Darn
I would’ve done “degree” if the clue was College _____. The thought of specific institutions never even crossed my mind.
If I heard college, since everyone else is American I’d gravitate towards “football,” personally.
Doing great this round, 5 panelists already have their answers registered!
And, just like that, all the panelists’ answers are in!
So, cmkeller, please give us your answer to your round 1 question:
_______ STREET.
Well, I was considering both “Main” and “Wall”, but knowing the SDMB crowd as I do, I think I’ll go with…
SESAME Street.
I think you’ll be pleased with that choice! Let’s see what the panelists had to say:
HardlySanguine: Sesame Street, so that’s 1 for cmkeller.
MeanOldLady: easy street, no match there … and, oh, now she’s making a rude gesture at the guy on the buzzer.
antonio107, the Nipsey Russel of our group gave us this poem:
“The morals which I lack,
when I make ends meet,
I even sold some crack,
On Sesame Street!”
That’s another match!
Skammer: Wall Street, which our contestant mentioned considering.
etv78: Main Street, another one our contestant weighed and ultimately discarded.
and last but by no means least,
Dr. Girlfriend: Sesame Street! :wild applause:
So, cmkeller, you did very well in round 1! As we go to round 2, the score stands:
MadTheSwine: 0
cmkeller: 3
(insert commercial here)
Round 2! Here we go!
MadTheSwine is up first: please consider your answer to this as the panelists PM me their responses to:
_______ BEAUTY.
MadTheSwine matched no panelists in round 1, so everybody plays.
_______ BEAUTY.
Ooh..I like this one…but IIRC the leader goes 1st in round two otherwise if the 2nd place contestant does not match the current score of the leader,game over.
Isn’t that how it worked?
Possibly. That nagged at me, briefly, too. I’ll have to consult my extensive documentation (namely, the two or three weeks worth of episodes sitting on my DVR currently).
Since we’re not constrained by the same time issues of the real game, and are not moving on to bonus rounds, let’s stick with this for now.
:walking around, nodding at the various panelists’ responses:
Good, good.
If I can make a suggestion for next game though, we need to start getting full-phrase ones going on! Bring out Weird Willy! 
How weird is he?
This is my plan, exactly. I just didn’t want to start out there until we’d worked out the little snags. Great minds!
Dont forget Fat Edna.
Or the Dumb twins, Donald and Dora.
And Dumb Dora.
:tearing up a little:
My people!
All right! All the panelists’ responses are in!
So, MadTheSwine, it is now time for you to give us your response to:
_______ BEAUTY.
Only two have come to mind…American and Black.
I will say Black.