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Stupidest Answer on a Quiz Show
When I was watching The Weakest Link I really did ROFL Heres why
The questionIn orienteering what small object do competitors take with them to blow in an emergency
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Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
Q During what month does a pregnant woman start to look pregnantA September
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Also from The Weakest LinkQ The name of which game is jokingly said to derive from the acronym Gentlemen Only Ladies ForbiddenA Cricket
From 15‐to‐1Q Which commandment is Thou Shalt Not KillA Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
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From a Wheel of Fortune many many years ago
Id like to solve the puzzle The Battle of Bettysburg
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One that was actually up on the board on Family Fortunes yesterday
Q Name something a dentist does to your teethA Hurt
Not surprisingly neither team got it
In the same show in the Big Money round
Q Other than board name another word that can follow black to make another wordA Chalk
Q Name a pop group with a number in its nameA 123
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Family FeudQ How many eggs do you eat wi th breakfastA 13
The Newlywed Game (this is just what Ive been told but Ive been told that this was researched)
Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopie
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Family Feud
Q Name a famous WillieA Willie the Pooh
Q Name a question other than How old are you that a person is likely to answer with a lieA 18(Richard shakes his head tries the other contestant)A Ill say 50(Egads More head‐banging It goes to the family and )A I think its 39 R ichard
(OK so it was a bad question but get a clue people)
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What sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
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Originally posted by bluecanaryWhat sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
The point of Family Feud is to try to give an answer that matches with the highest number of people in a survey of 100 So the questions dont have to have a definite answer but you have to try to guess what most people wsay Id say two
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Id say none‐‐dont like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter
Surely out of 100 people a minority are going to eat eggs as opposed to cereal toast a bar of chocolate fruit etc
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Once on Wheel of Fortune All the letters had been overturned Answer reads Frankly Scarlet I dont give a damn Contestant answers Frankly Scarlet I dont give a darn Contestant misses the answer Next contestant it and gets it right
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The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs but Im sure the answer of zero matched a fair number of answers
Scarlett67 I embarrassed to admit that I remember that episode
Slight hijack My favorite answerQ Name a place in which y ou always spend more time than you thinkA (In a fit of desperation after all the obvious doctors waiting room answers have been given) At the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) Bingo ‐ the last match
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Originally posted by SlowMindThinkingThe Newlywed Game (this is just what Ive been told but Ive been told that this was researched)
Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopieHer In the a$$
This is true it was covered recently in this thread
Fran Lebowitz in an interview told a couple of her favorites from Family Feud
1 Name a famous RudolphRudolph Hitler
2 Name a famous American i ntellectualJohn F Kennedy And Kennedy was up there
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Originally posted by Bearflag70Failmy Feud
Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
Whats a meal y ou make for a holliday dinner
Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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Back when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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Family FeudName an animal with three letters in its name
Contestant ALLIGATOR
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
The puzzle was
CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE
The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
Here are some samples
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Family FortunesFeud is only worth watching for the momentsIMO Theres at least one on every show (it isnt usually on the board though)
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Originally posted by bearflag70 Name something that can kill a li vely party
A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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FAMILY FEUD
Q Name a European countryA Paris
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Family Feud (Australia)
Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Accordion
(Question passes through family and back to same contestant)
Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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ivylass I was just about to post the exact same incident Guess it made quite an impression
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From the Newlywed Game
Q Name the last Jewish food your husband ateA Pigs feet
The look on the hubbys face was priceless
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Originally posted by bluecanaryWhat is it with these game show contestants and guns
Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
Fifteen minutes later of the same show
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From Family Feud
Name a New York sports team
The Redskins
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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My favourite Family Fortunes (or Unfortunate Families as its often referred to) moment
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Name something that is red
Contestant My jumper
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
_ _ _ _ Y AS A _ _ _ M
One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Hi monkfish your appearance completely confused me because I thought you had chosen your nick from the host of Family Fortunes but then I realised thats Monk house Welcome in btw
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Oh I left a good one out of the previous Family Feud thing
Name a dangerous raceTHE ARABS
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Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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To Tell The Truth Bill Cullen disqualifies himself cause he saw the parakeet trainer in the mens room Someone asked how he knew it was the guy Bills response
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Also from The Weakest LinkQ The name of which game is jokingly said to derive from the acronym Gentlemen Only Ladies ForbiddenA Cricket
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From a Wheel of Fortune many many years ago
Id like to solve the puzzle The Battle of Bettysburg
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One that was actually up on the board on Family Fortunes yesterday
Q Name something a dentist does to your teethA Hurt
Not surprisingly neither team got it
In the same show in the Big Money round
Q Other than board name another word that can follow black to make another wordA Chalk
Q Name a pop group with a number in its nameA 123
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Family FeudQ How many eggs do you eat wi th breakfastA 13
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Family Feud
Q Name a famous WillieA Willie the Pooh
Q Name a question other than How old are you that a person is likely to answer with a lieA 18(Richard shakes his head tries the other contestant)A Ill say 50(Egads More head‐banging It goes to the family and )A I think its 39 R ichard
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What sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
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Originally posted by bluecanaryWhat sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
The point of Family Feud is to try to give an answer that matches with the highest number of people in a survey of 100 So the questions dont have to have a definite answer but you have to try to guess what most people wsay Id say two
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Id say none‐‐dont like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter
Surely out of 100 people a minority are going to eat eggs as opposed to cereal toast a bar of chocolate fruit etc
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Once on Wheel of Fortune All the letters had been overturned Answer reads Frankly Scarlet I dont give a damn Contestant answers Frankly Scarlet I dont give a darn Contestant misses the answer Next contestant it and gets it right
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The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs but Im sure the answer of zero matched a fair number of answers
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Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopieHer In the a$$
This is true it was covered recently in this thread
Fran Lebowitz in an interview told a couple of her favorites from Family Feud
1 Name a famous RudolphRudolph Hitler
2 Name a famous American i ntellectualJohn F Kennedy And Kennedy was up there
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Originally posted by Bearflag70Failmy Feud
Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
Whats a meal y ou make for a holliday dinner
Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE
The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Family FortunesFeud is only worth watching for the momentsIMO Theres at least one on every show (it isnt usually on the board though)
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A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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The look on the hubbys face was priceless
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Moving this to Cafe Society
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
Fifteen minutes later of the same show
Can I buy a vowel ‐ p
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Name a New York sports team
The Redskins
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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Name something that is red
Contestant My jumper
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
_ _ _ _ Y AS A _ _ _ M
One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Hi monkfish your appearance completely confused me because I thought you had chosen your nick from the host of Family Fortunes but then I realised thats Monk house Welcome in btw
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Name a dangerous raceTHE ARABS
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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To Tell The Truth Bill Cullen disqualifies himself cause he saw the parakeet trainer in the mens room Someone asked how he knew it was the guy Bills response
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Id like to solve the puzzle The Battle of Bettysburg
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One that was actually up on the board on Family Fortunes yesterday
Q Name something a dentist does to your teethA Hurt
Not surprisingly neither team got it
In the same show in the Big Money round
Q Other than board name another word that can follow black to make another wordA Chalk
Q Name a pop group with a number in its nameA 123
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The Newlywed Game (this is just what Ive been told but Ive been told that this was researched)
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Q Name a famous WillieA Willie the Pooh
Q Name a question other than How old are you that a person is likely to answer with a lieA 18(Richard shakes his head tries the other contestant)A Ill say 50(Egads More head‐banging It goes to the family and )A I think its 39 R ichard
(OK so it was a bad question but get a clue people)
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What sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
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A real stumper apparently
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The point of Family Feud is to try to give an answer that matches with the highest number of people in a survey of 100 So the questions dont have to have a definite answer but you have to try to guess what most people wsay Id say two
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Id say none‐‐dont like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter
Surely out of 100 people a minority are going to eat eggs as opposed to cereal toast a bar of chocolate fruit etc
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That wouldnt be the butt Bob
Once on Wheel of Fortune All the letters had been overturned Answer reads Frankly Scarlet I dont give a damn Contestant answers Frankly Scarlet I dont give a darn Contestant misses the answer Next contestant it and gets it right
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The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs but Im sure the answer of zero matched a fair number of answers
Scarlett67 I embarrassed to admit that I remember that episode
Slight hijack My favorite answerQ Name a place in which y ou always spend more time than you thinkA (In a fit of desperation after all the obvious doctors waiting room answers have been given) At the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) Bingo ‐ the last match
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Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopieHer In the a$$
This is true it was covered recently in this thread
Fran Lebowitz in an interview told a couple of her favorites from Family Feud
1 Name a famous RudolphRudolph Hitler
2 Name a famous American i ntellectualJohn F Kennedy And Kennedy was up there
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Originally posted by Bearflag70Failmy Feud
Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
Whats a meal y ou make for a holliday dinner
Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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Back when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
The puzzle was
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The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
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A Asia
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A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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Contestant My jumper
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
_ _ _ _ Y AS A _ _ _ M
One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Name a dangerous raceTHE ARABS
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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To Tell The Truth Bill Cullen disqualifies himself cause he saw the parakeet trainer in the mens room Someone asked how he knew it was the guy Bills response
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Q Name a famous WillieA Willie the Pooh
Q Name a question other than How old are you that a person is likely to answer with a lieA 18(Richard shakes his head tries the other contestant)A Ill say 50(Egads More head‐banging It goes to the family and )A I think its 39 R ichard
(OK so it was a bad question but get a clue people)
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What sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
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A real stumper apparently
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Originally posted by bluecanaryWhat sort of question is how many eggs do you eat with breakfast
The point of Family Feud is to try to give an answer that matches with the highest number of people in a survey of 100 So the questions dont have to have a definite answer but you have to try to guess what most people wsay Id say two
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Id say none‐‐dont like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter
Surely out of 100 people a minority are going to eat eggs as opposed to cereal toast a bar of chocolate fruit etc
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That wouldnt be the butt Bob
Once on Wheel of Fortune All the letters had been overturned Answer reads Frankly Scarlet I dont give a damn Contestant answers Frankly Scarlet I dont give a darn Contestant misses the answer Next contestant it and gets it right
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The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs but Im sure the answer of zero matched a fair number of answers
Scarlett67 I embarrassed to admit that I remember that episode
Slight hijack My favorite answerQ Name a place in which y ou always spend more time than you thinkA (In a fit of desperation after all the obvious doctors waiting room answers have been given) At the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) Bingo ‐ the last match
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Originally posted by SlowMindThinkingThe Newlywed Game (this is just what Ive been told but Ive been told that this was researched)
Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopieHer In the a$$
This is true it was covered recently in this thread
Fran Lebowitz in an interview told a couple of her favorites from Family Feud
1 Name a famous RudolphRudolph Hitler
2 Name a famous American i ntellectualJohn F Kennedy And Kennedy was up there
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Originally posted by Bearflag70Failmy Feud
Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
Whats a meal y ou make for a holliday dinner
Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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Back when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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Contestant ALLIGATOR
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
The puzzle was
CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE
The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Family FortunesFeud is only worth watching for the momentsIMO Theres at least one on every show (it isnt usually on the board though)
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A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Accordion
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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The look on the hubbys face was priceless
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
Fifteen minutes later of the same show
Can I buy a vowel ‐ p
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Name a New York sports team
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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Id say none‐‐dont like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter
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Once on Wheel of Fortune All the letters had been overturned Answer reads Frankly Scarlet I dont give a damn Contestant answers Frankly Scarlet I dont give a darn Contestant misses the answer Next contestant it and gets it right
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The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs but Im sure the answer of zero matched a fair number of answers
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Q What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopieHer In the a$$
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Q Name something you take to the beachA Turkey
In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
Whats a meal y ou make for a holliday dinner
Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
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The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
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Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
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What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Accordion
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
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One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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In that guys defence if its the one Im thinking of that was the last in a long series of questions the likes of
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Name a type of soup
Name your favorite sandwich
each of which the guy answered with varying degrees of seriousness Turkey By the time he got to Name something you take to the beach the host was in histerics the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairsthink that people would have thrown things at him if he hadnt said Turkey
Gameshows come and go but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world and I for one am glad he didnt waste one
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
The puzzle was
CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE
The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Family FortunesFeud is only worth watching for the momentsIMO Theres at least one on every show (it isnt usually on the board though)
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Originally posted by bearflag70 Name something that can kill a li vely party
A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Accordion
(Question passes through family and back to same contestant)
Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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The look on the hubbys face was priceless
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Originally posted by bluecanaryWhat is it with these game show contestants and guns
Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
Fifteen minutes later of the same show
Can I buy a vowel ‐ p
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Name a New York sports team
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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Contestant My jumper
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
_ _ _ _ Y AS A _ _ _ M
One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Name a dangerous raceTHE ARABS
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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To Tell The Truth Bill Cullen disqualifies himself cause he saw the parakeet trainer in the mens room Someone asked how he knew it was the guy Bills response
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and made mention of that ojust before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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A lot of these answers appeared on the Worlds Most Outrageous Game Show Moments series now in its third iteration A friend whos a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows Turkey turkey turkeymentioned above is my favorite sceneits from the UK version of Family Feud and the real three surveys were (in order)
Name something you take to the beach TurkeyName the first thing you buy at the supermarket TurkeyName something you stuff Turkey
The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family and they were wincing at Old Dads stupid answers
Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting
What time do you wake up MorningWhen do you go to bed Night
I guess it makes a strange kind of sense The all‐time best scene in that series was an oldie from You Bet Your Life Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life She mentioned that her husband wasFrench then asked Oh have you ever made love to a Frenchman Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho and the answer If I had I think I would have remembered it
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I remember this (probably because Im a Trekker)
The puzzle was
CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE
The contestant spun and asked for a P despite the fact it was already up there
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Good Family Feud Moments
Here are some samples
Quote
Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Name something you might accidentally leave on all nightYOUR SHOESYOUR BRA
Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Family FortunesFeud is only worth watching for the momentsIMO Theres at least one on every show (it isnt usually on the board though)
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A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Accordion
(Question passes through family and back to same contestant)
Q Name a popular musical instrumentA Electric accordion
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Richard Hatch of Survivor was on a celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice II RC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
Fifteen minutes later of the same show
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
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One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Family FeudQ Name one of Santas reindeer other than RudolphA Snippy
Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Name an occassion for which youve stayed up all nightLOST MY VIRGINITY
Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get olderPENIS (It made the survey)
Name a tradition associated with ChristmasHANNAKAH
Name a famous ArthurSHAKESPEARE
Name something women borrow from each otherTHEIR HUSBANDS
Name something that has to warm up before you use itYOUR WIFE
Apart from doors name something that people openBOWELS
Name something you associate with pigsTHE POLICE
Name a city in the state of GeorgiaALABAMA
Name something you feel before you buy itEXCITED
Name something that can kill a li vely partyA GUN
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Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
The quiet smug smile on the face of the guy was classic
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Originally posted by bearflag70 Name something that can kill a li vely party
A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago)
Can I have an O for awesome
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Much too common The Price Is Right bungleGuess‐the‐price round Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest the someone‐got‐it‐exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) ringsBob Uh oh Do you know what that sound isAbso‐freaking‐lutely inevitable response Oh it means that we all bid over
Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
End result Opponent turns in a single‐round performance thatd put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home empty‐handed Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings
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My favourite Family Fortunes (or Unfortunate Families as its often referred to) moment
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I saw this on Wheel of Fortune This lady is having the luckiest spinning round I have ever seen and has over $30000 in her bank with the answer obviously being Chocolate Custard Pie Her guess was Chocolate Mustard Pie
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
It was phrase
_ _ _ _ Y AS A _ _ _ M
One guy decides to solve Lucky as a worm he says
Even now years later I occasionally stop to wonder in what way a worm could be considered lucky
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Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
good game show fodder
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Some time ago I read about outtakes from game shows This one never made it to the air (and I dont think it was ever shown in any of the blooper shows)
From JackpotQ What dance would you associate with Hugh HefnerA The Hora
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Family FeudQ Name one of Santas reindeer other than RudolphA Snippy
Wheel of FortuneAll letters displayed except one Pennsylvania D_tchA Pennsylvania Ditch
From PyramidTony Randall trying to get contestant to say Shakespeare says Greatest playwright of the English languageContestant says Neil SimonTony lies face down on floor amp refuses to get up
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Give me a slang word for moneyBITCH (She thought the host said mummy)
Name something people take with them to the beachTURKEY (Survey said0)The first thing you buy in a supermarketTURKEY (Survey said0)A food often stuffedTURKEY (Survey said21)
I stand by my earlier post that turkey was a bad answer given that the beach question came first
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Also Family Feud
Q Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure
A Booty
Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass
(Of course maybe they did what do I know)
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I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show At the end of the show the guy that was leading got five categories which he distributed to the five opponents bahow he perceived their weaknesses
The first category was geography and without a pause he assigned to one of the female opponents The MC asked how he chose so fast and he just said Trust me
Q Name the largest nation in North America
Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so
A Asia
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Originally posted by bearflag70 Name something that can kill a li vely party
A Gun
What is it with these game show contestants and guns
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Have you ever seen the SNL skit Disfunctional Family Feud with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman
Dawson Name something youd find i n your closetMom Extra BiblesDaughter DaddySon A gunDad You little punk you dont have the nerveSon Oh its there all right Ill show you
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Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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Originally posted by astorianBack when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a hot show on in prime time I saw a guy get the first question wrong The question was According to an old nursery rhyme what did Little Jack Horner pullout of his Christmas pie
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I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
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ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
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I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
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Ill never forget the Wheel of Fortune episode on which I first heard the expression happy as a clam
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The guy answered a blackbird
I know I know he was nervous and he was undountedly thinking of 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie but still THAT was embarrassing especially because he went to the same high school I did and madmention of that on TV just before getting question 1 wrong
Of course I must give him credit‐ at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat which is more than I could manage when I got on the show
I saw that episodeand Ill admit I wouldve got it wrong Although I didnt watch the show often that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw
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Memorable Jackpot screwupQ Im the common food item that pops up in the morningA [long pause] Uhsnapcracklepopcereal
Incredible Jeopardy collapseTournament of Champions so all you have to do is win the margin is irrelevant First contestant hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game Has to nail the very last question of Double Jeopardy (a 1000‐pointer) to pull to than half of the second contestants total and avoid mathematical elimination Third contestant somewhat behind 2 but still well within striking distanceFinal Jepoardy category famous biblical quotations (or something) Bids enteredQ The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life Ia non‐baptized non‐practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo‐Christian
ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
JESUS
I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is not only strange but
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
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ideology immediately got it SamsonAlex Trebek goes to 1 Remember he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have any chance of wi nning He doesAlex goes to 2 who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here AnswerSatanSo it all comes down to 3 who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right Answer
get this
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I was stunned for like 15 minutes The most unbelievable come‐from‐behind shocker on Jepoardy Ive EVER seen
Classic Press Your Luck chokeLeader by a small amount about 3 spins left No one else with any Two choices play or pass neither of them easyContestants actual choice word‐for‐word I want to come back tomorrow(She didnt BTW )
Painful All‐Star Blitz flub
$10000 round Two words First four screens opened Revealed message People Mag_____Contestants answer [hem haw hem haw] People Magnificent‐‐‐‐‐Nontheless all these incidents completely pale in comparison to this
Exasperating soul‐crushing make‐you‐question‐your‐faith‐in‐the‐human‐race Perfect Match debacleThe defending champ just took a victory exit so both contestants were newcomers One made the first match and went on a roll Eventually uncovered in order A can with a cherry on it a bundle of wheat a dentists patiensaying Ah and the letter K1st guess Cher hwee twah2nd guess Cheruh hwee thwa3rd guess Cherr hawee twakIt went on like this for the entire freaking round So anyway now shes taken ALL BUT ONE OF T HE PRIZES ON THE BOAR D (Ive never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this BTW) and has a chaguess the puzzle (which of course is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time You guessed it another variation on Cher hwee twah Finally she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board) Her opponent makelast match and finally has a crack at itHis answer CAN we talk
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
people are dumb
Im thinking in particular of the excited answer (Name something people feel before they buy it) I like that answer a lot more than any actual answers to the question
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Originally posted by mobo85Wheel of Fortune
Actual answer is having a nightcap Man guesses Hanging a nightcop Pat Sajak is incredulous and shouts This is Wheel of Fortune as if to say that hanging policemen no matter what time of day is notonly strange but not good game show fodder
There was a similar clip on the gameshow bloopers program that Fox aired last night Last puzzle of the half‐hour category was things and the contestant guessed pill pushers And Pat Sajak shouted This is Wheel of Fortune __________________Why become a fourth Yeti
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The thing about Family Feud is that dumb answers arent always dumb because theyre frequently up on the board Being dumb is definitely not a flaw on that show just as long as youre dumb in the same way that a lot of ot
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