[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'137971\' date=\'Nov 15 2006, 03:56 PM\']
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'137962\' date=\'Nov 15 2006, 03:03 PM\']
I gather that, as I expected, the consensus here is that this thing should be renamed to the Fraud-O-Matic.[/quote]
I think "fraud" is way too big a word for a goofy little novelty item. Yes, it would have been more accurate to say, "The machine plays bits of production music that, if you remember the sixties and seventies, will remind you of the kind of music used on game shows of that period, although if you really know your game show history, you'll know that they don't actually represent any specific game show themes or incidental music." But all that might not have fit on the box.
The fact that they called the music "an assortment of 1970s game show jingles" should have tipped you off right away that they weren't being precise. Jingles?
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I never took this as seriously as I'm inferring that you think I did. I thought it sounded interesting, so I looked it up to listen to the music. I figured it was, at best, production music that might have been used on some game shows and might be recognized by some of the denizens here. If there had been a genuine game show connection, I might have waited for one to show up on eBay for a buck or two.
The "Fraud-O-Matic" was intended as a joke and nothing more. I never expected much out of this thing and just thought it would be fun to post it here and see what comments it might get.