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What did you like about LMAD 03'? IMHO, this version gets a lot of flack despite it's closeness to the original show (minus that 1 risque deal).
The fact that Monty was not forgotten. I think there are still enough fans of the original LMAD that wouldn't accept a "Monty-less" LMAD. Monty was still very much part of the show, even though he only appeared in brief segments. They should've done that with LMAD 90.
What's the worst prize you ever saw offered on shopping-era Wheel of Fortune?'
I think the answer is obvious... ceramic dalmations! There was another prize offered on the Woolery run, an unusual painting. The contestant didn't want it, but bought it anyway, and Chuck said "You should've seen what we had last week... it was 17 lizards sucking on an orange"
. What game show, past or present, do you think is totally underrated?
Whew! was underrated. It was a clever, fast paced game, but it was watered down with the addition of celebrities. (Of course I am bias of that because I did my own version of Whew!)
Another show I felt deserved a longer run... Paranoia. It was live, and the format was a refreshing change considering all the "Millionaire" knockoffs that were airing.
Not counting the proposed revival of Match Game, what show do you think is most likely for a revival?
I'd love to see Password return. If I could pick a host, I think Pat Sajak would handle the show well. He's low key, and Password needs a low key personality. Ok, Bert Convy was no low key personality, but he had plenty of respect for the format. Another guy I can see doing the show is Ross Schaffer.
What's your first memory of watching a game show?
Probably my most vivid memories are of Price is Right and Match Game (I remember when a tennis machine went haywire on TPIR, and Bob kept picking up stray tennis balls, and that the clanging and whooping of the Double Showcase win bells scared me as a kid. With Match Game, I remembered the theme, the spinning box, and also when they screwed up the panel's faces for the ticket plugs), but I also vaguely remember Hollywood Squares, 20k Pyramid (the theme music especially), Card Sharks, Whew!, and I also remember when Gene Rayburn was Santa Claus on Garry Moore TTTT, Allen Ludden's entrance wearing Bowzer's jacket (I remember my mom laughing at that, especially since the jacket was way too small on him), and I remember Tom Kennedy replacing Allen Ludden.
We don't have a local lottery game show in MD. However, in the 70s they did have Dialing For Dollars, a sort of lottery game show hosted by the late Stu Kerr (as "Mr. Fortune"). They had a similar contest on WJZ where someone from the network would call numbers hoping they can repeat a certain phrase (and it was done live), but 90% of the time there was no answer (this was before the advent of answering machines) so it was just a waste of air time.
