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Questions about 21
cyberjoek:
But don't forget Zach, one day totals on Whammy are normaly mostly prizes provided for free or less then retail.
-Joe Kavanagh
Edit to fix typo
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'cyberjoek\' date=\'Sep 22 2003, 10:50 AM\'] But don't forget Zach, one day totals on Whammy are normaly mostly prizes provided for free or less then retail.
-Joe Kavanahg [/quote]
If the budget would hurt GSN that bad, they could do Link as a weekly show(presumably what they were going to with a Greed revival if it came to fruition)
The Ol' Guy:
Well, one thing to consider in the economics of any game is the amount of money the producers/networks get in plugging prizes. With Whammy - or any show that offers prizes as part of the take - anything the producers get either as straight trade or a fee for plugging small items like Rice A Roni - helps keep moolah in the till for the cash prizes. If a show has a pure cash outlay, like Greed or Twenty-One, it has to have the backing from somewhere, and most cable networks don't have that much cash. A lot of you make good points - the networks were so blinded by visions of ratings they thought would follow giant giveaway sums that they didn't think through the quality of the mechanics of the game itself. Enright himself said later on in life that Twenty-One was actually a pretty dull game. He mentioned Disney asked him to offer a proposal for a new version before he passed, and he was trying to work out ideas such as stacking categories and other gimmicks to add dazzle to the game. The point I'm working on is - if some of these games were to come back on a cable budget, would the mechanics of the game be strong enough to keep viewers glued to the set, since the money won't be there? Big money did nothing for the horrid $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime game. If the programs were repositioned as challenges of contestant strategy vs. big money games, they might have a better shot.
The Ol' Guy:
Pardon my redundancy - Cyberjoek's post wasn't on board before I wrote.
goongas:
IMO, (I am probably wrong so feel free to correct me), 21 was rigged in the 50's because the show didn't work well without it being rigged. It is no wonder to me why the modern version didn't work either.
Eric
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