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Applause SFX?
Matt Ottinger:
From a Scrabble FAQ:
--- Quote ---Selchow & Righter, listed as the US owner on many of your boards, was bought -- in good health -- in 1986 by Coleco, which shortly went into bankruptcy due to the collapse of the market for their Cabbage Patch dolls. Coleco also led itself to bankruptcy in 1987 by losing a fortune on the Adam home computer flop, and the unexpected (to them) slowdown in Trivial Pursuit sales. (Trivial Pursuit was marketed in the US by Selchow & Righter). Scrabble was sold off to Milton Bradley, which was in turn gobbled up by Hasbro.
--- End quote ---
And as to the other question that was asked of me, yes, when I was on SOTC, there was a studio audience made up mostly of tourists. Just as important, though, was the pool of contestants-to-be, who were whipped into a frenzy of supportive cheers and applause. I assume that even more fake-applause was added as well.
Skynet74:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 01:01 PM\'] I guess Matt would know better than most if an audience was actually present at SALE (I would presume there was one).
Doug [/quote]
John would know too. :-) I was there in June of 1988 and Yes there were people surrounding me actually applauding. Don Morrow was announcing then. My Mom thought he was a funny guy.
John
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 03:22 PM\'] John would know too. :-) I was there in June of 1988 and Yes there were people surrounding me actually applauding. Don Morrow was announcing then. My Mom thought he was a funny guy.
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Well, hey, if NBC had bothered to allow its cameras to turn around more than once in a blue moon to show an audience I might've recognized you. At least there is visual evidence Matt was there. :)
Anybody know why the first few rows of the audience wound up on camera for the last few years of SCRABBLE's original run? (And for that matter, did people attending tapings where those first few rows were visible have to be moved around, lest viewers think that shows weren't necessarily produced five-in-one-day?) One has to admit that it was rather unusual for an NBC game that didn't involve its audience to have its audience visible (but McKenzied nonetheless).
Also, for an additional matter, I assume people are moved around in the TPIR audience if they show up for a taping of than one episode--yes? (Never had the pleasure of going out there myself--perhaps one of these days I'll be able to trek out there.)
Doug
TimK2003:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 05:43 PM\']
Also, for an additional matter, I assume people are moved around in the TPIR audience if they show up for a taping of than one episode--yes? (Never had the pleasure of going out there myself--perhaps one of these days I'll be able to trek out there.)
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Going on my experience in September, they have MORE than enough people who want to get in to see 'The Price Is Right' on the Monday double tapings!
Maybe in the show's early 70's era, they may have had shifted audiences around, as the shows were 30 mins each. But today, unless you get out of show taping #1 in time to find that there are still some open seats available for the 2nd taping (a rarity nowadays), each episode has a completely new audience.
uncamark:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 05:43 PM\']Anybody know why the first few rows of the audience wound up on camera for the last few years of SCRABBLE's original run? (And for that matter, did people attending tapings where those first few rows were visible have to be moved around, lest viewers think that shows weren't necessarily produced five-in-one-day?) One has to admit that it was rather unusual for an NBC game that didn't involve its audience to have its audience visible (but McKenzied nonetheless).[/quote]
Gary Johnson and Chris Darley probably thought it would be a nice visual touch for the top of the show and the credits. Also, although people don't usually accuse game shows of sweetening like they do sitcoms, they could also say that there actually is a live audience presence.
I do remember that back in the late 60s a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" was done for ABC with a live audience in a theater. The producer and director decided to include a few audience reaction shots during the play, since they didn't mind trying to hide that it was a stage production. One of the critics still accused them of using canned laughter and cutting in stock footage of audiences, because the live audience that attended the taping seemed to be enjoying the play immensely. You can't win.
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