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Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: cyberjoek on August 07, 2003, 12:18:08 PM: Ok, it seems that everyone and their dog is running for governor of California. Now my question, which game show personality would you like to see running for governor?
-Joe Kavanagh
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on August 07, 2003, 12:20:43 PM: I'd say Monty Hall.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Matt Ottinger on August 07, 2003, 12:55:28 PM: SInce this is a pretty off-topic thread, I'll just interject here that I had this image watching Leno last night of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington and Larry Flint squaring off in a debate -- and no one understanding anything any one of them said!
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Jimmy Owen on August 07, 2003, 01:03:27 PM: ICEY!!!!!!!
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Post by: clemon79 on August 07, 2003, 01:04:18 PM: [quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 09:55 AM\'] SInce this is a pretty off-topic thread, I'll just interject here that I had this image watching Leno last night of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington and Larry Flint squaring off in a debate -- and no one understanding anything any one of them said! [/quote]
I suggested this morning that the record for most times mispronouncing the word \"gubernatorial\" by actual gubernatorial candidates might be broken with this election. :)
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Kevin Prather on August 07, 2003, 01:18:11 PM: actually, this is on topic. Arnold Scharzenegger is running for Calif. Governor. He was on the Dating Game, if you recall.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: inturnaround on August 07, 2003, 01:26:16 PM: [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 12:03 PM\'] ICEY!!!!!!! [/quote]
Nah, Icey is busy with her new show \"Style Court\", oddly enough broadcast on style.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Timsterino on August 07, 2003, 01:51:59 PM: Todd Newton for Governor! Low Taxes, No Whammies, STOP!

LOL!
Tim :-)
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Matt Ottinger on August 07, 2003, 02:05:42 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 05:04 PM\'] [quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 09:55 AM\'] SInce this is a pretty off-topic thread, I'll just interject here that I had this image watching Leno last night of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington and Larry Flint squaring off in a debate -- and no one understanding anything any one of them said! [/quote]
I suggested this morning that the record for most times mispronouncing the word \"gubernatorial\" by actual gubernatorial candidates might be broken with this election. :) [/quote]
Love it!

I tell you what, if I was a Californian, I'd vote for that young girl who said, \"I've applied for every other kind of job, I might as well apply for this one.\" From what I can tell, an underemployed twenty-something who knows absolutely NOTHING would be an improvement over what you've got now.

BTW, not only do we have Arnold as a Dating Game contestant, by Huffington has played a few games too, including some notoriously bad games of Pyramid, as I recall.

Heh heh heh. I said \"recall\".
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Post by: leszekp on August 07, 2003, 03:30:04 PM: Huffington was also on Win Ben Stein's Money, plugging her book very hard but very briefly, as she was the first one off.
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Post by: chris319 on August 07, 2003, 04:38:51 PM: Governor Ben Stein ... has a nice ring to it.
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Post by: zachhoran on August 07, 2003, 08:53:21 PM: [quote name=\'leszekp\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 02:30 PM\'] Huffington was also on Win Ben Stein's Money, plugging her book very hard but very briefly, as she was the first one off. [/quote]
Huffington was one of the celeb players on arguably the worst celeb J! weeks ever, DC Power Players week in 1997.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: johnnya2k3 on August 07, 2003, 09:49:15 PM: Quote
Todd Newton for Governor! Low Taxes, No Whammies, STOP!

Or Peter Tomarken.

And now that Gary Coleman wants to be on the ballot, what about Emmanuel \"Webster\" Lewis for governor of Georgia (he currently resides in Atlanta)?

Jonathan Allen
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Post by: ChuckNet on August 08, 2003, 12:29:54 PM: Quote
Todd Newton for Governor! Low Taxes, No Whammies, STOP!

Y'know, w/his gigs on W!, Powerball IM, Hot Ticket, and NY's Blink 102.7, that might actually be next on his list... :-)

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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Post by: zachhoran on August 08, 2003, 12:36:51 PM: I believe he stopped co-hosting Hot Ticket a year ago.
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Post by: DrBear on August 08, 2003, 12:37:29 PM: Let's take the California cabinet roll call...
ROSE MARIE!
RICH LITTLE!
HARVEY KORMAN!
KAREN VALENTINE!
GEORGE GOBEL!
GRAY DAVIS (in the Lox Box, of course)!
CHARLIE WEAVER!
VINCENT PRICE!
And the ambassador to San Francisco, PAUL LYNDE....
Now, here's the master of the state of California, Peter Marshall!
(BTW, wouldn't it be better to have official proclimations read by Kenny Williams? After all, he was a Town Crier on Video Village...)
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Post by: Mike Tennant on August 08, 2003, 01:33:06 PM: [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 11:37 AM\']Let's take the California cabinet roll call...
ROSE MARIE!
RICH LITTLE!
HARVEY KORMAN!
KAREN VALENTINE!
GEORGE GOBEL!
GRAY DAVIS (in the Lox Box, of course)!
CHARLIE WEAVER!
VINCENT PRICE!
And the ambassador to San Francisco, PAUL LYNDE....
Now, here's the master of the state of California, Peter Marshall!
(BTW, wouldn't it be better to have official proclimations read by Kenny Williams? After all, he was a Town Crier on Video Village...)[/quote]
Skip all but one of those. If you get Rich Little, you've got 'em all.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: clemon79 on August 08, 2003, 01:42:31 PM: [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 09:37 AM\'] Now, here's the master of the state of California, Peter Marshall!
(BTW, wouldn't it be better to have official proclimations read by Kenny Williams? After all, he was a Town Crier on Video Village...) [/quote]
State Legistature sessions would be damn sm00th, wouldn't they?

\"Object for our representatives is to get a majority of votes for their bills either across, up and down, or diagonally over party lines. Our first bill is SB9243, a tax levy on garlic production. Kenny, tell us all about it!\"
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: J.R. on August 08, 2003, 03:13:19 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 12:42 PM\'] \"Object for our representatives is to get a majority of votes for their bills either across, up and down, or diagonally over party lines. Our first bill is SB9243, a tax levy on garlic production. Kenny, tell us all about it!\"

[/quote]
To quote Tom Bergeron: \"Brilliant ! Brilliant ! Absoutly (BLEEP)ing brilliant !\"

I'd love to see Chuck Woolery get the postion. He'll legalize getting \"Naturely Stoned\" in public. Wouldn't you love it if there was a committee of four and they were tied: \"The committee has voted 2n2 !\"

-Joe R.
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Post by: DrBear on August 08, 2003, 07:12:32 PM: Thinking about it again...
There should be a Bill Cullen-Bob Barker ticket because as we all know, when it comes to politics, everything can be yours if...
(if you need the last four words, you shouldn't be reading this board).
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: clemon79 on August 08, 2003, 07:30:21 PM: [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 04:12 PM\'] Thinking about it again...
There should be a Bill Cullen-Bob Barker ticket because as we all know, when it comes to politics, everything can be yours if...
(if you need the last four words, you shouldn't be reading this board). [/quote]
On a similar note, Tom Kennedy would be an interesting candidate, because it's not what you say, it's....well, you know. :)
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Post by: SplitSecond on August 08, 2003, 07:37:58 PM: I don't see anyone backing a Kennedy ticket when there's too much Temptation to vote for Jed Allan.
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Post by: zachhoran on August 08, 2003, 08:07:49 PM: There could also be too much Temptation to vote for Art James, too.
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: SplitSecond on August 08, 2003, 08:11:15 PM: Well, if we're looking at a Temptation party (how that differs from the Republican or Democrat parties is beyond me), then we can't forget chairman Tony Barber.
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Post by: PeterMarshallFan on August 08, 2003, 08:11:53 PM: [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 08:07 PM\'] There could also be too much Temptation to vote for Art James, too. [/quote]
\"Too much Temptation to vote for Art James\"---what a good Catch Phrase!
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: DrBear on August 09, 2003, 12:43:16 AM: [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 07:11 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 08:07 PM\'] There could also be too much Temptation to vote for Art James, too. [/quote]
"Too much Temptation to vote for Art James"---what a good Catch Phrase! [/quote]
As long as the legislature doesn't let him write a Blank Check...
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on August 09, 2003, 11:55:55 AM: [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 9 2003, 12:43 AM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 07:11 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 08:07 PM\'] There could also be too much Temptation to vote for Art James, too. [/quote]
"Too much Temptation to vote for Art James"---what a good Catch Phrase! [/quote]
As long as the legislature doesn't let him write a Blank Check... [/quote]
And hopefully his speeches don't have Fractured Phrases....
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: clemon79 on August 09, 2003, 06:26:24 PM: [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 9 2003, 08:55 AM\'] [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 9 2003, 12:43 AM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 07:11 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 08:07 PM\'] There could also be too much Temptation to vote for Art James, too. [/quote]
"Too much Temptation to vote for Art James"---what a good Catch Phrase! [/quote]
As long as the legislature doesn't let him write a Blank Check... [/quote]
And hopefully his speeches don't have Fractured Phrases.... [/quote]
It's a shame Art James never hosted a game show called \"Wow, This Sucks.\"
Title: Semi-OT: The California Gov. Recall Race
Post by: Jimmy Owen on August 09, 2003, 07:21:20 PM: If you want the puns to stop just \"Say When\"
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Post by: zachhoran on August 09, 2003, 08:14:55 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 9 2003, 05:26 PM\']
It's a shame Art James never hosted a game show called "Wow, This Sucks." [/quote]
That MIGHT be his pet term for Blank Mind.....er.....Check.
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Post by: johnnya2k3 on August 10, 2003, 01:42:55 AM: Hey, why not have Richard Dawson, Louie Anderson, and Richard Karn run on the \"Family Feud\" party (Ray Combs might pull a Mel Carnahan)?

On the TTTT ballot...Well, Joe Garagiola's the only name on there, since Bud Collyer and Garry Moore are dead, Robin Ward is Canadian, John O'Hurley has a show on UPN this fall, and for obivous reasons, Lynn Swann and Alex Trebek.

At least Trebek would make a great Prime Minister of Canada.

Jonathan Allen
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Post by: Matt Ottinger on August 10, 2003, 12:17:18 PM: [quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Aug 10 2003, 05:42 AM\'] On the TTTT ballot...Well, Joe Garagiola's the only name on there, since Bud Collyer and Garry Moore are dead, Robin Ward is Canadian, John O'Hurley has a show on UPN this fall, and for obivous reasons, Lynn Swann and Alex Trebek. [/quote]
I'm not sure what's so \"obvious\" about Swann and Trebek not running in this fanciful thread, unless you mean that they've already got steady jobs they wouldn't give up. Being Canadian is no more of an obstacle than Schwartzenegger being Austrian; it's only a presidential candidate who's constitutionally required to be native-born. And since people are going to vote for Arnold because of the image he's projected on the screen, why wouldn't people vote for Alex because they see him as a smart and decisive leader?