Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Forums
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: "You're full of it"  (Read 3982 times)

Jay Temple

  • Member
  • Posts: 2227
"You're full of it"
« on: April 27, 2012, 07:32:09 PM »
Many years ago, I had the idea for a Pyramid main-game category called YOU'RE FULL OF IT, which would be people or characters with the initials B.S. (I know it's immature. I was a teenager.) I didn't know have enough to flesh it out, at least not without being overly dependent on singers. The other day, with a more well-rounded knowledge base and 30 more years of history to draw from, I came up with this list. I can't be objective, because I wrote it, so I'm asking my fellow viewers. Are there better names I could have used? Would you put them in a different order? (I deliberately put space between the singers and between the fictional characters.)

Bruce Springsteen
Bart Simpson
Bob Saget
Barbra Streisand
Brenda Starr
Ben Stein
Britney Spears

I'd hold either "Ben Stiller" or "Bob Stewart" in reserve in case there was a problem on the set and we needed an 8th name to play.

Some other names that I considered:
Bill Shatner
Bubba Smith
Bernie Saunders
Barry Sanders
Bessie Smith
Bull Shannon
Barney Stinson
Boris Spassky
(Buffalo) Bob Smith
the Boston Strangler

Some of the names, like Boris Spassky and the Boston Strangler, would probably fly with the 70's audience but not the 80's/Donnymid audience.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2012, 07:33:00 PM by Jay Temple »
Logged
Protecting idiots from themselves just leads to more idiots.

clemon79

  • Member
  • Posts: 27681
  • Director of Suck Consolidation
"You're full of it"
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 07:38:56 PM »
I'd pull Brenda Starr and come up with a good contemporary sports figure. Or, actually, I like using Barney Stinson a lot too.

Also, you are a rat-bastard for writing a "names" category. :)
Logged
Chris Lemon, King Fool, Director of Suck Consolidation
http://fredsmythe.com
Email: clemon79@outlook.com  |  Skype: FredSmythe

Kevin Prather

  • Member
  • Posts: 6771
"You're full of it"
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 08:30:08 PM »
How about Bugsy Siegel?
Logged

dale_grass

  • Member
  • Posts: 1382
"You're full of it"
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2012, 08:52:45 PM »
Logged

golden-road

  • Member
  • Posts: 1058
"You're full of it"
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2012, 09:14:48 PM »
Bob Saget
Logged

Matt Ottinger

  • Member
  • Posts: 12987
"You're full of it"
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2012, 10:47:20 PM »
Quote from: Jay Temple on April 27, 2012, 07:32:09 PM
Bruce Springsteen
Bart Simpson
Bob Saget
Barbra Streisand
Brenda Starr
Ben Stein
Britney Spears
I was always a fan of the "names" categories, but honestly, they really had to be huge names that everybody would know, and Saget, Stein and (especially) Starr don't make that cut.  Almost anybody on your list would be better than Brenda Starr.  "B.S." is a clever idea that I just don't think ends up being real-world practical.

Other possibilities (all of which still have issues) might include Blake Shelton, Bram Stoker, Barbara Stanwyck, Bella Swan, Brian Setzer and Bart Starr.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2012, 10:48:16 PM by Matt Ottinger »
Logged
This has been another installment of Matt Ottinger's Masters of the Obvious.
Stay tuned for all the obsessive-compulsive fun of Words Have Meanings.

TLEberle

  • Member
  • Posts: 15893
  • Rules Constable
"You're full of it"
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 10:55:34 PM »
This seems like it would be more at home on NPR's Weekend Edition, as opposed to Pyramid.
Logged
If you didn’t create it, it isn’t your content.

Jay Temple

  • Member
  • Posts: 2227
"You're full of it"
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 10:59:26 PM »
Chris: I wanted to put in a sports figure, but I couldn't come up with one that I thought was gettable for the average player. I can't think of a current one with those initials. If I did, I'd probably drop Britney Spears first because I have two other singers on the list. And I plead guilty on the rat bastard charge.

Kevin: I had Bugsy Siegel a couple days ago and forgot to include him.

Matt: You pretty much nailed the difficulty in writing this category. I thought of Blake Shelton and Bram Stoker as well. Blake has the plus that he's a current TV personality, and Bram Stoker's name was included in the title. I might use him if this were a tournament category. (They used to make frequent use of "people who have appeared on Broadway", and it was mostly people who were better known for film or TV. In a tournament game, they included Michael Crawford.) Bart Starr is another one that might have worked in the 70's but not now. And I'm pretty sure I actually saw Barbara Stanwyck come up.
Logged
Protecting idiots from themselves just leads to more idiots.

Matt Ottinger

  • Member
  • Posts: 12987
"You're full of it"
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2012, 11:15:50 PM »
Logged
This has been another installment of Matt Ottinger's Masters of the Obvious.
Stay tuned for all the obsessive-compulsive fun of Words Have Meanings.

mmb5

  • Member
  • Posts: 2176
"You're full of it"
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2012, 08:45:15 AM »
Quote from: TLEberle on April 27, 2012, 10:55:34 PM
This seems like it would be more at home on NPR's Weekend Edition, as opposed to Pyramid.
Makes me wonder if you would welcome or have a panic attack if your Pyramid partner was Will Shortz.  Well, unless the category "NAMES WHERE THE FOURTH LETTER OF THE LAST NAME IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND ANAGRAMMED TO GIVE YOU THE FIRST NAME OF A CABINET MEMBER".  Then you're set.
Logged
Portions of this post not affecting the outcome have been edited or recreated.

bscripps

  • Member
  • Posts: 229
  • Button-Pushing Monkey
"You're full of it"
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2012, 01:04:23 PM »
Yours truly sees absolutely nothing funny in any of this.
Logged
Ben Scripps. Professional button-pushing monkey.

BillCullen1

  • Member
  • Posts: 3376
"You're full of it"
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2012, 10:25:11 AM »
Perfect for this category and I didn't see it anywhere else in this thread:

Bob Stewart.

Hey, they used "Goodson" in the Alphabetics round on PP and SP.
Logged

Matt Ottinger

  • Member
  • Posts: 12987
"You're full of it"
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2012, 10:53:55 AM »
Quote from: BillCullen1 on May 03, 2012, 10:25:11 AM
Perfect for this category and I didn't see it anywhere else in this thread:

Bob Stewart.
You didn't look very hard.  The original poster mentioned it.
Logged
This has been another installment of Matt Ottinger's Masters of the Obvious.
Stay tuned for all the obsessive-compulsive fun of Words Have Meanings.

BillCullen1

  • Member
  • Posts: 3376
"You're full of it"
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2012, 12:38:30 PM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on May 03, 2012, 10:53:55 AM
Quote from: BillCullen1 on May 03, 2012, 10:25:11 AM
Perfect for this category and I didn't see it anywhere else in this thread:

Bob Stewart.
You didn't look very hard.  The original poster mentioned it.

So he did. I just looked at the two lists, not the sentences. Mea culpa.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »