What’s Aged the Worst?
Morrow’s accent, Geritol’s claims, damage to quiz shows, and altered history
In the discussion (10)
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- Rob Morrow’s Boston accent was the first cited problem. — Bill Simmons
- Geritol’s fatigue claims were effective only for people with anemia, according to the cited FTC history. — Bill Simmons
- Geritol’s “my wife, I think I’ll keep her” comeback campaign was recalled as controversial. — Bill Simmons
- The scandal caused stricter quiz-show laws and a long genre slump. — Bill Simmons
- The film compressed roughly three years of scandal into one. — Bill Simmons
- The film made Van Doren choose his wrong answer when NBC actually made that choice. — Bill Simmons
- The film simplified the tied-game sequence and implied it ended sooner than it did. — Bill Simmons
- Goodwin’s investigative importance was enlarged over the people who had already done much of the legwork. — Bill Simmons
- Van Doren objected that the closing text erased his continued teaching after the scandal. — Brian Koppelman
- Van Doren’s 2008 New Yorker defense was read as evidence that ego, fame, and money still shaped his account. — Brian Koppelman