Former child stars on "Weakest Link" - 11/18 (spoilers)
11-19-01, 12:41 AM
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Former child stars on "Weakest Link" - 11/18 (spoilers)
I've seen many celebrity editions of different game shows over the years, but I've never, never, ever seen a crop of morons like this bunch. They were just like the clueless parodies on SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy sketches. Several times my mouth fell open at the level of sheer stupidity displayed by the following seven:
Webster
The fey kid from "Who's the Boss?"
Tina Yothers
Rudy Huxtable
Carlton from "The Fresh Prince"
Screech
Winnie Cooper (ahem, PoA!)
I'll give the Beaver a pass on this one, because he was the first one voted off. I guess the others felt a little awkward around him, since he's about 100 years old.
Samples:
Q: Name the movie which had Tom Hanks stranded on a desert island.
Webster: (after a 5 or 6 second pause) Brainstorm?
Q: What is the 24th letter of the current English alphabet?
Carlton: (several seconds) Y?
Q: What is 4 times 15?
A: 48?
Q: What month contains the least amount of days?
A: May
I'm not making those up, they were actual questions and answers. I know that celebrities aren't famous for the brainpower, but it got ridiculous and pathetic after a while.
By the way,
Webster
The fey kid from "Who's the Boss?"
Tina Yothers
Rudy Huxtable
Carlton from "The Fresh Prince"
Screech
Winnie Cooper (ahem, PoA!)
I'll give the Beaver a pass on this one, because he was the first one voted off. I guess the others felt a little awkward around him, since he's about 100 years old.
Samples:
Q: Name the movie which had Tom Hanks stranded on a desert island.
Webster: (after a 5 or 6 second pause) Brainstorm?
Q: What is the 24th letter of the current English alphabet?
Carlton: (several seconds) Y?
Q: What is 4 times 15?
A: 48?
Q: What month contains the least amount of days?
A: May
I'm not making those up, they were actual questions and answers. I know that celebrities aren't famous for the brainpower, but it got ridiculous and pathetic after a while.
By the way,
Spoiler:
Last edited by Charlie Goose; 11-19-01 at 08:18 PM.
11-19-01, 12:56 AM
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It was on (background noise, that is all I will admit to) 
And I was struck by how incredibly simple the questions were and how bad these players were. And isn't the use of the term "celebrity" a bit of a stretch? When the have to keep repeating why we should know them. Ack...
You know, you read that 100-110 is the average IQ, but most people you know seem to be higher than that, a lot of them much higher. I think I now understand how the average can be so low.
And I was struck by how incredibly simple the questions were and how bad these players were. And isn't the use of the term "celebrity" a bit of a stretch? When the have to keep repeating why we should know them. Ack...
You know, you read that 100-110 is the average IQ, but most people you know seem to be higher than that, a lot of them much higher. I think I now understand how the average can be so low.
11-19-01, 01:40 AM
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Originally posted by monkeyboy
dammit i missed it. i forgot it was on. how's winnie looking?
dammit i missed it. i forgot it was on. how's winnie looking?
She looks different. A little older of course.
11-19-01, 02:02 AM
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It was painful to watch them miss a lot of those questions. Makes me wonder how many of them dropped out of school and/or became home-schooled when they became a famous child actor...
11-19-01, 02:13 AM
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Poor Danica/"Winnie" as she's a math wiz but never got any suich questions. I think the only one she got right was:
"What color light at the top of a traffic signal
means the driver must stop?"
She did "look" good though
"What color light at the top of a traffic signal
means the driver must stop?"
She did "look" good though
11-19-01, 08:18 PM
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Originally posted by monkeyboy
dammit i missed it. i forgot it was on. how's winnie looking?
dammit i missed it. i forgot it was on. how's winnie looking?
11-20-01, 01:59 AM
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I watched/listened to and I thought it should of been called "celebrity wanna bees" . I knew the answers to many of the questions and they did not. I wonder how much longer before this TV game show gets the axe?
11-20-01, 05:52 PM
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Did you see it when the host asked the Fresh Prince guy if he thought there would ever be a hope for him to have a real career?
I swear his heart stopped briefly.
I swear his heart stopped briefly.
