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Lingo New Year's marathon
uncamark:
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jan 2 2004, 12:13 PM\']So Lingo was already an established game in Europe, then? No need to go over there if not, right? Is "Lingo" an American-ization of a different name?
If it was already a European show, it's awfully hard to believe they used that awful set. Unless, as I said, it was a big hit in the Dutch crackhouses.[/quote]
They sure did--and still do: Here's TROS' page for the show, complete with video clip.
IDTV produces "Lingo" for TROS, who has control of the Nederland 2 channel at the 7:25 p.m. weeknight time it's currently on. You want a further explanation of the public broadcasting system in the Netherlands, look it up yourself because it's too complicated and way offtopic as it is.
But to explain the weird time and the 25-minute length: The shows are shown without interruptions and the commercials (yes, public TV in the Netherlands does have commercials freely marked as such) air between programs.
And yes, Nance is the host, not the model.
Ian Wallis:
Does anybody know exactly when GSN aired the episode with a "0" in the bonus round on New Year's? I checked an episode guide for season 1, and it stated that ep. was the fourth-last originally aired. I was only able to watch from 9 p.m.-midnight (the last six episodes) and didn't see it. GSN obviously aired them in a different order than they originally did...and I missed it again.
As for the contestants on the first season, do we know for sure they were Americans and Canadians living there, or were they just on vacation at the time? When you listen to where they're from and what they're doing (i.e. a lot of students), I find it hard to believe they were all living there ... not that it really matters, but since the point was raised I was always curious about that.
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 3 2004, 11:49 AM\'] Does anybody know exactly when GSN aired the episode with a "0" in the bonus round on New Year's? I checked an episode guide for season 1, and it stated that ep. was the fourth-last originally aired. I was only able to watch from 9 p.m.-midnight (the last six episodes) and didn't see it. GSN obviously aired them in a different order than they originally did...and I missed it again.
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I want to say it aired around 3PM or 3:30 ET (I didn't watch all 20, but I do recall seeing that one). Sorry I didn't get it on tape.
Doug
uncamark:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 3 2004, 12:49 PM\']As for the contestants on the first season, do we know for sure they were Americans and Canadians living there, or were they just on vacation at the time? When you listen to where they're from and what they're doing (i.e. a lot of students), I find it hard to believe they were all living there ... not that it really matters, but since the point was raised I was always curious about that.[/quote]
Some of them were living there at the time--Abby Sher for sure (gulp) because she was a company member of Boom Chicago, the English-language improv troupe in Amsterdam, when she taped the show (the Boom Chicago web site had a picture of her and her partner being coached in Lingo by another company member). If all of them were living there, I don't know--but they could've gotten tourists to come in.
gameshowguy2000:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 2 2004, 03:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jan 2 2004, 12:13 PM\']So Lingo was already an established game in Europe, then? No need to go over there if not, right? Is "Lingo" an American-ization of a different name?
If it was already a European show, it's awfully hard to believe they used that awful set. Unless, as I said, it was a big hit in the Dutch crackhouses.[/quote]
They sure did--and still do: Here's TROS' page for the show, complete with video clip.
IDTV produces "Lingo" for TROS, who has control of the Nederland 2 channel at the 7:25 p.m. weeknight time it's currently on. You want a further explanation of the public broadcasting system in the Netherlands, look it up yourself because it's too complicated and way offtopic as it is.
But to explain the weird time and the 25-minute length: The shows are shown without interruptions and the commercials (yes, public TV in the Netherlands does have commercials freely marked as such) air between programs.
And yes, Nance is the host, not the model. [/quote]
So, is this the only version of Lingo to have a female host (not CO-host)?
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