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00:00Drowning in a sea of bills?
00:10Then it's time to play Debt!
00:13The game show where three debt-laden Americans just like you
00:17compete to have us pay off all their bills and go home with nothing!
00:22And now, let's meet today's contesti!
00:26I'm Nina and I'm in debt because my house flooded.
00:28I'm Joseph and I'm in debt because my stocks took a nosedive.
00:33I'm Shannon and I'm in debt because I've lived in four different states in two years.
00:38And now, starting at most, the Crown Prince of Credit, the Duke of Debt, Wade Martindale!
00:51Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome. Welcome.
00:54Thanks. Welcome to our show, everybody.
00:58Well, the country's in debt. You're probably in debt.
01:00But most importantly, these three players, Nina, Joseph, and Shannon,
01:04have come to us with their real-life debt.
01:06And one of them just might be lucky enough to get out of it by the end of this show.
01:10So let's get this party started.
01:12Our first round is called General Debt. Here are today's categories.
01:15King Wink and His Court.
01:19Space Cadets.
01:22Our writers' favorite unused questions.
01:27Buy it. You'll like it.
01:30And finally, Bull.
01:33Don't ask me.
01:35This is an elimination round.
01:36Only the two players with the least debt at the end of the round get to move on and have a chance at going home with...
01:42Magic!
01:44You got it. Now, Joseph, since you've spent less than your opponents in this old game of life,
01:48you get the honor of selecting our first category.
01:50But to make things fair, we're going to even you all out to the average debt amount of the day.
01:54And your average debt comes to $7,257.
01:57Two final reminders.
01:58All the questions on debt take the IMUR format and you will be penalized for an incorrect answer.
02:04Are we ready?
02:05Joseph, select the first category.
02:07Wink, I'll take Space Cadets for minus 200.
02:10Okay, players, these are questions about actors who have played astronauts.
02:14After flying around Los Angeles in a helicopter in Blue Thunder, I led an expedition into space in 2010.
02:20Joseph.
02:21You are Roy Scheider.
02:22That's it. For $200 off your debt, that's the way to play the game. Go.
02:26I'll take Space Cadets for minus 250, Wink.
02:28Again in that category.
02:29I'm the 1986 movie where Kate Capshaw plays a teacher who gets launched into space with a bunch of kids.
02:36Again, Joseph.
02:37You are Space Camp, Wink.
02:38You got it. $250 for that answer.
02:41I'll take Space Cadets for minus 150, Wink.
02:45I played Larry Hagman's spacey NASA buddy Major Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie.
02:52That would be Bill Daley.
02:53Joseph, again.
02:55I'll take Space Cadets for minus 100, Wink.
02:56Players, I'm the tough guy who played Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff, and I share my last name with a famous astronaut named John.
03:04Nina.
03:05You are Glenn.
03:06Yes, Scott Glenn. Very good.
03:08Select, Nina.
03:09I'd like to go with King Wink and his court for 100, minus 100.
03:12You have good taste, my dear.
03:14The questions refer to people and things with royal titles. Royal titles.
03:19I'm the famous medieval barbarian king of the Huns who put the fun back into pillaging.
03:25Nina.
03:26Paula.
03:27That is correct for $100.
03:29Let's try King Wink and his court for minus 150.
03:33Players, I am the prince of Monaco who wed Grace Kelly and lived happily ever after until her tragic death in 1982.
03:40Joseph.
03:41You are Prince Rainier.
03:42That is correct.
03:43I'll take King Wink and his court for minus 200, please.
03:48Ooh.
03:50The most difficult question on today's board in the opinion of our producers, and because of that, this is worth $500 for whoever gets it right.
03:58As a part of the royal divorce, I am the title the palace stripped away from Princess Di.
04:03Joseph.
04:04Your Highness Wink.
04:05You are your royal highness.
04:06Acceptable.
04:08Yes.
04:09Her royal highness is acceptable.
04:11Joseph.
04:13I'll take King Wink and his court for minus 250, Wink.
04:15I am the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth who is called the Whimp of Windsor for quitting the royal marines.
04:21Nina.
04:23You are Andrew.
04:24No.
04:25Joseph or Shannon.
04:27The answer is Prince Edward.
04:29Prince Edward.
04:30Joseph, select again, please.
04:31I'll take Space Cadets for minus 50, Wink.
04:34Completing that category, I'm the Flatliners actor who played Jack Swigert, the astronaut who helped bring the ship home in Apollo 13.
04:41Nina.
04:42You are Kevin Bacon, Wink.
04:43You're right, for $50 off your deck.
04:45Buy it, you'll like it, for minus 100, please.
04:48This category is about selling and salespeople.
04:51I'm the line of home party plastics that seal in freshness with a burp.
04:57Tupperware.
04:58Tupperware.
04:59Nina, again, select.
05:01Buy it, you'll like it, for minus 150.
05:03I'm the name of the main publication pitched door-to-door by Jehovah's Witness followers.
05:08Nina.
05:09You are The Light Tower.
05:10No.
05:12Anybody else?
05:13The Watch Tower.
05:14The Watch Tower.
05:15Nina, select again.
05:16Buy it, you'll like it, for minus 200, please.
05:18I'm the 1987 film where Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito sell aluminum siding door-to-door in 60s Baltimore.
05:25Joseph.
05:26You are Tin Man Wing.
05:27I'd like Buy It, You'll Like It, for minus 250, Wink.
05:30I'm the film where Jack Lemmon plays an aging loser among a group of cutthroat real estate salesmen like Al Pacino.
05:37Joseph.
05:38You are Glengarry Glen Ross.
05:40That's right.
05:41Glengarry Glen Ross.
05:43Go, Joseph.
05:44I'd like Buy It, You'll Like It, for minus 50, Wink.
05:46Completing the category.
05:47Players, I'm the door-to-door cosmetic company whose ads say, ding-dong, I'm calling.
05:52Nina.
05:53You are Avon, Wink.
05:54Avon calling, yes.
05:55Less than two minutes left in general debt.
05:57Let's go for Bull for minus 200, please.
05:59The question is this.
06:00I am the Spanish city that lets you run with the Bulls once a year.
06:05Shannon.
06:06You're Pamplona.
06:07Pamplona is right, for $200 off your debt.
06:09Bull for minus 150.
06:11Question.
06:12I am the famous American general who got his butt kicked by sitting Bull at Little Big Horn.
06:16Joseph.
06:17You are Custer, Wink.
06:18Yes, George Custer.
06:20I'd like Bull for minus 250, Wink.
06:22Although Michael Jordan is more famous, I'm the other Chicago Bull who's been on the dream team and that's no BS.
06:29Shannon.
06:30You are Scottie Pippen.
06:31That's correct.
06:32I'd like Bull for minus 100.
06:34I am the company whose malt liquor has a Bull on my blue and silver can.
06:40The answer is Schlitz. Select again, Shannon.
06:42Bull for minus 50.
06:43Completing the category.
06:44I'm the actor who pigged out to play a raging bull and won an Academy Award in the process.
06:50Nina.
06:51You are Robert De Niro, Wink.
06:52That's correct, for 50.
06:53Our writers' favorite unused questions for minus 250, please.
06:57These are unplayed questions from other shows our writers couldn't bear to see go to waste.
07:03I'm the Rolling Stones ballad with the same name as a late 70s sitcom starring Donna Peskow and Robert Hayes.
07:09Shannon.
07:10You are Donna?
07:11No.
07:12Joseph.
07:13I'd like our writers' favorite unused questions for minus 200, Wink.
07:17Right after the Persian Gulf War, I'm the NBC scud stud whose career went thud.
07:24See how fast you forget, folks?
07:26Arthur Kent. He was a big star.
07:28Joseph.
07:29I'd like our writers' favorite unused questions for minus 150, Wink.
07:31Even my brother George won't visit my Vegas museum that makes me out to be one of the biggest pianists who ever lived.
07:38Nina.
07:39You are Liberace, Wink.
07:40Liberace, yes.
07:41Our writers' favorite unused questions for minus 100.
07:43I'm a type of bean the shape of a pool and the organ transplanted into Gary Coleman.
07:48Joseph.
07:49Your kidney, Wink.
07:50Yes.
07:52And that's the end of General Debt.
07:53We're out of time.
07:54And I'm sorry to say that you, Nina, have the highest score.
07:57And unfortunately, in our game, that means you are eliminated.
08:00But you won't go home empty-handed because Julie has this for you.
08:04Well, Nina, to help you get back on the road to financial recovery, here's our very own debt piggy bank, along with a $200 savings bond.
08:13Don't go away. Come back in a moment.
08:17Joseph and Shannon will battle it out for a chance to have us pay off all their debts right after this.
08:32And now, let's get deeper into debt with the great Martindale.
08:38Welcome back, everybody. We're down to two players now.
08:40Joseph is way out in front.
08:41He's in the lead with minus $5,507.
08:44Shannon has minus $7,057.
08:47It's quite a difference of $1,550, but with a few right answers, wrong answers here and there between you two, it could change considerably very fast.
08:55At the end of this round, though, one of you, the one with the least debt remaining, will have a chance to have us pay off your entire debt.
09:01But first, we're going to play gambling debt.
09:03Are you gamblers?
09:04Yes.
09:05All right.
09:06In this round, I'll show you a category.
09:07And then you'll wager between yourselves to see who can answer the most questions correctly out of five.
09:12Category values increase throughout the round.
09:14$300 is at stake on our first category, which is Highly Hyped Flicks of 1996.
09:21And since you're behind Shannon, we'll let you start the bidding.
09:24I can answer three.
09:26Joseph?
09:27I can answer four.
09:28Shannon?
09:29You want to go for five or five?
09:32Prove it.
09:33She says prove it, Joseph.
09:34So you need four out of five to pick up the $300.
09:36Otherwise, she gets it.
09:38I'm the film where the sight of Jada Pinkett inspires tubby Eddie Murphy to swallow a skinny man formula.
09:44You are the nutty professor.
09:46You are right.
09:47I'm the 96 sci-fi smash that advertises don't look up unless you want to see Bill Pullman's unbelievable portrayal of our president.
09:56You are Independence Day, Wink.
09:57That all-important big movie.
10:00I'm the 1996 Disney cartoon flick about a French boy whose name you may not remember, but his face rings a bell.
10:07You are the hunchback of Notre Dame, Wink.
10:09You got it.
10:10One more to go for the money.
10:12I'm the hugely hyped Ben Stiller-directed comedy that's only exceptional because its lead was paid about $20 million.
10:19You are the cable guy, Wink.
10:21You got it.
10:22That's worth $300.
10:23Four out of five.
10:24You did it.
10:25You proved it.
10:26Let's move along to our $400 category now for Joseph and Shannon.
10:30It is coaches who are more famous than their players.
10:33Sounds like an interesting category.
10:35Joseph, start the bidding.
10:37I can name...
10:40Yes.
10:41Two, Wink.
10:42Two.
10:43Shannon?
10:44You want to go for three or more?
10:46I can name three.
10:48Joseph?
10:49Prove it, Shannon.
10:50I got a feeling Joseph doesn't know a lot about these coaches.
10:53Let's find out.
10:54If Shannon does for $400, you need three out of five, Shannon.
10:57I'm Fox's loudmouth commentator who used to coach the Oakland Raiders, but now I put my weight behind Ace Hardware.
11:04Okay, you are...
11:07John Madden.
11:09John Madden.
11:10I used to coach the Lakers, now I coach the Heat.
11:13I'm the slick-haired dude who coined the word three-peat.
11:16You are Pat Riley.
11:17You got that one.
11:19Two more to go for the money.
11:21Hey, Superfans.
11:22I'm the head coach who won the 1986 Super Bowl with a little team we like to call the Bears.
11:27You are Mike Ditka.
11:30Yes.
11:31That's two.
11:32You need one more.
11:33I'm the late coach of the Green Bay Packers who's associated with the phrase, winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
11:39You are Lombardi.
11:41Yes.
11:42Vince Lombardi.
11:43$400 off your debt.
11:44Three out of five.
11:46Our next category is worth $500, and it is I'm Going Crackers.
11:52These questions are all about crackers.
11:55Shannon, start the bidding.
11:57All about crackers.
11:58I can name four.
11:59Joseph.
12:00Crackers.
12:01I can name five, Wink.
12:03Okay, let's prove you can do it.
12:05Five out of five, $100 a piece gives you $500.
12:08I'm Nabisco's Cracker that looks like a slice of shredded wheat, tastes like a salted bale of hay, and rhymes with biscuit.
12:15You are Triscuit, Wink.
12:17I'm not sure they're gonna like that.
12:19Number two.
12:20I'm the company that makes the townhouse cracker with little elves who live in a tree.
12:24You are Keebler, Wink.
12:26You're right.
12:27That's two.
12:28Three to go for the money.
12:29Even though they're only one inch square, I'm the baked, not fried snack chip that caught Sandy Duncan's eye.
12:37You are Potato Crisp?
12:39No, Wheat Thins.
12:40Shannon gets the money.
12:42Wheat Thins.
12:46Now this is a must-win situation for you, Shannon.
12:49If you don't get this category, then you'll be mathematically eliminated, and Joseph will win the game.
12:54$750 the value on this.
12:57The musical stylings of Cher.
13:00Ladies and gentlemen, these are questions about Cher's music career.
13:04Shannon, begin the bidding, please.
13:06I can name three.
13:08Joseph?
13:09I can name four, Wink.
13:10Shannon?
13:11They can prove it!
13:13Prove it.
13:14Joseph, you have to prove you can get four out of five if you do it.
13:18If you get four of these, you've won the game.
13:20Anything short of four, Shannon remains alive in the game.
13:23I'm the 1989 hit about wishing you could set your clock back that Cher can sing with conviction now that she's 50.
13:29You are If I Could Turn Back Time.
13:33Can I accept that?
13:35No, I'm sorry.
13:36The exact title is what I need.
13:38If I Could Turn Back Time is the title.
13:40Have to call that incorrect.
13:42All right, you need all four of these now, Joseph.
13:45Okay.
13:46I'm the brain-dead dummies on MTV who think Cher's cool, so they teamed up with her to record a version of I Got You Babe that doesn't suck.
13:53You are Beavis and Butthead, Wink.
13:55Three to go for the game.
13:57I'm Cher's 1971 hit that could have been titled Fortune Tellers, Floozies, and People Who Steal Stuff.
14:03You are Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves, Wink.
14:06Yes.
14:07I love these writers.
14:09All you ever heard in late 1973 was me.
14:12Cherokee Cher's number one hit about being born a little of this and a little of that.
14:16You are Cherokee people?
14:18No, Halfbreed.
14:20Shannon's still alive in the game.
14:22Halfbreed, not Cherokee people.
14:24So, Shannon, you failed to do it.
14:28You're both very much alive, and we're down to our final category to determine a winner of this game.
14:32It's valued at $1,500, and it is Seinfeld.
14:37Much Ado About Nothing.
14:39These questions are all about the TV sitcom Seinfeld.
14:42Shannon, begin the bidding.
14:44I can answer four.
14:45She thinks she knows a lot about Seinfeld.
14:48I think I know five.
14:49I'd like to answer five.
14:50Okay, he says he can go all the way.
14:52Five out of five.
14:53Joseph, obviously, if you do it, you've won the game.
14:56Anything short of five correct answers, Shannon wins the game.
14:59One.
15:00I'm Jerry Seinfeld's main occupation on Seinfeld.
15:04You are a stand-up comic witch.
15:06Yes, that's one.
15:07You need four to win the game.
15:09Played by Wayne Knight, I'm the name of Kramer's scheming, hefty mailman friend.
15:14You are Newman Wink.
15:15That's correct.
15:16You need three to win the game.
15:18In a guest role, I'm the divine redhead that George bowled over at home plate in a softball game.
15:24You are Bette Midler Wink.
15:26Yes, that's three.
15:27You need two for the game.
15:29I'm Jerry and the gang's favorite coffee shop hangout that shares its name with Jazzman Thelonious.
15:34You are Monk's Wink.
15:35That's correct.
15:36Monk's Cafe.
15:37So it all comes down to this.
15:39If you answer this question, Joseph, you have the game.
15:42If you miss it, Shannon wins.
15:43I'm the fascist character on Seinfeld who might ban you from his shop if you improperly order gumbo or bisque.
15:50You are the soup Nazi.
15:51And you've won the game.
15:53Joseph, you're going on to the final round with a chance to have us pay off everything you owe.
15:59And you, Shannon, are going home with this.
16:02Julie?
16:03Well, Shannon, sorry, we're not gonna pay off your bills, but we are gonna give you one of our debt piggy banks, along with a $500 savings bond.
16:12Don't spend it all in one place.
16:14We'll be back to see if Joseph can move out of the red and into the black after this commercial message.
16:23And we're back to see if Joseph can get out of debt with the help of our main man, Wayne.
16:30Welcome back to Debt, everybody.
16:31We're here with Joseph Coor.
16:33Joseph played the first two rounds, eliminated his opponents, and knocked $3,550 off his debt.
16:39And he did it very convincingly.
16:41Congratulations on that, Joseph.
16:43Now you've earned the right to have us pay off your entire original debt of $6,953 in the round we appropriately called Get Out of Debt.
16:51If you can answer 10 questions in 60 seconds, your debt of $6,953 will be completely wiped out.
16:57Are you ready?
16:58I'm ready.
16:59Your category is The Debt Time Machine, 1987.
17:03The category is about things that happened in 1987.
17:06We set your expiration date at 60 seconds, and your time starts now.
17:11I'm the band that sang I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
17:14You are you, too.
17:16Yes, I'm the dead painter whose irises sold for over $53 million.
17:20You are Van Gogh.
17:21Yes, I'm the former presidential candidate who had a fling with Donna Rice.
17:24You are Gary Hart.
17:26Yes, I'm the dancing star of Top Hat who died in 1987.
17:29You are Fred Astaire.
17:30Yes, I'm the religious sex scandal queen who was in Sam Kinison's Wild Thing video.
17:34You are Tammy Faye Baker.
17:36No, I'm best actor for The Color of Money.
17:38You are Oprah Winfrey.
17:41No, along with the cult jam, I made head to toe a hit in 87.
17:46Pass.
17:47I came out of retirement to fight Marvin Hagler in one.
17:50Pass.
17:51With the Vermont ice cream ex-hippies who struck it rich with-
17:54You are Ben and Jerry's.
17:55Yes, I'm the New York football team that won the Super Bowl in January-
17:57You are the Giants.
17:58Yes, I'm the 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci film set in China-
18:01You're the last emperor.
18:02Yes, I had a huge hit with I Want to Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me.
18:05Pass.
18:06My hit song Dirty Diana might have been about-
18:08Pass.
18:09Well, it gave you seven out of ten.
18:14Jessica Hahn was in Sam Kinison's Wild Thing video.
18:17Paul Newman won for The Color of Money.
18:19Lisa Lisa was in the cult jam.
18:21Sugar Ray Leonard fought Marvin Hagler and won.
18:24I Want to Dance With Somebody was by Whitney Houston.
18:27Dirty Diana might have been about Diana Ross.
18:30Michael Jackson had that hit song.
18:32So you didn't make it down to zero, but all is definitely not lost.
18:36In the first two rounds, you reduced your debt by $3,550.
18:39And that's yours to keep unless, of course, you decide to bet your debt.
18:43When we selected you to be a player on this show, you told us your specialty category in the world of pop culture was the movie Star Wars.
18:51Before the show, we prepared one question on the movie Star Wars.
18:55And if you can answer this question correctly, we'll double your current total of $3,550.
19:00However, if you go for it and miss, you'll be back $6,953 in the hole.
19:06You can walk away with what you've won or risk it all.
19:09And we'll be back to see what you, Joseph, want to do right after this break.
19:13Don't go away.
19:14It's time for another Big Money Moment on debt.
19:29Welcome back to debt, everybody.
19:31Okay, Joseph, you've had some time to think about this question.
19:34If you go for it, the question will be worth $7,100.
19:37Otherwise, you can leave with your $3,550.
19:39So what do you want to do?
19:40Do you want to risk it all or walk away with what you've won so far?
19:42I'm going for it, Wayne.
19:43You're going for it.
19:44Okay.
19:45You know that after I ask the question, you have 10 seconds to give me your answer, okay?
19:49The subject is one of your favorite pop culture categories, Star Wars.
19:52And this is your question.
19:54I'm the name of the bounty hunter Han Solo kills in the cantina.
19:59You are Greedo, Wayne.
20:01And you have won.
20:02Greedo, the answer.
20:05You've won $7,100.
20:08Congratulations to you.
20:10That's all the time we have left, everybody.
20:12We'll be back next time with three more big spenders.
20:15And we'll do our best to help get them out of debt.
20:19Yes.
20:20Bye-bye.
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