I think you use too many parentheses (those curly things that have statements that could be a part of the prose (the "writing part") or deleted altogether (the preferred solution)).you read his posts?
What do you think?
~Ben
What do you think?
~Ben
I think that you are focusing too much on one specific thing about the show. There are other important factors, too:
1) What did they have in place in case, when turning the number for the cash jackpot, if it would have fallen out of alignment and dropped on a contestant's head?
2) What if, when they changed the Fame Game to stopping the light with the buzzer, it would have triggered a seizure in a contestant (and remember folks, fainting on a game show is *not* funny).
These are also factors you need to consider. Don't just concentrate on the balloon allergies. There are other issues, too!
California law?Obviously I don't care enough to actually check (if the full code is even available online; I figure it prolly is this being 2013 and all) but it wouldn't surprise me; it's the sort of thing a treehugger group would get ramrodded through as a rider on a balloon release ban. Keep little kids from losing their balloons, keep the remnants from eventually coming down in a forest where they can strangle an ocelot or some shiat.
Right here (http://\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=00001-01000&file=2-21\")California law?Obviously I don't care enough to actually check (if the full code is even available online; I figure it prolly is this being 2013 and all) but it wouldn't surprise me
I now want to ask: were there any contestants or crew members that ever got sick from the confetti drop?
~Ben
He or she could have been sneezing and/or coughing violently on the set. Watery/itchy (red) eyes, skin rashes, and shortness of breath (asthma) are other symptoms associated with allergic reactions.I now want to ask: were there any contestants or crew members that ever got sick from the confetti drop?
~Ben
How would they have gotten sick?
I now want to ask: were there any contestants or crew members that ever got sick from the confetti drop?Oh, all the time! That's why USA only ran one year's worth of reruns from a six-year series. The rest of the episodes contained vomiting.
Right here (http://\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=00001-01000&file=2-21\")
I didn't know people were allergic to paper.He or she could have been sneezing and/or coughing violently on the set. Watery/itchy (red) eyes, skin rashes, and shortness of breath (asthma) are other symptoms associated with allergic reactions.I now want to ask: were there any contestants or crew members that ever got sick from the confetti drop?
~Ben
How would they have gotten sick?
Is señor Mario modded? I don't understand why this needed to be asked.It's because I was curious about this part of the show.
Brandon, you didn't hear of that one winner on Name That Tune in 1984 who perished under an avalanche of balloons, did you. There was so much stuff on stage they couldn't get to her for two whole weeks. The worst bit is she never got to drive home in her new Pontiac Fiero.Oh I did...I still can't bring myself to read about that tragedy, although the rock stars gathering to sing that song in her honor was indeed touching. I also gained a new respect for Jim Lange when I learned he decided to donate his week's salary to her family.
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(a) No person shall sell or distribute any balloon that is constructed of electrically conductive material, and filled with a gas lighter than air without:(1) Affixing an object of sufficient weight to the balloon or its appurtenance to counter the lift capability of the balloon.[/size][/font][/color](2) Affixing a statement on the balloon, or ensuring that a statement is so affixed, that warns the consumer about the risk if the balloon comes in contact with electrical power lines.[/size][/font][/color](3) A printed identification of the manufacturer of the balloon.[/size][/font][/color](b) No person shall sell or distribute any balloon filled with a gas lighter than air that is attached to an electrically conductive string, tether, streamer, or other electrically conductive appurtenance.[/size][/font][/color](c) No person shall sell or distribute any balloon that is constructed of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air and that is attached to another balloon constructed of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air.[/size][/font][/color](d) No person or group shall release, outdoors, balloons made of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air, as part of a public or civic event, promotional activity, or product advertisement.[/size][/font][/color](e) Any person who violates subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). Any person who violates subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) who has been previously convicted twice of violating subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[/size][/font][/color](f) This section shall not apply to manned hot air balloons, or to balloons used in governmental or scientific research projects.[/size][/font][/color]
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 141. Effective January 1, 2005.)
I wonder if any game show actually did have a helium balloon release when somebody won?)Hollywood Squares from the mid 80s would do that when they did shows outdoors.
Okay, I can't believe I actually bothered to look this up, but the California law regarding helium-filled mylar balloons is found in the state penal code, part 1, title 15, chapter 2:Quotelegal mumbo jumbo
Note the date, though -- this exact wording of the law wasn't in effect during the run of SOTC, and I definitely don't feel like trying to find old versions of the statutes.
I've a question about $ale of the Century (1983 U.S. version): regarding any episodes in which a contestant successfully wins the big prize of the day (in which a confetti drop featuring balloons results), I'm wondering if, for those unlucky winners and crew members that are allergic to latex--which is the material that was used for the balloons you're seeing during the last few minutes of the show--for the outgoing winner, at his/her request, they could've opted to give him/her a bouquet of a dozen foil (often, and erroneously, called mylar) balloons colored silver and gold, usually of the 18" round circle type, with at least one gold and one silver dollar-sign foil balloon for great measure, all on (non-metallic) strings and with one weight per balloon, as per California law?
That kind of idea would mean a cleaner set (only the confetti paper will remain among the mess), and the # of people (esp. the crew members) that stayed home due to allergic reactions from latex would be reduced.
What do you think?
~Ben
It seems that whenever I post anything new here, I feel I'm not long for this forum.
I do not mean any offense towards any of you here, and I sincerely apologize if ever I have offended you.
~Ben
Now, if she enjoyed playing tennis in her birthday suit on a daily basis, that would apply.
It seems that whenever I post anything new here, I feel I'm not long for this forum.In your daily life when you're talking to people or sending e-mails, do you stop to ponder how your words will be received, or do you just open up the tap and let fly? Because this isn't just your own private sandbox, you have to relate to people and have conversations with them and absorb what they tell you. (I guess you don't have to, but your stay will be unpleasant otherwise.)
"Mario" is my childhood nickname, of course (from Super Mario Bros.)It seems that whenever I post anything new here, I feel I'm not long for this forum.In your daily life when you're talking to people or sending e-mails, do you stop to ponder how your words will be received, or do you just open up the tap and let fly? Because this isn't just your own private sandbox, you have to relate to people and have conversations with them and absorb what they tell you. (I guess you don't have to, but your stay will be unpleasant otherwise.)
The whole Ben/Mario deal doesn't help your cause either.
The two times that I've seen a balloon drop on a TV set, the clean-up procedure was as follows: A few stagehands wander around the floor, each one holding a stick with a few nails embedded in one end. Pop, pop, pop. Another stagehand follows with a vacuum cleaner.
I\'m going to ask you a question that our associate circuit judge asks a lot of people:
Can you pass a drug test today? Did you study real hard?
/Actually, that\'s two questions...
Upon reading the initial post and noticing this thread went to six pages my first thought was \"way to feed the trolls, guys\". Then I read through the responses and it seems that this guy really was serious about his question. And to that I say...all the awesomeness that was the Jim Perry \"$ale of the Century\" and the only thing you have to ask about it was the balloons? The balloons that only made an appearance whenever someone won the lot, which was...oh, just guessing here...nowhere NEAR often enough to warrant such a question?
Actually, screw the OP. I just wanted the opportunity to express to the internet that I loved \"$ale\" but, besides the main theme and shopping music, it had THE worst music package on any game show I\'ve ever seen. *sigh* There...I feel better.