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Disappointments
The Ol' Guy:
Another vote for 1990's Joker and Dough. The reboot of Blockbusters, stripped down to two players and a computerized board, was also a letdown. The high point was Bill Rafferty's riffing. Maybe it was a placeholder, but talk about going from a Cadillac set to a Yugo...
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on May 29, 2025, 08:29:29 PM ---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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Ah I forgot the possibility of a repeat. Point taken.
rjaguar3:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on May 29, 2025, 08:47:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on May 29, 2025, 08:29:29 PM ---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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Ah I forgot the possibility of a repeat. Point taken.
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I think the recorded answers also prevented a situation of the jury ruling that a contestant's answer was unacceptable when a celebrity also gave that answer ("FONDLING" by Joseph Wapner comes to mind), by having the producer direct the jury to unanimously rule the answer acceptable.
steveleb:
Getting more current, I'll add the current GSN reboot of TTD to my list of disappointments. I am a huge fan of Brooke's and believe she's doing the best given what she has to work with. I've also gone on record at being understanding of GSN's economics and their belief in their formulaic structure of self-contained, estimated 1-2/week $10,000 wins with $1,000 payoffs for daily champs for just about all of their originals. All of that said, this was not a format that should have been backed into those constraints. And given that Joker was successfully modernized for a three-season run on far more popular networks, TTD could/should have had similar potential. My personal feelings, to be sure, but I contend somewhat educated.
TLEberle:
With you there, Steve. Perhaps if you’re going to the trouble of creating a virtual set, go with the 70s basement/rec room from forty years ago instead of the blandness we got.
It would be simple enough to have each box worth $100/$200and whoever wins the most can try to increase to a grand prize, but playing for points is such a dead fish in this format.
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