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« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2003, 03:40:54 PM »
I would imagine that a good deal of the cost would be for whoever produced the DVD to research the moments and obtain the rights to produce such a DVD (unless Fremantle decided to do it on their own).  I don't think the actual DVD production & duplication would be that expensive.

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« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2003, 03:58:41 PM »
If it's a clip show, it'll be the stuff we've all seen before anyway. (It's surprising, though, that CBS doesn't slap one of these together and run it, given the success of the NBC "Most Outrageous" shows.)

How else would one do a TPIR DVD? One show from every year could be cool. But I agree--it's not production that would cost so much, it's the cost of putting someone on the job who cares about the end product.

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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2003, 04:27:54 PM »
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Do you really think this is going to interest ANYONE outside of the tiny world of die-hard game show fans? Didn't you read the post about American Idol DVDs lying fallow in a deep-discount bin at Wal Mart?

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« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2003, 05:57:25 PM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 10:14 AM\'] But I always ask myself this question...
Were people really demanding shows like M*A*S*H and Married with Children to be released on DVD? (IIRC, MWC is owned by Sony, so they could easily absorb a loss) [/quote]
There were people "demanding" that Clerks: The Animated Series be released on DVD, even though only six episodes were ever made, and of those, ABC only aired two of them!  (Cartoon Network aired the rest, but long after the DVD set was released.)  The producers have to guess how many people would buy the DVDs in question, and then determine whether or not the price required to turn a profit justifies it.

However, let's not forget the main problem with releasing TPIR onto video; even "best of" moments are subject to scrutiny for things like fur coats.  (So much for having the first episode on DVD...)


-- Don (and yes, there were two DVDs for the six-episode Clerks series, mainly because each disc had two versions of each episode (regular and animatic), so there was a total of 10 hours of video involved.)

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« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2004, 02:53:21 AM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 02:37 PM\'] Sometimes, I think Barker is a lot like Pat Sajak in that he doesn't want to be associated with anything TPIR releases.

Have there been any TPIR items sold with Barker's likeness on them? (Maybe an early TPIR home game?) [/quote]
 Nope. Any box gamer can tell you Bark never made an appearance on the TPIR home game, and there was never any other "merchandising" from the series back in the day.

Sajak's stance on "Wheel" and not appearing on the software like Vanna does could stem from an observation he made a long while back, that he would feel silly making an appearance on the box of the game, and then lest anything happen to him, it'd be a bit creepy that Pressman would have the late Pat Sajak on their boxes of WOF.
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« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2004, 08:04:42 AM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 02:37 PM\']

Have there been any TPIR items sold with Barker's likeness on them? (Maybe an early TPIR home game?) [/quote]
 Bob has not appeared on any of the home game boxes IIRC, though there is a picture of a host that looks a little bit like him on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the 70s TPIR home games.

Do they sell Barker postcards(like those prospective audience members and contestants get in the mail upon getting tickets) at the CBS Store in LA?

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« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2004, 08:06:34 AM »
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 03:57 PM\'] There were people "demanding" that Clerks: The Animated Series be released on DVD, even though only six episodes were ever made [/quote]
 COMPLETELY different animal. There are Kevin Smith fans (myself included) who want to see anything he creates. With KS stuff, as long as the production values of the DVDs are high (extras, commentary, Easter eggs...you will NEVER see Smith do another DVD like the first release of Dogma again), it's a guaranteed seller, there is a ready-made purchasing base. And it's big enough to support DVD sales, unlike the similar fan base for a TPiR product.
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« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2004, 08:12:38 AM »
We reported of another particularly obscure show popping up on DVD or VHS recently: NBC's 1991 daytime talk/magazine show Trialwatch. More people would buy a DVD of a long-running game show than they would of that show, wouldn't they?

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« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2004, 11:35:47 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 08:06 AM\'] [quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 03:57 PM\'] There were people "demanding" that Clerks: The Animated Series be released on DVD, even though only six episodes were ever made [/quote]
COMPLETELY different animal. There are Kevin Smith fans (myself included) who want to see anything he creates. With KS stuff, as long as the production values of the DVDs are high (extras, commentary, Easter eggs...you will NEVER see Smith do another DVD like the first release of Dogma again), it's a guaranteed seller, there is a ready-made purchasing base. And it's big enough to support DVD sales, unlike the similar fan base for a TPiR product. [/quote]
 Anybody else buy Mr. Smith's "Mallrats" just to see Art James again?
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« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2004, 12:32:01 PM »
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Do they sell Barker postcards(like those prospective audience members and contestants get in the mail upon getting tickets) at the CBS Store in LA?
They do sell the Barker postcards, but AFAIK they are only available there. I'm talking about a commercial product that is sold outside of CBS with his likeness.

People who send away asking for tickets get postcards? You might be thinking of years back when audience members were given postcards with postage paid to mail to their friends telling them when the show airs, how much fun they had, etc...
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Enjoy lots and lots of backstage TPIR photos and other fun stuff here. And yes, I did park in Syd Vinnedge's parking spot at CBS

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« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2004, 04:07:39 PM »
More likely than not, the only way shows like TPiR, Feud and the like would ever make it to DVD would be if there would be a compilation of several different game show in one box set.

There are companies out there that have put together video and/or DVD collections of shows from a certain era or genre that, by themselves, would not merit a profitable venture but by merging them with other similar shows, there is a possibility for a break-even or profit.

In many of these "collections', the shows that are used are not necessarily best-of's -- moreso random hand picked episodes.

So if you are going to write letters to Columbia House, Time-Life, or other companies who specialize in TV rerun collections, you may have a better chance asking them to assemble collections like the following:

•  The Goodson-Todman, Barry-Enright, etc... Collection:  Vol. 1: The 50s, Vol. 2: The 60s, Vol. 3: The 70s, and have one or two episodes from each series.

•  Panel Games:  (with 1 or 2 eps each of WML, TTTT, etc...)

•  Q & A Games:  (J!, $64,000 Question, Sale of the Century,...)

•  Casino Game Shows: (Gambit, Card Sharks, Jokers Wild, High Rollers...)

Or my personal favorite:

•  Game Shows -- 19xx   (an assortment of 5 or 6 shows from each year per disc).  What an interesting collection if you got a DVD with shows from 1975 like Big Showdown, Moneymaze, Gambit,...)

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« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2004, 05:41:06 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 11:35 AM\'] Anybody else buy Mr. Smith's "Mallrats" just to see Art James again? [/quote]
Goodness, no. However, that was the only reason I watched that awful movie when ABC ran it a few years ago. The scene with Stan "The Man" Lee was an added bonus.
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« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2004, 07:02:48 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 09:35 AM\'] Anybody else buy Mr. Smith's "Mallrats" just to see Art James again? [/quote]
 ...and if you DID, go back and watch it so more. There are SO many AWESOME extras on that disc, one of the best commentary tracks on a DVD ever, and a neato easter egg if you know where to look... ;)
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« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2004, 11:08:08 AM »
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Do you really think this is going to interest ANYONE outside of the tiny world of die-hard game show fans?

For a big show like Price, there could be a market for something like this.  Heck, they could promote it during the show.  It could be used as a pricing game prize or Bob could mention that it's available in stores...lot's of free advertising potential on a show with a built in audience.

Any other show would probably be a tough sell.

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« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2004, 01:23:24 AM »
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Do you really think this is going to interest ANYONE outside of the tiny world of die-hard game show fans?

For a big show like Price, there could be a market for something like this.  Heck, they could promote it during the show.  It could be used as a pricing game prize or Bob could mention that it's available in stores...lot's of free advertising potential on a show with a built in audience.

Any other show would probably be a tough sell.

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 The embarrassing part would be when they use it in a pricing game at $20 and by the time the show is rerun, it's in the $10 bin.
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