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Title: $ale on GSN
Post by: tvmitch on October 07, 2014, 06:49:43 PM
When will we see...

Winners Board
Fame Game change (stop on number from plunger)

Is the $15-ish instant bargain on through the whole syndicated run?

Aren't we going further into the first syndicated season? Why did the fame game numbers go all brown?
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: BrandonFG on October 07, 2014, 07:34:13 PM
That...was really unnecessary. He asked a question, and considering the speculation surrounding the second season, it's legit.

You've been mighty snarky for no reason lately.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: TLEberle on October 07, 2014, 07:37:02 PM
You've been mighty snarky for no reason lately.
That, plus right now I'd rather hear from Mitch than Johnny.

I thought he was asking a reasonable question. It's telling that Johnny chose to read it the way he did.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: cyclone45 on October 07, 2014, 07:39:37 PM
Brandon, back when I was watching game shows we had 13 channels..CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox..no GSN. I'm just grateful for the technology we have. Instead of Wow! We now have a network where we can just watch game shows! people are like When will GSN air XYZ? I'm tired of it.

/Society has really changed in the 34 years I've been alive.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: BrandonFG on October 07, 2014, 07:43:36 PM
Yeah...I remember those days. It has nothing to do with my statement, and it doesn't change it. Mitch was not being greedy or ungrateful. He asked a question, a question that has come up before for other shows.

You've really gotta stop playing Forum Police, esp. when it's not warranted.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: TLEberle on October 07, 2014, 07:44:16 PM
And we're telling you that we interpreted his question to be the same as "When does Jeopardy! come out of summer repeats to air new shows?"
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: WarioBarker on October 07, 2014, 08:33:44 PM
Getting this back on-topic, as Brandon said there's a lot of speculation regarding Season 2. Mind you, I'm not sure whether he's referring to Season 2 itself or whether GSN will get there (and if so, whether they'll get to the Winner's Board), but I'd say it applies either way.

Aren't we going further into the first syndicated season?
We're definitely going through at least #S-088 (May 8, 1985) on October 24. Assuming the lease continues past that, and assuming no skips or pre-emptions, we'll reach Season 2 (#S-101, aired September 16, 1985) on November 12.

When will we see...

Winners Board
I'm not sure. The last shopping episode (Bill/Lauren/Brad) and first Winner's Board show (Lloyd/Susan/Brad) are around, but aren't online to my knowledge and I have no idea if the Cash Jackpot value was mentioned on the former. I know Tim Holleran ended his run on September 24, 1985 (#S-107) and Alan Sudenik began his on November 19 (#S-147), and based on that the format changed sometime between September 30 and November 18.

Per that, assuming no skips or pre-emptions and that the lease goes this far, we'll see the Winner's Board at some point between November 26 and January 14.

Fame Game change (stop on number from plunger)
Possibly when they switched to the Winner's Board. It was still "pick a number" on #S-107.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: PYLdude on October 07, 2014, 09:22:56 PM
Brandon, back when I was watching game shows we had 13 channels..CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox..no GSN. I'm just grateful for the technology we have. Instead of Wow! We now have a network where we can just watch game shows! people are like When will GSN air XYZ? I'm tired of it.

/Society has really changed in the 34 years I've been alive.

You know what we're tired of? You.

But you don't see any of us pitching fits about it, do you?

Oh, by the way, your music career promotion is getting close to astroturfing. All you needed to do was post the links. And by the way, you know who else wanted us to look lyrically at his stuff? Erik Mokracek.

(See? I can be unnecessarily spiteful too and I'm sure you didn't see that coming, just like tvmitch didn't see your little pissfest coming. Check yourself, JO, before the mods have to do it for you. Which, at the rate you've been going, might not be too far away.)

/seriously, who took a whiz in his Cheerios this morning?
//information is a great thing
///especially when we aren't clear on where things stand
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: BrandonFG on October 07, 2014, 10:22:22 PM
Let it be known, the slashies were added after Travis and I first responded. So he basically got snarky, received advice, and added three snarkier slashies.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: PYLdude on October 07, 2014, 10:28:12 PM
Let it be known, the slashies were added after Travis and I first responded. So he basically got snarky, received advice, and added three snarkier slashies.

For this I'm gonna call on one John Zandig to express my feelings after reading that.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vzKgD89oOE
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: TLEberle on October 07, 2014, 10:42:13 PM
Getting this back on-topic,
Guess who else isn't Forum Deputy?
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: BrandonFG on October 07, 2014, 10:50:25 PM
I know Tim Holleran ended his run on September 24, 1985 (#S-107) and Alan Sudenik began his on November 19 (#S-147), and based on that the format changed sometime between September 30 and November 18.

Per that, assuming no skips or pre-emptions and that the lease goes this far, we'll see the Winner's Board at some point between November 26 and January 14.
Wiki says the Winner's Board debuted on the nighttime version in November 1985. So I suppose those eps. could pop up sometime around Christmas.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: PYLdude on October 07, 2014, 10:52:39 PM
Getting this back on-topic,
Guess who else isn't Forum Deputy?

Neither one of you.

Benfield did something sensible for once, and that needed snark? Come on.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: TLEberle on October 07, 2014, 10:53:43 PM
I wasn't snarking off; I find it supercilious when someone says "Anyways! Back on topic..."
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: PYLdude on October 07, 2014, 10:57:28 PM
I wasn't snarking off; I find it supercilious when someone says "Anyways! Back on topic..."

If it wasn't snark, what was it then?

Orgo veered it off topic, Dan put it back in the right direction. Why is that a bad thing?
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on October 07, 2014, 10:58:33 PM
I've been keeping track of the episodes in this current lease, and in the 15th week of the Syndicated edition, there have been not one, not two, but three, count 'em, three contestants who walked away with the motorbike.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: SuperMatch93 on October 07, 2014, 11:18:46 PM
I've been keeping track of the episodes in this current lease, and in the 15th week of the Syndicated edition, there have been not one, not two, but three, count 'em, three contestants who walked away with the motorbike.

I found it amusing that they still drop the balloons for $4,000 winners when they retire.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: BrandonFG on October 07, 2014, 11:26:32 PM
I've been keeping track of the episodes in this current lease, and in the 15th week of the Syndicated edition, there have been not one, not two, but three, count 'em, three contestants who walked away with the motorbike.

I found it amusing that they still drop the balloons for $4,000 winners when they retire.
The one time I saw someone purchase a lower level prize (I think it was Laura Chambers), I found it oddly amusing too.

Didn't they do it for Winner's Big Money Game wins too, or was that just the higher amounts and the car?
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: TLEberle on October 07, 2014, 11:29:09 PM
Didn't they do it for Winner's Big Money Game wins too, or was that just the higher amounts and the car?
Early on they would do a drop for any money game victory. (They also did it after retiring a champion who lost their final money game.)
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: tvmitch on October 08, 2014, 08:48:20 AM
How about... "When GSN decides to air those episodes." Don't be greedy.
/How about being grateful GSN is even AIRING $ALE?
//How about being grateful you have GSN at all?
///How about not asking questions NOBODY in the forum knows the answer to?
Whiskey Tango! Who is this guy? I mean really, who is he?

I'm not one to get in the middle of this kind of drama, but honestly. I've been a part of this community for at least 15 years, probably longer. Many of us have been around much longer than that even. I don't like to throw that type of sentence out lightly, because I know it makes me sound entitled, but when I come back to see discussion about my question and that's the first comment I see, that is troubling. Jiminy. It seems to me that too many of the threads on our board are devolving into this nonsense spattering. Takes the fun out of it. It would be nice to have some community voting features so these useless garbage comments could be hidden.

Anyway. That's all I have to say about that.

Question was asked out of sheer curiosity because I know much less these days about air schedules, and leases, and whatnot. I remember watching the old $ale reruns on USA and never getting to see many Winners Board eps, and that's my favorite end game format. Just as excited as everyone else that GSN is airing $ale, it is still a welcome surprise even though it's been on the daytime schedule for some time now.

Thank you, Mr. Benfield, for your helpful response, that's what I was looking for. Also a fedora tip to Brandon and Travis.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: Strikerz04 on October 08, 2014, 10:59:53 AM
The one time I saw someone purchase a lower level prize (I think it was Laura Chambers), I found it oddly amusing too.

Didn't they do it for Winner's Big Money Game wins too, or was that just the higher amounts and the car?

Nah. They gave Laura a send-off sans balloons (although I wonder if they did that later in the daytime shopping run).

As for WBMG, for big wins (and losses), they dropped the balloons too.


/like the most of us, we're thankful we have this show Period & excited if we hit the winners board transition.
//With or without the snark.
///With or without latex balloons
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: PYLdude on October 08, 2014, 03:09:58 PM
I know Tim Holleran ended his run on September 24, 1985 (#S-107) and Alan Sudenik began his on November 19 (#S-147), and based on that the format changed sometime between September 30 and November 18.

Per that, assuming no skips or pre-emptions and that the lease goes this far, we'll see the Winner's Board at some point between November 26 and January 14.
Wiki says the Winner's Board debuted on the nighttime version in November 1985. So I suppose those eps. could pop up sometime around Christmas.

I was actually going to ask another question that this response actually answered for me, as I wasn't sure if the jackpot carried over from the season finale the year before (with the uncertainty about renewal and all). I always thought Tim's win was later, and they changed over right after he hit it. Wrong I was.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: WarioBarker on October 08, 2014, 06:32:04 PM
Thank you, Mr. Benfield, for your helpful response, that's what I was looking for.
No prob. Glad I was able to help. :)

/like the most of us, we're thankful we have this show Period & excited if we hit the winners board transition.
I'll raise a frothy mug to that and the current Press Your Luck lease any day of the week.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on October 11, 2014, 01:31:56 AM
Daniel, can you please tell me who were the contestants in #S-077? I missed it, and I thought I wrote it down for the episode guide of the Syndicated edition that I am currently compiling, but I didn't.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: snowpeck on October 11, 2014, 01:36:43 AM
Daniel, can you please tell me who were the contestants in #S-077? I missed it, and I thought I wrote it down for the episode guide of the Syndicated edition that I am currently compiling, but I didn't.
I'm not Daniel, but I did record the episode (along with every other Sale episode GSN has run so far). The contestants were, from left to right, Frank, Jack and Patricia.
Title: Re: $ale on GSN
Post by: WarioBarker on October 11, 2014, 05:10:22 AM
In relation to Vahan's question, I did know the answer but only because of Ryan Rinkerman's collection updates (specifically, to this page (http://www.angelfire.com/planet/rinkerman/S-U.html)) while GSN was airing the first syndicated lease, as the shows from last Tuesday (#S-075) through next Monday (#S-079) have been around the trading circuit for a while.