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Scary moments in game shows...
That Don Guy:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on September 19, 2025, 01:43:11 PM ---Easy: The Hollywood Squares "Tacky Buzzer" when time ran out on the syndicated nighttime shows.
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I was the same way, even though I had no problem with the same buzzer as the penalty buzzer on Baffle or the "time's up for the day" buzzer on The Gong Show.
There was also the X buzzer on Feud, but only when it wasn't expected - for example, there was one weekly syndicated episode when it went off just as they were going to a commercial.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: PYLdude on September 19, 2025, 04:11:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on September 19, 2025, 01:17:41 PM ---The first time I heard the Minor Chord of Doom (Q15 loss) playing the Millionaire CD game, I nearly hit the ceiling.
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It still gives me the willies today.
I don’t seem to remember if the new music set from the second half of the syndicated series had any loss music that was ascending in tone; only that the three biggies from the shuffle set and all four Classic Millionaire questions did if you got them right. (There weren’t any tries at the million after Chip Esten played, were there?)
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PYLdude:
Onto my picks:
-Price was Cliff Hangers for me for awhile. The falling of the mountain climber freaked me out.
-the time’s up bell on Wheel freaked me out because it was so loud compared to everything else.
curtking:
The opening to The New Treasure Hunt was quite frightening to four year old me.
whewfan:
Adding to what Aaron said, for me, it was the DSW clangs and whoops that scared me as a 4-5 year old. I too kept a distance! In fact for a while I would watch the show up to the showcases.
Also, a vague memory of TTTT with Garry Moore... I remember he was put in a situation that really made him jump and yell from being scared... Mom laughed, but I didn't understand what was so funny. I would say this was circa 1976-77, not long before he retired.
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