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vtown7:

--- Quote ---..."hamsters apparatuses".
I burst out laughing when I saw that.
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I do what I can :)

Cheers,

Ryan :)

Steve_Bier:
It would have been interesting to see someone whammy out in round one. I've always had this mental picture of the contestant with his feet up on the podium in front of him, reclining and reading a magazine, while Peter goes on with the rest of the game.

I'd love to know what would have happened if a contestant landed on "Pick a Corner"....with one of the corners being a whammy....and was brain-dead enough to pick the whammy.

Ian Wallis:

--- Quote ---I like PYL because underneath all the silliness, there is one heck of an exciting, high-stakes game behind it.
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I think that's one of the reasons I like the "classic" PYL - BECAUSE of the silliness.  In today's world (OK, and yesterday's), sometimes we're all too serious with everything going on (and maybe we should be), but it's nice to be able to escape all that and laugh for a little while - and PYL was usually able to do that.  As other people have mentioned, most of the time it was very exciting as well - because you just didn't know what was going to happen, or who was going to win until that final spin was taken.

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Steve_Bier\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 08:50 AM\'] It would have been interesting to see someone whammy out in round one. I've always had this mental picture of the contestant with his feet up on the podium in front of him, reclining and reading a magazine, while Peter goes on with the rest of the game.

I'd love to know what would have happened if a contestant landed on "Pick a Corner"....with one of the corners being a whammy....and was brain-dead enough to pick the whammy. [/quote]
People wonder why I think PYL is directed towards children and the lower IQ-bracket.
He would be credited with a whammy.

tommycharles:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 12:44 PM\']
As for B&E, there is nothing wrong with the formats of their shows that can't be improved by better, more challenging question writing, better end games and a less kitschy feel.  ("TJW" became a better show in the end simply for having Bill Cullen around--even if Cullen wasn't at his peak, Cullen off-peak is better than a lot of hosts at their peak.) [/quote]
 What did Cullen do differently than Barry that made you prefer him?

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