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clemon79:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 12:03 PM\'] If this thing comes together, John Carpenter is virtually guaranteed a spot.  Naturally, Charles Van Doren would pass, but Herb Stempel would do it in a heartbeat.  The others you name wouldn't even be considered.
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The field as I see it would include Carpenter, and perhaps the woman who won on the daytime show, for gender equity (wasn't it a woman? I thought Vieira made a big deal out of the first female Millionaire), Chucks Spangenberg and Forrest (or pick one and throw in Eddie Timanus for human-interest factor), our man Leszek, Thom McKee, Curtis Warren, and one other lady (say, Barbaba Phillips?). I could see it being a field of 8, 'cuz that makes for a nice neat seven-episode test run, and to be honest I don't know if you could find a field of 16 that enough people would recognize enough of.

(They also might select someone who was sucessful on a number of different shows, again for the novelty factor. Randy prolly wouldn't be eligible, but who here remembers Leon Reed? Through blind luck I have seen him on Bullseye, Hit Man, and PYL, and I remember him doing rather well on all three shows.)

I'd LOVE to see Ferrendini in there, but I think she's more renouned in our little circle than she is in the public eye.

uncamark:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 03:33 PM\']The field as I see it would include Carpenter, and perhaps the woman who won on the daytime show, for gender equity (wasn't it a woman? I thought Vieira made a big deal out of the first female Millionaire), Chucks Spangenberg and Forrest (or pick one and throw in Eddie Timanus for human-interest factor), our man Leszek, Thom McKee, Curtis Warren, and one other lady (say, Barbaba Phillips?). I could see it being a field of 8, 'cuz that makes for a nice neat seven-episode test run, and to be honest I don't know if you could find a field of 16 that enough people would recognize enough of.[/quote]
Nitpick:  *Frank* Spangenburg.

Didn't directly speak to him at the MDM \"J!\" tourney, but he really seemed like a genuinely nice guy.  I didn't hear one nasty word about him.

Jimmy Owen:
I have been told that I am the only person on earth that thinks this way, but I worry about the damage to the psyche of these winners by entering this competition.  I liken it to \"Miss America\" (hosted last weekend by Tom Bergeron)  Here are 49 girls who have been winners all of their lives up till now, in the matter of 90 minutes on a Saturday night, end up forever \"almost Miss America.\"

clemon79:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 01:42 PM\'] Nitpick:  *Frank* Spangenburg. [/quote]
 Competely legitimate nitpick. I knew something was wrong there.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 01:45 PM\'] I have been told that I am the only person on earth that thinks this way, but I worry about the damage to the psyche of these winners by entering this competition.  I liken it to "Miss America" (hosted last weekend by Tom Bergeron)  Here are 49 girls who have been winners all of their lives up till now, in the matter of 90 minutes on a Saturday night, end up forever "almost Miss America." [/quote]
 I can't say you're the ONLY person on earth that thinks that way, but I disagree with you so strongly that it wouldn't surprise me if those who did could ride around comfortably in a small Yugo.

Particularly in the case of Miss America. These little darlings are all getting their egos fed anyhow, and they know what they are getting into, and it might be very admirable that their self-confidence is such that they're going into it certain of victory, but you know what? You and I taste failure every day, and we're not terribly scarred for it. Some would even suggest we're better for the experience. A little dose of humility might do some of them some good.

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