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Do you remember any celebs on HS who would give little or no bluffs and just answer the question? The only one I can think of is Kathy Ireland, but my brother said it was because of her high voice.
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[quote name=\'gsnstooge\' date=\'Nov 12 2005, 02:41 PM\']Do you remember any celebs on HS who would give little or no bluffs and just answer the question? The only one I can think of is Kathy Ireland, but my brother said it was because of her high voice.
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When Lou Rawls was on, he seemed to just answer the question.
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Three others are Tony Randall, Glenn Ford and James Farentino.
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Rosie O'Donnell. She felt too guilty about bluffing and usually told the contestant if she didn't know.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 04:17 PM\']Rosie O'Donnell. She felt too guilty about bluffing and usually told the contestant if she didn't know.
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Oh man, yes. I hated the way she'd give a bluff, and shake her head no to basically tell the contestant to disagree. Was she even invited back after that week of shows?
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Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 07:53 PM\']Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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What was that from?
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 06:45 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 07:53 PM\']Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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What was that from?
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)trebekdumbsob
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 08:45 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 07:53 PM\']Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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What was that from?
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History I.Q. John Davidson, please lend this person your sign.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 08:54 PM\'][quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 08:45 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 07:53 PM\']Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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What was that from?
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History I.Q. John Davidson, please lend this person your sign.
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I'll save you your whooosh, but get that detector checked. :)
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I actually wanted to start a thread about this a long time ago, but couldn't figure out how. So I'll just jump in.
One week had Charo sitting in one of the boxes. I don't get why she was on the show that much, but one incident stuck in my head. Tom asks the question, and she gives the answer, followed by "Agree! Agree! Agree!". This was for a win, mind you. Contestant agrees, wins the $1,000, and we go on.
It seems incredibly against the spirit of the game to have the celebrities shaking their heads, shouting advice and doing stuff like that. They're paid to crack a joke, give an answer, and that's it. I never watched the show if Charo was sitting in a box ever again, because that seemed to give the opponent a bum deal.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Nov 14 2005, 07:51 AM\']I never watched the show if Charo was sitting in a box ever again, because that seemed to give the opponent a bum deal.
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On the same token, something like that happened on one of my shows. It was the final show of the college tourney, and I was handily beating the cutie from Arizona State. Then Nile Rogers is asked a question. He says something to the effect that "The answer is blank, I know it's blank... Now let's go win some money!" She agreed. He was wrong, wrong, wrong, and it cost her dearly. I didn't like him for that, but I got over that pretty quick. ;-)
Brandon Brooks
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In the midst of all this, we forget Robert Fuller from "Emergency!" in the original run of "Squares." No jokes, just an immediate and confident answer--and half the time he was lying through his teeth. Marshall called him the greatest bluffer in the history of the show.
And on the original, where Randall was always immediate and confident was in opera. However, the writers would always include a multiple choice in the opera question on purpose, so that the regular panelist on "Texaco's Opera Quiz" on the Metropolitan Opera Saturday broadcasts could give Marshall a look of disdain as he whipped his dark glasses back on (because of the lights, or so he said).
And on occasion:
RANDALL: I haven't the slightest idea.
MARSHALL: THIS IS A GAME OF BLUFF, YOU SILLY GOOSE!
Randall would usually come up with an answer (and perhaps be correct), but he did like jerking game show hosts around--just ask Dick Clark.
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Also, when it comes to Marshall era, it's known that the show's writers only wrote jokes for some of the celebrities. Thus, unless a celebrity with no scripted jokes was unusually quick-witted (such as Mel Brooks), it was probably in his best interest just to answer the question rather than stumble through a lame retort.
I have no idea what the policy for writing jokes was on later editions, but it seemed like most celebrities had prepared material on Davidson's and Bergeron's shows. Perhaps some just didn't feel comfortable cracking jokes.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 13 2005, 07:53 PM\']Homer Simpson: Should I read from the sheet marked "jokes" or "answers"?
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Homer Simpson appeared as center square on HS on an episode of the Simpsons, which also guest starred Ron Howard.
It's not the only time Simpsons made a HS reference
On one episode that poked fun at the Davidson era, there's an ep. where the Simpsons are watching HS being taped on the beach in Florida, and a tidal wave wipes out the celebs. Charley Weaver refuses to leave his square (whom the animators incorrectly placed on the lower right)
Also, on another episode, they showed Paul Lynde being asked if he was gay. He replied "Circle gets the square!"
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 14 2005, 10:09 AM\']And on the original, where Randall was always immediate and confident was in opera. However, the writers would always include a multiple choice in the opera question on purpose, so that the regular panelist on "Texaco's Opera Quiz" on the Metropolitan Opera Saturday broadcasts could give Marshall a look of disdain as he whipped his dark glasses back on (because of the lights, or so he said).
And on occasion:
RANDALL: I haven't the slightest idea.
MARSHALL: THIS IS A GAME OF BLUFF, YOU SILLY GOOSE!
Randall would usually come up with an answer (and perhaps be correct), but he did like jerking game show hosts around--just ask Dick Clark.
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That's not to say that Randall didn't come up with a quip on occasion. During a syndie ep in the 1979-80 season, Marshall asked him a question about Debby Boone. While I can't for the life of me remember the question, I do recall the joke line:
"She threw up her milk."
And the McKenzie operator was on his game--he nailed the reaction. I'm sure the last thing he expected was for Randall to actually tell a joke in that scenario.
Doug
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I recall on Bergeron's Squares, the guy from "Sports Night"--the least funny sitcom ever--who later turned up on "West Wing"--one of the funnier hour-long dramas ever--didn't bluff or offer anything slightly amusing or clever the whole week. And they kept him in a corner square.
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Garth Brooks never offered any jokes, etc. during the coupla times he did Bergeron's version.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Nov 14 2005, 09:35 PM\']I recall on Bergeron's Squares, the guy from "Sports Night"--the least funny sitcom ever
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Lot of people out there who disagree. Especially if you never saw United States, Larry Gelbart's late-70s unfunny dramedy (comma?).
Going back to the original question, I don't think Rosie was invited back often -- likely the location issue being the primary problem.
A celebrity can't be afraid to bluff. If they are, the game doesn't work. At the same time, it's best to have plausible bluff answers written out for them for that purpose. Heck, contestants on Break the Bank knew one of the two celebrities had to be lying -- this isn't all that different.
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Heck, contestants on Break the Bank knew one of the two celebrities had to be lying -- this isn't all that different.
In early episodes of "Break the Bank" that GSN ran, there were a few instances where both celebrities gave the wrong answer and the question had to be thrown out. I've wondered why that occured - maybe their card wasn't marked clearly enough(?)
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[quote name=\'calliaume\' date=\'Nov 14 2005, 10:12 PM\']Especially if you never saw United States, Larry Gelbart's late-70s unfunny dramedy (comma?).
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Point taken, although Beau Bridges would have been way funnier on the Squares than this dork.
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Heck, contestants on Break the Bank knew one of the two celebrities had to be lying -- this isn't all that different.
In early episodes of "Break the Bank" that GSN ran, there were a few instances where both celebrities gave the wrong answer and the question had to be thrown out. I've wondered why that occured - maybe their card wasn't marked clearly enough(?)
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Early on, it would seem to me that they tried putting several answers on the card and letting the celebs pick which one to use. When too many instances like what you referred to happened, they probably then went to pre-writing all of the answers--and giving only *one* answer for each celeb's card. (It does seem to me that the disclaimer didn't state that that all answers were pre-written until perhaps halfway in the run--until then, it was just that material was fed to the celebs.)
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Lot of people out there who disagree. Especially if you never saw United States, Larry Gelbart's late-70s unfunny dramedy (comma?).
He just couldn't get a hit after M*A*S*H...the yr after it was launched, CBS passed on an MTM vehicle titled Bachelor at Law, which would've starred the late John Ritter, in favor of a supposedly "fall-down funny" sitcom about a black military unit titled Roll Out...it lasted 13 wks.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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He just couldn't get a hit after M*A*S*H...the yr after it was launched, CBS passed on an MTM vehicle titled Bachelor at Law, which would've starred the late John Ritter, in favor of a supposedly "fall-down funny" sitcom about a black military unit titled Roll Out...it lasted 13 wks.
Yes, that was paired with "Calluci's Dept" on Friday nights, and frequent game show panelist Stu Gilliam was a regular on that show. On his "Match Game '73" appearance from just before the show went on the air, he seemed excited about the prospects of that show. LIttle did he know...