I’m down like a clown, Charlie Brown!
Well, if y’all are game, I’m certainly up for it.
I’ll go ahead an announce: new game to start tonight around 9 pm ET.
Is everyone ready? Then let us begin.
New Game begins now
Please see new format rules in post 217.
If you wish to play, PM me your response to this:
Alright, I’ve got contestants but there’s still plenty of room for panelists!
Keep those PMs coming, kids!
Bumping so we get enough panelists.
makes puppy-dog eyes out of clay, fires, paints and places them over my own
Room for four more panelists!
The real game shows do it this way:
For our purposes, I’ll simply announce what went down so everybody is aware: A submission was sent to someone other than me. As it happens, it went to a player whose early submission qualified him as contestant no. 1.
My original plan was to make this contestant a panelist, notify the other contestant of the change, and the first panelist of their promotion. However, it was pointed out to me that with the new format, I already have contestant no. 1’s reply, so there’s no room for the contamination to affect the outcome of the round. Consequently, everything is staying the same as it was, with the only real effect that contestant no. 1 already knows whether or not that particular panelist matched him.
That said, there’s still room for 2 panelists.
Still room for 2 panelists.
And I’m pretty sure the mods are going to get fed up with this thread being bumped like this pretty soon.
Bah! We just need to build up critical mass. These are valuable bumps!
Hey, I did my part! Should be one more now.
I don’t know what to tell you, kids.
I’ll give this until Monday morning, then we’ll proceed with 5 panelists a la the otherwise un-noteworthy 1998-99 version.
GOOD GOD, NOOOOO! Gene’ll be spinning in his grave!
Looks like the Jewish holidays have passed and I’m not locked out of it! OK, count me in the panel.
Excellent! If you’ll just PM me your response (see post 223), we can proceed!
Ah, shoot. I missed it, but I’m posting to subscribe so maybe I can play next time.
This is more like it!
Our six panelists 
have submitted their answers, and now HardlySanguine, as contestant #1, it’s time for you to share with us your answer to this:
“Sand! You need to learn how to hand sand all those blocks of wood. What grade of sandpaper do I use for a porch railing? Do I use an electric sander for the bottoms of my feet? When I die, you need to know how to make my coffin as smooth as possible so I slip into the afterlife easy-like.”
(Personally, I think the master carpenter’s a tad off his rocker.)
(Personally, I think he’s not the only one. ;))
But that’s a fine answer from contestant #1!
Let’s see what our panelists had to say:
antonio107: …file for disability! 'Cause he hit his nails! And they hurt! Get it? Get it? Please get it.
Yeticus Rex: apply First Aid to your smashed thumb.
Dr. Girlfriend: screw
Hoopy Frood: bandage your thumb
MeanOldLady: Screw!
cmkeller: SCREW
Looks like either screwing or seeking medical care would have done better for you that time around, HardlySanguine. Sorry, but your score stands at 0.
Maus Magill is contestant #2, and here we go with his round one question. Panelists, please PM me with your response to this:
Oh, hey, why didn’t I think of ‘screw’? Stupid brain.
No worries! That’s why we have round two! 