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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: SRIV94 on January 03, 2008, 10:21:01 AM
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1/3/83.
NBC re-enters the game show business, as $otC, HIT MAN and JUST MEN join WoF in NBC's daytime line-up.
Statute of limitations is up, so now it can be told. I feigned illness from the first day back of my last semester at high school so I could check them out. (Within a month, we had our first VCR so I didn't have to do that anymore--shame I didn't save those initial tapes I made.)
As the thread title says, can't believe it was 25 years ago today.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'173668\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:21 AM\']
1/3/83.
NBC re-enters the game show business, as $otC, HIT MAN and JUST MEN join WoF in NBC's daytime line-up.
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All that and the start of Plinko, too.
What better way to celebrate Iowa Caucus Day!
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I didn't feign illness, but we did get our first VCR for Christmas 1982. I recorded the first "Sale of the Century" (didn't keep it though), but didn't get the others since our first tape was a rare 30-minute tape, rather than the standard T-120s. Around that time you could also buy T-60s too.
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Christmas break was extended for this 2nd grader as we got snow dumped on (I lived right around the PA/NY state line at the time)...no need to feign illness. But a banner day, as I remember..:)
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'173671\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:56 AM\']What better way to celebrate Iowa Caucus Day![/quote]
As well as your return here. Good to see you back.
Watching the Facebook fan base grow for The ORIGINAL Matt Ottinger Fan Club.....10 members strong!!
Make it 11.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:06 AM\']
Watching the Facebook fan base grow for The ORIGINAL Matt Ottinger Fan Club.....10 members strong!!
Make it 11. [/quote]
How about a clean dozen?
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The ORIGINAL Matt Ottinger Fan Club
Wait...what???
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'173682\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 01:29 PM\']
The ORIGINAL Matt Ottinger Fan Club
Wait...what???
[/quote]
Yes...'tis true.
(16 members last I checked...may join myself, why not?)
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'173679\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 01:06 PM\']
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'173671\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:56 AM\']What better way to celebrate Iowa Caucus Day![/quote]
As well as your return here. Good to see you back.
[/quote]
Seconded! Was wondering what had happened. Welcome back, sir.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'173689\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 12:55 PM\']
Yes...'tis true.
(16 members last I checked...may join myself, why not?)
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I have to know, who runs this? Step forward, you.
/I did enjoy the description, it started sounding like the list of Chuck Norris Facts
//Matt Ottinger doesn't sleep, he waits
///the chief export of Matt Ottinger is pain
////Matt Ottinger doesn't throw up. Matt Ottinger throws down!
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I think it's safe to say that Facebook has now officially run out of topics for groups. And I mean that in a happy way. :)
/may join later
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173694\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 04:10 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'173689\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 12:55 PM\']
Yes...'tis true.
(16 members last I checked...may join myself, why not?)
[/quote]
I have to know, who runs this?
[/quote]
I'll provide a link for anyone who hasn't seen it yet...
Matt Ottinger's Facebook Fanbase (http://\"http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5837593001\")
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173694\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 03:10 PM\']I have to know, who runs this? Step forward, you.[/quote]
Admins
Michael A. Knapp (http://\"http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=781970391\") (Chicago, IL) (creator)
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Oh, I'm blind. I was looking for that and thought it wasn't on the page. Thanks.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173694\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 03:10 PM\']
/I did enjoy the description, it started sounding like the list of Chuck Norris Facts
//Matt Ottinger doesn't sleep, he waits
///the chief export of Matt Ottinger is pain
////Matt Ottinger doesn't throw up. Matt Ottinger throws down!
[/quote]
/The Gauntlet of Villians are the ones saying 'Whew!' after dealing with Matt Ottinger.
//Originally, an event in American Gladiators was called '2 of the 100 Ways Matt Ottinger Can Kick Your Ass.' Producers deemed the title too long and called it 'Breakthrough and Conquer.'
///Matt Ottinger's tears turn into free spins.
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/Matt Ottinger CAN fight the Temptation.
//Matt Ottinger took the Whammy's money.
///In Matt Ottinger's world, a "Daily Double" refers to his two fists.
////Matt Ottinger knows the significance of the red boxes.
/////In 1981, Matt Ottinger was Jack Barry's next choice for another game show. Not as a host, but as the bonus round enemy...however, contestants didn't want to risk such a lethal option, just to win some Z-Brick, a trip to Mexico, and a Chevrolet Chevette.
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[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'173706\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 02:15 PM\']
//Originally, an event in American Gladiators was called '2 of the 100 Ways Matt Ottinger Can Kick Your Ass.' Producers deemed the title too long and called it 'Breakthrough and Conquer.'[/quote]
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'173707\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 02:30 PM\']
/Matt Ottinger CAN fight the Temptation.
//Matt Ottinger took the Whammy's money.
///In Matt Ottinger's world, a "Daily Double" refers to his two fists.
////Matt Ottinger knows the significance of the red boxes.
[/quote]
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/25...ickwayneci6.jpg (http://\"http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/250pxpatrickwayneci6.jpg\")
You win. Both of you.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173709\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 05:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'173706\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 02:15 PM\']
//Originally, an event in American Gladiators was called '2 of the 100 Ways Matt Ottinger Can Kick Your Ass.' Producers deemed the title too long and called it 'Breakthrough and Conquer.'[/quote]
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'173707\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 02:30 PM\']
/Matt Ottinger CAN fight the Temptation.
//Matt Ottinger took the Whammy's money.
///In Matt Ottinger's world, a "Daily Double" refers to his two fists.
////Matt Ottinger knows the significance of the red boxes.
[/quote]
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/25...ickwayneci6.jpg (http://\"http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/250pxpatrickwayneci6.jpg\")
You win. Both of you.
[/quote]
Seconded. Lines of the Week awarded!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173709\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 05:37 PM\']
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/25...ickwayneci6.jpg (http://\"http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7118/250pxpatrickwayneci6.jpg\")
You win. Both of you.
[/quote]
A'thankyew, sir. :-)
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\Matt Ottinger "gets it" (tm).
\\Not just plain ol' gets it.....REALLY gets it
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I joined. Mr. Ottinger gave me a Password Plus home game; it felt a piece of him was imparted unto me.
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So I'm the 34th member of this group and the 30th member of the Michi-Matt Fanatical Society.
There must be a hidden meaning somewhere.
And only Matt O. knows.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'173734\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 07:45 PM\']
So I'm the 34th member of this group and the 30th member of the Michi-Matt Fanatical Society.
There must be a hidden meaning somewhere.
And only Matt O. knows.
[/quote]
Since this was mentioned, the group has tripled in size. Wow...just wow.
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I'm 31--there aren't enough days in the month to contain Matt Ottinger.
(And this may be the weirdest topic derailment I've ever seen.)
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[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'173735\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 08:08 PM\']Wow...just wow.[/quote]
That pretty much sums it up for me too. Couple things by way of explanation:
Mike Knapp was an early QuizBusters player. The references to "Don't step on the Q" gives that away. In the early years of the show, we had a large letter Q on the floor of the set, made from some material that looked really good on camera but got dirty very easily. So as the players and audience entered the studio, the floor director would constantly remind them not to step on the Q. The winning team members at the end of each season got to have their picture taken standing on the Q, which turned out to be a remarkably big deal for many of them. For at least the last decade or so, the logo on the floor is a lighting effect, so Knapp must have been old-school QB, raising the question of how long that page has been sitting there in the first place.
But hey, thanks for turning this into my favorite thread EVER.
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[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'173735\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 08:08 PM\']Since this was mentioned, the group has tripled in size. Wow...just wow.[/quote]
I'll say. All but 5 of the group's member have joined in the past 48 hours (which seems to be when Facebook notes group updates)
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'173736\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 08:09 PM\']
(And this may be the weirdest topic derailment I've ever seen.)
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Roger, is this the first time a topic derailment has happened as the result of the "From:" section of someone's profile information?
Jan 3rd is also the anniversary of Shoot For The Stars.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'173748\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'173736\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 08:09 PM\']
(And this may be the weirdest topic derailment I've ever seen.)
[/quote]
Roger, is this the first time a topic derailment has happened as the result of the "From:" section of someone's profile information?
[/quote]
(shrugs shoulders, mouths "probably once in 1982")
/the password is always "Matt Ottinger"
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'173736\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 05:09 PM\']
I'm 31--there aren't enough days in the month to contain Matt Ottinger.
(And this may be the weirdest topic derailment I've ever seen.)[/quote]True enough.
/Bob Stewart was actually generous with his prize budget until Matt came along.
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'173738\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 05:31 PM\']But hey, thanks for turning this into my favorite thread EVER.[/quote]I actually tossed around in my head doing something like this for Bill Cullen (after all, it's not like he's going to complain or anything) but this development is much funnier.
//Matt once blinded an opponent by pointing his head at just the precise angle to the stage lights.
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Matt doesn't need a $100 pocket. He made one from his hair.
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Matt Ottinger doesn't sleep. He waits.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'173757\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:40 PM\']
Matt Ottinger doesn't sleep. He waits.
[/quote]
BZZZT! (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=14445&view=findpost&p=173694\")
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'173759\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 07:51 PM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'173757\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 10:40 PM\']Matt Ottinger doesn't sleep. He waits.
[/quote]
BZZZT! (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=14445&view=findpost&p=173694\")
[/quote]Not only in the first page, but rather uninspired at that.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'173707\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 05:30 PM\']
/////In 1981, Matt Ottinger was Jack Barry's next choice for another game show.
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They had a prior connection.
/Matt's responsible for two main elements to The Joker's Wild
//First, he encouraged Jack Barry to host as well as produce.
///Allen Ludden had slapped him in public, and he had slapped Jim McKrell in public.
////He also decided to get rid of the celebrities.
/////The celebrities in the first Ludden pilot used him as an ashtray, and either Bob Crane or Jaye P. Morgan gave him the disease that cost him his hair.
//////Yeah, I know that McKrell, Crane, and Morgan were attached to The Honeymoon Game, but it's close enough.
///////I shouldn't be hearing a rapping dragon right now, should I?
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Two more? Okay.
Chain Reaction was originally the showcase of Matt Ottinger's Formula of Game Shows: HOFe + MnO -> FeO + MnOttsGonnaBeatU. Only when the formula was found to cause a chain reaction of game show winnings shifting to Matt's pocket was when the format changed.
Matt Ottinger and Bill Cullen walked into a game show studio. The studio collapsed as it couldn't contain the level of awesomeness of those two men.
/only if it were true
//good night everybody
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Hans Yodelman is in such a hurry to fall off the cliff because he thinks Matt Ottinger's coming at him from behind.
/I can't stand internet cults of personality
//except for the ones about Matt Ottinger. Those are awesome.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'173668\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 07:21 AM\']
(Within a month, we had our first VCR so I didn't have to do that anymore--shame I didn't save those initial tapes I made.) [/quote]
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'173672\' date=\'Jan 3 2008, 08:25 AM\']
I didn't feign illness, but we did get our first VCR for Christmas 1982. [/quote]
You guys got started in taping early! My family didn't get our first VCR until summer 1988 (shortly after Combs's Feud started on CBS). I'm kicking myself when I think about all I missed out on recording/saving. If only I knew nearly 2 decades ago what I know now.
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[quote name=\'kav\' post=\'173800\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 10:49 AM\']
You guys got started in taping early! My family didn't get our first VCR until summer 1988 (shortly after Combs's Feud started on CBS). I'm kicking myself when I think about all I missed out on recording/saving. If only I knew nearly 2 decades ago what I know now.
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I was quoted in my local newspaper, about my game show obsession in '93, that "my life had new meaning when I learned to program the vcr!"
Ryan :)
/course, the VCR only went up to ch 37 for some odd reason...
//in the same article, I stated that I craved to be on Scrabble
///am looking to join facebook if only to get on the Matt O group
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[quote name=\'kav\' post=\'173800\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 09:49 AM\']
You guys got started in taping early! My family didn't get our first VCR until summer 1988 (shortly after Combs's Feud started on CBS). I'm kicking myself when I think about all I missed out on recording/saving. If only I knew nearly 2 decades ago what I know now.
[/quote]
What does that have to do with the subject at hand? Way to derail the topic, mister. ;-)
/The preceding joke was not written by a WGA member and violates no union rules.
//As to whether it's funny, no one said anything about that.
///Matt O. *is* the reason I joined Facebook.
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The group is now up to 49 members.
-Ben
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Drew Carey doesn't really need glasses. He just wears them so Matt Ottinger won't punch his lights out.
Matt Ottinger would have made a success out of "You're In The Picture."
It is an honor and a privilege to be one of his minions.
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During runthroughs, the Blackout buttons were really Matt Ottinger's fists.
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Matt Ottinger could care less about picking up a third Whammy in Round One.
Matt Ottinger can put an X there instead of having to earn it himself.
Matt Ottinger bets whatever he wants on the Big Bet.
Matt Ottinger doesn't worry about leaving the "1" behind on the Big Numbers, because Matt Ottinger can roll a one with two dice. Whenever he wants.
Know what beats five of a kind? Matt Ottinger.
If Matt Ottinger needed six to tie and seven to win, he would break Bart Braverman in half to make it happen.
/god, this is geeky
//but fun
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Coming soon as the writers' strike continues as a companion to Million Dollar Password....
It's the star-studded big-money Matt Game '08 starring Matt Ottinger as both the star and the stud.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173817\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 02:50 PM\']
Matt Ottinger doesn't worry about leaving the "1" behind on the Big Numbers, because Matt Ottinger can roll a one with two dice. Whenever he wants.
[/quote]
Nice.
/Will be back with more.
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Matt Ottinger doesn't have to watch Duel on ABC.
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Matt Ottinger is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
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Matt Ottinger doesn't use pens to play Pictionary. His glare burns the image into the paper.
Matt Ottinger takes a seat to nobody, even Chris Hansen.
Matt Ottinger is The Better Sex.
In Wheel of Fortune's infancy, Bankrupt was originally called "Matt Ottinger's Beatdown"
Matt Ottinger was chosen to host The Price is Right in 1972, but CBS couldn't put someone on TV who was so damn good.
American Gladiators was originally called American Ottingers, but everybody was scared off by that title.
What time is it? Whatever damn time Matt Ottinger feels like it is.
Matt Ottinger created electricity, ended communism in the Soviet Union, made love to 50 virgins, and hit 4 home runs in one Major League Baseball game. And that was before you woke up this morning.
Matt Ottinger: Serious Business (http://\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/hmtriplecrown/mosb.jpg\").
/claims all responsibility for taking this thread off-track
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I have no idea what any of you people are talking about...
...so here's a picture of Matt Ottinger with a pancake on his head.
http://www.qwizx.com/shh/pancakematt.jpg (http://\"http://www.qwizx.com/shh/pancakematt.jpg\")
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-Matt Ottinger once beat entire the 1 vs. 100 mob...bare handed.
-Matt Ottinger appeared on Twenty-One, and won the game on a single, 21-point question. No one dared dispute the fact that 11 points was the limit.
-Matt Ottinger also played on an unaired Rich List episode in November 2006. He received his earnings regardless.
-Matt Ottinger knows Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.
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[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'173840\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 03:14 PM\']
I have no idea what any of you people are talking about...
...so here's a picture of Matt Ottinger with a pancake on his head.
http://www.qwizx.com/shh/pancakematt.jpg (http://\"http://www.qwizx.com/shh/pancakematt.jpg\")
[/quote]
Yet another winnar!
/R.I.P. Oolong
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Just a thought (not a fact)...if the Ceramic Dalmatian on Wheel was a statue of Matt Ottinger, would we have seen more people put money on account because they were scared of the statue?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 11:50 AM\']Matt Ottinger doesn't worry about leaving the "1" behind on the Big Numbers, because Matt Ottinger can roll a one with two dice. Whenever he wants.[/quote]
And to all you nay-sayers, those are biceps up his sleeve, not Big ShowDown dice.
/got nothin'
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You all know the theme to CBS' Double Dare and NBC's Card Sharks, right? That's not clapping -- that's Matt Ottinger beating the holy crap out of some unlucky guy that crossed his path.
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If at first you don't succeed, you're not Matt Ottinger.
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Matt Ottinger was once on Jeopardy.
This show is notable in that it was the first occasion in Jeopardy history that Alex Trebek had appeared without a mustache.
And a head.
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Deep down, Randy West knows that Matt Ottinger's got the Viva paper towels.
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/Tom Kennedy ALWAYS gave Matt O. a master key to start any of the five cars he wanted on Split Second.
//Betty White hosted a game show pilot called "MATT OTTINGER!" but when Matt quit the show, Rick Rosner had to change the name to "Just Men".
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When Matt Ottinger appeared on $ale of the Century, sales of lawn swings increased by 1000-fold.
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The reason Chuck Norris was invited to be with Mike Huckabee is because Huckabee was afraid the crowd would want Matt Ottinger to run for Prez himself and beat down the competition...............and also win the election.
/I have a cold. Leave me alone.
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"Matt Ottinger" was the only famous name that You Could Say! The judges weren't about to rule against it.
They were going to save Password All-Stars by bringing in Matt Ottinger, but it would have been TOO successful.
Matt Ottinger once placed ten blocks on a Whew! board by sheer force of will.
Matt Ottinger looks dapper in a tuxedo.
(What? He does.)
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Now we're starting LOLMATTs? Color me impressed.
/Matt Ottinger finished his 2 Minute Drill with three minutes left to spare.
//The banker's deal to Matt Ottinger was the exact mean of the cases left on the board. Times a billion.
///Matt Ottinger took the five square win on his first turn.
////I need to stop.
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Matt Ottinger's body is the Original Magnificent Marble Machine.
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The show was originally called "1 vs. Matt Ottinger," but they changed it to "100" to give the contestant a chance of winning.
Matt Ottinger isn't allowed to spin the Big Wheel because it would never come to a stop.
Howie Mandel shaved his head because he wanted to be more like Matt Ottinger.
Regardless of how many blank spaces there are, "Matt Ottinger" is always a correct response on Merv Griffin's Crosswords.
Matt Ottinger doesn't need three more consonants and a vowel.
Or the R, S, T, L, N, and E.
When Matt Ottinger competed on Family Feud, all of the female contestants kissed HIM.
--
Scott Robinson
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Matt Ottinger always wins both showcases, even he is $50,000 away from the actual retail price, over or under.
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Emcees wearing tuxedos? They're actually wearing Matt Ottinger pyjamas!
The "Messiest Minute on Television" originally involved the results of mothers' reactions to seeing a portrait of Matt Ottinger.
In the old days, parting contestants leave with supplies of Turtle Wax. Nowadays many shows give them nothing; there's only so much of Matt Ottinger to go around.
Matt Ottinger believes the hype. That's the only reason NBC is still on the air.
Weakest Link contestants once voted off Matt Ottinger. Anne Robinson told these contestants that THEY were the Weakest Links, goodbye!
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The Tower of Greed was actually The Tower of Matt Ottinger; the show was cancelled because the contestants found out and nobody wanted to play anymore.
Sitting in The Chair of Matt Ottinger instantly triggers a heartstopper. It's not all bad; at least the resting heart rate afterward is guaranteed to be below the redline.
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Jeopardy! was a groundbreaking game show. It took 135 special effects artists 13 months to make it seem like Ken Jennings won his game against Matt Ottinger.
Twenty-One wasn't rigged. Matt Ottinger took Charles Van Doren's place for a few months.
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I gotta say this...if there ever was such a thing as a good threadjack, this would be it.
(I can't think of anything other than something dirty...so I'll pass.)
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Matt Ottinger got to the top of the Pyramid when there were 10 subjects.
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[quote name=\'Monarx\' post=\'173893\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 01:42 AM\']
Jeopardy! was a groundbreaking game show. It took 135 special effects artists 13 months to make it seem like Ken Jennings won his game against Matt Ottinger.
[/quote]
I lol'd. Hard.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'173903\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 09:56 AM\']
Matt Ottinger got to the top of the Pyramid when there were 10 subjects.
[/quote]
And he was able to do it in 25 seconds! The idea of Billy Crystal setting the record on the 6-subject Pyramid is a mere myth.
Matt Ottinger also was able to win the half-zero variant of the Chain Reaction endgame with time to spare.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'173838\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 06:00 PM\']
/claims all responsibility for taking this thread off-track
[/quote]
All responsibility, Mike? Didn't someone's bio section have a little something to do with it?
You're right, Doug. I can't believe it's been 25 years, either.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'173907\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 11:06 AM\']
[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'173838\' date=\'Jan 4 2008, 06:00 PM\']
/claims all responsibility for taking this thread off-track
[/quote]
All responsibility, Mike? Didn't someone's bio section have a little something to do with it?
You're right, Doug. I can't believe it's been 25 years, either.
[/quote]
If I didn't mention it, this might not have happened. Mr. Lemon should get some blame too since his slashies contributed to what we have now. I'll repent before the aura of Matt Ottinger forces the business end of a 2x4 into my forehead.
If you want to claim some responsibility, you can have some as long as you can get past Matt Ottinger. That's the same Matt Ottinger who surpasses all winnings records by being within 2500 miles of a game show studio.
Go was originally called Matt Ottinger but the name was shortened because nobody dared to mispronounce 'Ottinger'.
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Matt Ottinger tried out for PYL but would not be selected, because Matt Ottinger never gets a Whammy.
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Matt was refused a shot on Dream House because no Golden Doors can keep Matt Ottinger out.
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Matt was able to capture all 6 Battlestars...on the first question of the game in both games. He then didn't need any of the freebies to get the bonus picture right for $5,000.
In late-1985, Chevrolet Celebrity production was suddenly ramped up after all existing stocks were depleted when Matt Ottinger kept hitting the car space on the wheel of Your Number's Up with a win each time.
During the short-lived "doubling" bonus round of the NBC run of Win, Lose, or Draw, Matt Ottinger won so much that he became an economic superpower in a mere 90 seconds.
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In a single episode, Matt completed, by himself, a detour, roadblock, u-turn, and a speed bump, while being yielded. He did this, checked into the pitstop, and then checked out before the other teams even started their leg, causing Phil Koeghan to raise both eyebrows. Fast forwards serve no purpose to him; they are there merely to give television viewers the impression that other teams have a chance.
Ryan :)
/which, of course, they don't.
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[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'173919\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 01:41 PM\']
, while being yielded. He did this, checked into the pitstop, and then checked out before the other teams even started their leg,[/quote]
Which of course means he yeilded himself for the challenge
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You can't use "awesome" for "Matt Ottinger". Dick Martin also learned that one the hard way.
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Touché! Apparently I should just yield myself :)
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The Chamber actually had three different chambers: the Hot Chamber, the Cold Chamber and the Matt Ottinger Chamber. The last of these was never broadcast because nobody ever survived the first question.
/ what the heck is this slash malarkey about?
// it's been a while since I've dropped by and so I'm completely out of touch
/// but it looks quite pretty
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'173910\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 11:32 AM\']
If I didn't mention it, this might not have happened. Mr. Lemon should get some blame too since his slashies contributed to what we have now.[/quote]
The bottom line is that at last the opening days of 2008 have brought on a long-overdue series of declarations and testaments to the greatness that is The Matt and as long as that realization has been made known throughout the length and breadth of this galaxy, its planets and a few small animals, we are all a better nation and world.
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When Matt appeared on "The Love Experts," it was he who gave the panel advice.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'173927\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 02:21 PM\']
When Matt appeared on "The Love Experts," it was he who gave the panel advice.
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Because Matt is the Love Buffet, all by himself.
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Matt Ottinger IS The Wizard of Odds, and the odds were always in his favor.
The scat singing heard in the theme to "All Star Blitz" was actually the reaction the singer had when he saw Matt Ottinger waiting outside the recording studio for him -- all because the singer never paid back the 5 cents Matt loaned him for getting a Pepsi in the vending machine 3 days before!
When on "Press Your Luck", when a contestant played against the house (since the other 2 players whammied out), they were actually playing against Matt Ottinger at that point. Needless to say only one person opted to use all their remaining spins. That contestant never returned to defend their championship the next day!
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Matt Ottinger never has to face the devil because the devil's scared of a beatdown by just one pull of the joker machine.
Nobody ever wanted to play against Matt on Card Sharks '01 after he used clip chips as ninja stars to sever his opponent's heads.
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*sigh.*
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'173913\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 12:43 PM\']
Matt Ottinger tried out for PYL but would not be selected, because Matt Ottinger never gets a Whammy.
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Also because Matt Ottinger doesn't need luck. It's all skill, baby.
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When Matt donated his Lawn Swing from Sale of the Century to the local PBS station funding raising auction the phone system for the entire state of Michigan broke down.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173934\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 03:00 PM\']
*sigh.*
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Not to worry, Chris. We'll get a Facebook group started for you next.
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Matt Ottinger schtupped Betty White.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'173946\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 04:00 PM\']
Matt Ottinger schtupped Betty White.
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Nope. Betty *wanted* to. Matt, ever the gentleman, declined so as not to sully Allen's memory.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'173947\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 04:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'173946\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 04:00 PM\']
Matt Ottinger schtupped Betty White.
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Nope. Betty *wanted* to. Matt, ever the gentleman, declined so as not to sully Allen's memory.
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This was before they met?
/Dunno, I'm reaching here.
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[quote name=\'dickoon\' post=\'173925\' date=\'Jan 5 2008, 11:18 AM\']
The Chamber actually had three different chambers: the Hot Chamber, the Cold Chamber and the Matt Ottinger Chamber. The last of these was never broadcast because nobody ever survived the first question.
/ what the heck is this slash malarkey about?
// it's been a while since I've dropped by and so I'm completely out of touch
/// but it looks quite pretty
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You're alive!
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Matt Ottinger placed Emile Auturi.
/in 17
//with nary a bulge or blemish
///Emile Freakin' Auturi, man!
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In 1990, The Joker's Wild was originally slated to be a game of Ottingers. But Finn whined that he couldn't be robotic with that format.
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Matt Ottinger never looks behind him while he's in Texas. He knows where the Rangers are, and they don't dare come out while he's around.
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Matt Ottinger bangs every model on "Deal or No Deal." Yes, I mean every single one of them.
Matt Ottinger don't need no stinkin' immunity idol.
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Matt Ottinger is the reason vowels now cost $250.
The M in MSRP stands for Matt. And the S is hardly a suggestion.
The Care Bear Stare is just the Matt Ottinger Death Gaze edited for children's programming.
/Are we allowed to use non-GS ones?
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[quote name=\'mrchips\' post=\'174022\' date=\'Jan 6 2008, 03:48 PM\']
Matt Ottinger placed Emile Auturi.
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I don't know about that, but Matt Ottinger can make Emile Auturi say *a lot* more than, "Yes, I did, Geoff."
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Matt Ottinger doesn't need a head start in the Eliminator.
That's not a real dragon roar on Tic Tac Dough...that's Matt yelling after someone stole one of his game show home games. (Needless to say, THIS dragon breathed fire.)
Ott-ing-er, Ott-ing-ger, 12 stories high made of radiation...
/if you got that last one you're crazy
//Yes, I'm reaching
///I have to 'cause you all took the good ones...you...*bleeps*! ;)
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Matt Ottinger gets paid for vowels.
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When Matt Ottinger smacks a scoreboard, it sprouts a zero. He is the only player on Jim Perry's Card Sharks to win $288,000.
Matt Ottinger towed the Hollywood Squares '86 set from California to Florida in 3 minutes. With his teeth.
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Matt Ottinger found, in order, the Loot, the Warrant, and the Crook on the first attempt.
Matt Ottinger knows who the Mole is, and he don't need no stinkin' exemption.
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Matt Ottinger doesn't need no stinkin' lifelines. Heck, he doesn't even need the choices. He gets all fifteen questions right before they're even asked.
--Charlie
/years late, I know
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[quote name=\'Queen of Nerdocrombesia\' post=\'174208\' date=\'Jan 8 2008, 04:43 PM\']Matt Ottinger found, in order, the Loot, the Warrant, and the Crook on the first attempt.[/quote]
Prior to that, Matt Ottinger told the Chief to go away, then said he wanted to go to Canada. And they let him.
/sorry, just found the thread.
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'251140\' date=\'Nov 17 2010, 11:24 PM\'][quote name=\'Queen of Nerdocrombesia\' post=\'174208\' date=\'Jan 8 2008, 04:43 PM\']Matt Ottinger found, in order, the Loot, the Warrant, and the Crook on the first attempt.[/quote]
Prior to that, Matt Ottinger told the Chief to go away, then said he wanted to go to Canada. And they let him.
/sorry, just found the thread.
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Just re-read it..Freaking hilarious!