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Things we know about 'Quiz Show'


1. Herbert knows that marty won best picture in 1955
2. Dick finished first in his law class
3. Geritol cures tired blood
4. Charles Van Doren is only an instructor but everybody calls him professor.
5. Charlie's father really wants him to teach.

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6. "Quiz Show" was a nearly perfectly crafted film, and easily one of the top 5 films of the 1990s.

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7. That not in a million years is it squashed.

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Actually, Van Doren did receive his doctorate from Columbia University in 1955, and had Professor status at that time.

More here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Van_Doren

Maybe you have to do a certain amount of teaching to get professor accreditation, because I remember reading that Van Doren was only considered an instructor at the time he was first interviewed for Twenty One.

Joe

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8. Herbie thinks eating a Jew counts as a kosher meal

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9. Herbie knows that Van Doren got the answers because "he got the answers."
10. James Snodgrass knows when he has good evidence; he'll tell it is good
11. If you disagree with Dick's wife, she'll give your steak to the neighbor
12. Even if you have the president of NBC by the balls, you'll be the one sweating
13. Herbie would not know the name of Paul Revere's horse even if it took a dump on his lawn

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