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Dubious Diets ↗
Let's speculate wildly about what she might have done in a new game we're calling Dubious Diets. We're going to take turns. I'm going to give you each a brief description of a diet fad from the past, and you have to guess first and foremost whether or not it is real, and then I'm going to have you kind of name what exactly the diet is. I'll go first. A surefire…
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Let's speculate wildly about what she might have done in a new game we're calling Dubious Diets. We're going to take turns. I'm going to give you each a brief description of a diet fad from the past, and you have to guess first and foremost whether or not it is real, and then I'm going to have you kind of name what exactly the diet is. I'll go first. A surefire way to limit your calories, this system might ultimately lead to quite a lot of waste. What? What? Did you explain it? Is that real or fake? You just explained that it could... What? Say it again. A surefire way to limit your calories, this system might ultimately lead to quite a lot of waste. But you didn't describe anything. You just said it might work. The problem is all of these prove to have like on the money like names. Yes, so I couldn't give you the name of the thing and then have you try to figure out what it is. So I'm doing it the other way where I'm going to give you a cryptic...
RESULT STATUS
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Brad explicitly declared champion; no reconstructed points.
Winner: Brad(ley)
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What everyone brought to the table · 7 recorded exchanges
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 49:07–49:16
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What is wrong with you, Curtis?
Question / challenge
What is wrong with you? Are we taking pills together? No. That is what it sounded like. That is a good guess. That is not the case.
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 50:41–50:48
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What is wrong with you, Curtis?
Question / challenge
I'm not going to lie to you. I engineered having Lawrence do this one because I thought it was easier. Do you think the tapeworm diet is real?
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Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 53:58–54:08
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Are you purposely giving Ryan Sansone the hardest ones?
Question / challenge
Like, are you just purposely doing that to Ryan? Yeah, that's tough. What could this gadget be? This is a diet? Is that what we're doing? It's a weight loss fad.
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Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 54:00–54:09
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Like, are you just purposely doing that to Ryan Sansone?
Question / challenge
Yeah, that's tough. What could this gadget be? This is a diet? Is that what we're doing? It's a weight loss fad. Oh, okay.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 44:18
Like, what were they thinking? The previous episode is going to be about a kid's party. We know Daphne embarked on a new weight loss journey, but precious little was shared about
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- Let's speculate wildly about what she might have done in a new game we're calling Dubious Diets. We're going to take turns. I'm going to give you each a brief description of a diet fad from the past, and you have to
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Okay. What's the surefire part? Lawrence, he's lost his mind. I don't know. We just have to figure this out. What do you think this system is?
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- What is it? Oh, so I have to do all the work. Okay. I'm guessing this is how you... I don't get it at all. I think this is one of those belly things that you put on and they're like, oh, it'll give you abs, but really it just makes you shit a lot. Okay. That's incorrect.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
7 bites? There you go. Okay. You finally got the answer. You get a point for getting it. We were all there on the first try. Watching Ryan do it, I'm pretty sure I'll be great at this. So let's do this. Come on.
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13 primary recorded exchanges · 0 retained source actions. 0 additional round events; 1 overlapping source alternative. A source action may be a clue, reply, reaction or interruption—not necessarily a participant answer.
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Source excerpt ↗ 44:18–1:00:03RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 45:41
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Well, I guess it's real, Curtis, because you didn't describe anything.
Okay.
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 46:09
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And what is the waste away system?
What is it?
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Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 47:33
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What are you going to take 7 of on the plate?
7 bites?
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 48:51
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It's got some Jeopardy DNA, but I don't know how the game works, so we're not doing that.
Does it?
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 50:41
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What is wrong with you, Curtis?
I'm not going to lie to you.
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 50:51
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But is it a thing that existed?
Like, did people do this?
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Participant referenced: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 49:08
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What is wrong with you, Curt? · What is wrong with you?
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Let's speculate wildly about what she might have done in a new game we're calling Dubious Diets. We're going to take turns. I'm going to give you each a brief description of a diet fad from the past, and you have to guess first and foremost whether or not it is real, and then I'm going to have you kind of name what exactly the diet is. I'll go first. A surefire way to limit your calories, this system might ultimately lead to quite a lot of waste. What? What? Did you explain it? Is that real or fake? You just explained that it could... What? Say it again. A surefire way to limit your calories, this system might ultimately lead to quite a lot of waste. But you didn't describe anything. You just said it might work. The problem is all of these prove to have like on the money like names. Yes, so I couldn't give you the name of the thing and then have you try to figure out what it is. So I'm doing it the other way where I'm going to give you a cryptic...
- A moderator reads questions or prompts and players answer them for points.
- I'm going to give you each a brief description of a diet fad from the past, and you have to
- We just have to figure this out.
- Oh, so I have to do all the work.
- You are allowed to take 7 bites of whatever you're eating and then you have to stop.
- I have to agree.
- Just to be clear, even though I questioned everything Curt did, you don't have to do that for the format.
- This weight loss regimen is one you'll never have to do alone.
- Why do I have to do this by myself?
- You eventually have to, like, take something to kill it, and then it just goes out your bowels.
- Oh, no, you have to guess now.
- You have to change your guess.
- What does that have to do with rubber?
- He doesn't even have to do the second one.
Game / activity
Price is Right ↗
How much you think the Biscoff Creamy Cookie Butter Spread is?
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Curtis explicitly declared winner; Brad over by20cents. Numeric guesses are prices, not invented point totals.
Winner: Curtis
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What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Price guess
Tub of Biscoff batter. I will go first. I will wager $1, Bob.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Price guess
I'm going higher than that. I'm going to say it's $1 an ounce. I'm going to say $14.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Price guess
I'm going to split the difference. Actually, I'm not really splitting the difference. I'm going closer to Curtis. I'm going to go with $5.99.
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- 14 ounces. You can get it tomorrow from Target.
- No, we can't do that yet. Hold on. Let's do it one at a time. So we're doing the tub.
- Okay. All right. And just so that you know what you're going to win, you are in fact going to win a 14.1 ounce Biscoff creamy cookie butter spread.
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Twitter Question of the Week ↗
How many levels of love are there?
See how they answered
Same question. Their actual answers. · 2 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Brad, we start with you. How many levels of love? How many levels of love are there? I feel like you have to go with 13, right? 13, 13 levels. You're thinking of reasons why. Exactly. Sorry, what are some of the 13 levels? Could you name one? Just is it. Are we talking like like Dante's Inferno type stuff? Like I'll give you one for toe contact. That's all you need to know. Oh, yeah.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Lawrence, could you please correct them both? I cannot touch this issue under any circumstances. Well, maybe you at home can touch this issue. If you figure out how to tweet us, get it back to us,
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 11:27–13:21
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 11:37
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Well, and Curtis, you know what?
It begs the question.
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Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 12:02
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Sorry, what are some of the 13 levels?
Could you name one?
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Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 12:24
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Tell him why he's wrong.
Because there are three levels.
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Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 12:49
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Lawrence, could you please correct them both?
I cannot touch this issue under any circumstances.
Source details
- How many levels of love are there?
- I feel like you have to go with 13, right?
By way of goodbye.
Good morning Toronto.
Source excerpt ↗ 1:01:12–1:01:16Original sign-off transcript
Well, for myself, for Ryan, for Brad, and for Lawrence, good morning Toronto.
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PREDICTION
So clearly Daphne's gone for a little bit.
PREDICTION
I guess she gets sent to fat camp right before that.
PREDICTION
So I guess this is Niles just, you know, wallowing and clearly forgetting about the fact that he has a significant other now.
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PREDICTION
So despite the title, I think he's totally going to forget about her.
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