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Universal Studios' Orlando, Fla., Theme Park Hosts 'Beat the Clock' Game Show.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2002

By Robert Johnson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 23--Phyllis and Melvin Miles, visiting Universal Studios from Seabrook, Md., are squealing happily while they bounce several inches off the ground.

"Who knew we would be taking 'bouncing lessons' on our vacation in Orlando?" said Phyllis Miles, a 47-year-old music teacher.

"They really want you to show enthusiasm if you win, and my bouncing needed some work," added her husband, Melvin, 46, a jazz pianist.

The Mileses on Sunday were contestants in the taping of a revival of Beat the Clock, a game show that harks back to 1950s origins with host Bud Collier. The program is being taped at Universal Studios in July and August to air on the Pax...

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