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mmb5

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #45 on: June 13, 2025, 06:50:45 PM »
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.
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BrandonFG

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #46 on: June 13, 2025, 07:02:02 PM »
While I never directly confirmed it with Bob, I've been told the show had several different names during development and that after the Oscars incident and the release of the Stevens hit (I still get nightmares remembering the ubiquitous direct response spots for his "best of " tapes that would turn up overnights on cable networks in the 80s)

You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
I remember begging my mom to buy me the VHS after seeing the commercial so much. She (wisely) declined because the only reason I wanted it was for the "Are you nekkiiiiiid?!" song.
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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #47 on: June 13, 2025, 09:46:14 PM »
Supermarket Sweep:  No more carts -- all grocery items must be brought to the checkout via the use of a broom.

Good luck with the turkeys...

chrisholland03

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #48 on: June 14, 2025, 06:43:41 AM »
Tic Tac Dough - all answers must be given to the beat of the theme song, while clapping

wdm1219inpenna

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #49 on: June 15, 2025, 06:22:17 AM »
Dream House - You cannot be on the show unless you are in a deep REM cycle of sleep.  That would be one way to save a lot on the prize budget!


The Supermarket Sweep idea with the broom!!!  CLASSIC!


Headline Chasers - Members of the staff dress up as giant newspapers and the contestants must chase them around the set throughout the entire episode.


Blank Check - Nobody will ever know what the check writer's numbers are as the pen used has invisible ink, hence BLANK Check.


Catch Phrase - Phrases are written down on cue cards and tossed at the contestants who must catch them wearing oven mitts.

All Pyramid iterations...if you conquer the Winner's Circle, instead of winning cash, you win an all expense paid trip to Egypt to visit the real Great Pyramid.


Pass the Buck - Contestants keep passing a sedated male deer (a buck) until each contestant becomes too exhausted to do so, the last player standing gets to take home the buck as a pet.

gridlockjoe

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #50 on: June 15, 2025, 11:07:21 AM »
Now You See It: Contestants are given the answer and must find each word of the question, in order, on the Big Board.

gridlockjoe

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #51 on: June 15, 2025, 11:09:47 AM »
Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants

that would be a funny.

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #52 on: June 15, 2025, 03:35:06 PM »
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned

Yes, you read that right.  The word that got censored was

mooned

I tried to find why it was so offensive now, but I couldn't find a thing.  So you're telling me that Ray Stevens' audience is so sensitive that the particular word would send them into conniptions........actually seeing his other videos would make you think that.

/HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they had to censor mooned!
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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #53 on: June 15, 2025, 05:04:00 PM »
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

I hope you told Ethel not to look.
Doug
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The Ol' Guy

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #54 on: June 15, 2025, 05:33:19 PM »
Beat The Clock - all stunts must be performed within 3 seconds.

High Rollers - answer questions, toss dice from the top of the Empire State Building to the table below.

You Bet Your Life - the "no wrong answers" quiz

I'm Telling - sisters answer questions to earn cash to bribe little brothers with found diaries.

Family Feud - Irish mobs vs. Italian mobs.
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BrandonFG

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Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Reply #55 on: June 15, 2025, 06:07:38 PM »
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned
Youtube is weird about censorship. I watched Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (don’t judge me) and they censored nudity…of a Playboy centerfold that was plastered on the bathroom stall. IIRC they also censored the language so I immediately turned it off and went to Prime.
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