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Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: zachhoran on December 30, 2004, 09:49:41 AM

WHo are everyone's picks for the best contestant(s) of 2004, Kenjen, Invisioners, or otherwise.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: Jimmy Owen on December 30, 2004, 10:35:52 AM

Best of 2004?  Hands down, Ken Jennings.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: tyshaun1 on December 30, 2004, 10:45:38 AM

Well, skipping the obvious answer, I'd have to go with Matt Ottinger, who put up a great fight on J! against KenJen (wonder what Matt's up to these days), and John Holder on Wheel.

Tyshaun

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: cmjb13 on December 30, 2004, 10:53:17 AM

Depends on what defines best.

Likeable or if they play the game well.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: bandit_bobby on December 30, 2004, 11:11:59 AM

Besides Ken Jennings, there was Robert Essig, Tom Walsh and Amy Remple.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: Chief-O on December 30, 2004, 11:32:07 AM

Ken, of course, but also those that really gave him a run for his money too [including Ottinger, of course]. I'm wondering if I should count Nancy Zerg, as well.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: Robert Hutchinson on December 30, 2004, 02:33:18 PM

All three finalists from this year's J! College Championship.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: tvwxman on December 30, 2004, 04:00:03 PM

Worlds are colliding. I'm agreeing with Bandit.

Bob-O Essig...being in the studio for that ep, it was damn good TV.

I'll add the guy who won a quarter mil MeredithMillionaire..... John Castellano  from Staten Island.... a nice guy who brought back memories of what WWTBAM was all about ..... average people on tv getting a chance to change their life....

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: clemon79 on December 30, 2004, 04:44:05 PM

Any TPiR contestant who played Hit Me correctly.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: sshuffield70 on December 30, 2004, 07:27:19 PM

Any contestant who knows the rules of their pricing game (exception given to Half Off) on TPIR.

And BTW, congrats to our own John Holder who earned POTW honors from Stosh.

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: Steve McClellan on December 30, 2004, 07:43:37 PM

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 01:00 PM\']I'll add the guy who won a quarter mil MeredithMillionaire..... John? from Staten Island.... a nice guy who brought back memories of what WWTBAM was all about ..... average people on tv getting a chance to change their life....

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John Castellano, who also posted here (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=5583&st=14&p=58072&#entry58072\") after his shows aired.

And what Matt said. :)

Title: Best game show contestants of 2004?
Post by: starcade on December 31, 2004, 12:59:50 PM

[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 07:27 PM\']Any contestant who knows the rules of their pricing game (exception given to Half Off) on TPIR.

And BTW, congrats to our own John Holder who earned POTW honors from Stosh.

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My honest opinion is that they should put a "rules of the game" question on the application/questionnaire you fill out (SSN and the like) when you are in line.  People who don't know what they're doing, and all the "PICK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shirts are making TPiR unwatchable!