Million Dollar Question

[Dan Goncharoff]

The radio show was Take It or Leave It, I believe.

DanG

On 5/26/2010 2:33 PM, Bill Palmer wrote:
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> How quickly the years pass...I can remember when it was the "$64 question"
> (from a radio show of the 1930s or 40s),  and untouched by inflation until
> the introduction of the astronomical "$64,000 Question", in 1955, I believe
> it was.
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> Bill Palmer
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>> Has anyone ever analyzed the variations in the "That's an/the X Dollar
>> Question"? I just heard a reporter say, "That's a hundred billion
>> dollar question", in reference to some NYC board approval or
>> disapproval of the downtown Islamic Center. I can unequivocally say
>> that this is the /largest/ figure I have ever heard associated with
>> the phrase. The inflation of the figures in this phrase does sound a
>> lot like the evolution of Dr. Evil ransom demands in Austin Powers.
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>> VS-)
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