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chris319

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« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2005, 06:12:48 PM »
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I thought Bob Boden showran the first season before Canter took over.
Is "showran" a word you've "architected" to mean produced?

Boden produced FF under E.P. Canter during the first season with Louie. I say that speaking as the puzzlescrubber when Bobby Sherman showran Password Plus and George Choderker was shotcaller. Unfortunately our version did not have an etymologist to act as cluebuzzer.
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« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2005, 06:14:32 PM »
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what got FUBARed on this side of the water?
It was allowed to see the light of day.

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« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2005, 06:38:44 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 03:12 PM\']I say that speaking as the puzzlescrubber when Bobby Sherman showran Password Plus and George Choderker was shotcaller. Unfortunately our version did not have an etymologist to act as cluebuzzer.
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And this is why the hair on my arm raises whenever Horan tries to sound more inside than he actually is by using Varietyspeak like "bowed"...
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« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2005, 06:46:13 PM »
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this is why the hair on my arm raises whenever Horan tries to sound more inside than he actually is
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! HOLD IT THERE, CHRIS. HALT! STOP! CEASE!

"... more inside than he ALREADY IS"? ALREADY IS???

This implies that Zach is "inside" to begin with. Randy is "inside", SplitSecond is "inside", I'm "inside", but Zach? No!
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« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2005, 06:47:36 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 03:46 PM\']"... more inside than he ALREADY IS"? ALREADY IS???
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Uh, go back and reread me. Actually. Not already. Actually.

(Unless you fixed it for me, in which case it now says what I meant to say in the first place. Trust me, I do not for a second accuse Zach Horan of being "inside" anything, unless it's his house or the unbearable hell of his own pathetic existence. :))
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« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2005, 06:51:10 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 03:47 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 03:46 PM\']"... more inside than he ALREADY IS"? ALREADY IS???
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Uh, go back and reread me. Actually. Not already. Actually.

(Unless you fixed it for me, in which case it now says what I meant to say in the first place. Trust me, I do not for a second accuse Zach Horan of being "inside" anything, unless it's his house or the unbearable hell of his own pathetic existence. :))
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OK, ACTUALLY is. My point still stands. You can't be MORE something unless you are already that something to begin with.
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« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2005, 07:06:40 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 03:51 PM\']OK, ACTUALLY is. My point still stands. You can't be MORE something unless you are already that something to begin with.
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And I'm agreeing with you. "Already" implies some level. "Actually" does not. And you can certainly be "more" than zero, where the latter is exactly what Zach is, and the former is what he would like to be.
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« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2005, 07:19:44 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 04:46 PM\']Randy is "inside", SplitSecond is "inside", I'm "inside"
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This sounds like it requires a special trip to Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

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« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2005, 07:25:24 PM »
You can't be more "something" than you actually are unless you are already that "something" to begin with. I can't be more Jewish than I actually am because I'm not Jewish to begin with.

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« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2005, 07:32:29 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 04:25 PM\']... I can't be more Jewish than I actually am because I'm not Jewish to begin with.
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« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2005, 08:20:01 PM »
I'm amused at its modification to "showran", as well as its application to game shows, but "showrunner" is a perfectly valid word at this point, even if you hate Variety-speak. It's certainly been the only job title I've ever seen associated with certain employees for various TV dramas. It's not like "yeah, he's our showrunner, look at these skeds", it's "the creator, showrunner, and producers had a quick meeting".
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« Reply #26 on: December 30, 2005, 08:28:27 PM »
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it's "the creator, showrunner, and producers had a quick meeting".
If the showrunner and producer are one and the same, how can he/she have a meeting with him/herself?

So you don't like my term "shotcaller"?

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« Reply #27 on: December 30, 2005, 08:31:49 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 04:32 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 04:25 PM\']... I can't be more Jewish than I actually am because I'm not Jewish to begin with.
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There is a story involving Mark Goodson and Paul Alter during a meeting with NBC which I will tell you the next time I see you.

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« Reply #28 on: December 30, 2005, 08:34:41 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 05:28 PM\']If the showrunner and producer are one and the same, how can he/she have a meeting with him/herself?
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A lot of people I work with talk to themselves. I wonder if I'm the cause.


[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2005, 05:28 PM\']So you don't like my term "shotcaller"?
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I love it. It's a person who specifies his drink requests to the bartender, right?

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« Reply #29 on: December 30, 2005, 08:59:22 PM »
If you need to have a couple of teeth extracted in a hurry, walk up to a network T.D. and call him a "button-pusher". Hold my watch!

Is it true that DOND does not have a head prop person but instead has a "case-stuffer"? Or do case-stuffers only work on courtroom shows?