OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
And let's say hello to our next contestants, Tom Williamson and Megan Williamson.
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EISENBERG: This is our first father-daughter competition that we've had on the show.
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EISENBERG: Do you do other hobbies and outings together?
TOM WILLIAMSON: Yeah, we do. It took us about seven years, but we watched every movie in the AFI top 100 film list.
EISENBERG: Oh, the American Film Institute top 100. All right.
T. WILLIAMSON: Yeah.
EISENBERG: Which one do you think deserves a prequel if you could make one, Megan?
MEGAN WILLIAMSON: I would love to see a prequel of "Casablanca."
EISENBERG: Yeah. Tom, how about you?
T. WILLIAMSON: That's a tough one. I almost feel obligated to say "Citizen Kane," but if you made a prequel to "Citizen Kane," you wouldn't need "Citizen Kane," right?
EISENBERG: Sure.
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T. WILLIAMSON: Because it would explain - it would explain the whole rosebud thing, and…
EISENBERG: Well we're going to explore this idea a little further as this game is called Prequel Opportunity. Jonathan Coulton, can you please explain?
JONATHAN COULTON, BYLINE: Sure, sure I can. It's official. Hollywood has run out of ideas. I don't know if you heard about this in the news. They made every sequel they could think of, and now it's all about the prequels, it's all they have left. So in this next round, we've dreamed up some imaginary prequels to some classic movies. Puzzle guru John Chaneski, how about an example?
JOHN CHANESKI, BYLINE: If I said the movie "Shermer High School" shows us John Bender's tumultuous freshman year long before the detention days he served in this 1985 film, the answer would be "The Breakfast Club."
COULTON: Makes sense, right? So we are looking for the film that inspired these made up prequels, and the winner will move on to our final round. Ready?
T. WILLIAMSON: Sure.
M. WILLIAMSON: Sure.
COULTON: Here we go.
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EISENBERG: In "Wal-Mart Aisle Five," the prequel to this 1995 Pixar feature, Woody and friends kill time in a megastore waiting for some kid to take them home.
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EISENBERG: Megan.
M. WILLIAMSON: "Toy Story."
EISENBERG: "Toy Story" is correct. Yes.
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COULTON: Hold onto your seats, Tampa. Exquisite strip club shows exotic male dancers in training, bedazzling their first banana hammocks, and getting hilariously entangled in their tear-off pants.
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T. WILLIAMSON: I'm afraid...
COULTON: Tom - very quick ring, Tom.
T. WILLIAMSON: Yeah, I know. Can I just say, I never saw the movie.
COULTON: Yeah. No, it's fine.
T. WILLIAMSON: And I'm thinking it's "Magic Mike."
COULTON: It is "Magic Mike."
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T. WILLIAMSON: Really, I swear.
COULTON: It's a good movie. I saw it. I liked it.
T. WILLIAMSON: Oh, OK.
EISENBERG: In "Bus 2525," the prequel, over the course of several months, Annie uneventfully takes a Los Angeles bus to and from work.
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COULTON: Movie with a bus.
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EISENBERG: Tom.
T. WILLIAMSON: "Speed."
EISENBERG: "Speed" is correct.
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COULTON: "Nakatomi Plaza" follows the construction of a Japanese company's 35-story skyscraper in Los Angeles. The company Christmas party promises to be a real bang.
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COULTON: Tom.
T. WILLIAMSON: "Die Hard."
COULTON: That's right.
EISENBERG: "Bushwood Country Club" is the story of one gopher's journey to the haven of an upscale golf club and the Cinderella story of the wacky groundsman hired to kill him.
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EISENBERG: Megan.
M. WILLIAMSON: "Caddyshack."
EISENBERG: Yes.
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COULTON: In "Chuck from Memphis," we watch systems engineer Chuck Noland fly around the country to make sure FedEx packages arrive on time. It is not very interesting.
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COULTON: Megan.
M. WILLIAMSON: "Cast Away."
COULTON: That's correct.
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EISENBERG: Does he talk to, like, a golf ball in that one or something that he carries around?
COULTON: Yes. That's sort of his thing. He's got a friend who's a ball in every movie.
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EISENBERG: It just gets bigger the more desperate he gets.
COULTON: Yes, that's right.
EISENBERG: "Kellerman's Mountain House" brings us to a grandiose Catskills resort lodge in the summer of 1962, where the kids played tetherball, weave baskets, and rehearse for the end of season talent show. No sexy rum buzz for you.
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EISENBERG: Megan.
M. WILLIAMSON: "Dirty Dancing."
EISENBERG: Yes, indeed.
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EISENBERG: If you win the talent show, you get a Borscht Belt.
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COULTON: Wow.
EISENBERG: Puzzle guru John Chaneski, how did our family fare in this?
CHANESKI: Megan, you get a starring role in the sequel we call the Ask Me One More final round. Congratulations.
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EISENBERG: Coming up, Jonathan Coulton finds a new way to bring us comfort in a music game called Crash Test Yummies. This is ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.
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