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If Password returned,
GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 11:07 PM\'] Actually, Voltaire is good for the mind, too. [/quote]
I prefer Spider or Freecell myself. [ducks]
Brandon Brooks:
--- Quote ---Actually, I knew you couldn't resist having the last word, so out the window goes your 'translation.' And actually, I had Dvorak in mind, but Voltaire will do nicely. If you want to think less of me, as I said earlier, more power to you. (I will admit it is fun to argue w/ you, sometimes. It is theraputic, at least for me, after a long week in the office.)
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Whatever argument you have with Chris is fine, but you should answer the person that you decided to insult in the first place.
--- Quote ---Oh, and to answer your question of 'why jack it up'? Because it's MONEY! Given the choice of $25,000 and returning champs (I never ruled out that last part) or $10,000 and returning champs, which would you choose? Would I say 'no' to ten grand? Hell no! Would I rather have twenty-five grand over ten grand? All things being equal, HELL YES!
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Which is the definition of mo' money syndrome: the mo' money, the better. And for the game, that's simply not always true.
--- Quote ---First things first, though, and that's getting the show back on the air, preferably w/o the Pearson-style 'improvements' that took down Match Game, TTTT, and Card Sharks.
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If done right, Pearson improvements could work. At least TTTT lasted for a season and a half, and that was with a mostly hands off approach in the changing of the game play, IMO.
Brandon Brooks
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 11:28 PM\']
If done right, Pearson improvements could work. At least TTTT lasted for a season and a half, and that was with a mostly hands off approach in the changing of the game play, IMO. [/quote]
My definition of 'Pearson improvements' is any change to a show that alters the spirit of the game in a negative way. I particularly aim that at MG '98, FF '98, and esepcially Card Sharks. Feud has moved back toward what it it's supposed to be, and I don't have to remind old members of ATGS of the late and greatly missed Randy Amasia's complaints about that show under Louie Anderson. (Newer members of the group, contact me or another 'oder' member, and we'll fill you in).
And Brandon, believe it or not, I totally agree with you on TTTT. It's the only Pearson revival to date that they bascially got right, IMO. So far, it's the only revival I've enjoyed.
As for your 'mo money syndrome' we're going to have to agree to disagree in the case of Password. I don't have a problem with a $25,000 jackpot for Alphabetics (or Lightning Round or whatever name a revival gives it). There's a few Super Password shows on the trading circuit w/ wins in excess of $45,000, and I have a PW+ $25k Alphabetics win. Those were, of course, progressive jackpots that started at $5,000.
DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 07:43 PM\'] Lemme give you a happy medium. $20,000. There. [/quote]
Feud's current pot. That's a decent number.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 09:04 PM\'] Oh, and to answer your question of 'why jack it up'? Because it's MONEY! Given the choice of $25,000 and returning champs (I never ruled out that last part) or $10,000 and returning champs, which would you choose? Would I say 'no' to ten grand? Hell no! Would I rather have twenty-five grand over ten grand?
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And as a viewer, who isn't going to be cashing EITHER check, I say again, WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Okay, obviously, it's time for my lesson on Mo' Money Syndrome. Gather 'round, kids, Uncle Chris is about to drop some mad knowledge:
The production of game shows is a BUSINESS. This business is about gathering up pairs of eyeballs that can be delivered to advertisers. And, like any business, you want to accomplish this by spending as little money as possible.
So let's say that you can get X number of people to watch your show if you offer $10K in your bonus game. But you can get Y number MORE people to watch your show if you offer a bonus prize of $25K.
The question at this point becomes: If the prize budget cost per person (let's call it CPP) for X viewers is X / (prize budget figured on grand prize of 10K), then why bump it to 25K unless the prize budget CPP of those additional Y viewers is less than that?
The only answer for that is \"Because that bump in viewers allows us to raise ad rates such that it covers or exceeds the bump in CPP.\" And I'm telling you, in the case of most GSN shows, and probably in the case of most network shows, that ain't gonna happen.
Yeah, $25,000 is a lot of money, and it's exciting to watch people win it. So why not $50,000? That must be an even BIGGER rush, right? Damn, $100,000 must be positively mind-blowingly fun. Or...how about ....ONE MEEEEELION DOLLARS! 'Scuse me, I need to clean up.
The answer is simple. Because you have to stay within the CPP number given to you by your producers. And the difference in CPP between a $10K jackpot and a $25K jackpot, when compared to the increase in ad revenue, doesn't justify the expenditure.
So if you (and I don't mean you, specifically, JW, I mean the global \"you\") are going to try to argue that \"such and such show would be better with an X billion dollar jackpot\", then you had better be prepared to explain to me how that single alteration makes that show SO MUCH BETTER than it draws enough extra viewers to cover that expense. And I'm betting, nine times out of ten, you won't be able to do it.
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