[mousepod]

There was a time that I was a fan of the psychopath known as Wink Martindale. Well, not a fan of his, per se, but more of a fan of the ridiculous asides that he'd make on his various game shows.

He hosted a show called "Headline Chasers," which used magazine covers as the jumping off point for a series of questions. On one episode, the magazine cover was for the TV Guide. The question was "What year did the first issue of TV Guide appear?" The contestant answered the question correctly, but rather than move on in typical rapid-fire game show pace, Wink stopped the show dead with his own reverie, which he spoke aloud: "I wonder what the cover price was on the first issue of TV Guide...?" he mused. Silence. Pause. More silence. "Oh... probably twenty-five cents," he answered himself. Satisfied with his decision, the show continued...

I also have a great memory of Wink screwing up questions on Tic Tac Dough and hearing the producer in voice-over correcting him. "In what country was the famous guerilla leader CHEE..." "That's Che, Wink..."