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BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 05:30 PM\'] I began seeing GSN somewhat regularly when Comcast added it to its Eatontown system sometime in 1996. This was when my cable system was not yet acquired by Comcast, and it took some doing for Adelphia to add GSN, which they finally did on April 15, 1998. At one time, GSN was Channel 19 on the Comcast system.
But we did see snippets of the channel from tapes fed to us by Dave Hammett, who also sent us a copy of a "Club AM" call-in segment in which Steve Day spoke the names of both Mackey brothers, live and on TV. The current GSN would never do that. There was also at one time a streaming Internet feed of GSN, which was soon discontinued when someone found out people were actually watching it.
Of course, the last shred of interactivity (besides the interactive games) was "Extreme Gong." The producers read the old alt.tv.game-shows and although we were made fun of there, it made for some good television the night George Gray was asked to display a vacuum cleaner hose on the air... and... well, we'll let George himself finish the story...
--- Quote ---WD-40
It was actually all a coincidence that I carried a
vaccuum hose :)
You had to ask for somtin' weird like that didn't you,
you bastard? Do you know how hard that was?
......actually, every day our props person Donna gives
me something cool to have for the show (my one tip of
the hat to dear Mr. Barris). I told her no one would
believe that this new idiot on line "extremeg" was me
unless I had a damn hose......she had that sucker (she
took it off a real vaccuum at the studio) in less than
5 minutes! Donna rocks!
--- End quote ---
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Ah, yes, the infamous Extreme Gong incident, which sent the whole ATGS community up in arms, as if their reputation was truly tarnished.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 07:13 PM\'] Ah, yes, the infamous Extreme Gong incident, which sent the whole ATGS community up in arms, as if their reputation was truly tarnished. [/quote]
I have to admit I still snicker whenever I see a Scott Satin-produced show take a dive. :)
tomarkenfan77:
it was great from dec.94- 2/97 there was lots of Tomarken live on his show decades then
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