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John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:00 pm
by TheConfessor
I'm not sure if this chapter of McCain's biography is widely known, but it's news to me. According to this thread on the J! board, McCain was a one-day champion on Jeopardy in 1965. That impresses me a lot more than some of his more familiar credentials. It might even influence a few undecided voters, if it were better known.
http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/s ... hp?t=37250
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:45 am
by danielh41
I'd love to see that episode. 1965 would have been pre-POW.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:11 am
by nitrah55
It's possible that the tape doesn't exist anymore- remember, NBC destroyed all of their tapes of the Tonight Show before 1972 because they needed storage space, so they may have been as cavilier with J!.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:30 am
by danielh41
nitrah55 wrote:It's possible that the tape doesn't exist anymore- remember, NBC destroyed all of their tapes of the Tonight Show before 1972 because they needed storage space, so they may have been as cavilier with J!.
Since no footage has turned up, that's probably true. And it's a shame.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:48 am
by nitrah55
On the other hand, I'd be delighted if Sony destroyed my tape, but that's not going to happen. Soon enough, anyway.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:12 am
by Tinrinrin
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:35 am
by ne1410s
Anyone else remember John Glenn on "Name That Tune"?
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:11 pm
by TheConfessor
ne1410s wrote:Anyone else remember John Glenn on "Name That Tune"?
I thought I remembered seeing a clip of John Glenn with Groucho on "You Bet Your Life." He may have been on "Tune" as well, but I don't remember that.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:16 pm
by BigDrawMan
i heard about his show
instead of answering in the form of a question, he said "my friends, the question is...."
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:45 pm
by ne1410s
confess:
I thought I remembered seeing a clip of John Glenn with Groucho on "You Bet Your Life."
I think he was on "Name That Tune" along with child actor, Eddie Hodges. I very well could be disremembering.
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:06 pm
by AlphaDummy
ne1410s wrote:I think he was on "Name That Tune" along with child actor, Eddie Hodges. I very well could be disremembering.
I never did see the actual clip; however, part of the appearance was re-enacted in the movie "The Right Stuff".
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:12 pm
by TheConfessor
Various sources say that Glenn appeared on both "You Bet Your Life" and "Name That Tune."
http://www.houstonspacesociety.org/ist/ ... 81025.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045421/
Re: John McCain on Jeopardy! (non-political)
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:04 pm
by ontellen
This seems to be rather strange that they would destroy those tapes. Days of Our Lives started in November of 1965 and all the episodes have been saved all these years.