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Disappointments
BrandonFG:
I remember enjoying the initial week of Deal or No Deal in December 2005. When it became a regular series they turned it into a circus and added idiotic gimmicks and scripted banter, and I was done. Things like having the kids in the peanut gallery say "We're gonna kick some Banker Butt!" or putting the contestant's church choir in the audience. No Deal for me.
When Temptation hit the States in '07, I watched the first couple weeks before realizing just how watered down they made this version. Like I said when the pilot was posted, it was as if the producers tried to recreate the Aussie version from memory, but while nursing a hangover.
When Card Sharks came back in '19, I don't think I made it through the first match. Given how well ABC did with most of their other reboots, I was surprised they made this one so obnoxious. Felt like was watching a Endemol show from about a decade earlier.
wdm1219inpenna:
Brandon your post reminded me of yet another disappointment from episode 1 of Card Sharks 2001! That was just a horrible attempt at a reboot.
Tic Tac Dough 1990 was a let down...rappin' dragon and Patrick "YOOOU WIIIN!" Wayne notwithstanding, the fact that they would reset the pot to $0 after a tie game was just plain wrong! I did prefer the 1990 end game although I would have rather they did 4 Xs 4 Os and 1 dragon and ditch the dragon slayer dude, and I did love how the players hit a button to stop the shuffle both with categories and the bonus game board.
I also echo how Joker '90 was a big time disappointment and also I was pleasantly surprised that I actually found myself enjoying Snoop Dogg's version of Joker, and was disappointed when it did not come back after a second season.
Also, the original rules for Play the Percentages was an awesome game. My first disappointment was when they amended the bonus game as the giant percent sign on the floor malfunctioned and they had to change the rules, but even worse was when they got rid of the married couples format and made it a 1 vs 1 player which was extremely boring.
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on May 29, 2025, 10:21:13 AM ---Scrabble '93 - a cheapened version of a popular 80s show that I loved
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Add to that it's 30-minute.companion, Scattergories.
Mind you when Scattergories came out, I wasn't aware yet of other game shows from the past (if any) where the main game was played against pre-recorded answers (like Personality and Hollywood's Talking).
It looked awkward when Dick Clark at times was having a normal conversation with a paused video of a celebrity as if the star was live in-studio. I guess Grundy thought he'd save money if he didn't have to have 5 celebrities come to the studio for an afternoon taping of 5 episodes.
On top of that, when the Scattegories theme was just a remixed clone of the Scrabble '93 version theme, you KNEW you were in for a disappointment.
I'll also add to the disappointment list Kline & Friends' stab at Pictionary...I preferred the original WLoD franchise way better.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on May 29, 2025, 06:30:05 PM ---I guess Grundy thought he'd save money if he didn't have to have 5 celebrities come to the studio for an afternoon taping of 5 episodes.
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Which to me makes little sense, considering you have to dispatch your camera crew to five different locations. Dunno the logistics of it all, but I imagine that was a lot more cumbersome in 1993 as opposed to having the celebrities do a taping day and pay them $1,500 or so for their troubles.
I know Reg's Small Talk had a similar format a few years later, but IIRC the kids were all in the same setting (a school library I wanna say?)
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on May 29, 2025, 06:44:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on May 29, 2025, 06:30:05 PM ---I guess Grundy thought he'd save money if he didn't have to have 5 celebrities come to the studio for an afternoon taping of 5 episodes.
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Which to me makes little sense, considering you have to dispatch your camera crew to five different locations. Dunno the logistics of it all, but I imagine that was a lot more cumbersome in 1993 as opposed to having the celebrities do a taping day and pay them $1,500 or so for their troubles.
I know Reg's Small Talk had a similar format a few years later, but IIRC the kids were all in the same setting (a school library I wanna say?)
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What if 2-5 "remote" celebrities gave the same word(s)? I assume each celebrity had to be filmed giving MULTIPLE answers for each question. Now you have to make extra videos that won't make the cut.
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