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Winkfan:
In case you may forget, this coming Saturday's edition of Blockbusters (3/13/04 on GSN) will feature the 'swan song' of Liz & Pat McCarthy.

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Nanette Fabray of the Big Board!'

mctoyboy:
Very excited.....i was worried GSN would end up pulling the show before Pzt & Liz finished their run! Looks like we'll see even more of the series though......=)
j

CaseyAbell:
According to the Adlink schedules, Blockbusters keeps it twice-a-week showings (10:00 AM Eastern Sat-Sun) as long as the schedules run. Which is through the end of April.

Not to get an argument going (who, ME?) but what's so great about Blockbusters, anyway? It's a pretty routine quizzer, kinda slow, not particularly suspenseful. Mr. Cullen still launches a zinger or two, but the gameplay just sort of moseys along. An okay time-filler on GSN weekends but hardly a gem of the genre, IMO.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 06:21 AM\'] Not to get an argument going (who, ME?) but what's so great about Blockbusters, anyway? It's a pretty routine quizzer, kinda slow, not particularly suspenseful. Mr. Cullen still launches a zinger or two, but the gameplay just sort of moseys along. An okay time-filler on GSN weekends but hardly a gem of the genre, IMO. [/quote]
 It's got that old time 70s/80's feel to it, a game board that isn't computer generated, neat strategy as they have miniaturized Hex to work on a game-show-sized board, and an endgame you can play along with and is fast-paced.

What's so great about Lingo, anyway?

CaseyAbell:

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Apparently the ratings ain't too awful. It's one of the Three Musketeers that rescued GSN's prime time numbers from the oblivion of last August and September. Somehow, I don't think Blockbusters would have done quite so well.

It's kind of funny, but your main praise of the show relates to what it's not. I'll agree the show's not computer-generated, and its 80's feel means it's not like shows nowadays. Which, in fact, is probably Blockbusters' main attraction. It's a slow-pokey, old-fashioned show that some viewers feel comfortable with.

Like I said, a nice filler for GSN weekends. But not exactly a candidate for the top twenty game shows of all time.

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