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TimK2003:
--- Quote from: The Ol' Guy on January 16, 2025, 06:28:24 PM ---Why not? The geezer weighs in...
Always enjoyed the big clunky machines. B&E had a knack for them. Immediately disliked it when Classic Concentration and Blockbusters II went to computer generated boards. Art James struck me as a somewhat awkward, though nice, host. Frequent hesitations and momentary lapses while trying to figure out what to do on shows like Catch Phrase and Pay Cards. Was fine on Temptation and WWW.
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I've always wondered if Ron Greenberg ever thought of tapping Art James as Jack Barry's successor on Joker after Jack died since they tag teamed for the 3W's.
Speaking of B&E, I was a fan of most of their shows when I was a kid because of the "chrome" -- lights and sfx. Now as an adult, with the exception of the CBS run of TJW (which used challenging questions) and Break The Bank, once you overlooked the chrome, the shows were just meh.
--- Quote from: clemon79 on January 16, 2025, 04:41:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on January 15, 2025, 07:35:24 PM ---Ted Slauson gave me the creeps in Perfect Bid. I couldn't care less about him going Rain Man with the prices and whether or not it was legal. The dude was just strange.
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Both of these takes are so cold Imma need to find a sweater. I could have truncated Brandon's after the sixth word.
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/Channeling Art Fern @ the Slauson cut-off...
SuperSweeper:
I have three...
He's rarely mentioned, but Pat Sajak is one of the best Password celebrities. He was consistently solid. I think he's overlooked because he really didn't do word games outside of Password, and with the exception of one week of Password Plus, he only did Super Password.
After having watched the entire run via Tubi, I feel that Relatively Speaking was a good show that was never going to succeed in the era in which it was conceived. I've never seen the appeal of John Byner and Jamie Farr, but they were both great here (and Anne Bloom and Meredith MacRae were fine picks for the regular panelists). I could see this working as a weekly show in the '70s or something a decade or so later (maybe on GSN?), but as a daily show in the '80s? Yeah, no. (Also, can someone please dig up the theme for this one? So, so good.)
Although I really hate the way it's utilized, Stack the Deck is far from the worst pricing game on Price today. It's clear that the staff doesn't care for it (I've seen Drew rip it at tapings, and it's one of two active games that's never been played in primetime - Check Game is the other), but it's apparently still fulfilling a purpose. I think there are much, much worse games - mostly quickies that are boring, games that really need a refresh (usually due to inflation), or both (looking at you, Squeeze Play and Range Game).
The Ol' Guy:
Good points, Tim. I remember the time that Art James was doing announcer chores on Joker and he screwed up a prize plug, leading to Jack saying on-air, "Well said, Art." He didn't last long. I liked how one person described the B&E q&a trilogy - "the shows are like ice cream. One is vanilla, one tastes like chocolate, another tastes like strawberry, but they're all ice cream." All 5th grade level Q&As. The redeeming factor with Joker was the wheels. You could be a genius, but if the wheel spins were bad for you and better for your opponent, you could still lose despite answering every question. You always had to play the hand given you.
TimK2003:
One correction to the B&E Chrome look, actually, an exception...
The Hollywood Connection set looked like a local TV station's attempt at a game show using a used local telethon set.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on January 16, 2025, 04:41:38 PM ---Both of these takes are so cold Imma need to find a sweater. I could have truncated Brandon's after the sixth word.
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I only have hoodies to lend you, assuming my lady didn't steal them already. :P I considered it a hot take because it felt like everyone loved the documentary and put him on a pedestal (even the non-fanbois), and I just didn't get the appeal.
To Aaron and everyone else's point, I definitely learned not to watch the clock with it comes to PYL. And I echo the others who said the bonus round is unnecessary. I always found it to be too much like Deal or No Deal and would rather just have two self-contained shows where the high score wins.
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