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<p><i><b><a href="/index.php?title=The_Show" title="The Show">The Show</a></b></i> is <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a>'s supposed game and political talk show. <i>The Show</i> has many similarities to real game shows. The set is modeled after those designed in the 1970s. In particular, the rounded rectangles, chasing lights, and orange shag carpet featured in the background suggest a reference to the <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Match_Game" title="wikipedia:Match Game">Match Game</a></i> prior to 1979. Homestar's microphone is also similar to <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Gene_Rayburn" title="wikipedia:Gene Rayburn">Gene Rayburn</a>'s mike from the <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=The_Match_Game" title="wikipedia:The Match Game">Match Game</a></i> and <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Bob_Barker" title="wikipedia:Bob Barker">Bob Barker</a>'s original mike from <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=The_Price_is_Right" title="wikipedia:The Price is Right">The Price is Right</a></i>. The game <a href="/index.php?title=Pom_Pom" title="Pom Pom">Pom Pom</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith" title="The Poopsmith">The Poopsmith</a> are playing in "<a href="/index.php?title=the_show" title="the show">the show</a>" bears resemblance to <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Hollywood_Squares" title="wikipedia:Hollywood Squares">Hollywood Squares</a></i>, a popular game show originally airing in the late '60s. <b><a href="/index.php?title=The_Show" title="The Show">(more...)</a></b> | |||
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The Show is Homestar Runner's supposed game and political talk show. The Show has many similarities to real game shows. The set is modeled after those designed in the 1970s. In particular, the rounded rectangles, chasing lights, and orange shag carpet featured in the background suggest a reference to the Match Game prior to 1979. Homestar's microphone is also similar to Gene Rayburn's mike from the Match Game and Bob Barker's original mike from The Price is Right. The game Pom Pom and The Poopsmith are playing in "the show" bears resemblance to Hollywood Squares, a popular game show originally airing in the late '60s. (more...)
