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My own radio game show!
DrBear:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 02:12 AM\'] [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 02:35 PM\'] Hmmm...charades? :) [/quote]
I think Blockbusters would adapt ever so well to radio. Or Concentration. [/quote]
Actually, I was thinking "Win, Lose or Draw...."
Seriously, have fun with it. Do something silly like "Dead or Canadian?" Or maybe a Cram-style guess-the-riddle contest. And remember to sneak "The Phrase That Pays" in there someplace.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 08:11 AM\'] Seriously, have fun with it. Do something silly like "Dead or Canadian?" [/quote]
That's another excellent idea. Get a couple of the more recent editions of You Don't Know Jack and steal (or write your own!) some Dis or Dat questions.
"I have a list of seven names, for each one, you will have to tell me whether it is a Pasta, or an Opera Composer. Five points for each right answer, and remember that the high scorer at the end of the show wins a prize. You will have two seconds to answer, so be fast. Are you ready?"
"Um, yeah."
"Then here we go. Puccini! Fusilli! Rigatoni! Bellini! Donizetti!"
If you could set up several such games, for a flat point amount each (say, 50 overall), you could play them TPiR style. I think playing the Mystery Guest game WML-style is a great idea too. The all-sports station in San Francisco used to do it, except of course they had the famous sports figure on the line, but you can do it without that, if you come up with a good hint to lead people in the right direction.
"Thanks for playing, Bob, we'll be in touch if you're our winner. We're gonna take a quick break, Name That Dude is coming up after this..."
You might also consider using your PD / producer as a sidekick...it'll take some of the heat off of you, and butter him up nicely ;) Give him the Randy job:
"Rick, who is our next player?"
"Ryan, please welcome Dick Hertz!"
"Hi, Dick, howareya?"...etc.
vtown7:
Guys and gals,
Thanks SO MUCH for all of your suggestions. They're great! That idea of rotating games is very intriguing. I'm meeting with the production manager this week and hopefully we'll be able to mount a pilot show soon enough!
And Jason: you can call. I'll take your call :)
Paging Randy: you want a job? I can pay you in Cod. :)
Cheers, and thanks,
Ryan :)
gameshowhost1:
I do a daily quiz/trivia show here in Huntington, West Virginia. My 100th show is Monday, Nov.17. I call it "Take A Chance." It's simplistic in nature, but very few people win out. I offer 6 categories, just like Jeopardy! There are 3 questions in the category. The caller picks 1 of the 6 categories and I ask the 1st question. If answered right a prize is given. The caller risks losing that prize to move to #2. If answered right, caller gets both prizes. The caller risks losing the 2 prizes to move on to #3. If answered correctly, caller gets all 3 prizes and is registered for a jackpot prize at the end of 6 weeks. If the caller misses along the way, a consolation prize is given.
I'm at a commercial station here, so the "sales weasels" get me stuff to give away. I could envision a campus station giving away t-shirts, coupons, college apparel, etc.
I have a theme, sfx of right & wrong answers and an announcer(Adam Nedeff)who is also a member of this board.
The execution comes off very nicely.
joshg:
--- Quote ---I think Blockbusters would adapt ever so well to radio. Or Concentration.
--- End quote ---
On my rarely heard college station back East, my radio partner and I actually DID play 'Blockbusters' on the radio for our morning show...
Granted we were stopping people outside the studio to challenge my co-host in-studio, but still, it's difficult to play 'Blockbusters' (a purely visual game) on the radio.
How about radio 'Match Game'?
JOSH
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