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Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 02:54 PM\'] Do they still make Geritol?  For some reason, that's the first product name that comes to mind when I think of the old TTTT.  I love the idea that the game is all about telling the truth, and here's a product that makes false claims about curing "tired blood". [/quote]
 http://www.geritol.com/

Complete for whats in it.
Special for whats not.

GameShowFan:

--- Quote ---cutting out the fee plug from the end credits with one of those annoying generic GSN contact us things that are several years old and very stale.
--- End quote ---

Those generic "contact us" plugs were put in way back in 1994 (pre-Day 1!) to cover up contestant plugs.

The other cuts I can't help you with.

'Brian

chris319:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 12:54 PM\']Do they still make Geritol?  For some reason, that's the first product name that comes to mind when I think of the old TTTT.  I love the idea that the game is all about telling the truth, and here's a product that makes false claims about curing "tired blood".[/quote]
Who decided the claims were false? Did they lose a lawsuit? Did the FTC act against them? My recollection is that Geritol claimed to be a tonic for "iron-poor, tired blood". If Geritol has nutritional iron* in it, I don't see where the claim is false.

*Nutritional iron mixed with a liberal amount of ethanol.

davemackey:
There was even a disclaimer that disassociated the current maker of Geritol from Pharamaceuticals, Inc., at the end of the film "Quiz Show".

JMFabiano:
Ummmmm....the B/W shows always contained jarring cuts.  At least as far back as I remember (which would be around May '97)

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