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Best Game Show Finales – Your Picks?
clemon79:
--- Quote from: Eric Paddon on January 02, 2025, 05:01:46 PM ---Peter's closing remarks were rushed and while he mentioned Wally Cox and Charley Weaver, not mentioned was Paul Lynde (was he not supposed to?).
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Wally and Charley had shuffled off this mortal coil, whereas Paul was still alive and his leaving the show (at the time - he didn't return until they moved the syndicated show to Vegas, right?) was somewhat acrimonious, so it wouldn't surprise me if Paul was "edited" out of the remarks.
carlisle96:
--- Quote from: Eric Paddon on January 02, 2025, 05:01:46 PM ---I give low marks to final episodes with interrupted games that aren't even resolved with a split the money deal or whoever is in the lead wins. That happened on "Pass The Buck" (video is not out but there is an audio only recording out there) and also I think on the "Battlestars" revival.
I also was not impressed with the NBC HSQ finale. Not only did you have Wayland and Madame constantly waste time, you also had a very pathetic attempt to try and give away the five wins in a row jackpot by bringing back a recently defeated champ who had won three games I think, then they automatically awarded her the money for a fourth game and hoped she could win a final game (she didn't but they let her make a bonus pick anyway after the winning contestant got a lame prize with his bonus pick and she ended up winning the $5000 prize!) Peter's closing remarks were rushed and while he mentioned Wally Cox and Charley Weaver, not mentioned was Paul Lynde (was he not supposed to?). All in all not a good final episode for a show that when it went off was just one year short of the daytime game show record.
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She looked genuinely pissed by Wayland Flowers' screwing around when time ran out. I think Rose Marie once said the stars could joke around all they want, but don't dare do it during a Secret Square or when something else big was at stake
wdm1219inpenna:
Hit-Man if only due to Rod Roddy's ticket plug:
Classic!
Bob Barker's final Price is Right episode to be sure.
SRIV94:
--- Quote from: carlisle96 on January 03, 2025, 01:57:09 PM ---I think Rose Marie once said the stars could joke around all they want, but don't dare do it during a Secret Square or when something else big was at stake
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Save Jonathan Winters--he ate up camera time (even during the SS) like it was cake. Even Paul Lynde (on the rare occasion when he was a SS) knew to play it straight.
calliaume:
--- Quote from: SRIV94 on January 03, 2025, 08:44:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: carlisle96 on January 03, 2025, 01:57:09 PM ---I think Rose Marie once said the stars could joke around all they want, but don't dare do it during a Secret Square or when something else big was at stake
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Save Jonathan Winters--he ate up camera time (even during the SS) like it was cake. Even Paul Lynde (on the rare occasion when he was a SS) knew to play it straight.
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Which may have been why Winters was only booked on the daytime version once. Someone else with more experience can determine whether he was made the Secret Square frequently (or not) on the syndicated run.
Dawson told Maxine Fabe "Some of the worst celebrities on game shows are the stand-up comics. They're getting big bucks with an ad lib and the contestant's ten thousand bucks is going down the drain. All someone has to do on Match Game is to try that once and they're never invited back."
From memory, Art James on the finale of The Who, What or Where Game: "Since this is our last show, and today's is Ron Greenberg's birthday, here is your $10,000 stake in the game."
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