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New 2021 GSN Chain Reaction....same 2006 GSN Chain Reaction host...
JasonA1:
--- Quote from: PYLdude on November 02, 2020, 03:56:09 PM ---I just never got into the one word at a time round. Yet I don’t mind watching episodes of Go once in awhile. You figure that one out.
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The building-a-question mechanic only works when the people playing have a special aptitude for the game. And simply put, the contestants on GSN were not good at it in any way shape or form.
One of the simplest briefing notes I've discovered in playing the game over the years is to have the second person "define" the subject immediately with word 2, if they can. The first person just throws out the best "W" word to get it going. So for instance, if the answer is "George Washington", WHAT PRESIDENT is a pretty easy way to start. If it's "The Big Bang Theory", WHAT SITCOM...if it's "Cake" you say WHAT DESSERT, etc. etc. Conciseness is #1, with the ability to change the question midstream, or cut your losses and pass early, being somewhere else in the top 3.
-Jason
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: JasonA1 on November 02, 2020, 04:06:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: PYLdude on November 02, 2020, 03:56:09 PM ---I just never got into the one word at a time round. Yet I don’t mind watching episodes of Go once in awhile. You figure that one out.
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The building-a-question mechanic only works when the people playing have a special aptitude for the game. And simply put, the contestants on GSN were not good at it in any way shape or form.
-Jason
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Very true. Plus you have to remember that the people building the questions on the Cullen version were celebrities, and Bob Stewart usually got celebs who were good with word games,
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on November 02, 2020, 12:28:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on November 02, 2020, 11:53:07 AM ---Hopefully they'll get contestants who actually know how to play the game this time.
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To be fair, the show had been off the air for some time in 2006. Plus a network like GSN isn't going to be as picky with contestants as NBC or ABC.
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Network or not, how long does it take for a producer or contestant/casting coordinator to sit players down and show them a round or two? Even being off the air as long as it was, the show's concept isn't exactly rocket science.
Steve Gavazzi:
--- Quote from: colonial on November 02, 2020, 11:54:08 AM ---An interesting hire, particularly since Lane appears to have been out of the entertainment business the last six years ...
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He was ever in it?
weaklink75:
--- Quote from: Steve Gavazzi on November 02, 2020, 06:27:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: colonial on November 02, 2020, 11:54:08 AM ---An interesting hire, particularly since Lane appears to have been out of the entertainment business the last six years ...
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He was ever in it?
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The press release says he’s a fleet engineer for GE...
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/11/02/game-show-network-greenlights-new-edition-of-classic-word-association-game-show-chain-reaction-633112/20201102gsn01/
That’ll make for a weird conversation:
“What are your plans for this weekend?”
“I’m just going to relax”
“I have to start putting up lights for the holidays”
“My wife and I are going antiquing”
“I have to tape 10 episodes of the game show I host”
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