The Lion King Goes On

Season 3

Week 1

Hello and welcome to the weekly episode review for Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands, where yours truly goes through the week’s show in detail to see who won what, and what other kinds of craziness happened in the studio. Craziness we were certainly not short of today as we had some major problems with the Yahoo! voice activation in the chatroom, but in the end most of the audience got it fixed so we went ahead with the show.

Although we were without our two queens of the Pride Lands, Sharifu and Hasira_Kali, we had a marvelous crowd on hand for the premiere show, which was great to see. Let’s cut to the intro…

<Tim> For our premiere show of Season 3 we have 11 people joining us from all over the world, and they are: <applause throughout>

Randy Reighard (Simbadorney), Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Tara (King Simba), Doncaster, United Kingdom
Josh (Darkslash), Houston, Texas
Dani (Tiikeri), Bristol, England
Lucy Lioness, Margate, England
Simba The Mighty, Medford, Oregon, USA
Stuart Jordan, The almighty savior of the world and all that is sextacular, Crabnebular, England
A-non-a-mus, Los Angeles, California, USA
Stevie Rader, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tal Rundstein, Israel
Ciara, Buffalo, NY

And really quick before we get started I’d like to announce the prize packages that will be available to choose from for our winner this season. The first player to reach $1,000,000 will be able to choose from one of the following five fantastic prizes:

1. Jumbo Simba Plush New w/tags (Hasbro) – Retail Value $25

2. “Hula” Lithograph from TLK – Retail Value $15

3. TLK on Broadway Simba Plush + Pencils – Retail Value $21

4. Choice of two TLK on Broadway Trickster Beanbag plushes - $30

5. TLK Alarm Clock + TLK II: Simba’s Pride playing cards - $25

And of course don’t forget should any one of you reach the $1,000,000 level in ONE game by answering all 15 questions correctly, then you will win a fantastic bonus prize as well so don’t forget about that!

Now you know what you are playing for, so without further ado, let’s get going. Here it is – the first Fastest Finger question of Season 3! Good luck to everyone.

Fastest Finger

Put the following Zazu lines in the order he says them in TLK, starting with the earliest:

Tim Watanabe:
A: “He’d make a very handsome throw rug”
B: “He’s as mad as a hippo with a hernia”
C: “That’s Mr. Banana Beak to you, fuzzy”
D: “Impeccable timing, your majesty”

hope_pride: d b a c
Randy Reighard: abdc
darkslash1: dabc
tarar1990: cabd
Zazu and Hyena fan: bdac
Ciara _: abcd
Daniel Patton: dacb
simbathemighty: cadb
<buzz-buzz>

Time’s up, let’s see the answers in the correct order!

Correct Order:

<B: “He’s as mad as a hippo with a hernia”>
<D: “Impeccable timing, your majesty”>
<A: “He’d make a very handsome throw rug”>
<C: “That’s Mr. Banana Beak to you, fuzzy”>

And it looks like Stevie got in there first with the right order! Congrats Stevie, you’ll be first up in the Hot Seat.

Zazu and Hyena fan: Yay!
Randy Reighard: *Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps
tarar1990: congrats xD
twilightlks: *claps*..man you lot needa swat up on your TLK
Randy Reighard: good luck buddy we are here for you all the way!

We are now joined by Stevie Rader from Los Angeles, California, she has played the game really well the past couple seasons and is looking to get off to a great start in Season 3 – Stevie are you ready to play?

Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes.

Let’s play Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands!

<cut>

Stevie was playing well but hit a minor roadblock on the $4,000 question. Would she take the right detour? <cue tape>

$4,000
In what country would you be in you were watching “Le Roi Lion?”

A: Spain
B: Portugal
C: France
D: Switzerland

Zazu and Hyena fan: poll

No problem. Herd, Stevie needs your help on this one, please PM me your votes now.

A: 8% B: 0% C: 92% D: 0%

Well it looks like we have an overwhelming majority for C: France, with a vote for Spain tossed in to keep you honest.

Zazu and Hyena fan: c

Going with the wise herd, final answer?

Zazu and Hyena fan: Yeah.

<Lock in C: France>

<C: France

Randy Reighard: *Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps
tarar1990: Who voted Spain? xD

<cut>

After that Stevie breezed through the next four questions including a pair of difficult TLK 1 ½ questions that may have stumped just about every other player in the game, but not her! All of a sudden she had three lifelines left including her all-important Double Dip and was heading for a HUGE payday to start the season! <cue $125,000 question>

<Tim> This might be a short season at the rate we’re going, Stevie, here’s your $125,000 question, only 4 away from a million!

$125,000
Which of the following animals is not seen fording the river during the “Circle of Life” scene from TLK?

A: Antelope
B: Wildebeest
C: Elephant
D: Giraffe

<long pause>
Tough one… Remember your lifelines Stevie if you’d like to use them…

Zazu and Hyena fan: 50/50
hope_pride: living in israel is meh

No Problem. Computer, please take away two of the wrong answers, leaving Stevie with one wrong answer and the correct one:

A: Antelope
D: Giraffe

So you’re left with Antelope and Giraffe, hopefully that helped Stevie. If you want you can go ahead and use your Double Dip to guarantee yourself $125,000, we call that the “Audra Cheat” around here. 30 more seconds…

Randy Reighard: *bites nails

Zazu and Hyena fan: a

She’s going with A: Antelope. Pretty sure about that my friend?

Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes.

Would you like to make that your final answer?

Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes.

<long pause, Stevie closes her eyes in suspense>
[font color=red][b]
<A: Antelope>[/b][/font]
<cue wrong answer decrescendo>

hope_pride: *gasp*
Lucy Parker: Haha
Randy Reighard: awwwwwwww!!
Zazu and Hyena fan: Nooooooooooo!
Daniel Patton: oh noes!

Oh no! Sorry Stevie… that means the correct answer was…
[font color=green][b]
<D: Giraffe>[/font][/b]

But you still played a great game Stevie, and $32,000 is a wonderful start to your season. Congratulations!

Zazu and Hyena fan: Thanks!
Randy Reighard: *Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps
<cut>

Aww, tough break for Stevie there as she passed up on the sure $125,000 to save the Double Dip for later, but it was just not to be.

Finding another contestant proved to be a mighty struggle, however, as we set a new WWTBKOTPL record as we went through FOUR fastest finger questions without finding a winner, and FINALLY someone broke through…

Next in the hot seat was Tal Rundstein from Israel, who played superbly last season and finished in second place behind Audra with $692,000 in seven hot seat appearances. How would he fare this time around? After using a lifeline early, Tal breezed through the $8,000 question… <cue $8,000 question>

$8,000
Which New York landmark was lit in “Lion King yellow” to celebrate The Lion King’s 10th anniversary on Broadway?

A: Statue of Liberty
B: Brooklyn Bridge
C: Rockefeller Center
D: Empire State Building

Daniel Patton: Tim's house!

Yeah I wish!

Randy Reighard: lol!

hope_pride: D

Allrighty Tal, you say D: Empire State Building. Gonna make it your…
hope_pride: final

<lock in D: Empire State Building>
hope_pride: wish i could see it live

Yes, me too, that would have been awesome.

<D: Empire State Building>

Got it for $8,000!
<wild applause, cheers>
Randy Reighard: *Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps

But it was a tricky $16,000 question that did in our Isreali friend…

$16,000
In TLK 1 ½, when Timon refers to “one teeny-weeny little thing we forgot to count on,” what was he referring to?

A: Simba growing up
B: The appearance of Nala
C: Finding Simba in the desert
D: Going over the waterfall in the gorge

hope_pride: oh wow
<long pause>

Tal, you don’t have much time left – you still have a couple lifelines, your 50:50 or you can phone someone that may know TLK 1 ½ pretty well…

hope_pride: i dont feel good with my tlk knowledge today so 50:50

B: The appearance of Nala
C: Finding Simba in the desert

hope_pride: C.... i think
hope_pride: final
hope_pride: lets see if i end up like stevie :S

<lock-in C: Finding Simba in the desert>

He’s going with C…

<silence… Tal sweating it out with the audience>

[font color=red][b]
<C: Finding Simba in the desert>
[/font][/b]
<audience awws, wrong answer music>
Randy Reighard: awwww
Daniel Patton: B
twilightlks: ouch!
tarar1990: It was B xP
hope_pride: tlk 1.5 of doom <cut>

Yep, doom on those TLK 1 ½ questions that seem to get everyone. Timon’s line was in reference to the appearance of Nala and the next scene where she does the “Nala flop” on Simba from the original TLK film.

So $1,000 today, but at least he’s on the board. Next week, Tal!

We didn’t have a whole lot of time left so we zoomed on to the third Fastest Finger question of the day: <cue game 3>

Out of the following seven Disney characters, pick the four that appear only in TLK 1 ½:

A: Ma
B: Kiara
C: Ed
D: Iron Joe
E: Timon
F: Uncle Max
G: Stitch

Daniel Patton: acef
simbathemighty: adgf
Ciara _: acdefg
tarar1990: afdefg
Randy Reighard: bcdg
Daniel Patton: adef

Correct Answers:

<A: Ma>
<D: Iron Joe>
<F: Uncle Max>
<G: Stitch>

And it looks like STM got all of them in there, well done Petteri! Get on up here buddy! <cut>

STM has been with us ever since the beginning, mainly to support Audra in her bushwhacking of the game last season, but he did well in Season 1 but only made one appearance last season for $1,000, so he would already match his total from Season 2 if he got he first question right (which he did).

After using a lifeline on the second question about which Disney musical appeared before The Lion King on Braodway, STM ran into a ton of trouble on what was a very difficult $4,000 question: <cue $4,000 question>

$4,000
In TLK, what word does Scar use to describe the Elephant Graveyard?

A: Frightful
B: Terrible
C: Horrible
D: Dreadful

simbathemighty: grrr

Uh oh… I didn’t want to hear that!

simbathemighty: lets see who is sober in the herd

Gee, I dunno man, doesn’t look like there’s a sober soul out there today, I knew I shouldn’t have had that pre-game party…

simbathemighty: Lucy I'll give you a call
simbathemighty: I don't think you are nearlly passed out

twilightlks: stop hitting on Lucy STM! <laughter>

Lucy - STM needs your help, he has called you for phone a friend: you'll have 30 seconds and your time starts… now! <cue tick-tock SFX>

Lucy Parker: Okay
simbathemighty: any idea lucy?
Lucy Parker: I'm really sorry, no idea
simbathemighty: hmm
Lucy Parker: I just can't place it in my mind
simbathemighty: can you drop a few off at least?
Lucy Parker: I'm really sorry, STM. Brain block
<buzz-buzz>

twilightlks: she's not sober!

Oh man… sorry STM! Wrong person this time. Might as well use the 50:50.

simbathemighty: I saw it in english last time 2004

Well let’s see if the 50:50 helps. Computer, help our Finnish friend out please!

C: Horrible
D: Dreadful

simbathemighty: c
simbathemighty: final
<lock-in C: Horrible>

Horrible

Oh NOOO!!!!

tarar1990: Gah
simbathemighty: w00t

D: Dreadful

Randy Reighard: *Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps*Claps
simbathemighty: :S
simbathemighty: eeeep

<cut>

Wow, the 50:50 turned out to be the doom of ALL three of our players today, blast that cursed lifeline anyways! Maybe if I made it 75:25 instead it would be more useful!
Anyway, the bright side is that STM already matched his total from last season with $1,000 so everything else from here on out is gravy!

That was all the time we had, so I’d like to take the time and now congratulate everyone that won today on the Premiere of Season 3!

Simba The Mighty, $1,000 (applause)
Tal Rundstein (Hope & Pride), $1,000 (applause)

and our big winner today,

Stevie Rader (Zazu and Hyena Fan), $32,000! (wild applause)

Congratulations for a great premiere show and until next week same time same place (with hopefully our sound issues fixed) this is your host Tim Watanabe saying so long from the ‘net studios of Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands! Good night!
<applause as theme music plays>

Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands Leaderboard – Season 3
*Number of Hot Seat appearances in parentheses

1. Stevie Rader (Zazu & Hyena Fan) - $32,000 (1)
T-2. Hope & Pride, $1,000 (1)
T-2 Simba the Mighty, $1,000 (1)

Who Wants To be King Of The Pridelands
	Season 3 Week 1 Hello and welcome to the weekly episode review for Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands, where yours truly goes through the week’s show in detail to see who won what, and what other kinds of craziness happened in the studio. Craziness we were certainly not short of today as we had some major problems with the Yahoo! voice activation in the chatroom, but in the end most of the audience got it fixed so we went ahead with the show. Although we were without our two queens of the Pride Lands, Sharifu and Hasira_Kali, we had a marvelous crowd on hand for the premiere show, which was great to see. Let’s cut to the intro… <Tim> For our premiere show of Season 3 we have 11 people joining us from all over the world, and they are: <applause throughout> Randy Reighard (Simbadorney), Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Tara (King Simba), Doncaster, United Kingdom Josh (Darkslash), Houston, Texas Dani (Tiikeri), Bristol, England Lucy Lioness, Margate, England Simba The Mighty, Medford, Oregon, USA Stuart Jordan, The almighty savior of the world and all that is sextacular, Crabnebular, England A-non-a-mus, Los Angeles, California, USA Stevie Rader, Los Angeles, California, USA Tal Rundstein, Israel Ciara, Buffalo, NY And really quick before we get started I’d like to announce the prize packages that will be available to choose from for our winner this season. The first player to reach $1,000,000 will be able to choose from one of the following five fantastic prizes: 1. Jumbo Simba Plush New w/tags (Hasbro) – Retail Value $25 2. “Hula” Lithograph from TLK – Retail Value $15 3. TLK on Broadway Simba Plush + Pencils – Retail Value $21 4. Choice of two TLK on Broadway Trickster Beanbag plushes - $30 5. TLK Alarm Clock + TLK II: Simba’s Pride playing cards - $25 And of course don’t forget should any one of you reach the $1,000,000 level in ONE game by answering all 15 questions correctly, then you will win a fantastic bonus prize as well so don’t forget about that! Now you know what you are playing for, so without further ado, let’s get going. Here it is – the first Fastest Finger question of Season 3! Good luck to everyone. Fastest Finger Put the following Zazu lines in the order he says them in TLK, starting with the earliest: Tim Watanabe: A: “He’d make a very handsome throw rug” B: “He’s as mad as a hippo with a hernia” C: “That’s Mr. Banana Beak to you, fuzzy” D: “Impeccable timing, your majesty” hope_pride: d b a c Randy Reighard: abdc darkslash1: dabc tarar1990: cabd Zazu and Hyena fan: bdac Ciara _: abcd Daniel Patton: dacb simbathemighty: cadb <buzz-buzz> Time’s up, let’s see the answers in the correct order! Correct Order: <B: “He’s as mad as a hippo with a hernia”> <D: “Impeccable timing, your majesty”> <A: “He’d make a very handsome throw rug”> <C: “That’s Mr. Banana Beak to you, fuzzy”> And it looks like Stevie got in there first with the right order! Congrats Stevie, you’ll be first up in the Hot Seat. Zazu and Hyena fan: Yay! Randy Reighard: ClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClaps tarar1990: congrats xD twilightlks: claps..man you lot needa swat up on your TLK Randy Reighard: good luck buddy we are here for you all the way! We are now joined by Stevie Rader from Los Angeles, California, she has played the game really well the past couple seasons and is looking to get off to a great start in Season 3 – Stevie are you ready to play? Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes. Let’s play Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands! <cut> Stevie was playing well but hit a minor roadblock on the $4,000 question. Would she take the right detour? <cue tape> $4,000 In what country would you be in you were watching “Le Roi Lion?” A: Spain B: Portugal C: France D: Switzerland Zazu and Hyena fan: poll No problem. Herd, Stevie needs your help on this one, please PM me your votes now. A: 8% B: 0% C: 92% D: 0% Well it looks like we have an overwhelming majority for C: France, with a vote for Spain tossed in to keep you honest. Zazu and Hyena fan: c Going with the wise herd, final answer? Zazu and Hyena fan: Yeah. <Lock in C: France> <C: France Randy Reighard: ClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClaps tarar1990: Who voted Spain? xD <cut> After that Stevie breezed through the next four questions including a pair of difficult TLK 1 ½ questions that may have stumped just about every other player in the game, but not her! All of a sudden she had three lifelines left including her all-important Double Dip and was heading for a HUGE payday to start the season! <cue $125,000 question> <cheering and thunderous applause> <Tim> This might be a short season at the rate we’re going, Stevie, here’s your $125,000 question, only 4 away from a million! $125,000 Which of the following animals is not seen fording the river during the “Circle of Life” scene from TLK? A: Antelope B: Wildebeest C: Elephant D: Giraffe <long pause> Tough one… Remember your lifelines Stevie if you’d like to use them… Zazu and Hyena fan: 50/50 hope_pride: living in israel is meh No Problem. Computer, please take away two of the wrong answers, leaving Stevie with one wrong answer and the correct one: A: Antelope D: Giraffe So you’re left with Antelope and Giraffe, hopefully that helped Stevie. If you want you can go ahead and use your Double Dip to guarantee yourself $125,000, we call that the “Audra Cheat” around here. 30 more seconds… Randy Reighard: bites nails Zazu and Hyena fan: a She’s going with A: Antelope. Pretty sure about that my friend? Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes. Would you like to make that your final answer? Zazu and Hyena fan: Yes. <Lock in A: Antelope> <long pause, Stevie closes her eyes in suspense> [font color=red][b] <A: Antelope>[/b][/font] <cue wrong answer decrescendo> hope_pride: gasp* Lucy Parker: Haha Randy Reighard: awwwwwwww!! Zazu and Hyena fan: Nooooooooooo! Daniel Patton: oh noes! Oh no! Sorry Stevie… that means the correct answer was… [font color=green][b] <D: Giraffe>[/font][/b] But you still played a great game Stevie, and $32,000 is a wonderful start to your season. Congratulations! Zazu and Hyena fan: Thanks! Randy Reighard: ClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClaps <cut> Aww, tough break for Stevie there as she passed up on the sure $125,000 to save the Double Dip for later, but it was just not to be. Finding another contestant proved to be a mighty struggle, however, as we set a new WWTBKOTPL record as we went through FOUR fastest finger questions without finding a winner, and FINALLY someone broke through… Next in the hot seat was Tal Rundstein from Israel, who played superbly last season and finished in second place behind Audra with $692,000 in seven hot seat appearances. How would he fare this time around? After using a lifeline early, Tal breezed through the $8,000 question… <cue $8,000 question> $8,000 Which New York landmark was lit in “Lion King yellow” to celebrate The Lion King’s 10th anniversary on Broadway? A: Statue of Liberty B: Brooklyn Bridge C: Rockefeller Center D: Empire State Building Daniel Patton: Tim's house! Yeah I wish! Randy Reighard: lol! hope_pride: D Allrighty Tal, you say D: Empire State Building. Gonna make it your… hope_pride: final <lock in D: Empire State Building> hope_pride: wish i could see it live Yes, me too, that would have been awesome. <D: Empire State Building> Got it for $8,000! <wild applause, cheers> Randy Reighard: ClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClaps But it was a tricky $16,000 question that did in our Isreali friend… $16,000 In TLK 1 ½, when Timon refers to “one teeny-weeny little thing we forgot to count on,” what was he referring to? A: Simba growing up B: The appearance of Nala C: Finding Simba in the desert D: Going over the waterfall in the gorge hope_pride: oh wow <long pause> Tal, you don’t have much time left – you still have a couple lifelines, your 50:50 or you can phone someone that may know TLK 1 ½ pretty well… hope_pride: i dont feel good with my tlk knowledge today so 50:50 B: The appearance of Nala C: Finding Simba in the desert hope_pride: C.... i think hope_pride: final hope_pride: lets see if i end up like stevie :S <lock-in C: Finding Simba in the desert> He’s going with C… <silence… Tal sweating it out with the audience> [font color=red][b] <C: Finding Simba in the desert> [/font][/b] <audience awws, wrong answer music> Randy Reighard: awwww Daniel Patton: B twilightlks: ouch! tarar1990: It was B xP hope_pride: tlk 1.5 of doom <cut> Yep, doom on those TLK 1 ½ questions that seem to get everyone. Timon’s line was in reference to the appearance of Nala and the next scene where she does the “Nala flop” on Simba from the original TLK film. So $1,000 today, but at least he’s on the board. Next week, Tal! We didn’t have a whole lot of time left so we zoomed on to the third Fastest Finger question of the day: <cue game 3> Out of the following seven Disney characters, pick the four that appear only in TLK 1 ½: A: Ma B: Kiara C: Ed D: Iron Joe E: Timon F: Uncle Max G: Stitch Daniel Patton: acef simbathemighty: adgf Ciara _: acdefg tarar1990: afdefg Randy Reighard: bcdg Daniel Patton: adef Correct Answers: <A: Ma> <D: Iron Joe> <F: Uncle Max> <G: Stitch> And it looks like STM got all of them in there, well done Petteri! Get on up here buddy! <cut> STM has been with us ever since the beginning, mainly to support Audra in her bushwhacking of the game last season, but he did well in Season 1 but only made one appearance last season for $1,000, so he would already match his total from Season 2 if he got he first question right (which he did). After using a lifeline on the second question about which Disney musical appeared before The Lion King on Braodway, STM ran into a ton of trouble on what was a very difficult $4,000 question: <cue $4,000 question> $4,000 In TLK, what word does Scar use to describe the Elephant Graveyard? A: Frightful B: Terrible C: Horrible D: Dreadful simbathemighty: grrr Uh oh… I didn’t want to hear that! simbathemighty: lets see who is sober in the herd Gee, I dunno man, doesn’t look like there’s a sober soul out there today, I knew I shouldn’t have had that pre-game party… simbathemighty: Lucy I'll give you a call simbathemighty: I don't think you are nearlly passed out twilightlks: stop hitting on Lucy STM! <laughter> Lucy - STM needs your help, he has called you for phone a friend: you'll have 30 seconds and your time starts… now! <cue tick-tock SFX> Lucy Parker: Okay simbathemighty: any idea lucy? Lucy Parker: I'm really sorry, no idea simbathemighty: hmm Lucy Parker: I just can't place it in my mind simbathemighty: can you drop a few off at least? Lucy Parker: I'm really sorry, STM. Brain block <buzz-buzz> twilightlks: she's not sober! Oh man… sorry STM! Wrong person this time. Might as well use the 50:50. simbathemighty: I saw it in english last time 2004 Well let’s see if the 50:50 helps. Computer, help our Finnish friend out please! C: Horrible D: Dreadful simbathemighty: c simbathemighty: final <lock-in C: Horrible> <audience is uneasy, deathly silent> Horrible Oh NOOO!!!! tarar1990: Gah simbathemighty: w00t D: Dreadful Randy Reighard: ClapsClapsClapsClapsClapsClaps simbathemighty: :S simbathemighty: eeeep <cut> Wow, the 50:50 turned out to be the doom of ALL three of our players today, blast that cursed lifeline anyways! Maybe if I made it 75:25 instead it would be more useful! Anyway, the bright side is that STM already matched his total from last season with $1,000 so everything else from here on out is gravy! That was all the time we had, so I’d like to take the time and now congratulate everyone that won today on the Premiere of Season 3! Simba The Mighty, $1,000 (applause) Tal Rundstein (Hope & Pride), $1,000 (applause) and our big winner today, Stevie Rader (Zazu and Hyena Fan), $32,000! (wild applause) Congratulations for a great premiere show and until next week same time same place (with hopefully our sound issues fixed) this is your host Tim Watanabe saying so long from the ‘net studios of Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands! Good night! <applause as theme music plays> Who Wants to be King of the Pride Lands Leaderboard – Season 3 *Number of Hot Seat appearances in parentheses 1. Stevie Rader (Zazu & Hyena Fan) - $32,000 (1) T-2. Hope & Pride, $1,000 (1) T-2 Simba the Mighty, $1,000 (1)