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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: rigsby on March 05, 2004, 11:25:21 AM
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Now, I can't be certain that 1) this hasn't already been mentioned (but I didn't see it anywhere), and 2) if I have the right guy, but the Matt mentioned here (http://\"http://www.greenfieldgerbil.com/~matt979/archives/002843.html#002843\") as one of the men at Wednesday's Jeopardy taping sure seems like our co-executive producer.
Unless, of course, there is another Matt in the East Lansing area who is a "game show junkie".
Unfortunately, none of this week's taped shows air until fall, but now I guess we have another reason to fire up those VCR's!
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[quote name=\'rigsby\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 11:25 AM\'] Now, I can't be certain that 1) this hasn't already been mentioned (but I didn't see it anywhere), and 2) if I have the right guy, but the Matt mentioned here (http://\"http://www.greenfieldgerbil.com/~matt979/archives/002843.html#002843\") as one of the men at Wednesday's Jeopardy taping sure seems like our co-executive producer.
Unless, of course, there is another Matt in the East Lansing area who is a "game show junkie".
Unfortunately, none of this week's taped shows air until fall, but now I guess we have another reason to fire up those VCR's! [/quote]
The info given at said website does indeed apply to our co-EP. Whether it is him we'll find out when the time comes.
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I know that someone named Matt will be on Jeopardy on June 21. Who will that Matt be? Will it be Matt O., or the owner of the blog above, who is also named Matt? I'll never tell.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 01:54 PM\'] I know that someone named Matt will be on Jeopardy on June 21. Who will that Matt be? Will it be Matt O., or the owner of the blog above, who is also named Matt? I'll never tell.
--Mike [/quote]
Well, if it is indeed the person-who-we-think-he-is, then congratulations and best of luck!!! It couldn't happen to a nicer guy!
Wouldn't it be cool if the J! people were thinking after the show, "That Matt would sure make a great successor to Alex if and when Trebek retires down the road..." He's got the experience.
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Hmm... that would explain the somewhat cryptic comment in this thread (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=3357\"):
I watch Jeopardy every night, and I probably have a more vested interest in doing so that the average person.
Here's hoping that it was a profitable experience... heck, here's hoping that it's still going on!
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Scott Robinson
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[quote name=\'rigsby\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 10:25 AM\'] Now, I can't be certain that 1) this hasn't already been mentioned (but I didn't see it anywhere), and 2) if I have the right guy, but the Matt mentioned here (http://\"http://www.greenfieldgerbil.com/~matt979/archives/002843.html#002843\") as one of the men at Wednesday's Jeopardy taping sure seems like our co-executive producer.
Unless, of course, there is another Matt in the East Lansing area who is a "game show junkie". [/quote]
Maybe we should ask the Dave who commented and said that he knows the Wednesday Matt....
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Here's another clue; reach your own conclusions:
Matt is on an airplane this lovely Sunday morning, returning home from LA.
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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Go, Matt! I hope you did well, or at least had fun. :-)
Tim :-)
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 10:45 AM\'] Here's another clue; reach your own conclusions:
Matt is on an airplane this lovely Sunday morning, returning home from LA.
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
If it is indeed you Randy W. is talking about, Matt O., congratu-freaking-lations on being in Jeopardy! on some show(s) airing in June.
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 10:45 AM\'] Here's another clue; reach your own conclusions:
Matt is on an airplane this lovely Sunday morning, returning home from LA.
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
The only bad part about his trip was that he didn't get called a swinger.
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 08:37 AM\']Maybe we should ask the Dave who commented and said that he knows the Wednesday Matt....[/quote]
Um, that was me. I was pretty confident it was him then, and more so now.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 07:10 PM\'] If it is indeed you Randy W. is talking about, Matt O., congratu-freaking-lations on being in Jeopardy! on some show(s) airing in June. [/quote]
Oh. Crap. This means someone might actually win the Malcolm Jackpot. If it's won, I hope Matt will accept either a post-dated check or the value of the Malcolm Jackpot in Peanut M&Ms.
Can anybody refer me to a good bankruptcy lawyer? :-)
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 11:28 AM\'] Oh. Crap. This means someone might actually win the Malcolm Jackpot. If it's won, I hope Matt will accept either a post-dated check or the value of the Malcolm Jackpot in Peanut M&Ms.
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You already lost the $1.37, remember? Bad football card investment? It was a 2004 Vick, wasn't it?
Don't worry. If in fact he DID collect, I'll cover the $1.37, and I will bump it in the amount of spare change in my wallet right now, which is (whew, caught me after I spent all of the quarters :)) exactly ninety-six cents.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Malcolm Jackpot now stands at $2.33.
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For us idiots, what is the Malcolm Jackpot?
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[quote name=\'grimmte\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 03:43 PM\'] For us idiots, what is the Malcolm Jackpot? [/quote]
Those who don't know aren't "idiots" at all. And those of us who do should be ashamed. (Thanks a lot, Mike! :-))
The Malcolm Jackpot stems from a rather putrid pilot Alex Trebek hosted in the early eighties called, fittingly enough, Malcolm. I purposely forgot the premise of this awful show, but it involved two contestants answering "complete the statement" questions with the help of a rubber-animated blob named Malcolm. Trebek and Malcolm were the best of friends and were the new-day Chuck and Susan.
Unfortunately, Malcolm didn't sell. But if you go on Jeopardy, draw a sketch of him during FJ, and have Alex recognize his long lost buddy you would win...
[font=\"Geneva\"]$2.33!!![/font]
Isn't that exciting? (Actually, I would love to see that happen.)
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'grimmte\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 03:43 PM\'] For us idiots, what is the Malcolm Jackpot? [/quote]
During Final Jeopardy, if a board member draws Malcolm (a crude cartoon character from an early-80s pilot w/Trebek), and then explains it to Alex and the audience, he or she "wins" the "jackpot."
Not to be confused with the late civil rights leader or Frankie Muniz's character of the same or similar names . :-P
EDIT: Ahh, I see the other Brandon has explained it as well.
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[quote name=\'grimmte\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 01:43 PM\'] For us idiots, what is the Malcolm Jackpot? [/quote]
You're new to our game, so it's a fair question.
"Malcolm" is a pilot that Alex Trebek did in the early 80's (no, Zach, it doesn't matter exactly when) that involved him co-hosting with a little white pear-shaped cartoon in a TV monitor, who would also help out with some game duties.
The Malcolm Jackpot is a "collection" that was taken up at ATGS a few years ago, and brought over here, and is paid out to any Jeopardy contestant, who, in the abscence of a correct question to write down for Final Jeopardy (or, hey, if you can answer AND pull it off in 30 seconds, more power to you), instead draws a picture of Malcolm. "Sufficient to make Alex lose his place" was the benchmark at the time, but I'm thinking at this point if he recognizes it as such and points it out on the broadcast, that would be enough of a reaction to cause a payout.
A correction to Mr. Foster-Gray's post: Alex must explain and clarify the drawing ON HIS OWN. Prompting from the contestant is cause for immediate disqualification.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 03:59 PM\']The Malcolm Jackpot is a "collection" that was taken up at ATGS a few years ago, and brought over here, and is paid out to any Jeopardy contestant, who, in the abscence of a correct question to write down for Final Jeopardy, instead draws a picture of Malcolm.[/quote]
On the other hand, much as we would like to see the Malcolm Jackpot won, and much as Matt could probably use that $2.33 to buy a gallon of gas, I think we'd all agree that we'd rather Mr. Swing--er, Ottinger--had the correct question to write down so he could win much more than that. Besides, as a now offically progressive jackpot, it will be that much more exciting when somebody wins a $3.72 Malcolm Jackpot in the future (not that I'm offering to contribute to bring it up to that).
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 03:54 PM\']
Unfortunately, Malcolm didn't sell. But if you go on Jeopardy, draw a sketch of him during FJ, and have Alex recognize his long lost buddy you would win...
[font=\"Geneva\"]$2.33!!![/font]
Isn't that exciting? (Actually, I would love to see that happen.)
Brandon Brooks[/quote]
(Rummages through pockets)
Hey, I found a dime and a quarter !
So, thats puts the Malcolm Jackpot to...
[font=\"Geneva\"]$2.68!!![/font]
I propose a "Many Moon Come Moonshine" Jackpot. If anyone during Jeopardy! makes a reference at least one of Alex's endless sauced comments during the "HR" finalle and Alex has to explain it, you'll win the jackpot which I'm starting at...
[font=\"Geneva\"]$1.00!!![/font]
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 02:20 PM\'] I propose a "Many Moon Come Moonshine" Jackpot. If anyone during Jeopardy! makes a reference at least one of Alex's endless sauced comments during the "HR" finalle and Alex has to explain it, you'll win the jackpot which I'm starting at...
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As a general rule, referring to someone's potential past problems with alcohol is generally thought to be in horribly bad taste.
Referring to someone's poor career choices, on the other hand, that's just show biz. :)
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I was gonna pay out the Malcolm Jackpot if anybody drew Malcolm as their FJ! answer, regardless if Alex goes into a long-winded explanation about the show. But if you guys wanna make it more unlikely, go for it.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 02:34 PM\'] I was gonna pay out the Malcolm Jackpot if anybody drew Malcolm as their FJ! answer, regardless if Alex goes into a long-winded explanation about the show. But if you guys wanna make it more unlikely, go for it. [/quote]
I don't want a long-winded explanation, I just want a positive ID. Any idiot can draw a blob, claim it's Malcolm, and collect the jackpot. The point of the whole exercise was to surprise Alex with it, so I think it's only appropriate that he demonstrate recognition of his little buddy as a way to judge the quality of the picture.
I mean, we're asking for a pear-shaped blob, here. You don't have to be Picasso.
<Connery> A pear-shaped blob? Just draw your MOTHER, Trebek! </Connery>
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So...is Matt ever going to weigh in on this?
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Did Matt tape a "Quizbusters" last Wednesday?
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 01:34 PM\'] I was gonna pay out the Malcolm Jackpot if anybody drew Malcolm as their FJ! answer, regardless if Alex goes into a long-winded explanation about the show. But if you guys wanna make it more unlikely, go for it. [/quote]
Mike, you forgot to mention that you'll "...double the jackpot if someone includes a cartoon bubble with 'Remember me, Alex?' inside. Triple if Alex remembers it and mentions the show on camera. Quintuple if Alex goes into a drunken rampage and destroys that player's podium while yelling invectives in French." :)
EDIT: Wait a minute, Chris Dickson pledged $50 to the Malcolm Jackpot, according to this thread (http://\"http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=vTL3cqMc%242Q8EwMP%40dickson.demon.co.uk\").
That means, the Malcolm Jackpot is now up to...
$52.68!!!
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[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 12:21 AM\'] That means, the Malcolm Jackpot is now up to...
$52.68!!! [/quote]
Oh, wow... it's building up now!
Brandon Brooks
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Okay perhaps the "Many Moon Come Moonshine" Jackpot was in bad taste. But, I propose a M'ama Non M'ama Jackpot:
If you draw a Daisy on your monitor during Final J! and Alex has to explain it, you'll win a jackpot which I'm starting at...
$1.98
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 10:54 PM\'] If you draw a Daisy on your monitor during Final J! and Alex has to explain it, you'll win a jackpot which I'm starting at... [/quote]
If you draw a daisy on your monitor and Alex GETS it, I'll pay you the $1.98 personally.
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Well, while we're talking about Matt O. and jackpots, I remember a "Quizbusters" jackpot from ATGS-I, which was won if Matt ever called a contestant a "goomba" over the air. Is that still in effect? ;-)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 01:07 AM\'] If you draw a daisy on your monitor and Alex GETS it, I'll pay you the $1.98 personally. [/quote]
Okay, what would happen if I drew Malcolm AND the Daisy AND Alex were to "get" them both ?
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 12:11 AM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 01:07 AM\'] If you draw a daisy on your monitor and Alex GETS it, I'll pay you the $1.98 personally. [/quote]
Okay, what would happen if I drew Malcolm AND the Daisy AND Alex were to "get" them both ?
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Trebek would have a new person aside from Cliff Clavin to be frightened of.
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If I did the math right, doing BOTH will win you....
$54.66
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WHat about replying with "What is Starcade?" and a pic of Pac-Man? Or what about the ultimate Trebek pisser-offer "What is CatalEna Island? and a pic of a Pitfall elevator"
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I think the administrators of the Malcolm Jackpot Endowment Fund would be prepared to break the bank (qv) for any truly outstanding act of sufficiently high-profile excessively obscure game show fandom that represented extreme folly, but that we will recognise any deserving candidates naturally without need for precise definition of the victory condition.
Really, the only way that the jackpot is at all realistically likely to be paid is if the day's correct question is "Who is Malcolm X?" and there's time to doodle a big-nosed blob underneath.
And remember, the Malcolm Jackpot goes up $0.01 every day it isn't won, so that means it's currently standing at
$298,315,476.57!!!
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 03:03 AM\'] If I did the math right, doing BOTH will win you....
$54.66 [/quote]
<VROOOOOM>
Hey, flight 420 to Clueton, right on schedule. :)
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[quote name=\'dickoon\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 07:39 AM\'] And remember, the Malcolm Jackpot goes up $0.01 every day it isn't won, so that means it's currently standing at
$298,315,476.57!!! [/quote]
Fine, as long as you're covering the rest. I'm only down for $2.68 of that. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:47 AM\'][quote name=\'dickoon\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 07:39 AM\'] And remember, the Malcolm Jackpot goes up $0.01 every day it isn't won, so that means it's currently standing at
$298,315,476.57!!! [/quote]
Fine, as long as you're covering the rest. I'm only down for $2.68 of that. :)[/quote]
Well, Malcolm will pay half . . .
(GOD, that was a ridiculously easy bonus round.)
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 08:18 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:47 AM\'][quote name=\'dickoon\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 07:39 AM\'] And remember, the Malcolm Jackpot goes up $0.01 every day it isn't won, so that means it's currently standing at
$298,315,476.57!!! [/quote]
Fine, as long as you're covering the rest. I'm only down for $2.68 of that. :)[/quote]
Well, Malcolm will pay half . . . [/quote]
... and the other half is only payable in Martha Stewart stock. :-)
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[quote name=\'dickoon\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 06:39 AM\'] Really, the only way that the jackpot is at all realistically likely to be paid is if the day's correct question is "Who is Malcolm X?" and there's time to doodle a big-nosed blob underneath. [/quote]
I'm holding out for a Final Jeopardy! about "Malcolm in the Middle."
Because then you can just write "What is" and then draw Malcolm in the middle of the blank area. Doing something like that might also result in a "Classic Concentration" mention, although I guess that's no big deal.
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That would make a better "Catch Phrase" than Concentration rebus, but Alex never did host "Catch Phrase."
I'll cover $3.14 of the Malcolm pot.
A few years ago, a friend of my mother went on the show, and during the interview portion asked "By the way, whatever happened to Ruta Lee?" Absolute silence from the audience, and Alex was a bit unnerved by it, so the bar has been set for geekiness displayed on air, albeit very low.
Travis
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 12:54 AM\']Okay perhaps the "Many Moon Come Moonshine" Jackpot was in bad taste. But, I propose a M'ama Non M'ama Jackpot:
If you draw a Daisy on your monitor during Final J! and Alex has to explain it, you'll win a jackpot which I'm starting at...
$1.98[/quote]
[Rip Taylor singing] You win the prize,
You take the cake,
You win the crown
And a dollar-ninety-right... [RT singing]
[ducking]
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 15 2004, 08:07 PM\'] [Rip Taylor singing] You win the prize,
You take the cake,
You win the crown
And a dollar-ninety-right... [RT singing] [/quote]
GONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Mar 15 2004, 08:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 15 2004, 08:07 PM\'] [Rip Taylor singing] You win the prize,
You take the cake,
You win the crown
And a dollar-ninety-right... [RT singing] [/quote]
GONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!! [/quote]
As Chuck Barris would say "Why did you do that?"
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 05:08 AM\'] [quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Mar 15 2004, 08:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 15 2004, 08:07 PM\'] [Rip Taylor singing] You win the prize,
You take the cake,
You win the crown
And a dollar-ninety-right... [RT singing] [/quote]
GONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!! [/quote]
As Chuck Barris would say "Why did you do that?" [/quote]
As Jamie Farr might say, I'm allergic to bad hair.
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Okay, what would happen if I drew Malcolm AND the Daisy AND Alex were to "get" them both ?
-Joe R.
"Then both players would win both showcases... The show would declare bankruptcy and they'd all go their separate ways."
And remember, the Malcolm Jackpot goes up $0.01 every day it isn't won, so that means it's currently standing at $298,315,476.57!!!
Only if the jackpot was established several million years ago :)
I can't draw. If by some miracle I were to appear on Jeopardy!, but then don't know the final question, in the interest of increasing the possibility he'd actually recognize the thing (and at the risk of forfeiting the jackpot" I'll just write "What is the Malcolm Rule?" and be done with it.
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[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Mar 18 2004, 12:37 AM\'] I'll just write "What is the Malcolm Rule?" and be done with it. [/quote]
I have to say, I'm not 100% sure I wouldn't pay out on that. :)
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Put me down for $5.78 for anyone whose Final J! betting amount ends in a "7".....followed by either the suffix -AH! or -NAH!
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Just wondering ... has there ever been a contestant on Trebek Jeopardy! NAMED Malcolm?
(Myron M. Meyer, that wouldn't be your middle name, would it? :)