Chain
Reaction by Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 9p ET/8p CT on GSN
Host: Dylan Lane |
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"It starts with WORD; there's a G underneath.
Guess the word GAME, and you're right; the word GAME starts a
chain.
Get your letter, take a guess; connect the chain, win some cash.
It's guys against girls right now... on Chain Reaction."
The rules in theme song form.
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Matt,
Joe & Doug (roommates from Texas) |
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Randi,
Alex & Kelly (members of an all-female sketch
comedy troupe from New York City) |
It's played like the game
of the 80s... almost. Seven words. You're given the
first and last words. Each word is worth money. Complete
the chain reaction, move to a Speed Chain. Team with the
most cash at the end goes onto the Bonus Round.
Round 1 ($100 per word): Connect
the word CHAIN with the word REACTION. After dancing around a bit,
Joe gets #2, SMOKE. Kelly gets #3, SIGNAL. Randi follows with #4,
LIGHT. Joe spells out #5 BEER (C-Note: A no-no in previous
versions; usually they would tell you that the letter completes
the word). Doug completes the chain reaction with GUT for the
lead, $300-$200. The chain: CHAIN - SMOKE - SIGNAL - LIGHT - BEER
- GUT - REACTION. And that's how you play "Chain Reaction." Speed
Chain: :07 to connect BEST with JACK using the first letter of the
two words in the middle. They go BEST - WESTERN - UNION - JACK.
That's right for another $100.
Round 2 ($200 per word): connect
BOUNCING with STEWART. Randi gets #2, BABY. Kelly gets #6, ROD.
Alex gets #3, GRAND and #4, CENTRAL. Kelly follows with the
completion with CASTING to lead, $1200 to $400. The chain:
BOUNCING - BABY - GRAND - CENTRAL - CASTING - ROD - STEWART. Speed
Chain: connect PLYMOUTH with RIVER. The girls quickly get PLYMOUTH
- ROCK - HUDSON - RIVER for $200 more.
Round 3 ($300 per word): connect
CRACK with MONSTER. Doug gets #6, COOKIE. Alex gets #2, OPEN. Joe,
in a complete brain move, repeats a wrong answer from the ladies,
while Randi gets #3, SESAME. Doug's next: #4, STREET. Matt
completes it with SMART. The chain: CRACK - OPEN - SESAME - STREET
- SMART - COOKIE - MONSTER. Final Speed Chain connects CURLY with
APPROVAL. They can't do it, so no extra money for them. Correct:
CURLY - SHUFFLE - BOARD - APPROVAL. Women lead, $2000-$1300.
Round 4 sees players bet
between $100 and $500 on each letter. Connect CRY with
B. Joe loses $100, but Kelly gets $100 on #2, WOLF. The
ladies lose $100, and the guys lose $100, while Alex
gets $500 on #3, WHISTLE. Ladies lose $100, and the guys
lose $500, while Randi spells out #6, PLAN for $500
more. Alex gets $200 on #4, WHISTLE. Kelly loses $500,
while Joe loses $500. End result: Randi gets $500 more
for PAYMENT for the win, $3100-$100. The chain:
CRY - WOLF - WHISTLE - STOP - PAYMENT - PLAN - B.
Bonus Round is the
original from 1980: the ladies will have construct a
sentence a word at a time. Get seven right, the $3100 is
doubled. Get ten, the money is tripled. Yes, it's the
game that made "Go". The ladies get braces, the
Internet, Angelina Jolie, coffee, trampoline, lawnmower,
spatula, Eminem, and gynecologist for nine and $6200.
"Thanks for watching
Chain Reaction. Reaction time. Time flies. I'm Dylan
Lane. See ya!"
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¿Qué
Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil |
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Marin
(Alex, Monica, Carla, Felipe, Dolly) |
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Largaespada (Maria Jose, Marta, Roger, Emy,
Sergio); $500 |
¿Qué
Dice La Gente? VIP continues in the second half, but
first...
After three rounds, the
Marins lead, 150-85. Double round coming: a reason why a
woman wears makeup (3). To look beautiful is #1 for
Felipe. Dolly gets #2, to hide scars. We go to the
Largaespadas for the steal... to flirt? No! Marins win,
336-85! Other answer: because you're ugly. Harsh.
Alex & Dolly go for Dinero
Rápido... Alex draws from the table... "buena suerte." Alex gets
110 thanks to a big number one. Dolly follows by getting
185. Close, but only worth $500 today.
Now back to the reason
for this special week.
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Diana Reyes y Su
Grupo
(Diana, Efren, Raimundo, Misael, Chuy), playing for
St. Jude Children's Hospital; one game, $10,000 |
| REIK
(Jesus, Cris, Julio, Coco, Bibi), playing for CAOBA |
Diana Reyes y Su Grupo
lead this special week, one game to nil. Can REIK come
back to tie it up? They lead 182-72 after three. Double
round: something you count (4). Misael gets number, #2.
Money is #1 for Coco. Stories and fingers are good to
sweep to win, 372-72.
Coco & Bibi take it to
the DR board for CAOBA. Together, they only manage 163.
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Starface by Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 9:30p ET/8:30p CT on GSN
Host: Danny Bonaduce |
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Karyn Nubille
(marine biology teacher from Los Angeles) |
| Ward
Perell (huge karaoke fan from Birmingham, AL) |
| Jenn
Gurman
(accounts payable manager from Studio City, CA) |
Think what would happen
if they turned "Best Week Ever" into a game show. That's
pretty much what this show amounts to. You identify
incriminating, unfettered, and otherwise wrong pictures
of celebrities and answer more questions relating to
those. Right answers are worth 50 in round 1.
Round 1: Four questions
on Katie Holmes and four on Kevin Spacey lead us to a
"Celebrity Train Wreck". "Stop or my mom will shoot...
Botox by the gallon!" They fail to get Jackie Stallone.
Last pic of the round: Johnny Depp. After that bit of
happy fun, War leads it, 300 to Karyn's 200 and Jenn's
50.
Round 2: Points are
doubled. Questions focus on Nicolette Sheridan before we
go "Below the Beltway", when we see the.. errm, bulge,
of a famous figure. The clues are: "Operation
Trouserstorm", "a four-star package", and "I have your
vial of anthrax right here". It's Colin Powell. Next up,
"Mug Shot". Today, it's Mick Jagger. After that, another
break in the action with Karyn and Ward tied with 600 a
pop to Jenn's 150.
Round 3: Points are
doubled AGAIN! This time, we're roleplaying like they do
on PTI in Seinfeld masks. Answers are in first-person.
After that round, we're tied, 1400 a piece for Karyn &
Ward. Jenn, with 150, is unfortunately out of the game.
Tiebreaker question: "It took a while for you to finally
find out, but once you did, what was Kramer's first
name?" That's Karyn. "Cosmo!" Winner!
Bonus Round for a trip to
Cabo San Lucas: it's very simple. Sixty seconds. Ten
questions on two pictures. Basically, you want to match
a statement with one of the pictures. Today, it's Sawyer
from "Lost" and Tom Sawyer. Lost... or Tom. It takes
Karyn 48 seconds, but she gets 10 right for the big
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