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Originally posted by Pauly
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Great contestant, boring host. He displays practically no personality. I dont see how he keeps the gig permanently. -
I'd agree, except I remember how rough around the edges some other people were when they were starting out. As an example, Stephen Colbert, who, agree or disagree with his politics, can now be as smooth and eloquent off the cuff as anyone on tv right now, had some real fumble and stumble clunkers when he started off. But yeah, not sure he will get the chance to see if he can add some whit and charm to his hosting. Of course, he has big shoes to fill. Hard to see anyone else in the role after so many years of Alex doing his thing.Originally posted by rhd View PostComment
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Alex made it look easy - it's not easy.
similar to Johnny Carson, in that he seemed so gregarious but was not, really.
a former colleague of mine was a contestant once (got Final Jeopardy right, but finished second).
she was young and attractive, and I teased her about how smooth Alex must have been around her.
she said he never said a word to any of the contestants, aside from what you saw on TV - all business.
showed up on time for taping, hit the marks - and that was it. that's a wrap, bring on the next contestants. rinse and repeat.finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
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Sorry about that. I'll work harder. Can I offer you some Lite Caesar for the trouble?Originally posted by Pauly View PostComment
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Lite Caesar? Get a rope.Originally posted by Ken View PostIf I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Comment
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How about just half a bottle ?Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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30 lashes with a limp noodle (apologies to the spaghetti monster in the sky)Originally posted by The Feral Slasher View PostIf I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Comment
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Maybe he is just the placeholder to lower the bar. Then the next one will have a chance.Originally posted by rhd View PostComment
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Jennings seems pretty good."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."Comment
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