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How I lost Extra Hot Great Listener Game Time: A Story in GIFs

September 11, 2015 in Just for Fun, Lists, TV by librarylea | No comments

 

It starts with excitement and optimism

Me when I found out I was going to be on Extra Hot Great.

The recording starts, and I realize I've forgotten how to talk or say anything clever at all.

The recording starts, and I realize I’ve forgotten how to talk or say anything clever at all.

But then I get a question right.

But then I get a question right.

And then a THREE POINT question.

And a THREE-POINT question.

But then I blank and my mouth spews gibberish. (Ok, it was "Benson" which IS a word and a podcast joke, but still.)

But then I blank and my mouth spews gibberish.
(Ok, it was “Benson” which IS a word and a podcast joke, but still.)

Another wrong answer.

Another wrong answer.

And another wrong.

And another wrong.

Math tells me that my window of opportunity is waning.

Math tells me that my window of opportunity is waning.

So I go ALL IN. Throw caution to the wind!

So I go ALL IN. Throw caution to the wind!

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I’m just going to guess shit.

It's done. I can't win.

It didn’t work.

Me, the second we were done recording.

But I go out with friends, and we get food.

But I go out with friends, and we get food.

And some drinks.

And some drinks.

I stop thinking about what I should have said.

I stop thinking about what I should have said.

And remember I’m still fabulous.

And that I live amongst an embarrassment of taco riches.

And that I live amongst an embarrassment of taco riches.

And everything will be ok

And everything will be ok!

Thanks, EHG!

Thanks, EHG! Good luck, Kim!

 

Listen to the show.

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My Stint on Extra Hot Great

September 8, 2015 in Lists, TV by librarylea | No comments

Here it is!

Things that surprised me:

  • I talk constantly in real life, but I know I was pumping up the dead air, because I stare silently into space when I really concentrate.
  • How tricky this game was because you didn’t know if a name was an actor or character.
  • That I was lucky enough to get a question that made me think of my friends’ cat. Her name is Elliot, the cat, not the friend. The friends are Becca of This Week in Ladies and Panels, and her awesome husband of the Chandler Bing School of Hilarity (but taken down 5 notches, so pretty great).
  • How fast it goes.
  • How scary it is while also being a complete blast.

Apropos of nothing:

  • After I’m told the answer is “Penny Dreadful” I say something like “ohhh, Victorian London” which results in an “ummmm, yeah” type response. I said it because that was in my study material. I went over key words and synopses of shows I don’t watch. That was one of them. It didn’t help. 🙂

I wish I’d:

  • Prepared a sign off. I think I was relying on my quick wit, which was on a mini break.

I’m super excited for:

  • Listening to the show with my colleagues. One said, “We’re finally going to listen to it! Not just listen to it through your yelling!” (They’re awesomely tolerant of what we call “Podcast Tuesdays.” When I get to work I’m usually just getting to Game Time, so I sit at my desk in our shared workspace and yell at the contestants the way I know many of you were yelling at me.)
  • My Extra Credit and mini topic!

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