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Don Howard

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« on: February 03, 2006, 02:50:54 PM »
Over the years, I recall hearing Jack Barry and Wink Martindale say, "So far, our champion has successfully defeated all of his opponents".
Well, as opposed to unsuccessfully defeating them? Do you think before you say this stuff time and time again?
Alex Trebek on Classic Concentration would say just before the car round, "You'll have 35 full seconds". Naturally, they're full seconds. There's no need to split those seconds like atoms when full ones will do.
OK, that's out of my system. Have a nice weekend....if you want to.
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Monarx

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 05:50:52 PM »
"Returning champion" as opposed to one that one that would rather sit at home and play via satellite.
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byrd62

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 05:59:06 PM »
[quote name=\'Monarx\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 05:50 PM\']"Returning champion" as opposed to one that one that would rather sit at home and play via satellite.
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In Australia and maybe Britain, it's "carryover champion".
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2006, 06:00:15 PM »
Amitabh Bachchan on KBC in India has one. He always says "Well played! Well played!"

"Who was the first president of India?" "B. Final answer." "Well played!"

Yes. Giving the correct answer is generally a good way to play the game.
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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2006, 06:01:38 PM »
Of course when they were taping The Joker's Wild five-a-day, Jack always had to ask the players if they would be able to return for the next program.

And Monarx, your sig still frightens me.
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davemackey

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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2006, 06:25:38 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 07:01 PM\']Of course when they were taping The Joker's Wild five-a-day, Jack always had to ask the players if they would be able to return for the next program.

And Monarx, your sig still frightens me.
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Jack Barry always said "On our last program we crowned a brand new champion," even if the guy had been reigining for several days.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2006, 06:37:52 PM »
Alex Trebek always says "Could (s)he be the next Ken Jennings?" when a contestant returns for more than about four days.
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zachhoran

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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2006, 07:13:26 PM »
Add to the spiels previously mentioned: Barker still occasionally saying that TPIR is the number-one rated game show in daytime television, despite the fact that it's been the only remaining network daytime game show for the last 12 years.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2006, 07:21:34 PM »
And his constant historical moments.
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Brandon Brooks

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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2006, 07:38:51 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 06:01 PM\']And Monarx, your sig still frightens me.
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Why he's comparing you to Wayne Brady is baffling.

Brandon Brooks
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Monarx

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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2006, 07:56:44 PM »
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 07:38 PM\']Why he's comparing you to Wayne Brady is baffling.

Brandon Brooks
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Matt said it once and I've been too lazy to change it ever since. :-P
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Brandon Brooks

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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2006, 08:13:44 PM »
[quote name=\'Monarx\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 07:56 PM\']Matt said it once and I've been too lazy to change it ever since. :-P
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I never would've thought our esteemed Matt would say that, but he did.

(Connecti-Matt, maybe.)

I'll go watch some TTD '90 now.

Brandon Brooks
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mystery7

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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2006, 08:26:49 PM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Feb 3 2006, 06:25 PM\']"On our last program we crowned a brand new champion..."
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I sometimes wondered if the newly-crowned champion would emerge from the wings with a bump on his head to prove that he really HAD been crowned.
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whewfan

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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2006, 09:42:33 PM »
"You have drawn FIRST BLOOD!"- Richard Karn
"You've given us some great entertainment"- John Davidson on 100k Pyramid
"And now it's time for the ROUND ROBIN GAME (clap clap clap clap)"- David Ruprecht... and a running gag on GSC8
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2006, 09:59:11 PM »
Wow.
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