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mmb5:
Now that Pointless (at least Season 4) is legally on YouTube, I've been watching an episode a day. Alexander Armstrong is just too polite. Everyone is a good contestant. Any missed answer is "bad luck".
So, what shows where a lot more honest when the contestant didn't play that well. One example I can think of is Dick Clark on Pyramid. Others?
TLEberle:
There was at least one interchange on Studio 7 where two players have answered incorrectly and are on the voting block, and Pat says "with those answers do you dread facing either of them?" He was less circumspect in discussing wrong answers, though perhaps not to the level of Gene Rayburn or Richard Dawson.
BrandonFG:
I remember a few Fast Money games where Ray flatly told the player "Looks like we're playing for $5 a point here..."
Fast forward to the Louie era, and he'd tell players they needed a miracle. I believe there was one or two instances where he said he'd do something outrageous if whatever answer was worth the 70 or so points they needed.
Dbacksfan12:
--- Quote from: mmb5 on January 05, 2025, 10:20:02 PM ---Now that Pointless (at least Season 4) is legally on YouTube, I've been watching an episode a day. Alexander Armstrong is just too polite. Everyone is a good contestant. Any missed answer is "bad luck".
So, what shows where a lot more honest when the contestant didn't play that well. One example I can think of is Dick Clark on Pyramid. Others?
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An obvious answer, though not in the spirit of the question is Weakest Link.
I seem to remember Monty Hall making snippy comments to traders who made a bad deal. There's times I felt he was pleased he fooled a contestant.
ETA:
Here's an example at the 5:45 mark. Monty sounds like he's scolding 3rd graders who acted up.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on January 05, 2025, 10:56:22 PM ---An obvious answer, though not in the spirit of the question is Weakest Link.
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Even thought he was more of a wiseacre I thought George Gray had no truck for stupidity in terms of contestants being rather thick in terms of missing the easier material. Same with Jane Lynch.
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