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"Bingable" game shows?
Chelsea Thrasher:
I have wound up with an absolutely ludicrous amount of Wheel of Fortune from the 90s into the 2000s in my own personal library, and I have been blown away with how insanely bingeable this show is, and how well it fits any level of engagement to which I want to commit. Ambient background noise? It's fantastic. Actively paying attention? It's a fun time. Works on any level in between too. With just enough funny, interesting, or weird moments to hook. Especially with long streaks of consecutive episodes. (I'm missing like twenty total between 1994 and 2003).
(Related yet tangent: This show absolutely should never have gotten rid of returning champions. It's most engaging contestants rival or outpace anything Jeopardy has ever cooked up while the enhanced luck factor means it's never as much of a lock as Jeopardy superchamps often are, so you wind up more interested in following them)
TimK2003:
I'll add 2 more:
● (The New) Treasure Hunt... The only consistant, redundant aspect of that show was Ameile saying "Yes I Did". Otherwise, you couldn't really predict how they were going to award a prize or a Klunk to a contestant.
Also from the Barris files:
● The Newlywed Game (pre 90's eras in particular). From either/or questions, multiple choice questions (whose order was always changed once the couples were together again), defining words within questions ("What do you dip your cruller in??), whoopee questions,..etc.
Blanquepage:
My most recent binges from both digitizing VHS holdings of series' and catching up on digital content:
- Starcade: as a child of the 80s and a fan of Geoff's, binging the series was highly amusing yet comforting nostalgia
- The New Liar's Club: getting past the cheap prizes, it was a solid format with an entertaining regular panel that I'm glad bonusround.ca posted
- Cullen TPiR: really missing it on BUZZR Saturday mornings, I got as much joy from that block of 3 episodes as an adult as I did watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid
- Go: Underappreciated series, each episode goes by so quickly. Not a perfect game, but KO was a solid emcee and it moved along at a good pace
- The New Treasure Hunt and Treasure Hunt '81: if I could acquire the whole series of the original, I would. Geoff was an ace in both versions and it's definitely my favorite Barris product
Nowadays: Recording Break the Bank from GameTV and watching the episodes back-to-back on Saturday or Sunday.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on May 24, 2023, 09:27:30 PM ---I'll add 2 more:
● (The New) Treasure Hunt... The only consistant, redundant aspect of that show was Ameile saying "Yes I Did". Otherwise, you couldn't really predict how they were going to award a prize or a Klunk to a contestant.
--- End quote ---
Good one. I’d add the original Gong Show.
Sodboy13:
Thanks to the kindness of uploaders on this board, I have had to force myself to bed rather than fire up another episode of Temptation. American $OTC can scratch the same itch for me. A champion's run can suck you in, and the rapid fire questions get you engaged while the shopping segments offer enough moments for my brain to kind of reset before getting after it again.
In contrast, an hour of Jeopardy in a night is probably my cutoff.
Monty's LMAD is probably another binger for me. I love watching him work, and it's fascinating to me how the show so often works the same beats but manages to play them a little differently every time.
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