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CherryPizza

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« on: August 24, 2006, 02:38:53 AM »
Can someone please tell me who the host depicted on  this box is?

Thanks
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TLEberle

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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2006, 02:43:36 AM »
That would be Jack Barry.
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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2006, 02:44:43 AM »
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'128862\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 01:43 AM\']
That would be Jack Barry.
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thanks

*tips his hat*
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2006, 02:55:53 AM »
If you didn't know about it, a good reference for game show games is Matt Ottinger's Game Show Home Game Page.
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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2006, 08:46:10 AM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'128864\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 02:55 AM\']
If you didn't know about it, a good reference for game show games is Matt Ottinger's Game Show Home Game Page.
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...where you would learn (thanks for the plug) one of my all-time favorite bits of home-game trivia:  After the game show scandals detroyed the credibility of all those old quiz shows, Lowell re-released Tic Tac Dough as the "3-in-a-row Home Quiz", the exact same game but with no Jack Barry and no reference at all to the fact that it was based on the disgraced TV show.
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2006, 09:37:25 AM »
Here's what I don't get...

Who in their right mind would pay $60 for it?  And $16 in shipping on top of that?  Heck, I'd probably get it from the guy myself.
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2006, 10:18:44 AM »
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'128879\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 09:37 AM\']Who in their right mind would pay $60 for it?  And $16 in shipping on top of that?  [/quote]
I didn't notice the price in the listing.  You're right, it's not worth a fraction of that.
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2006, 01:54:56 PM »
You know, if you look closely at that picture, it says his name.

Just noticed.
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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2006, 01:59:32 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'128944\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 01:54 PM\']
You know, if you look closely at that picture, it says his name.[/quote]
I think, though, that if you didn't already KNOW his name, that little picture isn't going to help you much.  Maybe "Jack", but I don't see how you get "Barry".
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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2006, 02:01:56 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'128946\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 01:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'128944\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 01:54 PM\']
You know, if you look closely at that picture, it says his name.[/quote]
I think, though, that if you didn't already KNOW his name, that little picture isn't going to help you much.  Maybe "Jack", but I don't see how you get "Barry".
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Ooh, that IS kinda hard, isn't it?

Eh.

Maybe it was just a fluke.

I made out "Jack B----".
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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2006, 10:34:00 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'128883\' date=\'Aug 24 2006, 09:18 AM\']

I didn't notice the price in the listing.  You're right, it's not worth a fraction of that.
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Indeed.

I had no interest in buying it, just, long story short: I've got the Australian version of that game (identical box, with pound signs instead of dollar signs, no Jack Barry on the box) for someone for whom I do research work (he worked on the Australian version of the show back in the 50s)... noticed the almost-identical US version so, yeah, needed the details
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