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Ian Wallis:
This one's hard for me because I kept written records of game shows from the mid-70s onwards for a few years, so whenever I looked back on those it refreshed my memory.

Here's one that comes to mind that I saw before I started writing all of this down:  I remember on the initial episodes of Match Game 73 that Richard sat in seat 3 for a bunch of shows.  When GSN started rerunning  them my memory was confirmed...although I'd totally forgotten that they reversed the male-female seating for a few shows during the second week.  I also remembered that Brett sat in seat 4 in her first appearance, but I'd forgotten how many times she sat there before moving permanently into seat 2.  I also remembered the episode where Richard made everyone change seats at the beginning...I knew it was in the latter part of '75 but couldn't remember quite when.  I was happy to see that one pop up on GSN!

whewfan:

--- Quote from: jlgarfield on November 10, 2023, 04:04:54 PM ---For a certain period in the 1990s, the colors of the TPiR Showcase podiums were reversed (normal convention from 1984-2002 was orange on the left, purple on the right). I thought this was some sort of fever dream. XD

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I had asked Roger about this... the simple answer was, nobody noticed they got reversed. The bid displays worked either way. I mean, if they can overlook removing the showcase podiums for one show when they were present behind Bob during the intro, surely they can overlook whether the purple and orange podiums are supposed to be on the left or right. It's a good thing the first game wasn't on the turntable, or it would've been awkward. Related to this, someone asked Roger why the green and blue contestants' row readouts were switched. His reply "Were they? I never noticed that!" So obviously, that wasn't his call, but they were switched to match the rear curtain colors.

Jamey Greek:
I remember watching an episode of Classic Concentration when I was little and during the end credits Marjorie stepped on Alex's foot with her red heels.  Marjorie herself (she has an instagram) and some people in game show groups on Facebook confirmed it.

Jeremy Nelson:
I recalled Jeopardy trotting out a Bonus category in the late 90s where every clue in that category had two correct responses- after giving the first one, you could opt to give the second for double the clue value.

God bless J-Archive.

TLEberle:

--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on November 10, 2023, 02:02:24 PM ---When I was younger, I remembered seeing a WitWiCS episode with jacked up scoring that never appeared again.  This board (and subsequently, YouTube) helped confirm that memory.

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i remember this as the pilot format that more closely represented the computer game where going to a wrong location would cost you time to come back and either interview more witnesses or travel again. As clever as it was I think they made the right call because the viewers might be confused by a right answer deducting points, just fewer points than a wrong answer. Doing it as a more classic game show format served the material better.

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