Author Topic: Weakest Link Question (Read 4630 times)

cmjb13 · « **on:** January 15, 2005, 03:13:20 PM »

When Anne says "You leave wtih nothing", do they indeed leave with nothing or are they given some consolation prizes?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2005, 03:24:41 PM »

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 03:13 PM\']When Anne says "You leave wtih nothing", do they indeed leave with nothing or are they given some consolation prizes?
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Nothing....means nothing. Not even an NBC pin.

tvrandywest · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2005, 04:35:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 12:24 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 03:13 PM\']When Anne says "You leave wtih nothing", do they indeed leave with nothing or are they given some consolation prizes?
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Nothing....means nothing. Not even an NBC pin.

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ZIP, ZILCH, NADA.
But the show did pay for travel expenses, and the ride back to the Sheraton was in a shuttle van that was washed the day before ;-)

Randy
tvrandywest.com

zachhoran · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2005, 07:36:49 PM »

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 04:35 PM\']
ZIP, ZILCH, NADA.
But the show did pay for travel expenses, and the ride back to the Sheraton was in a shuttle van that was washed the day before ;-)

Randy
tvrandywest.com

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Brings up an interesting thought: Does a family on Family Feud or a contestant on Syndie Millionaire who wins nothing get anything? Syndie Millionaire stopped paying travel expenses in the second season.

TLEberle · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2005, 08:55:25 PM »

On (US) "Weakest Link," was there any provision for a team banking no money during the game?

clemon79 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2005, 09:00:59 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 06:55 PM\']On (US) "Weakest Link," was there any provision for a team banking no money during the game?

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Yes. They were ridiculed severely by the host, and the contestant coordinators were summarily fired.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2005, 10:38:34 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 08:55 PM\']On (US) "Weakest Link," was there any provision for a team banking no money during the game?[/quote]

He might have been kidding, but Randy said a while back that the producers were starting to get worried during a syndie show where the team had banked $0 in the first two rounds. So perhaps not.

(This post seems rather devoid of actual information. Sorry.)

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2005, 03:18:20 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 04:36 PM\']Does a [...] contestant on Syndie Millionaire who wins nothing get anything?

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The opportunity to take a couple of cookies from the contestant kitchen, and the hope that there'll be another $0 winners' special.

tvrandywest · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2005, 05:55:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 07:38 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 08:55 PM\']On (US) "Weakest Link," was there any provision for a team banking no money during the game?[/quote]

He might have been kidding, but Randy said a while back that the producers were starting to get worried during a syndie show where the team had banked $0 in the first two rounds. So perhaps not.

(This post seems rather devoid of actual information. Sorry.)

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The worry after the first two rounds of $0 was that we were producing the world's dullest game show episode. There was provision for everything on that show. I never saw a more complete bible.

Randy
tvrandywest.com

Fedya · « **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2005, 07:36:32 PM »

[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 03:18 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 15 2005, 04:36 PM\']Does a [...] contestant on Syndie Millionaire who wins nothing get anything?

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The opportunity to take a couple of cookies from the contestant kitchen, and the hope that there'll be another $0 winners' special.

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Don't they also get the novelty check that Meredith holds up?

clemon79 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 16, 2005, 07:57:24 PM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 05:36 PM\']Don't they also get the novelty check that Meredith holds up?
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Note that the novelty checks only come out when the players hit plateaus (and I'm not even sure about the $1,000 one), and for each question after the second one. There is no novelty check for llamas.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2005, 08:11:03 PM »

I thought I heard that everyone gets the $1 million novelty check.

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2005, 08:15:13 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 06:11 PM\']I thought I heard that everyone gets the $1 million novelty check.

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Oh. That's entirely possible, I suppose.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2005, 11:52:29 PM »

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 05:55 PM\']The worry after the first two rounds of $0 was that we were producing the world's dullest game show episode. There was provision for everything on that show. I never saw a more complete bible.[/quote]

. . . well? Don't leave us hanging! Would they have played for George Gray's pocket change?

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2005, 01:01:26 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 05:15 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 16 2005, 06:11 PM\']I thought I heard that everyone gets the $1 million novelty check.
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Oh. That's entirely possible, I suppose.
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They will gladly give the fake $1,000,000 check to anyone who asks. Regrettably, I didn't think to do so. They do have 11 fake checks ready per contestant, so they're prepared with one for any win of at least four figures.