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It appears that the future of Bert Newton's foray into game show hosting may be under threat - as "Bert's Family Feud" is being thrashed in the crucial 5:30pm timeslot by "Deal Or No Deal", with DoND attracting more than 50% more viewers. It is undoubtedly damaging the ratings for the Nine Network during the early evening as well, with the news/current affairs programs losing out as well, and other gameshow offering, "Temptation" (which is now consistently 3rd in its time slot).
With Bert taking a "break" for the Commonwealth Games (for two weeks), there's every possibly it may not come back!
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I guess it goes to prove what better than Karn gets you in Australia...NADA!
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Here's an article from today's paper on the perilous state of the show.
The Sunday Age - "Dark side of the Moonface" (http://\"http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/03/04/1141191889615.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1\")
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[quote name=\'pownster\' date=\'Mar 4 2006, 10:00 PM\']Here's an article from today's paper on the perilous state of the show.
The Sunday Age - "Dark side of the Moonface" (http://\"http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/03/04/1141191889615.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1\")
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For the record, Bert's other show, "20 to 1," is not an Aussie version of the UK quiz with five more contestants--it's a countdown clip show, sort of their version of a VH1 snarkfest.
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[quote name=\'pownster\' date=\'Mar 3 2006, 11:35 PM\']
With Bert taking a "break" for the Commonwealth Games (for two weeks), there's every possibly it may not come back!
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Too bad really...I was impressed w/ the two clips I saw. Makes the US version pale in comparison. ;(
Bryan
itsbry@juno.com
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[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 08:24 PM\']Too bad really...I was impressed w/ the two clips I saw. Makes the US version pale in comparison. ;(
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What he said.
If the Aussie version doesn't work out, can we have their producers? You think I'm kidding? :-P
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 12:31 AM\'][quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 08:24 PM\']Too bad really...I was impressed w/ the two clips I saw. Makes the US version pale in comparison. ;(
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What he said.
If the Aussie version doesn't work out, can we have their producers? You think I'm kidding? :-P
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Can we have their host?
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 01:40 AM\']Can we have their host?
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For the love of God, why?
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[quote name=\'Brakus\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 12:47 AM\']For the love of God, why?
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Because I've had bowel movements that could host the Feud better than Karn, and therefore pretty much anything would be an improvement?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 04:16 AM\'][quote name=\'Brakus\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 12:47 AM\']For the love of God, why?
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Because I've had bowel movements that could host the Feud better than Karn, and therefore pretty much anything would be an improvement?
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Thanks Chris... now let's DOUBLE THE POINTS!!!11!!!LOL!!!ELEVEN!!!
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 10:51 AM\']DOUBLE THE POINTS!!!11!!!LOL!!!ELEVEN!!!
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I gotta say, though, this gag has played itself out. Especially since, from my admittedly minimal experience, he didn't do this to nearly the extent that it's being made out.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 04:16 AM\']Because I've had bowel movements that could host the Feud better than Karn, and therefore pretty much anything would be an improvement?
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Mark Walberg & Burton did run-through's after Louie left. Walberg would have been too dry for this show, even though I like his work.
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:01 PM\']I gotta say, though, this gag has played itself out. Especially since, from my admittedly minimal experience, he didn't do this to nearly the extent that it's being made out.
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I haven't watched this version of Feud enough, but did the $20,000/Double the points yelling occur with Louie as well?
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:01 PM\']I gotta say, though, this gag has played itself out. Especially since, from my admittedly minimal experience, he didn't do this to nearly the extent that it's being made out.
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I haven't watched this version of Feud enough, but did the $20,000/Double the points yelling occur with Louie as well?
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Way to completely miss my point.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:26 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:01 PM\']I gotta say, though, this gag has played itself out. Especially since, from my admittedly minimal experience, he didn't do this to nearly the extent that it's being made out.
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I haven't watched this version of Feud enough, but did the $20,000/Double the points yelling occur with Louie as well?
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Way to completely miss my point.
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Point taken. It's blown out of proportion. Understood.
On a side note, I didn't know if the screaming (blown out of proportion as it is) started with Karn.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 10:51 AM\']DOUBLE THE POINTS!!!11!!!LOL!!!ELEVEN!!!
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I gotta say, though, this gag has played itself out. Especially since, from my admittedly minimal experience, he didn't do this to nearly the extent that it's being made out.
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Yeah, I know. Sorry for not refraining. But honestly, this is one of the things that truly annoys me about Karn--the personality of a popsicle stick. No creativity, whatsoever. Everytime I watch him he says this. And it's annoying... along with that we're playing for $20,000 mess.
Brandon Brooks
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Well, it's a chicken-and-egg problem. Karn probably says the exact same lines at the exact same points during the game because the producers tell him to. But the producers probably tell him to because he's like a dying fish when he doesn't have a written line to fall back on.
"The Smiths have 34 points! And the Ja-- John-- Jones family has 33 points! But it's still anybody's game!"
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:16 PM\']
I haven't watched Karn Feud enough, but did the $20,000/Double the points yelling occur with Louie as well?
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I don't remember Louie shouting as much as Karn did. Technically, he'd only have made reference to Double points once in his three-year tenure. The only time there was a Double round on Louie's Feud was during the Family Circle TofC finals during season three; all other shows were Single-Single-Single-Triple
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 07:14 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Mar 8 2006, 02:16 PM\']
I haven't watched Karn Feud enough, but did the $20,000/Double the points yelling occur with Louie as well?
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I don't remember Louie shouting as much as Karn did. Technically, he'd only have made reference to Double points once in his three-year tenure. The only time there was a Double round on Louie's Feud was during the Family Circle TofC finals during season three; all other shows were Single-Single-Single-Triple
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To both of you, no, he didn't. I watched Louie's Feud quite a bit more than Karn's, and when there was the Triple round, Louie calmly explained that dollar values were tripled and there was one strike. Back then, the audience only got excited when $10K/$20K was mentioned. Never thought I'd miss the Louie days. :-P
The D0UBL3/TR1PL3 TH3 P01NTS!!!w00t!!11!! frenzy didn't start until the 2003 season, when they altered the point structure.
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An update to the potential future of "Bert's Family Feud" came out in today's paper - it's also makes some interesting observations on the demographics of its viewers.
The Age (Melbourne) - "It's a raw deal for Bert" (Mar 16, 2006) (http://\"http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/03/14/1142098465940.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1\")
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From The Age article:
But he has been handed a tired and clunky game-show format. Family Feud, after all, goes back to the 1970s.
The show's rival, Deal Or No Deal, is fresher. It is a slicker and much more suspenseful concept owned by Endemol, the Netherlands-based company responsible for Big Brother.
So apparently Aussies live in an age where Feud is old and busted and Deal is new hotness! In that case, shouldn't Temptation be cancelled by now?