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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: jlgarfield on January 21, 2020, 02:52:07 PM
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https://twitter.com/BUZZRtv/status/1219689643429519361 - Remember the short-lived dating show BZZZ! from the mid/late 1990s? Buzzr is going to show it for Valentine's Day! :D
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And perhaps the bigger news, episodes of the syndie Tattetales from '77 are in there as well.
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Anyone remember if BZZZ! was a choice on that BUZZR survey a few months back?
Huh..."BUZZ on BUZZR". The promos just write themselves, don't they?
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Anyone remember if BZZZ! was a choice on that BUZZR survey a few months back?
The survey asked if Buzzr should air dating/relationship shows, then gave a list of about eight such shows, asking which one(s) you'd most want to see. Bzzz! was indeed one of those choices.
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And we have the schedule for the 9th now...
4:00pm - Password Plus 80_0445
4:30pm - Password Plus 80_0446
5:00pm - Sale of the Century 88_1493 (original airdate 11/7/1988)
5:30pm - Sale of the Century 88_1494 (original airdate 11/8/1988)
6:00pm - Sale of the Century 88_1495 (original airdate 11/9/1988)
6:30pm - Sale of the Century 88_1496 (original airdate 11/10/1988)
7:00pm - Tattletales 77SYN_0003
7:30pm - Tattletales 77SYN_0016
8:00pm - Bzzz! 97_1029
8:30pm - Bzzz! 97_1001
9:00pm - Bzzz! 97_1030
9:30pm - Bzzz! 97_1028
10:00pm - Bzzz! 97_1021
10:30pm - Bzzz! 97_1020
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I don't recall the syndie version of TT. Was it any different (formatics, mo' money, etc.) than the daytime?
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I think the only difference was an increase in prize money for the last question of the game—if that.
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Little detail: The two P+ eps are the Monday and Tuesday shows from Betty's last week of any Password with Allen still hosting.
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Little detail: The two P+ eps are the Monday and Tuesday shows from Betty's last week of any Password with Allen still hosting.
Minor nitpick--P+ was on a Tuesday-Monday cycle by then (so they actually aired Tuesday and Wednesday, 9/23-24/80), but they are indeed the first two shows of that taping.
I think the only difference was an increase in prize money for the last question of the game—if that.
Muchas gracias.
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
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Did GSN ever air any of the syndie TT episodes?
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
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Did GSN ever air any of the syndie TT episodes?
Nope.
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Did GSN ever air any of the syndie TT episodes?
Nope.
I've never seen a syndie Tattletales and would like to (I'm sure that probably applies to most of us). For those of us who don't have BUZZR, I hope it will eventually find its way to youtube afterwards.
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Agreed. “Bzzz!” is a nice obscurity, and it holds some nostalgic value for me, but other than that, I’ll take some of Ralph’s others shows any day of the week.
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For those of us who don't have BUZZR, I hope it will eventually find its way to youtube afterwards.
I'm sure I can help it get there, if VLC media player holds out.
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If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Which versions would still exist? I'm familiar with the mid-1970s Bob Hilton half-hour weekly syndicated one, and there was one a few years after that (can't remember who hosted it), but would the Barker hour episodes still exist?
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Which versions would still exist? I'm familiar with the mid-1970s Bob Hilton half-hour weekly syndicated one, and there was one a few years after that (can't remember who hosted it), but would the Barker hour episodes still exist?
"Barker hour episodes"? I don't recall it ever being more than a half-hour...
JakeT
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Which versions would still exist? I'm familiar with the mid-1970s Bob Hilton half-hour weekly syndicated one, and there was one a few years after that (can't remember who hosted it)
Larry Anderson; 1987.
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If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Which versions would still exist? I'm familiar with the mid-1970s Bob Hilton half-hour weekly syndicated one, and there was one a few years after that (can't remember who hosted it), but would the Barker hour episodes still exist?
From what I've heard, a surprising amount of the Barker era does exist.
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If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Which versions would still exist? I'm familiar with the mid-1970s Bob Hilton half-hour weekly syndicated one, and there was one a few years after that (can't remember who hosted it), but would the Barker hour episodes still exist?
From what I've heard, a surprising amount of the Barker era does exist.
I would bet a significant chunk of Barker's syndicated run still exists for the same reason many syndicated shows survived. The entire method of distribution was to preserve them in a physical form and ship them out to stations.
Martin Grams has just written a book about the show that promises a "detailed episode guide." I bet if somebody reached out to him, he could tell you what's survived.
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Agreed. “Bzzz!” is a nice obscurity, and it holds some nostalgic value for me, but other than that, I’ll take some of Ralph’s others shows any day of the week.
I guess it's possible Buzzr might show some Cross-Wits episodes at some point if they have any available (were the 1970s episodes the ones that showed up on obscure cable channels a few years back, or were those the 1980s episodes?). Can't see what else in the Edwards files would be avaialble and useful.
At least Annie Wood seems happy about this.
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Agreed. “Bzzz!” is a nice obscurity, and it holds some nostalgic value for me, but other than that, I’ll take some of Ralph’s others shows any day of the week.
I guess it's possible Buzzr might show some Cross-Wits episodes at some point if they have any available (were the 1970s episodes the ones that showed up on obscure cable channels a few years back, or were those the 1980s episodes?). Can't see what else in the Edwards files would be avaialble and useful.
Nope. That was the Sparks version.
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Does Fremantle have an ownership stake in Edwards-Billett?
If the Wikipedia is to be taken seriously, Fremantle does has a stake in TorC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences) If they did actually buy out the Edwards catalog, then I, for one, would rather see TorC or "Cross-Wits" than "Bzzz!"
Agreed. “Bzzz!” is a nice obscurity, and it holds some nostalgic value for me, but other than that, I’ll take some of Ralph’s others shows any day of the week.
I guess it's possible Buzzr might show some Cross-Wits episodes at some point if they have any available (were the 1970s episodes the ones that showed up on obscure cable channels a few years back, or were those the 1980s episodes?). Can't see what else in the Edwards files would be avaialble and useful.
Nope. That was the Sparks version.
But at the same time, the Clark version would work beautifully for a "Lost and Found" event.
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But at the same time, the Clark version would work beautifully for a "Lost and Found" event.
There are almost certainly a few Clarks, partly for the reasons I mentioned before, and partly because I'm aware that about a dozen are floating around. (though I don't have them...)
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But at the same time, the Clark version would work beautifully for a "Lost and Found" event.
There are almost certainly a few Clarks, partly for the reasons I mentioned before, and partly because I'm aware that about a dozen are floating around. (though I don't have them...)
IIRC, didn't some of their past obscurities come from someone here on the Forum (I'm thinking the Goodson pilots from the late-80s)? Or am I thinking of GSN?
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But at the same time, the Clark version would work beautifully for a "Lost and Found" event.
There are almost certainly a few Clarks, partly for the reasons I mentioned before, and partly because I'm aware that about a dozen are floating around. (though I don't have them...)
IIRC, didn't some of their past obscurities come from someone here on the Forum (I'm thinking the Goodson pilots from the late-80s)? Or am I thinking of GSN?
Both of your answers can be correct :)
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Per Buzzr's Facebook page, Bzzz! will be joining their regular lineup starting Saturday, February 15, at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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I never watched an actual episode of Bzzz!, but I remember seeing clips all the time on the late 90's GSN show that recapped each day's game show episodes. I think it was called GameWorld.
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IIRC, they had a pretty decent music cue that was played under the first round introductions.
And yeah, the show blended in with many of those 90's dating shows but it wasnt painful to watch by any means. Annie did a good job at keeping it moving.