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From: ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: game show contestants
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Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 02:15:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 02:15:04 1984
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<<. . . I lost on Jeopardy, baby! >>

	They're not screened for intelligence; if they were, game
shows would be boring (who wants the contestants to get all the
questions right?).  Just think:  isn't it fun to watch Jane Doe
lose the car, the house, and the movie contract with Columbia 
Pictures because she didn't know on what side of the Mississippi
Illinois could be found on?

	If they were screened for intelligence, they'd be asking
tougher, more obscure questions that wouldn't appeal to the general
public.  

	What annoys me to no end is when you have some bubblehead
mauling the emcee because she won ("I WON!!!!!" for five minutes
straight, through the commercial, and back again.)  

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