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Title: Article on game show cheats
Post by: geno57 on February 20, 2014, 01:28:42 PM

Found this on Yahoo News today.  It's probably Old News to most of ye.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-game-show-winners-060000732.html

Title: Re: Article on game show cheats
Post by: TLEberle on February 20, 2014, 01:31:46 PM

I hope the "author" wasn't paid for that.

Title: Re: Article on game show cheats
Post by: WarioBarker on February 20, 2014, 04:48:15 PM

At least the "author" didn't try to use Michael Larson as an example of cheating.

Title: Re: Article on game show cheats
Post by: TLEberle on February 20, 2014, 05:19:58 PM

Quote from: Dan88 on February 20, 2014, 04:48:15 PM

At least the "author" didn't try to use Michael Larson as an example of cheating.

Why waste time writing when you can get to the cafeteria line that much faster.

I don't expect artful wordplay and brilliant storytelling but my goodness that had all the coherence of refrigerator magnet poetry.

Title: Re: Article on game show cheats
Post by: geno57 on February 20, 2014, 09:42:24 PM

Yahoo "News" is pretty bad, usually.  And I refuse to watch their horrid little video productions, with their vapid hosts.

Title: Re: Article on game show cheats
Post by: TLEberle on February 20, 2014, 09:56:39 PM

Says the guy who linked to the piece in the first place. ;)

Now if you want good writing Ken Jennings wrote a piece for the Smithsonian about some pieces from the original Jeopardy making their way to America's attic.