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-You're watching the Game Show Network.
At 10:00, it's "Quiz Pigz.
But first, "Secret Word"!
-It's time to play the gam the stars play -- "Secret Word,"
with your host, Grant Choad!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Welcome to "Secret Word." I'm Grant Choad.
It's such a thrill to be taking over as the new hos
of this show and to be America's first-ever black game show host.
I think it happened becaus I auditioned over the phone.
[ Laughter ]
Over the phone.
For those of you who are missing the previous host, Lyle Round,
he recently retired to Palm Springs
and sent us this pre-recorde message for his fans.
-I'm sorry I'm not there.
I stopped wanting to be. All right!
[ Laughter ]
-Thank you, Lyle. Enjoy retirement.
Okay, why don't we meet our celebrities?
Our first guest is a regular on the show
and is best known for her work on the Broadway stage.
Please welcome Mindy Elise Grayson!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hello! Oh, hello!
When I'm not doing this, I'm waiting to do this!
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, Mindy. You look amazing, as always.
-Oh, thank you. Thank you, Grant.
I lubed my lips with margarine
and I'm wearing Scotch tape on my temples to hold my face up.
Yes.
-[ Laughs ] Terrific.
Well, we're very lucky to have our next celebrity.
She's the Italian star of such movies as "Il Bastardo
and "La Vita Pizza."
Please welcome Italian bombshell Isabella Lola Coppola.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Buona sera, buona sera.
It's-a so good to be here.
Oh, my God. Look.
Look, my little bambino followed me out here.
Why you don't listen to me, huh? Go home! Go!
You want more than I can give, baby.
Come on, go! [ Dog whimpers ]
-[ Laughing ] All right.
Well, that Chihuahua really loves you.
I can't say that I blame him -Hey, watch-a your mouth, pig!
I'm sorry, baby. I love you. Don't be mad at me.
-[ Laughing ] All right.
Oh, you're an emotional jack-in-the-box.
Let's begin the game. Mindy, are you ready?
-Yes, yes.
Just let me do my vocal warm-up. Let's see, uh...
Tanya told the teacher tha the preacher didn't touch her.
♪♪ La, la, la ♪♪
The preacher told the teache
that he simply couldn't reach her.
Let's play. All right.
-10 seconds on the clock, Mindy.
-The secret word is "Branch.
-All right. All right.
Look at me. This one's easy.
-Remember, Mindy, do not say the secret word
-I think I've played this game enough to know the rules.
I know you're new, but I've got this covered.
Branch. [ Buzzer ]
-She said the secret word, huh?!
[ Speaking Italian ]
-Oh, okay. Just relax. -Hey, you! Be a man!
-Mindy, uh, you said the secret word.
-Yes, I did. I did. It's the actress in me.
I -- I see a word, and I bring it to life.
Just like I did in the pla "She Stoops to Concord:
The Story of a Legless Grape Picker."
Mama. Mama, I picked all the grapes.
Can someone throw me on the truck?
Why didn't you tell me I didn't have legs?
Mama!
The New York Times said, "Bad
[ Laughter ]
-All right.
Let's go over to Isabella's team.
Isabella, are you going to give or receive?
-I will give until there's nothing left to give.
-Ooh, well, that'll cook my spaghetti.
10 seconds on the clock.
-The secret word is "Bird.
-It's "Bird."
[ Buzzer ] Hey!
What's the matter with you, huh? I tell you what it is,
and you sit there like a donkey in the square.
-I'm sorry. Just please don't hit me again
-But I want to. -[ Groans ]
-Isabella, you said the secret word.
I can't give you a point.
Well, Mindy, I guess it's your turn again.
-Maybe you should receive this time?
-Ahh, the last time I received was after a drunken night
with Producer Darryl Zanuck. Yes.
He made me cover my face
with one of Elizabeth Taylor's publicity photos.
Yes. I just wish there had bee eye holes.
[ Laughter ]
-Y-- You know, we don't need a story every time.
Let's put 10 seconds on the clock.
-All right. Here we go.
-The secret word is "Floral.
-All right.
This is a nice word.
It's what you give on opening night.
-Champagne? -No.
Uh, it's what you give the director
for casting you in the show.
-A card. -Uh, right.
I didn't want to get graphic
It's when you undo his tuxedo zipper
and sing into his pink friend.
-What?
-Oh. Wait.
I got some hand cream on the screen.
-It's "Floral," not "Oral. I did "Oral."
[ Buzzer ]
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Mindy, you, uh...
You said the secret word again and you also said "pink friend."
-Yes. I know I did.
I -- I blew it. Yes, I did
Just like I blew all of my lines
in the musical "Siamese Sall and the Pad Thai Clan."
Here's the 11:00 number. Hit it!
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♪♪ Who's hungry for spring rolls? ♪♪
♪♪ Siam, Siam ♪♪
♪♪ Who's bringing Tom Yum?
♪♪ She-am, she-am ♪♪
-Stop it!
Stop that!
We'll be back after this message
from our sponsor Winston Baby Cigarettes.
We'll be right back.
-Watch me move it!
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-And now it's time to play the game the stars play --
"Secret Word," with your host, Lyle Round!
-All right. Hello, and good day!
I'm Lyle Round.
[ Chuckles ] All right.
We got a great game, so let's meet our celebrities.
She's better known for her wor on the Broadway stage.
Please welcome Mindy Elise Grayson!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. Thank you.
This is all I do now.
-Aww.
Terrific, terrific, terrific
Our next guest is celebrated mentalist and hypnotist
The Mysterious Crandel.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Tonight, I will bend the laws of science!
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[ Laughter ]
-Wow.
That spoon just flew away on a clear wire.
-Or did it?
-Oh.
He's got two spoons. Two spoons.
-I played the spoons in "Kentucky Dirty,"
the story of a female jockey who struggled with her weight.
The New York Times said, "Not right now."
[ Laughter ]
-All right. Our contestant are getting bored,
so why don't we begin?
Mindy's team, you won the toss
Are you prepared?
-I will let the actress inside me answer that.
Just let me get into character
[ Southern accent ] Hell, yes, Margaret Sue!
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, boy.
-The secret word is "boot.
-Right. All right, look at me. Focus
This is hard. We can do this
-Five seconds, Mindy.
-I'm listening. I'm with you
-All right, let me put on my reading glasses just to check.
Oh, I read it wrong. It's "boot."
[ Buzzer ]
Oh.
-Mindy, you said the secret word.
-I know. At first, I thought it said "800-t,"
but it's "boot."
My eyes aren't what they used to be, Lyle,
just like the character I played in "Who Moved My John?"
the story of a blind call girl
who can't tell if she's being paid or not
"Is this $5? How much change did you give me?
Do you need change?!" -Sit down. Sit down.
[ Laughter ]
Let's move over
to The Mysterious Crandel' team.
Toddy, are you ready to receive some clues?
-I think so, Lyle.
-Or do you?
[ Motor whirring ]
-Put that away.
Please. I can hear the motor
Please.
10 seconds on the clock.
-The secret word is "grape."
-I want you to clear your mind
-Okay.
-I'm sending you the word telepathically.
[ High-pitched whisper ] It's "grape."
[ Buzzer ]
-You just said the secret word
-Or did I?
[ Motor whirring ]
Soon you will have no memory of what happened here!
-I wish that were true, but you still said it --
"grape."
-I ate a grape once backstag
at the opening-night party for Juanita Shepherd's
"High-Kicking Honey Babies."
-The secret word is "cramp."
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-Cramp. [ Buzzer ]
-Long story short, I ate so many grapes,
I loudly broke wind everywhere
I tried apologizing to the honey babies,
but they were long gone. -Mindy, Mindy, Mindy,
you said the secret word. -Ah. I did.
I said it because I saw it
I flubbed my line just like I did in the hit flo
"Kenya Karen and the Watubi Crew."
Hit it!
[ Percussion music plays ]
♪♪ Oom baba too bah, oom baba wey bo ♪♪
♪♪ Kenya Karen and the Watubi Crew ♪♪
♪♪ Topless all the time ♪♪
-Sit down. Sit down.
No. No.
No.
All right, over to the Amazing Crandel.
It's your turn. -If I am really here.
Imagine me not here!
[ Smoke hissing ]
[ Laughter ]
-He -- he's clearly right there. -All right.
We'll be right back after a word from our sponsor.
Thank you.
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Oh, please, stop.
Stop it with it, will you, please?
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