The Worst Of The Bunch...

[DrBear]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'227523\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 10:59 AM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'227518\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 10:50 AM\']What Monopoly had was a SPECTACTULAR set.  Nothing much else, from where I was sitting.[/quote]
Theme song.  Don't forget the theme song. I sure can't.
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My wife hates that one. The first time she heard those recurring "Oh!"s, she growled "you know what they mean with those, don't you?"

[comicus]

[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'227549\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'227388\' date=\'Oct 1 2009, 04:50 PM\']Michael Davies - Chain Reaction.[/quote]

Oh I dunno....IMO this falls into the TTD '90 category.  The gameplay really wasn't totally betrayed, but the other elements did it in (Dylan Lane not being that great,  LOOKS AND YOUTH > GAMEPLAY ABILITY... [/quote]

Adam Wurtzel was a contestant on this show.  Your argument is invalid.

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'227572\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:52 PM\'][quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'227549\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'227388\' date=\'Oct 1 2009, 04:50 PM\']Michael Davies - Chain Reaction.[/quote]

Oh I dunno....IMO this falls into the TTD '90 category.  The gameplay really wasn't totally betrayed, but the other elements did it in (Dylan Lane not being that great,  LOOKS AND YOUTH > GAMEPLAY ABILITY... [/quote]

Adam Wurtzel was a contestant on this show.  Your argument is invalid.
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For every Adam Wurtzel, you've got three who couldn't solve DUMBAS_. He was the exception, not the rule.

[JMFabiano]

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'227575\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 09:57 PM\'][quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'227572\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:52 PM\'][quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'227549\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'227388\' date=\'Oct 1 2009, 04:50 PM\']Michael Davies - Chain Reaction.[/quote]

Oh I dunno....IMO this falls into the TTD '90 category.  The gameplay really wasn't totally betrayed, but the other elements did it in (Dylan Lane not being that great,  LOOKS AND YOUTH > GAMEPLAY ABILITY... [/quote]

Adam Wurtzel was a contestant on this show.  Your argument is invalid.
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For every Adam Wurtzel, you've got three who couldn't solve DUMBAS_. He was the exception, not the rule.
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That would be interesting...."Welcome to Chain Reaction, the show that sees if three half-a-heads are better than one"

[Lirodon]

GSN: Definitely "Million Dollar Cat Game Show"

For sure.

[golden-road]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'227572\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 09:52 PM\'][quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'227549\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 06:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'227388\' date=\'Oct 1 2009, 04:50 PM\']Michael Davies - Chain Reaction.[/quote]

Oh I dunno....IMO this falls into the TTD '90 category.  The gameplay really wasn't totally betrayed, but the other elements did it in (Dylan Lane not being that great,  LOOKS AND YOUTH > GAMEPLAY ABILITY... [/quote]

Adam Wurtzel was a contestant on this show.  Your argument is invalid.
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I find myself asking who this Adam Wurtzel is? I've heard his name before, mostly in negative connotations.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' post=\'227549\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 03:53 PM\']Oh I dunno....IMO this falls into the TTD '90 category.  The gameplay really wasn't totally betrayed, but the other elements did it in (Dylan Lane not being that great,  LOOKS AND YOUTH > GAMEPLAY ABILITY...now that made me worry about a possible future for $1M Pyramid, as Davies did that pilot and all)[/quote]But the question isn't one of good or bad, it is "worst by producer." If it isn't Chain Reaction, what is it? And I think much of the fault lies in the fact that Dylan Lane was cuffed by cue cards, and three-headed teams. And the gambling round.

[Kaos]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned You Don't Know Jack.

I mean sure the game was based on a great series of PC games, but they ruined it by throwing some really stupid elements into it.

1.  A "fake" host. (Paul Reubens as Troy Stevens) They could have at least let "Cookie" (Tom Masterson, reprising his role from the computer games) host it via voice over.
2.  A question which was supposed to be valued up to 2 million dollars, but was never worth more than $500 due to a rather stupid problem which kept delaying the reading of the question as the money ran down.
3.  A Math question involving elements of pop culture.  While the players were trying to work out the math, major distractions, such as marching bands

If they had kept this show closer to the original game's format, it would have lasted longer than 6 episodes, IMNSHO.

[Fedya]

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'227583\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 11:16 PM\']GSN: Definitely "Million Dollar Cat Game Show"

For sure.[/quote]
What about "American Dream Derby"?

[Matt Ottinger]

The game isn't (or wasn't supposed to be) "Name a bad game show."  Try to stay on this topic:

But what are the worst shows that came from individual producers/production companies that made at least a handful of different game shows?

[Ian Wallis]

Agree with what's been said about Monopoly.  I actually didn't mind the show, but by the time they actually got to go around the board, the show was two-thirds over.  Maybe a better way would have been to have one toss-up question per monopoly.  That way they would have had two show segments to go around the board.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'227618\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:09 AM\']Maybe a better way would have been to have one toss-up question per monopoly.  That way they would have had two show segments to go around the board.[/quote]
That's not bad for speeding the game up, but what you do there is magnify the problem of a good player taking insurmountable control of the game in the early going.

The things that make Monopoly interesting as a board game simply don't translate to television.  I understand the desire to try, I just don't think there's a good way to do it.

[JMFabiano]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'227611\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 08:54 AM\'][quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'227583\' date=\'Oct 3 2009, 11:16 PM\']GSN: Definitely "Million Dollar Cat Game Show"

For sure.[/quote]
What about "American Dream Derby"?
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I'll see you that and raise you most of the Fleming Era.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Kaos\' post=\'227607\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 12:57 AM\']I'm surprised nobody has mentioned You Don't Know Jack.[/quote]
Probably because it wasn't that bad, if you got the joke.

1.  A "fake" host. (Paul Reubens as Troy Stevens) They could have at least let "Cookie" (Tom Masterson, reprising his role from the computer games) host it via voice over.
2.  A question which was supposed to be valued up to 2 million dollars, but was never worth more than $500 due to a rather stupid problem which kept delaying the reading of the question as the money ran down.
3.  A Math question involving elements of pop culture.  While the players were trying to work out the math, major distractions, such as marching bands

...and clearly you didn't.

[TimK2003]

MERV GRIFFIN:  Jeopardy '78

Proven Format for over 10 years previously,

minus one player after the first round,

minus 2nd player after the second round,

minus a Final Jeopardy betting round,

equals the precursor to what most Fremantle remakes did in later years.


/Although the music cues were pretty darn good.
//And they brought back the original host.