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Chris -- 2025-05-10
“Here are some pictures of the stars themselves,Fiona Decassio Boulton,Troy Boulton,Gabrielle Boulton,and special guess star.”
“YouTube – Elizabeth’s Show and guess star : Katrina Sullivan”
“Which academy award winner did not guess star on friends?”
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This works because (as I understand it) the guest star is also, in many cases, a surprise star, so that the audience is likely to have been kept guessing as to who it will be?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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Pretty cool find. This one works pretty well because of the coincidence. Does anyone have any problems with the meaning drifting like that? I don’t.
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This
“This film lived up to the Hype, and it also had a mystery GUESS STAR (it didn’t hit me who it was until mid way to the end)”
spells out the rationale quite clearly, although it might have been done on purpose.
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Blown punchline
your mamma is so fat she wore guest jeans and the answer popped out
Flammable disguises
Out of the 2,300 people that attended, I would hazard a guest to state that over 500 people at least were in some type of costume over the weekend.
WTFT is my guest for these.
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