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Ginger and all:
Please excuse the misspelling of "prestigious" in my previous post. As a writer/editor I do not like to make mistakes like that.
The quiz show was a local effort telecast in New York called "It's Your Move." You had to act out phrases so that your partner could guess them -- somewhat like charades. You won't believe the crazy prizes I won: a polaroid camera, a bowling ball, a contraption called a snurfer (for surfing on snow -- I actually used it in Central Park), and 50 cans of sardines (which I gave to a friend who actually loved it). I always regretted missing the top prize -- a trip to Jamaica. In fact, to this day if anyone mentions "Jamaica," I cringe a little. I will never go on another quiz show because who needs to cry over something you never had in the first place.
As far as the Joey Bishop tape goes, as you know I had planned to write to Joey Bishop but he died in the interim. I have a friend who knows his son but says he's kind of a jerk so I doubt if he would know anything about his father's business nor would I want to ask him.
I am inclined to believe that the tape does not exist or was otherwise taped over or disposed of.
Jill
While I'm with Desiree regarding the excitement and bliss of being landed with 50 cans of sardines, they would have done wonders for your Omega 3 levels - LOL.
At least with Quiz Shows and many Game Shows, the contestant has some input, some means of using skills, general knowledge, memory function, innovativeness etc.
For those of us who appear cursed when it comes to random luck and blind chance, as in raffles, Lottos, slot machines, most gambling, scratch and win tickets, lucky door prizes, bingo - whatever - we are 100% at the mercy of the fates and luck. There is naught we can do to influence the outcome.
I don't blame you Jill, for some lingering angst with a missed Jamaican trip. That would have been a terrific prize.
Kerry
Yeah, Kerry, I wish I had liked sardines.
You're right about at least having a fighting chance with a quiz show -- that is if you don't goof up the last acting-out charade. But we filmed two shows on that day and I blamed my blackout on that.
As far as the blind luck goes, I have won things (raffles, business card drawings, door prizes) quite a bit over the years. I've won a flower arrangement, a globe of the world, food-warmer, champagne brunch at the Queen Mary and a weekend stay in a mini-suite in Palm Springs. (The latter was really fun.) But I have not won anything lately. Boo hoo.
I had a funny experience regarding a door prize. I went to a reunion of my college one year and they announced my name as winning some Tom Arnold hats and stuff from his ill-fated show. I didn't even acknowledge when they read the number, but just kept sitting. Not only did the "prize" not appeal to me, but in truth I had a little too much wine and didn't feel comfortable going up on stage.
Jill
