Anthropoly!
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the_gneechOn Friday, somebody (I forget who now, sorry) acting as a proxy for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kuddlepup, invited me to be a panelist on "Anthropoly". This is a fun "gameshow"-style event that combines "Match Game" with "$20,000 Pyramid". KP was the MC ("O RLY?"); the other panelists included Sue Deer, 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Simba, Ronin, and Diane Duane's companion, whose name escapes me now. EDIT: That would be Peter Morwood. Thanks, dduane!
For those of you too young to remember it (or wise enough to have avoided gameshows), the Match Game segment went like this:kuddlepup would read aloud a question such as, "Registration this year was really fast. [AUDIENCE: "How fast was it???"] It was so fast, I got my conbadge before I even got _______."
The panelists then write down answers (my answer for that particular question was "con crud") while the contestant (a volunteer from the audience) thinks of one. For every panelist answer that matches the contestant's answer, they get a point. Of course, the answers have to be PG-rated, but the questions are all (or at least mostly) double-entendres, which is where the humor of the show comes from.
Whichever of two contestants wins the Match Game round, gets to go on to the Pyramid round. In this segment, the contestant chooses a panelist, who is then given a list of things they have to get the contestant to say. For example, if the answer is "Famous Sidekicks," the panelist might say, "Robin, Pinky, Tonto, Arthur, Incrediboy..." To win, you have to get 9 categories in 60 seconds -- which is hard! Unfortunately forkagur, when he chose me as the panelist, I got stumped on "Things That Begin With the Letter R" because my brain locked up and all I could think of was "Rolls Royce." Of course, now that I'm not under the gun I can come up with "ratchet, robe, rescue ranger, Road Runner" ... le sigh!
Still, it was a lot of fun, and KP invited me back next year. :) Alas, now lunchtime is over, so back to work for me!
-The Gneech
kuddlepup, invited me to be a panelist on "Anthropoly". This is a fun "gameshow"-style event that combines "Match Game" with "$20,000 Pyramid". KP was the MC ("O RLY?"); the other panelists included Sue Deer, 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Simba, Ronin, and Diane Duane's companion, whose name escapes me now. EDIT: That would be Peter Morwood. Thanks, dduane!For those of you too young to remember it (or wise enough to have avoided gameshows), the Match Game segment went like this:
kuddlepup would read aloud a question such as, "Registration this year was really fast. [AUDIENCE: "How fast was it???"] It was so fast, I got my conbadge before I even got _______."The panelists then write down answers (my answer for that particular question was "con crud") while the contestant (a volunteer from the audience) thinks of one. For every panelist answer that matches the contestant's answer, they get a point. Of course, the answers have to be PG-rated, but the questions are all (or at least mostly) double-entendres, which is where the humor of the show comes from.
Whichever of two contestants wins the Match Game round, gets to go on to the Pyramid round. In this segment, the contestant chooses a panelist, who is then given a list of things they have to get the contestant to say. For example, if the answer is "Famous Sidekicks," the panelist might say, "Robin, Pinky, Tonto, Arthur, Incrediboy..." To win, you have to get 9 categories in 60 seconds -- which is hard! Unfortunately for
kagur, when he chose me as the panelist, I got stumped on "Things That Begin With the Letter R" because my brain locked up and all I could think of was "Rolls Royce." Of course, now that I'm not under the gun I can come up with "ratchet, robe, rescue ranger, Road Runner" ... le sigh!Still, it was a lot of fun, and KP invited me back next year. :) Alas, now lunchtime is over, so back to work for me!
-The Gneech
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Date: 2006-06-20 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 08:13 pm (UTC)*was an audience member there, started up the chant of "2 2 2 2 2" several times*
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:08 pm (UTC)-TG
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 08:31 pm (UTC)You even forgot Robey?
*ducks and runs to find if the Deep Lord Chibithulu is home from his trip yet*
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:07 pm (UTC)-TG
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Date: 2006-06-20 08:45 pm (UTC)"Peter Morwood." ('Sokay, you can say "husband", he's legal.) ;)
And here's a magic moment which you may remember:
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:03 pm (UTC)Re: your hubby's little trip to floorland, I figured there were plenty of people giving him grief about that already, and I barely know the gent. ^.^'
-The Gneech
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Date: 2006-06-21 03:49 pm (UTC)Re Peter -- I wouldn't worry about it one way or another. He was laughing himself silly over it within the hour. (His normal mode of operation in situations like that.)
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:02 pm (UTC)