Really, really hard TV trivia question

[terentii]

@TriPolar

Yup, awry, he was pronouncing it aw-ree. I think they were at her parents house in Brewster in that episode.

They were indeed. It was early in the first season.

[TriPolar]

@terentii

They were indeed. It was early in the first season.

I’ve been to Brewster a bunch of times, nobody there ever heard of Lou Marie. I think there’s something a little shady about this guy.

[terentii]

@TriPolar

I’ve been to Brewster a bunch of times, nobody there ever heard of Lou Marie. I think there’s something a little shady about this guy.

Try looking under “Lew Marie.” That was how they spelled his name.

[Just_Asking_Questions]

This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.”

One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it.

Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?

(I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!)

[terentii]

I remember learning the word “risque” when I was 12 or 13. Of course, I pronounced it wrong at first (probably as “risk”), but I think I should get a pass on that one since it’s French.

On the radio in Toronto a couple of years ago, there was a commercial where a woman kept talking about the wonderful “plethora” of items (stress on the “-or-”) her company offered. Every time it came on, I’d shout “That’s PLETH-ora, ya bimbo!” much to the amusement of my teenage daughter.

[j666]

@Just_Asking_Questions

This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.”

One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it.

Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?

(I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!)

I did not recognize “epitome” when I first read it; fortunately this happened in junior high.

[x-ray_vision]

I think a lot of folks here have seen the porn version of Mary Tyler Moore and are mis-remembering. :

Ted Baxter strolled into the newsroom, smiling broadly, as usual.

“Hi, Guys!”

“Hi, Ted.” Murray and Mary chimed together.

“Murray, I was reading this news copy you gave me.”

“Amazing,” Murray said, “he’s reading it before he gets on the air.”

It went right over Ted’s head. “What’s this word here?”

Murray looked at the script. “Lesbian,” he said.

“Lesbian. Is that like … actors? Shouldn’t we use ‘actors’ instead?”

“No, Ted, you’re thinking of ‘thespian’,” Mary said.

“Oh… then what’s a lesbian?”

Mary and Murray exchanged glances. Murray said, “Ted, I’ll have to
explain that to you later. Just read it like it’s written.”

Ted walked out. Mary and Murry broke up into laughter.

:::

The “ON THE AIR” sign came on. Ted launched into his delivery voice.

“Today in Minneapolis, police announced they had definite leads into
the Lesbian murder case. Lesbians, by the way, are not actors…”

Back in the newsroom, Murray moaned, Mary laughed, and Lou headed
quickly for the studio.

…

Murray had tried to explain lesbianism to Ted, but much of it had gone
over the anchorman’s precicely-trimmed head.

Ted was in Georgette’s apartment, sitting on the sofa. Georgette was
in the kitchenette, putting the dirty dishes in her dishwasher.

“Georgette, do you know what a lesbian is?”

Georgette nearly dropped the dish she was holding. Composing herself
rapidly, she said, “Yes, Ted. Why?”

“Well, Murray tried to explain it to me, but I couldn’t figure out
what he was talking about. Then I asked Mary, and she told me to ask
Lou. Lou told me to look it up in the dictionary.”

“So?” Georgette asked, coming out of the kitchenette. “What did the
dictionary say?”

“That’s too much trouble. I’m asking you.”

“Well, let me think about how to explain it to you. Will you excuse
me? I need to make a telephone call.”

Ted nodded, and turned on the television. “Hey, it’s the Brady Bunch!
I just adore Marsha…”

Georgette smiled, and went to her bedroom to make her call.

http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/Alt.Sex.Stories.Moderated/Year97/279.txt

[beowulff]

@Just_Asking_Questions

This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.”

One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it.

Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?

(I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!)

OK, mine is anxiety.

When I first came across this word in a book, I had no idea what it meant. After I figured it out, I thought “where the hell did they get a “gz” sound out of “nx”?”