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Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: WhammyPower on October 02, 2008, 01:33:09 PM

Here's some of the game show-related highlights:

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Pat Sajak has spent millions trying to develop a letter that would be a vowel/consonant hybrid.
Wink Martindale has a brother named Blink.
Alex Trebek threatens to roughen up contestants if they don't give him ten percent of their winnings.
George W. Bush has never missed an episode of

Deal or No Deal.
Drew Carey got the Price is Right job after correctly guessing what his salary would be without going over.
Seven Hollywood Squares panelists were seriously injured when Dom  DeLuise, Louie Anderson, and Roseanne Barr were all seated in the top  row.
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Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: opimus on October 02, 2008, 05:22:48 PM

Why did you use invisotext?

Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: SRIV94 on October 02, 2008, 05:25:55 PM

[quote name=\'opimus\' post=\'198740\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 04:22 PM\']
Why did you use invisotext?
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I would think in case someone wants to buy the book and not be spoiled ahead of time.

Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: PYLdude on October 02, 2008, 05:29:09 PM

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'198741\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 04:25 PM\']
[quote name=\'opimus\' post=\'198740\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 04:22 PM\']
Why did you use invisotext?
[/quote]
I would think in case someone wants to buy the book and not be spoiled ahead of time.
[/quote]

I agree, and it's a much better tool than the big plastered "SPOILER ALERT" tag some people use.

This way, if you want to read, all you have to do is highlight the text, and those who want to be surprised can have that too. Winner winner, chicken parm dinner. For two.

Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: clemon79 on October 02, 2008, 05:34:37 PM

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198742\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 02:29 PM\']
Winner winner, chicken parm dinner. For two.[/quote]
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Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: PYLdude on October 02, 2008, 05:50:43 PM

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'198744\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 04:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198742\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 02:29 PM\']
Winner winner, chicken parm dinner. For two.[/quote]
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I bow to thee. Well done.

Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: dale_grass on October 02, 2008, 08:06:50 PM

Here's my favorite related to game shows:

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[color=\"#FFFFFF\"]Match Game host Gene Rayburn’s headstone reads ‘Loving Father, Friend, and Blank.”[/color]

Title: Late Show "Fun Facts"
Post by: Jay Temple on October 03, 2008, 04:08:18 PM

The Hollywood Squares reference was also the basis of a sketch I heard 20+ years ago. The VO announces the stars, who are all of the same body type referenced, and you hear the set starting to creak toward the end.