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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: WarioBarker on January 04, 2013, 04:56:33 AM
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My brother, Phil, told me back around mid-2003 that during a then-very recent DJ gig in Orlando, he was interacting with some people between songs and his behavior caught the attention of some Nickelodeon execs who were present. They called him a cross between David Letterman and Marc Summers, and asked him to try out for Slime Time Live as a possible replacement for Jeffrey Dahmer. Phil agreed, and tried out against one or two others (one of whom, I'm guessing, was eventual choice Dave Aizer).
Phil then said that, should he not get that job (or possibly, even if he did), he was on a two-person shortlist for a Double Dare revival. He apparently taped a pilot, or at least did a runthrough, and at the time I wanted him to get a classic series back on the air. Unfortunately, neither came to pass.
I've had my doubts as to whether Phil was telling the truth, but I figure that if anyone would be able to confirm or deny any of this, it'd be this group. Thanks in advance for any help. :)
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as a possible replacement for Jeffrey Dahmer.
I can't imagine why that choice could have gone wrong.
/the ultimate physical challenge
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and asked him to try out for Slime Time Live as a possible replacement for Jeffrey Dahmer.
Everybody BUT Dan: I'm not missing anything here, right? There isn't a second Jeffrey Dahmer I don't know about, like the second Adam Sandler at TPiR?
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and asked him to try out for Slime Time Live as a possible replacement for Jeffrey Dahmer.
Everybody BUT Dan: I'm not missing anything here, right? There isn't a second Jeffrey Dahmer I don't know about, like the second Adam Sandler at TPiR?
I have a feeling there's no way in hell someone by that name would be allowed to host a TV show, esp. on Nickelodeon. I can't find any name remotely close on the Slime Time Live Wiki page (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_Time_Live\").
Dan, I think you've been had somewhere in that story.
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I have a feeling there's no way in hell someone by that name would be allowed to host a TV show, esp. on Nickelodeon.
Me too, but I wanted to be sure before I found the irony...
<sunglasses>
...to be delicious.
/YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I have a feeling there's no way in hell someone by that name would be allowed to host a TV show,
Kinda like when Kyle Hitler ran for the state legislature. It went badly.
(Dan, you are the second-most credulous mark I've ever seen here.)
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I have a feeling there's no way in hell someone by that name would be allowed to host a TV show, esp. on Nickelodeon.
Me too, but I wanted to be sure before I found the irony...
<sunglasses>
...to be delicious.
/YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Well played. :-)
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Could it be that Dan misspelled the guy's name? Or Phil mispronounced it?
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Could it be that Dan misspelled the guy's name? Or Phil mispronounced it?
I looked up the Wiki article for the show. There's no name that's associated it that's even close.
I suspect Dan's brother is a bowler. And Dan's a sucker.
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I looked up the Wiki article for the show. There's no name that's associated it that's even close.
I suspect Dan's brother is a bowler. And Dan's a sucker.
I suspect you're right (and my whole family also believed it). Then again, this was a story Phil told nearly a decade ago, and like I said in the OP I did have my suspicions that he was full of shiat (he tends to be like that) -- I just wanted to make absolutely sure of this due to it lingering in my head for so long, and now I have my answer.
Thanks, guys. :)
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I suspect you're right (and my whole family also believed it).
Your whole family heard Jeff Dahmer's name and didn't smell a rat?
You've been suckered by more than just your brother, bud.
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Your whole family heard Jeff Dahmer's name and didn't smell a rat?
You've been suckered by more than just your brother, bud.
Most of my family didn't watch Nickelodeon at the time, and what we did watch never included Slime Time Live, so it was easy for Phil (who I think pronounced it "Dah-mer", but that's beside the point) to spread the BS.
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Most of my family didn't watch Nickelodeon at the time
At this point, you absolutely cannot be serious. If by some stroke of wow you are, here's a tip: Copy and paste this name you keep throwing around into Google. See what you find.
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Your whole family heard Jeff Dahmer's name and didn't smell a rat?
You've been suckered by more than just your brother, bud.
Most of my family didn't watch Nickelodeon at the time, and what we did watch never included Slime Time Live, so it was easy for Phil (who I think pronounced it "Dah-mer", but that's beside the point) to spread the BS.
The fact that he pronounced it so that you could spell it the way you spelled should say something. I'm having a hard time believing no one picked up on that. I'd think a name like that would stick in the minds of people 20 years later.
I guess Mad Gab is a no at game night then?
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Copy and paste this name you keep throwing around into Google. See what you find.
...oh, crap.
Yeah, Phil was filled to the brim with BS.
I learned something today. I wish I hadn't, but there you are.
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Most of my family didn't watch Nickelodeon at the time, and what we did watch never included Slime Time Live, so it was easy for Phil (who I think pronounced it "Dah-mer", but that's beside the point) to spread the BS.
I think you're missing the point. Whether you or your family watched Nickelodeon is irrelevant. Fact is, Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most notorious psychopaths of the last 25 years. I dunno if your brother was joking, BS'g, or mispronouncing (my money's on option b), Jeffrey's name should still be close enough to where you gotta say, "No way, dude..."
Nevermind the fact that Dahmer was killed a good 5 or 6 years before Slime Time Live even premiered, no network exec in his or her right mind is going to let a guy with a name remotely close to Jeffrey Dahmer host a TV show. They'd requ...no, DEMAND he change it to Jeff Danner or something.
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See what you find.
Shoulda told him to...
<sunglasses>
...chew on it.
/YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Two questions for Dan:
1) why didn't you do the research first?
2) How many more Free Spins are we supposed to give you?
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2) How many more Free Spins are we supposed to give you?
Hey, if you were still giving him seventh and eighth chances at this point, that's on you. :)
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See what you find.
Shoulda told him to...
<sunglasses>
...chew on it.
/YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Two in one thread!! Well played, sir. :)
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Copy and paste this name you keep throwing around into Google. See what you find.
...oh, crap.
Yeah, Phil was filled to the brim with BS.
I learned something today. I wish I hadn't, but there you are.
Google is your friend :-)
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Dan, in all seriousness, how could you not have heard about Jeffrey Dahmer until today? Did you not watch the news when you were little? Have you ever heard of a sociology class? Are you blind? Is there something that prevents you from hearing about these things?
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David Berkowitz and Tim McVeigh both tried out for Finders Keepers. Just sayin'.
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Dan, in all seriousness, how could you not have heard about Jeffrey Dahmer until today? Did you not watch the news when you were little? Have you ever heard of a sociology class?
I was discussing this point with Steve Gavazzi yesterday: given the time period of J. D.'s crime spree, if Dan's young enough it is possible that he would not have heard about them at all. Given that Dahmer met his reward in 1994, it is entirely possible. That doesn't excuse the lack of google-fu on his part, but there y'are.
Are you blind?
I'm missing the part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres, and I'm a functioning member of society. What's his excuse?
/also, Eddie Timanus says "what up?"
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Dan, in all seriousness, how could you not have heard about Jeffrey Dahmer until today? Did you not watch the news when you were little? Have you ever heard of a sociology class?
I was discussing this point with Steve Gavazzi yesterday: given the time period of J. D.'s crime spree, if Dan's young enough it is possible that he would not have heard about them at all. Given that Dahmer met his reward in 1994, it is entirely possible.
You and/or Steve would be correct -- I was 3 when Dahmer went to trial in 1992, and 6 when he met his reward (I like that term :) in '94. I was going to school during that time, as well.
That aside, I've heard of sociology classes but never attended one (long story).
That doesn't excuse the lack of google-fu on his part, but there y'are.
Admittedly, it doesn't. (And I love "google-fu". :)
Are you blind?
Since you asked in seriousness, I'll respond in turn -- no, I'm not blind nor am I "legally blind" (20/200, that sort of thing). I'm also not deaf or mute in any way, I have all my body parts intact, I have no continuous pains, and I have all my teeth in my mouth.
So in all seriousness, there's nothing wrong with me physically.
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Are you blind?
Actually, from what I remember, when the right allergies trigger, yeah, he is.
As Travis said, though, utterly irrelevant to the issue at hand. Think whatever you want about Dan (lord knows I do), but that's gotta suck.
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Dan: can you see after the allergy bout is finished? How long is the blindness during?
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Dan: can you see after the allergy bout is finished? How long is the blindness during?
And are there latex balloons involved?