Michelle's Empty Nest’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2022)

Michelle's Empty Nest’s comments from the Game Night group.

I've got to sign off for the night...just as it was about to be our turn. Bummer.


My first choice would be to open Sweet Caroline.

🎶🎶 TOP SONGS OF THE YEAR I WAS BORN: 1969🎶🎶
Exchange #3


1. ☮️Sugar Sugar - One of my dogs is named Archie. Read a book with a dog on the cover. [available, held by Rock Rep]
2. ☮️Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - Read a book published between January 22 - February 21. [available, stolen 1x, held by Country Crew]
3. ☮️I Can't Get Next To You - Over the years there have been 22 members of the Temptations. Read a book from a series that has at least 22 books in it. [available, held by Blues Bunch]
4. ☮️Honky Tonk Women -
5. ☮️Every Day People - Read a book with at least two people on the cover. [available, held by Pop Party]
6. ☮️Dizzy - Read a book with a character, author, or narrator named Tommy. Tom and Thomas are also fine. [available, held by Big Band Brigade]
7. ☮️Hot Fun in the Summertime -
8. ☮️Crimson and Clover -
9. ☮️Sweet Caroline -
10. ☮️Get Back -
11. ☮️Build Me Up Buttercup - Read a book with a romantic pet name in the title. I.e. Buttercup, honey, babe, dearest, etc. [available, held by Techno Troop]
12. ☮️Jean - read a book with all the letters in JEAN in the title. [available, held by Metal Mob]


Techno Troop
Blues Bunch
Rock Reps
Pop Party
Big Band Brigade
Metal Mob
Country Crew
Classical Crowd - Up
Funk Flock - Up Next
Punk Posse
Hip Hop Herd
Alternative Alliance

We're almost up? Anyone else around?

How are we feeling about any of these so far?

🎶🎶 TOP SONGS OF THE YEAR I WAS BORN: 1969🎶🎶
Exchange #3


1. ☮️Sugar Sugar - One of my dogs is named Archie. Read a book with a dog on the cover. [available, held by Rock Rep]
2. ☮️Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - Read a book published between January 22 - February 21. [available, held by Big Band Brigade]
3. ☮️I Can't Get Next To You - Over the years there have been 22 members of the Temptations. Read a book from a series that has at least 22 books in it. [available, held by Blues Bunch]
4. ☮️Honky Tonk Women -
5. ☮️Every Day People - Read a book with at least two people on the cover. [available, held by Pop Party]
6. ☮️Dizzy -
7. ☮️Hot Fun in the Summertime -
8. ☮️Crimson and Clover -
9. ☮️Sweet Caroline -
10. ☮️Get Back -
11. ☮️Build Me Up Buttercup - Read a book with a romantic pet name in the title. I.e. Buttercup, honey, babe, dearest, etc. [available, held by Techno Troop]
12. ☮️Jean -


Techno Troop
Blues Bunch
Rock Reps
Pop Party
Big Band Brigade
Metal Mob - Up
Country Crew - Up Next
Classical Crowd
Funk Flock
Punk Posse
Hip Hop Herd
Alternative Alliance

Updated and checked in.

Exchange Number: 2
Team: Funk Flock
Task: 🎶I Want To Dance With Somebody - Read a book where the characters dance
Name of any members who did NOT complete their book: None
Link to Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Exchange Number: 2
Team: Funk Flock
Task: 🎶I Want To Dance With Somebody - Read a book where the characters dance
Name of any members who did NOT complete their book: None
Link to Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Exchange 2 Participation


✅ Maddielucy(Patti)
✅ bamaace83 (Anna)
✅ Preeti
✅ Geri
✅ Keri
✅ Michelle's Empty Nest

September 30, 2024 --- The Joker's Wild





The Joker's Wild is an American television game show that aired at different times between 1972 and 2019. In the show, contestants answer questions based on categories determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine. The show's title refers to the game's slot-machine mechanism also having jokers.


The show was billed as "the game where knowledge is king and lady luck is queen", and was notable for being the first successful game show produced by Jack Barry after his company's role in the quiz show scandals during the late 1950s. The success of the series led in part to the reformation of Barry & Enright Productions in the 1970s, which reunited Barry with his partner Dan Enright. The show aired on CBS from 1972 to 1975, and from 1977 to 1986 in broadcast syndication. A children's version, titled Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!, aired from 1979 to 1981, also in syndication.


Barry's sons, Jonathan and Douglas Barry, were co-executive producers for a revival of the series that aired in 1990 and 1991, which was produced in association with Richard S. Kline and billed as "a Kline and Friends production in association with Jack Barry Productions." The series returned in 2017 on TBS, with Snoop Dogg as host. He was also co-executive producer with Michael Strahan. In December 2018, it was announced that the show would be moving to TNT in 2019.


Johnny Jacobs, a longtime friend of host Jack Barry, was the original announcer of The Joker's Wild. Jacobs served through most of its CBS run, with Johnny Gilbert and Roy Rowan filling in for Jacobs on occasion. When the series returned to first-run syndication in 1977, Jacobs, Gilbert, and Jay Stewart alternated the primary announcer position. Stewart became the exclusive announcer for The Joker's Wild (as well as for all Barry & Enright-produced game shows at the time) during the 1978–79 season; Bob Hilton and Art James were substitutes for Stewart for the 1980–81 season whenever he was unavailable. In 1981 Stewart was replaced as Barry & Enright lead announcer by Charlie O'Donnell, who announced for the remainder of the series' run. Johnny Gilbert and John Harlan filled in for O'Donnell on occasion.


Ed MacKay, a local Los Angeles radio DJ and one-time overnight news anchor at KNX radio, announced the 1990–91 revival.


Two contestants, one a returning champion, played. The challenger began the game by pulling a lever to set a slot machine in motion. The game's slot machine consisted of three slide projectors that had been modified to use discs loaded with slides for the categories and jokers, similar to the wheels used in ViewMaster toys. The discs were spun by electric motors, and unused categories were removed from the board by shutting off the projectors for those windows.


The wheels on the machine each contained five different categories, which were revealed to the contestants before the game, as well as jokers that could represent any category. After the wheels stopped, the contestant chose one of the displayed categories and was asked a question in it. If the contestant answered correctly, the dollar value of the question was added to their score. An incorrect response or a failure to answer within an unspecified time limit allowed the opponent a chance to answer and steal the money. Certain special categories gave the contestant in control a chance to win extra money, by either increasing the question value or allowing multiple questions on that turn, or involved the participation of both contestants.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where there is a scandal of some sort.
2. Read a book published in 2019.
3. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are the same, like Johnny Jacobs.
4. Read a book where the MC changes jobs, like Snoop Dogg going from rapper to game show host/producer.

Round 2 Completion Post


Book: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Task: 4. 🎶I Want To Dance With Somebody - Read a book where the characters dance.
How it Fits: Page 227; "Dancing transforms us. We teach the steps to the District 13 guests."
Pages: 390
Date Read: 9-28-2024

Woo-hoo! 💃

I know this won't be very helpful, but I'm still good with anything except LaBamba. My next least favorite would be the Road Trip one. The rest seem OK to me.

LaBamba is probably my least favorite as well. Other than that, they're not too bad.

Keri wrote: "I completed my book right at the end of last night and then crashed before I could post my completion. Here it is:

Completion Post

Book: [book:Regretting You|44..."


I updated our check-in post. We're good to go!

Keri wrote: "Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "You're welcome!


I'm not sure of the cut-off time, but if Keri makes a completion post today, I'll edit the check-in."

I’m working on it! I’ve upped my listening spe..."


Awesome! Hope you're feeling much better.

Selected Not Stolen
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles 💃🏆 Selected By: Metal Mob
Task: Read a book with someone walking on the cover. Bonus points if it's like an Egyptian.
Alone - Heart ❤️‍🔥🏆 Selected By: Country Crew
Task: Read a book with a five letter title.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston 🎤💃🏆Selected By: Classical Crowd
Task: Read a book where the characters dance. It could be at a bar, they could be professional dancers, they could dance around the kitchen, it just needs to explicitly mention that they dance
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi 🙏✊🏆 Selected By: Funk Flock
Task: Read a book with a four word title.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 🤔🔭🏆 Selected By: Punk Posse
Task:

Selected Stolen - 1x

Locked

NOT Selected
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott 🕺🏆
Task:
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship 🚀🏆
Task:
C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil 😎🏆
Task:
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake 🐍🤘🏆
Task:
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range 🎹🏆
Task:
Shakedown - Bob Seger 🎸🏆
Task:
La Bamba - Los Lobos 🎉🇲🇽🏆
Task:

On the Clock: Hip Hop Herd
Up Next: Alternative Alliance
On Deck: Big Band Brigade

MN Lisa wrote: "
Selected Not Stolen

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles 💃🏆 Selected By: Metal Mob
Task: Read a book with someone walking on the cover. Bonus points if it's like an Egyptian.
Alone - Heart ❤️‍🔥🏆..."


Lisa, just a heads up that Funk Flock has Livin on a Prayer.

Living On A Prayer:
Read a book with a four word title.

We were up and I was on...it was moving pretty quickly, so I chose Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi. Hope that's OK. 😅