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cmjb13

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« Reply #45 on: December 20, 2003, 08:43:55 AM »
[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 06:05 AM\']
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(especally the big sweep, the FK like endgame is tired though)

OK, stupid question, but what's FK? [/quote]
 Finder's Keepers?
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« Reply #46 on: December 20, 2003, 10:25:00 AM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 08:43 AM\'] [quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 06:05 AM\']
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(especally the big sweep, the FK like endgame is tired though)

OK, stupid question, but what's FK? [/quote]
Finder's Keepers? [/quote]
 That's the only FK I could come up with....

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« Reply #47 on: December 20, 2003, 10:53:29 AM »
yep, FK's indeed finders keepers

FK's endgame was find the clue card in the room get a prize go to the next room repeat 6 times (in 90 seconds) win it all

Sweeps endgame is get a riddle, find the item repeat 3 times (in 60 seconds) win 5k...it gets old after a while...but i cant really find a better endgame for that show so well, i still like sweep ;)

Thats a very hard endgame, i always thought it should have been played for higher stakes in FK (often the room romp final prize was less than the instant prize room prize, esp in the Eure version)

However it does fit Sweep well, however applying it to the mini sweeps :-/

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« Reply #48 on: December 22, 2003, 05:56:16 PM »
Thanks.

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To Tell the Truth. Not the Paula Poundstone version, but the original Mike Wallace pilot entitled Nothing But the Truth which CBS should never have ordered in the first place


What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth?
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« Reply #49 on: December 22, 2003, 06:28:31 PM »
[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 03:56 PM\'] What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth? [/quote]
 Absolutely nothing. But Nothing But The Truth with Wallace at the helm sucked rocks. :)
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« Reply #50 on: December 22, 2003, 07:05:20 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 06:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 03:56 PM\'] What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth? [/quote]
Absolutely nothing. [/quote]
I wouldn't say absolutely nothing, CL.  What about the occasional nudist in 2000-01?  (OK, so maybe "occasional" is stretching it.)
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« Reply #51 on: December 22, 2003, 07:07:45 PM »
[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 05:56 PM\'] What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth? [/quote]
 Paula Poundstone. :-P
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« Reply #52 on: December 22, 2003, 07:46:45 PM »
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 10:02 AM\'] [quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' date=\'Dec 17 2003, 10:45 PM\']I'm also surprised no one mentioned "Trivial Pursuit."  That was on for a good 2-3 years and, IMO, should've only stayed on about 4 months![/quote]
I think it was the announcer that kept that one going for so long. ;-) [/quote]
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« Reply #53 on: December 23, 2003, 11:51:16 AM »
[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 04:56 PM\'] Thanks.

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To Tell the Truth. Not the Paula Poundstone version, but the original Mike Wallace pilot entitled Nothing But the Truth which CBS should never have ordered in the first place


What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth? [/quote]
 Correct me if I'm wrong:  Panelists' questions were written for them.
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« Reply #54 on: December 23, 2003, 11:59:51 AM »
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 11:51 AM\'] [quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Dec 22 2003, 04:56 PM\'] Thanks.

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To Tell the Truth. Not the Paula Poundstone version, but the original Mike Wallace pilot entitled Nothing But the Truth which CBS should never have ordered in the first place


What's so horrible about To Tell the Truth? [/quote]
Correct me if I'm wrong:  Panelists' questions were written for them. [/quote]
 I don't think the panelists had questions written for them, but I guess it is possible questions were suggested by some of the staffers for some of the less-than-stellar game players, particularly on the 2000-01 version(just like Pyramid helps some of the celebrities on the current version as we discussed recently)

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« Reply #55 on: December 23, 2003, 12:27:16 PM »
As a reason to dislike the show, that's close enough.
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