# Ben Stein, NOOOOOOOO!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 1999, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333 "1999-11-19T04:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/1 "1999-11-19T04:48:00Z")
I’m watching Win Ben Stein’s Money, and I can’t _believe_ they vectored the “Nova” = “No Go” UL!! And has anyone else spent the entire day watching ads for Greed on Fox? Was that guy with the sticky-out hair who’s trying to win the $2,000,000 grand prize on Win Ben Stein’s Money once? That damn hair looks so familiar… * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/2 "1999-11-19T08:57:00Z")
Was that the air traffic controller guy? He was definitely on both shows. With the proliferation of all these high-dollar game shows, there’s probably a number of people making a career out of trying to get on them all. If you live in California and don’t have to travel much, why not? I’ll bet there are people out there who have been on lots of them. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/3 "1999-11-20T07:39:00Z")
I didn’t actually watch Greed, it just seemed like the ads were on every 15 minutes. But that hair! There can’t be more than one person with that haircut, even in California! I’m envious of people who live close to gameshows. I hate that they always say, “If you are planning on being in the LA area,” etc. No, I’d have to fly to LA, and I’d hate to go all the way down there and not be picked to get on. But I want to win Ben Stein’s money!! * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/4 "1999-11-20T19:14:00Z")
I like to watch “win Ben Stein’s Money” the questions are just as difficult as jeopardy’s and the categories are clever. It’s hard to believe Stein is an ultra right-winger who writes for the American Spectator, he seems like such a nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/5 "1999-11-20T22:50:00Z")
Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Neil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@Neil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-stein-noooooooo/11333/6 "1999-11-21T00:44:00Z")
I’m told I sort of bear a resemblance to Ben Stein…and I sound a bit like him, too. So I’m often asked to do the Clear Eyes commericial or stuff from Ferris… Neil