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joshg:
I've been cataloging some of my tapes lately and I ran across some episodes of Classic Concentration, and I've had some trouble trying to keep track of all the format tweaks and changes they performed on the show in it's short life. In no particular order:

one loss and you're gone
win 2 out of 3 games (the yellow **s on the podiums)
2 losses and you're gone (the red XXs on the podiums)
one bonus round per show
a bonus round after every puzzle
rebus puzzle answers shown before the game starts
the contestant explains the rebus
the sweater shows
those god-awful neon palm trees

Is this the only Goodson (or G-T) show that has ever had a massive amount of on-air tweaking? The only other G-T show that comes to mind in regards of tweaks and changes is Now You See It.

JOSH

Ian Wallis:

--- Quote ---Is this the only Goodson (or G-T) show that has ever had a massive amount of on-air tweaking? The only other G-T show that comes to mind in regards of tweaks and changes is Now You See It.

--- End quote ---


"Now You See It" only had one major change - Christmas week 1974 when they totally revamped the format (speaking of that, has anyone got that first revamped episode on tape?)

They did have a minor change part way through with the "bonus answers" rule, where contestants could get 10 extra points if they got an answer right that they wrote down before the round started.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Nov 24 2003, 10:15 AM\'] Is this the only Goodson (or G-T) show that has ever had a massive amount of on-air tweaking? The only other G-T show that comes to mind in regards of tweaks and changes is Now You See It.
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 By these same arguments, "Password" and "The Price Is Right" have been pretty severely abused over time.

joshg:

--- Quote ---By these same arguments, "Password" and "The Price Is Right" have been pretty severely abused over time.
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"Password" has been abused both on-air (the *wonderful* 'Stars' format) and pre-air (Plus, Super). "Price", IMO, wasn't really abused, but added to by the very nature of the format: different and rotating pricing games. Yes, it was abused pre-air in '72, but if the 'one-bid' (or IUFB or whatever it's called) was to be taken out and the contestants just run up on stage, then that would be abuse...

wait, they did that already... never mind

JOSH

AH3RD:
There is a webpage which so lavishly details such formats: The Classic Concentration Site

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