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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Aug 12, 2010 12:01 PM
Anyone else like this game show. I love it. Ben Bailey is awesome. Anyone know anybody who has actually gotten in the cash cab in NYC?
Aug 12, 2010 12:01pm
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krambman

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Aug 12, 2010 12:04 PM
I'm a fan. If I ever make it back to NYC I'm only going to get into minivan cabs in hopes that I will end up in the Cash Cab.
Aug 12, 2010 12:04pm
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Fab4Runner

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Aug 12, 2010 12:11 PM
Love it. I used to watch it every day. I think the key to doing well is having multiple people with you in the cab since you can confer with them.
Aug 12, 2010 12:11pm
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Aug 12, 2010 12:24 PM
Is it just me or are these questions equally as challenging as Jeopardy?!
Aug 12, 2010 12:24pm
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Aug 12, 2010 12:38 PM
In my opinion Jeopardy questions really aren't that challenging because they almost always put a ton of clues into the "answers". I can usually get about 2/3 of them right. The Jeopardy contestant test, however, is ridiculously hard.

As for Cash Cab, I hate when Bailey does his stupid acts right when the people get into the cab. I do like the show, though.
Aug 12, 2010 12:38pm
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Aug 12, 2010 12:45 PM
Fab4Runner;449299 wrote:Love it. I used to watch it every day. I think the key to doing well is having multiple people with you in the cab since you can confer with them.

yeah but then you have to split the money
Aug 12, 2010 12:45pm
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Fab4Runner

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Aug 12, 2010 12:49 PM
UA5straightin2008;449333 wrote:yeah but then you have to split the money

That would not bother me. We'd spend it all on beers when he dropped us off anyways.
Aug 12, 2010 12:49pm
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Aug 12, 2010 12:53 PM
Next time I watch I'm going to pay attention for the cab's medallion number so I know exactly which one it is
Aug 12, 2010 12:53pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 12, 2010 12:57 PM
Not inluding the 40,000 private cabs in New York, there are 13,000+ yellow cabs operating in NYC daily. You probably have a better chance of getting hit by lightening then ever being selected, but I admit, that would be sweet!
Aug 12, 2010 12:57pm
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Aug 12, 2010 1:04 PM
darbypitcher22;449340 wrote:Next time I watch I'm going to pay attention for the cab's medallion number so I know exactly which one it is
7N78
Aug 12, 2010 1:04pm
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se-alum

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Aug 12, 2010 1:15 PM
I like the show, but it seems as if it's kinda set-up. The more intelligent people seem to get the tougher questions, and the less intelligent the easy questions. The questions are all over the map from ride to ride.
Aug 12, 2010 1:15pm
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Aug 12, 2010 1:16 PM
se-alum;449357 wrote:I like the show, but it seems as if it's kinda set-up. The more intelligent people seem to get the tougher questions, and the less intelligent the easy questions. The questions are all over the map from ride to ride.

It's definitely set up! There is a dude with a camera sitting in the front passenger seat, and the driver is American ... two dead giveaways right there! :P
Aug 12, 2010 1:16pm
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Aug 12, 2010 2:16 PM
I haven't read that article so I'm not sure what it covers, but the cost for this show has to be minimal. They could record a whole season in a day, two max.
Aug 12, 2010 2:16pm
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darbypitcher22

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Aug 12, 2010 2:39 PM
that would make it pretty appealing to invesotrs and cable stations to produce it
Aug 12, 2010 2:39pm
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Aug 12, 2010 2:39 PM
Yeah, it's staged for the most part. Fake money too. That link is probably the same one I read a while back.
Aug 12, 2010 2:39pm