
Bill: "...and she went to USC."
Lisa: "So you know all MY answers and you don't even know any of YOURS."
Anne: "Lisa, with 3 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
Joel: "Player haters...anyway. G'bye."
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(WAS CONTINUED SUNDAY AT HALFTIME IN GAME 3)
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ROUND 3 1 minute, 30 seconds
Money banked: $10,000
Chains banked: 1
BARON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
SNAPPER : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
BILL : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
"Who doesn't have game?"
BARON : BILL
SNAPPER : BILL
BILL : BARON
Anne: "Baron, the brains,...are you still playing basketball?"
Baron: "Yes."
Anne: "How come you're here and not in the Finals?"
Baron: "We lost."
Anne: "Why Bill?"
Baron: "Why? Because I knew he would vote against me. And his feet hurt,
so...now he can leave."
Anne: "Well, I hope his feet don't hurt too much, because I want him to go to
the Yankee Stadium and help them clean up the earthquake (Bill thought that
Yankee Stadium, not Candlestick Park, had to be exvacuated during the '89 World
Series 'cause of an earthquake [these guys know BASKETBALL, not BASEBALL!]).
Bill, with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 4 1 minute
(DOUBLE ROUND)
Money banked: $0 (doubled to...well, to $0)
BARON : 0 answers right, 3 answers wrong
SNAPPER : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong
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FINAL ROUND (BANKED GRAND TOTAL: $27,000)
Snapper, being 'strongest link' of Round 4, elects to go first
Snapper - Q: Before reverting back to number 23, what number did Michael Jordan
briefly wear when he returned to the NBA in 1995?
A: 45 (correct)
Baron - Q: Which Lenny Kravitz song, that went to #1, was featured in car
commercials for Nissan?
A: "American Woman" (incorrect; "Fly Away")
Snapper - Q: In geography, Four Corners National Monument is on the border of
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and which fourth state?
A: Nevada (incorrect; Utah)
Baron - Q: Which active NBA player has played in the highest number of playoff
games?
A: A.C. Green (incorrect; Scottie Pippen)
Snapper - Q: What Miami player blocked the most shots during the NBA's
1999-2000 season?
A: [You think I should let Baron have it? He said these questions
are too easy for me...] Alonzo Mourning (correct)
1 2 3
Snapper O X O
Baron X X .
Snapper is the Strongest Link and wins $27,000 for the Jackie Robinson
Foundation!
Baron...leaves...with SOMETHING for his charity...just not 27 "large"!
NOTES:
No money stats...though, even with the grand total double, they'd've been among
the worse team in Weakest Link history.
Again, the time constraints REALLY hurt this show. Not enough time for Anne's
crassness, which is REALLY what makes the show, truth be told. She DID manage
a few quick jabs that would make Laila Ali proud.
Let's hope this is the LAST time they use less than 8 people ever again! It's
just not as much fun with less.
Join us next time for another review of "Weakest Link"...*wink*...good-bye.
Dean Scungio
NBA Finals Halftime Celebrity Edition
Date: 6/8-6/10/2001
Contestants:
1. Bob Costas; NBC broadcaster
2. Baron Davis; Charlotte Hornets point guard
3. Lisa Leslie; Los Angeles Sparks center, WNBA
4. Steve "Snapper" Jones; NBC broadcaster
5. Bill Walton; NBC broadcaster
Money Chain: $1,000-$5,000-$10,000-$25,000-$50,000-$100,000
Round 1 (2:00)
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ROUND BANK: $11,000 (out of $100,000)
TOTAL BANK: $11,000 (out of $100,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
1 2 3 4 %age %age
Bob * $X * - 67 67 Strongest Link, Banked $1,000
Baron * $X $X 33 33 Banked $0 and $5,000
Lisa $X X X 0 0 Weakest Link, Banked $5,000
Snapper X X * 33 33
Bill * * X 67 67 Lost $1,000
TEAM: 40 40
VOTING
Bob: BARON
Baron: BOB
Lisa: BILL
Snapper: BOB
Bill: LISA
Results: Bob 2, Baron 1, Bill 1, Lisa 1
Round 2 (1:45)
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ROUND BANK: $6,000 (out of $100,000)
TOTAL BANK: $17,000 (out of $200,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
5 6 7 8 %age %age
Bob 67
Baron X * $* 67 50 Banked $1,000
Lisa X $* $- 50 20 Banked $1,000 twice
Snapper * $* 100 60 Strongest Link, Banked $1,000
Bill X $X $* 33 50 Weakest Link, Banked $1,000 twice
TEAM: 60 48
VOTING
Baron: LISA
Lisa: SNAPPER
Snapper: LISA
Bill: LISA
Results: Lisa 3, Snapper 1
Round 3 (1:30)
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ROUND BANK: $10,000 (out of $100,000)
TOTAL BANK: $27,000 (out of $300,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
9 10 11 12 13 %age %age
Bob 67
Baron X $* X - 33 44 Weakest Link, Lost $5,000, Banked $5,000
Lisa 20
Snapper * * * X 75 67 Strongest Link
Bill * * $X $X 50 50 Banked $5,000 and $0
TEAM: 55 50
VOTING
Baron: BILL
Snapper: BILL
Bill: BARON
Results: Bill 2, Baron 1
Round 4 (1:00) ($200,000 Chain)
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ROUND BANK: $0 (out of $200,000)
TOTAL BANK: $27,000 (out of $500,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
14 15 16 17 %age %age
Bob 67
Baron X X X 0 33 Lost $2,000 twice
Lisa 20
Snapper * X * X 50 62
Bill 50
TEAM: 29 47
Shootout
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Snapper: (*) (X) (*)
Baron: (X) (X) (3)
Steve "Snapper" Jones wins $27,000 for his charity. According to a
disclaimer, everyone else gets $25,000.
FINAL STATS:
Q: Win Q:Lose
Record (%) BANKED LOST VOTES Streak Streak
Snapper 10/16 (63%) $ 1,000 $ 0 1 6 2
Baron 4/14 (29%) 11,000 9,000 2 2 6
Bill 5/10 (50%) 7,000 1,000 3 3 3
Lisa 1/ 5 (20%) 7,000 0 4 1 4
Bob 2/ 3 (67%) 1,000 0 2 1 1
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22/48 (46%) $27,000 $10,000
TEAM STATS:
Team overall record: 22/48 (46%)
Highest chain banked: $5,000 (4) (Round 1: Lisa, Baron; Round 3: Baron,
Bill)
Highest link reached: $10,000 (5) (Round 1: Lisa, Baron; Round 3: Baron
(2), Bill)
Most money lost: $5,000 (Round 3: Baron)
Longest streak of right answers: 5 (Round 2)
Longest streak of wrong answers: 4 (2) (Round 1, Round 3)
You are all weakest links. Goodbye! <wink>
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Dean Scungio
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Brett A. Pasternack
> Baron - Q: Which Lenny Kravitz song, that went to #1, was featured in car
> commercials for Nissan?
> A: "American Woman" (incorrect; "Fly Away")
ARRRGGGGHHHH....just like on "Millionaire", they can't get a music
question right! While "Fly Away" did hit #1 on some rock-radio format
charts, when you say that it "went to #1" without further explanation,
it implies that it was a #1 pop hit, which "Fly Away" was not. It peaked
at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
One of the GOOD AOL users
>question right! While "Fly Away" did hit #1 on some rock-radio format
>charts, when you say that it "went to #1" without further explanation,
>it implies that it was a #1 pop hit, which "Fly Away" was not. It peaked
>at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I've also noticed this on many singles covers, advertised as "The Hit #1
Single!" As an avid Billboard reader (at least the online version), with so
many Billboard charts, they *do* need to be more specific, or don't say
anything at all.
The ONE and ONLY, Brandon Foster-Gray
CAPT. TENNILLE: Simpson, you're like the son I never had.
HOMER: And you're like the father I never visit.
---"Simpson Tide" episode, "The Simpsons," 1998