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Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: DoorNumberFour on January 14, 2008, 08:07:01 PM: I usually hear the names of David Letterman and Seth MacFarlane when we discuss celebrities who are/may be game show fans/nuts.

Are there any other celebrities out there who have let out some of their geekdom at one point or another?
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Jay Temple on January 15, 2008, 12:37:03 AM: I recall hearing that Paul McCartney and Cher have both said that they liked Pyramid. (I heard it as a direct quote from McCartney; I think Dick said that Cher had said so.)
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: PYLW on January 15, 2008, 01:09:46 AM: According to Matt Ottinger, Joey Bishop was a big game show fan too.
http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=13868 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=13868\")
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: comicus on January 15, 2008, 10:35:27 AM: I remember reading an article about Celine Dion from a few years ago that said her absolute favorite television show was The Price is Right.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: tpirfan28 on January 15, 2008, 10:37:03 AM: Matt Ottinger.

/at least "one of us"
//celebrity? I donno.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: davemackey on January 15, 2008, 10:47:28 AM: Sammy Davis Jr. was said to have loved game shows.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 15, 2008, 11:26:28 AM: [quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'174955\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 10:37 AM\']
Matt Ottinger.

/at least "one of us"
//celebrity? I donno.[/quote]
Apparently not. Someone deleted the Wikipedia page about me.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: William A. Padron on January 15, 2008, 11:59:42 AM: [quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'174956\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 10:47 AM\']
Sammy Davis Jr. was said to have loved game shows.
[/quote]

Yeah, he appeared on the original Hollywood Squares, and was able to get the chance to host one question round of the Dawson Family Feud on ABC-TV daytime early on during its run. If there is going to be a DVD box set with civilian Feud episodes coming in the future, Sammy's appearence as a "guest host" should be included as a possibility.
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Post by: SRIV94 on January 15, 2008, 12:24:55 PM: [quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'174963\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 10:59 AM\']
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'174956\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 10:47 AM\']
Sammy Davis Jr. was said to have loved game shows.
[/quote]

Yeah, he appeared on the original Hollywood Squares, and was able to get the chance to host one question round of the Dawson Family Feud on ABC-TV daytime early on during its run.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure he did a walk-on on Perry CS in 1981 as well.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: J.R. on January 15, 2008, 01:03:23 PM: Would it be safe to say Andy Warhol was a game show fan too?
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Jimmy Owen on January 15, 2008, 01:11:39 PM: [quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'174970\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 01:03 PM\']
Would it be safe to say Andy Warhol was a game show fan too?
[/quote]

I think he liked them for their camp value only.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Allstar87 on January 15, 2008, 04:43:58 PM: I don't think he's ever come out and said it, but I'd think Coolio's one too. He's done a lot of them in the past 10 years!
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: BrandonFG on January 15, 2008, 04:54:52 PM: [quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'174991\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 04:43 PM\']
I don't think he's ever come out and said it, but I'd think Coolio's one too. He's done a lot of them in the past 10 years!
[/quote]
You can only ride the check from a one-hit wonder but for so far.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: clemon79 on January 15, 2008, 05:09:52 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'174994\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 01:54 PM\']
You can only ride the check from a one-hit wonder but for so far.
[/quote]
Two hits, dammit!

/gotta gotta get up to get down
//gotta gotta get up to get down
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: BrandonFG on January 15, 2008, 05:27:46 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'174996\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'174994\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 01:54 PM\']
You can only ride the check from a one-hit wonder but for so far.
[/quote]
Two hits, dammit!

/gotta gotta get up to get down
[/quote]
Duly noted. And for your slashies, we also would've accepted "puff-puff-pass"...

/What?
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Post by: clemon79 on January 15, 2008, 05:32:54 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'175002\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 02:27 PM\']
Duly noted. And for your slashies, we also would've accepted "puff-puff-pass"...
[/quote]
I didn't want to fark up the rotation.
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Post by: Scrabbleship on January 15, 2008, 05:41:29 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'174996\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'174994\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 01:54 PM\']
You can only ride the check from a one-hit wonder but for so far.
[/quote]
Two hits, dammit!
[/quote]

Two? Does "Fantastic Voyage" somehow not count?. I know it was slightly before he went mainstream and hit the game show circuit, but still...

/Where's the forum for mid 90's hip-hop?
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: DoorNumberFour on January 15, 2008, 05:44:22 PM: [quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'175008\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:41 PM\']
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
[/quote]
I simply MUST let you hear some of my projects.

I've been using a lot of Kalehoff stuff lately (Tattletales, Concentration '73 to be exact), so that TV Production Music Museum has been a godsend to me in the past couple of days.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: clemon79 on January 15, 2008, 05:47:26 PM: [quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'175008\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 02:41 PM\']
Two? Does "Fantastic Voyage" somehow not count?. I know it was slightly before he went mainstream and hit the game show circuit, but still...[/quote]
Fine, three. My point was, more than one.
Quote
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
Already done a few times, I believe.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: LA the DJ on January 15, 2008, 05:58:12 PM: [quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'175008\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:41 PM\']
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
[/quote]
There was a hip-hop/R&B song called Dilemma by Nelly and Kelly Rowland from a couple years back that had a tune in the background that sounded like a slowed down version of the theme from Davidson's Squares.

Can't say I can recall a "hip-hop" song that's sampled a game show theme. I know of at least one techno song (Come on Down by Crystal Waters).
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: clemon79 on January 15, 2008, 06:01:34 PM: [quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' post=\'175016\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 02:58 PM\']
Can't say I can recall a "hip-hop" song that's sampled a game show theme.
[/quote]
"My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style," Dream Warriors. (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfx7tvGisbA\")
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 15, 2008, 06:06:09 PM: [quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'174991\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 04:43 PM\']
I don't think he's ever come out and said it, but I'd think Coolio's one too. [/quote]
I think if we're using appearances as a barometer, then Jason Alexander must qualify. And he certainly doesn't need the work or the money!
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Scrabbleship on January 15, 2008, 06:16:35 PM: [quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' post=\'175016\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'175008\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:41 PM\']
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
[/quote]
There was a hip-hop/R&B song called Dilemma by Nelly and Kelly Rowland from a couple years back that had a tune in the background that sounded like a slowed down version of the theme from Davidson's Squares.

Can't say I can recall a "hip-hop" song that's sampled a game show theme. I know of at least one techno song (Come on Down by Crystal Waters).
[/quote]

And a good one nonetheless. A little cheesy, but still good.

I've always thought that Bob Cobert's assorted game show works would make good samples. Imagine someone sampling the Pyramid theme or Chain Reaction or even something obscure, but catchy, like the Your Number's Up win music...
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: TheLastResort on January 15, 2008, 06:36:48 PM: No one has said Betty White yet??!
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: dale_grass on January 15, 2008, 07:34:05 PM: [quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'175030\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 07:36 PM\']
No one has said Betty White yet??!
[/quote]
I've sampled Betty White dozens of times.

\Wait, what?
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Post by: tpirfan28 on January 15, 2008, 07:58:02 PM: (not quoted to spare you)

For those wondering, brain bleach is on sale at the local Wal-Mart for $10.78/case. Contains 5 gallons.

/wrong on SO many levels.
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Post by: LA the DJ on January 15, 2008, 07:58:17 PM: [quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'175044\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 07:34 PM\']

I've sampled Betty White dozens of times.

\Wait, what?
[/quote]

I lol'd
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Post by: xavier45 on January 15, 2008, 08:55:19 PM: Ellen Degenrous(SP?) always says on her show that she loves Games and Game Shows. She often plays games on her show.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 15, 2008, 09:17:58 PM: [quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'175062\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:55 PM\']
Ellen Degenrous(SP?) always says on her show that she loves Games and Game Shows. She often plays games on her show.[/quote]
Well, then add Rosie O'Donnell to the list. I still have a bunch of swag a producer of her old talk show sent me when I helped them with some game show stuff.
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Post by: Kevin Prather on January 16, 2008, 01:06:26 AM: [quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' post=\'175016\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 02:58 PM\']
There was a hip-hop/R&B song called Dilemma by Nelly and Kelly Rowland from a couple years back that had a tune in the background that sounded like a slowed down version of the theme from Davidson's Squares.
[/quote]
I can't remember my source, but I've read that both of those songs are inspired by the same song. Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You."
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: BrandonFG on January 16, 2008, 04:08:03 PM: [quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'175091\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:06 AM\']
Quote
There was a hip-hop/R&B song called Dilemma by Nelly and Kelly Rowland from a couple years back that had a tune in the background that sounded like a slowed down version of the theme from Davidson's Squares.
I can't remember my source, but I've read that both of those songs are inspired by the same song. Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You."
[/quote]
"Dilemma" features an element of the LaBelle song, the portion where Kelly says "I love you/baby I need you/Nelly, I love you..." That's more or less the chorus of "Love, Need and Want You", minus the reference to Nelly. :-)

ObGameShow: Patti LaBelle appeared on some game show within the last 5-10 years...I wanna say HSq.
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Post by: uncamark on January 16, 2008, 04:12:52 PM: And tonight Ellen's on a game show--as a "DOND" suitcase model.

Something which has been difficult not to know you've been watching NBC for even a half-hour this week.

(Are those "Law and Order All-New Tonight 10/9C" messages above the logo bug on "Days," too?)
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: BrandonFG on January 16, 2008, 04:22:39 PM: [quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'175134\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 04:12 PM\']
(Are those "Law and Order All-New Tonight 10/9C" messages above the logo bug on "Days," too?)
[/quote]
Yes, as well as for other network programming. NBC's got the lock on obnoxious advertisements--they pop-upped the hell out of AG and other stuff throughout the Christmas/New Years season.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: tpirfan28 on January 16, 2008, 04:43:55 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'175140\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 04:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'175134\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 04:12 PM\']
(Are those "Law and Order All-New Tonight 10/9C" messages above the logo bug on "Days," too?)
[/quote]
Yes, as well as for other network programming. NBC's got the lock on obnoxious advertisements--they pop-upped the hell out of AG and other stuff throughout the Christmas/New Years season.
[/quote]
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean) countdown clock during the last hour of Deal leading into the first AG.
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Post by: clemon79 on January 16, 2008, 05:18:19 PM: [quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'175149\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:43 PM\']
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean)[/quote]
Goddamn, you mean?

/we're adults here
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Post by: dale_grass on January 16, 2008, 05:38:22 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'175159\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 06:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'175149\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:43 PM\']
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean)[/quote]
Goddamn, you mean?

/we're adults here
[/quote]
Aw heck, maybe he was trying to avoid blasphemy or some poopie like that. Just a thought.
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Post by: clemon79 on January 16, 2008, 05:50:49 PM: [quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'175163\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 02:38 PM\']
Aw heck, maybe he was trying to avoid blasphemy or some poopie like that. Just a thought.
[/quote]
Well, fiddlesticks.
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Post by: dzinkin on January 16, 2008, 06:02:05 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'175159\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 05:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'175149\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:43 PM\']
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean)[/quote]
Goddamn, you mean?

/we're adults here
[/quote]
Yeah, the rules say the following:

Quote
A pattern of excessive and gratuitous use of foul language shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action.
That translates roughly to "you should find the happy medium between a Daye/Bartram-style string of obscenities and golly-gee whiz-gosh-darn it-to-heck." ;-)
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Jimmy Owen on January 16, 2008, 06:07:19 PM: What if Joan Osborne was one of us?
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Post by: tpirfan28 on January 16, 2008, 06:07:37 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'175159\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 05:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'175149\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:43 PM\']
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean)[/quote]
Goddamn, you mean?

/we're adults here
[/quote]
NBC isn't worth swearing at anymore. If I did, I would have lost my voice a couple of months ago.

/starting on the creativity
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Post by: Kevin Prather on January 16, 2008, 07:54:38 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'175159\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 02:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'175149\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 01:43 PM\']
It was a gosh darn (you know what I mean)[/quote]
Goddamn, you mean?

/we're adults here
[/quote]

G-ddamn please.

/Propriety, Goddammit.
// ;-)
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Post by: TimK2003 on January 16, 2008, 10:13:53 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'175140\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 05:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'175134\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 04:12 PM\']
(Are those "Law and Order All-New Tonight 10/9C" messages above the logo bug on "Days," too?)
[/quote]
Yes, as well as for other network programming. NBC's got the lock on obnoxious advertisements--they pop-upped the hell out of AG and other stuff throughout the Christmas/New Years season.
[/quote]

MESSAGE TO WRITER'S GUILD:

In the ongoing negotiations, include a mandatory clause in the next contract to "forbid any non-generic network logos during any of their programs" (EAS/local bulletins excluded)

It does obstruct and/or detract from the fruits of their labor, you know!!! :-)
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Post by: clemon79 on January 16, 2008, 10:38:47 PM: Hmmm....fair and equitable compensation for their work, vs. making a few taping fiends happy. I'm pretty sure I know which side of that issue I fall on.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Matt Ottinger on January 16, 2008, 10:49:49 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'175198\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 10:38 PM\']
Hmmm....fair and equitable compensation for their work, vs. making a few taping fiends happy. I'm pretty sure I know which side of that issue I fall on.[/quote]
I think those constant bugs, which are getting bigger and more obnoxious all the time, are an annoying problem for a lot more folks than the occasional tape hound.
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Post by: clemon79 on January 16, 2008, 10:58:35 PM: [quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'175199\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 07:49 PM\']
I think those constant bugs, which are getting bigger and more obnoxious all the time, are an annoying problem for a lot more folks than the occasional tape hound.[/quote]
I'm not entirely disagreeing, but I sure as heck wouldn't risk a labor agreement on them, either.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: davidhammett on January 17, 2008, 02:22:35 AM: Coming in a little late here, but I've heard that Neil Patrick Harris is a big game show fan as well.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: davemackey on January 17, 2008, 03:43:12 AM: [quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'175167\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 06:02 PM\']
That translates roughly to "you should find the happy medium between a Daye/Bartram-style string of obscenities and golly-gee whiz-gosh-darn it-to-heck." ;-)
[/quote]
Oh, come on. Everyone knows the king of that was General Chuck or whatever his name was.
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Post by: dzinkin on January 17, 2008, 10:44:52 AM: [quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'175210\' date=\'Jan 17 2008, 03:43 AM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'175167\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 06:02 PM\']
That translates roughly to "you should find the happy medium between a Daye/Bartram-style string of obscenities and golly-gee whiz-gosh-darn it-to-heck." ;-)
[/quote]
Oh, come on. Everyone knows the king of that was General Chuck or whatever his name was.
[/quote]
Whatever Mr. Gibson may have done, Harvey and Grant surpassed him a long time ago.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: comicus on January 17, 2008, 11:36:00 AM: [quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'175210\' date=\'Jan 17 2008, 03:43 AM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'175167\' date=\'Jan 16 2008, 06:02 PM\']
That translates roughly to "you should find the happy medium between a Daye/Bartram-style string of obscenities and golly-gee whiz-gosh-darn it-to-heck." ;-)
[/quote]
Oh, come on. Everyone knows the king of that was General Chuck or whatever his name was.
[/quote]
Good grief. Comparing Chuck G. to Harvey Daye and Grant Bartram is like comparing tax evading Wesley Snipes to al-Qaeda.
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Post by: Yogi007 on January 18, 2008, 10:45:03 AM: [quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'175062\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:55 PM\']
Ellen DeGeneres always says on her show that she loves Games and Game Shows. She often plays games on her show.
[/quote]

I thought it was mentioned somewhere about this, but I can't find it. Maybe I'm wrong or just looking in the wrong place. But I digress from what I wanted to mention. Alex Trebek will be on Ellen's show today. Also today is her "Game Week" finale. Set your VCR/DVR/recording devices.
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Post by: MTCesquire on January 19, 2008, 02:09:39 PM: [quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'175008\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:41 PM\']
//The first artist to sample a game show theme in the background so has my money, no matter how bad the content.
[/quote]

It took me ten years to figure out who did this, but I finally figured it out. Barker would have a heart attack.

Unfortunately, I could only find the instrumental, but here ya go:

Lord Digga- My Flows Is Tight (http://\"http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?ID=1444&Audio=Lord-Digga-My-Flows-Is-Tight-Game-Recordings\")
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: Kevin Prather on January 19, 2008, 02:12:19 PM: [quote name=\'MTCesquire\' post=\'175523\' date=\'Jan 19 2008, 11:09 AM\']
Unfortunately, I could only find the instrumental, but here ya go:

Lord Digga- My Flows Is Tight (http://\"http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?ID=1444&Audio=Lord-Digga-My-Flows-Is-Tight-Game-Recordings\")
[/quote]
That requires RealPlayer to hear it. No sale.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: dale_grass on January 19, 2008, 02:37:52 PM: Here's a 30 second sample of the above-mentioned song, with lyrics (NSFW):

Lord Digga's My Flows is Tight (http://\"http://www.last.fm/music/Lord+Digga/_/My+Flows+is+Tight\")

\"Call me Merrill, 'cause I'm about to be lynchin'."
\\If the rap thing falls through, he could always be a golf commentator.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: MikeK on January 19, 2008, 03:19:54 PM: [quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'175528\' date=\'Jan 19 2008, 02:37 PM\']\"Call me Merrill, 'cause I'm about to be lynchin'."
\\If the rap thing falls through, he could always be a golf commentator.[/quote]
A gold star is coming your way.
Title: Celebrities who are "one of us".
Post by: TenPoundHammer on January 21, 2008, 08:03:07 AM: Going back to the original subject, I believe that Larry the Cable Guy is a game show fan -- there are several mentions of game shows in Git-R-Done (including a section where he states that he likes The Price Is Right because it allows him to use the word "plinko" in everyday conversation).