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[TLEberle]

That’s all fine and good except for the escalating jackpot that rewards carryover champions.

[Neumms]

That’s all fine and good except for the escalating jackpot that rewards carryover champions.

Yeah, I’d get rid of that.

[Long live Jeopardy]

Lynne Thigpen was a much better host for the Carmen Sandiego shows than Greg Lee and Kevin Shinick were.

Who Knows You Best? was a severely underrated 2000-01 Lifetime game show that deserved a longer run.

My favorite version of Let's Make a Deal was the 1984-86 version.

[Jeremy Nelson]

From what I've seen, they did increase by difficulty as one went down each category.

I thought of an idea with dollar amounts on the board, which could be cooler and more apropos than 1 to 5. Going down each category, imagine it’s $200, $500, $1000, $1300 and $2000. You’d only win the money pegged to your five boxes in a row. Sweep a category, it’s $5000. If one’s ambitious, the bottom row is there for $10,000.

One, those dollar value jumps are atrocious and seems like the kind of thing one says online to farm engagement.

Two, there are going to be a ton of confused viewers who will wonder why the show is paying the contestant $600 after losing the bonus round, but getting four of the $2,000 boxes correct.

[SuperMatch93]

Lynne Thigpen was a much better host for the Carmen Sandiego shows than Greg Lee and Kevin Shinick were.

Keke Palmer would be a PHENOMENAL Chief if PBS could ever afford to do that show again.

[TLEberle]

Regarding the Super Jeopardy Bonus Board—I think viewers understood that the numbering is a way to identify without having to assign money amounts to them.

If Newman can offer up something lame, just go whole hog and attach hieroglyphics to each row. British Literature for twisted flax.its a damn sight better than Greek letters.

[RichZ]

I really enjoy Bob Goen Wheel of Fortune. The smaller dollar amounts on the wheel made the game more competitive.

Today - with Prize Puzzles, Toss Ups, and the $1,000 house minimum - most contestants won't risk the money in front of them and take extra spins if they know the puzzle, even if there are several consonants left to be called. However, if I'm on CBS daytime Wheel of Fortune back in the day, I have no problem risking 200 bucks to try to pick off a few more consonants. Also, if I'm in control of the wheel late and am trailing the leader, I'm more likely to "go for it." Again, I'd be more inclined to risk $350 to make my way to the bonus round. Now I'd probably solve to cash in three grand and say "Thank you!"

[jjman920]

I really enjoy Bob Goen Wheel of Fortune. The smaller dollar amounts on the wheel made the game more competitive.

Today - with Prize Puzzles, Toss Ups, and the $1,000 house minimum - most contestants won't risk the money in front of them and take extra spins if they know the puzzle, even if there are several consonants left to be called. However, if I'm on CBS daytime Wheel of Fortune back in the day, I have no problem risking 200 bucks to try to pick off a few more consonants. Also, if I'm in control of the wheel late and am trailing the leader, I'm more likely to "go for it." Again, I'd be more inclined to risk $350 to make my way to the bonus round. Now I'd probably solve to cash in three grand and say "Thank you!"

I feel like there's gotta be a point where you say "this looks cheap," and for me, that point was sub-$100 amounts. I know we can't have the same budget in daytime as we do in nighttime, but seeing the winnings compared to the nighttime version and even the previous decade of the daytime show, my focus was unfortunately more on "look how little they've won" than "I love that they're going for it." They're going for it because they can hardly build up their bank.

I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, free money is free money, and I wouldn't turn it down, but there's a limit to where I'm not going to have a positive opinion of it.

Honestly, I think what made the show more competitive was the shopping. I know it lost its luster and ate up too much time, but watching someone spin specifically so they'd have enough to money to buy nice prizes or the really nice prize on display made for a fun watch if they'd get to their threshold or be struck down by a Lose A Turn or worse, a Bankrupt.

[TimK2003]

I feel like there's gotta be a point where you say "this looks cheap," and for me, that point was sub-$100 amounts. I know we can't have the same budget in daytime as we do in nighttime, but seeing the winnings compared to the nighttime version and even the previous decade of the daytime show, my focus was unfortunately more on "look how little they've won" than "I love that they're going for it." They're going for it because they can hardly build up their bank.

I still don't see why Merv took Wheel to CBS if the stakes were made to be lower...especially with TPIR offering far more in cash and prizes.

As cheap as Bob Stewart was, I don't see him agreeing to revert back to the $10,000 Pyramid the second time around with CBS after jumping to $20,000 by the end of the ABC run.  At least Bob took it to $25K.

[Jeremy Nelson]

I still don't see why Merv took Wheel to CBS if the stakes were made to be lower...especially with TPIR offering far more in cash and prizes.

You're a television producer. One of the big three just canceled your show, and another wants to pick it up right away. Considering that ABC hadn't had a hit daytime game show since Family Feud, if CBS wants to buy, you sell.

I suppose you could argue that Merv was more than flush with cash by 1989, but you know what sounds better than a pile of money? A larger pile of money.

[SRIV94]

I suppose you could argue that Merv was more than flush with cash by 1989, but you know what sounds better than a pile of money? A larger pile of money.

If this were Facebook, you'd get a like. 

[Mr. Armadillo]

Eggcrate displays never should have disappeared.

Password Plus might be the better game, but Super Password matches the vibe of Password better and I like it better for that reason.

The "push rule" is quite literally one of the very few things my wife and I disagree on. I say because it's the same, it *SHOULD* be a push, but my wife (who was at one point a math teacher) says it shouldn't be, because it's neither higher nor lower, which was the bet. I don't agree, but she makes a fair point.

The correct casino analogy here is sports betting, which already has higher/lower bets in the form of over/unders.  When the O/U is a whole number, if the final score lands on that number exactly, the bet is a push - the casino doesn't collect everyone's bets, because that would be ridiculous.  And they have an easy way to prevent pushes that CS doesn't have - making the O/U a fraction - but don't always use it, so clearly they're fine with some number of bets being pushes.

[Ian Wallis]

Eggcrate displays never should have disappeared.

I'll go along with that.  There was a certain charm about them and I've been kind of fascinated with them ever since I first saw them in the '70s.

[BillCullen1]

I actually liked the original format of Trivia Trap where they had to avoid picking the correct answer. I didn't see anything wrong with that.

[Clay Zambo]

"I'm [name of host] and welcome to [name of show]" is, as a grammatical construction, fingernails on the chalkboard of my soul.