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Chuck Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Well, either way, let's settle at $110. Okay, great, perfect. But either way, that was about double the cost of a board game, so it was no small thing to plunk down that kind of money on this big, heavy, voluminous game.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Well, either way, let's settle at $110. Okay, great, perfect. But either way, that was about double the cost of a board game, so it was no small thing to plunk down that kind of money on this big, heavy, voluminous game.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, and it was – I mean it said for adults on the box, which turned out to be a stroke of genius because I even remember – I read an article in Slate that kind of drove this home. But I even remember kind of agreeing with what Slate was saying, which was like as a kid in the 80s, especially for kids in the 80s who had like narcissistic parents who didn't show them much attention –

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, and it was – I mean it said for adults on the box, which turned out to be a stroke of genius because I even remember – I read an article in Slate that kind of drove this home. But I even remember kind of agreeing with what Slate was saying, which was like as a kid in the 80s, especially for kids in the 80s who had like narcissistic parents who didn't show them much attention –

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, and it was – I mean it said for adults on the box, which turned out to be a stroke of genius because I even remember – I read an article in Slate that kind of drove this home. But I even remember kind of agreeing with what Slate was saying, which was like as a kid in the 80s, especially for kids in the 80s who had like narcissistic parents who didn't show them much attention –

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

It was if you could play Trivial Pursuit and hang, it was a chance to sit at the adult table for a minute.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

It was if you could play Trivial Pursuit and hang, it was a chance to sit at the adult table for a minute.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

It was if you could play Trivial Pursuit and hang, it was a chance to sit at the adult table for a minute.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

And to like interact with your parents for an hour a day.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

And to like interact with your parents for an hour a day.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

And to like interact with your parents for an hour a day.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. Hey, you throw a little money on it, you never know. Exactly.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. Hey, you throw a little money on it, you never know. Exactly.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. Hey, you throw a little money on it, you never know. Exactly.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, for sure. They had great marketing early on with this new company. There was a marketing consultant they hired named Linda Pisano. who would send these games out to celebrities who were featured in questions in the game. And she got letters back from some of them, and she would publish those. She got letters from Pat Boone, Gregory Peck, and James Mason. The trio.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, for sure. They had great marketing early on with this new company. There was a marketing consultant they hired named Linda Pisano. who would send these games out to celebrities who were featured in questions in the game. And she got letters back from some of them, and she would publish those. She got letters from Pat Boone, Gregory Peck, and James Mason. The trio.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, for sure. They had great marketing early on with this new company. There was a marketing consultant they hired named Linda Pisano. who would send these games out to celebrities who were featured in questions in the game. And she got letters back from some of them, and she would publish those. She got letters from Pat Boone, Gregory Peck, and James Mason. The trio.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

The boomers are just going nuts. And then, to really drive it home. There was a Time magazine report that the cast of The Big Chill, the most boomer movie of all boomers, movies of all time, were unwinding between scenes, enjoying trivial pursuit and looking back at the nostalgia of their younger days. And that's it was that was peak boomer nostalgia, trivial pursuit reporting.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

The boomers are just going nuts. And then, to really drive it home. There was a Time magazine report that the cast of The Big Chill, the most boomer movie of all boomers, movies of all time, were unwinding between scenes, enjoying trivial pursuit and looking back at the nostalgia of their younger days. And that's it was that was peak boomer nostalgia, trivial pursuit reporting.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

The boomers are just going nuts. And then, to really drive it home. There was a Time magazine report that the cast of The Big Chill, the most boomer movie of all boomers, movies of all time, were unwinding between scenes, enjoying trivial pursuit and looking back at the nostalgia of their younger days. And that's it was that was peak boomer nostalgia, trivial pursuit reporting.