[quote name=\'DjohnsonCB\' date=\'Mar 25 2005, 09:55 AM\']I wrote Alex Trebek while he was doing Classic Concentration, to tell him that I was concerned about a contestant's rebus-solving answer that might not have counted. It spelled out "Rodeo Drive" which as we all know is pronounced "Ro DAY-Oh" when referring to the street. But the contestant pronounced it "RO-Dee-Oh" and won anyway. Alex sent me a card with him on the J! set, and on the back was a printed message concluding with "Please keep watching "Jeopardy!" followed by a handwritten addition: "...and also Classic Concentration!" I'm sure I still have it.
I also got a signed letter from Jack Barry on official B & E stationary as a result of my writing to the company to tell them how disappointed I was that Jack would lend his name and production outfit to a dismal theatrical movie like "Private Lessons", as well as how I felt their game shows had fallen into a rut, being mainly ripoffs of TJW, and felt they ought to try something different. I suggested, too, that they try to stay out of 9 AM on CBS since every game show they had aired in that slot since TJW was being bumped locally in mine and countless other markets. I know this letter still exists.
I just recalled: I also still have a 1978 letter from Kathie Lee Johnson which she signed herself, on actual Name That Tune stationary.
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Um, wow.
As for Private Lessons, I couldn't agree with you less. I was 13 and in the throes of puberty when they flick hit theatres. Phoebe Cates' greatest role, EVER. It is a CRIME that Kevin Kline gets to hit that.
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But the rest...wow.