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vtown7:
--- Quote from: vexer6 on July 25, 2011, 09:44:46 PM ---Another short-lived ABC show was "The Big Moment" where a family member had one week to perform a certain task-like memorizing Pi to the 100th decimal, answering 10 questions on the movie "Ghost" Identifying 12 flavors of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream while blindfolded, etc. It was pretty fun and Brad Sherwood was a great host.
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It has been playing on Radio-Canada for four years, although the last time I saw it, they had changed to a more serious tone in S4 as opposed to the light atmosphere of the first three seasons.
I very nearly ended up on the show... unfortunately there was a scheduling issue with one of my teammates and thus we couldn't make the audition. Shame! Ah well.
I did however go to a taping... having been to several tapings in my lifetime I have to say this was one of the most exciting. One game required players to recall trivia questions which we in the audience couldn't see... so we had no idea of the progress. However, when they won, the host proclaimed "You did it!" and the roof got blown off.
R.
The Ol' Guy:
Hold Everything was little more than Dan Enright's attempt to repackage an equally obscure game he produced in Canada, All About Faces - which had a short syndicated run in the states with host Richard Hayes. This and All About The Opposite Sex were Dan's last shots at post-Barry success. I think those were still listed as Barry & Enright Productions - though a couple of years later, I get a letter from Susan Stafford in an envelope marked Stafford-Enright Productions. He left us not long after that.
Robert Carter:
--- Quote from: vtown7 on July 26, 2011, 08:22:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vexer6 on July 25, 2011, 09:44:46 PM ---Another short-lived ABC show was "The Big Moment" where a family member had one week to perform a certain task-like memorizing Pi to the 100th decimal, answering 10 questions on the movie "Ghost" Identifying 12 flavors of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream while blindfolded, etc. It was pretty fun and Brad Sherwood was a great host.
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It has been playing on Radio-Canada for four years, although the last time I saw it, they had changed to a more serious tone in S4 as opposed to the light atmosphere of the first three seasons.
I very nearly ended up on the show... unfortunately there was a scheduling issue with one of my teammates and thus we couldn't make the audition. Shame! Ah well.
I did however go to a taping... having been to several tapings in my lifetime I have to say this was one of the most exciting. One game required players to recall trivia questions which we in the audience couldn't see... so we had no idea of the progress. However, when they won, the host proclaimed "You did it!" and the roof got blown off.
R.
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Both were versions of "The Moment of Truth," a British show hosted by singer Cilia Black. Ran for four series from 1998 to 2001 on London Weekend Television. (Thanks, as always, to UKgameshows.com.)
vtown7:
--- Quote from: Robert Carter on July 26, 2011, 11:15:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: vtown7 on July 26, 2011, 08:22:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vexer6 on July 25, 2011, 09:44:46 PM ---Another short-lived ABC show was "The Big Moment" where a family member had one week to perform a certain task-like memorizing Pi to the 100th decimal, answering 10 questions on the movie "Ghost" Identifying 12 flavors of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream while blindfolded, etc. It was pretty fun and Brad Sherwood was a great host.
--- End quote ---
It has been playing on Radio-Canada for four years, although the last time I saw it, they had changed to a more serious tone in S4 as opposed to the light atmosphere of the first three seasons.
I very nearly ended up on the show... unfortunately there was a scheduling issue with one of my teammates and thus we couldn't make the audition. Shame! Ah well.
I did however go to a taping... having been to several tapings in my lifetime I have to say this was one of the most exciting. One game required players to recall trivia questions which we in the audience couldn't see... so we had no idea of the progress. However, when they won, the host proclaimed "You did it!" and the roof got blown off.
R.
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Both were versions of "The Moment of Truth," a British show hosted by singer Cilia Black. Ran for four series from 1998 to 2001 on London Weekend Television. (Thanks, as always, to UKgameshows.com.)
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Which in turn came from the original Japanese format "Happy Family Plan".
R.
/credit where credit is due!
calliaume:
--- Quote from: Robert Carter on July 19, 2011, 11:09:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vexer6 on July 18, 2011, 12:14:09 AM ---There was another religious game show called Genesis, it only ever aired once as a pilot on PAX TV, like "Inspiration" it had the grand prize of a trip to holy site, there's more info on here. My link
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Yes, hosted by Jim McKrell of "Celebrity Sweepstakes" fame. It wasn't very well done, as I recall.
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I actually spoke with Jim on the phone a couple of weeks before this aired. (It was a fluke, and it hasn't happened since. Still, how often did George Takei allow a Trekkie to call?) Anyway, he was excited about this, but they only made one episode (which was an hour for reasons unknown), and he had to have known that Pax had money issues (Reel to Reel Picture Show), so in effect the pilot was being aired. And it wasn't a very good game at that.
Susan Seaforth Hayes was one of the contestants -- not a celebrity guest, just a member of one of the two church groups represented. Her acting history and status on Days of Our Lives wasn't mentioned.
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