MG Round 1 Question A

 

 

Doug: (grabs A) Antonio, here comes your query.  (walks to panel)
And again everyone's in on this -- and it includes the audience.

Nerdocrumbesia is one sleazy country.

Everyone else in unison: HOW SLEAZY IS IT?!?!

Doug: Instead of "the home of the brave," the last five words of 
their national anthem are "the home of the << BLANK >>."

(a few laughs from the crowd) (think music plays) 

 

Doug: Remember, Round 1's are usually toughies -- so let the imagination
run free.

(stars write)

 

Doug: And we're all set.  Antonio, here's the question again.

Nerdocrumbesia is one sleazy country.  Instead of "the home of 
the brave," the last five words of their national anthem are 
"the home of the << BLANK >>."

Antonio: Prostitute. (sigh) 

(a few laughs and claps from the crowd)

Doug: Hey, ya gotta believe in the not-so-glorious nation of
Nerdocrumbesia, prostitution's legal.  That's not a bad answer.
We'll compare answers starting with Brent.

Brent: I originally was going to say, "home of the Ke$ha fans," 
but Ke$ha fans come from all over the place. And then I thought, 
"home of the politicians," but that just doesn't rhyme. 
I went for something more melodic: "home of the (card) SCUM." 

(buzz) (audience laughs)

Doug: You'll find a lot of scum, in various forms, over there.
Chad, how do you think they ended their anthem?

Chad: And the hoooome of theeee...

[DEPRAVED]

(buzz) (scattered applause)

Doug: Ah, went for something that sounds like "the brave".
Clever.  Dusty?

Dusty: (busts out singing in a powerful baritone) O'er the 
laaaaaand of the free-just-pay-19.98-shipping-and-handliiiiing.
(audience laughs and applauds) And the hooooome of the....

+----+
|LAME|
+----+

(buzz)  (more laughs and applause)

Doug: Creative, going for another sounds like -- but unfortunately
for Antonio, no match.  Over to Ryan now.  Nerdocrumbesia is one 
sleazy country.  Instead of "the home of the brave," the last five 
words of their national anthem are "the home of the ..."

Ryan: (card)

+========+
| Crooks |
+========+

(buzz) (scattered applause)

Doug: Crooks, scum, lame, depraved -- this sure isn't an advertisement
for the Nerdocrumbesia chamber of commerce.  (audience laughs)  Joe,
what came to mind?

Joe: Home of the brave, you say?  More like home of the...

+--------+
|COWARDLY|
+--------+

(buzz) (scattered applause)

Doug: Ah, went for the opposite.  Illegal during most of "Password
Plus" -- but fine here.  And Tom, did you think of a lady of the
evening?

Tom: Doug, one of the things I like most about sitting in the Patti 
Deutsch seat is that she was kind enough to leave all her answer 
cards here for me. According to Patti, it's not home of the brave. 
It's home of the...

DEPRAVED!

(buzz) (scattered applause)

Doug: Another sounds like -- but no prostitute as we review.

 

SCUM | DEPRAVED | LAME
CROOKS | COWARDLY | DEPRAVED

Antonio's response: PROSTITUTE

 

 

Doug: All right.  Well, after one inning, it's turning into a
pitchers' duel.  We'll beat the players -- uh, I mean *meet* the
players -- after this.

(audience applause; MG-HSH music plays)

Doug: On the Nerdocrumbesian version of this show, they beat the
players.  (audience laughs)

MG ROUND 2 BEGINS