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What were they talking about, anyway?
carlisle96:
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--- Quote from: SamJ93 on October 18, 2024, 12:11:24 PM ---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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I think he explained it during a special or interview and said "This is what it looks like when I'm talking to you" while the contestants would smile and nod and keep up the ruse. Of course you can't hear them over the applause and theme tune.
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I don't get it. Why not have a real chat, even if it's about the weather or the food in the green room before the show? Why is it to anyone's advantage to make it phony? The mill-arounds on To Tell the Truth were genuine. A friend was an imposter and recalled talking to Peggy Cass about one thing or another while the credits rolled. I also remember watching Bill Cullen and Art James chat during the credits and it's clear the conversations are genuine.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: carlisle96 on October 27, 2024, 12:12:58 PM ---The mill-arounds on To Tell the Truth were genuine.
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Key word: genuine. Jack Barry seemed to be the opposite of that, hence the Quiz Show Scandals. :P
TLEberle:
I’d say more awkward. I don’t think he’d remember to bid us a most cordial welcome without a cue card.
PYLdude:
--- Quote --- I don't get it. Why not have a real chat, even if it's about the weather or the food in the green room before the show? Why is it to anyone's advantage to make it phony?
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You also have to remember that there’s multiple episodes taking place at the same session, so everyone involved has had their attitude adjusted as the day’s worn on. You might have started out fine, but it’s getting to be 5:00 and you’ve been there all morning and afternoon and you just want it to be over. And this is on both sides.
I know that doesn’t really excuse it, but that’s how I came to see it. (Ten hours in a green room is not ideal.)
chris319:
--- Quote from: geno57 on October 27, 2024, 05:03:37 AM ---For some reason, I never felt quite comfortable watching Jack Barry. He just never seemed the least bit friendly or approachable.
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He was neither of those things. I met him when NATPE was in San Francisco in 1976. I asked him about Break the Bank which they were trying to sell into syndication. He was cold and brusque. One walked away with a creepy feeling.
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