The narrator starts up again. "The City of Townsville, and it's a gorgeous
afternoon on this Saturday, January 3. Perfect weather and... (car revs up)
Say, what's that noise? Oh, figures.
Buttercup and the Professor took a ride in the Jaguar she won last May. Bubbles will now compete in a game that you will soon read about.
"Professor, will Blossom be in a game also?" Buttercup asked as she looked around in the car. Although she had now had it for almost a year, she hadn't been riding around in it much.
"Well, I hope so, Buttercup," the Professor replied. "We'll see. You think Bubbles will win today?"
"Let's hope so."
Out of a black screen on NBC, the 25 square 5x5 board appeared again and opened up its doors, revealing a rebus, as Gene Wood spoke and the Classic Concentration music played:
"Behind these numbers is a puzzle. Can you solve it? O + slow. Oslo. N + or + way. Norway. Oslo, Norway! If you can do that, you'll have a chance to win one of these eight fabulous cars as we play Classic Concentration! And here's the host of Concentration, Alex Trebek!
On cue, Alex Trebek walked down the staircase adjacent to the eight cars and faced the camera. "Thank you, Gene. Hi folks, and welcome again to Classic Concentration," he said as he reached the bottom of the staircase. "Today we will have a kindergartener and a rude and mean gangster competing today, so let's meet them."
The contestants' table turned around and faced the television monitor with the puzzle on it. "To the left here is 5-year-old Bubbles the Powerpuff Girl from Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. She is the sister of Buttercup, who earlier won a car." The crowd applauded. "And to the right is 26-year-old Ace, leader of the Gangreen Gang from Townsville." The crowd booed him, showing whose side they were on.
"So, let's get started, players," The screen changed to show the 25 door board on its television monitor. "The object of the game is to make as many matches as you can by saying a number and matching prizes behind the numbers on that large TV monitor in front of you. If you unsuccessfully try to match prizes, the doors will close and control of the board will shift to your opponent. There are three wild cards up there, and two take cards. The player who ends up correctly solving the puzzle wins all the prizes they accumulate and then move on to try to win a new car. Are you ready, people?"
"Yes, Alex," the two of them said. Ace added something very rude to Bubbles.
"You know, you should have coke before every match."
"You mean cocaine?!" Bubbles asked appalled.
"No, Coca-Cola. Of course cocaine," he said with a smirk.
"Why I'm gonna..."
"Okay, okay, let's settle down." Alex restored order. "We flipped a coin backstage, and Bubbles, you will start off. Select."
"Let's take numbers 4 and 23," she said, trying to shrug the insult off. 4 was a dishwasher and 23 was a telescope. The numbers were flipped over and Ace was given a shot.
"Let's go with 5 and 19," he said after Alex noted it was his turn. 5 was a wild card while 19 was a microwave. The other microwave was under 12. The microwave was credited to Ace and the three doors went away revealing part of the rebus.
"Can you solve the puzzle, Ace?" Alex asked.
"Well, what do you think?" he rudely replied, the chose numbers 25 and 15. 25 was an oven. No match.
Bubbles went and chose numbers 2 and 22. 2 was a big screen TV and 22 was a bookcase.
Ace then chose 6 and 14. 6 was a red take card and 14 was an oven. He automatically took the take card and door 6 was removed from the monitor.
"Ace, that's a take card which you can use later to take a prize from Bubbles when she wins one. Right now, pick another number to try and match that oven."
He tried 1, but that was a DVD player, and 14 was covered up along with one, but he still had the take card.
On Bubbles' next turn, she chose 8 and 11, both wild cards, earning her $500, and then chose 24: Him's Supremacy. The other match of that was under 21.
Him was watching this at home. I am not even going to take the time to tell you what he said or what he did because it is immensely scary and extremely inappropriate.
Bubble's earned Him's Supremacy and the $500. removing the four spaces from the puzzle and it was clear, but not clear enough. She knew better than to use her X-ray vision.
She selected 10 and 16, giving her an opal ring because it was under both of those numbers. As the doors revealed some more of the rebus, she could see it a little, but not quite enough yet.
On her next turn, she opened doors 14 and 18. 14 was the oven, and 18 was the other take card, which she used right away to snatch the microwave away from Ace and then successfully guessed number 15 to give her the oven as well.
She still couldn't solve the rebus, so she took another lucky guess and selected 13 and 25, giving her a sapphire pendant. Those two doors were removed and now, she had victory in her eyes.
"I'd like to solve the puzzle," she told Alex.
"Okay, what's your guess?" he responded.
"Ghostbusters!" she triumphantly declared.
"That is right, Bubbles," Alex said as chimes and the theme sounded and the doors opened up. The puzzle was shown. "Bubbles, go up there and explain the puzzle to us."
"OK, Alex." She floated to the monitor and described the puzzle. "G + host = ghost. Bus + tears = busters. Ghostbusters!"
Here is what the rebus looked like. There was a big "G" followed by a plus sign leading to a picture of a game show host behind a podium that said "game show" on it. Another plus sign led to a forthcoming bus and another plus sign led to a crying woman with arrows pointing to her tears. This puzzle is in the Classic Concentration book written by Steve Ryan eleven years ago. If you don't have it, I'd recommend it.
"Bubbles, you have won an opal ring, a sapphire pendant, $500, and you have to win one more game to move on to win a new car."
"Great!"
TO BE CONTINUED
(You'll have to wait and see if Bubbles will win the game and try to duplicate her sister's performance. Stay tuned.)
Buttercup and the Professor took a ride in the Jaguar she won last May. Bubbles will now compete in a game that you will soon read about.
"Professor, will Blossom be in a game also?" Buttercup asked as she looked around in the car. Although she had now had it for almost a year, she hadn't been riding around in it much.
"Well, I hope so, Buttercup," the Professor replied. "We'll see. You think Bubbles will win today?"
"Let's hope so."
Out of a black screen on NBC, the 25 square 5x5 board appeared again and opened up its doors, revealing a rebus, as Gene Wood spoke and the Classic Concentration music played:
"Behind these numbers is a puzzle. Can you solve it? O + slow. Oslo. N + or + way. Norway. Oslo, Norway! If you can do that, you'll have a chance to win one of these eight fabulous cars as we play Classic Concentration! And here's the host of Concentration, Alex Trebek!
On cue, Alex Trebek walked down the staircase adjacent to the eight cars and faced the camera. "Thank you, Gene. Hi folks, and welcome again to Classic Concentration," he said as he reached the bottom of the staircase. "Today we will have a kindergartener and a rude and mean gangster competing today, so let's meet them."
The contestants' table turned around and faced the television monitor with the puzzle on it. "To the left here is 5-year-old Bubbles the Powerpuff Girl from Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. She is the sister of Buttercup, who earlier won a car." The crowd applauded. "And to the right is 26-year-old Ace, leader of the Gangreen Gang from Townsville." The crowd booed him, showing whose side they were on.
"So, let's get started, players," The screen changed to show the 25 door board on its television monitor. "The object of the game is to make as many matches as you can by saying a number and matching prizes behind the numbers on that large TV monitor in front of you. If you unsuccessfully try to match prizes, the doors will close and control of the board will shift to your opponent. There are three wild cards up there, and two take cards. The player who ends up correctly solving the puzzle wins all the prizes they accumulate and then move on to try to win a new car. Are you ready, people?"
"Yes, Alex," the two of them said. Ace added something very rude to Bubbles.
"You know, you should have coke before every match."
"You mean cocaine?!" Bubbles asked appalled.
"No, Coca-Cola. Of course cocaine," he said with a smirk.
"Why I'm gonna..."
"Okay, okay, let's settle down." Alex restored order. "We flipped a coin backstage, and Bubbles, you will start off. Select."
"Let's take numbers 4 and 23," she said, trying to shrug the insult off. 4 was a dishwasher and 23 was a telescope. The numbers were flipped over and Ace was given a shot.
"Let's go with 5 and 19," he said after Alex noted it was his turn. 5 was a wild card while 19 was a microwave. The other microwave was under 12. The microwave was credited to Ace and the three doors went away revealing part of the rebus.
"Can you solve the puzzle, Ace?" Alex asked.
"Well, what do you think?" he rudely replied, the chose numbers 25 and 15. 25 was an oven. No match.
Bubbles went and chose numbers 2 and 22. 2 was a big screen TV and 22 was a bookcase.
Ace then chose 6 and 14. 6 was a red take card and 14 was an oven. He automatically took the take card and door 6 was removed from the monitor.
"Ace, that's a take card which you can use later to take a prize from Bubbles when she wins one. Right now, pick another number to try and match that oven."
He tried 1, but that was a DVD player, and 14 was covered up along with one, but he still had the take card.
On Bubbles' next turn, she chose 8 and 11, both wild cards, earning her $500, and then chose 24: Him's Supremacy. The other match of that was under 21.
Him was watching this at home. I am not even going to take the time to tell you what he said or what he did because it is immensely scary and extremely inappropriate.
Bubble's earned Him's Supremacy and the $500. removing the four spaces from the puzzle and it was clear, but not clear enough. She knew better than to use her X-ray vision.
She selected 10 and 16, giving her an opal ring because it was under both of those numbers. As the doors revealed some more of the rebus, she could see it a little, but not quite enough yet.
On her next turn, she opened doors 14 and 18. 14 was the oven, and 18 was the other take card, which she used right away to snatch the microwave away from Ace and then successfully guessed number 15 to give her the oven as well.
She still couldn't solve the rebus, so she took another lucky guess and selected 13 and 25, giving her a sapphire pendant. Those two doors were removed and now, she had victory in her eyes.
"I'd like to solve the puzzle," she told Alex.
"Okay, what's your guess?" he responded.
"Ghostbusters!" she triumphantly declared.
"That is right, Bubbles," Alex said as chimes and the theme sounded and the doors opened up. The puzzle was shown. "Bubbles, go up there and explain the puzzle to us."
"OK, Alex." She floated to the monitor and described the puzzle. "G + host = ghost. Bus + tears = busters. Ghostbusters!"
Here is what the rebus looked like. There was a big "G" followed by a plus sign leading to a picture of a game show host behind a podium that said "game show" on it. Another plus sign led to a forthcoming bus and another plus sign led to a crying woman with arrows pointing to her tears. This puzzle is in the Classic Concentration book written by Steve Ryan eleven years ago. If you don't have it, I'd recommend it.
"Bubbles, you have won an opal ring, a sapphire pendant, $500, and you have to win one more game to move on to win a new car."
"Great!"
TO BE CONTINUED
(You'll have to wait and see if Bubbles will win the game and try to duplicate her sister's performance. Stay tuned.)