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TimK2003

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The Compleat "Game Shows Gone Bananas"
« on: March 27, 2010, 12:18:47 PM »
FWIW, Just saw at Borders last night that the "Game Shows Gone Bananas" box set on sale for $4.95.

/And remember, a fraction of a fraction of the purchase price goes directly into the pocket of one of our esteemed Invisioners.  :)

dale_grass

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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2010, 01:43:38 PM »
OT, surely, but were you being sardonic when you misspelled "complete" in the topic?

tvrandywest

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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2010, 02:13:54 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'238343\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 09:18 AM\']FWIW, Just saw at Borders last night that the "Game Shows Gone Bananas" box set on sale for $4.95.

/And remember, a fraction of a fraction of the purchase price goes directly into the pocket of one of our esteemed Invisioners.  :)[/quote]
I'm in the damned discount bin?!?!! Story of my sorry life!   ;-)

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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2010, 02:36:10 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'238349\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 11:13 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'238343\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 09:18 AM\']FWIW, Just saw at Borders last night that the "Game Shows Gone Bananas" box set on sale for $4.95.

/And remember, a fraction of a fraction of the purchase price goes directly into the pocket of one of our esteemed Invisioners.  :)[/quote]
I'm in the damned discount bin?!?!! Story of my sorry life!   ;-)

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You may be, Randy. But take consolation (prizes) in the fact that you didn't go directly there first... ;-)

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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2010, 03:22:59 PM »
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'238347\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 01:43 PM\']OT, surely, but were you being sardonic when you misspelled "complete" in the topic?[/quote]

A reference to this, I'd venture to say.
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2010, 06:22:02 PM »
[quote name=\'SamJ93\' post=\'238359\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 03:22 PM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'238347\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 01:43 PM\']OT, surely, but were you being sardonic when you misspelled "complete" in the topic?[/quote]

A reference to this, I'd venture to say.
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Child, please
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2010, 10:44:27 PM »
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'238370\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 03:22 PM\']Child, please[/quote]Begs your esteemed pardon.
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ChrisLambert!

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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2010, 11:40:58 PM »
I am defeated soundly.
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2010, 12:12:50 AM »
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'238391\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 08:40 PM\']I am defeated soundly.[/quote]If someone can find a compleat work that was written before 1653, I will most happily join you.
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2010, 08:12:36 AM »
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'238402\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 11:12 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'238391\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 08:40 PM\']I am defeated soundly.[/quote]If someone can find a compleat work that was written before 1653, I will most happily join you.
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The Compleat Gentleman (1622) will do it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Peacham

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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2010, 06:59:01 PM »
Just saw at Borders last night that the "Game Shows Gone Bananas" box set on sale for $4.95.
I have this -- way too many Family Feud and Distraction clips for my liking, and the minigames were far from necessary, but some genuinely-rare stuff in there -- such as unsold pilots and Dennis James' Price Is Right, the latter of which sold the whole set for me.

Do you has five bucks? If so, it's well worth buying.
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2010, 08:59:55 PM »
[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'238443\' date=\'Mar 28 2010, 08:12 AM\']The Compleat Gentleman (1622) will do it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Peacham[/quote]
I am mightily impressed.  I thought for sure that Angler was the oldest.
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« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2010, 10:16:35 PM »
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'238370\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 05:22 PM\']Child, please[/quote]
Approves that phrase.
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« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2010, 11:43:20 AM »
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'238383\' date=\'Mar 27 2010, 10:44 PM\']Begs your esteemed pardon.[/quote]

I was reminded of this clip from Bob Harris's YouTube account, and he does describe the incident in his Prisoner of Trebekistan.



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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2010, 09:04:13 AM »
More "compleat" fun: the word as used in Walton's title (and others) means "skilled", not "the whole of", as it is usually assumed today.

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19970303

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