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Big Baby Go
Boom!/Big Chicken Butt Scramble
July 15
Last week, the Green
Monkeys lost again in the Team Game, and Meaghan had a plan to get
herself immunity if she put herself up for elimination. She won the
Elimination Game, sending Darcy home for good this time. Who will be
the next to say Sayonara to Japan?
Backstage after
Meaghan's win, she comes back to rejoin the others, and Andrew's
happy...he won himself a bag of cookies, because everyone but him was
betting that Darcy would win in the elimination game. Donnell's still
not happy that he agreed to give Meaghan immunity from the next
elimination, and he's seriously considering going back on his word.
Back at the house the
next morning, the teams are getting ready for another crazy day. The
Yellow Penguins are wanting to make it a hat-trick and win three team
games in a row. And down comes Mama-san for today's lesson: teaching
the contestants a little more Japanese. She teaches them a useful
phrase: “How
much is it?”
Justin screws it up at first, asking “How
much for your pants?”,
but he eventually gets it right. She then teaches Cathy how to say
“I'm
sorry”
in Japanese since she's late all the time. Hmm...have I already
mentioned I love Mama-san? But it's time to head back to the Toho
Studios, because the games are about to begin.
The players start to get
dressed, when the stage manager comes out with their costumes...giant
baby bonnets and bibs. And everyone wonders what crazy game they've
come up with that would require them to dress up like this...too late
now. Five...four...three...two...Action! Time to start the greatest
entertainment show in the world, everyone say it with me! Hai, Majide!
And let's send out the
Americans, who look a lot younger today in their baby bibs and bonnets.
It's time to reveal their team game:
BIG BABY GO BOOM
The big babies will spin on a disc inside a giant crib. When the
game starts, one will come out and walk onto the spinners, where they'll
fill two cups with milk. They'll then go through the rest of the
spinners, and over a ramp with several obstacles. Any milk left will
then be dumped into a giant baby bottle. They'll then run back and hit a
buzzer to let the next baby go. Most milk in the bottle in 3 minutes
wins.
First things first, the Penguin Baby Team has an extra member, so one of
the babies needs to sit out in the corner and be a cry baby...Bilenda
volunteers to be the cry baby for this challenge. And of course, what
would the game be without everyone's favorite judge...Judge Bob! Who
will go first Judge Bob? He decides...the Penguin Baby Team shall go
first, so the Monkey Baby Team heads backstage for now while the
Penguins stand by. Let's get...started!
SPIN BABIES!
And the babies start spinning at “800 miles per hour”, or so Rome
says. The clock starts after they get a few revolutions in...3, 2, 1,
start the clock! Cathy decides to go first, and gets over the
teeter-totter and onto the spinners. She fills her cups, then falls
right off the first spinner, losing all the milk! She still has to
finish the course though before the next baby can go. She hits the
buzzer with 2 minutes left, sending hairy Baby Andrew out onto the
course. He fills his cups rather quickly, but falls on the second
spinner. He still has milk left though, and gets through the course with
little trouble to pour the milk into the bottle. Justin's next up, and
he fills his cups, then jumps across the spinners and over to the ramp,
keeping a lot of milk in the cups. He easily gets to the bottle, adding
a lot to his team's total. 30 seconds left, and Andrew decides to go
again. Can he make it? He gets to the ramp, and up to the fog attack
with 10 seconds to go...
GAME OVER!
And he doesn't quite make it. The Yellow Penguins are scared that
they didn't do too well, with two out of the three members getting milk
in the bottle. We'll see how they did a little later.
We come back from commercial to the audience doing the Wave, and Rome
jokes that he knows it matters who wins, but he likes seeing the
contestants fall anyway. Me too, Rome, me too. We have the Monkey Baby
Team standing by in the crib, so...
SPIN BABIES!
This time the crib is spinning at 1000 miles per hour! Just kidding!
3, 2, 1, start the clock! Donnell is first, and he has trouble even
getting over the initial teeter-totter. He gets to the spinners, and
fills his cups, then falls on the second spinner, losing most of his
milk. He then loses the rest jumping onto the ramp, but he still has to
finish the course. He makes it back with 2 minutes left to hit the
buzzer. Meaghan's next. She fills her cups, then falls of the first
spinner. She doesn't lose a lot of milk, but the rules say that she has
to go back to where she fell and try again. She does get to the end
though with a little bit of milk, getting back to the crib with 1:30
left. Mary's next up...and she makes it through the course with little
trouble, pouring more milk than anyone else into the bottle. A minute
left, and Donnell is the next to go. He...falls off the spinners again
and loses all of his milk! And with 15 seconds left, there's not enough
time for another baby so...
GAME OVER!
Out come the Yellow Penguins to hear the results, and here comes
Judge Bob with the milk bottles. Highest one wins. He peels off the
labels of the bottles and...
YELLOW PENGUIN WIN!
Three in a row for the Yellow Penguins, and now it's time for
rewards and punishments. The reward for the winners? They will go to a
Japanese village known for making the best soba noodles in Japan! (And I
have to say, that would be the best reward for me. I love some good
Japanese soba noodles with some teriyaki chicken...yum!) But for the
losers...they're going to be shelling clams, plus the usual penalty of
having to nominate two people for elimination.
Back at the house, the Green Monkeys discuss the immunity agreement that
Meaghan made, Donnell feeling that Mary shouldn't be up for elimination
considering how well she did in the game. And Mary's wondering herself
whether she should stick with it, knowing that her chances against
Donnell in a physical game are slim. Meaghan feels that Mary and Donnell
will go back on their word, but only time will tell.
Time for the reward, and the Yellow Penguins meet Tony at a village,
where the architecture is from the 8th century. The village they're in
is where soba noodles originated, and they'll be learning how to make
them from their own personal soba master. They watch as the master
starts folding the flour in a big wooden bowl, rolls it out onto the
table, and cuts it into thin noodles. They wonder what the Green Monkeys
are doing...
The Green Monkeys head up to their punishment, smelling the clams well
before they get there. They enter what seems to be a garage, where a
group of older women are cutting clams from their shells (while the
clams are still alive, mind you). Meaghan's about to get sick, and
Donnell realizes this will not be fun.
Back at the reward, the soba master tells the Yellow Penguins that he'll
cook lunch for them, making them a noodle bowl with some onions and
wasabi. The winners enjoy their lunch, not having tasted noodles that
good before. On the other hand, the losers are knee deep in clams,
trying to figure out how to get them out of the shells. There are quite
a few gag shots as they scrape the still living clams from their shells,
Meaghan commenting that she's glad she doesn't eat seafood. Just when
they think they're done though, in comes another huge bucket of clams
for them to work with. Soon enough, they head back to Toho Studios, with
30 minutes to go until the Elimination Game starts.
Mary heads off to take a few moments by herself, different people
telling her whether she should or shouldn't honor the immunity deal. The
contestants change and head out to the set, even though they haven't
decided on who to nominate yet. Out they come to meet Rome, and it's
time for Mary to make her decision. She decides to nominate...herself
and Donnell, keeping with the immunity pact. So Meaghan is safe, and
she's still in the running for $250,000. But for Mary and Donnell, off
come the shirts, and on go the chicken heads, because it's time for...
BIG CHICKEN BUTT SCRAMBLE
The players will cover themselves in oil. When the clock starts, they'll
have 2 minutes to cover themselves in feathers, then pop 'eggs' using
only their rear ends. Most balloons popped in 2 minutes wins.
Of course, we all know Judge Bob, and it seems that Donnell says he had
a drink with Judge Bob the night before. Is that true, Judge Bob? [Bob
makes an 'X' with his arms] And going first will be...Mary, so Donnell
will wait backstage.
First thing to do is for Mary to oil herself up...Judge Bob says she's
okay, so she gets ready at the slide. Her time starts when she goes down
the slide, so...
GAME START!
Mary slides down and covers herself in feathers, and she's ready to
start popping eggs at 1:45. Her first three get popped no problem, and
she goes on a fairly good run, getting 8 with 1 minute left. She gets
her ninth, then slips on the floor. She starts having trouble then, not
able to pop another, until finally she's able to get one more with 2
seconds left on the clock.
GAME OVER!
Mary got 10, so Donnell need to beat that if he wants to stay in the
game. Donnell's ready at the top, so time for him to oil up. Rome says
that the oil is good for your skin...Judge Bob uses it every night!
Donnell's ready, the audience is ready, so...
GAME START!
He slides down, and gets the OK at 1:50 to start popping eggs. He has a
little trouble with his first, but pops it fairly quickly, knocking out
2-7 pretty quickly as well. He tries for an 8th, but completely leaps
over the egg, missing it. He does get it though, popping his ninth as
well. He has a little trouble with the tenth, but gets it, then easily
pops his eleventh with time to spare, ending the game early.
GAME OVER!
DONNELL WIN!
Mary's sad, because she wanted to stay in Japan and on Majide, but
there's nothing she can do. But there is one way to turn that frown
upside down...
SAYONARA!
Down the slide come the Sayonara Boys, rushing over to Mary to pick her
up and take her off the set. Donnell stays in the game with a chance at
25 million yen, while Mary chicken dances back to America. Next week,
the Majide set becomes a complete zoo!
But until then, this is Tom Beals, and everybody say it! Hai [slicks
hair back], Majide! [ / | | ' ' ]
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