Body Language: Every word guessed in the acting portion goes into a pot that is collected by the team that solves the puzzle.
Weakest Link: Strongest Link in each round gets immunity.
I've always thought those two changes would legit make the games better.
With Body Language - Double values in round 2. High score after 4 puzzles wins. Tie breaker puzzle if needed.
Weakest Link - players blind to strongest/weakest link. If strongest link is voted off, he/she can choose which of his voters to eliminate.
My changes:
Shop 'til you Drop - winning couples' score determines method to getting to second floor. Low score - gotta use an elevator; average score - you get the stairs; high score - you get an escalator. Put the high end stores on the upper floor (but not necessarily the high end prizes). Convert the lower floor to a food court, DMV/Marriage License center, Post Office.
Password '75 - two changes -
* Password round - winner remains at the table to defend their crown
* Password pool round - first player to 4 goes to the Password round; remaining players stay until they fail to qualify twice. Players ejected by Password pop-up seats (kidding - baaroop!)
Pyramid - main game - contestants keep getting items until their 30 seconds expire
Wheel of Fortune - number of $100k/$1 mil cards on wheel equal to the number of puzzles contestant solved in main game
Chain Reaction Cullen - ability to give letters to the opposing player on deck. If letter is given to opposing on deck player, next letter option moves to next player on that team.
Also eliminate the double scores and/or make the win target 99. Or at least bring back a loser for best 2/3. The main games were so short and the bonus rounds were so long. An average game was around 1.5 chains.
Bullseye - end the bonus round after 5 spins. No auto freezing bullseyes. If you don't hit $1000 after 5 spins too bad game over you keep what you've got. Also your main game contracts are either 1, 2, 3 or Bullseye. Bullseye contracts end when spinning player stops or when opposing player answers correctly.