Query: "$64,000 quesiton"

[Paul Johnson]

cooterdom rules!

Sam Clements wrote:

> Jeebus.  How many old coots are on here, anyways?
>
> SC
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> From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Query: "$64,000 quesiton"
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>> "Write [Right] with Eversharp!" to coin a phrase, Sam.
>>
>> -Wilson
>>
>> On 5/8/07, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> Poster:       Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
>>> Subject:      Re: Query: "$64,000 quesiton"
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>>> The original radio show was "Take it or Leave It" which debuted in 1940
>>> and
>>> ran until 1947. They asked questions which went up to a prize of "$64."
>>>
>>> The phrase "$64 question" was, by 1942, pretty well known to many
>>> Americans
>>> and used in newspaper stories from that date.
>>>
>>> The ACTUAL radio show "The $64 Question" debuted in 1950 and ran until
>>> 1952.
>>>
>>> The "$64,000 Question" debuted in 1955 and ran until 1958.
>>>
>>> Sam Clements
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>>                                           Rumanian proverb
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