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$100,000 Pyramid - "People whose last name is Obama"...."Bin Laden"

Ryan.

Ryan.

Prophet of Truth
The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
12,889
A pretty big and embarrassing fail. What's not shown is that he eventually composes himself and says "Barack" but they end up losing a couple of questions later.




He even made a Twitter thread after the show aired and admitted he fucked up and just owned up to it:




It's actually a pretty funny read and you feel for the guy, which a lot of social media does:

https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1029256812661358592
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Prologue

Prologue

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
781
I would had said Hussein, guess I'm equally as bad lol. Even in the comfort of my own home I was having a brain fart.
 
Einchy

Einchy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
42,659
This has been making the rounds on my Twitter feed, I have to watch it each time it gets posted. It's just too funny.
 
Absent

Absent

Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,045
At least he owned up to his mistake instead of tiptoeing around it. Also, makes it even more hilarious.
 
vatstep

vatstep

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,498
Oh man. I wonder how much time elapsed between the taping and the airing of the show – I know sometimes it's weeks/months for shows like this. At least he had time to prepare and it wasn't live.
 
Tagyhag

Tagyhag

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,507
Can't blame him with all that pressure, especially since he corrects himself later.
 
Daitokuji

Daitokuji

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,602
Wow I thought that was a photoshop. Didn't know it was real. And the other player and host are black too. LOL
 
ElectricBlanketFire

ElectricBlanketFire

What year is this?
Member
Oct 25, 2017
31,857
vatstep said:
Oh man. I wonder how much time elapsed between the taping and the airing of the show – I know sometimes it's weeks/months for shows like this. At least he had time to prepare and it wasn't live.
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I'd have a pit in my stomach for the rest of my life.

I've heard good people mess up the Obama/Osama more than a few times. Good on him for owning up to it and having some fun(?).
 
Rassilon

Rassilon

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,591
UK
A friend of mine was on a TV quiz show and she also said it's fucking hard as hell.

One's brain really goes into panic mode. I can see why people fuck up on TV all the time, it's not because they're dumb, it's because they are fallible human beings.
 

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User requested account closure
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Oct 27, 2017
7,125
I've never seen this show before but what I find even funnier is when the guy says, "...for fifty thousand dollars... go" and rushes off screen
 
Bear

Bear

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,884
Nerfgun said:
you'd think so... but because he owned it, I bet this slips beneath the waves completely in 2 weeks. i mean we'll remember it if referenced, and it will always be a story for him... but yeah. sorta defused it.
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2 weeks? This will be forgotten tomorrow. Maybe even within 12 hours.
 

Deleted member 12224

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Oct 27, 2017
6,113
I age in dog years every time I realize people will remember Michael Strahan as a television personality and not the Hall of Famer, the 2007 stomp them out Super Bowl champion, single-season sack record holder, and one of the best overall (stop the run, you one-dimensional pansies) defensive ends in NFL history.
 
adj_noun

adj_noun

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
17,217
Maaaan, I've tried the Jeopardy online test which was me by myself with no cameras in my own home and I've blanked HARD on stuff that's the equivalent of "What was the color of George Washington's white horse".

Dude's pressured brain just took a shortcut to the wrong "famous names that rhyme with ohma"
 
Volimar

Volimar

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Oct 25, 2017
38,515
The guy was on the spot and his brain betrayed him. I feel for him.
 
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