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Bonus round over the front game?
Blanquepage:
Definitely Pitfall.
BrandonFG:
A couple years ago, someone posted a megamix of Face the Music episodes. As much as I like the show in all its cheesy glory, I usually skip straight to the $10,000 Championship Round nowadays.
Matt Ottinger:
I don't understand the premise of the question. Isn't the bonus round supposed to be the most exciting part of the show, the one part everybody looks forward to seeing at the end? I would argue that it's far more rare to have a lousy bonus round that the main game overshadows. (Musical Chairs for example.)
TimK2003:
For some reason, Bill Rafferty's Every Second Counts came to mind first.
Likely because the main game was all softball and goofy "this or that" questions. Once you got to the bonus round, it went all serious and was pretty intense.
Blanquepage:
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on November 05, 2025, 08:41:26 AM ---I don't understand the premise of the question. Isn't the bonus round supposed to be the most exciting part of the show, the one part everybody looks forward to seeing at the end? I would argue that it's far more rare to have a lousy bonus round that the main game overshadows. (Musical Chairs for example.)
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I find that most of the Barry / Enright "avoid the bad guy" endgames were rather uninspired. Can't say I looked forward to seeing the contestant pick numbered boxes in TTD's bonus game.
At least Bumper Stumpers had a tie-in the main game with the contestants still solving plates before playing "avoid the stop sign." Wasn't a fan of Battlestars and with its random guess the famous face round, either.
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