This is what you get from surfing too much

Sometimes I will find some little article, which makes me go look at another site, and then I am looking at something that is on one hand, interesting and on the other seems to exist for no other reason than to make me wonder how on Earth I managed to find my way to it.

Which is why I find myself looking at the transcript of what is considered by game show aficionados to be a particularly extra-ordinary episode of Hollywood Squares. The official reason for the interest is that the first round seems to go into a stalemate so that instead of ending at the midway point so a second round can begin, it lasts the entire half-hour.

In other words it takes two people a half an hour to play a single game of tic-tac-toe.

What I find interesting is that Gilbert Gottfried, one of the celebrity panelists, seems to be getting rather punchy.

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Tom: All right, Gilbert. Here we go. . . . When she heard that Phileas Fogg had done it in 80 days, journalist Nellie Bly beat him by doing it in 72 days. What did she do?
Gilbert: Get through to the cable company. No, I know this, trust me. This is rowing the Atlantic.
David: I'm going to agree.
Gilbert: You fool!
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Tom: Gilbert, what significance does 1908 have if you are a Chicago Cubs fan?
Gilbert: That's the year you were in Chicago. Okay. It's the last perfect pitched game.
(David hesitates, causing everyone to laugh)
David: I'm going to agree.
Gilbert and Penn: You fool!
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Valerie: Gilbert Gottfried for the win.
Tom: For the win, yes.
Gilbert: You fool!
Tom: All right, Gilbert. Steve Austin. Steve Austin is a big, bad professional wrestler fully known as...?
Gilbert: Tubby. No, I know this one, 'cause I used to wrestle with Steve Austin. The Crusher.
Tom: The Crusher.
Valerie: I'll agree.
Gilbert: You fool!