# Anyone ever been on a national TV show before? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868 "2002-11-26T12:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/41 "2002-11-29T19:24:13Z")
I was in the nosebleed seats at Buckeye Stadium during a game and the Goodyear blimp did an arial shot. I was the one in the upper deck in the scarlet and grey sweatshirt waving at the camera. Frankly, there’s one piece of advice I got from Zotti that I’ve always tried to follow: “Don’t do anything that’ll get you on Springer.” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/42 "2002-11-30T00:06:43Z")
Jeopardy, third-place finisher (bet it all on Final Jeopardy, and tanked). I can hold my head up high, though, because I was in the lead at the break. Won a stove. I lived in an apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/43 "2002-11-30T02:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Moto \* > \*\*[You might want to check this out, **Another Primate**.](http://www.mtr.org) \*\* Thanks, Mr. Moto, but I couldn’t find anything about “House Party”. Did you find anything? -Another ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/44 "2002-11-30T04:44:15Z")
You won’t find much on the website, but drop them a line and see if they have the episodes archived. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/45 "2002-11-30T05:18:57Z")
I was on CNN two weeks ago Friday. It was during the “Fireback” segment, and I was the second person with a comment from the audience. My whole air time consisted of me saying… “I would just like to thank Mr Barkley for coming on Crossfire and answering y’all’s questions in a straight and honest manner. He certainly is a breath of fresh air from the typical politician who has to toe the party line.” Barkley, FYI, is the interim senator (I) from Minnesota who is filling in for Wellstone. To reply to me, Mr Novak addressed me as “Mr San Antonio” (my hometown.) That night, I proceeded to get an email from my grandmother, _apologising for missing it._ :eek: But you know how grandmothers are. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868/46 "2002-11-30T07:09:04Z")
One-day _Jeopardy!_ champion five years ago. An old girlfriend called after seeing me on the air, but alas she was married with several children. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-a-national-tv-show-before/138868.md?page=2)