Drink up

Decided to google myself. Which sounds dirty but it turned out to be rather dull.

To be more specific, I googled "Game Show Follies" and came up with a thread from alt.tv.game-shows. First, I was a little surprised that this Usenet relic was still around. But a thread from June, 2017 was kind of funny.

It was a drinking game for this blog. Sadly, most of the suggestions from the original poster will leave you thirsty, because I haven't done them for a while.

From the entries on the current top page of the blog, the closest fit to one of the o.p.'s suggestions is: He considers The Chase and Lingo to be greater game shows than classics that stood the test of time. To be fair, I did list those shows as two of GSN's top originals, though I didn't compare them to whatever "classics" the guy might have in mind. We'll give him half a drink on that one.

There may be another drink coming soon, though it's kind of morbid. A Celebrity Bucket Kicker is mentioned on the sidebar using this formula "(actress/actor/host/other claim to fame) (celebrity's name) dies at (age). He/she appeared on (game shows in which the celebrity appeared on). R.I.P. Those posts are obviously out of my control - I'm not one of the Fates - but the top page of the blog currently (and fortunately) doesn't have one. Same with the suggestion on real estate posts, though one of those may also be coming if and when a game show figure sells a house.

Really, it's hard to find a recent fit to any of the other suggestions. Well, I did poke a little fun at Game Show Forum for discussing...old game shows. So maybe there's half a drink for the "older is better" item. But the suggestions about The Price is Right or Match Game or Card Sharks? Sorry, there's nothing on the current top page of the blog.

Like most threads on the Usenet relic, the discussion quickly ran off into pants-soiling. It was and is the main topic of the group. But I feel a little guilty that the o.p. isn't having many drinks lately on my blog entries. Just go ahead and guzzle.

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