Iowa scores 46 in the first half against a South Carolina defense--and is losing. This is one of the best finals, men or women, ever played.

This Wednesday at 9:00 Eastern, we'll be starting our Lie Cheat and Steal March tournament. If you like trivia or March Madness and would like to join, send me a DM! We'd love to have you.

Starring:

Tom Roma as Rob
CK as Sandra
🍁Canadian Fletchy☘️ 🌻🇺🇦 as Macon
Susan optimistically as Nora
Vincent Van Joe as Stan
John H. Beers III 🐀 as Evan
amy! ami! amé! as Tiffany
Eize Basa as Walt
Mike Weiske as Melchior
Me as the narrator
Jared Shroyer stage directions

We had a really great Lie Cheat and Steal Halloween episode this year, with seasonal questions, costumes, and surprises. Warning: At least one jump scare youtu.be/HpwgnEfMkr0?si…

For the quality and depth of the categories/questions, the witty banter between the contestants and the friendly competition, this is the best game show I've ever seen.

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When he was 22 years old, Donovan told us about the lost continent of Atlantis. God, I loved this song as a teenager. I confess that I still do.
youtu.be/SAMYGzwUTK4

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My song is scheduled for 9 Eastern but I wanted to hop on here and say Thank You again to The Somnambulist (सोता चेतन) for hosting another fun challenge. This is what makes this rapidly deteriorating site still worth it.

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Traffic-Heaven is in Your Mind. Songwriters Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi were 23 while rock 'n' roll veteran Steve Winwood was only 19.
youtu.be/PAIywSUAq4o

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Yusef/Cat Stevens could match any other artist's pop craftsmanship but he excelled in the imagery of his love songs. He wrote this one when he was 21.
youtu.be/P6NY78V915c

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I had the pleasure of seeing Jackson Browne for the second time last month. The first time was almost 50 years ago. This is one of my favorites from his first album, released when he was 23.
youtu.be/O_9a7jrs9QQ

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Francis Monkman co-founded and played keyboards and electric guitar for Curved Air and was 22 when Phantasmagoria was released, featuring his song, Over and Above.
youtu.be/LXB1Z7rFsNw

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The Boss was 23 when his debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, was released. Not a bad song on the entire album and I think I've used many of them in prior challenges. I think this is the first time for For You.
youtu.be/rdP3y4k2KKU

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Peter Frampton was a mere 20 years old when Humble Pie released his song, Shine On. This is a must for me since I saw him this Spring as a special guest of Government Mule. First time I'd seen him since the early '70s.
youtu.be/IdiA3qnC3ss

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From 1965, The Zombies with She's Not There, written by keyboard player, Rod Argent and released when he was merely 19.
youtu.be/_2hXBf1DakE

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Yes was probably my favorite band during the early '70s. Every member was a virtuoso at his instrument. This song, Survival, from their debut, was released when Jon Anderson, the songwriter, was 24.
youtu.be/UwfVMAh-9Bw

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Karla Bonoff was 24 when Linda Ronstadt released this version of her song, 'Someone to Lay Down Beside Me'.
youtu.be/1zOlbw_RYJs

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I wanted to use 'All By Myself' but Eric Carmen was 26 when it was released and his co-writer Sergei Rachmaninoff would have been 103. So here's The Raspberries with 'Go All the Way', released when Eric was 22.
youtu.be/rtp8WSAzrGw

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Songwriting credit for The Band's 'Chest Fever' was attributed to Robbie Robertson, who was 24 at the time of release; however, Levon Helm says that Richard Manuel (25) wrote the lyrics.
youtu.be/h_7q9_EJYvE

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With a soulful 'Yeah, yeah, yeah' in 1969, 21 year-old Gregg Allman introduced the world to his songwriting and singing skills with 'It's Not My Cross to Bear'.
youtu.be/-dy1xeuStsc

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Jagger and Richards, both 23 at release time, teamed up for most of the songs on Between the Buttons, including Miss Amanda Jones, which I first heard in the great Eric Stolz/Mary Stuart Masterson flick, Some Kind of Wonderful.
youtu.be/QTmhm7rMr7Q