[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'166654\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 04:41 PM\']Of course it's good news for those who wanted more classics, but for those who had once enjoyed the show, not such good news.[/quote]My exposure to Playmania is less than most, but in my handful of viewings, I saw the same pattern play out:
1. Puzzle goes up on the screen
2. Hostess vamps while the Player's Lounge is empty
3. Camera swirls around the studio while thumping techno music bed plays
4. More vamping by hostess. (And too bad for me, it was Mel in five-out-of-five viewings)
5. Some dullard gets on the line, and gives a wrong answer.
6. More vamping
7. The underpants gnomes come, stage a coup, and I'm forced to make an early morning Costco run
8. More vamping, this time a hint is put up, or more money in the pot
...
19. Someone finally breaks through to solve the puzzle
I think the fastest time that I ever saw from puzzle to solve was 20 minutes. And it's not like the vamping was all that interesting, or clever. Most of the time it was nausea inducing because Mel was jumping around the place, as if the floor was made of hot lava. If you found enjoyment in that, I'm curious to know where it was derived. For real.
I'm not all that sad to see Playmania replaced by something a bit more game-y, as it were. Now, if I had to suffer through two hours of PM a night in order to keep the network solvent, then by all means, have Horseface park her keister in front of a camera/TelePrompTer and go to town.