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clemon79:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jun 26 2003, 03:22 PM\'] We also have the NetZero ISP clock timing the rounds. Ain't product placement wonderful? [/quote]
Maybe we can arrange a deal with Fear Factor: would you rather see Comcast Cable or AT&T buy the naming rights to the infamous 'Chuck Bucket? :)
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---the mental nature of most of the games meant the show had a natural play along at home factor.
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That seems to be the biggest difference between the UK show and the US one, and it's major. Most of the games in the US version are elaborately staged physical challenges. Maybe once a show there's an observational matching game of some sort (match the eightysomething woman with her 1940s pin-up photo was a personal favorite), and even rarer, there's occasionally a Q&A associated with one of the challenges. The only regular Q&A is the final round, which plays exactly like yours. Problem is, the questions are usually pretty easy but the contestants, chosen for their looks and physical ability, can't handle them.
In other words, the vast majority of the play along at home factor has been sucked right out of the US version. It's still fun to watch, but that important element is definitely missing.
tommycharles:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jun 26 2003, 08:29 PM\'] That seems to be the biggest difference between the UK show and the US one, and it's major. Most of the games in the US version are elaborately staged physical challenges. Maybe once a show there's an observational matching game of some sort (match the eightysomething woman with her 1940s pin-up photo was a personal favorite), and even rarer, there's occasionally a Q&A associated with one of the challenges. The only regular Q&A is the final round, which plays exactly like yours. Problem is, the questions are usually pretty easy but the contestants, chosen for their looks and physical ability, can't handle them.
In other words, the vast majority of the play along at home factor has been sucked right out of the US version. It's still fun to watch, but that important element is definitely missing. [/quote]
...and the US version seems to be the only version of the show to do that. I saw a page with pictures of the Aussie version not too long ago (don't ask me to recall it), and they followed the UK version exactly, with similar challenges, and the set and logo were the same.
MCArroyo1:
--- Quote ---Brooke's hosting is definitely improved over last year (she actually is getting off the cue cards a little bit)
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Yes, she has. From PARADE magazine, Brooke Burns describes the tapings for this summer's shows:
Dog Eat Dog is a one-hour, prime-time studio game show whose audience, Brooke said, is \"mostly teen.\" Six contestants compete for a $25,000 prize as they take on a battery of brains-and-brawn tests involving a 30-foot tower and a 300,000-gallon swim tank. Each episode takes a full day to shoot. \"It's a lot of fun,\" Brooke said. \"Our set is huge. And I have a room where I can go to relax between takes and go over my notes to make sure I get the contestants' names right.\"
But what has Brooke really excited about this summer is: no cue cards or scripts. \"We got rid of the TelePrompTer,\" she said. \"I just ad-lib.\"
clemon79:
[quote name=\'MCArroyo1\' date=\'Jul 14 2003, 07:22 PM\'] "We got rid of the TelePrompTer," she said. "I just ad-lib." [/quote]
Well NO WONDER.
Best favor they could have done the kid. It's nice to see someone given credit for having an ounce of talent WHILE AT THE SAME TIME looking damned hot in a black minidress. ;)
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