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00:00Drowning in a sea of bills, then it's time to play Debt, the game show where three debt-laden
00:15Americans just like you compete to have us pay off all their bills and go home with nothing.
00:21And now let's meet today's contestant. I'm Yvette and I'm in debt because I moved from Fifth Avenue
00:29in New York to Miracle Mile in LA. I'm Jim and I'm in debt because my car is older than
00:34I am. I'm Julie and I'm in debt because I quit my job to stay home with my daughter.
00:40And now, starting at most, the crown prince of credit, the Duke of Debt, Wayne Martindale!
00:53Thanks everybody. Thank you very much. Welcome. Good luck.
00:59Welcome to our show, everybody. The country's in debt. You're probably in debt.
01:03But most importantly, our three players, Yvette, Jim, and Julie, have come to us with their real
01:07life debt. And one of them just might be lucky enough to get out of it by the end of the show.
01:11So let's get this party started. Our first round we call General Debt, and here are today's categories.
01:17Shell Me to Eat Me. Copycats. Opera for Idiots.
01:26I've seen your voice in the movies.
01:30And finally, I miss my Grammy. Yeah, poor baby. This is an elimination round.
01:39Only the two players with the least debt at the end of the round get to move on and have
01:42a chance at going home with...
01:44Matthew!
01:45Gotcha. Julie, since you've spent less than your opponents in the game of life,
01:49you get the honor of selecting our first category. But to make things fair,
01:52we're going to even you all out to the average debt amount of the day. Your average debt is $8,151.
01:59It's up there pretty good. Two final reminders. All the questions on debt take the I Am You Are
02:03format, and you will be penalized for an incorrect answer. Julie, first category, please.
02:09Thank you. I'll take Shell Me to Eat Me for $150, please.
02:12This category is all about shellfish. I'm the creature that served in cakes in Maryland,
02:17or found in the supermarket as Dungeness or imitation style. Jim.
02:23You are crabwink.
02:24That's correct. For $150 off your debt, you draw first play.
02:27I'd like Shell Me to Eat Me for minus $250.
02:30On your table, I'm the shellfish you steam open to eat my fleshy innards.
02:34At the gym, I'm a body part you use to pump iron.
02:38Jim.
02:39You are a musclewink.
02:40That's correct. Muscles.
02:41I'd like Shell Me to Eat Me for minus $200, please.
02:44I'm the sea creature that comes in the little neck in cherry stone varieties,
02:48and I'm a nickname for money.
02:51Jim.
02:51You are a clamwink.
02:53Three for you, Jim. None for the rest.
02:55I'd like Shell Me to Eat Me for $100, please. Minus $100.
02:58I'm the tiny shellfish that's popular as a cocktail or in scampi,
03:02but I'm unpopular as a nickname for someone small.
03:06How about that? Julie.
03:07You are shrimpwink.
03:08That is correct.
03:11Select, Julie.
03:12I'll take copycats for minus $100, please.
03:16Okay, and here's your question.
03:17I'm the guy who sounds small,
03:19but did a larger-than-life impersonation of Johnny Carson
03:22in the HBO movie The Late Shift.
03:25Yvette.
03:25You are rich little winks.
03:26That's correct.
03:28I'll take copycats for minus $250, please.
03:31I'm the 1973 futuristic flick,
03:34where Yul Brynner is a robot who spoils
03:35Richard Benjamin's fantasy family vacation.
03:39Jim.
03:39You are Westworld wing.
03:41Good for $250, yes.
03:42I'd like copycats for minus $200, please.
03:45I'm the 1975 movie where Catherine Ross
03:48finds out the reason her lady friends are happily married
03:51is that they're clones.
03:53Jim.
03:54You are the Stepford Wives wing.
03:55Yes, for another $200 off your debt.
03:58I'd like copycats for minus $150, please.
04:00In real life, I'm the singer accused of copying Sinatra.
04:04In the movies, I played a psycho
04:05whose killing style is copied in copycat.
04:08Jim.
04:09You are Harry Connick Jr. Wink.
04:10Good for another $150.
04:11You're doing well.
04:13I'd like shell me to eat me for minus $50, Wink.
04:15To complete that category, serve me Thermidor or Newberg.
04:19I'm the crustacean that's the subject of a rocking B-52 song.
04:24Jim.
04:25You are Lobster Wink.
04:27Yes, another $50 for that man.
04:29I'd like copycats for minus $50, please.
04:31Completing that category, I call myself your branch office
04:35because I'm the chain of copy houses that's the new way to office.
04:40Julie.
04:40You are Kinko's Wink.
04:41That's correct.
04:44Julie.
04:45I'll take, um, I've seen your voice in the movies for $50, please.
04:48First time in that category, these questions are all about people
04:51who've done voices for characters in the movies.
04:54I was the ice-cold mother in Manchurian Candidate
04:56and the voice of warm, friendly Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.
05:00Jim.
05:01You are Angela Lansbury, Wink.
05:02Good again for $50.
05:04I'd like I've seen your voice in the movies for minus $100, please.
05:07I'm the last Boy Scout who supplied the voice of the baby
05:11in Look Who's Talking.
05:13Jim.
05:13You are Bruce Willis, Wink.
05:14You are fast on the trigger over there, Jim.
05:16I'd like I've seen your voice in the movies for minus $150, please.
05:20One way for me to succeed in show business without really trying
05:23was to lend my voice to the Lion King as the adult Simba.
05:28Yvette.
05:28You are Matthew Broderick.
05:30Good for $150 off your debt, Yvette.
05:32I'll take I've seen your voice in the movies for minus $200, please.
05:35That's a good one.
05:36You did our death, Wink.
05:37The most difficult question on today's board in the opinion of our producers.
05:41And because of that, this is worth $500 for whoever gets it right.
05:44Good luck to all three.
05:46Things change.
05:48I went from being an old millionaire in Trading Places
05:51to the voice of a dog in Homeward Bound.
05:53Yvette.
05:54You are Don Amici, Wink?
05:55Yes, for $500 off your debt.
05:57Less than two minutes remaining in general debt.
05:59I'll take I've seen your voice in the movies for minus $250, please.
06:02Wrapping up that category, I'm the wizard-like guy
06:04who gave his voice to characters like Yoda and Miss Piggy.
06:07Jim.
06:08You are Frank Oswink.
06:09Yes, for $250.
06:11I'd like Opera for Idiots for minus $250, please.
06:14I'm the Italian composer of Rigoletto and Aida,
06:17whose name translates in English to Joe Green.
06:20Jim.
06:21You are Giuseppe Verdi.
06:23Correct, for $250.
06:25I'd like Opera for Idiots for minus $200, please.
06:28I'm the popular opera composed by Georges Bizet
06:30and the last name of the singer who had the hit All By Myself.
06:34Yvette.
06:35You are Carmen Wink?
06:37Correct, yes.
06:37That singer, by the way, would be Eric Carmen.
06:39I'll take Opera for Idiots for minus $150, Wink.
06:42One of America's greatest sopranos,
06:44my name almost sounds like the neighborhood
06:45that Clampett's moved to.
06:47Jim.
06:48You are Beverly Sills.
06:49Yes.
06:50Rhyming with Beverly Hills.
06:52Opera for minus $100, please.
06:54Figaro Magnifico.
06:56I'm the British glam rock band
06:57who had a hit album titled A Night at the Opera.
07:00Jim.
07:01You are Queen Wink.
07:01Another $100 to Jim.
07:04Opera for Idiots for minus $50, please.
07:06Wrapping up the category,
07:07I'm the famous Puccini opera
07:09about a Japanese woman in love with an American
07:11and what you'd call a former female caterpillar.
07:14Jim.
07:14You are Madam Butterfly Wink.
07:16Right again, for $50, select.
07:18I'd like to kiss my,
07:19I miss my Grammy for minus $50, please.
07:21For minus $50 in that category,
07:23about people who never won a Grammy award.
07:26I'm the band without a current hit
07:27who spends Grammy night going empty-handed
07:29down the highway to hell back home.
07:33Julie.
07:33You are ACDC.
07:34That's correct, for $50 off your jet.
07:37I miss my Grammy for minus $250, please.
07:40My superstar status as producer and star of Baywatch Nights
07:44hasn't helped my singing career garner even a German Grammy.
07:49Julie.
07:49You are David Hasselhoff.
07:51That's correct, for $250.
07:55And that's the end of general debt.
07:56And I'm sorry to say that you, Julie, have the highest score.
07:59And unfortunately, in our game, that means you're eliminated.
08:02But you won't go home empty-handed.
08:04Julie, what do we have for Julie?
08:06Well, Julie, to help you get back on the road
08:08to financial recovery,
08:10here's our very own debt piggy bank,
08:12along with a $200 savings bond.
08:15Go put it in the bank.
08:18Well, it's going to be an interesting battle.
08:20We'll be back shortly to see Yvette battle Jim
08:23for a chance to have us pay off all their debts
08:26right after this.
08:28Thank you, Julie.
08:29And now, let's get deeper into debt
08:36with Wink Martindale.
08:39Welcome back to debt, everybody.
08:41We're down to two players now.
08:42Jim's in the lead, of course, with minus $5,951.
08:46Yvette has minus $7,201.
08:49But we add that up, it's a difference of only $1,250.
08:52And we've seen in this round
08:54how things can change just like that.
08:56At the end of this round, though, one of you,
08:58the one with the least debt remaining,
09:00will have a chance to have us pay off your entire debt.
09:04But first, we're going to play gambling debt.
09:06Now, in this round, I'll show you a category
09:09and you'll wager between yourselves
09:11to see who can answer the most questions correctly out of five.
09:14Category values will increase throughout the round.
09:16$300 will be at stake on our first category,
09:18which is organizations that actually do good things.
09:23This category is about charitable organizations.
09:26And Yvette, since you're behind, you start the bidding.
09:30Wink, I can answer three questions.
09:32Really?
09:33Jim?
09:35I can answer four.
09:36Yvette, you want to go for five
09:38or you want to ask him to prove it?
09:39Yes, I can answer five.
09:40She says five.
09:41So five out of five will give her the money.
09:44Prove it.
09:44I'm the National Health Organization
09:47whose anti-smoking ad slogan claims
09:49it's a matter of life and breath.
09:51You are the Lung Association?
09:54American Lung Association?
09:55That is correct.
09:55The American Lung Association.
09:57That's one.
09:58Four to go.
10:00I'm the army that's known more
10:02for operating homeless shelters than tanks.
10:04Salvation Army.
10:09Jim gets the money.
10:10$300 off his debt.
10:12I thought that would be the easiest one for you, Yvette,
10:15but sometimes they don't come to you.
10:17It's easy for me.
10:18I got the answers.
10:19All right, let's look at the next $400 category.
10:23Tearjerkers.
10:23Oh, God.
10:25Tearjerkers.
10:25It's a category about movies that made us cry.
10:28Jim, start the bidding.
10:30I can answer three.
10:32Yvette, Tearjerkers.
10:33Tearjerkers.
10:34We got an answer, four.
10:35Jim, she says four.
10:37Yvette, prove it.
10:39Jim says prove it, Yvette.
10:41Four out of five for $400.
10:44I'm the Tearjerker where Campbell Scott
10:46plays a poor little rich boy with leukemia
10:48who falls in love with Julia Roberts.
10:52You are stealing home, Wink?
10:54Not even close, Yvette.
10:56Dying young.
10:57Dying young.
10:58Okay, I have four questions left.
11:00You have to answer all of these to win the money.
11:02I'm the heartwarming flick where Robin Williams
11:05discovers a wonder drug that brings comatose
11:08Robert De Niro to life.
11:09You are awakening.
11:10That's one.
11:11Three to go.
11:13I'm Franco Zepparelli's 1979 remake
11:16where Ricky Schroeder cried and cried
11:18after John Voight died.
11:20You are the champ.
11:21That's two.
11:22Two to go for the money.
11:24I'm the 1993 Sapfest that still makes Deborah Winger weep
11:28that no one saw her Academy Award-nominated portrait
11:30afraid of a dying woman.
11:31Wink, you are Terms of Endearment.
11:33No, Shadowlands.
11:36And the money goes to Jim.
11:39Shadowlands.
11:39Sorry about that.
11:43But you answered that with such authority, Yvette.
11:45You could have fooled me.
11:47This is a must-win situation, to be serious.
11:50If you don't get this category, Yvette,
11:51you'll be mathematically eliminated
11:53and the game will go to Jim.
11:54Here's your next category.
11:56The value is $500 and we have...
11:59Estorios Latinos.
12:01This category is all about Latino stars.
12:05Okay, Jim, start the bidding.
12:08I can answer two of those.
12:10Remember, Yvette, you need this category.
12:12You want to go for three?
12:13Go for three.
12:14I can answer three weeks.
12:16Jim, you want to make it four?
12:17I think I can answer four.
12:20Oh, yeah!
12:21Yvette?
12:22Prove it!
12:23She says prove it.
12:24Jim, she doesn't feel that you can answer this.
12:27It's either that or she doesn't know a lot
12:30about Estorios Latinos.
12:32We're going to find out now.
12:33Jim, four out of five will give you the game.
12:37Question number one.
12:38I rode a motorcycle to stardom
12:40playing ponch on chips.
12:43But since then, my career has run out of gas.
12:46Yes, you are Eric Estrada, Wayne.
12:48That is correct.
12:51That's one, three for the game
12:53and the chance to pay off your debt.
12:55I ended up with skin like rich Corinthian leather
12:59from years of sunbathing on Fantasy Island
13:02as Mr. Rourke.
13:04You are Ricardo Montalban, Wayne.
13:06That is correct.
13:06That's two.
13:08Two more correct answers will give you the win.
13:11I'm the saucy senorita who liked to live in America
13:15so she could star in West Side Story.
13:19You are Rita Moreno, Wayne.
13:22That is correct.
13:23Rita Moreno.
13:26One more to go for the win.
13:29I'm the mucho suave Cuban cutie
13:31who stood out in The Untouchables
13:33and The Godfather Part 3.
13:36You are Andy Garcia, Wayne.
13:38You win the game.
13:39That's it.
13:41Tremendous job, Jim.
13:44Pulling out those answers.
13:47Very well done, Jim.
13:49Congratulations to you.
13:50I wondered about that last one.
13:52It didn't look like you were going to come up with it.
13:53I didn't think I was.
13:55Dramatic pause, ladies and gentlemen.
13:57Dramatic pause.
13:57That means, Jim, you're going on to the final round
13:59with a chance to have us pay off everything you owe.
14:03And Yvette, you're going to go home with this.
14:04Julie?
14:05Well, Yvette, we're not going to pay off your bills,
14:08but we are going to give you one of our debt piggy banks
14:11along with a $500 savings bond.
14:15Don't spend it all in one place.
14:17You know, I was going back to that question
14:21that Yvette answered a while ago,
14:23Terms of Endearment.
14:25Yeah.
14:25And it was really Shadowlands.
14:26But when you answered that question,
14:28you did it with such authority,
14:30you could have fooled me as I said a while ago.
14:32But you really thought that was the answer, didn't you?
14:33Yeah, I didn't read the whole thing.
14:34Did you see Shadowlands?
14:36No.
14:36See it.
14:37See it.
14:38You'll never forget it.
14:39Yvette, thank you for being with us on the show.
14:41Jim, congratulations to you.
14:43Well played.
14:44One of our better players.
14:45We'll be back to see if Jim can move out of the red
14:48and into the black right after this commercial message.
14:51Yes.
14:52Woo!
14:53Woo!
14:53Woo!
14:54Woo!
14:54Woo!
14:55Woo!
14:56Woo!
14:57Woo!
14:58Woo!
14:59Woo!
15:00Woo!
15:01Woo!
15:02And we're back to see if Jim can get out of debt
15:05with the help of our main man, Wayne.
15:08Welcome back to Debt, everybody.
15:09I'm standing here with Jim Newman, our champ.
15:12Jim played the first two rounds,
15:14eliminated his opponents,
15:15and knocked $3,400 off his ever-growing debt.
15:18Woo!
15:19Woo!
15:19Woo!
15:20So, Jim, congratulations so far.
15:22You've done extremely well.
15:24Now you've earned the right to have us pay off
15:26your entire original debt of $8,089.
15:30It's a round we appropriately call Get Out of Debt.
15:33If you can answer 10 of my questions in 60 seconds,
15:36your debt of $8,089 will be completely done away with.
15:41Wiped out.
15:42Are you ready?
15:43I'm ready.
15:44Okay.
15:44Your category is...
15:45S marks the product.
15:48Okay.
15:49Let's set your expiration date at 60 seconds,
15:52and your time starts now.
15:54I'm the popular plastic sandwich wrap made by Dow.
15:58You are Santa Wrap.
16:00No, I'm the brand of prunes endorsed by Barbara Mandrell.
16:03You are SunSweet.
16:04Yeah.
16:04I'm the video game company that makes Sonic the Hedgehog.
16:08Pass.
16:08I'm the company that makes a shaving razor called a tracer.
16:12You are Schick.
16:12Yeah.
16:13I'm the stretchy, like-for-like material
16:14popularly worn while working out.
16:17You are Spandex.
16:18Yes.
16:18I'm the best-selling brand of toothpaste for sensitive teeth.
16:21You are Sensodyne.
16:21Yeah.
16:21I'm the company that makes a line of tools called Craftsman.
16:24You are Sears.
16:25Yeah.
16:25I'm the gas station famous for ads featuring the Answer Man.
16:29Pass.
16:29I'm Crafts Chicken Coating.
16:30You jiggle in a bag, then cook in your-
16:32You're a chicken bake.
16:32Yeah.
16:32I'm a brand of stuffing whose ads say you should make me instead of-
16:35You're a stovepap.
16:36Yeah.
16:36I'm a top-selling line of sewing machines and-
16:38You're a singer.
16:39Yes.
16:39I'm the publishing company whose other half is Schuster.
16:42You are Simon.
16:42Yeah.
16:43I'm a line of soft drinks and another word for cut.
16:45You are Slice Wing.
16:46Yes, you win!
16:50You got it.
16:52With Second Despair.
16:53Congratulations.
16:54Woo!
16:54Woo!
16:55Woo!
16:55Woo!
16:56Woo!
16:56Woo!
16:57Woo!
16:58Woo!
16:59Ah, yes.
17:01We have a winner here.
17:02Let's see.
17:03The ones-
17:03It's anticlimactic, but I will tell you, the popular plastic sandwich wrap that we started
17:08with was made by Dow Saran Wrap.
17:10Uh, the video game company that makes Sonic the Hedgehog's Sega shell the Answer Man, the
17:16shell Answer Man.
17:17But who cares?
17:18Congratulations, Jim.
17:19You're officially out of debt.
17:20Put it there.
17:21Woo!
17:21Woo!
17:21Woo!
17:22Woo!
17:22Woo!
17:23Woo!
17:23Woo!
17:24Woo!
17:24Now, we're going to pay off your entire debt of $8,089.
17:30But now, Jim, you've got a big decision to make because we're offering you the opportunity
17:36to bet your debt.
17:37When we selected you to be a player on debt, you told us that your specialty category in
17:43the world of pop culture was the films of Boris Karloff.
17:47Have you liked these films for a long, long time, since you were this big?
17:52Yeah, I have.
17:52So you've made a study of these films, I take it?
17:55I have, yeah.
17:55Well, before the show, we prepared one question about the films of Boris Karloff.
18:00And if you can answer this question correctly, we'll not only pay off your debt of $8,089,
18:07we will also give you that same amount in cash.
18:11Here it is in this briefcase held by our debt security guard.
18:15However, if you go for it and miss, you'll lose everything.
18:20So, as I always point out to our players, it is a big risk, but at the same time, it
18:25is a big payoff.
18:26Now, we're going to give you some time to think about what you want to do as we take
18:31our final commercial break.
18:32Give it some thought, okay?
18:34We'll be right back to see what he wants to do right after this.
18:45It's time for another Big Money Moment on debt.
18:54Welcome back to debt, everybody.
18:56Well, Mr. Clean has his hands all over this money here.
18:59He's holding it for us.
19:00And Jim, you've had some time to think about this money.
19:04If you go for it, this question right here will be worth $16,178.
19:10So, what's it going to be?
19:12Do you want to risk it all, go for the big payoff, or stop now and walk away with your bills paid off?
19:17You have $8,089.
19:20Audience, what would you do?
19:22What should we do?
19:23Got a lot of people saying, go for it.
19:29Some of them saying, take it and run.
19:31What do you want to do, Jim?
19:33I've got to try.
19:35He's going to go for it.
19:36A lot of money at stake.
19:39All right, Jim, you know you have 10 seconds to give me an answer, okay?
19:44After I ask you the question, 10 seconds to give me your answer.
19:47The films of Boris Karloff for $16,178.
19:53Here's your question.
19:55I am the title of the 1941 chiller where Karloff plays a scientist who's obsessed with the idea of communicating with his dead wife.
20:09You are the man they could not hang.
20:11No, I'm sorry.
20:12It's the devil commands.
20:14The devil commands.
20:15Well, Jim, you took a big gamble and you lost, but on the brighter side, for about 30 seconds, you were actually down to a zero balance.
20:21But good news, for getting to our final round and having the guts to go for it, you're going to get a savings bond worth $1,500.
20:28And our thanks for being with us on the show.
20:31Well, that's all the time we have left, everybody.
20:34We'll be back next time with three more big spenders.
20:36And we'll do our best to help get them out of...
20:39Yes!
20:40Yes, Wink Martindale.
20:41Goodbye, everybody.
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