Fri, May 30, 2008 - 9:02 AM
Friday, May 30, 10:15 a.m.
Dr. Bailly is the friend or foe of every speller. His pronunciations guide each contestant as they choose the letters to spell their words on the national stage.
So what words stump him? Bailly talks about the bee, the kids, and his own nightmare words in this video below. Bailly won the bee in 1980 when he was sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo.
--Neil H. Simon