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"The little things" you miss on shows
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on October 09, 2022, 09:17:13 PM ---I don't disagree, but the Daily Double sound also feels like what the future might've sounded like in 1984.
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You're making my point better than I did with that sentence. In 1984 it sounded like the future. In 2022, it sounds like the past.
--- Quote ---Although the current board fill-in SFX fits better in 2022 - and is a nice update to the original - are they really saving that much time? What's one or two seconds?
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I think their time argument is hooey. There are much better places to save time, as others have mentioned. I think they just blame it on time rather than try to convince game show fans that change is good.
trainman:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on October 09, 2022, 06:36:47 PM ---How many times in an average episode does the host embellish some extra factoid or general comment after the correct answer ("question") has been given? Elimination of those few seconds could open up time for some of the things Ken says he misses.
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Those extra factoids are probably a lot more interesting to the average viewer than the dollar values popping onto the board would be.
BrandonFG:
Piggybacking off my point that the closing credits are usually an afterthought, the Wizard of Odds ep. circulating reminded me of something else.
The female contestant wins the car, and during the credits Alex invites her husband to come down and greet his wife. The husband eventually hops in the car and the two hug. It’s one of those sweet moments you just don’t see as much anymore. Honestly, it feels like contestant celebrations in general are much more subdued nowadays.
Kniwt:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on October 13, 2022, 09:50:32 PM ---Honestly, it feels like contestant celebrations in general are much more subdued nowadays.
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Press Your Luck says "hold my beer." :)
jjman920:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on October 09, 2022, 07:34:18 PM ---Count me as one who thinks the old board sound effect should NOT come back.
It was lovely, and it's nostalgic, but it was part of a futuristic, hi-tech motif that was abandoned twenty-five years ago. On today's fresh modern set, it would sound dated. The new version is a better fit for what they're doing these days.
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I think the nostalgia is simply the reason you bring it back. It doesn't exactly fit with the show, but it was such an iconic piece that it'd be an acceptable anachronism. Where it sounding dated is overlooked because it's just a part of the show's history. It's not as iconic as TPIR's theme song, the introduction to Grand Game and, by extension, the Family Feud theme, but I figure with a lot of nostalgia being infused in game shows now (both to good use and bad), I think that the board filling SFX would be a good use of nostalgia.
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