Chuck Bryant
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, exactly. And that was the mid 60s. The mid 70s is when the pub quizzes really took off in England. That didn't start in the U.S. till really after Trivial Pursuit. There was a time even where the TV show Jeopardy was not on the air because, like you said, there was just a waxing and waning on interest in trivia.
Yeah, exactly. And that was the mid 60s. The mid 70s is when the pub quizzes really took off in England. That didn't start in the U.S. till really after Trivial Pursuit. There was a time even where the TV show Jeopardy was not on the air because, like you said, there was just a waxing and waning on interest in trivia.
Yeah, exactly. And that was the mid 60s. The mid 70s is when the pub quizzes really took off in England. That didn't start in the U.S. till really after Trivial Pursuit. There was a time even where the TV show Jeopardy was not on the air because, like you said, there was just a waxing and waning on interest in trivia.
But Jeopardy came back in 84 and all of a sudden, you know, trivia started to be important in the United States again.
But Jeopardy came back in 84 and all of a sudden, you know, trivia started to be important in the United States again.
But Jeopardy came back in 84 and all of a sudden, you know, trivia started to be important in the United States again.
Yeah. And this is our pick. We kind of had a hard time deciding this year, but actually not really. It was a toss up. But we always do like a Christmas, you know, legendary Christmas gifts and pop culture history kind of episode.
Yeah. And this is our pick. We kind of had a hard time deciding this year, but actually not really. It was a toss up. But we always do like a Christmas, you know, legendary Christmas gifts and pop culture history kind of episode.
Yeah. And this is our pick. We kind of had a hard time deciding this year, but actually not really. It was a toss up. But we always do like a Christmas, you know, legendary Christmas gifts and pop culture history kind of episode.
And this year we went with Tribute Pursuit because it was a big, you know, they as you'll see that, you know, rolling out a board game in October and November is a pretty smart move.
And this year we went with Tribute Pursuit because it was a big, you know, they as you'll see that, you know, rolling out a board game in October and November is a pretty smart move.
And this year we went with Tribute Pursuit because it was a big, you know, they as you'll see that, you know, rolling out a board game in October and November is a pretty smart move.
Yeah, they were a couple of hockey dudes. Just hockey, beer drinking, Canadian, good old fashioned Canadian hockey playing. Or at least hockey watching. I bet they played too. They all played.
Yeah, they were a couple of hockey dudes. Just hockey, beer drinking, Canadian, good old fashioned Canadian hockey playing. Or at least hockey watching. I bet they played too. They all played.
Yeah, they were a couple of hockey dudes. Just hockey, beer drinking, Canadian, good old fashioned Canadian hockey playing. Or at least hockey watching. I bet they played too. They all played.
Yeah, Haney was a high school dropout. Abbott did have a master's degree in journalism from University of Tennessee. And he was living with Haney and his wife, Sarah, in their apartment in Montreal at the time. And as the legend goes... They're hanging out one day. It was kind of rainy. They were like, hey, let's play some Scrabble. They realized they didn't have some Scrabble.
Yeah, Haney was a high school dropout. Abbott did have a master's degree in journalism from University of Tennessee. And he was living with Haney and his wife, Sarah, in their apartment in Montreal at the time. And as the legend goes... They're hanging out one day. It was kind of rainy. They were like, hey, let's play some Scrabble. They realized they didn't have some Scrabble.
Yeah, Haney was a high school dropout. Abbott did have a master's degree in journalism from University of Tennessee. And he was living with Haney and his wife, Sarah, in their apartment in Montreal at the time. And as the legend goes... They're hanging out one day. It was kind of rainy. They were like, hey, let's play some Scrabble. They realized they didn't have some Scrabble.
And then I saw a couple of different versions, kind of inconsequential, like whether or not he just dropped everything and went out and bought a Scrabble or whether just on his next shopping trip he did. But Haney would buy a Scrabble game, bring it back to play and was like, you know what?