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It'll will be here in Mobile, AL today and then slip over to Pensacola, FL tomorrow. Any tips from some folks who've been?
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Don't expect it to be a huge grandiose production...The "Vanna" writes the letters on the puzzle board with a thin dry-erase marker that makes the puzzle virtually impossible to see. They spend so little time and money on the puzzle board, and they actually made a light-up used letter board...go figure.
Don't expect SFX or music. All we had here was a buzzer noise from the Taboo game. Then later in the show, someone bought the "Classic TV Game Show Themes" CD and played the old WOF theme.
There isn't all that much game play. Since it is a contestant search type event, there's simply lots of interviews with people who have got called up on stage...You simply fill out a form, drop it in a bin, and wait to see if you're called on stage to play a bastardized version of the speed-up round. If you win, you get whatever their little wheel landed on, usually a T-Shirt, Hat, Fanny Pack or something goofy of the sorts.
Most of the fun I had was making fun of the entire event with other local game show aficionados.
Jeopardy! Brain Bus was executed much better.
Doug
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[quote name=\'TalkingHeadsFan\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 08:56 AM\']Jeopardy! Brain Bus was executed much better.
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Then I'm happy I live in Milwaukee, because only the Brain Bus has made a stop here so far.
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[quote name=\'TalkingHeadsFan\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 08:56 AM\']
Most of the fun I had was making fun of the entire event with other local game show aficionados.
Jeopardy! Brain Bus was executed much better.
Doug
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Well I wouldn't go THAT far!
As someone who works for a station that airs Wheel (and someone who has had their station send them to LA to go behind the scenes @ Wheel, but that's another story), I had the opportunity to 'host' our local Wheelmobile event a year ago....
Yes, it's a bit simple, and yes, it's not as glamourous as the show....but it's still darn well executed.... Remember, the folks you see here are the dyedinthewool "WheelWatchers" , and are exactly the people the show caters to. If you're the type who makes fun of the contestants for being over-caffenated, over-loud, and under-educated cause they can't solve what you think are common phrases, then don't go. These folks watch religiously, and more than likely know that to be on Wheel means acting just like the contestants they watch on last night's show.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 08:02 PM\']I'm sure I sound a little bitter and that's because I am, but I just think an audition process should have been executed a little better than that.
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We can get you some cheese to go with that if you'd like.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 04:50 AM\']It'll will be here in Mobile, AL today and then slip over to Pensacola, FL tomorrow. Any tips from some folks who've been?
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Don't walk behind the Wheelmobile when it's in reverse and making the "beep - beep - beep" sound ;-)
Randy
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jun 18 2005, 08:38 AM\']Don't walk behind the Wheelmobile when it's in reverse and making the "beep - beep - beep" sound ;-)
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If you're walking behind the Wheelmobile and you hear the beep, think of the fun you're about to have playing Sidewalk Sweep.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 18 2005, 06:24 AM\']Chris...do we need to take up a collection to send you off to come up with some new lines? With lines like that you'll never be the eighth grade bad ass.
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Good thing I don't want to be, then.
Because you brought it up, I checked. In 5712 posts, exactly thirteen of them included the word "cheese", including the above. Of those, two of them included the word quoted from other posters, and two others were quoting GSWitch's moronic Curly Cry. Of the nine remaining (that's .15756%, if you're scoring at home. Note the decimal point), not one of those (until yesterday) used the whine/cheese gag.
So, hey, I take shots as good as I give them, but at least make sure they're accurate, huh?
Anyway, who gives a damn if I sounded bitter.
You yourself acknowledged it, so clearly you did at one point.
I was just making a statement regarding a flawed process.
I don't see the flaw. They have a limited amount of time and a kajillion people who want to be on the show. I would certainly they rather select who is interviewed by random lot (which is fair to ALL potential applicants), rather than select only the Beautiful People or what have you.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 18 2005, 06:24 AM\']I'm sure I sound a little bitter and that's because I am, but I just think an audition process should have been executed a little better than that.[/quote]I've been to the Wheelmobile thing. I knew it was a long shot going in, so when my name wasn't called, I wasn't depressed. I had a good time on Fourth of July with a couple of friends, ate some good food and listened to good music.
Sure, they could have sprung for an actual puzzleboard and sounds, but it does emulate the flavor of the speed up round. They're not going to pluck three people out of the line and have them play a full 22 minute game.
I was just making a statement regarding a flawed process.
I don't see a 'flaw,' either. I suppose they could pass out a metric ton worth of paper and have everyone on the queue take the test, but why bother. It's a fun event.
For a game show, let's not forget. With the exception of the guys at "Classic Concentration," we're not curing cancer.
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jun 18 2005, 08:38 AM\']Don't walk behind the Wheelmobile when it's in reverse and making the "beep - beep - beep" sound ;-)
Randy
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Oh, was that what that sound meant? I thought we were just down to [font=\"Courier\"]WH__LM_B_L_[/font] in the puzzle.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 08:02 PM\']In my eyes, if your going to have an audition looking for contestants, you set up a day (not 4 hours) and get as many as you can in to interview. I'm sure I sound a little bitter and that's because I am, but I just think an audition process should have been executed a little better than that.
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Not that you'll understand this (I'm being intentionally vague here, for reasons to be revealed sometime in the future ;) ), but it's set up exactly the way they want it to be, in part to weed out whiners like yourself.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 18 2005, 08:24 AM\']I'm not eligible anyway. I worked for the affiliate last year and know everybody there. I was just making a statement regarding a flawed process.
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You knew you weren't eligible.
You went anyway.
Now you're complaining.
Classic. I think I'll sit back and sip on some sweet tea--while you try to defend what appears to be a vast claim.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 10:02 PM\']Well, I just returned from the event and no...I did not get picked, and I was very disappointed with it, but I did win a WOF t-shirt, hat, fanny-pack, and CD-ROM for knowing WOF's creator.
Anyway I was just disappointed with the fact I didn't get picked of course,
I'm sure I sound a little bitter and that's because I am, but I just think an audition process should have been executed a little better than that.
I'm done now.
Harry
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All that complaining, and you weren't even elgible to be a contestant in the first place? Then why are you dissapointed that you weren't picked? And, on top of that, you won ALL of the prizes offered to the thousands that showed up?
I've heard of PJTP, but I think Mill81 has just coined WJTW.
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Oh, good lord.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 09:09 PM\']Man, I guess I never realized what a Gestapo and defenders of the forum we have here.
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W00t! Godwin's Law! You lose, and everyone else wins!
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 08:12 PM\'][quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 09:09 PM\']Man, I guess I never realized what a Gestapo and defenders of the forum we have here.
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W00t! Godwin's Law! You lose, and everyone else wins!
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Think we should give him some Lee Press-On Nails as a parting gift? ;-)
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 08:09 PM\']Man, I guess I never realized what a Gestapo and defenders of the forum we have here. I guess I should've thought twice before making such a stupid statement of opinion. I now understand any free thought will be quashed swiftly unless approved by a majority of the board.
Thank you all for showing me light and the error of my ways. I have been healed!
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I give Scarecrow awards to those who post without thinking (along the lines of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz , who wanted a brain, for those who are new here). This post cited above is undoubtedly one of the most thoughtless I've ever seen. I don't argue with the poster's right to think that the mods don't allow a lot of debate in here. I happen to thoroughly disagree with that opinion, but that's not the reason for this particular Scarecrow.
My problem is comparing members of this forum, mods or not, to the Gestapo, the most brutal supporters of one of the most brutal regimes in the history of human civilization. Let's not forget that the Gestapo were DIRECTLY resposible for the deaths of over 6,000,000 people, at least two thirds of whom were Jewish. One of our mods is -- pay attention, class -- Jewish. The Gestapo didn't herd people into concentration camps and the gas chambers simply for dissenting against Hitler's regime. Some were, as history records, but the vast majority of those murdered in the Holocaust died simply because of their ancestry and/or their religious beliefs. The 'threat' they posed was one conjured only in the twisted minds of Hitler and his cronies. The members of this forum are hardly genocidal over the opinion of one game show forum poster. This is not even CLOSE -- lightyears away, in fact, from being significant compared to the incomparable crimes that the Nazi regime committed against the human race.
Calling ANYONE a member of the Gestapo shows (1) a total ignorance of history, or (2) a total disregard for who these monsters were. Number one, I can forgive to a point -- but it also bears remembering that it's better to stay quiet and look like a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. Number two is inexcusable, and I call upon Millionaire81 to apologize to the group in general for his insensitivity and to the mods and their supporters in particular for an inexcusable, inappropriate, and frankly, inaccurate labeling.
I've given Scarecrows in the past to give the rest of us a laugh at the expense of those who should have thought before they posted. This Scarecrow Award is not meant to draw even a smirk. Millionaire81, you can consider this a well-earned badge of shame, because I think it's safe to say that the rest of us who do know who the Gestapo were consider your poor choice of words shameful in your particular case.
Jeff Wm. (J.W.) Justice, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 08:09 PM\']I should've thought
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Yes, you should have. That was the biggest load of chicken feed I've read since Irismason joined the boards.
See JW's post.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jun 20 2005, 03:46 AM\']All that complaining, and you weren't even elgible to be a contestant in the first place? Then why are you dissapointed that you weren't picked? And, on top of that, you won ALL of the prizes offered to the thousands that showed up?
I've heard of PJTP, but I think Mill81 has just coined WJTW.
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For once, I agree with you.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 21 2005, 12:01 AM\']I don't even know why I respond to these posts. All they have become are senseless attacks, even going so far as turning into a racial debate. As for the use of the Gestapo comment, I didn't say it to offend anyone and for you to insinuate that it was to incite racial hatred is just plain stupid.
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No, you still do not get the point. Let me explain it to you in plain English that even you can understand. You DO NOT compare anyone -- ANYONE -- to a group whose behavior is racist. You clearly know who the Gestapo were, by your post above, which puts you into Category 2 of my previous post. There can be no excuse for what you did. It was wrong to do, no matter what your intentions were.
Now do you get it? If not, I speak 11 other languages. I'd be happy to translate the above into any one of them, if that would help. And no, Moron, Idiot, and Ignoramus are not among the other 11.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 21 2005, 12:01 AM\']As for the use of the Gestapo comment, I didn't say it to offend anyone and for you to insinuate that it was to incite racial hatred is just plain stupid.
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Find me one alternative definition of Gestapo.
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With the exception of the guys at "Classic Concentration," we're not curing cancer.
You remember that reference? Jeeminy Crismas, it's bad enough that I do. Remind me never to sleep with you. God knows what you'd pick up if I talk in my sleep.
If this Gestapo discussion goes on much longer, I'll have to lock up this thread in the Safe Crackers vault.
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And if I ever read another post about ANY two of you sleeping together, I'll throw myself under the Big Wheel.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire81\' date=\'Jun 21 2005, 12:01 AM\']I don't even know why I respond to these posts.
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That makes a couple of hundred of us. Perhaps 'twood be best if you lurkest for the nonce before thou goest to the set of The $64,000 Challenge, which has been getting crowded lately.