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Ricochet21

(3,794 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:17 PM Jun 2012

So, we've have enough seriousness for a while, the other post reminded me, how about this quiz?

Current life in the USA is most like which of these TV shows: (and tell us why)


5 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
The Gong Show
2 (40%)
The Price is Right
0 (0%)
Family Feud
0 (0%)
Jeopardy
0 (0%)
Laugh-in
0 (0%)
Wheel of Fortune
0 (0%)
Deal or No Deal?
0 (0%)
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
0 (0%)
The Twilight Zone
3 (60%)
To Tell the Truth
0 (0%)
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So, we've have enough seriousness for a while, the other post reminded me, how about this quiz? (Original Post) Ricochet21 Jun 2012 OP
Twilight Zone Ricochet21 Jun 2012 #1
Other - Seinfeld. Narcissists everywhere doing things that often have no meaning...bizarro world... NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #2
Pete, that's brilliant. BlueIris Jun 2012 #12
I opted for Wheel of Fortune. "Ya pays ya money, ya takes ya chances..." kinda sums it up, I think. davsand Jun 2012 #3
Well, sadly it's not Laugh-In! kimmerspixelated Jun 2012 #4
Say Ricochet21 Jun 2012 #5
Not until after kimmerspixelated Jun 2012 #7
Gotta go with findrskeep Jun 2012 #6
Yeah, I think this has to be true. kimmerspixelated Jun 2012 #8
Yah, I say the Twilight Zone too solara Jun 2012 #9
I'd have to say "The Gong Show," murielm99 Jun 2012 #10
Reminds me of a super-extended version of an X-Files episode. BlueIris Jun 2012 #11
Twight zone Gin Jun 2012 #13
Looks like THE TWILIGHT ZONE Ricochet21 Jun 2012 #14

NRaleighLiberal

(60,503 posts)
2. Other - Seinfeld. Narcissists everywhere doing things that often have no meaning...bizarro world...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:21 PM
Jun 2012

and kind of funny in a sick way when you think about it!

davsand

(13,428 posts)
3. I opted for Wheel of Fortune. "Ya pays ya money, ya takes ya chances..." kinda sums it up, I think.
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:57 PM
Jun 2012

Seems like it can go from sugar to sh*t in the time it takes to spin a wheel lately. Probably its reflective of my own personal stuff/recent life events, but it feels like security is just an illusion--and not even a very good one at that! Too many people are living on a razor's edge, and any missed step will leave them bleeding out. What makes it even worse is that missed step might belong to somebody ELSE and they still end up hurt by it. I find I am craving some stability or even a brief sense of security--for even just a few days!

Sorry--probably not the light hearted response you were looking for, Rick...



Laura

kimmerspixelated

(8,423 posts)
4. Well, sadly it's not Laugh-In!
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:47 PM
Jun 2012

It seems to be a combo between Twilight Zone and Family Feud. I wish it was more like TZ!...

But everyone's fighting amongst themselves, you got this, gimmee mine...so let's return to the 60's, please... and LAUGH outrageously with Joann Whorly and Dick Martin and Artie Johnson!

findrskeep

(713 posts)
6. Gotta go with
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:47 PM
Jun 2012

The Twilight Zone Rick...because a lot of what's going on and the way people are acting makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It's truly as if we are living in the twilight zone...it's just plain WEIRD..lol.

solara

(3,869 posts)
9. Yah, I say the Twilight Zone too
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:10 AM
Jun 2012

Things have definitely been getting weirder, but there are always possibilities, new perceptions, awareness, awakenings. I think The Twilight Zone pointed the way to those things too.

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.
—Rod Serling


murielm99

(31,437 posts)
10. I'd have to say "The Gong Show,"
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:02 AM
Jun 2012

because it is an election year. Rmoney and most of the teaparty candidates are typical gong show contestants.

Have any of you read "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," or seen the movie? Chuck Barris is still messing with everyone.

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