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The Big Board / Re: Budgeting Question on Luck-Based Shows
« Last post by Card Shark on December 13, 2025, 11:08:45 PM »
And so all these months later, I finally did a comparison of the premiere episode in January of 1986 and a random episdoe in 1988. The number of commercial breaks were indeed the same, and there was way more game play in the early week. But as you pointed out, as the show progressed, Bob stretched out the questions/talked a lot with the audience poll group as well as the contestant's long explanation of why they picked X number out of 100. So, you guys were right.
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The Big Board / Re: The Ad-Libbers (1951) coming to DVD in March (2026)
« Last post by Steve Gavazzi on December 13, 2025, 07:20:37 PM »
I know nothing about this show, but there's something surreal about the idea of someone in 1959 pitching a revival of something.
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The Big Board / The Ad-Libbers (1951) coming to DVD in March (2026)
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on December 13, 2025, 02:48:35 AM »
As far as I know, only a game show in the broad definition that includes Whose Line?, this was a 1951 summer replacement series that only ran for five weeks.  Three of those five are part of this collection, along with an unsold 1959 pilot for a revival attempt.  The original features a young Jack Lemmon.  The revival pilot has several familiar faces, including Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley and Larry Storch (who is introduced but ends up not playing). Eighteen bucks.

https://www.classicflix.com/blog/2025/12/12/rare-tv-the-ad-libbers-surviving-episodes-in-march
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The Big Board / Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Last post by clemon79 on December 12, 2025, 03:00:26 PM »
Quote from: Clay Zambo on December 10, 2025, 11:09:28 AM
Not these, obviously, and not the smaller ones from that 3D-printing Etsy seller, but I really want a set of Plinko-chip coasters.

Brilliant idea, old chap. Wonder if a vector graphic exists of the TPiR dollar sign. Gotta think it does.
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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by Jeremy Nelson on December 11, 2025, 08:46:46 PM »
I'm guessing that a Jeopardy contestant either made fun of, or put down a fairly well known festival during his interview, then ended up missing a question about the festival in that same game.
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The Big Board / Re: Toon In With Me April 9
« Last post by TimK2003 on December 11, 2025, 05:57:48 PM »
Quote from: Game Girl on December 11, 2025, 04:39:01 PM
bumping this because they air a another game show themed episode called living legends of tv in which they search around for game show hosts. there was a promotion during a segment for the perfect line on Game Show Network as well.

Also, game show host and sportscaster Dick Enberg can be heard nearly every Sunday night on the cartoon Where's Huddles?  on MeTV Toons.

No surprise, he provides the voice for a sportscaster on the cartoon.
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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by MikeK on December 11, 2025, 05:21:03 PM »
Somehow, we got even less context.
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The Big Board / Re: Cheering for a contestant to lose for selfish reasons....
« Last post by Game Girl on December 11, 2025, 05:05:12 PM »
Quote from: chrisholland03 on December 06, 2025, 07:44:34 AM
Quote from: Game Girl on December 06, 2025, 12:00:19 AM
Eric Anderson, during his interview he called a festival 'some festival' after talking about being able to bring instrument on stage. (something that is usually a no-no because of the weight of an instrument on a stage) once I found out a accordion is a lot smaller than what I thought it was (which I thought it was a xylophone, I know it sounds silly but how often we we really hear these two words) I was thinking maybe I was overreacting at the time but it made me route against him since I thought he was bragging about ringing instrument and then pushing the festival off like it's nothing. (I would assume that maybe he was not allowed to say the name of the festival but other people have since the names of their own festival so I don't even think it was that) this is the game. (https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7866) to make a funnier that he got a answer wrong about the culture of the festival that he was bragging about in the same interview right after the interview.

most of the time though I don't use the route against people.

I need some context here.  I'm not sure I understand.

someone I knew was heavily associated with that festival try to bring a piano up there and was told no every year.
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The Big Board / Re: Toon In With Me April 9
« Last post by Game Girl on December 11, 2025, 04:39:01 PM »
bumping this because they air a another game show themed episode called living legends of tv in which they search around for game show hosts. there was a promotion during a segment for the perfect line on Game Show Network as well.
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The Big Board / Re: Unspoken rules on game shows
« Last post by parliboy on December 11, 2025, 01:26:13 PM »
Quote from: Blanquepage on December 11, 2025, 11:38:42 AM
Was it ever stated on Name That Tune that a contestant couldn't pull a "Tommy Schmucker" and say that they could name that tune in no notes?

In that once someone bid one note the opponent wasn't allowed to counter, yes.
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