Re: Richard Dawson
LaZorra, on host 209.135.4.147
Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 15:38:51
Re: Richard Dawson posted by Howard on Sunday, September 15, 2002, at 18:05:17:
> > > The category was something like "Ways in which humans are different than monkeys" > > > > > > The last answer.... Opposable thumbs. > > > > My favorite Family Feud story goes like this: > > > > Dawson: "Name a question like 'how old are you?' that--" > > > > Contestant on Family #2: *buzzing in* "Eighteen." > > > > Dawson: (turning to the board) "Eighteen!" > > > > *BUZZ!* > > > > Right in here there is chit-chat with the contestant that gave the wrong answer -- in all fairness, Dawson hadn't yet finished the question -- and the contestant said something about being 18, or being nearly 18, or whatever. Anyway, Dawson turns to the contestant for Family #1, an older woman, and reads the question to her. > > > > Dawson: "Name a question like 'how old are you?' that many people will answer with a lie." > > > > Contestant on Family #1: "Fifty." > > > > Dawson: (blinks; doesn't even go through the motions of seeing if that answer's on the board) "Now I'm going to have to give them [Family #2] another chance." (turns to the *next* family member on Family #2) "Name a question like 'how old are you?' that many people will answer with a lie." > > > > Next contestant on Family #2: "Thirty-nine." > > Maybe they don't pick their contestants based on intelligence. > > You have to remember that Dawson was in a prison camp in Germany for a long time, during which nobody kissed him. > Howard
Well, as I remember, he made a couple of passes at the Fire Chief of Hammelburg's secretary...
La"has watched too many Hogan's Heroes"Zorra
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