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#26 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:11 pm

Has evil squirrel kidnapped MBFFB?
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#27 Post by LastMinuteRequest » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:33 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote:
If that is the case it should make for even more thousandaires than initially thought.
After 4 days of taping, Davies said they had given out more money than at the same point in the previous season. I guess we'll see if that holds true through the rest of the season, or was just a fluke.

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#28 Post by frogman042 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:37 pm

LastMinuteRequest wrote:
tanstaafl2 wrote:
If that is the case it should make for even more thousandaires than initially thought.
After 4 days of taping, Davies said they had given out more money than at the same point in the previous season. I guess we'll see if that holds true through the rest of the season, or was just a fluke.
At my taping they didn't distribute any fish as far as I can tell, let alone a fluke.

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#29 Post by tanstaafl2 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:00 pm

frogman042 wrote:
Spokesman for MBFFB wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:Here's the most controversial item: The "experts" they had were all editors from "Entertainment Weekly". Two actually said when they were used, "I don't know anything about anything except entertainment. I'd walk with the money if I were you." WTF???

That sonic boom you just heard was MBFFB's® head exploding.....
OK, as still a newbie to the bored, I did a little poking around but could not discern who/what is MBFFB - my guess is that it was some regular who was either a puriest about the show or extremly anal about it?

---Jay (so if BAM has jumped the shark, does this make me the Fonz?)
MBFFB® stands for a Merry Man known as My Big Fat Fabulous Brain who delights in castigating cast members on the show, all tongue in cheek of course!

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As for the shark, for many of us incorrigible original primetime WWTBAM enthusiasts, that shark was jumped long ago with the demise of the phone game.

But if the jacket fits...

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#30 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:17 pm

LastMinuteRequest wrote:
tanstaafl2 wrote:
If that is the case it should make for even more thousandaires than initially thought.
After 4 days of taping, Davies said they had given out more money than at the same point in the previous season. I guess we'll see if that holds true through the rest of the season, or was just a fluke.
Yes, but that includes frogman's $1,000,000. :P
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#31 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:22 pm

frogman042 wrote:And boy do I really want to chime in on this thread - the only thing I will say is that not everything that has been written here regarding the details of the new rules is 100% correct - so take it with a grain of salt - you'll see how it really plays it soon. I wish I could talk about it but I can't.
I wonder if it's possible that they changed things this week?
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#32 Post by frogman042 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:59 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
frogman042 wrote:And boy do I really want to chime in on this thread - the only thing I will say is that not everything that has been written here regarding the details of the new rules is 100% correct - so take it with a grain of salt - you'll see how it really plays it soon. I wish I could talk about it but I can't.
I wonder if it's possible that they changed things this week?
To quote JoJo from Suessical The Musical: Anything's Possible!

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#33 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote: MBFFB® stands for a Merry Man known as My Big Fat Fabulous Brain who delights in castigating cast members on the show, all tongue in cheek of course!

Mostly...
But fear not!

He's been known to go easy on contestants when they're Bored Buddies. :)

Unless, of course, you ask him not to hold anything back! :twisted:

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#34 Post by Snaxx » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:16 pm

Bob Juch wrote:

Here's the most controversial item: The "experts" they had were all editors from "Entertainment Weekly". Two actually said when they were used, "I don't know anything about anything except entertainment. I'd walk with the money if I were you." WTF???

I read in Newsday about another shark sighting off Jones Beach. Uh oh, might not be the only shark of the day.




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#35 Post by frogman042 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:26 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote:
frogman042 wrote:
Spokesman for MBFFB wrote:
That sonic boom you just heard was MBFFB's® head exploding.....
OK, as still a newbie to the bored, I did a little poking around but could not discern who/what is MBFFB - my guess is that it was some regular who was either a puriest about the show or extremly anal about it?

---Jay (so if BAM has jumped the shark, does this make me the Fonz?)
MBFFB® stands for a Merry Man known as My Big Fat Fabulous Brain who delights in castigating cast members on the show, all tongue in cheek of course!

Mostly...

MBFFB® in Action

His spokesmen is, well, his spokesmen!

As for the shark, for many of us incorrigible original primetime WWTBAM enthusiasts, that shark was jumped long ago with the demise of the phone game.

But if the jacket fits...

:twisted:
And here I thought that the inner BFF of MBFFB was Best Friends Forever!

---Jay

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#36 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:34 pm

And here I thought that the inner BFF of MBFFB was Best Friends Forever!

LOL. Maybe Best Fiend Forever.
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#37 Post by silverscreenselect » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:47 am

These "improvements" will be the equivalent of the zillion celebrity episodes on PTBAM.... the shark jumping moment.

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#38 Post by the_toeth » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:32 am

I'm amazed a clock wasn't instituted when the syndicated version first debuted; I was expecting it then. I guess contestants just had it good for seven seasons.

I don't know if these changes are what the show actually needs to freshen up or not. Maybe the show doesn't need new lifelines, rather just a different method of contestant selection... but that's out of budget.

I also wonder if they'll switch to the not-so-dramatic techno music that the international versions all use now.

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