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It was a celebrity-panel game show that ran from 1950 to 1967. For most of the run, the panel consisted of Bennett Cerf (founder of Random House), Arlene Francis (a Broadway actress), Dorothy Kilgallen (a journalist), and one male guest panelist. That place on the panel had formerly been filled by Steve Allen (who left in 1954 to start The Tonight Show and then Fred Allen (who passed away in 1956). When Dorothy died in 1965, her place on the panel was given to a female guest panelist. The emcee was John Daly, also a journalist.

The general format was to have regular people with unusual occupations. The panel got to ask yes/no questions in an attempt to figure out the occupation. Each No answer got the contestant $10. 10 No answers meant the panel was stumped and the contestant won.

Each show also had a mystery guest, usually a famous actor/actress (sometimes one of the panelist' relative) and the panel was blindfolded. Sometimes a regular contestant would now be a mystery guest. For example, Col. Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chick fame.

Kentucky Fried Chick = The fast-food colossus that combines cannibalism, misogyny, and unhealthy cooking!

That has ruined KFC for me

KFC? That sounds more like a Ruggero Deodato film!

That's one thing I like about Legion World. Typos metamorphising into something wonderful.

Metamorpho is one of my favorite male DCU characters. He may not be conventionally handsome, but he's got a heart of gold, and that makes him damn sexy.

Metamorpho's powers are also extremely versatile.

Metamorpho could have a heart of gold--or any other element--if he wanted.

There was a phase where he could only change into elements found in the human body.

I'm glad they changed that.

It did limit his versatility.

Superheroes' powers tend to increase. Attempts to bring them back to a lower level never seems to last.

Good point, Quis. I still wish Julius Schwartz & Denny O'Neil's de-powering of Superman in the early 70s had lasted. IMO, it's not being the most powerful in the DCU that gives Kal-El his appeal, it's his Big Blue Boy Scout charm.

Except in the case of Superman, whose power levels are all over the place.

One of the things I liked about Byrne's Superman was the lower power levels.

Lower power levels was one of many things I didn't like about Byrne's Superman.

Higher power levels give Superman an ambiguous quality that lends itself to dark and tasteless "re-interpretations." I like Superman best when he's just a nice guy.

The late Bronze Age Superman writers (Bates, Maggin, Wolfman, etc.) were really good at telling upbeat Superman stories while still keeping the "God-like" Silver Age power levels around.

I also appreciated the '90s era which developed Superman's supporting cast by introducing so many interesting citizens of Metropolis.

Maggie Sawyer, Dan Turpin, Bibbo...

Superman should always be ridiculously powerful. Trying to make Superman more human kinda misses the point for me.

His humanity comes from his values.

In real life, he'd be chasing off paparazzi drones and be the subject of endless law suits and salacious media hate campaigns every time he put his cape on. To cool off he'd return to a farm that was foreclosed when recessions and corporations shut it down. It's a shame his values aren't more evident out here.

Sometimes people make me tired. Reading Facebook comments makes me tired.

I think a person has really matured when they want to take a nap.