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Message: [QUOTE="suttree, post: 2912640, member: 710"] Joel Mareiniss was hosting Bowling for Dollars on the local NBC affiliate (then WSYR, I think) in the late 1970s/early 1980s, and my old man was a contestant one evening. Like any proud Syracusan, he was in a bowling league and knew how to get after his beer. He was a real man of the people--a NiMo lifer who was as easygoing as they come, and beloved by pretty much everyone he met. Calm and steady all the time. I had no idea Joel was powerfully intimidating--but apparently he was, because ol' Dad choked like all get-out and managed to take out eight pins on two rolls. That's right: eight bucks were the winnings for the evening. In an important related moment, Dad also forgot my mother's name when asked who was there to support him. He took major sheet for his "performance" for many, many years. RIP, old fella. [/QUOTE]