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[sunflower]

Seriously, spoilerize it or something, it's way too long.

[peacock2121]

Any better sunflower?

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

[peacock2121]

I'm available everyday. I know everything that wintergreen doesn't. I'm usually sleeping when the phone rings.

Um, I think that means you know nothing.

[hanzz]

I will also add:

Academy Awards buff
Spread of movies and TV and pop culture especially of this decade.
The Bible

[TheSearchIsOn]

Any better sunflower?

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

LOL, apparently. And here I'm just trying to provide a service to the bored.

[peacock2121]

Any better sunflower?

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

LOL, apparently. And here I'm just trying to provide a service to the bored.

Made me laugh and laugh!

[sunflower]

Any better sunflower?

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

LOL, apparently. And here I'm just trying to provide a service to the bored.

And I'm just trying to help you before other people come along and say it less nicely than I did!!

[peacock2121]

Seriously

If I was OTC and got the call today - what you did, Rob, would be like a freakin' god-send to me.

[littlebeast13]

Any better sunflower?

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

LOL, apparently. And here I'm just trying to provide a service to the bored.

The persuasiveness of the perkitude.......

lb13

[Bob78164]

Seriously, spoilerize it or something, it's way too long.

I find it quite useful in its current format. Thanks, Rob. I appreciate the effort. Here's hoping tomorrow I get to put it to use.

Bear in mind that if the news today is bad (= nonexistent), starting this afternoon (Pacific Time) we can trim the first two days from the list. --Bob

[Bob78164]

Work schedule permitting, I'll be happy to PAF at any time. I've been there, done that, a few times. --Bob

[peacock2121]

LOL - is she the boss of you too?

LOL, apparently. And here I'm just trying to provide a service to the bored.

The persuasiveness of the perkitude.......

lb13

Perkitude Pisses Some Off.

I know from personal experience.

[TheSearchIsOn]

Thanks Bob.
For those of you that would like to see the post condensed, if you guys can tell me how to add the spoiler brackets where it reduces the block of text, I'll add it. I tried highlighting the text and clicking on the spoiler button, but that just created a black section of text that was the same size as the original text. Don't think that would really help.

[ulysses5019]

I'm available everyday. I know everything that wintergreen doesn't. I'm usually sleeping when the phone rings.

Um, I think that means you know nothing.

Of course I didn't call him when I needed to use my PAF.

[Bob78164]

Thanks Bob.
For those of you that would like to see the post condensed, if you guys can tell me how to add the spoiler brackets where it reduces the block of text, I'll add it. I tried highlighting the text and clicking on the spoiler button, but that just created a black section of text that was the same size as the original text. Don't think that would really help.

The button you want is the "spoiler=" button, which (on my interface) is next to the "spoiler" button. But seriously, I don't think you should put it in spoilers -- it's more useful to those of us who may need it without them. --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

Thanks Bob.
For those of you that would like to see the post condensed, if you guys can tell me how to add the spoiler brackets where it reduces the block of text, I'll add it. I tried highlighting the text and clicking on the spoiler button, but that just created a black section of text that was the same size as the original text. Don't think that would really help.

The post is 100% ontopicosity and will be entirely welcome to those who get The Call and need to reference it.

No spoiler tags are necessary, IMHO.

[MarleysGh0st]

Those of us volunteering to PAF should keep these requirements in mind:

Contestants must provide in advance as directed by Producer the names, phone numbers, photographs, and signed releases of each of their Phone-A-Friends. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the inability to have an individual(s) participate in this lifeline. Individuals participating as Phone-A-Friends may do so only one (1) time within the eleven (11) episodes scheduled to be broadcast on the Network starting August 9, 2009.

I'm not sure how they manage the signed releases, when PAFs live far from the contestants. Can we receive them as e-mail attachments and FAX them back? What did they do for SyndieBAM next season?

Can we send our photos as e-mail attachments or do TPTB need hard copies?

[Bob78164]

Those of us volunteering to PAF should keep these requirements in mind:

Contestants must provide in advance as directed by Producer the names, phone numbers, photographs, and signed releases of each of their Phone-A-Friends. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the inability to have an individual(s) participate in this lifeline. Individuals participating as Phone-A-Friends may do so only one (1) time within the eleven (11) episodes scheduled to be broadcast on the Network starting August 9, 2009.

I'm not sure how they manage the signed releases, when PAFs live far from the contestants. Can we receive them as e-mail attachments and FAX them back? What did they do for SyndieBAM next season?

Can we send our photos as e-mail attachments or do TPTB need hard copies?

E-mail attachments worked for me for both the releases and the photograph. --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

E-mail attachments worked for me for both the releases and the photograph. --Bob

Were you able to sign the release and e-mail an image of that back?

[Bob78164]

E-mail attachments worked for me for both the releases and the photograph. --Bob

Were you able to sign the release and e-mail an image of that back?

Yes. I don't even think I needed to follow up by mailing the original. I'm pretty sure the release has language stating that a facsimile signature is as effective as an original signature. --Bob

[earendel]

The calls start going out today and the tape dates will be here fast. Figured we ought to go ahead and start a list of potential phone-a-friends for if (WHEN!) anyone here gets called.

Put your name below if you are willing and available to be a phone-a-friend on any of the tape dates. I won't be at work the last week of July so I should be available for any of those tape dates. The first week of August I'll be back to work which would make it riskier for my availability, though I haven't researched the taping times so I might still be able to be work something out.

Gathered the information into a day-by-day format:

July 29

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
earendel
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

July 30

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
earendel
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

July 31

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

August 3

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

August 4

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

August 5

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

Here are some of the strengths/weaknesses of the above mentioned people:

TheSearchIsOn - $64,000 winner on PT WWTBAM and million-point winner at PlayIt!

thealexdavis - I'm available and more than happy to help as well. Good with basically all pop culture and nearly anything
movies/music/tv related. Know a lot of sports as well. Quick Googler also. Just let me know.

EugeneF - I am available for any of the days, and I wish that the show would let me do it everyday.
My fields of knowledge include history, literature, movies, opera, politics, religion, theater, art, etymology.
Oh what the Hell, just don't ask me sports or contemporary music (rap, grudge--anything since 1980).
As for my battlefield experience, I was on the OTHER gameshow, being a five-time winner (when that was the
limit) and finishing third in my Tournament of Champions. In a special tournment, I was the first human being to
beat Frank Spangenberg.
I also have been a phone-a-friend, and answered a $125,000 question.

Jeemie - Depending on the times of the tape dates, I am available for all the days.
Specialties are science, history, sports, and fast Googling.
1979 City of Champions 2009

hanzz - My credentials:
2004 Florida State Geography Be Champion (yes, one of those purple shirt kids)
2005 Florida AAA Travel High School Challenge Champion (travel geography)
2007 ditto (placed 5th nationally)
2009 Southern Adventist University College Bowl Champion (team captain)
Oh, and I'm good with Google and have a Wikipedia account.
Academy Awards buff
Spread of movies and TV and pop culture especially of this decade.
The Bible

booboola - My area of expertise is movies. TV was well. I'm full of pop culture info.

clem21 - I'm really good with History, Geography, Current Events Sports and all the Pop Culture that whippersnappers
know about the world of music and movies. I can google too.

ulysses5019 - I'm available everyday. I know everything that wintergreen doesn't. I'm usually sleeping when the phone rings.

Others that may be available depending on schedules:

sunflower - I am a Google master.

Schliemann - i'm willing and able to be a phone a friend if needed.
i'm good on most things (geography, history, arts, sciences, social sciences, current events, sports,
whatever). if its a tv question from before the 90's don't call me.
i'm a two-time champion of the summer hiatus challenge on the sony jeopardy board.
i'm relatively young, i can handle stuff like current popular music and popular culture (i have no shame).
let me know how i can help.....just pm me. my schedule is pretty flexible i can work something out for
most days.

Weyoun - I leave for Greece July 31, but I am can be a PAF if needed. I'm 3 for 3 lifetime at PAFs, and have some
experience on the show myself.

Bob78164

earendel - science, math, geography, history, religion (Master of Divinity degree) and generic trivia; specialty knowledge in fantasy and science fiction literature

And the taping schedule, as provided by MarleysGh0st:

Here's the schedule that was copied from the ticket request page:
July 29th 2:45pm
July 30th 12:15pm
July 30th 3:00pm
July 31st 12:15pm
July 31st 3:00pm

August 3rd 12:15pm
August 3rd 3:00pm
August 4th 12:15pm
August 4th 3:00pm
August 5th 12:15pm
August 5th 3:00pm


The second episode of each day should probably be completed between 5 and 6.

I presume PAFs will also need to be available for a morning briefing call.

Incidentally, they don't have the July 29th date listed on the tickets page any more (booked, I presume) but they do have July 28th at 1:30 pm. That's probably a rehearsal session.

[Bob78164]

The calls start going out today and the tape dates will be here fast. Figured we ought to go ahead and start a list of potential phone-a-friends for if (WHEN!) anyone here gets called.

Put your name below if you are willing and available to be a phone-a-friend on any of the tape dates. I won't be at work the last week of July so I should be available for any of those tape dates. The first week of August I'll be back to work which would make it riskier for my availability, though I haven't researched the taping times so I might still be able to be work something out.

Gathered the information into a day-by-day format:

July 29

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
earendel
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

July 30

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
earendel
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

July 31

TheSearchIsOn
EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
MarleysGh0st
thealexdavis
ulysses5019

August 3

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

August 4

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

August 5

EugeneF
Jeemie
hanzz
booboola
clem21
goongas
ulysses5019

Here are some of the strengths/weaknesses of the above mentioned people:

TheSearchIsOn - $64,000 winner on PT WWTBAM and million-point winner at PlayIt!

thealexdavis - I'm available and more than happy to help as well. Good with basically all pop culture and nearly anything
movies/music/tv related. Know a lot of sports as well. Quick Googler also. Just let me know.

EugeneF - I am available for any of the days, and I wish that the show would let me do it everyday.
My fields of knowledge include history, literature, movies, opera, politics, religion, theater, art, etymology.
Oh what the Hell, just don't ask me sports or contemporary music (rap, grudge--anything since 1980).
As for my battlefield experience, I was on the OTHER gameshow, being a five-time winner (when that was the
limit) and finishing third in my Tournament of Champions. In a special tournment, I was the first human being to
beat Frank Spangenberg.
I also have been a phone-a-friend, and answered a $125,000 question.

Jeemie - Depending on the times of the tape dates, I am available for all the days.
Specialties are science, history, sports, and fast Googling.
1979 City of Champions 2009

hanzz - My credentials:
2004 Florida State Geography Be Champion (yes, one of those purple shirt kids)
2005 Florida AAA Travel High School Challenge Champion (travel geography)
2007 ditto (placed 5th nationally)
2009 Southern Adventist University College Bowl Champion (team captain)
Oh, and I'm good with Google and have a Wikipedia account.
Academy Awards buff
Spread of movies and TV and pop culture especially of this decade.
The Bible

booboola - My area of expertise is movies. TV was well. I'm full of pop culture info.

clem21 - I'm really good with History, Geography, Current Events Sports and all the Pop Culture that whippersnappers
know about the world of music and movies. I can google too.

ulysses5019 - I'm available everyday. I know everything that wintergreen doesn't. I'm usually sleeping when the phone rings.

Others that may be available depending on schedules:

sunflower - I am a Google master.

Schliemann - i'm willing and able to be a phone a friend if needed.
i'm good on most things (geography, history, arts, sciences, social sciences, current events, sports,
whatever). if its a tv question from before the 90's don't call me.
i'm a two-time champion of the summer hiatus challenge on the sony jeopardy board.
i'm relatively young, i can handle stuff like current popular music and popular culture (i have no shame).
let me know how i can help.....just pm me. my schedule is pretty flexible i can work something out for
most days.

Weyoun - I leave for Greece July 31, but I am can be a PAF if needed. I'm 3 for 3 lifetime at PAFs, and have some
experience on the show myself.

Bob78164 -- Been there, done that, a few times, including a demonstrated ability to perform under pressure at the $250,000 level.

earendel - science, math, geography, history, religion (Master of Divinity degree) and generic trivia; specialty knowledge in fantasy and science fiction literature

And the taping schedule, as provided by MarleysGh0st:

Here's the schedule that was copied from the ticket request page:
July 29th 2:45pm
July 30th 12:15pm
July 30th 3:00pm
July 31st 12:15pm
July 31st 3:00pm

August 3rd 12:15pm
August 3rd 3:00pm
August 4th 12:15pm
August 4th 3:00pm
August 5th 12:15pm
August 5th 3:00pm


The second episode of each day should probably be completed between 5 and 6.

I presume PAFs will also need to be available for a morning briefing call.

Incidentally, they don't have the July 29th date listed on the tickets page any more (booked, I presume) but they do have July 28th at 1:30 pm. That's probably a rehearsal session.

[ulysses5019]

I was kidding about being available. Even though I know a little bit about a lot of things, I will bow to the other know-it-alls. If someone insists on using me or if all the other PAF possibilities are exhausted then we can talk.

[colonial]

I should be available for all of the available tape dates.

Qualifications:

$64,000 winner on Regis WWTBAM in 2001.

On the PAF list for five contestants (three for Regis BAM, one for Super BAM, one for Meredith BAM). Was selected as the PAF for a contestant in 1999 -- won said contestant $16,000.
Former contestant on ESPN's 2-Minute Drill (won $5,000); former "Mobster" on 1 vs. 100.

Former high school and college quiz bowl player -- 3-time College Bowl Regional champion; co-founder of a popular culture-based trivia game for college students and alum.

Strengths:

Work in a newsroom -- depending on the time of the taping, I may be in the newsroom, and could get people around me to help. I could also get my wife to help out, as she's strong in some offbeat subjects (cooking, "Hints from Heloise"-style questions, elementary education (5th Grader-like questions -- she's a first-grade teacher), and daytime soap operas).

Quick Googler/typist

Strong categories: popular culture (TV/movies/music), sports, current events, history, politics, geography, best sellers, classic lit

Weak categories: science, hardcore Internet/WWW stuff.

JD

[traininvain]

I'll volunteer my services if anyone wants them, although my knowledge base is pretty narrow:

Popular music (up until around 2001)
Some film
Sports (mainly the Yankees)
And a smattering of other things.

Not available the last week of July as I am going on vacation.