Host: John Davidson
Announcer: Shadoe Stevens

ALFSteven Ford
(Young and the Restless)
Edwin Newman
Mindy Cohn
(The Facts of Life)
Shirley JonesChris Lemmon
Fred WillardFinola Hughes
(General Hospital)
Rip Taylor

And the visiting Los Chivas Flames Soccer Team

O Helene Salor (San Gabriel, CA, likes horseback riding, spending time with her son and works as a waitress)
X Fred Dybal (2-Day Champ, graphic designer)

Round 1-Helene first

1 Shirley: According to ??? Magazine, these kinds of TV programs combine the glitter of game show with the hard sell of old-time commercials. What are they? (Name lost in video cutoff)
“Religious shows”
Guess: Courtroom Dramas
Helene disagrees O (Home Shopping Shows)
2 Fred, who’s demonstrating how to make pancakes for Thanksgiving.
According to Webster, is there any difference between flapjacks and pancakes?
Guess: They’re the same
Fred the contestant agrees X
3 Steven: Do you do bed scenes?
No, and those that do get a lot of lip injures
Real Question: A Frontier cowboy’s most precious possession was his horse. What was his most important tool?
Guess: His gun
Helene agrees X (His Rope)
4 ALF: Tina Turner and Madonna both made this dubious top 10 list. What list did they both make?
“Both women who could squirt pudding”
Stop reading those tabloids, ALF!
Guess: Best Dressed List
Fred disagrees X (Worst Dressed)
Helene has two spots to block
5 Mindy to block: According to veterinarian Michael Garvey, is it okay to give your dog some of your chocolate bar?
“No, let him get his own”
Guess: Yes
Helene agrees WRONG! (Gives them gas, Helene replies “No wonder my dog’s sick”)


6 Mindy to win: The Abominable Snowman is said to live in the Himalayas, the Loch Ness Monster is said to dwell in Scotland, where does legend say Bigfoot comes from?
“Reebokia” (Mindy apologizes)
Guess: The Andes Mountains
Fred disagrees WIN! (North America)

SECRET SQUARE: Trip to Orlando, FL (Delta; @ Sea World Wyndham)

Helene
1 Edwin: What’s it called when a member of the Senate makes an exceptionally long speech in order to prevent a vote?
Guess: Filibuster (thanks to Edwin’s first news job for the Senate 45 years ago)
Helene agrees O (“You can trust that Face”)
2 Finola: It used to begin on the last Sunday in April, but next year, it will begin on the first Sunday in April. What is it?
“The Christmas Sales”
Guess: The Baseball Season
Fred disagrees X (Daylight Saving Time)
3 ALF SECRET SQUARE! (So Helene can visit her former stomping grounds)
Who was the first man in space?: Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn or Alan Shepherd?
Guess: Glenn
Helene agrees X (Yuri)
4 Mindy: It’s a white ash that grows from 75 years. It’s cut down, split and baked for 8 months. What is made out of it?
“Bagels”
Guess: Railroad tires
Fred disagrees X (Baseball Bats)
As a Jewish girl, Mindy knew about bagels. As for baseball, she just files nails in the dugout.
5 Fred to block: According to Dr. Joyce Brothers, if your child walks in while you and your spouse are making love, what should you do?
First, “Put down that camera”
Guess: Bring it out in the open
Helene disagrees WRONG!
6 Fred for Fred to win: Nero couldn’t have possibly fiddled while Rome burned. Why not?
“His Violin Teacher started the fire with his fiddle”
“Someone’s not gonna get pancakes today.”
Guess: The fiddle hadn’t been invented
Fred agrees $1,000 WIN!

ROUND 3

Helene starts
1 Edwin: According to World Book, what is the Bumble Bee’s worst enemy?
Rimsky-Korsakov (Wrote “Flight of the Bumblebees”)
ALF “Go Back to News”
Guess: DDT
Helene disagrees X (Close enough to man)


2 Shirley: Music time:

When I’m calling you
Will you answer too
That means I offer my love to you
To be your own
If You refuse me I will be blue
And waiting all alone

Shirley and ALF duet The Indian Love Song

Question: Who is best remembered for singing that duet in the movies?
Guess: Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Fred agrees X
3 Fred to block: In 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a meeting at the United Nations by banging something on the table.
Richard Nixon’s head
Guess: Took off his shoe
Helene agrees O
4 Chris (HONK!): A 17-year-old girl can’t be admitted to an X-rated movie alone. Could she be allowed into the movie if you go with her?
Chris pleads the fifth as first.
Guess: Absolutely not
Fred agrees X

Helene only gets $100.
Fred wins with $1,300 ($3,100 Total)

Now Fred can get an early Christmas present in one of these Jeeps:

  • Comanche X
  • Cherokee Chief
  • Grand Wagoneer

Fred picks the Cherokee ($14,997) with Mindy, Chris and Rip.

1…2…3…

UH-OH! Still no luck. I’m sure there’s a pancake waiting for him, though. Happy Thanksgiving!

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