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00:00Oh my, it's spotty.
00:01Drowning in a sea of bills?
00:08Then it's time to play Debt.
00:11The game show where three debt-laden Americans just like you
00:15compete to have us pay off all their bills and go home with nothing.
00:20And now, let's meet today's contestants.
00:24I'm Ricky and I'm in debt because I owe big bucks to the University of Southern California.
00:29I'm Kelly and I'm in debt because I majored in ancient Greek at Loyola Marymount University.
00:34I'm Kim and I'm in debt because I got a degree in sociology from UCLA.
00:38Hey, it's College Week on debt and classes in session.
00:47So let's bring on the patron saint of student loans,
00:51the dean of debt,
00:53with Martindale.
01:08Thank you, everybody.
01:10Hi, and welcome to a very special edition of Debt.
01:13Our contestants today, Ricky, Kelly, and Tim,
01:16all find themselves in a financial hole thanks to student loans.
01:20And by the end of this show,
01:21one of them will have the chance to climb out of that hole
01:23and walk away with their loans paid off.
01:25So let's get this party started, shall we?
01:28Our first round is called General Debt.
01:30And here are today's categories.
01:32Let's go to College Town.
01:37Just say whoops.
01:41I guest starred on the Brady Bunch.
01:45Born on December 25th.
01:48And finally, scoop this.
01:52Those are the categories.
01:53Now, this is an elimination round.
01:55Only the two players with the least debt at the end of the round
01:57get to move on and have a chance at going home with...
02:00Nothing!
02:01You got it.
02:02Now, Kim, since you have spent less than your opponents in the game of life,
02:05you get the honor of selecting our very first category.
02:07But to make things fair,
02:08we're going to even you all out to the average debt amount of the day.
02:11Your average debt comes to $7,339.
02:15Two final reminders.
02:16All the questions on debt take the I Am You Are format
02:19and you will be penalized for an incorrect answer.
02:22Okay, Kim, select our first category.
02:24Okay, I'll take I Guest Start on the Brady Bunch for minus $150, Wink.
02:27Here is the question.
02:28Though I'm better known for my scary movies,
02:30I played scary Professor Whitehead
02:32in one of the Brady's groovy Hawaii episodes.
02:35How about it, Kelly?
02:36You are Vincent Price, Wink?
02:37Yes, for $150 off your debt.
02:39Okay, let's take I Guest Start on the Brady Bunch for minus $200, Wink.
02:44He likes that category.
02:45I played the annoying Aunt Jenny in a Brady Bunch episode
02:48before playing the annoying Aunt Edna in Vacation.
02:51Kelly?
02:52You are Emma Jean Coco, Wink?
02:54Yes, indeed, for another $200.
02:56You got it.
02:57Let's take I Guest Start on the Brady Bunch for minus $250, Wink.
03:01I'm the Little House on the Prairie actress
03:03who made Bobby Brady see skyrockets when I kissed him as Millicent.
03:07Kelly?
03:07You are Melissa Gilbert, Wink?
03:09No, I'm sorry.
03:10Ricky or Kim, you have any idea?
03:14Melissa Sue Anderson.
03:15Not what you said.
03:17Kelly?
03:17Okay.
03:18Thanks, Wink.
03:19Whatever he said.
03:19Let's go to College Towns for minus $100, Wink.
03:22Here's your question.
03:23I'm the Indiana City where leprechauns and non-leprechauns alike
03:27find their pot of gold at Notre Dame.
03:29Kim?
03:30You are South Bend, Wink.
03:31Yes.
03:32South Bend, Indiana.
03:33Kim, select.
03:34Let's go to College Towns for minus $150.
03:37Players, the oldest campus in the University of California chain.
03:40I'm the College Town where then-Governor Reagan sent troops in the 60s.
03:44Ricky?
03:45You are Berkeley, Wink.
03:46Yes, Berkeley, California.
03:48So all three of you have scored.
03:50Let's take Just Say Whoa for minus $150.
03:53These questions involve horses and the men involved with them in TV and movies.
03:58Where does he get off calling himself the Lone Ranger?
04:01I'm the name of his Native American sidekick who faithfully rode shotgun.
04:05Ricky?
04:06You are Tonto, Wink.
04:07Yes, the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
04:09Let's take Born on December 25th for minus $150.
04:13This category is all about celebrities born on Christmas Day.
04:17Heidi, Heidi, Heidi, ho.
04:18I'm the Minnie the Moocher singer whose first name sounds like something you hail.
04:23How about it, Kim?
04:24You are Cab Calloway, Wink.
04:25Yes, the great Cab Calloway.
04:26Okay, let's go.
04:27Born on December 25th for minus $200, Wink.
04:30Though not on December 25th, I'm the scientist who, according to legend,
04:34got hit on the head with an apple and discovered gravity.
04:36Kelly?
04:37You are Newton, Wink.
04:38Yes, Sir Isaac Newton.
04:40Okay.
04:41Let's take I Guess Start on the Brady Bunch for minus $100, Wink.
04:44Okay, they like that category, and let's go to it again.
04:47I'm the singer who didn't let Marsha Brady make a monkey out of me
04:49when I agreed to appear in her prom.
04:52Kelly?
04:52You are Davy Jones, Wink.
04:53That is it for $100.
04:55That is off your desk.
04:55Okay, let's take I Guess Start on the Brady Bunch for minus $50, Wink.
04:59That concludes that category.
05:01I'm the former New York Jets quarterback who wore pantyhose and hugged Bobby Brady,
05:04but not necessarily in that order.
05:06Kim?
05:07You are Joe Montana.
05:08No, not Joe Montana.
05:09Ricky?
05:10You are Joe Namath.
05:10Joe Namath, yeah.
05:12Broadway joke.
05:14Born on December 25th for minus $100.
05:16Here's the question.
05:17Born on the same day as the king of heaven,
05:19I'm the southern singer who crooned about a cheeseburger in paradise.
05:23Kelly?
05:24You are Jimmy Buffet, Wink.
05:26Okay.
05:26Hello, Margarita Bill.
05:27Let's take Born on December the 25th for minus $250, Wink.
05:31I'm the Christmas-born country singer who had a variety show in the early 1980s
05:35with my sisters Louise and Earlene.
05:37Kim?
05:38You are Barbara Mandrell, Wink.
05:39Barbara Mandrell, the pride of Nashville.
05:41Okay, let's go on December 25th for minus $50, Wink.
05:43Concluding that category, Born almost 2,000 years A.D.
05:46I'm the birthday boy who starred in Key Largo and The Big Sleep.
05:53Humphrey Bogart.
05:54Humphrey Bogart.
05:55We have less than two minutes remaining in general debt.
05:57Kim?
05:57I'll take Scoop This for minus $250, Wink.
06:00Here's the question.
06:00Oh, it's a good one.
06:01You hit our detonator.
06:04This is the most difficult question on today's board in the opinion of our producers, and
06:07because of that, this question is worth $500 for whoever gets it right.
06:12Swedish for frozen delight.
06:13I'm the now defunct ice cream brand whose ad said, I ate all the me.
06:19Kelly?
06:20You are Haagen-Dazs, Wink?
06:21No.
06:22Ricky or Kim?
06:24No, I'm sorry.
06:25The correct answer is frozen glodgen.
06:27Let's go back to Kim for a pick.
06:29Okay, let's do Scoop This for minus $150, Wink.
06:31Here's the question.
06:32Players, what would you do for me?
06:34I'm the stickless ice cream bar company with a polar bear on the wrapper.
06:38Kelly?
06:38You are Klondike, Wink.
06:39Klondike is the answer, yes.
06:40Let's take, uh, let's go to College Towns for minus $250, Wink.
06:45And here's your question.
06:46I sound like a church on a mountain, and I'm where you'd find the main campus of the
06:49University of North Carolina.
06:51Kelly?
06:52You are Chapel Hill, Wink.
06:53Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
06:55Uh, let's go to College Towns for minus $200, Wink.
06:59If you're caught illegally splitting an atom in a Harvard dorm room, I'm the Boston adjacent
07:04college city where you'd be busted.
07:06Kelly?
07:07You are MIT, Wink?
07:08No.
07:09Kim or Ricky?
07:12Cambridge.
07:13Cambridge.
07:13Kelly, select.
07:14Uh, let's just say woe for minus $250, Wink.
07:17I am the movie where Bob Goldwaite plays a jackass who gets stock tips from a talking
07:23horse.
07:26It's called Hot to Trot.
07:27Select again.
07:28Uh, just say woe for minus $200, Wink.
07:30Try this one.
07:31In the movie, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, I played the man with no name.
07:37Clint Eastwood.
07:38Kelly, select again.
07:39Uh, let's go scoop this for minus $200, Wink.
07:41Players Bart Simpson is the spokesman for me.
07:44The candy bar that's now available in an ice cream variety.
07:46Kim?
07:48You are Butterfinger Wink.
07:48Yes, for $200 off your debt.
07:52That's the end of general debt, and I'm sorry to say that you, Kelly, have the highest score,
07:57and unfortunately, in our game, that means you are eliminated, but you're not going home
08:02empty-handed.
08:03Julie, tell him what he's won.
08:05Well, Kelly, to help you pay for some of that ancient Greek education, here's our very own
08:11debt piggy bank, along with a $200 savings bond.
08:16Go make a payment.
08:20We'll be back to see Ricky and Kim battle it out for a chance to have us pay off all their
08:24debts right after this.
08:25Let's get back to class with the Dean of debt, Frank Martindale.
08:43Welcome back, everybody.
08:44We're down to two players now.
08:46Kim is in the lead with minus $6,689, and Ricky has minus $6,989, a difference of only $300,
08:54so both of you are obviously very much in this game.
08:57However, at the end of this round, one of you, the one with the least debt remaining,
09:00will have a chance to have us pay off your entire debt.
09:03But first, we're going to play gambling debt.
09:05In this round, I'm going to show you a category, and then you'll wager between yourselves to
09:08see who can answer the most questions correctly out of five.
09:11Category values increase throughout the round.
09:14$300 is at stake on this first category, which is not a liquid or a solid.
09:19This category is about things that aren't solids or liquids.
09:22And since you're behind, Ricky, we'll let you start the bidding.
09:25We have five questions on that category.
09:27I can answer three, Link.
09:29Kim?
09:29Go for four.
09:30Yeah!
09:31I can answer four, Link.
09:32He says four.
09:33Ricky, you want to make it five?
09:34Prove it, Bruin.
09:35Ricky says prove it, Kim.
09:36Kim, if you can prove you can answer four out of five of these, you get the $300 knocked
09:40off your debt.
09:41Otherwise, the money goes to Ricky.
09:43Not a liquid or a solid.
09:45Spanish for sauce.
09:46I'm the saucy Mexican condiment made by Old El Paso and Rosarita.
09:51You are salsa, Link.
09:52Salsa is right.
09:53That's one.
09:54Three to go.
09:55Available in flavors like chocolate and butterscotch, I'm the kind of dessert pitched by Bill Cosby
10:00that also comes in a frozen pop.
10:02You are Jell-O pudding, Link.
10:04That is correct.
10:05Pudding.
10:06Number three.
10:07I'm the enigmatic substance you'll find in each can of the Gillette product enigmatically
10:12named Foamy.
10:14You are shaving cream, Link.
10:15That's it.
10:16That's three.
10:16One to go for the money.
10:18I'm the brand name aerosol whipped cream that sounds like it's made by the woman who sings
10:22I Am Woman.
10:24You are ready, Whip, Link.
10:25Yes.
10:26Then you get the money.
10:27$300 off her debt.
10:29Very good, Kim.
10:30Okay, Ricky and Kim, we're going to move on to our next category now, which is not quite
10:35best picture of the year.
10:38These questions are all about films nominated for best picture that did not win an Academy
10:42Award.
10:43Kim, start the bidding, please.
10:44I can name four of these, Wink.
10:47Ricky, what do you think?
10:49I'm going to go for five.
10:51Ricky's going to go for all five.
10:52So, Ricky, five out of five will give you the $400 off your debt.
10:56Anything short of five correct answers, Kim gets the money.
10:59One.
11:00I'm the cynical Quentin Tarantino blood fest that lost to sentimental favorite Forrest
11:04Gump in 1995.
11:07You are Reservoir Dogs.
11:08No.
11:09Pulp Fiction.
11:10Kim gets the money.
11:12Pulp Fiction.
11:15Big movie of the year.
11:17Okay, let's move on to our $500 category now, which is Chatty Cathy's.
11:22How many of us have had a Chatty Cathy?
11:25This category is all about women named Kathy.
11:28Kim, start the bidding.
11:30I can name four of these, Wink.
11:32Ricky, what do you think about that?
11:35Prove it.
11:36Ricky says, prove it, Kim, for $500.
11:39Question one.
11:40I'm the sprightly gymnast who starred in Peter Pan and provided nonstop chit-chat as
11:45a gymnastic commentator.
11:46You are Kathy Rigby, Wink.
11:47That's one.
11:49Number two.
11:51I'm the movie where Kathy Mariarty stuck in her thumb and pulled out the plum roll of
11:55Jake LaMotta's loud-mouthed wife.
11:57You are Raging Bull, Wink.
11:59You've got your second question right.
12:01Number three.
12:02I'm the Academy Award-winning actress who chatted away with Jessica Tandy in fried green
12:07tomatoes and used people.
12:08You are Kathy Bates, Wink.
12:10Yes, Kathy Bates from Memphis, Tennessee, I might add.
12:14Before Kathy Lee became a nonstop talking machine on Live, I'm the game show where she
12:19sang just a few notes at a time.
12:22You are...
12:24I have no idea.
12:25Remember, name that tune.
12:27Name that tune.
12:29Okay, this is your final question.
12:30If you get this right, you get the $500.
12:33If not, Ricky gets it.
12:34I'm the hostess with three names who chatted away with a plastic cast of That's Incredible
12:38but I've been awfully quiet lately.
12:41You are Kathy Lee...
12:43Oh, Gifford.
12:45No, I'm sorry.
12:46Kathy Lee Crosby.
12:47Ricky gets the money.
12:49$500 off her jet.
12:54Let's move on to our $750 category now.
12:57The illustrious MTV Video Awards.
13:01These questions are all about past winners of the MTV Video Awards.
13:04Past winners.
13:05Ricky, start the bidding.
13:07I can name three.
13:08Rick, Kim?
13:09Go for four, Kim.
13:09I can name four.
13:11Ricky?
13:13Prove it.
13:14Ricky says, prove it, Kim.
13:15Four out of five is what you need for the $750.
13:17One, we're the little old trio from Texas who won the 84 Best Group Video for our Legs, Not
13:23Our Beards.
13:25You are...
13:28ZZ Top.
13:30ZZ Top.
13:31Okay, four to go.
13:32Okay.
13:32Four of these will give you the money.
13:34Otherwise, Ricky gets it.
13:35With Luca, I beat out everyone in 88 for Best Female Video and my last name sounds like
13:41a car made by Chevy.
13:44Oh, you are Suzanne Vega.
13:46Yes.
13:47That's one.
13:48Three to go for the money.
13:50I'm the group that worked in mysterious ways, winning the 1992 Best Group Video for even
13:55better than the real thing.
13:59I don't...
14:00You too.
14:01Ricky gets the money.
14:02$750 off her debt.
14:05So it all comes down to this category.
14:08Whoever wins this $1,500 category gets the opportunity to go on, continue, and have us
14:14pay off their entire debt.
14:16Ricky, start the bidding, please.
14:18Famous Angels is the category.
14:20These questions are about movies and TV shows with angels in them.
14:24Ricky?
14:25Um, I can name three.
14:27Kim?
14:27I can name four.
14:28I can name four.
14:28Ricky?
14:29Ricky?
14:31Want to go for five or you want to prove it?
14:34Prove it.
14:35Dempsey says prove it once again.
14:37If you prove it, four out of five will give you the game.
14:39If not, Ricky gets the game.
14:41Question one.
14:43I'm the 1994 Danny Glover baseball flick about a losing team that becomes a winner thanks
14:47to some heavenly intervention.
14:49You are angels in the outfield.
14:50That's one, yes.
14:51I'm the CBS show starring Della Reese and Roma Downey as convertible Cadillac driving angels
15:00on a mission from God.
15:01You are touched by an angel.
15:03That's two.
15:06Two to go for a win.
15:08I'm the angel who teaches Jimmy Stewart that it's a wonderful life.
15:11And I share my first name with Supreme Court Judge Thomas.
15:15You are Clarence.
15:16Yes, that's three.
15:18One more to go for the game, Kim.
15:21I'm the Spielberg remake of A Guy Named Joe where Richard Dreyfuss is a cocky pilot who
15:26becomes a schmaltzy guardian angel.
15:29You are always winning.
15:30You win the game.
15:33So UCLA has it over USC in this instance.
15:36Tim, congratulations.
15:38That means you're going on to the final round with a chance to have us pay off everything
15:42you owe.
15:43And Ricky, you're going to go home with this.
15:45Julie, what do we have for Ricky?
15:46Well, Ricky, we're not going to pay off your bills, but we are going to give you one
15:50of our debt piggy banks along with a $500 savings bond.
15:55Go pay some bills.
15:59We're going to be back to see if Kim can move out of the red and into the black right after
16:02we take this commercial break.
16:06This break.
16:07We're going to be back to see if Kim can get out of debt with the help of Headmaster Wayne.
16:13Welcome back to debt, everybody.
16:15I'm standing here with Kim Williams of UCLA.
16:17She majored in sociology there, and that's how she got into debt.
16:20A student loan, right?
16:21Right.
16:21Well, so far, Kim has played her first two rounds beautifully.
16:24She eliminated her opponents and knocked $2,850 off her debt.
16:29And maybe that's only the start.
16:30Kim, congratulations.
16:32Good luck as we continue.
16:33You have now earned the right to have us pay off your entire original debt of $6,917.
16:39It's a round we appropriately call Get Out of Debt.
16:42If you can answer 10 of my questions in 60 seconds, your debt of $6,917 will be completely
16:48wiped out.
16:48Are you ready?
16:49Your category is Big Stuff.
16:52Big Stuff.
16:53Let's set your expiration date at 60 seconds.
16:56And your time starts now.
16:58I'm the attack-inducing burger from McDonald's.
17:00You're a Big Mac.
17:01Yes.
17:01I'm the president whose policy was speak softly and carry a big stick.
17:05Pass.
17:06I hit with a song, Big Shot, off my 52nd Street album.
17:09Billy Joel.
17:10Yes.
17:10I'm the oral novel where Big Brother is watching you.
17:13Pass.
17:14I'm the collegiate conference that includes Michigan and Ohio State.
17:17Pass.
17:18I'm the city that's also known as the Big Apple.
17:20You are New York.
17:21Yes.
17:21I'm the pizza chain that makes the Bigfoot pizza.
17:24Little Caesars.
17:25No.
17:25I'm what the initials BMOC stand for.
17:27Pass.
17:28I'm the Four Seasons hit that sounds like it's about women who don't weep.
17:31Big Girls Don't Cry.
17:32Yes.
17:33I'm the name for the circus tent where the main action happens.
17:35The Big Tent.
17:36No.
17:36I'm two types of electrical current and the metal group that sang Big Balls.
17:40ACDC.
17:40Yes.
17:41I'm the city whose baseball franchise would nickname the Big Red Machine.
17:44Pass.
17:45I'm the 80s band whose only hit was In a Big Country.
17:49Pass.
17:49I'm the musical on the Mississippi that features Huck Finn.
17:53Pass.
17:54I sang Chantilly Lace before dying in a plane crash.
17:57Billy, Buddy Holly.
17:58No, I'm sorry.
17:59That was Big Bopper.
18:00Big Bopper.
18:01Buddy Holly was in that same plane, by the way.
18:04Let me review the ones you either passed on or missed.
18:07Speak Softly, Carry a Big Stick.
18:08That was Teddy Roosevelt.
18:09The Orwell novel where Big Brother is watching you in 1984.
18:12The Big Ten, I'm surprised you missed that one.
18:15The Collegiate Conference, including Michigan and Ohio State.
18:18Pizza Hut, the Bigfoot pizza.
18:20BMOC stands for Big Man on Campus.
18:23The Big Top is what we needed for the circus tent where the main action happens.
18:27The Big Red Machine, the Cincinnati Reds.
18:29In a Big Country by Big Country.
18:32And Big River was the Huck Finn musical on the Mississippi.
18:36But although you didn't make it down to zero, all is not lost because in the first two rounds,
18:41you reduced your debt by $2,850.
18:43That's yours to keep unless you want to bet your debt.
18:47When we selected you to be a player on the show, Kim, you told us your specialty category in the world of pop culture was
18:53the films of Brad Pitt.
18:55So before the show, we prepared one question on the films of Brad Pitt.
18:59And if you can answer the question correctly, we'll double your current total of $2,850.
19:05However, you know the rule.
19:06If you go for it and miss, you'll be back $6,917 in the hole.
19:12So the story is you can walk away with what you've won or risk it all.
19:16We'll be back to see what Kim wants to do regarding this decision right after this.
19:21Don't go away.
19:32Welcome back to debt, everybody.
19:35Well, Kim, you've had some time to think over this question idea.
19:38If you go for it, the question will be worth $5,700.
19:42So what's it going to be?
19:42You want to risk it all or walk away with what you've won so far, $2,850?
19:47I'll go for it.
19:48You're going to go for it.
19:50You know, the subject is Brad Pitt Films.
19:53For $5,700, here's your question.
19:56You'll have 10 seconds to give me your answer.
19:59I am the film where Brad Pitt says,
20:02I always believe that done properly,
20:05armed robbery doesn't have to be a totally unpleasant experience.
20:09You are Thelma and Louise.
20:10You win!
20:12Yes, indeed.
20:14Congratulations.
20:15You've won $5,700.
20:19That's all the time we have left, everybody.
20:21We'll be back next time with three more big spenders,
20:24and we'll do our best to help get them out of debt.
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