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|    Mortar M. to Ed Vance    |
|    Languages    |
|    26 Jan 25 12:49:38    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 2718.fido_englisht@1:124/5016 2bfbc460       REPLY: 2272.englisht@1:2320/105 2bf707f2       PID: Synchronet 3.20c-Linux master/b31f84a5d Jan 21 2025 GCC 11.4.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/b31f84a5d Jan 21 2025 GCC 11.4.0       BBSID: EOTLBBS       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.105        Re: Languages        By: Ed Vance to All on Wed Jan 22 2025 23:44:02               > ...began to think about The Night Show years ago when Jack Parr was the host              Close. It's actually, The Tonight Show from 1957-1962. Johnny Carson was my       favorite host, followed by Steve Allen who kicked off the series way back in       1954.               > Jack would (whisper?) tell a short story ( or joke) to one of the guest.        > Each guest would say the story to another guest but in another language.        > When the story was told to the last member of the group they would tell Jack        > and the audience in English what they heard and most times the story was        > very different than it was first told              Ah, the old cascaiding story bit. I remember doing that with a bunch of kids       when I was young. The results were the same, even when it's just one language.       --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux        * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/110 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 840       SEEN-BY: 218/850 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 317 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 301/1 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 902/26 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 124/5016 218/700 229/426           |
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