Game Shows Like “Family Feud,” “Jeopardy,” and “Wheel of Fortune” Are Unpredictable in Nature Because They Rely on People Shouting out Random Answers
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When the late Richard Dawson hosted “Fam- — among the top five ily Feud,” one topic was what strangers might most popular syndicated talk about. One television shows in the contestant answered country. (Above) A team “mutual friends,” “It’s the first day of of NFC Pro Bowl football which was not on the new year. Name players squared off the board. Dawson against a team of AFC was able to finish the a reason you’re not Pro Bowlers. segment, but after getting out of bed.” the category was STEVE HARVEY finished, he paused GAME SHOWS everything to laugh ARE AMERICA’S FAVORITE ‘SPECTATOR SPORT’ for about a minute. 2. In 2015, a People love a chance to Mattord, then 76, was vacationing in California with “Price is Right” “Because her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Al Yelle, when model accidently you’re dead.” be on TV and win prizes the trio decided to try out for the show. They got T- gave away a $21,960 CONTESTANT shirts screen-printed with “The Price is Right” car to an undeserving By Sally Rummel phrase, “Come on down!” hoping to be contestant by mistake. [email protected]; 810-629-8282 noticed by show producers. 3. Steve Harvey Whether you make a deal, spin a “(Host) Drew Carey liked her asked contestants on “Family Feud” what a burglar wheel or name that tune, Ameri- spunk,” said Judy. “They liked her would not want to see when he breaks into a house. ca’s fascination with game shows (HOST) DREW CAREY personality and the way she could Both contestants slammed their hands on the buzzer. continues to flourish. LIKED HER SPUNK. joke.” Mattord was also the old- Harvey calls on one, and the contestant screams out Who doesn’t remember the est person in the studio audience, “naked grandma.” To the delight of the audience, Har- fun of “The Dating Game,” “The “THEY LIKED HER which helped set her apart from vey looked baffled and questioned the man on the odds Newlywed Game,” “Wheel of For- other would-be contestants. See MEMORABLE on 4B tune” and “Let’s Make a Deal?” PERSONALITY AND THE “She was so nervous,” said One Fenton resident, Faye WAY SHE COULD JOKE. Judy. “She had to bid on a bunch Mattord, now 85, recalls decades Judy Yelle of items. She bid $12,000 for a surf- of watching “The Price is Right,” About her mother, Faye Mattord, board, when she meant to say $1,200. America’s longest running TV on “The Price is Right” ” She did really well on the next three items, game show, and being selected as a but didn’t make it to spin the wheel.” contestant on the show in 2008. 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OCT. 9 CAWC, has joined its national nnn 1992: Michelle Knapp, 18, is watching THANK YOU TO the nice lady who board as an agent member. television in her parents’ living room Walker is vice president of paid for my order at Tim Hortons in Peekskill, New York when she hears Sunday morning. You made a a thunderous crash in the driveway. Hartland beautiful Sunday even better. I think Alarmed, Knapp ran outside to inves- Insurance the guy behind me thought so, too. tigate. What she found was a sizeable Agency, Inc., nnn hole in the rear end of her car, an orange in Hartland. 1980 Chevy Malibu; a matching hole in “InVEST is the gravel driveway underneath the car; proud to and in the hole, what looked like an ordi- announce nary, bowling-ball–sized rock. It weighed Barbara about 28 pounds, was shaped like a football and was warm to the touch. It Walker has also smelled vaguely of rotten eggs. The Barbara Walker joined our KOZLOWSKIS CELEBRATE next day, a curator from the American distinguished ANNIVERSARY Museum of Natural History in New York board of Wendy (Jones) and John City confirmed that the object was a directors,” said Cindy Hower, Kozlowski of Holly will celebrate genuine meteorite. InVEST board chair and president their 25th wedding anniversary OCT. 10 of Kellerman Insurance, an on October 12, 2016. The couple independent agency in Holton, was married in Berkley, Michigan 2004: Actor Christopher Reeve, who Kansas. Walker has more than became famous for his starring role in 1991. They share two children Somewhere in Time and in four Super- 35 years of experience in the together; Christopher, who attends man films, dies from heart failure at the independent agency system. Central Michigan University and age of 52 at a hospital near his home in She joined Hartland Insurance Carly, who is a student at Fenton Westchester County, New York. Reeve, in 1981 and currently serves as High School, and of course, their who was paralyzed in a 1995 horse- vice president responsible for the four-leg child, Ringo the Westie. riding accident, was a leading advocate management and sales. She also The couple plans on celebrating for spinal cord research. has been active in the state and by spending the day together OCT. 11 national association levels. She while golfing and enjoying a currently serves on the Michigan 2002: Former President Jimmy Carter nice dinner. They have plans (1977-1981) wins the Nobel Peace Prize Association of Insurance Agents to celebrate with family at the “for his decades of untiring effort to find (MAIA) board of directors, is chair Redwood Lodge at a later time. peaceful solutions to international con- of the MI Future board and is a flicts, to advance democracy and human recipient of two prestigious MAIA rights, and to promote economic and awards, the Ashom Education social development.” Award and the Henry Forsetlund OCT. 12 Award. At the national level, Walker has served on the IIABA 1492: After sailing across the Atlantic Virtual University Committee. Ocean with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has Famous Footwear reached East Asia. His expedition went now open in Fenton ashore the same day and claimed the land Leading footwear retailer, Famous for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who Footwear, has opened in Fenton sponsored his attempt to find a western and hosted a grand opening with ocean route to China, India, and the fabled giveaways on Saturday, Oct. 8. gold and spice islands of Asia. The new store is located off Owen OCT. 13 Road, just west of Target. 1999: The Colorado grand jury investi- gating the case of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, who was murdered in December 1996, is dismissed and the HOT LINE CONTINUED Boulder County district attorney due to insufficient evidence. THERE HAVE BEEN more killings all right, partly because Congress refuses OCT. 14 to do anything about allowing people who should not have guns to get guns. 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, There were more AR-15s and rapid- bringing the United States and the Soviet fire rifles made in the last eight years Union to the brink of nuclear conflict.