# Merv Griffin announces that something "amazing" is going to happen... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842 "2004-05-18T20:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/41 "2004-05-19T20:10:13Z")
There will be a video catagory called Baywatch Boobs. You see a close up of some bouncing boobs in slow motion and then you have to say. Who is Pam Anderson? Etiher that or the celeb show will have Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds and Will Farrell. They will stay all week and on each and every show they will make Trebeck cry. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/42 "2004-05-19T20:26:53Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Maybe someone wins \> $1,000,000. Or gets the highest possible Jeopardy total. There’s no ‘highest possible Jeopardy total’ any more, since they removed the 5-day limit. The highest possible one day total, assuming one contestant runs the board, gets the daily doubles as the very last selections each round, and bets everything on the DDs/Final Jeopardy questions, ranges drom $448,000 to $550,400, depending where the DDs were located. (Also assuming I did the calculations right.) So someone getting a $1,000,000 run isn’t terribly unlikely, especially if they manage a nice long run. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/43 "2004-05-19T23:29:25Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Hey, [Andy Kaufman is back!](http://andykaufmanreturns.blogspot.com/) Toldja. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/44 "2004-05-19T23:33:52Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > The highest possible one day total … ranges drom $448,000 to $550,400, depending where the DDs were located. Actually, that’s low. I did the calculation for 5 categories, not 6. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/45 "2004-05-19T23:53:55Z")
The contestants will be Andy Kaufman, Elvis Presley, and Jim Morisson. 😕 :eek: :dubious: :rolleyes: 😃😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/46 "2004-05-20T00:26:51Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Etiher that or the celeb show will have Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds and Will Farrell. They will stay all week and on each and every show they will make Trebeck cry. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/47 "2004-05-20T00:54:53Z")
Instead of regular episodes, they’re going to air episodes from the Art Fleming run, which was almost totally wiped out by NBC in the mid-1970’s (only 3 episodes are on the tape trading circuit, and 20 or so at UCLA)? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/48 "2004-05-20T21:11:05Z")
Well, what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/49 "2004-05-20T21:24:17Z")
We’ll know in a couple of hours. It’s not quite 5:30 in the east. We’ve prepared. Our DVR is set-up and patched through a 40 KVA UPS just in case power goes out or lightening strikes nearby. At 7:00, we’re going to park our car at a nearby church and walk back home so no one will think we’re there. At 7:25, we’ll close our drapes and forward our phones to answering machines. As soon as we know, I’ll post it here. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/50 "2004-05-20T21:55:12Z")
Anal Bum Cover, for $200. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/51 "2004-05-20T21:55:43Z")
K. It’s on at 3:30 here and I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/52 "2004-05-20T21:57:15Z")
OK, it just came and went here. Nothing happened. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/53 "2004-05-20T22:01:06Z")
:eek: What do you mean by “nothing happened”? What was it that didn’t happen? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/54 "2004-05-20T22:02:18Z")
Alex is still alive, nobody answered every question, and no records were set. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/55 "2004-05-20T22:06:06Z")
But, what about “just the most amazing thing”? Are you sure you’re not getting a delayed syndication or something? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/56 "2004-05-20T22:10:18Z")
Seeing how nothing out of the ordinary happened on today’s episode, it seems most likely that today’s winner will go on an extraordinary winning streak. That, or Griffin’s yanking our chain. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/57 "2004-05-20T22:12:27Z")
Holy cow! Well, he did say beginning on May 20th. Dammit. I’m going to e-mail On-Air if something just amazing doesn’t happen. I guess we’ll forego some of the more drastic preparations, but I’m still going to record it just in case there’s some delay on your syndication. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/58 "2004-05-20T22:41:06Z")
Alkl three contestants have a Doper background: **Wildest Bill** **Jack Dean Tyler** **Phaedrus** Please don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/59 "2004-05-20T22:54:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Alkl three contestants have a Doper background: > > **Wildest Bill** > **Jack Dean Tyler** > **Phaedrus** > Please don’t hurt me. Haha, then phaedrus can make good on his bet! If he wins of course. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/60 "2004-05-20T22:59:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sean Connery’s going to appear as a contestant. > > “I’ll take ‘The Penis Mightier’ for $800.” “Not much of one for the ladies, are you, Trebeck.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842.md?page=4)