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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Cityslang716 on February 18, 2010, 07:23:21 PM
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pretty sure I did... she won...
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pretty sure I did... she won...
What the hell is Cash Cab?
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Incredibly cheap game show wherein an unsuspecting person gets into a cab and answers trivia questions on the way to their destination. I think different countries have their own versions of it. The Canadian one is pretty lame. The extent of the visual effects are some strobe lights on the roof of the cab.
Still if Therese was on it that'd be pretty cool!
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You did indeed. It's from a few years ago.
Someone ask her who was on the other side of the phone a friend thing.
Tom.
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You did indeed. It's from a few years ago.
Someone ask her who was on the other side of the phone a friend thing.
Tom.
Was the question about Bayonne, awkward sex, Werner Herzog or torture films? Because in that case I have a guess.
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torture films
Hold on. That's not my forte, bc, and you know it. The only reason I watched Antichrist was because I'm a half-hearted Lars von Trier fan.
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So, Petey from the future was almost right.
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Oh cool! I'm thinking of taking a vacation to NYC just in hopes of getting into the Cash Cab. I always shred those questions while watching at home.
WAY TO GO, THERESE!!!
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I tried last time I was in NY. I got into every cab that had a terrible comedian driving it. Wait, let me try that joke again. I got into every cab with a poor man's Mike Rowe driving it. I didn't like that one either... I didn't get on Cash Cab.
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You did indeed. It's from a few years ago.
Someone ask her who was on the other side of the phone a friend thing.
Tom.
I hope you gave her the right answer!
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you're all welcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPna4PCIb7k
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EFD!
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That's awesome!!
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Now I gotta give Evan shit for missing the Bob Marley question. Inexcusable!
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I guess Therese didn't know Jeff Sarge's (from WFMU's Reggae Schoolroom) number.
And yeah Mike give 'em hell.
Now that I've watched the whole video I gotta say I'm very impressed with how she did. It seems way harder than the Canadian version but I think they mostly pick up dummies who look like they'll act like jackasses for the camera in the Canadian version.
Nice work Therese!
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That was great!
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you're all welcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPna4PCIb7k
Samir NAILS IT!!!
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I only know the answer to the King Lear question because of an episode of Just Shoot Me based on the play.
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Now that I've watched the whole video I gotta say I'm very impressed with how she did. It seems way harder than the Canadian version but I think they mostly pick up dummies who look like they'll act like jackasses for the camera in the Canadian version.
Nice work Therese!
Yeah, no kidding. I would've gotten creamed with those questions.
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wow, I figured Therese was cute, but I had no idea she'd be so ADORABLE! man, I can't believe they didn't know Buffalo Soldiers, that's crazy. She did awesome, though.
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That was great ... I'd also forgotten all about that comedian too!
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wow, I figured Therese was cute, but I had no idea she'd be so ADORABLE! man, I can't believe they didn't know Buffalo Soldiers, that's crazy. She did awesome, though.
Therese is awesome- nicest most adorable person I met in 2009.
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Wow, thanks for pointing this out. I'm not gonna say that WFMU listeners are on average smarter than the rest of the world, but from the looks of it, Therese is.
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I'm not gonna say that WFMU listeners are on average smarter than the rest of the world
Well it would be nice if you would..
Seriously though, Therese did impressively well.
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OMG! That was so cool!! Way to go for the video bonus!!
Therese is the coolest!!
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That was great!
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I can't believe EFD works at a high school radio station and he doesn't know about Bob Marley.
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Aw, you're all so nice!
That Buffalo Soldiers question was phrased so strangely- the first thing I thought was "What? Bob Marley wasn't in the Army!" And yes, that was EFD on the other end of the call.
Therese
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That Buffalo Soldiers question was phrased so strangely- the first thing I thought was "What? Bob Marley wasn't in the Army!"
No he wasn't, but that would be a hell of a set-up for a comedy.
EDIT: Thought of some possible titles and preferred "Redemption Slob."
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That Buffalo Soldiers question was phrased so strangely- the first thing I thought was "What? Bob Marley wasn't in the Army!"
No he wasn't, but that would be a hell of a set-up for a comedy.
EDIT: Thought of some possible titles and preferred "Redemption Slob."
Bob Marley leads a crack commando of pot-smoking Navy Seals in "Rasta la Vista, Baby"
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That Buffalo Soldiers question was phrased so strangely- the first thing I thought was "What? Bob Marley wasn't in the Army!"
No he wasn't, but that would be a hell of a set-up for a comedy.
EDIT: Thought of some possible titles and preferred "Redemption Slob."
Bob Marley leads a crack commando of pot-smoking Navy Seals in "Rasta la Vista, Baby"
No Woman, No Kwai: The Story of a Bridge
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Great job posting this one!
OMG, Therese, you were amazing under the pressure. It was so nice to see you win!!!!
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Bob Marley and Jackie Chan star in the Hong Kong-Blaxploitation crossover, "Stand Up for Your Rice."
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Alone in the Cash Cab, with one Mobile Shout-Out disaster and two of three strikes on the board, she throws caution to the wind and goes for the video bonus.
Whenever I watch this show, shaking my fist at the "winners" who trade a piece of their integrity for that up-front Ben Bailey bribe, I think to myself a hero like this is just what we need. Therese, you are that hero.
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my girlfriend has a crush on Therese now.
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Nice!
Therese, did you get EFD a copy of Legend as a souvenir from the Jamaica trip?
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I tried last time I was in NY. I got into every cab that had a terrible comedian driving it. Wait, let me try that joke again. I got into every cab with a poor man's Mike Rowe driving it. I didn't like that one either... I didn't get on Cash Cab.
I don't think you can actually hail the cash cab. There's some set up -- I forget how it works but it's a pre-arranged ride (though the contestants don't know the cas cab is picking them up).
About six months ago I got in a cab that had crazy bright lights inside and the driver was way too inquisitive and so I thought it was Taxi Cab Confessions or something and then I thought I was probably being paranoid. The driver asked me what I do for a living, so I told him I worked for HBO and then he stopped asking me questions. And then we passed under some bright construction lights and I saw about ten hidden cameras on the passenger sun visor and he said "yeah this is Taxi Cab Confessions." I should've made up some crazy stuff when I started getting suspicious.
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Therese was great. Usually when I catch the show the questions seem really easy, but I would've gotten tripped up on more than a couple. I don't know what a "handsome cab" is (you're telling me that ham didn't make a joke about how handsome HIS cab was?) but I did know "Buffellow Soulja."
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I tried last time I was in NY. I got into every cab that had a terrible comedian driving it. Wait, let me try that joke again. I got into every cab with a poor man's Mike Rowe driving it. I didn't like that one either... I didn't get on Cash Cab.
I don't think you can actually hail the cash cab. There's some set up -- I forget how it works but it's a pre-arranged ride (though the contestants don't know the cas cab is picking them up).
About six months ago I got in a cab that had crazy bright lights inside and the driver was way too inquisitive and so I thought it was Taxi Cab Confessions or something and then I thought I was probably being paranoid. The driver asked me what I do for a living, so I told him I worked for HBO and then he stopped asking me questions. And then we passed under some bright construction lights and I saw about ten hidden cameras on the passenger sun visor and he said "yeah this is Taxi Cab Confessions." I should've made up some crazy stuff when I started getting suspicious.
What a coincidence that you work for HBO!
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I've always wondered if the Cash Cab guy gives contestants fake money at the end of the ride, and they just mail you a check later on? I can't imagine being a cabby (televised or otherwise) and carrying over a thousand bucks in cash on you at all times.
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I've always wondered if the Cash Cab guy gives contestants fake money at the end of the ride, and they just mail you a check later on?
Yes. Read this: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/44460
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That was very stressful.
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Now I gotta give Evan shit for missing the Bob Marley question. Inexcusable!
Wasn't the Rough Riders Teddy Roosevelt's Cavalry unit?
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It's a shame Mike wasn't in the cab with Therese. He could make some sort of comment about bringing sexy time to the Discovery Channel.
But, then... I was thinking, Mike should probably be on Cash Cab After Dark.
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I've always wondered if the Cash Cab guy gives contestants fake money at the end of the ride, and they just mail you a check later on? I can't imagine being a cabby (televised or otherwise) and carrying over a thousand bucks in cash on you at all times.
Or being handed a thousand bucks and then dropped on streets of NYC. The Warriors or The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is an accurate representation of what NYC is like, right?