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A freaking TIRE?! Great, now we've got this creepy-looking mofo to deal with.
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 01:29 |
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Sir Lemming posted:A freaking TIRE?! In my mind, Goodyear should have been required.
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 05:22 |
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The contestants tonight missed a perfectly good opportunity to say "I'll take Dick for $800" on national broadcast television
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# ? Dec 19, 2017 04:07 |
Vulture Culture posted:The contestants tonight missed a perfectly good opportunity to say "I'll take Dick for $800" on national broadcast television Austin would have done it for sure.
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# ? Dec 19, 2017 07:24 |
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Vulture Culture posted:The contestants tonight missed a perfectly good opportunity to say "I'll take Dick for $800" on national broadcast television “Oh, sure, I’ll also answer that question.”
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# ? Dec 19, 2017 13:21 |
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Why would that be difficult for a woman, Trebek?
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# ? Dec 20, 2017 03:08 |
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 12:16 |
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Is the original comic popular enough to people to know the reference? Saw it in the political cartoons thread once.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 13:24 |
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I'm just that Wheel of Fortune was apparently getting better ratings than Jeopardy at some point. I mean Wheel is just such a "meh" gameshow that makes it incredibly difficult to win the big prizes.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 13:35 |
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Wheel is a lot easier and more predictable though, so I can see why it could be more popular. It's like the Leno to Jeopardy's Letterman.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 13:48 |
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I know people who think Jeopardy is “too intellectual” and has a “snobby” premise.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 14:05 |
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Zesty posted:Is the original comic popular enough to people to know the reference? Saw it in the political cartoons thread once. I saw it memed all over twitter for a week or so within the last couple of months.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 14:22 |
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Zesty posted:Why would that be difficult for a woman, Trebek? That's what I was thinking. I wish the contestant had responded with that and given him her best deadpan glare.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 14:27 |
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Iron Crowned posted:I'm just that Wheel of Fortune was apparently getting better ratings than Jeopardy at some point. I mean Wheel is just such a "meh" gameshow that makes it incredibly difficult to win the big prizes. I get annoyed about the fact that Wheel of Fortune still exists. It's random as hell and boring.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 15:41 |
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Trebek is the avatar of casual sexism.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 15:53 |
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WarEternal posted:I get annoyed about the fact that Wheel of Fortune still exists. It's random as hell and boring. I manage to catch it about once a week because I don't feel like playing XCOM 2 instead. It's interesting in that they do everything possible to make sure no one wins prizes other than the prize puzzle.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 16:00 |
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WarEternal posted:I get annoyed about the fact that Wheel of Fortune still exists. It's random as hell and boring. I get a lot of Schadenfreude out of people that make hilariously wrong guesses at the puzzle solution.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 17:07 |
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Iron Crowned posted:I'm just that Wheel of Fortune was apparently getting better ratings than Jeopardy at some point. I mean Wheel is just such a "meh" gameshow that makes it incredibly difficult to win the big prizes. Momentum is a hell of a thing, especially considering there was a five or six year break between the last time Art Fleming hosted it and when Trebek started. Wheel had been on tv in one form or another since 1975, on NBC, CBS, and syndicated.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 17:15 |
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the main appeal of Wheel of Fortune is watching Pat Sajak grimly struggle to remain civilized with and polite to his contestants
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 17:20 |
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Wheel of Fortune: the game show for people for whom The Price Is Right requires too much knowledge and math.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 18:13 |
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I really have nothing against Wheel, it's just not as engaging as Jeopardy, nor does it typically have anything worth talking about afterward. It does make better background/party TV because you don't actually need to hear it to follow what's going on. Whereas you need to be able to hear Jeopardy to know what the right answer is.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 18:20 |
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The right question
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 18:21 |
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WampaLord posted:The right question Actually the thing that Alex reads is the clue, what the contestants say is the response.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 18:25 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:the main appeal of Wheel of Fortune is watching Pat Sajak grimly struggle to remain civilized with and polite to his contestants poo poo like the long, uncomfortable silence sajak gives a contestant after hearing them tell a story about their dream being to host wheel of fortune doesn't happen all that much, but it makes up for the rest of the drudgery that the show has become.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 22:25 |
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:poo poo like the long, uncomfortable silence sajak gives a contestant after hearing them tell a story about their dream being to host wheel of fortune doesn't happen all that much, but it makes up for the rest of the drudgery that the show has become. I like the awkward silences whenever Pat says something to Vanna that would result in a harassment suit in any other job between the credits and the actual end of the broadcast.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 23:12 |
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Sajak used to be hilarious. It feels like he's been phoning it in for over a decade now.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 00:19 |
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Goober Peas posted:Sajak used to be hilarious. It feels like he's been phoning it in for over a decade now. He looks like he plays Russian Roulette after every show.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 00:54 |
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Well I’m honestly surprised two people missed that FJ. Was that campaign not as all-over-the-goddamn place in the US compared to Canada?
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 01:58 |
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PT6A posted:Well I’m honestly surprised two people missed that FJ. Was that campaign not as all-over-the-goddamn place in the US compared to Canada? It is, but they might not watch much tv.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 03:59 |
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PT6A posted:Well I’m honestly surprised two people missed that FJ. Was that campaign not as all-over-the-goddamn place in the US compared to Canada? It was pretty easy if you didn't overthink it like me and my family. Notable guesses included The Gorton's Fisherman The Brawny guy Mr Clean (how???) Captain Morgan We usually do better than this.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 09:19 |
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Syzygy Stardust posted:It is, but they might not watch much tv. That’s what I mean, though. It wasn’t just TV ads here. I remember seeing print ads, bus stop ads, the whole deal. It was ridiculously big here. Canadians loving love beer and there was apparently no length too far to go in order to get a bigger slice of that pie.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 14:03 |
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funktopus posted:It was pretty easy if you didn't overthink it like me and my family. Notable guesses included
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 15:34 |
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What is Gorton's? I've never even heard of that.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 17:27 |
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PT6A posted:What is Gorton's? I've never even heard of that.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 17:30 |
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Huh. Yeah, I can certainly see the resemblance, but I've still never heard of the brand.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 17:52 |
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Their tagline is 'Taste the Gorton's Fisherman'
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 17:56 |
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smdh at you effete coastal Protestants in your fancy ivory towers who never had to subsist on Gortons "fish" every goddamn Friday
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 18:04 |
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Goober Peas posted:Their tagline is 'Taste the Gorton's Fisherman' Trust the Gorton's Fisherman.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 18:05 |
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I thought of Ty-D-Bol and was only mostly way off.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 18:19 |
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Thought of Gorton's despite never buying it in my life.
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