Talk:Yahtzee (game show)

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Celebrity Memories[edit]

I was recruited and chosen from a pool of local college students to be a contestant and to test the pilot series of this game show in 1988. The greatest memories were meeting a few of the celebrities on the show who were staying at the Trump Castle Casino Hotel where the show was being filmed at the time. Joanne Worley would come down the escalator in the morning in her robe and fuzzy slippers, singing, humming and acting zany down the escalator and through the lobby of the hotel on her way to the makeup and dressing rooms. She was just as loony in real life as she was on screen. While in the makeup room the contestants also got to chat with the celebrities. Joanne Worley was super friendly, funny as hell and a super big flirt.

My most heartwarming memory, however, is of Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara. Every morning for the few days we taped the pilot episodes they sat and chatted with the contestants in the makeup room during the makeup process. They were so down to earth and genuine. Knowing I was a college student, they asked questions about my studies and my aspirations for the future as if they were my own parents. They also also shared stories about their own son who was attending college and his aspirations to be an actor. They bantered back and forth with each other in our conversation and were funny, witty and just so personable, genuine and sincere. Those few minutes each morning talking with them is something I'll always remember and treasure. Every time I see Ben Stiller on the screen I am reminded of how proud they were of their son and how sincere, genuine and warm they were with us contestants. I didn't win any money on the game show and got a few gaudy consolation prizes, but the short chats before filming with Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara were the greatest gift. Dcnj7777 (talk) 04:28, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]