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Quiz Show Scandal Charles Van Doren Dead At 93
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:34 pm
Charles Van Doren, the disgraced game show contestant who inspired the 1994 movie "Quiz Show," has died. He was 93.
The dashing young academic's meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show player served as a cautionary tale about the staged competitions of early television after he admitted to cheating on the 1950s show “Twenty-One.”
His son John Van Doren told the Associated Press that his father died of natural causes Tuesday at a care center for the elderly in Canaan, Conn. Funeral services will be private.
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:36 pm to Mizz-SEC
That's a great movie.
I feel like he caught more heat than he should have over that.
Godspeed Mr. Van Doren.
I feel like he caught more heat than he should have over that.
Godspeed Mr. Van Doren.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:38 pm to Ghost Hog
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I feel like he caught more heat than he should have over that.
I agree.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:47 pm to Mizz-SEC
And yet, Herb Stempel (92) lives on. 
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:59 pm to Ace Midnight
Herb was promised that panel show by Dan fricking Enright!!
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:01 pm to Mizz-SEC
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"Quiz Show,"
Underrated movie historically
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:47 pm to Mizz-SEC
I just watched this a few weeks ago for the first time. Pretty great movie
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:25 pm to Mizz-SEC
More proof that you cannot cheat death.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:34 pm to Freauxzen
Paul Scofield is great as the father. He is Great in every roll i've seen him in.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 4:02 pm to crash1211
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Paul Scofield
GOAT
Posted on 4/10/19 at 4:32 pm to Ghost Hog
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I feel like he caught more heat than
He caught more heat than Stemple because of his family name and what was seen as the academic aristocrat class...more was expected of him. In fact it was seen as unseemly to even be on the show.
Stemple was seen as just another working-class schmuck. So who could fault him for taking the easy cash.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 5:21 pm to Freauxzen
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Underrated movie historically
Very. It makes my 90s top 5, maybe top 3.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 5:47 pm to Freauxzen
quote:But not as a historical movie. It slants the story to glorify a peripheral figure in the investigation, Richard Goodwin. But Goodwin is a demigod among the left for being the first White house figure to turn on LBJ over Vietnam. This script was one of his rewards.
Underrated movie historically
Posted on 4/10/19 at 7:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
i almost made this thread earlier but i got swamped with work
amazing, A+++++++ movie. one of the rare ones i stop (if i can) doing what i'm doing to finish
side note. Charles Van Doren wrote an amazing book about how to read books
amazing, A+++++++ movie. one of the rare ones i stop (if i can) doing what i'm doing to finish
side note. Charles Van Doren wrote an amazing book about how to read books
Posted on 4/10/19 at 7:23 pm to Ace Midnight
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And yet, Herb Stempel (92) lives on
Damn, didn't know both of them were still alive.
RIP
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