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Mid-Season Reverse Psychology Awards

The hosts stage mid-season awards to celebrate characters and moments from the season.

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0explicit participant winners
1results needing restraint
0different recorded winners

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Game / activity

Mid-Season Reverse Psychology Awards

Curtis introduces Ryan as the hosts stage the “Mid-Sies”: three character-award categories with nominations and acceptance performances, a comic memorial interlude, and a predetermined honorary award. Character recipients are distinguished from the people proposing or impersonating them. No overall host winner or numerical scoring is established.

What was recorded

What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

In Memoriam: Brad returns

The ceremony recalls Brad’s fictional death, apparition and return as a golem. Asked for a few words, Brad instead sings that he is back and excited to be alive. This is a comic interlude, not a real death or a competitive round.

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9 primary recorded exchanges · 0 retained source actions. 7 additional round events; 0 overlapping source alternatives. A source action may be a clue, reply, reaction or interruption—not necessarily a participant answer.

Loose Change Award

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Curtis nominates Daphne

Curtis cites dating Niles, eating to cope, therapy and trying new things.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Brad nominates Dr. Tewksbury

Brad cites the apparent move from marriage to dating Roz; the discussion focuses on trying her robe. The award does not establish the character’s actual marital history.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Ryan nominates Niles

Ryan chooses Niles becoming a sports hero and advising people in a bar. Others object that collecting praise is familiar territory for him.

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Category and result · Ryan presents an award for trying something different, whether or not it worked. Brad proposes Island Niles and withdraws the suggestion because it belongs to another season. Ryan announces Dr. Tewksbury as winner; Brad performs the acceptance speech.

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Dr. Tewksbury accepts · Brad thanks colleagues and boasts about using psychology to shape their choice. The others praise the speech. The recording confirms Brad performs the speech.

Best Nerd Moment

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Brad nominates Freddy

Brad picks the Game Boy player who gets a kiss while camping. The others challenge why getting the girl counts as a nerd moment.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Ryan nominates Niles

Ryan chooses Niles’s jealousy over Freddy being invited to discuss Walden with Frasier. His reference to Walden as a person is corrected.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

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An unnamed speaker nominates Frasier

Curtis’s nomination cites the multiverse/sweater episode, with tutoring Kirby and the space documentary as other examples. Others question whether a story device makes the character nerdy. Klingon and Noel remarks follow as counterfactual alternatives, without replacing the nomination.

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Category and result · Curtis presents the category. The group debates whether a nerd victory must celebrate nerdiness rather than escaping it. Niles wins for wanting to read Walden.

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Niles accepts the Walden award · Ryan performs the speech, arguing that a red-blooded American should want to read about a walk in the woods and discuss it with a brother.

Best Crane Family Meltdown

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

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Frasier’s Caribbean vacation

Curtis nominates Frasier repeatedly melting down when the vacation does not go his way, confirmed in the recording.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

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Niles’s dog-park escape

Ryan nominates Niles engineering a way to avoid the dog park, confirmed in the recording. Curtis’s later impression is a separate performance.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Brad nominates Daphne

Brad chooses Daphne smashing the refrigerator pig during a serious emotional crisis. Others argue that genuine distress does not fit this category.

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Category and result · Brad presents the category and clarifies that a nominee need not be a Crane, but must have a Crane-style meltdown. Brad sings the restarted introduction, confirmed in the recording. Niles wins; an initial joke names Curtis before the announcement is corrected to the character.

Recorded source action

Participant referenced: Curtis

Curtis performs Niles’s acceptance · Curtis is explicitly asked to impersonate Niles. He celebrates keeping Daphne away from a threatening man and never returning to the dog park. The others hear Danny Radcliffe in the performance. Curtis also performs the separate “G’day, govna!” Danny Radcliffe impression.

Lifetime of Being a Dick Award
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Category and result · Martin Crane is the predetermined recipient. A montage of quoted scenes leads into discussion of Marty’s behavior, whether the character changed over time, and whether earlier seasons might redeem him. There is no nomination contest, participant score or precise ceremony-close announcement.

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Game / activity

Mid-Season Reverse Psychology Awards

How this one works

Setup and instructions
  1. We have gathered here to honor the best and brightest this season has to offer.
Context and recorded outcome
  1. Title: Mid-Season Reverse Psychology Awards Activity premise: We have gathered here to honor the best and brightest this season has to offer. Ending or payoff: Those were some wonderful awards.

RESULT STATUS

A result is recorded; a participant winner is not.

Awards select fictional nominees; Kenny Powers is not participant Kenny Scheck. No host win is inferred.

What was recorded

What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

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awards wrap

Ending or payoff: Those were some wonderful awards.

Preserved source round labels (3)

These overlapping source containers are not additional rounds or participant answers. Their recorded labels and excerpt links remain available here; their shared exchanges appear above.

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The Hitler Award for sweatiest person on the show.

Title: The Hitler Award for sweatiest person on the show. Activity description: It's the first annual Mid-Season Reverse Psychology Awards. We have gathered here to honor the best and brightest this season has to offer. Presenting our first award, Ryan. Ah, yes. The Hitler Award for sweatiest person on the show. The nominees are... My nomination is going to be Kenny, because in every scene, he's incredibly sweaty. Hmm. Okay. Makes sense. I would like to nominate Frasier himself, because I feel like he is slimy, especially around women, and some of that's got to be sweat. Okay. Okay. You stole my nomination, so I'll have to pick a different one. Oh, I was going to nominate Frasier, because do you remember when he planned a wedding and then made everyone wait outside? So he himself wasn't sweaty, but he caused like 90 people to be sweaty for no reason. He could have just easily let them in. Oh, wow. Okay. That's insane to how your brain works. But actual sweaty people, there's the bald guy when they're all in the sauna. He was the sweatiest of all of them. Oh, yeah. No. Yeah, probably. He's been on screen twice, so I have no idea if that's true, but yeah, probably no. And the winner is... Kenny Powers. The guy we all know and love. Come on down, sweaty man. Yeah, thank you for getting my last name incorrect, but whatever. Is that not his name? Being... No, double flow. So, winning this award is something that I truly honor. This is an experience I never thought I would get, and being able to win this award will help me and my family continue on our life journey. I'd like to thank all of my audience and everyone. Wow. Big win for Kenny getting the Hitler Award. My favorite part is that he's not accepting the word on behalf of Kenny. He's pretending to be Kenny. Oh, I think I was going to do the same thing. Is that not what we're supposed to do? I guess I wasn't clear about that. It's super weird that you're just pretending to be a voice you clearly aren't. All right.

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Participant cited: Ryan

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The Hitler Award for sweatiest person on the show. The nominees are...
Question / challenge

Prompt: The Hitler Award for sweatiest person on the show. The nominees are...

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WHAT THEY BROUGHT

nom kenny

Choice: Kenny My nomination is going to be Kenny, because in every scene, he's incredibly sweaty. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “My nomination is going to be Kenny, because in every scene, he's incredibly sweaty.”?: Brad

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nom slimy frasier

Choice: Frasier I would like to nominate Frasier himself, because I feel like he is slimy, especially around women, and some of that's got to be sweat. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “I would like to nominate Frasier himself, because I feel like he is slimy, especially around women,”?: Curtis

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  • Respondent: Curtis

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

nom sauna

Choice: the bald guy when they're all in the sauna Answer qualification: You stole my nomination, so I'll have to pick a different one. Important beats: So he himself wasn't sweaty, but he caused like 90 people to be sweaty for no reason. But actual sweaty people, there's the bald guy when they're all in the sauna. He was the sweatiest of all of them. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “But actual sweaty people, there's the bald guy when they're all in the sauna.”?: Ryan

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winner kenny

Winner statement: Kenny Powers. Result qualification: Yeah, thank you for getting my last name incorrect, but whatever. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the judgment beginning “Kenny Powers.”?: Ryan

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  • Winner: Kenny
  • Adjudicator: Ryan

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kenny accept prompt
Question / challenge

Raw prompt: Come on down, sweaty man.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

kenny acceptance

Action: So, winning this award is something that I truly honor. I'd like to thank all of my audience and everyone. Response context: He's pretending to be Kenny. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “So, winning this award is something that I truly honor.”?: Brad

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sweat wrap

Final phrase attribution: Who points out the performer is impersonating Kenny rather than accepting on his behalf?: Curtis; Who says “I guess I wasn't clear about that.”?: Curtis

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  • Facilitator: Ryan
  • Winner: Kenny
best couple award

Title: best couple award Activity description: Well, presenting the next award. I am presenting the best couple award. Oh. I'm going to choose Frazier and his first wife. What? What? You can't choose that. We've only seen... That hasn't been on the show. Yes, she has. She hasn't been on the show. Yes, she has. No, she hasn't. His son has been on the show, but... No. Oh, you mean... Oh, you're talking about Nanny G. Yes. Stop interrupting me. Let me finish. You could have named her. I was a belter and you interrupted me. Oh, I thought you were being insane. Frazier and Nanny G, his first wife. Sorry, I said it right that time. That is who I would like to vote for best couple, because that was one of the funniest scenes on sitcom television. Doesn't really make you best couple. Oh, we'll see who the winner is at the end. Okay. Well, I, of course, am going to elect Frazier as well, but of course it's Frazier and Frank. That emotional connection. Jesus. It doesn't get more electric than that. I would like to nominate Ronnie and Marty. He is an old and will be dead soon. She is his son's age and loves to party, likely quickening Martin's death. And still, this is the most healthy relationship we've seen. Oh, yeah, easily. The only problem with that relationship is that Marty is part of it. If I could just elect Ronnie. He barely is. He barely is. True. And the winner is Frazier and Frank. Accepting the award on their behalf is Ryan. I wish Frazier and Frank could be here today, but, you know, I, uh, are you going to cue me for music or? I'm sorry. I forgot to do that. That was all. One job. Should I start from the top or just act like a mid-spish? Sure. Go ahead and start from the top. Uh. Ah. Can you start from the top? Welcome to Reverse Psychology. The Frazier Reliance Ball. And winner is Frazier and Frank. Oh, Frazier and Frank wish that they could be here. They just wanted to say that they are having a wonderful time in the Bahamas. Uh. Uh. Thank you. I think they both said thank you. Final phrase attribution: Who presents the best-couple award?: Curtis; Who objects that the first wife has not appeared?: Ryan Discussion speakers: Ryan

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I am presenting the best couple award.
Question / challenge

Prompt: I am presenting the best couple award.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

nom nanny

Choice: Frazier and Nanny G, his first wife. Answer qualification: I'm going to choose Frazier and his first wife. That is who I would like to vote for best couple, because that was one of the funniest scenes on sitcom television. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “Frazier and Nanny G, his first wife.”?: Brad

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nom frank

Choice: Frazier and Frank That emotional connection. It doesn't get more electric than that. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “Well, I, of course, am going to elect Frazier as well, but of course it's Frazier and Frank.”?: Ryan

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nom ronnie marty

Choice: Ronnie and Marty And still, this is the most healthy relationship we've seen. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “I would like to nominate Ronnie and Marty.”?: Curtis

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winner frank

Winner statement: And the winner is Frazier and Frank. Result qualification: Go ahead and start from the top. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the judgment beginning “And the winner is Frazier and Frank.”?: Curtis

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  • Winner: Frazier and Frank
  • Adjudicator: Curtis

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Participant cited: Ryan

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ryan accept prompt
Question / challenge

Raw prompt: Accepting the award on their behalf is Ryan. Rules: Go ahead and start from the top. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Accepting the award on their behalf is Ryan.”?: Curtis

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  • Respondent: Ryan
  • Facilitator: Curtis

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ryan acceptance

Action: Oh, Frazier and Frank wish that they could be here. They just wanted to say that they are having a wonderful time in the Bahamas. Thank you. Answer qualification: Should I start from the top or just act like a mid-spish? Final phrase attribution: Who says “Go ahead and start from the top.”?: Curtis Cue speakers: Curtis

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  • Winner: Frazier and Frank
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best appetite

Title: best appetite Rules: This award can be one for something that somebody ate on the show, a way they ate on the show, anything that has to do with food. Activity description: Finally, Bradley. Hi. My name is Bradley Kirkston and I'm presenting the next award. That's not how people present things. I have my own presentation style. Thank you. My next. You have the presentation style of like Chad GPT. Yeah. My next. My next award is something that in high school we convinced somebody that they spelled it wrong. Um. We're going to go with, um, best appetite. Who has the best appetite? This award can be one for something that somebody ate on the show, a way they ate on the show, anything that has to do with food. Which one did you convince that they spelled wrong? Best or appetite? Ape tit. We told a girl that instead of saying apple poll, they spelled it as ape tit. The best ape tit awards are way snappier. Yeah. All right. So, so who are your nominations for best appetite? Uh, I'm going to nominate Niles, of course. My man prepared to get super crispy and to do so he bought a, what was it? An aggressive Zinfandel. Mm-hmm. I mean, how, how much, how much more best ape tit can you possibly get? I am nominating Daddy because he tried to eat an entire turkey and he, he ate even a ring. Like he, most of what we've seen of him is him eating things. I thought you were for sure going to nominate Marty. You've tried two weeks in a row to do a Marty meal. So yeah, I'm going to pick Marty for, for, but not neither of those ones for when he ate, um, Niles' brownie. Oh. Best appetite just because he was going on an actual diet and would eat anything but decided to eat a brownie? And then was more hungry because he was high. Okay. Go ahead, Ryan. Say, say which one you, you would prefer other than your own. Yeah. So I think I hate Daddy, so I'm not going to choose. I don't like Marty either. Oh, what a dilemma. I think, do I have to go strictly on why you nominated them or can I just choose them despite your terrible reasons? I think that's fine. Well, I'm going to give it to Marty then. I mean, chips and pudding. Come on. Yeah, it's Marty. That means Brad is accepting. Do we want Brad for you to accept? Yeah. Except, except, except on behalf of Marty this time. Yeah. I was going to say something really funny. Fine. Oh, okay. Then accept as Marty. That'd be great. Let me accept as Marty. I think this will be worth it. There's no chance. Go ahead. I'm so happy I finally won. You know, being. I finally won. Being, being shot in the buttocks or wherever I was shot in the lake. I don't really remember. That was really woke me up. Why are you not getting louder? Sorry. Try to talk over the music. I'm getting louder. This is Marty getting louder. I'm an old man. I like to sit in my seat. Yeah, that didn't work out the way I would. What part was the funny part? I can accept for Marty. I can redo that. Great. I can't believe I thought. Let's come up with a segment that requires them to act at all. Please accept on behalf of Marty. I'm not going to edit this at all. None of my ideas of putting in music and turning it into a real award show is happening. I'm just going to put it all out there unedited as a plot. That's a shame. Accept this word for my buddy. That's too bad. Marty really deserves this. He couldn't be here tonight because he's busy being dead. But I'd like to just accept this award for him. Whoa, wait, what? What do you mean he's busy being dead? Sorry, the actor that played Marty, whatever. You're not doing the actor. You're doing the character. Well, Curtis has enough to put something together. I haven't heard anything yet. Just give your damn speech, but get louder as you do it. That's all you have to do. Sorry. All right, let's try this again. I would like to accept this speech on behalf of Marty. Marty really deserves this. He's really doing a lot. What do you mean you're accepting a speech? Oh, crap. Also got quieter as he went. Oh, my God. I'd like to accept this award on behalf of my friend Marty. Marty cannot be here tonight, and so I'm accepting it on his behalf. He could not be here tonight. He couldn't get louder. He just goes slower. Talk louder does not mean act like you're talking to a deaf person other than the loud part. You just kind of added space between every single syllable. You didn't talk louder. I can't really talk louder. No, you might have been quieter again. Do you have like a voice modulation disorder? Just pretend you're in public and just talk like how you normally talk to us all the time. Use that voice. I'd like to accept this word on behalf of my friend Marty. Marty could not be here tonight. He's resting. Better. You got louder for one word. It's fine. It's fine. Awesome. Thank you. Let's move on. Those were some wonderful awards.

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Participant cited: Brad(ley)

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appetite prompt
Question / challenge

Raw prompt: So, so who are your nominations for best appetite? Rules: anything that has to do with food.

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WHAT THEY BROUGHT

nom niles

Choice: Niles My man prepared to get super crispy and to do so he bought a, what was it? An aggressive Zinfandel.

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  • Respondent: Ryan

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nom daddy

Choice: Daddy I am nominating Daddy because he tried to eat an entire turkey and he, he ate even a ring. Like he, most of what we've seen of him is him eating things. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “I am nominating Daddy because he tried to eat an entire turkey and he, he ate even a ring.”?: Curtis

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nom marty

Choice: Marty So yeah, I'm going to pick Marty for, for, but not neither of those ones for when he ate, um, Niles' brownie. Final phrase attribution: Who says the passage beginning “So yeah, I'm going to pick Marty for, for, but not neither of those ones for when he ate, um, Niles' brownie.”?: Brad

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Participant cited: Ryan

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appetite vote prompt
Question / challenge

Raw prompt: Say, say which one you, you would prefer other than your own. Rules: other than your own I think that's fine. Answer qualification: I think, do I have to go strictly on why you nominated them or can I just choose them despite your terrible reasons? Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Say, say which one you, you would prefer other than your own.”?: Curtis

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appetite vote

Choice: Marty I mean, chips and pudding. Answer qualification: I think, do I have to go strictly on why you nominated them or can I just choose them despite your terrible reasons?

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  • Respondent: Ryan

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winner marty

Winner statement: Yeah, it's Marty. Adjudication method: Ryan's choice is followed by agreement that Marty wins. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the judgment beginning “Yeah, it's Marty.”?: Curtis

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  • Winner: Marty
  • Adjudicator: Curtis

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Participant cited: Brad(ley)

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marty accept prompt
Question / challenge

Raw prompt: Please accept on behalf of Marty. Rules: Just give your damn speech, but get louder as you do it. Important beats: Except, except, except on behalf of Marty this time. Then accept as Marty. Please accept on behalf of Marty. Try to talk over the music. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the prompt beginning “Please accept on behalf of Marty.”?: Ryan

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marty acceptance

Action: I'm so happy I finally won. I'd like to accept this award on behalf of my friend Marty. Marty could not be here tonight. He's resting. Important beats: He couldn't be here tonight because he's busy being dead. Sorry, the actor that played Marty, whatever. I would like to accept this speech on behalf of Marty. Answer qualification: Better. You got louder…

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Action: I'm so happy I finally won. I'd like to accept this award on behalf of my friend Marty. Marty could not be here tonight. He's resting. Important beats: He couldn't be here tonight because he's busy being dead. Sorry, the actor that played Marty, whatever. I would like to accept this speech on behalf of Marty. Answer qualification: Better. You got louder for one word. It's fine. Final phrase attribution: Who performs the retake beginning “Accept this word for my buddy”?: Brad; Who performs the retake beginning “I would like to accept this speech on behalf of Marty”?: Brad; Who performs the retake beginning “I’d like to accept this award on behalf of my friend Marty”?: Brad; Who performs the final retake ending “He’s resting”?: Brad Resolution later retakes actor respondent: Brad

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marty feedback

Adjudication: You didn't talk louder. Better. You got louder for one word. It's fine. Let's move on. Result qualification: The participants move on despite limited improvement. Final phrase attribution: Who gives the judgment beginning “You didn't talk louder.”?: Ryan; Who gives the judgment beginning “You got louder for one word.”?: Curtis

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  • Adjudicator: Who gives the judgment beginning “You didn't talk louder.”?: Ryan; Who gives the judgment beginning “You got louder for one word.”?: Curtis
Round context
  • Facilitator: Bradley Kirkston
  • Winner: Marty