Retired TPIR PG "Super Saver" wins the KY Derby

[BrentW]

I rarely start topics -- just having some fun.

I just wonder if anyone else bet on Super Saver to win the KY Derby, as did I, because of his name?  I told all my friends to bet on Super Saver -- I've never seen a Derby horse (I live in Louisville) named after a "The Price is Right" pricing game.  Even if it is a coincidence...

He was at 18 to 1 this morning but went off at 8-1 i believe.  No one would believe me why I picked him -- but it seemed as good a reason as ANY with this Derby field.

I bet 10 across, and came away with $150.  

Also cool:  the fanboy who won the Visa $100,000 horse picking challenge.  They gave him $100,000 to bet, and HE picked Super Saver, and he won $800,000.  Sort of the horse equivalent of the guy shooting the halfcourt shot and winning money at halftime.

They may have retired Super Saver instead of fixing it, but its legacy lives on.... *tongue in cheek*  :-)

-Brent

[BrentW]

Now I am convinced they did name it after that game, or saw it somehow.  

I just saw Calvin Borel's hat for Super Saver in his press conference.  The trainers designed this hat with the same exact placement that the TPIR set designers used.  
With a big "S" for the first letter for "Super" and "Saver" and a big "R" at the end of both words.  I can't get the font to do it, but both words are sharing the big S and the big R.

(EDIT: Sorry, I should have just edited my other post)

[JayDLewis]

You can sort of see it in this shot: http://bit.ly/dfjudD

[Joe Mello]

I'm still not totally convinced, but there have been stranger names.  I guess we just have to hope the horse keeps winning so we can get the full story.

[Thunder]

His great-great-great-grandmother was named "Buckpasser", and his great-great-great-great-grandmother was also the same "Buckpasser".

Another of his great-great-great-great grandmothers was named "Poker".

There ya go.

/One of his great-great-great-great grandmothers was named "Gay Hostess", but I'll let you do that joke yourselves...

[dale_grass]

[quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'240178\' date=\'May 1 2010, 09:58 PM\']/One of his great-great-great-great grandmothers was named "Gay Hostess", but I'll let you do that joke yourselves...[/quote]

That reminds me, anyone else invited to Bruce Vilanch's luncheon tomorrow?  I'm supposta bring skin-on weiners (his emphasis).  Also, I hope he'll make a solid plan for desert; when I asked him about it, he mumbled something about an impromptu fruit salad.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'240185\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:43 AM\'][quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'240178\' date=\'May 1 2010, 09:58 PM\']/One of his great-great-great-great grandmothers was named "Gay Hostess", but I'll let you do that joke yourselves...[/quote]

That reminds me, anyone else invited to Bruce Vilanch's luncheon tomorrow?  I'm supposta bring skin-on weiners (his emphasis).  Also, I hope he'll make a solid plan for desert; when I asked him about it, he mumbled something about an impromptu fruit salad.
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Internetz. Yours. Blah blah blah...

[J.R.]

KY Derby? That must've been one sticky race.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240186\' date=\'May 1 2010, 11:55 PM\']Internetz. Yours. Blah blah blah...[/quote]Really? You're way more generous than I. I thought the gay joke was way too easy and overplayed.

ObligatoryGameShowContent: I really liked Super Saver as a game. I thought it was a neat concept.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'240187\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:11 AM\']KY Derby? That must've been one sticky race.[/quote]
On the contrary; I heard Super Saver slid right into the winner's circle...

[TheLastResort]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'240190\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:57 AM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'240187\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:11 AM\']KY Derby? That must've been one sticky race.[/quote]
On the contrary; I heard Super Saver slid right into the winner's circle...
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I guess that would make it a Hole in One (or Two).

[NickS]

[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'240191\' date=\'May 2 2010, 06:28 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'240190\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:57 AM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'240187\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:11 AM\']KY Derby? That must've been one sticky race.[/quote]
On the contrary; I heard Super Saver slid right into the winner's circle...
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I guess that would make it a Hole in One (or Two).
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File this Pyramid category under "Things Not To Read While Eating Breakfast."

/or "Tossed Salad"

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240188\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:20 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240186\' date=\'May 1 2010, 11:55 PM\']Internetz. Yours. Blah blah blah...[/quote]Really? You're way more generous than I. I thought the gay joke was way too easy and overplayed.
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Sometimes the most obvious joke can still be good for a laugh.

[dale_grass]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240188\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:20 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240186\' date=\'May 1 2010, 11:55 PM\']Internetz. Yours. Blah blah blah...[/quote]Really? You're way more generous than I. I thought the gay joke was way too easy and overplayed.
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I originally had two more sentences, but even I was asking what the point was.  Not a very satisfying post.

[GPeefalt]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240200\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:06 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240188\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:20 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240186\' date=\'May 1 2010, 11:55 PM\']Internetz. Yours. Blah blah blah...[/quote]Really? You're way more generous than I. I thought the gay joke was way too easy and overplayed.
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Sometimes the most obvious joke can still be good for a laugh.
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That's how Jay Leno gets paid.