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Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: DrBear on February 03, 2006, 11:58:07 PM

The story from CNN.com (http://\"http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/manila.stampede.ap/index.html\")

The show, "Wowowee," is apparently a big-money giveaway show. Apparently they weren't opening the stadium gates fast enough and the crowd stampeded.

Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: pianogeek on February 04, 2006, 02:14:45 AM

I have The Filipino Channel, which is a part of a special a la carte service on DirecTV.

( Accurate game format on Wikipedia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowowee\") )

Saturday, February 4th, the show celebrated their one year anniversary.  I haven't watched the TiVo yet.  But after reading the Wikipedia article and pictures, they took the show on tour to a local city.

It's a damn shame.

Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: Craig Karlberg on February 04, 2006, 03:31:41 AM

That tragedy goes to show that people will go to extreme lengths just to get their hands on the equivalant to our mesely $384.  I wonder how security failed to recognize that the stadium would be "overbooked" so to speak.  Hopefully, nothing like that happens here, but if it does, definitely a headline-grabber for sure.

Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: tvwxman on February 04, 2006, 06:34:40 AM

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 11:58 PM\']The story from CNN.com (http://\"http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/manila.stampede.ap/index.html\")

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And that has to be one of the least expected headlines ever!

Right up there with "Furby wins run-off election, becomes Governor".

Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: MrBuddwing on February 04, 2006, 02:23:26 PM

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Feb 4 2006, 03:31 AM\']That tragedy goes to show that people will go to extreme lengths just to get their hands on the equivalant to our mesely $384.  I wonder how security failed to recognize that the stadium would be "overbooked" so to speak.  Hopefully, nothing like that happens here, but if it does, definitely a headline-grabber for sure.

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The Wikipedia article cited in passing the figure of 50,000 Philippine pesos, which according to an online currency converter is equivalent to $963.

Now of course, $963 may go a lot farther in the Philippines than in the USA.

But you're right, it's definitely a tragedy.

Title: Philippine game show riot kills 66
Post by: BrandonFG on February 04, 2006, 02:28:33 PM

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Feb 4 2006, 03:31 AM\']Hopefully, nothing like that happens here, but if it does, definitely a headline-grabber for sure.

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Something similar has happened here...ever hear of a band called The Who?

ObGameShow: The movie "Tommy", which dealt with pinball, came out the same year as "The Magnificent Marble Machine", which also dealt with pinball. Irony???? Coincidence???? Until someone declares CSI a game show, it's the best I could do. :-P