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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2009, 01:19:13 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'213180\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 12:09 PM\']
Sounds like they're pulling out all the stops.

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Sounds like it'll be fun, although I'm surprised Concentration is nominated for Favorite Classic Game Show.

Not that it's a bad show (I love it to death), but I've never heard a word about Concentration on GSN other than during the 50 Greatest special, and it doesn't particularly seem like their target audience would even remember or know about it.
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2009, 01:34:12 PM »
Doesn't every kid play the "Concentration" card game at one time or another?
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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2009, 02:18:01 PM »
When I was little and I saw "Memory" from Milton Bradley the first time, I was like "What? This is Concentration. Where's the rebus?"
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2009, 06:24:40 PM »
Criminy, Burton Richardson got a nomination, but John O'Hurley DID NOT?!?!? Who did the nominating process? The Ghost of Cliff Norton, maybe?

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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2009, 06:51:54 PM »
Is it just me or are there WAY too many nominees in each category?
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2009, 07:00:28 PM »
The crew at Buzzer has the full list of categories and nominations.  Some of these are really strange.

(I can't make a direct link to the story.  But you know where the site is, anyway.)

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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 09:35:20 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'213206\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 07:00 PM\']/Favorite Celebrity Player:  Rachael Ray, MDP.
//I facepalm.
[/quote]Well, "favorite" just means you like her, not whether she's worth a tinker's damn.

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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 09:36:25 PM »
[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'213218\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 08:35 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'213206\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 07:00 PM\']/Favorite Celebrity Player:  Rachael Ray, MDP.
//I facepalm.
[/quote]Well, "favorite" just means you like her, not whether she's worth a tinker's damn.
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Alex obviously doesn't agree.

And I agree with his point of the one glaring omission- the one HUGE, GLARING EFFING OMISSION- in the contestant category.

EDIT: does this warrant a "we can do it better ourselves" kind of deal?
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2009, 11:01:43 PM »
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213219\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 09:36 PM\']And I agree with his point of the one glaring omission- the one HUGE, GLARING EFFING OMISSION- in the contestant category.[/quote]I'm assuming, since that's one of the "modern" categories, that it relates to those within the past twelve months.

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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2009, 11:04:47 PM »
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213219\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 09:36 PM\']Alex obviously doesn't agree.

And I agree with his point of the one glaring omission- the one HUGE, GLARING EFFING OMISSION- in the contestant category.[/quote]What I don't understand is why the category was "smartest" contestant instead of "best". And even if you wanted to single out the smarties, I think you should have had a "luckiest" category as well. Ms. Lowenstein should be represented somewhere.

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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2009, 11:06:02 PM »
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'213225\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 10:01 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213219\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 09:36 PM\']And I agree with his point of the one glaring omission- the one HUGE, GLARING EFFING OMISSION- in the contestant category.[/quote]I'm assuming, since that's one of the "modern" categories, that it relates to those within the past twelve months.
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Which makes the omission even more glaring, especially considering that they friggin' DRAGGED SAID PERSON OUT TO CALIFORNIA for an interview well after the fact...
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« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2009, 11:37:02 PM »
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213227\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 11:06 PM\']Which makes the omission even more glaring, especially considering that they friggin' DRAGGED SAID PERSON OUT TO CALIFORNIA for an interview well after the fact...[/quote]lol. I was thinking of one Mr. Jennings. Carry on.

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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2009, 12:49:58 AM »
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'213229\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 10:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213227\' date=\'Apr 15 2009, 11:06 PM\']Which makes the omission even more glaring, especially considering that they friggin' DRAGGED SAID PERSON OUT TO CALIFORNIA for an interview well after the fact...[/quote]lol. I was thinking of one Mr. Jennings. Carry on.
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Your brain's broken. I blame Phil Keoghan. ;)

(Is CarShark modded? I don't remember his post being before mine.)
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2009, 12:57:09 AM »
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'213231\' date=\'Apr 16 2009, 12:49 AM\']Your brain's broken. I blame Phil Keoghan. ;)[/quote]I was shocked to not see his name listed in the celebrity player section.