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chris319

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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2008, 07:14:23 PM »
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Not with just a hammer, anyway. I want you to be absolutely sure that nothing can be recovered.
Blowtorches are too risky -- might burn the place down*. Besides, Leo LaPorte and Patrick Norton said it was good enough to smash the platter to itty bits, so it must be.

*Which might be a good thing if it's a certain person's residence in a certain city. I think you know what I mean.
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bwood

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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2008, 08:00:00 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'175024\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 06:14 PM\']
Given the material he has access to, I'm inclined to think it's someone on "the inside" rather than a fanb0i who got some 27th-generation VHS airchecks off of WHIZ-TV in Zanesville, Ohio.

http://www.whiznews.com/tv/
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LOL, I would like to know the significance of this, as I can currently throw a rock and hit the WHIZ TV Studio where I am sitting right now. I know its a pretty low-grade station when it comes to quality (especially in the newscast). It's just shocking to be scrolling thru this thread and see my local redneck station mentioned.

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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2008, 08:01:31 PM »
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Whoever is behind this clearly cut and pasted this. I imagine if I tried harder, I'd find other copyright language stolen from other sites. (Is that irony? I'm no longer sure.) This one took me about a minute.
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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2008, 08:03:17 PM »
I picked WHIZ just as a goofy set of call letters, but first did my due diligence and checked to see if there actually is a TV station with those call letters, which naturally there is.
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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2008, 08:06:21 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'175053\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:03 PM\']
I picked WHIZ just as a goofy set of call letters, but first did my due diligence and checked to see if there actually is a TV station with those call letters, which naturally there is.
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Which brings us to the GSN/Nicktoons co-production ZAP!  The All-New Don't WHIZ on the Electric Fence.

bwood

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« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2008, 08:09:55 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'175053\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:03 PM\']
I picked WHIZ just as a goofy set of call letters, but first did my due diligence and checked to see if there actually is a TV station with those call letters, which naturally there is.
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Well, I'm still laughing. That's crazy stuff. It stands for "We're Here In Zanesville". And, like I said before, is not the greatest station of all time (NBC afil), but they have picked up some syndicated game shows in the past that nobody else has, and for that I can get past the "amateurness"  that they present (I could do better news stories with my camcorder).

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« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2008, 08:10:27 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'175053\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:03 PM\']
I picked WHIZ just as a goofy set of call letters, but first did my due diligence and checked to see if there actually is a TV station with those call letters, which naturally there is.[/quote]
And the fact that WHIZ belongs to a "local redneck station" just makes it all the more perfect.
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bwood

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« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2008, 08:15:55 PM »
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And the fact that WHIZ belongs to a "local redneck station" just makes it all the more perfect.

It's pretty bad, Matt (there may be some clips on YouTube, search WHIZ Zanesville).

It could only get more redneck if they hired Jeff Foxworthy as a correspondent.

But, anyway, back on topic.....

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« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2008, 08:18:37 PM »
Tomorrow's headline:

NEW GM TAKES WHIZ TO NEW HEIGHTS
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« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2008, 08:24:02 PM »
Some WHIZ(-TV) clips from the 'Tube

I'm currently on a dial-up connection...but looking from the little snapshots...geesh.
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« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2008, 08:31:37 PM »
I know the gentleman who owns and operates the site. He is a pro in the entertainment industry, although not primarily in game shows. He's become friendly with a number of producers and composers, and his goal truly is to preserve the music.

I'm supporting the site and its owner, and I ain't just whizzin'.

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« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2008, 08:58:16 PM »
Took a look around on the website, TRES COOL!

For those who haven't yet, go over to the Alan Thicke Section:

Good News:  Thicke Classic unearthed!! (The 2nd Celebrity Sweepstakes Theme -- which by far fit the show better than the first theme)

Bad News:  Still no Whew! theme...yet (still hoping to hear that theme in the clear someday).

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« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2008, 09:00:27 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'175061\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 05:31 PM\']
I know the gentleman who owns and operates the site.[/quote]
Good enough for me. That was the endorsement I was lookin' for. :)
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« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2008, 09:07:04 PM »
His copy of that Thicke promo album is as far as I know the only known source for those particular tracks (or any of Thicke's for that matter).  That same copy was the source for the Wheel and Diamond Head themes on the GSN CD complilation.


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« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2008, 09:08:16 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'175063\' date=\'Jan 15 2008, 08:58 PM\']
Good News:  Thicke Classic unearthed!! (The 2nd Celebrity Sweepstakes Theme -- which by far fit the show better than the first theme)
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I've been looking for this one ever since I saw the show at the MT&R in summer-2003. I distinctly remembered the portion from about :26 in, but since the Stan Worth one was the only one circulating, I wondered was I losing my mind. Then I remembered I lost it LONG before 2003. :-P

Lovin' the site, esp. the Heatter-Quigley classics.

/MMM wasn't that bad.
//Okay, yeah it was.
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