Mac McGarry (1926-2013)
It’s Academic is a DC-area quiz show that features teams of high school students competing for … not much. I was an alternate to the alternates – I was never going to be on the show. I went to a couple tapings however, and this guy put other game show hosts to shame. A bit of my childhood.
So was this like a local version of College Bowl? And did they do that cool splitscreen top/bottom thing with the teams?
And between College Bowl and the Gorgan, should I also be instructing Today’s Youth to keep a healthy distance from my lawn?
Played trivia with a couple of It’s Ac alums tonight. They are, as you might you well imagine, damn good trivia players.
@nojo: this was the cheapest set I have ever seen, and I sat in Tom Brokaw’s chair on the DC set where he did remote shit.
Nerd alert: I loved College Bowl.
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
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NOJO • All the Vice President's Men 2025 update: Nothing happened. And here we are!
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Weeping Angel Imagine going from hope to Fascism in less than two decades enabled by greedy ass (millionaire)…
NOJO • Nightmare at the Museum From the last time he threatened to bomb Iran, 2020. Remember that one? All a misty blur now.
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: I have birthright citizenship in Cascadia, so I think I’m good.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @nojo: Only the sane parts... like the West coast, New England (minus the Bruins and…
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