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NEWS
emerged in
February
that the IBM
supercomputer called Watson would be taking
on Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, it was
hard not to feel a slight shudder:
Now they’ve come for our game
shows. But the contest, aside
from demonstrating that an electrical signal is faster than a fleshand-blood thumb, ended up just
reminding us — as Ken and
Brad simmered and struggled
— why TV game shows have
been popular almost from
the medium’s inception.
It’s about who wins or loses, yes, but it’s also about
the display of human
hopes and fears, laughter and disappointment.
Two of the most popular game shows in television history, Jeopardy! and
Wheel of Fortune, have
thrived for decades because
they offered the pleasures of
playing at home — can you
beat the folks on-screen? —
and of watching the contestants’ emotional roller-coaster ride. But essential ingredients for both shows are
their hosts: Jeopardy!’s Alex
Trebek and Wheel’s Pat Sajak, who say that the secret
of their success and professional longevity — 27 years for
Trebek, 30 for Sajak — is that
they recognize what really matters to the games. “Realize first
of all that you are not the star.
The star is the game and the
contestants,” Trebek says.
And yet the two hosts’ very
unobtrusiveness — they are so
charming and genial that you
hardly notice the steely efficiency
with which they move the shows
along — is what helped ensure
they have become fixtures in millions of U.S. homes since the early
1980s. Now Trebek and Sajak are
getting lifetime achievement
awards from the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.
“There is something disconcerting about the term ‘lifetime
achievement’ because there are
certain implications,” Sajak says.
Indeed, even though he’s still happily letting Wheel contestants buy
a vowel and Trebek is cheerfully
taking Daily Double wagers on
Jeopardy!, it’s not clear how much
longer that will be the case.
Trebek sounds as if he’ll be the
first to unplug his microphone. “I
have three years on my contract
and I keep telling the guys, hey, I
don’t think I’m going to make it to
the end,” Trebek says. “The thing
that would prompt me to leave
would be if I saw a significant
diminution in my ability to do a
good job.” Still, he says, three
more years would give him an
even 30: “That has a nice sound to
it. Complete the circle.”
Sajak, having already reached
his 30th year with Wheel, says,
“I’d like to leave when the show is
still No. 1”— it has ruled nighttime syndication since 1984 — “or
still very popular, and I would like
to leave before people start saying, ‘What the hell happened to
him?’ ”
In some ways, the lifetime
achievement Emmys also will be
recognizing the role that the tele-
vision game shows themselves
have played in American popular
culture. When Truth or Consequences launched on TV in 1950
with host Ralph Edwards, the
show and the host were already a
decade-long radio success. Quickly, though, game shows became a
television signature. Their
popularity, Trebek says,
was tied to “the American
dream. Anybody can be
president, anybody can
be rich, anybody can be
famous, anybody can win, and
game shows provide ordinary
citizens with an opportunity to
do that.”
From the start, the term game
show has been applied to an astonishing variety of programs. The
genre has embraced everything
from Let’s Make a Deal and Deal
or No Deal to The
Newlywed Game and
Love
Connection.
The quiz show scandals of the 1950s sunk
that subgenre for
nearly half a century,
but it surged back a
dozen years ago with
Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire and then
The Weakest Link be-
fore its popularity faded in the age
of Google.
Game shows also have been
prodigious generators of pop-culture catchphrases. “Final answer?” evokes Regis Philbin on
Millionaire. But that line is just
one in a game-show lexicon that
includes Monty Hall’s “Is it door
No. 1 . . . ” on Let’s Make a Deal,
Bob Barker’s “Come on down” on
The Price Is Right, and Richard
Dawson’s “Survey says . . . ” on
Family Feud.
The heyday of game shows has
clearly passed — the Game Show
Network, where it always
seems to be 1974, with Gene
Rayburn’s Match Game,
gives a glimpse of the golden age. Game shows have been
casualties, like so much else on
TV, of audience declines and
the fracturing of interests.
In truth, though,
game shows are still
doing well — but under an assumed
identity: “reality”
television. After all,
Trebek says, programs like Survivor
and The Amazing
Race are really just
bulked-up
game
shows: “The games
are a little more involved, and the prizes are substantial.”
And, he says, “you
see a lot of emotions.” Until IBM
figures out how to
make Watson laugh
or cry, TV audiences
are still going to
seek out shows
where they can
watch the games
people play. 6
Game shows showcase
hopes, fears, laughter
and disappointment
Gene Rayburn’s Match
Game and Monty Halls'
Let's Make a Deal (right)
were popular in the early
1960s, and both were
later revived.
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the bowl as needed. Beat in half the flour flavor exactly
where it belongs:
mixture, then the reduced coconut milk
IN the cake, IN the
and finally the remaining flour mixture,
frosting and, of
scraping down the bowl again, until just
course, ON top!"
smooth. Divide batter evenly between
— Sharon, one of
prepared pans; bake until golden brown
ThreeManyCooks
and a toothpick inserted into cake center
comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 5 minutes.
Remove cakes from pans; return to rack to cool completely.
For the frosting: Reduce oven to 325 degrees. Spread
coconut on a 13- by 9-inch baking sheet; toast, stirring
occasionally, until flakes are dry and some are light golden,
about 20 minutes. With an electric mixer, beat butter in a
bowl until smooth. Slowly beat in sugar until combined.
Beat in coconut milk, vanilla and salt until smooth.
To assemble: Place a cake layer (top-side down) on a cake
stand lined with strips of parchment paper (to keep it clean
while icing). Using a knife or offset spatula, spread about z
of the frosting over cake top; sprinkle generously with
coconut. Place the next layer (top-side up) over the first.
Spread remaining frosting evenly on cake top and sides.
Sprinkle top generously with coconut. Using an opened
hand, gently press remaining coconut around cake
perimeter. Remove parchment strips; refrigerate cake until
frosting sets, about 30 minutes. Slice and serve. 6
YIELD: 16 servings
Per serving: 600 calories, 72g carbohydrates, 4g protein, 35g fat (25g
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Inspire your kids to read
BY BRIAN TRUITT
Mega-selling author James Patterson
says that this summer, it’s up to you
to find books your kids will love.
P
ARENTS, REJOICE!
Even
the planet’s best-selling
author didn’t like to read
when he was a kid. “I
preferred to go out and run
around and do sports,” recalls author James Patterson.
He may not be as well
known as J.K. Rowling
or John Grisham, but
Patterson is king of the
“beach read,” including
the mega-selling Alex
Cross thriller series, with more
than 220 million books sold worldwide and, yes, a best-selling author of young-adult fiction.
Now, Patterson scores another
publishing feat: a new adult thriller and a new children’s book on
the same day. Now You See Her
and Middle School: The Worst
Years of My Life are out June 27.
How did Patterson morph from
rambunctious kid to titan of the
written tale? Something stirred
him (though he wasn’t shaken).
“One of my friends got into the
James Bond stuff in grade school,
but he was one of the only kids
who read,” recalls Patterson, who
grew up in Newburgh,
N.Y. It wasn’t until his
years at Manhattan
College that he caught
the reading bug.
“I worked my way
through college at a
mental hospital, and I worked a
lot of night shifts,” Patterson
says. “I started reading like
crazy.”
Now, Patterson, 64, who has a
13-year-old son named Jack, deploys much of his sizable energy
trying to change the reading habits of the world’s children. In summer, “they’ve got time, they don’t
have two or three hours of homework, and we need to change this
‘Change this
notion that
reading is
a chore.’
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Patterson picks 5
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by
Brian Selznick (ages 9 and up):
“Great writing and great illustrations. Worth re-reading and poring over all 554 pages. Can’t wait
for the Scorsese movie.”
Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild
Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook
and James Charlton (ages 8 and
up): “This is a charming and hilarious tale that fantasizes about the
beginnings of baseball. A sure hit
with boys.”
Swindle by Gordon Korman (ages
9-12): “Sixth-grader Griffin finds an
original Babe Ruth baseball card,
and is swindled out of it by the
owner of the local memorabilia
shop. He and his pals aren’t going
to let the swindler get away
with it. ”
Holes by Louis Sachar (ages 10
and up): “After you read Sideways Stories From Wayside
School, pick up Holes. Summer
is all about required laughter, if
required anything.”
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay
Asher (ages 13 and up): “I had
to choose between this and
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
for a darker book choice.
The death of a teenager is
too hard for anyone to
process, but these two
books try to make some
sense out of it.” 6
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Beach reading isn’t just for
adults, says James Patterson,
with son Jack, 13.
notion that reading is a
chore,” he says. “Reading is really pretty
cool.”
Patterson is a big believer that the more
kids read, the better
they get at it — one
impetus for writing
Middle School, and the
main reason behind
ReadKiddoRead.com,
his website dedicated to
giving parents and teachers a resource for turning children of any
age on to great books.
But for Patterson, home is
where the good habits start.
“It’s the parents’ job to find
books for kids that they’re gonna
love,” he says. “A lot of parents
don’t get that.
One of my best
friends’ wife died
when his boys
were young, and
he did a great job.
But it didn’t occur
to him that it was
his job to find
books for
the kids.”
A smarter way
to eat seafood
Your choices can protect
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production
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Identify seasonal foods.
Many seafoods have a specific
season in which they are most
accessible. For example, halibut
is best between spring and late
fall. You’ll enjoy the better taste
and have the satisfaction of
knowing you’re supporting responsible fishing.
Know how fish are caught.
Seaver’s book outlines some of
the most popular methods of
catching fish, including trapping, which is considered a
highly sustainable method, and
trawling, which is not.
Eat
moderate
portions.
Understand the link between
our food and the pressure we
put on the environment to produce that food. Seaver suggests
5-ounce fish servings — rather
than a whole fish — to moderate
consumption of sea life. 6
— Cara Hedgepeth
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What should
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THE BEACH, in the
park or even just hanging out in your backyard, summer is all about fun in
the sun — that is, until someone
gets hurt. Here’s how to treat
some common injuries:
Cuts and scrapes. No need
to dig out the hydrogen peroxide: All you need is clean water
(to rinse the wound) and a little
soap (to clean the skin around
the cut); anything stronger can
cause irritation. Skip the antibiotic ointment, too: Exposure
to fresh air is the quickest way
to allow wounds to dry and heal
(any creams will keep it moist).
If the scrape is in a spot that will
easily get dirty (like your hand)
or rubbed by clothing (like your
knee), cover it with a bandage;
otherwise, leave it be.
Bee stings. All that pain is
from the little bugger jabbing a
barbed stinger with an attached
venom sac into your skin. Pocket the tweezers (which may end
up squeezing out more venom)
and instead use your clean fingernail or the edge of a credit
card to scrape the stinger out.
Wash the area with soap and
water, and apply ice or a cold
compress to relieve pain and
reduce swelling. If you become
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scrape.
flushed, your
breathing gets
difficult, your
throat tightens
or you start
vomiting, call
911 — those are symptoms of a
severe allergic reaction, which
could be fatal.
Poison ivy rash. The itchiness, redness and swelling is
caused by an oily substance
called urushiol, found in poison
ivy, poison oak and poison sumac plants. The blistery rash
typically clears on its own
within two to four weeks, but in
the meantime, try an oatmeal
bath, cool compresses, calamine lotion or an over-thecounter anti-itch cream. In
more severe cases, your doctor
may prescribe an oral corticosteroid or antibiotic. 6
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