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* From 1988: After a contestant reveals a dishwasher on the board, Alex lets slip some personal information that's a bit too revealing.
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* From 1988: After a contestant reveals a dishwasher on the board, Alex lets slip some personal information [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKuaXLfIAK4 that's a bit too revealing.revealing]].
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'''Alex:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shut up.]] I get myself into enough trouble without you jumping on me, too.
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'''Alex:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shut up.Shut. Up.]] I get myself into enough trouble without you jumping on me, too.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRGrB0M-GuU This really bad guess]] gets not one, but ''two'' buzzers.
-->'''Contestant''': Break wind? ''(double buzzer)''
--> ''(Contestant immediately double {{facepalm}}s while the audience and the other contestant laugh)''
-->'''Alex''': ''({{Beat}})'' I don't think that's correct. ''(long buzzer)'' Select again.
-->'''Contestant''': Break wind? ''(double buzzer)''
--> ''(Contestant immediately double {{facepalm}}s while the audience and the other contestant laugh)''
-->'''Alex''': ''({{Beat}})'' I don't think that's correct. ''(long buzzer)'' Select again.
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renamed to sound less complain-y
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[[folder:The Bastardized Pilots (1985)]]
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[[folder:The Bastardized Pilots (1985)]]1985 Pilots]]
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* From 1989: Alex and Marjorie demonstrate a pair of recliners. Alex asks about the prize, during which Marjorie acts like a child beside him. This triggers an off-the-cuff remark from Gene:
-->'''Alex:''' I'm having a little trouble figuring out what the prize [for this game] is. I know it's not this 1957 television set in front of us; I know it's not the lollipop in [Marjorie's] mouth, nor the baseball cap; I know it's not the old box of popcorn; and it's certainly not [Marjorie's blue] dress. What is the prize we have for out contestants in this second game, Gene?\\
'''Gene:''' Do you get the feeling we're watching ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''?
-->'''Alex:''' I'm having a little trouble figuring out what the prize [for this game] is. I know it's not this 1957 television set in front of us; I know it's not the lollipop in [Marjorie's] mouth, nor the baseball cap; I know it's not the old box of popcorn; and it's certainly not [Marjorie's blue] dress. What is the prize we have for out contestants in this second game, Gene?\\
'''Gene:''' Do you get the feeling we're watching ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''?
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Dewicked trope
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* Alex talks about his BadassMustache with a contestant, [[https://youtu.be/BCImvWPnWHY seen here]].
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* Alex talks about his BadassMustache mustache with a contestant, [[https://youtu.be/BCImvWPnWHY seen here]].
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* August 10, 1987: Andy has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zERNT3guM&t=15m1s this]] showing in a Round 2 puzzle, and he gives a guess of "Believe me, I've been vacuumed before." The judge gives him a three-second buzzer for it.
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''[audience laughs and applauds as [[OhCrap Alex grimaces]]]''\\
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''[audience laughs and applauds as [[OhCrap [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Alex grimaces]]]''\\
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they showed this episode on monday lol
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* Date unknown: After a contestant reveals a dishwasher on the board, Alex lets slip some personal information that's a bit too revealing.
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* Date unknown: From 1988: After a contestant reveals a dishwasher on the board, Alex lets slip some personal information that's a bit too revealing.
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Links to Orson Bean and Alex Trebek, and to Marjorie's mustache
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(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting Creator/MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
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(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting Creator/MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, Creator/OrsonBean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
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* Marjorie Goodson-Cutt once appeared on-camera with a fake mustache. Alex Trebek commented that she now had her own soup strainer.
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* Marjorie Goodson-Cutt once appeared on-camera on camera [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzw_8bP6l4Q with a fake mustache. Alex Trebek mustache]]. Creator/AlexTrebek commented that she now had her own soup strainer.
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* Date unknown: After a contestant reveals a dishwasher on the board, Alex lets slip some personal information that's a bit too revealing.
-->'''Contestant Barbara:''' My [dishwasher] goes "er-er", it's really bad.\\
'''Alex:''' But does it wash the dishes?\\
'''Barbara:''' Yeah, but it makes a lot of noise while it's doing it, you know.\\
'''Alex:''' So did my ex-wife.\\
''[audience laughs and applauds as [[OhCrap Alex grimaces]]]''\\
'''Gene:''' Whoa! Go, Alex! Yeah!\\
'''Alex:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shut up.]] I get myself into enough trouble without you jumping on me, too.
-->'''Contestant Barbara:''' My [dishwasher] goes "er-er", it's really bad.\\
'''Alex:''' But does it wash the dishes?\\
'''Barbara:''' Yeah, but it makes a lot of noise while it's doing it, you know.\\
'''Alex:''' So did my ex-wife.\\
''[audience laughs and applauds as [[OhCrap Alex grimaces]]]''\\
'''Gene:''' Whoa! Go, Alex! Yeah!\\
'''Alex:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shut up.]] I get myself into enough trouble without you jumping on me, too.
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* From May 12, 1988, Alex Trebek's reaction to a contestant who [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJPob2-VDE tries to use a Wild card to claim Marjorie as a prize]]. It's especially HilariousInHindsight as its a moment of the real Alex Trebek acting almost exactly like Creator/WillFerrell's exasperated caricature of him on Series/SaturdayNightLive's "Celebrity Jeopardy".
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* From 1988, contestant Mark uses a green Take! card to steal Florida spa vacation from opponent Lynn's prize cache. The other prizes on her side of the board are an electronic typewriter and a grandfather clock, the latter of which Alex tries to boost in importance:
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* From 1988, [[https://youtu.be/G3fUhnWrOCk?t=266 contestant Mark uses a green Take! card card]] to steal a Florida spa vacation from opponent Lynn's prize cache. The other prizes on her side of the board are an electronic typewriter and a grandfather clock, the latter of which Alex tries to boost in importance:
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'''Alex:''' Now, be honest, ladies and gentlemen, is this [wristwatch] gonna look good in his front hallway? I mean, hanging there from a string? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Give me a break.]]
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'''Alex:''' Now, be honest, ladies and gentlemen, is gentlemen: Is this [wristwatch] gonna look good in his front hallway? I mean, hanging there from a string? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Give me a break.]]
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* From 1988, contestant Mark uses a green Take! card to steal Florida spa vacation from opponent Lynn's prize cache. The other prizes on her side of the board are an electronic typewriter and a grandfather clock, the latter of which Alex tries to boost in importance:
-->'''Alex:''' Grandfather clock's a good prize, expensive one.\\
'''Mark:''' I can buy one--I have a watch that's...\\
''(Alex points to the cheap digital watch on Mark's wrist)''\\
'''Alex:''' Now, be honest, ladies and gentlemen, is this [wristwatch] gonna look good in his front hallway? I mean, hanging there from a string? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Give me a break.]]
** Mark solves the puzzle immediately afterwards (a slogan for an antacid brand that Alex begins plugging), and, as Alex summarizes the puzzle, he brings up an important aspect to solving puzzles that involve sheep:
--->'''Alex:''' You can always the ewe [from a ram] [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics because of the lipstick]].
-->'''Alex:''' Grandfather clock's a good prize, expensive one.\\
'''Mark:''' I can buy one--I have a watch that's...\\
''(Alex points to the cheap digital watch on Mark's wrist)''\\
'''Alex:''' Now, be honest, ladies and gentlemen, is this [wristwatch] gonna look good in his front hallway? I mean, hanging there from a string? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Give me a break.]]
** Mark solves the puzzle immediately afterwards (a slogan for an antacid brand that Alex begins plugging), and, as Alex summarizes the puzzle, he brings up an important aspect to solving puzzles that involve sheep:
--->'''Alex:''' You can always the ewe [from a ram] [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics because of the lipstick]].
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* 1971: After the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that the board was staring at everyone! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
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* 1971: After the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that [[PortraitPaintingPeephole the board was staring at everyone! everyone]]! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
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-->'''Contestant:''' The live audience roared in laughter. Bean and I looked at each other in stunned awkward silence, and moved on.\\
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''Alex:'' I'm sorry, Marjorie, but you do look like my Russian grandmother. ''(Marjorie gums her teeth and starts pointing in a "tsk, tsk" manner to Alex.)'' Now, you look like my Russian grandfather.
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--->''Marjorie'' (using an elderly voice): If you would like to be a contestant, call this number. ''(she then falls over)''\\
''Alex:'' Marjorie is such a good sport. She is such a good sport. She is also certifiable; you all know that, of course.
''Alex:'' Marjorie is such a good sport. She is such a good sport. She is also certifiable; you all know that, of course.
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-->''Contestant Brad:'' I like your mustache. It's slipping though.\\
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''Alex:'' No, it is not slipping. It's an optical illusion.
''(audience laughs)''
''Alex:'' No, it is not slipping. It's an optical illusion.
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'''Alex:''' No, it is not slipping. It's an optical illusion.
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* Alex talks about his BadassMustache with a contestant, [[https://youtu.be/BCImvWPnWHY seen here]].
-->''Contestant Brad:'' I like your mustache. It's slipping though.\\
''(audience laughs)''
''Alex:'' No, it is not slipping. It's an optical illusion.
-->''Contestant Brad:'' I like your mustache. It's slipping though.\\
''(audience laughs)''
''Alex:'' No, it is not slipping. It's an optical illusion.
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* [[https://youtu.be/tIMLOTOfNA4 From a 1988 Halloween week episode]]:
** Before the first game of the day, Alex points one of the prizes featured.
--->''Alex:'' Oh, Grandma! Grandma has a prize for me!\\
''([[{{Corpsing}} Marjorie laughs uncontrollably]] as Gene describes a boat)''\\
''Alex:'' I'm sorry, Marjorie, but you do look like my Russian grandmother. ''(Marjorie gums her teeth and starts pointing in a "tsk, tsk" manner to Alex.)'' Now, you look like my Russian grandfather.
** Marjorie acts as if she really IS Alex's grandmother during the contestant plug.
--->''Marjorie'' (using an elderly voice): If you would like to be a contestant, call this number. ''(she then falls over)''\\
''Alex:'' Marjorie is such a good sport. She is such a good sport. She is also certifiable; you all know that, of course.
** As the show transitions into its second game, Marjorie starts prancing around, briefly going into ThatRussianSquatDance. [[{{Corpsing}} Gene starts breaking up]] as he describes an exercise table.
--->'''Gene:''' That woman's berserk!
** Before the first game of the day, Alex points one of the prizes featured.
--->''Alex:'' Oh, Grandma! Grandma has a prize for me!\\
''([[{{Corpsing}} Marjorie laughs uncontrollably]] as Gene describes a boat)''\\
''Alex:'' I'm sorry, Marjorie, but you do look like my Russian grandmother. ''(Marjorie gums her teeth and starts pointing in a "tsk, tsk" manner to Alex.)'' Now, you look like my Russian grandfather.
** Marjorie acts as if she really IS Alex's grandmother during the contestant plug.
--->''Marjorie'' (using an elderly voice): If you would like to be a contestant, call this number. ''(she then falls over)''\\
''Alex:'' Marjorie is such a good sport. She is such a good sport. She is also certifiable; you all know that, of course.
** As the show transitions into its second game, Marjorie starts prancing around, briefly going into ThatRussianSquatDance. [[{{Corpsing}} Gene starts breaking up]] as he describes an exercise table.
--->'''Gene:''' That woman's berserk!
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** Using words backfired immensely during one taping — according to a Website/YouTube comment from a contestant on one of the pilots, two predetermined connections were "mother-father" and "kiss-pucker". Sounds simple, until you realize [[FreudWasRight the words this player blindly picked off]]. As for what happened next...
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** Using words backfired immensely during one taping — according to a Website/YouTube comment from a contestant on one of the pilots, two predetermined connections were "mother-father" and "kiss-pucker". Sounds simple, until you realize [[FreudWasRight the words this player blindly picked off]].off. As for what happened next...
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''{{Concentration}}'' may have been simple, but it was by no means without humor.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, these attempts at reviving ''Concentration'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''EyeGuess'' ''Series/EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, these attempts at reviving ''Concentration'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
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(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting MarkGoodson, Creator/MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
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namespace stuff, yeah.
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** Using words backfired immensely during one taping — according to a YouTube Website/YouTube comment from a contestant on one of the pilots, two predetermined connections were "mother-father" and "kiss-pucker". Sounds simple, until you realize [[FreudWasRight the words this player blindly picked off]]. As for what happened next...
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, these attempts at reviving ''Concentration'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' ''EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, these attempts at reviving ''Concentration'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* During one episode, Hugh Downs noticed that there were more "Forfeit One Gift" squares than usual and that they turned around to show a blank space with no clues whatsoever. At his insistence, all the trilons turned to show their "prize sides" — all "Forfeit One Gift" — followed by their "puzzle sides". The "puzzle side" of the board was '''completely blank'''.
* 1971: After the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that the board was staring at everyone! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
* 1971: After the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that the board was staring at everyone! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
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[[folder:The Bastardized Pilot (1985)]]
* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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[[folder:The Bastardized Pilot Pilots (1985)]]
* * The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''EyeGuess'' ''Eye Guess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' these attempts at reviving ''Concentration'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.link.
** Using words backfired immensely during one taping — according to a YouTube comment from a contestant on one of the pilots, two predetermined connections were "mother-father" and "kiss-pucker". Sounds simple, until you realize [[FreudWasRight the words this player blindly picked off]]. As for what happened next...
-->'''Contestant:''' The live audience roared in laughter. Bean and I looked at each other in stunned awkward silence, and moved on.\\
(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
** Using words backfired immensely during one taping — according to a YouTube comment from a contestant on one of the pilots, two predetermined connections were "mother-father" and "kiss-pucker". Sounds simple, until you realize [[FreudWasRight the words this player blindly picked off]]. As for what happened next...
-->'''Contestant:''' The live audience roared in laughter. Bean and I looked at each other in stunned awkward silence, and moved on.\\
(''separate comment'') The highlight of this experience for me was meeting MarkGoodson, he was very gracious and personally thanked me for doing a good job - I was thrilled. Orson Bean, on the other hand, was obviously stressed out, didn't seem to enjoy the gig, and by the time we taped my episode, he was not very friendly off camera.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' ''EyeGuess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously''' wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* 1971: Following the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that the board was staring at everyone! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
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* 1971: Following After the first match of a game in Squares 17 and 19, those two trilons turned to show...two eyes, giving the impression that the board was staring at everyone! [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/puffuncle/ConcEyes.jpg Here's a re-creation of what it looked like.]]
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* Circa 1967-68: On the show's "anniversary episodes", Hugh Downs would play the game with a celebrity guest. On one of these, the two kept matching "Forfeit One Gift" squares that turned around to show a blank space with no clues whatsoever. At Downs' insistence, all the trilons turned to show their "prize sides" — all of which were "Forfeit One Gift" — followed by their "puzzle sides". The "puzzle side" of the board was '''completely blank'''.
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* Circa 1967-68: On the show's "anniversary episodes", During one episode, Hugh Downs would play the game with a celebrity guest. On one of these, the two kept matching noticed that there were more "Forfeit One Gift" squares than usual and that they turned around to show a blank space with no clues whatsoever. At Downs' his insistence, all the trilons turned to show their "prize sides" — all of which were "Forfeit One Gift" — followed by their "puzzle sides". The "puzzle side" of the board was '''completely blank'''.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously'''-wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which used a straight Q&A and got humor from '''obviously'''-wrong '''obviously''' wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
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* The point of matching related words appears to have been like ''Eye Guess'' (1966-69), in that humor was supposed to come from mismatching. Unlike mismatching...but unlike ''Eye Guess'', which was used a straight Q&A, Q&A and got humor from '''obviously'''-wrong answers, ''Concentration '85'' used a potential Standards and & Practices nightmare of predetermined word connections.connections, trying to glean humor from mismatches that a knowledgeable contestant could reasonably link.
