So Monk does so by using Birch and Lankman's method against them. He realizes they might be guilty of more than cheating on the show, and is told by Dwight that he can make a phone call during the game, but only if he advances to the bonus round. Hoist by His Own Petard: Monk realizes (as a contestant) how Roddy Lankman is helping Val Birch cheat: Lankman holds the question cards by a specific corner depending on what letter is the correct answer.Freeze-Frame Bonus: The pink and green "Girl Tuesday" poster that can be seen in Trudy's bedroom is the same one as the one in Adrian's childhood bedroom in Mr.He usually answered the questions before all possible answers had been revealed, and once answered a question correctly without turning around to look at the screen behind him which contained a vital clue (the question was "which US president lived in this mansion" and the monitors behind the contestants showed a picture of the mansion, which the other two contestants had to turn around to look at). Five-Aces Cheater: Val Birch certainly didn't do himself any favors by being so blatant about his cheating.note For bonus points, the second Gold Digger he married was the first one's sister. Halfway through the episode he reveals that he lost all his lottery winnings thanks to a combination of bad investments, a crooked accountant, too many trips to Las Vegas, and getting married to and divorced from a Gold Digger. Diabolus ex Machina: Kevin Dorfman is now back to being the annoying, boring neighbor that he was during his initial appearance.Val really does appear to be dumber than a post. This is what makes Dwight suspicious about his winning streak. Book Dumb: Val apparently thinks the city of San Francisco has any control over the fog, thinks the Golden Gate Bridge is called the "Golden Bridge", and doesn't know how to pronounce Marie Antoinette's name. ![]() The federal government would've also gotten involved at that stage, because rigging a game show is illegal under U.S. They would've discovered that Val was cheating right away since it's blatantly obvious (such as when he answers a visual clue without turning around to see the photo on the board). Artistic License – Law: It's very unlikely that Roddy Lankman's conspiring to feed the answers to Val Birch would succeed in real life because all game shows (like Jeopardy) have a standards and practice department on hand monitoring each taping session to make sure there are no irregularities. ![]() system to give Monk the phone number: 555-0137. Birch tries to brush it off with "I don't think I'm at home." But then Dwight uses the P.A. ![]() 555: On the game show, Monk ask Val Birch for his home phone number.This episode contains examples of the following tropes: Monk gets a visit from his father-in-law, Dwight Ellison, who suspects that a contestant on his game show may be cheating.
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