'Hoosier Millionaire' winner killed after taping

[ChrisLambert!]

Story from the Indianapolis Star

What a sad turn of events.

[Radiofreewill]

It'll be interesting to see how they handle this tonight.

[aaron sica]

I believe I read that his family made the decision to have the episode air..

But in any case, a real damn shame.

[inturnaround]

Well, did anyone watch it? How did they handle it?

[chris319]

I am convinced this is how I will meet my demise. I will hit the metaphorical jackpot in some aspect of my life and have four hours to enjoy it before I'm pushing up daisies.

While I'm at it, I am hereby putting the world on notice: If anyone plays bagpipes during my funeral, I'm getting out of the box to wrap those infernal bagpipes around the neck of the person playing them. I will then get back in the box and continue on to my eternal reward.

My sincere condolences to this man's family and friends.

[davemackey]

The show aired and there was an in memoriam slide at the end.

"An old man turned ninety-eight/he won the lottery and died the next day."

--Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"

[PeterMarshallFan]

Wow. Just wow.

I can understand how this man's family and friends must feel right now. My thoughts are with them.

[catkins522]

While I'm at it, I am hereby putting the world on notice: If anyone plays bagpipes during my funeral, I'm getting out of the box to wrap those infernal bagpipes around the neck of the person playing them. I will then get back in the box and continue on to my eternal reward.

<dialing phone....ringing>Hello, Bagpipe-Mart?  I need some lessons.  Why?  Well, I am going to a funeral.  I have a wager to see if a dead man can get up from his casket and kill me with the bagpipes.  I say he won't do it....

Charles

[gameshowguy2000]

I saw that same article on the Prof's site.

And it says that the guy who hit that HM winner won't be charged.

What I want to know is: WHY? Why not file charges?

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 12:55 AM\'] I saw that same article on the Prof's site.

And it says that the guy who hit that HM winner won't be charged.

What I want to know is: WHY? Why not file charges? [/quote]
 Because...it..was...an..ACCIDENT....accicdents *do* happen....even to game show contestants.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 25 2004, 10:55 PM\'] I saw that same article on the Prof's site.

And it says that the guy who hit that HM winner won't be charged.

What I want to know is: WHY? Why not file charges? [/quote]
 Well, looking at the whole thing from a neutral angle, it looks like Mr. Atwood was extremely poorly prepared to be out walking at night. In addition, we don't know if he was walking against a Don't Walk signal, or any of a dozen potential extenuating circumstances.

Do you want a guy to face manslaughter charges and possible jail time for something that appears to have been a genuine honest-to-God unfortunate accident on both sides of the fence? Before you answer that question, remember that guy driving the truck could just as easily have been YOU.

[gameshowguy2000]

OK. "Forgive me for I have been sinned...."

[Robair]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jan 25 2004, 08:28 PM\'] While I'm at it, I am hereby putting the world on notice: If anyone plays bagpipes during my funeral, I'm getting out of the box to wrap those infernal bagpipes around the neck of the person playing them. I will then get back in the box and continue on to my eternal reward. [/quote]
You better let the funeral home know not to dress you in a kilt, either.

Are you really of Scottish descent, or do you just have a thing for bagpipes?

ObGameShow: A guy from Philly named Rufus Harley plays jazz bagpipes. Great sounding stuff. If you ever saw him on the nighttime "To Tell the Truth" or "I've Got a Secret" in the mid 60's you'd like bagpipe music for sure. Rufus Harley is alive and well and still the world's only jazz bagpipe player, playing every week in Philly.

[chris319]

The statistics for 2003 are in: last year bagpipe music killed over 1,200 people.

The sound made by bagpipes resonates with the intercellular fluids of the central nervous system. Those normally-viscous fluids then become aquaeous, that is, having the consistency of water. The cells are thus rendered non-funcitonal. If this happens to enough cells the victim dies.

Bob Barker and PETA are about to launch a joint campaign to eliminate bagpipes because they sound too much like animals being tortured.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 01:38 PM\']Bob Barker and PETA are about to launch a joint campaign to eliminate bagpipes because they sound too much like animals being tortured.[/quote]
Good Luck