Hey folks...James Dinan here, back in DC after taping the "Return of the Zero-Dollar Winners" (note the new title) edition of WWTBAM. A few people know what happened with me, but I'll keep it a secret here until it airs. But here are a few "heads-up..." -- Fourteen people were invited, 13 accepted. Fellow ex-quizbowlers Martin Poteralski and Stan Wu also competed. Check out stormseeker.com for the complete list of those who competed. -- Seating was done based on when we "goose-egged." This means I was the last one to take a seat...not playing until the fourth Fastest Finger. Three of us - me, Chris Goldschmidt (aka "Cabana Boy") and Stan - waited in the VIP section of the studio until we were called out. -- Whenever someone made it to the Hot Seat...the producers did a dream sequence bit (complete with the ubiquitous wavy lines) showing our moments of futility the first time around. After that aired, Regis asked if our lives changed after you-know-what. -- All 13 contestants, as you may guess, were grateful for the second chance. No egos to be found. Heck, we were wondering why Weakest Link didn't contact us first :) (Whose lifeline has no pulse? Whose phone-a-friend has a busy signal?) -- Like I said in the previous graf, all of us agreed that it was great to be break. That and the fact that the warm-up comic needed the snot kicked out of him :P (and if you saw and heard his shtick - and I've had to endure THREE TAPINGS of this - you'd agreed with me :P ). -- The episodes air this coming Sunday (5/20) and Monday (5/21). Because of the seat pecking order, I only make a cameo at the end of Sunday's show - I'll actually be in a FF seat for Monday night's show. Remember that both shows air at 8pm ET due to the Anne Frank miniseries. Have more questions about the tapings? E-mail me. James Dinan jdinan_at_...
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