Wow. I took your advice and looked in the archives and you clearly
have much more information than I remember. I must have been in a fog
because I lost the game to Natalie. I remember I was upset because I
had to give Lynn 'Ready, Aim, Fire!', and every clue I could think of
contained one of the words in the answer. So, I held my hands up like
I was holding a rifle and said virtually nothing while I thought
up...and then rejected potential clues! Needless to say, I lost a lot
of time on that one. I also had difficulty because Lynn was British
and had different word associations. For example, I had to give her
'Gesundheit'. And when I said What follows a sneeze?, she said God
Bless You!
The incident mentioned with Nora Chester from the Thursday show was
very funny. I was sitting behind Edie and Tony (the contestant
coordinators) when she was at the Pyramid for the $15,000 try. She
was stuck on What Confucious Says, and was really frustrated.
Suddenly, her face lit up as she realized she had found the answer.
She leapt out of her chair and yelled 'Kamikaze Pilot!' and was
dumbfounded when the winning music did not play! Edie and Tony were
doubled over with laughter (as were all of us). But when she finally
won (which gave me and Natalie the opportunity to play), she danced up
and down the aisles.
I have a bunch of photos from that episode. Mostly of me and Lynn,
though.
Edie was great...and tough. There was a man who appeared on (I think)
the Tuesday show. For some reason, he was very quiet and stiff when
he played. I remember Edie turning to Tony and saying quite loudly
"Tony, what the F**k is the matter with him!" During the lunch break,
she mentioned there were a bunch of sodas, and 1 beer. The beer was
for her, of course! But what amazed me about her, was that I had a
friend who appeared on the show the previous summer, and Edie
remembered every detail about her appearance. I mean, how many
contestants does she meet...and she remembers such detail? Anyway, it
was fun to relive the memory.