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SamJ93:
As a sort-of counterpoint to the "hosts leaving the stage" thread, on the many shows where the host & winning contestant(s) stuck around and chatted while the credits rolled...what were they talking about that seemed so interesting and hilarious? Any former contestants here who might remember?

/12-year-old me was somehow convinced that they were just mouthing words and pretending to have a conversation, but I'm pretty sure now that that's not right...

SwohS Emag:
I had a chance to be on Millionaire in 2016, and my segment ended up straddling two episodes.  Obviously being on a game show was a bucket list item, but a more specific item was to be able to have a credits chat with the host.  So, when I realized I was going to be part of a credit roll, I pushed myself to make small talk with Chris Harrison just to make it look like we were having a great time (which I was).  I told him about how I live in Philly but was born in TX and raised as a Cowboys fan (he is from north TX).  I made sure to smile brightly the whole time.  He kindly went along with it; no clue whether a producer was talking to him in his earpiece.  Even still, this is my unabashed highlight from my appearance.  (I was reaching for 20K and lost, dropped to 5K in the first question on the following episode.)

BrandonFG:

--- Quote from: SamJ93 on October 18, 2024, 08:12:36 AM ---/12-year-old me was somehow convinced that they were just mouthing words and pretending to have a conversation, but I'm pretty sure now that that's not right...

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Oddly enough, I remember someone brought up a TV Guide article where a Joker’s Wild contestant said Jack Barry did exactly that - pretended to talk by just miming a conversation.

Ian Wallis:

--- Quote from: BrandonFG on October 18, 2024, 09:32:13 AM ---
--- Quote from: SamJ93 on October 18, 2024, 08:12:36 AM ---/12-year-old me was somehow convinced that they were just mouthing words and pretending to have a conversation, but I'm pretty sure now that that's not right...

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Oddly enough, I remember someone brought up a TV Guide article where a Joker’s Wild contestant said Jack Barry did exactly that - pretended to talk by just miming a conversation.

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That was me!  It was a letter to the editor in the Canadian edition (around 1978 I think), where a gentleman from Vancouver was a contestant and he said that during the credits Jack came over and stated something to the effect of "...this is the part of the show where I'm supposed to be talking to the contestants, so just pretend we're talking.  He mouthed a few words without saying anything and I just went along with it."

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread!

SamJ93:
Well I'll be. 12-year-old me wasn't right about very much, but I'll take it.

/and it somehow makes complete sense that Jack Barry was the type to do this...

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