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spagn...@gmail.com
May 28, 2017, 10:52:05 AM5/28/17
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It was historical and did happen. The star was Alan Alda, And the contestant was an Africa American. Alan Alda gave the clue as "For" with a low to high tone as if he was asking a question, the contestant answered "knob", The place went nuts, Alan Alda laughed so hard he fell off his chair, rolling on the floor laughing so loudly they had to break for commercial.
When the show resumed he broke out again in the ultimate no ending laugh and they had to go to a commercial again, he just couldn't stop laughing.
One week later a lawsuit was filed and an undisclosed amount, later thought to be 100k was awarded to the contestant for the embarrassment.
Funniest thing I ever saw and I have told this story for decades to everyone I know.
Spags
When the show resumed he broke out again in the ultimate no ending laugh and they had to go to a commercial again, he just couldn't stop laughing.
One week later a lawsuit was filed and an undisclosed amount, later thought to be 100k was awarded to the contestant for the embarrassment.
Funniest thing I ever saw and I have told this story for decades to everyone I know.
Spags
Don Freeman
Jun 2, 2017, 6:28:35 PM6/2/17
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<http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/password.asp>
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recoo...@sbcglobal.net
May 1, 2018, 5:34:32 PM5/1/18
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On Saturday, June 29, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Heston_wuolin_wustl_edu@g wrote:
> From: Heston_wuol...@gifl.com (Hes...@wuolin.Wustl.Edu)
> Subject: Password T.V Show
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>
> From: Steve Heston <hes...@wuolin.wustl.edu>
> Subject: Password T.V Show
>
> In college, a classmate related a story from the television game show
> "Password". On this show, celebrities attempt to communicate a secret
> password to contestants by saying a single word clue. In the story, the
> secret word was "deer", the clue was "doe" (as in "doe, a deer, a female
> deer ...), and the response was "knob?".
>
> Please confirm or refute.
>
> Steve Heston
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Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore. SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true. Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic differences by people of different races and how 'white speech' doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous episode is not longer available because it is considered racist.... Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
> From: Heston_wuol...@gifl.com (Hes...@wuolin.Wustl.Edu)
> Subject: Password T.V Show
>
>
> From: Steve Heston <hes...@wuolin.wustl.edu>
> Subject: Password T.V Show
>
> In college, a classmate related a story from the television game show
> "Password". On this show, celebrities attempt to communicate a secret
> password to contestants by saying a single word clue. In the story, the
> secret word was "deer", the clue was "doe" (as in "doe, a deer, a female
> deer ...), and the response was "knob?".
>
> Please confirm or refute.
>
> Steve Heston
>
>
> --
> |Fidonet: Hes...@wuolin.Wustl.Edu 1:377/51.2
> |Internet: Heston_wuol...@gifl.com
> |
> | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
>
> --
> |Fidonet: Heston_wuolin_wustl_edu@g 1:377/51.1
> |Internet: Heston_wuoli...@gifl.com
> |
> | This message has passed thru The GIFfer Skylink
Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore. SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true. Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic differences by people of different races and how 'white speech' doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous episode is not longer available because it is considered racist.... Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
Mark Shaw
May 2, 2018, 1:45:12 PM5/2/18
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recoo...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore.
> SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true.
> Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic
> differences by people of different races and how 'white speech'
> doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous
> episode is not longer available because it is considered racist....
> Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-password-is/
> Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore.
> SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true.
> Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic
> differences by people of different races and how 'white speech'
> doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous
> episode is not longer available because it is considered racist....
> Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
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David DeLaney
May 3, 2018, 6:08:43 AM5/3/18
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On 2018-05-02, Mark Shaw <ms...@bangnetcom.com> wrote:
> recoo...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore.
>> SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true.
>> Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic
>> differences by people of different races and how 'white speech'
>> doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous
>> episode is not longer available because it is considered racist....
>> Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
>
> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-password-is/
And though he seems to not be posting from google, recook's response is to a
> recoo...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Confirm. Password, Tom Selleck. Can't find it anywhere anymore.
>> SNOPES, at one point listed it as FALSE, but that was not true.
>> Now, SNOPES has a Politically Correct rant about linguistic
>> differences by people of different races and how 'white speech'
>> doesn't mean it is correct speech. It is sad that this humorous
>> episode is not longer available because it is considered racist....
>> Anyway, I saw it back in the 1980's.
>
> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-password-is/
post from 1996. Keep an eye on that, ok, kid?
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Drew Lawson
May 3, 2018, 8:44:29 AM5/3/18
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In article <as2dnS2ntrQ7QnfH...@earthlink.com>
Drew "Google groups - the gift that keeps on regifting" Lawson
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David DeLaney <dbda...@gmail.com> writes:
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>And though he seems to not be posting from google, recook's response is to a
>post from 1996. Keep an eye on that, ok, kid?
It was from Google, just not using a gmail address.
>
>And though he seems to not be posting from google, recook's response is to a
>post from 1996. Keep an eye on that, ok, kid?
Drew "Google groups - the gift that keeps on regifting" Lawson
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Mark Shaw
May 3, 2018, 10:54:15 AM5/3/18
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Drew Lawson <dr...@furrfu.invalid> wrote:
> In article <as2dnS2ntrQ7QnfH...@earthlink.com>
> David DeLaney <dbda...@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >And though he seems to not be posting from google, recook's response is to a
> >post from 1996. Keep an eye on that, ok, kid?
> It was from Google, just not using a gmail address.
Yes. I corrected the shitty formatting.
> In article <as2dnS2ntrQ7QnfH...@earthlink.com>
> David DeLaney <dbda...@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >And though he seems to not be posting from google, recook's response is to a
> >post from 1996. Keep an eye on that, ok, kid?
> It was from Google, just not using a gmail address.
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