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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Yet Another Buzzr Survey...
« Last post by Pyramid80 on May 25, 2023, 04:32:22 PM »
I completed this survey, and then received a follow up survey.  Now I am participating in a Zoom focus group meeting next week.  This should be interesting.
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The Big Board / Re: "Bingable" game shows?
« Last post by JasonA1 on May 25, 2023, 01:42:05 PM »
Buzzr showed me that there's at least 2 shows I can enjoy this way: Dawson Feud, on one-after-the-other late at night, is hard to put down. When Classic Concentration had a spot on weekends for hours at a time, we similarly couldn't change the channel. I think both shows succeeded in a space we're all talking about: there's a game, but there's enough natural extra-curricular conversation and jokes to keep you guessing at what will happen next. Classic Concentration has the added bonus of hoping to see somebody finally beat the car round with each additional 5 seconds added to the clock. I continue to be pleasantly surprised at how the puzzles and matching engage people who wouldn't normally hang in there for a game show.

-Jason
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The Big Board / Re: "Bingable" game shows?
« Last post by Ian Wallis on May 25, 2023, 11:55:54 AM »
Definitely agree on "Feud". It's a reason GSN shows it wall-to-wall during the evenings.

For me, I just can't get into Harvey's Feud enough to watch it for that long, but sometimes my wife turns on GSN and watches it for a couple of hours at a time.  I agree that GSN wouldn't be doing this if they weren't getting the ratings.
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The Big Board / Re: "Bingable" game shows?
« Last post by Ian Wallis on May 25, 2023, 11:49:19 AM »

- The New Treasure Hunt and Treasure Hunt '81: if I could acquire the whole series of the original, I would. Geoff was an ace in both versions and it's definitely my favorite Barris product

Nowadays: Recording Break the Bank from GameTV and watching the episodes back-to-back on Saturday or Sunday.

I'm with you on that one.  I think late '70s Dating Game might just be my favorite Barris show (at least it was when I was a kid), but I have a special fondness for The New Treasure Hunt.  It was aired Saturday nights at 7:30 in my area for most of its run.  The '80s version was never seen in my area, but when I saw episodes on GSN, I thought it just wasn't up to par with the 73-77 version.  Too bad GSN couldn't have run more of that version.

For me, I might add in Break the Bank and even Whew!, but part of that could be because they were rare shows until recently.  Maybe it's the excitement of the unearthing of a rare gem that would skew our "bingeable" lists.
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The Big Board / Re: Shows Providing Wrong Information
« Last post by Chief-O on May 25, 2023, 10:09:09 AM »
It happened with regularity on Monty Hall's Split Second...  One I remember involved lyrics to a Christmas song.  The contestant who was #3 for the question had to provide lyrics and was ruled wrong, only for the other two contestants to tell Monty she was right.  The "correct" lyrics were not the familiar lyrics - Monty accepted her answer after the other contestants protested.

I've seen 2 other examples from Hall SS on the YouTubes: Neither the contestants nor the show knew which state Tommy Thompson governed (he's one of Wisconsin's longest-serving governors), and the show had thought Lada automobiles came from the Netherlands (and they ruled the contestant wrong!).

https://youtu.be/oiFvbHBxlBo?t=656

https://youtu.be/PXa6zvO9Uho?t=695

/in fact there's been a thread on this already
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The Big Board / Re: Shows Providing Wrong Information
« Last post by Casey on May 25, 2023, 07:32:48 AM »
It happened with regularity on Monty Hall's Split Second...  One I remember involved lyrics to a Christmas song.  The contestant who was #3 for the question had to provide lyrics and was ruled wrong, only for the other two contestants to tell Monty she was right.  The "correct" lyrics were not the familiar lyrics - Monty accepted her answer after the other contestants protested.
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The Big Board / Re: Shows Providing Wrong Information
« Last post by JasonA1 on May 25, 2023, 12:13:26 AM »
Countless. Millionaire's incidents in the Regis run were well noted, given the visibility of the show at the time. We can't forget Million Dollar Money Drop. Tom Kennedy said in an interview with David Hammett that 50 Grand Slam had the composer of "Silk Stockings" absolutely wrong -- made worse by the fact I learned years later that it was on a $50,000 round (and win).

-Jason
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: BUZZR Q2 2023
« Last post by SRIV94 on May 24, 2023, 11:53:28 PM »
Why do I get the feeling that if anything they'd air the 1984 finale instead?

Saw a promo today, the 89 finale of SP with Betty chucking the toaster will air

I was referring to TT.

The SP episode in question is airing on 6/2, though (7 ET/6 CT).
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The Big Board / Shows Providing Wrong Information
« Last post by Dbacksfan12 on May 24, 2023, 11:45:55 PM »
This is kind of a takeoff on the thread claiming a B&E show counted a contestant’s answer wrong for appending a “The”.
Have you seen a show provide an actual incorrect answer?  I came across one this afternoon on my lunch break:
https://youtu.be/NRCQ3umMCOQ#t13m54s

The question is referencing an incident in the 1979 Daytona 500.  A contestant answered “Stock car racing” and was ruled wrong, while a contestant answering “Indianapolis Car Racing” (to laughter) was given credit.  I did not see any kind of correction made.
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The Big Board / Re: "Bingable" game shows?
« Last post by Dbacksfan12 on May 24, 2023, 11:01:59 PM »
Sodboy took two of my responses—and almost verbatim to how I would have responded.

I find $ale engaging with the various segments (Fane Game, etc.) creating a nice change of pace.
LMaD, especially the 80s runs are most interesting.  More specifically, the ‘84-‘86 run.  It’s exciting to see someone win a car, because it’s far less commonplace than TPiR. 
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