MG Round 1 Question B

 

 

Doug: (grabs B) Michael, let's see how well you do in your half of the
round.  Again, everyone on the panel's in on this.

Albert the analyst said, "Man, this economy is so rotten..."

HOW ROTTEN IS IT?!!!?!?

"...Mitt Romney just had to lay off << BLANK >>."
 
(audience laughs and applauds) (think music plays)

Doug: And they say Fox News is fair and balanced.

(stars write)

 

Doug: Upper tier's ready.  Lower tier just about set.

 

Doug: And we're all in.  Michael, question again.

Albert the analyst said, "Man, this economy is so rotten,
Mitt Romney just had to lay off << BLANK >>."
 
Michael: I think my answer's just as rotten as the economy.  
Well, Mitt hasn't found a VP pick yet and I know that Chad
went with Michelle Obama on the first question, so I 
will say Mitt Romney's wife, Ann Romney.

(a few laughs)

Doug: Ahhh -- I see the logic.  Since we're talking about the
challenger, this may be the harder of the two questions.  Let's
see if the Mrs. got any votes -- starting with Tom.

Tom: Sorry political fans. Mitt Romney had to lay off his
hopeful Vice Presidential nominee: FRANK!

(buzz) (audience laughs)

Doug: DOUBLE OW!  (more laughs)  Chad, you thought of one wife,
what about the other?

Chad: I, uh, think he should have probably done this, bad economy 
notwithstanding...

[HIS HAIRDRESSER]

(buzz) (audience laughs)

Doug: All that money and he ends up with a lousy hairstyle.  Go fig.
To Chris now.

Chris: The ONLY one who backs him 100%:

+------------+
| GLENN BECK |
+------------+

(buzz) (audience laughs)

Chris: ...and GOOD RIDDANCE to him, too!

Doug: Funny, the management at WYMJ Majic 104 back in my adopted
hometown of Dayton told him "good riddance".  As I recall, he was
there for about seven weeks.  In any event, no Mrs. Romneys as 
we visit Ryan.  Albert the analyst said, "Man, this economy is so 
rotten, Mitt Romney just had to lay off ..."

Ryan: (card)
 
+=========+
| Himself |
+=========+

(buzz) (audience laughs)

Doug: Ouch!  That's a rotten economy all right.  Brian?

Brian: Going with the obvious joke here:

HIS WIVES

(scattered applause)

Doug: Hold on -- let's get a ruling on this.

 

 

(ding; audience applause)

Doug: Judge says it's a match.   Now let me explain something.

We did a quick cross reference and noted Mitt Romney is currently
on wife number one -- and has been married to Ann Romney since 1969.

Basically, Michael said "his wife" -- even though he gave a proper
name.  This is, in effect, a singular/plural match. 

Yes, we know that general answers wouldn't match specifics.  Factually,
it would be a mismatch.  At the end of the day, we'd be really cruel
if we didn't match "wives" with a specific wife.  OK, with that
clarified, Dusty, wrap this up for his, please.

Dusty: If Mr. Romney gets elected, then I could technically recycle 
my card from last round... but for the time being, I'll pick on my 
own personal congressman and the Speaker of the House. In all fairness, 
he's a nice guy. I should know. I've sold pants to him before.

+--------+
|  JOHN  |
|BOEHNER |
+--------+

(buzz) (a few laughs)

Doug: Wow -- I honestly didn't know that, Dusty.  Interesting bit of trivia
as we review.

 

FRANK! | HIS HAIRDRESSER | GLENN BECK
HIMSELF | HIS WIVES | JOHN BOEHNER

Michael's response: ANN ROMNEY

 

 

Doug: Michael, even if you got a buzz on Brian's answer, you'd still
be going first given the quirks of the rules.  So Michael's leading
Dom 100 to nothing.  We're just getting started.  

We'll meet the players and start Round 2 -- after this.

(audience applause; MG-HSH music plays)

MG ROUND 2 BEGINS