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The Big Board / Re: The Luckiest Man in America on DVD?
« Last post by trainman on Today at 02:06:18 AM »
Since this is the most recent thread about "The Luckiest Man in America," I'll link this here:

Pressing One's Luck

TV/comic-book writer Mark Evanier on the movie, and PYL in general -- including the fact that Mark Evanier pitched a movie version of Michael Larson's story fairly soon after his appearance as a contestant (and Bill Carruthers had someone in mind to play Michael Larson in the movie at the time).
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The Big Board / Re: "Million Dollar Challenge" in 1984?
« Last post by TLEberle on Today at 01:23:09 AM »
Maybe they had a shot that the new iteration of Letter Machine?
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The Big Board / "Million Dollar Challenge" in 1984?
« Last post by SuperMatch93 on Today at 01:05:09 AM »
I was perusing Broadcasting Magazine articles when I found this curious NATPE listing from Reg Grundy Productions:

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-02-13-OCR-Page-0152.pdf#search=%22sale%20of%20the%20century%22

I'm guessing that "Battle of the Sexes" may have been an early title for Hot Streak, but does anyone have any information on what "Million Dollar Challenge" was?
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.
« Last post by snowpeck on June 30, 2025, 05:13:19 PM »
I've known about this for a while but couldn't say anything until now. Starting in July (just after midnight on July 1 to be exact), the WBTV Funny Favorites channel on Amazon Prime will have the entire first season (1983-84) of Love Connection in their rotation.
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The Big Board / Re: Match Game returning to ABC?
« Last post by BrandonFG on June 29, 2025, 06:33:31 PM »
Quote from: mmb5 on June 28, 2025, 07:40:45 PM
Short did do some Definition in his home country.


Love the aviators. :P
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The Big Board / Re: Match Game returning to ABC?
« Last post by SRIV94 on June 29, 2025, 05:12:55 PM »
Quote from: TimK2003 on April 29, 2025, 07:51:31 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on April 29, 2025, 03:26:27 PM
I'm not against the hire if Martin doesn't upstage everyone as he's done on other shows. I don't see this being the type of role where he goes into manic Jiminy Glick mode, but you never know.

Visions of Jackie Rogers Jr. and a new "contestant interactive"  star wheel went through my mind when I heard the news.

Chocolate babies?

/"Thanks for remembering!"
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Hollywood Game Night/Weakest Link to ROAR
« Last post by Joe Mello on June 28, 2025, 07:58:35 PM »
Do they still air Fear Factor and/or Wipeout?
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Hollywood Game Night/Weakest Link to ROAR
« Last post by mmb5 on June 28, 2025, 07:44:07 PM »
Just saw a blurb on ROAR (ex-TBD, aka the SNL Rerun Channel) that they will start showing Hollywood Game Night next week starting on 6/30.  And apparently they are showing recent reruns of Weakest Link as well.
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The Big Board / Re: Match Game returning to ABC?
« Last post by mmb5 on June 28, 2025, 07:40:45 PM »
Short did do some Definition in his home country.

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The Big Board / Re: Match Game returning to ABC?
« Last post by whewfan on June 27, 2025, 07:10:29 PM »
Quote from: calliaume on June 25, 2025, 06:01:03 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on June 22, 2025, 08:14:02 AM
I dunno if Eugene Levy or Catherine O’Hara would be considered “too big” with Schitt’s Creek becoming so big in recent years.
Using Wikipedia as a source (I know), O'Hara and Short only overlapped for three episodes of SCTV. Levy and Short did a bit over one year together.

I fear both of them are in the "we don't do game shows" category -- a quick glance at IMDB shows nothing at all for Levy, and just celebrity Millionaire and a Whose Line episode for O'Hara.

A shame neither Neil Patrick Harris or Jason Alexander seem to have been invited back.

It may be that neither found it worthy to fly to Canada to do the tapings. I think we'll still get a nice selection of panelists, but I know some are loyal friends of Martin Short, and of course he knows a lot of people.
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