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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: toetyper on March 03, 2008, 04:09:29 PM
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does meredith know the questions beforehand or is she reading them as we see them>;
how many million dollar questions do you think the writers have stored up
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179771\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:09 PM\']
does meredith know the questions beforehand or is she reading them as we see them>;
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The latter. When the ABC show was burning up the Nielsens, IIRC, there was a special documentary that the process. IIRC, the questions are kept in a manila envelope until show time; when the question pops up on Meredith's monitor, it's their first time seeing it.
how many million dollar questions do you think the writers have stored up
From same docu, they write a 15-question set for each contestant, so however many stacks.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'179772\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:13 PM\']
how many million dollar questions do you think the writers have stored up
From same docu, they write a 15-question set for each contestant, so however many stacks.
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you mean they write a different MDQ for each contestant-- i dont think so
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'179772\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179771\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:09 PM\']
does meredith know the questions beforehand or is she reading them as we see them>;
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The former. When the ABC show was burning up the Nielsens, IIRC, there was a special documentary that the process. IIRC, the questions are kept in a manila envelope until show time; when the question pops up on Meredith's monitor, it's their first time seeing it.
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Shouldn't that be the latter then? :D
I had figured she's been briefed on some of the answers' pronunciations ahead of time since a lot of times she seems to fly through reading obscure proper names etc without stumbling, even on ones she admits never hearing of before
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179773\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:20 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'179772\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:13 PM\']
how many million dollar questions do you think the writers have stored up
From same docu, they write a 15-question set for each contestant, so however many stacks.
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you mean they write a different MDQ for each contestant-- i dont think so
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I would agree that they probably don't toss out unused $1m questions in a stack if not used on a contestant..
but it is entirely possible that they would want to follow a $500k with a $1m question that has absolutely nothing to do with each other categorically, so it's possible the whole chain of questions given to a contestant is designed to not have any two questions that repeat similar areas of trivia...
but then you have the Switch the Question where the "computer" "randomly" swaps out current question with another one valued at bla bla along with times where they have to throw out a question for whatever reason so of course there's gotta be tons of extras of each value lyin' around
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'179774\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:20 PM\']
Shouldn't that be the latter then? :D
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You can tell when it's a Monday. :-P Will fix that, thanks.
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I know for a fact that Regis went over question pronunciations prior to show tapings. Whether or not he was shown the entire question, I don't know. With Regis, it was more of a necessity to do go over pronunciation than with Meredith, and Regis would probably be the first to admit that.
I think that the question stacks are pulled "randomly" from the question bank prior to each show. So yes, unused questions get recycled, I'm sure. With as much scrutiny as each question receives through the writing process, any other method would be throwing money out the window.
EDIT: To clarify, I remember reading something about how each question is assigned some sort of category, and the stacks are built on a premise that categories don't get repeated. But I've seen contestants get question stacks that have two TV questions in them, so I don't know if this is true.
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'179774\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:20 PM\']
I had figured she's been briefed on some of the answers' pronunciations ahead of time since a lot of times she seems to fly through reading obscure proper names etc without stumbling, even on ones she admits never hearing of before
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We had to do a pickup on my final question at my taping because Meredith stumbled over the pronunciation of "Monegasque". So it may be that she's not briefed.
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'179779\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:34 PM\']
I think that the question stacks are pulled "randomly" from the question bank prior to each show. So yes, unused questions get recycled, I'm sure. With as much scrutiny as each question receives through the writing process, any other method would be throwing money out the window.
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that makes sense soooooooooooooooooooo back to the original question
how many MDQ do you think they have
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'179779\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:34 PM\'] I know for a fact that Regis went over question pronunciations prior to show tapings. Whether or not he was shown the entire question, I don't know. [/quote] Right. If I recall correctly, there was a room offstage (and I think it was behind the side of the stage the contestant entered from) where they would take him a few minutes before taping and go over the questions with him. I can't believe they wouldn't show him the entire question...otherwise, they'd just be going over individual words out of context.
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179787\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'179779\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:34 PM\']
I think that the question stacks are pulled "randomly" from the question bank prior to each show. So yes, unused questions get recycled, I'm sure. With as much scrutiny as each question receives through the writing process, any other method would be throwing money out the window.
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that makes sense soooooooooooooooooooo back to the original question
how many MDQ do you think they have
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precisely 81 on-hand.
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179771\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 01:09 PM\']
how many million dollar questions do you think the writers have stored up[/quote]
Two.
/you're kidding, right?
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179787\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 06:12 PM\']
how many MDQ do you think they have
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They have precisely nine, kept in a hermetically-sealed mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' porch until noon of the tape date.
\"Sis-boom-bah."
\\"What sound does a sheep make before it explodes?"
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'179823\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 06:35 PM\']
\"Sis-boom-bah."
\\"What sound does a sheep make before it explodes?"
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http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/6015/24...40661bf7rl8.jpg (http://\"http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/6015/244mcmahoned10040661bf7rl8.jpg\")
"YES! You are CORRECT sir!"
/approves
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179834\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 11:21 PM\']
"YES! You are CORRECT sir!"
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"May your sister kiss a diseased yak."
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'179853\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 12:11 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179834\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 11:21 PM\']
"YES! You are CORRECT sir!"
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"May your sister kiss a diseased yak."
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"Carnac requests complete silence."
"You get that most nights."
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Carnac: "Dustin Hoffman"
Ed: "Dustin Hoffman"
Carnac: "Describe someone cleaning his Hoffman"
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I just have to take a moment to say that the people who are pumping out the Carson DVDs would make a MINT if they would do an entire Carnac set.
/and an Art Fern
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Carnac: "John Paul, Ivory, and Chuck Barris."
McMahon: "John Paul, Ivory, and Chuck Barris."
Carnac: "Name a pope, a soap, and a dope."
/Would buy Lemon's suggested Carnac and Art Fern DVDs in a friggin' heartbeat
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'179890\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 10:47 AM\']
Carnac: "Name a pope, a soap, and a dope."[/quote]
Now, see, I prefer the construct of that one where he leaves the punchline unsaid:
Carnac: "The Blarney Stone, Argyle, and Dave Price."
Ed: "The Blarney Stone, Argyle, and Dave Price."
Carnac: "Name a rock, a sock, and a CBS weatherman."
/may a yak in heat become your sister's French tutor
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179893\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 02:02 PM\']
Now, see, I prefer the construct of that one where he leaves the punchline unsaid[/quote]
The beauty of the bit, we all have our favorite "types". Mine were the ones that really defied traditional punchlines.
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
"How do you greet your Diddle Diddle?"
"Hickory Dickory Dock"
"Who do you go to when you have a pain in your hickory dickory?"
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a treasure trove of 37 Carnac clips (http://\"http://www.johnnycarson.com/carson/carnac_main.jsp#\")
carnac: Dippity Do
ed: Dippity Do
carnac: what forms on your dippity early in the morning?
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A: Shish-kebab
Q: How do you tell Kebab to be quiet?
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Okay, normally these threads get tiring after a while, but I just never tire of good Carnac bits. :)
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One I just happened to see:
A: Peter Pan.
Q: What do you use to fry a Peter?
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One of my fave Carnac lines, for obvious reasons: May a mathematician do a number to your sister.
When a local station ran 2 hour blocks of Carson's Comedy Classics in 2005, I saved a good number of Carnac and Art Fern segments to DVD. Now I must find them...
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Pop Quiz: What four things are you supposed to do once you get to the Slauson Cut-off?
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'179997\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 09:33 PM\']Pop Quiz: What four things are you supposed to do once you get to the Slauson Cut-off?[/quote]
1. Get out of your car
2. Cut off your Slauson
3. Get back in your car
4. Drive 5 miles until you find the giant neon plunger or another giant neon item?
Now back to Dennis James, Art James, Art Fleming, Peggy Fleming, Peggy Cass, Mama Cass, and Sticky the Wonder Mule in "Ma and Pa Kettle Open Up a Brothel."
*Johnny Carson starts sucking face with Carol Wayne or Teresa Ganzel while an old movie plays*
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'179998\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 10:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'179997\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 09:33 PM\']Pop Quiz: What four things are you supposed to do once you get to the Slauson Cut-off?[/quote]
1. Get out of your car
2. Cut off your Slauson
3. Get back in your car
4. Drive 5 miles until you find the giant neon plunger or another giant neon item?
Now back to Dennis James, Art James, Art Fleming, Peggy Fleming, Peggy Cass, Mama Cass, and Sticky the Wonder Mule in "Ma and Pa Kettle Open Up a Brothel."
*Johnny Carson starts sucking face with Carol Wayne or Teresa Ganzel while an old movie plays*
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Kee-rect.
\Has Squirt the Wonder Skunk been in any recent projects?
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[Carnac] "A Blarney Stone"
[Ed] "A Blarney Stone"
[Carnac] "What do Irishmen have a hard time passing through their Shaleleighs"
/Carnac was an excellent Jeopardy! player
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'179998\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 06:50 PM\']
Now back to Dennis James, Art James, Art Fleming, Peggy Fleming, Peggy Cass, Mama Cass, and Sticky the Wonder Mule in "Ma and Pa Kettle Open Up a Brothel."[/quote]
Winnar. BIG winnar. :)
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'Carnac': "Elvis Presley, Martin Luther, and Matt Ottinger."
'Ed': "Elvis Presley, Martin Luther, and Matt Ottinger."
'Carnac': "Name three famous Kings."
/Funny?
//No?
//Close, at least?
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'180198\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 10:32 PM\']
'Carnac': "Elvis Presley, Martin Luther, and Matt Ottinger."
'Ed': "Elvis Presley, Martin Luther, and Matt Ottinger."
'Carnac': "Name three famous Kings."
/Funny?
//No?
//Close, at least?
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Got a chuckle out of me. You get a gold star. :-)
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Carnac: A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Ed: A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Carnac: Name the preparations that came before Preparation H.
Ed: Hi-yo!
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'180204\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 08:12 PM\']
Ed: Hi-yo!
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Bonus points for the "Hi-yo!", sir. :)
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'179995\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 09:26 PM\']When a local station ran 2 hour blocks of Carson's Comedy Classics in 2005, I saved a good number of Carnac and Art Fern segments to DVD. Now I must find them...[/quote]
Please share. I remember catching half-hour blocks of Carson AND blocks of Carol Burnett (on what I believe was the Family Channel) in my youth. I'm surprised that hasn't popped up anywhere.
/A blue jay, Gary Gygax, and Temptation: The All New $otC
//Name a bird, a nerd, and a game show revival
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'180216\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 12:09 AM\']
/A blue jay, Gary Gygax, and Temptation: The All New $otC
//Name a bird, a nerd, and a game show revival[/quote]
VERY nice!
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'179909\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 02:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179893\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 02:02 PM\']
Now, see, I prefer the construct of that one where he leaves the punchline unsaid[/quote]
The beauty of the bit, we all have our favorite "types". Mine were the ones that really defied traditional punchlines.
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
"How do you greet your Diddle Diddle?"
"Hickory Dickory Dock"
"Who do you go to when you have a pain in your hickory dickory?"
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Thanks, Matt...just what I needed...42-damn-years-old and I'm pissing myself...how humiliating! :)
Jake
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'179995\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 08:26 PM\']
One of my fave Carnac lines, for obvious reasons: May a mathematician do a number to your sister.
When a local station ran 2 hour blocks of Carson's Comedy Classics in 2005, I saved a good number of Carnac and Art Fern segments to DVD. Now I must find them...
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For a brief time in the past 2-3 years, Comcast carried quite a few episodes within their "On Demand" feature. It was nice to see them in pristine shape and, of course, without commercial interruption. I believe I recorded most, if not all, that they offered at the time...now I just have to find those DVDs!
Jake
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[quote name=\'JakeT\' post=\'180218\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 09:11 PM\']
Thanks, Matt...just what I needed...42-damn-years-old and I'm pissing myself...how humiliating! :)[/quote]
Ah, when yer 70, you'll be fine with it. Might as well get used to the idea now. ;)
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I'll try my hand at this...hold your fire. :-P
Artificial turf, English 101, and Bill O'Reilly.
{opens envelope}
"Name a grass, a class, and a TV personality."
Wee-wee-wee all the way home.
{opens envelope}
"What did the drunk man do as he left the bar?"
/I'll be here all hour.
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I have nothing to add...except a picture (http://\"http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1410/carnacmt5.jpg\") of the magnificent one himself.
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CARNAC: Ty Pennington.
ED: Ty Pennington--HAW HAW HAW!
CARNAC: What do you do when your Pennington's undone?
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Since this thread has already drifted away from its original intent, let me take a moment of Moderator Privilege (while remaining on the current topic) to say happy birthday to Carnac's straight man.