Author Topic: The Worst Of The Bunch... (Read 32492 times)

davemackey · « **Reply #60 on:** October 04, 2009, 10:22:39 PM »

Here's a producer we haven't broached yet: Bill Carruthers Productions. "The Neighbors", anyone?

GrandMasterGalvatron · « **Reply #61 on:** October 04, 2009, 11:10:12 PM »

I'm surprised "Moment of Truth" hasn't shown up in this thread, or are we just dismissing everything that ever came from FOX.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #62 on:** October 05, 2009, 03:39:36 AM »

[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'227669\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 10:10 PM\']I'm surprised "Moment of Truth" hasn't shown up in this thread, or are we just dismissing everything that ever came from FOX.[/quote]FOX merely aired Moment of Truth. I believe Howard Schultz's production company was behind it.

Several good game shows have aired on FOX, but I can't recall any they actually did in house.

Don Howard · « **Reply #63 on:** October 05, 2009, 06:02:14 PM »

I can't give it to What's Going On? because Lee Bowman is so darned dashing.
Choose Up Sides, to me, is the G-T show I like the least. Replacing Bob Kennedy with Gene Rayburn was a wise move, however.
For H-Q, as much as I like the theme music, I give my WotB nod to Hot Seat.
[quote name=\'Kaos\' post=\'227607\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 03:57 AM\']I'm surprised nobody has mentioned........[/quote]
Ahhhhhhhhhh!! That sentence. That damned sentence!!!!!

inturnaround · « **Reply #64 on:** October 05, 2009, 06:29:01 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'227776\' date=\'Oct 5 2009, 06:02 PM\']Ahhhhhhhhhh!! That sentence. That damned sentence!!!!![/quote]

I just have Greasemonkey replace that sentence with the phrase, "Look how much more clever I think I am than you..."

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #65 on:** October 05, 2009, 06:47:56 PM »

For Fishman-Freer, you can only choose between two and it's a no-brainer to say that "Diamond Head Game" was their worst effort.

"Child's Play" actually gets my vote for the least interesting G-T show I've ever seen.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #66 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:13:02 PM »

[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'227781\' date=\'Oct 5 2009, 06:47 PM\']For Fishman-Freer, you can only choose between two and it's a no-brainer to say that "Diamond Head Game" was their worst effort.[/quote]

Actually, there were three: Dealers Choice, Diamond Head, and Fun Factory. And I would have to lean towards Fun Factory -- It was not in a factory nor was it really fun...Discuss.

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #67 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:03:39 PM »

I forgot about "Fun Factory" and I would agree, that was the worst of the three. At least "Diamond Head Game" gave us Jane Nelson!

clemon79 · « **Reply #68 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:45:53 PM »

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' post=\'227779\' date=\'Oct 5 2009, 03:29 PM\']I just have Greasemonkey replace that sentence with the phrase, "Look how much more clever I think I am than you..."[/quote]
That is ten pounds of win in a five-pound bag.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #69 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:59:26 PM »

[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'227781\' date=\'Oct 5 2009, 06:47 PM\']"Child's Play" actually gets my vote for the least interesting G-T show I've ever seen.[/quote]
I'm glad someone else said that. I don't think it's the worst G-T game (hey, look, Uncle Bill!), but it's on my "most disappointing" list.

The Ol' Guy · « **Reply #70 on:** October 05, 2009, 09:05:55 PM »

Griffin - One In A Million. Dull one-on-one version of To Tell The Truth where a contestant listened to four people telling their individual stories and had to guess which stories were true or false. Reach For The Stars wasn't far behind.

B&E - Pictionary. Dan Enright even called it a "throwaway" show which MCA used as a bonus to stations for buying other syndicated properties. The Floating Ping-Pong Ball end game was lame. I barely remember seeing one episode of Way Out Games with Sonny Fox, and it wasn't that impressive. Blank Check was just a Barry production, so I didn't list it under B&E.

G-T - Showoffs. Make The Connection was also one trip too many to the panel game show well.

H-Q - Hot Seat or Showdown? Flip a coin. When you get a winner, then put Temptation up against it and flip again. Like Blank Check, there was just no game there.

Barris - How's Your Mother-In-Law?

Stewart - Blankety Blanks. Liked Shoot For The Stars, didn't care for Double Talk re-hash.

(Edit: Have to say I did not see either All About The Opposite Sex or Hold Everything, B&E's last hurrahs.)

davemackey · « **Reply #71 on:** October 06, 2009, 06:50:49 AM »

[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'227796\' date=\'Oct 5 2009, 08:03 PM\']I forgot about "Fun Factory" and I would agree, that was the worst of the three. At least "Diamond Head Game" gave us Jane Nelson![/quote]
Best things about "Fun Factory" were Stan Worth leading the live band in studio. And that really tall, really funny Betty Thomas, later a respected director of such films as "The Brady Bunch Movie" and "Howard Stern Private Parts".

joker316 · « **Reply #72 on:** October 07, 2009, 05:37:22 PM »

G-T: Child's Play - The novelty wore off real fast.

H-Q: Temptation - More like an exercise in ESP rather than a game.

B&E: What's worse, making a "throwaway show" (Pictionary), or butchering one of your classics (TTD'90)? It's a tie for me.

Griffin: Ruckus, just because it stole Reach for the Stars as the endround! Which made it go from bad to worse!

Stewart: Double Talk, enough already!

Barris: The Game Game. What was the game anyway?

Grundy: Time Machine. John Davidson. Nuff said!

Fremantle: CS'01 - Just for the audacity of reviving CS in name only!

TLEberle · « **Reply #73 on:** October 07, 2009, 08:27:51 PM »

[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'228001\' date=\'Oct 7 2009, 02:37 PM\']Griffin: Ruckus, just because it stole Reach for the Stars as the end round! Which made it go from bad to worse![/quote] How can you steal from yourself?

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Fremantle: CS'01 - Just for the audacity of reviving CS in name only!

I don't know who started the "Card Sharks in Name Only" thing, but I'd love to go back in time and give that person a strongly wagged finger for it.

gamed121683 · « **Reply #74 on:** October 07, 2009, 09:05:13 PM »

TLEberle said, "How can you steal from yourself?"

I don't know...Ask this guy!