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More classic Nickelodeon game shows on Paramount+
Chelsea Thrasher:
It's been a *while* since I've seen Nick Arcade, and the thing about this show is that for how loose of a game (in the game show sense) Nick Arcade is and how utterly ludicrous or arbitrary large parts of the show as a whole are, as a show Nick Arcade is utterly delightful. Phil Moore is having a blast, the chrome is *top notch*, and the show had enough different things going on that there was never a feeling of "sameness".
Might not have been a great game, but it was a fantastic show
JasonA1:
Co-sign. I was saying as much in some IM discussions after the episodes dropped. I'd only add that the Nick Arcade bonus round was WAY too tough for what it was -- the amount of things on screen that could hurt you was more apt for an expert level contestant, and could have been dialed back by half until kids got better. But at least I walked away as a viewer thinking "I'd love to be on this show" (and by extension, try the Video Zone) as opposed to the feeling I had watching Fun House or Legends of, "boy, I hope I can convince my partner to let me run the bonus first."
-Jason
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: JasonA1 on March 25, 2021, 07:06:19 PM ---I'd only add that the Nick Arcade bonus round was WAY too tough for what it was -- the amount of things on screen that could hurt you was more apt for an expert level contestant, and could have been dialed back by half until kids got better.
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Concur. Years ago, I went to a Nick live show at our local arena, hosted by Phil Moore and Mike O'Malley. One of the games they played was the Nick Arcade bonus round, which I learned was done simply via green screen. From what I remember, the children that went on stage struggled significantly with the obstacles, mainly trying to correspond with what was on the screen.
Having toyed with a similar setup involving a mock weather map at our local museum, I will say it's definitely much harder than it looks.
/I did win a Nick hat for knowing Moira Quirk co-hosted Guts
//Paramount+ had me at You Can't Do That on Television
vtown7:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on March 25, 2021, 07:42:45 PM ---/I did win a Nick hat for knowing Moira Quirk co-hosted Guts
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DO-DO-DO-DO-YOU-STILL-HAVE-IT?
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on March 25, 2021, 07:42:45 PM ---//Paramount+ had me at You Can't Do That on Television
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Quite gutted that as the home of YCDTOTV my country's update on Paramount+ is merely a name change and none of these fun Nick shows are available north of the border. Especially YCDTOTV which basically hasn't run anywhere since Nick stopped running it umpteen years ago.
R.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: vtown7 on March 25, 2021, 07:59:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on March 25, 2021, 07:42:45 PM ---/I did win a Nick hat for knowing Moira Quirk co-hosted Guts
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DO-DO-DO-DO-YOU-STILL-HAVE-IT?
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I see what you did there. It's somewhere at my mom's...wouldn't be surprised if it's in my old bedroom closet.
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on March 25, 2021, 07:42:45 PM ---Quite gutted that as the home of YCDTOTV my country's update on Paramount+ is merely a name change and none of these fun Nick shows are available north of the border. Especially YCDTOTV which basically hasn't run anywhere since Nick stopped running it umpteen years ago.
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This surprises me, given it originated up there.
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