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3/13 Blockbusters on GSN
jcompton:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:08 AM\'] Gotta wonder, what's your beef with Jeopardy? [/quote]
I've never found it, and straight quiz shows in general, terribly engaging. While I at least respect that Jeopardy tends to reward the most knowledgeable contestants (unlike, say, Weakest Link), watching people knock down trivia questions one by one with very little to break it up just doesn't ring my bell. The occasional A/V question and betting strategies don't raise my interest level any, either. Personal preference.
I actually avoided Millionaire for a while for that very reason, although during the main ABC run I discovered that the other elements of the presentation (music, host, stakes) made it more interesting to me, at least for a time.
--- Quote ---I don't know that Blockbusters is underrated around here. I seem to have brought out every fan the show ever had.
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I'm not arguing for a National Blockbusters Observance Day, but I think a lot of "game show scholars" tend to lump it the way you do: just sort of "there." That, in my book, is underrating it. :)
Fedya:
--- Quote ---I agree with you JCompton, but would like to add a few things you neglected: the format of having questions categorized by one-word answers beginning with a certain letter. The category types on shows like J!, TTD, TJW, and so on, seem fairly similar and conventional to me: History, British Lit, Movies, and so on.
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The first-letter thing was a nice touch and helped keep the game moving along--your path to victory wouldn't be stopped by being a poor history student or whatever. Plus it helped cue contestants (and play-at-home viewers) as to what the answer might be, which a school of game show design says is a Good Thing, yes. I don't think that element in itself would put BB on a pedestal in my mind above the shows you mentioned, although it probably doesn't hurt.
CaseyAbell:
No question that Jeopardy is a "straight" quizzer. It's a very fast-paced, challenging one as well, with great play-along value. It pulls me into the game immediately, and the pace doesn't let go.
Strangely enough, I think Jeopardy may actually be the underrated show among what you flatteringly call "game show scholars." I just call us game show freaks "game show freaks." The show missed GSN's Feast of Favorites both years, which I know is an imperfect measure distorted by bloc voting and a self-selected sample. But it's still something of a surprise.
After all, the show's been on forever, all the way back to the sixties with Art Fleming. It's enjoyed very successful network and syndie runs. Day in, day out, it attracts a large, loyal audience.
Which may be exactly why game show freaks underrate it and get sentimental over far more obscure shows. Jeopardy is too much "everybody's property," much like Wheel of Fortune (which also missed out on this year's Feast of Faves).
PeterMarshallFan:
--- Quote ---Different strokes. I can't believe anybody ranks Bullseye as the third best show of all time. That would make WinTuition the second best. Or maybe the first best.
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Pure taste. I liked Bullseye, and gave it a straight across the board vote in the Feast.
--- Quote ---If I have to choose between the slapstick and silliness of Cram or the sheer snooze of Bullseye, it's not a hard decision. Unless I really need a nap.
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You say that as if you speak for everybody, which you don't.
There's a reason Bullseye made the Feast and Cram didn't.
--- Quote ---Also hard to see why PYL gets in but Whammy doesn't.
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I just liked PYL more. Perhaps because the winnings typically were higher than on W!, but maybe not.
--- Quote ---This list, by the way, mostly confirms my cynical definition of a classic. It also plays pretty well into that hilarious post the Kid made a few days ago on the GSN board: "The Theory of Game Show Classicivity."
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Bull. Pure and utter bull. I like what I like, and if it ain't on GSN, it ain't on GSN.
You know, I can't possibly be the only one sick of hearing you constantly whining about your "cynical definition of a classic." Stop trying to police other people's likes and dislikes. I can ignore it at GSN, but there's no technology for me to do the same here.
SplitSecond:
People are entitled to their own tastes. Hell, I like "The Name's The Same".
Don't tell anybody.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 02:13 PM\'] But it's still something of a surprise.
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Not hardly. Unless the option to vote for a certain era of the show was there (and it wasn't), why would people vote for Jeopardy when it's been on five days a week pretty much continuously for twenty friggin' years?
--- Quote ---much like Wheel of Fortune (which also missed out on this year's Feast of Faves).
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Fancy that. Same argument.
--- Quote ---which I know is an imperfect measure distorted by bloc voting and a self-selected sample.
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No, it's an imperfect measure because it's NOT A DETERMINATION OF QUALITY. It was a poll asking people what shows they would like to see in a marathon. "What shows I would like to watch on a one-shot basis" and "what shows are my favorites" are two distinct different lists.
I am SO TIRED of people pointing to that damn poll and trying to pull any useful metrics out of it, because it simply wasn't designed to produce them.
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