W2R
Moderator Emeritus
I never tried out for a quiz show. A fellow scientist at work tried out for Jeopardy but didn't make it. Before that, everyone at work thought she was not very bright but after trying out she got a promotion. So I guess that even trying out for the show did her some good professionally speaking.
How cool that braumeister's cousin was on Howdy Doody! That was such a neat show for kids back then. In December of 1960, I was in a group of 3 girls from my seventh grade class who got to sing "O Tannenbaum" on local educational TV in the original German. None of us spoke German at all, so we had no idea what the words we were singing actually meant. But we had been coached so our pronunciation was in the ballpark. I still remember the words in German. Anyway I thought that was a pretty amazing experience at the time.
How cool that braumeister's cousin was on Howdy Doody! That was such a neat show for kids back then. In December of 1960, I was in a group of 3 girls from my seventh grade class who got to sing "O Tannenbaum" on local educational TV in the original German. None of us spoke German at all, so we had no idea what the words we were singing actually meant. But we had been coached so our pronunciation was in the ballpark. I still remember the words in German. Anyway I thought that was a pretty amazing experience at the time.