By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Monday, June 22, 2015
Toni Braxton, who used to live in Atlanta, brought her sisters to battle Anthony Anderson's family in the first episode of ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud" hosted by part-time Atlantan Steve Harvey.
Both families are playing for charity. The episodes were shot earlier this month in Los Angeles, although Harvey shoots the regular episodes here in Atlanta. And two of Braxton's sisters still live in Atlanta.
Despite a slow start from Toni, her family lifted her up and even she got a couple of answers right near the end. But credit Towanda and Tamar for getting enough right answers to win "Fast Money" and raise $25,000 for Lupus LA (since Toni has lupus.)
Sorry to say this but $25,000 seems awfully chintzy for a broadcast network giving out money for charity. I'm just sayin'. Where's Donald Trump when you need him? (Oh wait, we know that...)
Things got down and dirty quickly from the first question: "Name something a nude magician might pull a rabbit out of."
Anderson: "His a**!"
Toni was so flummoxed, she didn't have an answer.
His mom Doris then said "nuts."
"This show is going to hell," Harvey said. Indeed, that garnered a big fat "X."
Later , Anderson said you can be "naked and wear a hat. I've done it!" That was the No. 1 answer.
The Braxtons had a chance to steal but Toni botched it by blurting out "foot" without getting proper feedback from her sisters. That wasn't on the list. Points went to the Andersons.
Question No. 2 with Tamar vs. Doris: "Name something the wife would not like to see the ex-husband buy after the divorce."
Tamar got the No. 1 answer with "car."
Trina, who just got divorced, said emphatically, "a ring for another woman." That was the No. 2 answer.
Toni uttered, "a new woman." Shockingly, this was up there as a "mail order bride."
The sisters almost cleared the board with six out of seven answers. Harvey laughed after Trina gave a bad answer ("a car seat") and the sisters were not supportive. The tradition: "Family Feud" members are supposed to clap and say "good answer!" no matter how terrible the utterance.
Ultimately, Anderson's answer "motorcyle" was rejected. The missing answer was "a street whore."
The Braxtons move ahead 93 to 88.
Question 3: "Top 7 answers on the board. To 100 men: Name an animal more well endowed than you?"
Trina: "Elephant." Amazingly, just 13 people answered that. But it was No. 2 and Trina won after Derrick's "gorilla" was a big fat zero.
Towanda confidently gave the No. 1 answer "horse." Traci's "giraffe" got an "X."
Toni tried "hippo" and received zip. Tamar said "dog," and her sisters were skeptical. It came in No. 3 and Tamar was vindicated. "What the world is coming to?" Traci said.
Trina's "bull" came in No. 6. Towanda opted for "walrus." "It has the biggest penis. I looked it up!" But it didn't make the cut.
Anderson went for "donkey" and they won the points. The missing answers: "whale" and "lion."
The Andersons had a lead. But the last round typically can win the day.
Triple points: "Name a job just because they aren't good looking enough."
Towanda's answer: "Model" was No. 1.
Traci goes for "stripper." That was No. 4.
Toni (uh oh) picks "news anchor." Surprise! No. 3.
Tamar says "actress" for the win. And the Braxtons clear the board!
Tamar and Towanda opt for "fast money." Towanda was up first.
The fast money questions to 100 women.
"After how dates do you start wearing sweats?" Towanda's answer: 6 (0)
"What is something people look for on Craig's List"? A car (26)
"Name a pie that starts with the letter P." (37)
"Name something a guy likes to do while watching the Super Bowl?" "Eat food." (36)
"A place where you find an aisle." "A kitchen." (0)
Three good answers, two bad ones. Not bad. 99 points.
Tamar ended up with two okay answers, no answer on one and two great answers to seal the victory.
That would be four dates (11 points. Best answer was 10), a job on Craig's list (10), nothing for pie, drinking beer for the Super Bowl (44) and the seal-the-deal answer of "supermarket" for aisle (57).
ON TV
"Celebrity Family Feud," 8 p.m. Sundays, ABC
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