As Fine considers a question, a robotic whirring is the only noise. Fine agrees and answers correctly. Audience members are visible behind Fine, but they can barely be seen in the blackened background on a TV screen. During a break, a crew member removes a Plexiglas floor panel, allowing the Super Technocrane to drop below floor level for an odd-angle shot. Philbin hands Fine an oversized check, which sticks out of his shirt pocket.
Continuity is a constant concern, since some shots are retaped and then edited together.
A pediatrician loses quickly. Nearby, an audience member, prodded by Heggs, tells a joke but gets no response. The taping session in the warm studio has hit the two-hour mark. The doctor's loss is another contestants' gain. This has happened before, but it always gets cut from the show.