The Game Show Forum > The Big Board
Your hottest game show takes
Dbacksfan12:
--- Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on January 14, 2025, 07:52:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on January 14, 2025, 04:45:29 PM ---Here's a "Which Came First?" Question from. The Barker Era:
• The Spay & Neuter sign-off, or
• The Adopt A Dog or Cat From Your Local Shelter segment that was occasionally featured during an IUFB?
--- End quote ---
Spay/Neuter sign-offs were being occasionally used no later than May 1982 (GSN skipped so many episodes from that season that it's unknown where they began). For the first couple of years, Bob would make a point to do one occasionally but usually only when they had a few seconds, the winner didn't have a mob running up to congratulate them, etc.
As for the person who said January 1984, no.
--- End quote ---
I apologize for this error. For some reason, I thought the timeline started with the first month of the year.
--- Quote ---I liked Jeopardy better when it had a 5-day limit and wasn't dominated by people who spend months preparing and training for it like a sporting event.
--- End quote ---
I agree with this as well. When there's a contestant on that you don't like, you're cheering against him/her (e.g. James Holzhauer), which I don't think is a great way to watch a game show.
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: Blanquepage on January 14, 2025, 08:05:10 PM ---The GameTV Bumper Stumpers reruns really are the ideal nostalgic brain food.
--- End quote ---
Almost mentioned this earlier - I never gave the show much attention back when it aired on USA, but I find it fun to play along with now.
However, my hot take with it - the theme song is the most annoying of all the game show themes.
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: Casey Buck on January 14, 2025, 07:22:15 PM ---And if they do air it, I'm sure they'll get pushback on social media. The sexism that's fundamentally baked into the secretary/wife format has aged like curdled milk.
--- End quote ---
Very much. Not to mention that word is not used in that regard anymore - "administrative assistant" is what it's known as now.
I feel like it was wrong even then, but when I was in college in the '90s, I took a CAD (Computer Aided Design) class. The class was almost all men except for two women - the instructor (male) always, when talking to them, called them "you secretaries". How he never got in trouble for that is beyond me.
Joe Mello:
* Game show fans are not immune to "your tastes peak in adolescence" similar to what happens with music.
* Too many newer games overtune their rubber-banding to allow for comebacks, but I'd rather have a comeback mechanic that's too strong than one that barely does anything
* Lingo without bingo is just L (stands for LACKS)
* The category and called letter should always be below the puzzleboard
* If your final round of The Weakest Link both increases the money ladder and doubles the amount won afterwards, why not just increase the money ladder to those doubled values to begin with
* Japanese game shows of the 70's & 80's are just as varied and interesting as the Game Shows of 75, and I say that without any hint of exoticism
* 45 minutes should be an acceptable length of time for a TV program, with or without ads
* I think an understated reason why game shows feel standardized day-to-day that's hard to put into words is the evolution of the workplace, both in terms of technological advances and changes to how the workplace is viewed
--- Quote ---I liked Jeopardy better when it had a 5-day limit and wasn't dominated by people who spend months preparing and training for it like a sporting event.
--- End quote ---
I question the degree to which this happens. If people are prepping like it's a UFC Fight Camp, then that's a bit extreme, but if you told me I could improve my chance at winning around $20,000 if I just add a few things to my regular routine then I'd be an idiot not to do it. People "train" for other game shows, yet only Jeopardy seems to get flack for it.
I also think the superchamp "problem" became a problem because of the pandemic.
Nick:
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on January 14, 2025, 04:11:18 PM ---It made sense for [Drew] to do the spay/neuter plug when he first took over the show
--- End quote ---
I guess my hot take is that I disagree with that sentiment. Same with keeping Barker's Bargain Bar without a name change, because I guess the fact that it was never played on the Kennedy version wasn't enough of a hint.
--- Quote from: beatlefreak84 on January 14, 2025, 09:40:27 PM ---1. I liked Jeopardy better when it had a 5-day limit and wasn't dominated by people who spend months preparing and training for it like a sporting event.
--- End quote ---
I wouldn't consider this a hot take at all. I'm in full agreement with keeping the five-timers club as the limit. Same with not treating the show like it's the Olympics of quiz shows.
--- Quote from: aaron sica on January 14, 2025, 10:23:17 PM ---However, my hot take with it - the theme song [of Bumper Stumpers] is the most annoying of all the game show themes.
--- End quote ---
It's cheese, but I don't dislike it. The car horns and beeps are fitting for a show themed around vanity licence plates.
Now, the love that some have expressed for the '80s Split Second theme, that's one I don't get. If there was a most uninspiring, stereotypical game show theme of the '80s, that'd be my pick; and the Talk About theme would not be far behind.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version