Chico: Good evening, old school fans. This is episode 2-4 of MDP. I'm NOT Gordon Pepper. I'm Chico Alexander, and that's Don Harpwood. We're filling in for the regular wordsmith while he goes bowling. Alex Davis from Buzzerblog will join us shortly, but right now, it's showtime. Tonight... from the Late Late Show... Craig Ferguson... and tennis great and reigning US Open champ Serena Williams... And they're all here to play Million Dollar Password!
Don: Yay!
Chico: Craig's playing with Derek Arteta of Covina, CA He's a lawyer... who's just been laid off.
Don: Ouch.
Chico: He was into movie-studio law. So yeah.. Busy guy. But fired. On the other side of things, Serena isn't playing against her sister... but she is playing with Nicole Tillman of Belmar, NJ, where she's a marketing assistant... and a member of the Warrior Princess society...
Don: That initially made me think "Xena Fan Club".
Chico: Yeah, it's not that. It's a Bible study group. ELIMINATION ROUND begins with...

Don: Good start.

Don: That one just fell apart.
Chico: NOTHING.: The words were ZIT, INSECT, and UNDERWEAR.

Don: Not so good there.
Chico: The words were YARD and STRETCH

Don: Holy moley...
Chico: Missed PENNY, COOKIE, and SHOOT. This is going to be a bloodbath. SWITCH! Interesting thing to note here. If in the off chance Serena conveys all five passwords to Derek, the game will be out of reach... But judging from what we saw so far, it's a bit of a stretch.

Chico: Hey, Serena got a few!
Don: Well, that turned out better!
Chico: Nicole needs five in a row to stay around.

Don: She's still in it!
Chico: Now she needs five MORE.
Don: Tough, but possible.

Chico: It was Video. Derek wins, 10-9.
Don: Almost tied it up, but oh well...
Chico: VCR? SERIOUSLY?
Don: They said it was an acronym, but now that I think about it...
Chico: Yep. Funny, they don't mention acronyms at the top of the show, but now that I think about it.
Don: Good point. I think BuzzerBlog posted the show's official rules some time ago; I'm going to look that up.
Chico: K. Derek's hoping to shift gears careerwise.
Don: From the page: "Passwords will not be acronyms or initials. Clues may not be acronyms or initials (such as “TV”, “IBM”, “CD”, “JFK”, or “CBS”) unless the dictionaries of record also show them as being uncapitalized words (such as “scuba”, “radar”, or “wasp”)."
Chico: There you go. Does it say anything about crying at Oprah?
Don: I doubt it.
Chico: Okay. Derek's paired with Oprah... errr, Craig now, because the rules also state that the celeb who gets you the most points plays the money round. And like everyone else, Derek gives.
Don: No surprise there.
Chico: Let's play for $10,000... 5 gets you there... RAISE THE PLATFORM!

Chico: In French, "chat, chapeau."
Don: Aside from ANNIVERSARY, that went rather well.
Chico: Yep. Now let's go for $25,000... Okay? Okay!

Chico: VERY nice
Don: Indeed. That took only 29 seconds!
Chico: And while we're in break, I just beamed in Alex Davis.. Alex.. tell everyone what you just told me.
Alex: Forgive me Betty White fans, but Craig Ferguson is the best celebrity for Million Dollar Password yet.
Chico: And I wouldn't disagree, especially after that last round. Like, boom boom boom..
Alex: He's got the word abilities of Betty White, but with the speed she was missing because (and I mean this with total respect) her age.
Don: That's quite a bold statement, but with the way things have been going so far, I'd have to agree.
Alex: And Serena is really doing poorly.
Chico: That is an understatement. Serena is a cooler. Put Nicole on ice, at least.
Alex: Oh, is it just me or does the set seem a lot smaller this season?
Chico: Well, they shoot at CBS Radford now.
Alex: It may be the camera angles and everything, but it just seems a lot smaller
Chico: I believe Kaufman Astoria is larger.
Alex: Definitely. But we're back.
Chico: Derek's playing the free stack.

Alex: Derek froze up there. Which is a shame because they really did well elsewhere.
Chico: Ouch.... after the buzzer.
Don: Big ouch.
Chico: But nothing to lose that time, right?
Don: But at least Derek didn't lose anything.
Chico: There you go.
Alex: And coming up next Craig takes someone else into the money round
Chico: I wouldn't be surprised.
Don: I wouldn't doubt that.
Chico: Alrighty. Back on the Password, which continues with two new players. Craig's playing with Maria Pepin of Oaklawn, IL...  Maria is 16 weeks preggers. She gives advice on a parenting website... And is afraid of needles. I hope we never meet.
Don: Heh.
Chico: Serena's playing with Cheri Carrera of San Bernardino, CA. She's a psychologist at San Quentin... I hope we never meet. She's also a former Playboy Bunny... Okay, now I'm not so sure either way. ELIMINATION ROUND starts with...

Chico: And there goes Craig in a huff.
Alex: haha, that was funny
Don: LOL
Chico: For the uninitiated... Craig is Scottish. But you knew that.

Alex: When you give Serena opposites, she's fine. Otherwise she's useless.
Don: Indeed.
Chico: The first one was PLATE.

Alex: She could have said software?
Chico: She could've.
Don: True, but not bad nonetheless.

Chico: That last one was CORKSCREW. SWITCH!
Don: Took long enough to get FIVE...
Alex: I love that Serena went to foreclose first.

Alex: Well she screwed her partner over there.
Don: Yep.
Chico: We were looking for Heavy... and Brunch.

Don: Interesting start, but very nice!
Alex: Craig didn't realize he was going and he still got them all quickly. Amazing.
Chico: *waves broom in the air* SWEEP IT!
Alex: He's seriously the best MDP player yet
Chico: I'm saying. Compatibility. Maria needs two to stick around.

Chico: Cheri needs one more to tie, two to win.

Chico: Cheri wins, 13-12.
Don: No problem!
Alex: Amazing. And I think we have Craig coming up.
Chico: I think we do. And Serena Williams would like to talk to Bill Shatner and Phil Keoghan about being a cooler. She got six with Serena and seven with Craig.
Alex: Thank God. No one deserves to go with Serena.
Chico: That'd be a done deezy... and not in the good way.
Don: No kidding. I'm starting to wonder who is worse: Shatner or Serena...
Chico: That'd be a match I'd like to not see, thank you. Okay, we're back.  Cheri wants to buy her daughter a pool.. and to pay her property taxes.
Alex: Oooooh, this is unique.
Chico: She's playing with Craig... and he's giving! Good call.
Don: This will be interesting. Very interesting!
Alex: I think this may be a good move.
Chico: I think we may have the money shot here. Stay frosty people, this may be the real thing. RAISE THE PLATFORM!

Chico: Easy!
Don: Nice!
Alex: I think she made the right move.
Chico: I think so, too. She's playing on.

Alex: Holy Lord.
Don: They're on fire!
Chico: That's guaranteed money! He's a player. He's a player.: You may want to call your friends and fire up your cappies.
Alex: I don't know if we'll have time, but she looks like she could be the one to get the million
Chico: I think she's going to opt out due to time. But that's just me. Speaking of... Cheri's also been a teacher... she taught a bunch of Japanese bunny prospectives how to dip, among other things. Okay, let's talk about something else!