Spellbound with Dave
Spellbound begins at 2:39:00
PIDGE: 21 (minutes) in front of 9:00. That's Spellbound time. Let's go to the phone. We've got Dave. He's in a car in New York City, pulled over safely.
Dave stats
30 years old
Cancer
Camera assistant in the movies
PIDGE: Hi, Dave.
DAVE: Hey there, Clay.
PIDGE: It is so great talking to you, man. Now I want the commitment. You're not gonna look at a computer or your phone to spell these words. Give me that commitment and you are... SPELLBOUND. Say it!
DAVE: I am bound. I would never do it.
PIDGE: Okay! You are SPELLBOUND.
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1. Potato
PIDGE: The first word we're gonna try is potato. June 15th, 1992. It was twenty years ago today: then Vice President Dan Quayle was speaking at a middle school in Trenton, New Jersey, as a matter of fact. He ended up moderating a spelling bee and he asked a child to spell "potato." How do you spell it, Dave?
Dave spelled "potato" correctly.
PIDGE: And you'd be right. But, you know, Quayle added an "E" to the end of it. P-O-T-A-T-O-E. And it became a big deal. Let's try another one.
2. Miniature
PIDGE: As our lives get more and more constrained, miniature items give us the illusion we're still in control of something. They are manageable even if everything around us is out of our hand. Miniature. How do you spell that, Dave?
Dave spelled "miniature" correctly.
PIDGE: Oh, you got it! You nailed it, baby! But now you are going to enter the Spellbinder's Lair.
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3. Rhythm
PIDGE: And this is where it gets a little bit tougher, Dave. Now the next word is "rhythm." George Gershwin, 1930. Wrote the song: I got rhythm, I got music, I got my gal, who could ask for anything more? Gene Kelly sang it. Judy Garland. Sara Vaughan. Rhythm. How do you spell it, Dave?
Dave spelled rhythm correctly.
PIDGE: You got it, baby! You're good at this! You bet, baby! Yea. That's how you do it. Just one more, Dave.
4. Odyssey
PIDGE: The original cut of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" had a 10 minute black and white intro of real-life scientists discussing the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Kubrick deep-sixed that 10 minute intro. I wonder, Dave. Do you know how to spell "odyssey?"
Dave spelled "odyssey" correctly.
PIDGE: You got it, my friend. You got it. You got all four of them. Congratulations!
DAVE: I'm so thrilled. Thank you, Clay.
PIDGE: What do you say? Do you listen to Wake N Bake often, my friend?
DAVE: Almost every day.
PIDGE: I appreciate that. Now what do you say to your fellow Glisteners? Words of peace, love, and inspiration.
DAVE: I say be kind to somebody everyday and be patient.
PIDGE: There he goes. He did it, man. He tore it up. Dave in New York City.
Dave's final score: 4/4
Dave is the first Glistener to score 4/4 in SPELLBOUND
So far, 1/2 Glisteners have earned a perfect score.
Glistener winning percentage: .500
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Spellbound AccuPlaylist gif of the week was a Speak & Spell located on the right half of the looping image. The Speak & Spell has two pink arms. The left arm (your right) is counting down 3-2-1-0 on the keyboard. On the top left of the gif is the title, "Speak & Spell." Beneath the title is a family of four, gathered around a Speak & Spell of their own. The right arm of the main Speak & Spell (your left) reaches towards the family's machine and touches it. This causes their brains to pop out of their skulls, one by one, from left to right. Then their brains explode, one by one, from left to right. As their brains explode, the "Speak & Spell" title transforms into "Break My Head" in time with their ruptured noodles. The gif then repeats.
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