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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: cmjb13 on January 19, 2007, 05:03:15 PM
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Bullseye episodes start today.
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And for the record, on Dawson Feud, the September episode should be coming soon, if not today.
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[quote name=\'NewJersey137\' post=\'143885\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 06:29 PM\']
And for the record, on Dawson Feud, the September episode should be coming soon, if not today.
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Make that today.
Also the AM syndicated cycle has gone back to '77.
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'143884\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 05:03 PM\']
Bullseye episodes start today.
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I started watching about 10 minutes into it, and I was wondering why on Earth the score was only 74-0. I thought we just had lousy players or something. :P And as for the September episode, I've never seen it in full before, so it was a treat to see it today.
And adding to the minor milestones of the day, Lingo just rolled back to the first taped episodes of season 2 today.
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'143906\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 08:11 PM\']
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'143884\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 05:03 PM\']
Bullseye episodes start today.
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I started watching about 10 minutes into it, and I was wondering why on Earth the score was only 74-0. I thought we just had lousy players or something. :P And as for the September episode, I've never seen it in full before, so it was a treat to see it today.
And adding to the minor milestones of the day, Lingo just rolled back to the first taped episodes of season 2 today.
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A couple questions about the stuff that has changed on GSN this week:
1) Does GSN air the special Lingo Season 2 episodes in the cycle (April Fools Day, Christmas, etc.)...were those part of the 65 episodes or were those extra?
2) I know Syndicated Feud premiered Sept. 77, anyone know the exact date?
3) Combs mentioned the start of the Feud season today. How many episodes were in those seasons?
Thanks,
Adam
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[quote name=\'gsfan85\' post=\'143909\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 08:28 PM\']
1) Does GSN air the special Lingo Season 2 episodes in the cycle (April Fools Day, Christmas, etc.)...were those part of the 65 episodes or were those extra?
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Those were part of the 65. Interestingly enough, GSN reruns Lingo in taping order rather than the order they originally aired. So the first few episodes we're going to see have the blue nametags, and we'll probably see the special episodes near the very end.
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'143887\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 04:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'NewJersey137\' post=\'143885\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 06:29 PM\']
And for the record, on Dawson Feud, the September episode should be coming soon, if not today.
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Make that today.
Also the AM syndicated cycle has gone back to '77.
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This may sound harsh, but I'm going to take the plunge anyway.
Dang it. Couldn't you guys have mentioned this yesterday so that I could've set a tape (if memory serves, the Trejos were the defending champs on the ep)?
I do have it--but in the WinTV version (and I do appreciate the kind soul from this board who sent it to me as part of a trade). Would've been nice to see the whole ep full screen (yes, the clip has been rerun ad nauseum, but it is something I would've liked to have caught--but I had no idea where we were or if we were even close). I don't mean to sound ungrateful for having it in the format I do have it, though.
Maybe we need a "What Aired Today" thread, so that if we're following along trying to catch a favorite episode of any particular show we'd have some advance notice. And if we're not, we ignore the thread. As much as I'd like to tape everything, that's not always feasible. So having some advance notice that it was coming would've helped.
Thoughts (besides "you're an idiot, Doug")?
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'143914\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 09:39 PM\']
Maybe we need a "What Aired Today" thread, so that if we're following along trying to catch a favorite episode of any particular show we'd have some advance notice. And if we're not, we ignore the thread. As much as I'd like to tape everything, that's not always feasible. So having some advance notice that it was coming would've helped.
Thoughts (besides "you're an idiot, Doug")?
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I think it's a good idea. If there's an episode someone's REALLY looking forward to, a thread like that could be a blessing.
And if you'd like a fullscreen copy, I did record it today. I could provide you with a copy, if you like.
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'143916\' date=\'Jan 19 2007, 08:56 PM\']
And if you'd like a fullscreen copy, I did record it today. I could provide you with a copy, if you like.
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You've got mail.
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Maybe we need a "What Aired Today" thread, so that if we're following along trying to catch a favorite episode of any particular show we'd have some advance notice.
I think that's a good idea. Quite frequently I'll hear of something afterwards and think "I should have taped that". I, personally, don't mind an occasional spoiler. :)
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Essentially, you're talking about something already present at GSN's own board, a "VCR alert" thread.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'144314\' date=\'Jan 23 2007, 10:17 PM\']
Essentially, you're talking about something already present at GSN's own board, a "VCR alert" thread.
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I don't frequent GSN's boards. I have no real desire to. While some of those people are also members here, others just rub me the wrong way.
Yes, had I checked GSN's boards I would've known the "September" episode was coming last week. But why settle for hamburger when you can have filet mignon? (Is my nose turning brown?) If we're to be the preeminate forum for discussing the genre, then I think a thread like that would be a godsend for those who don't want to check GSN's boards. And there's no real reason why we can't have one here, since we have a GSN subforum to do it.
For example, either tomorrow or Thursday (I think it's the first ep tomorrow, but I'm not positive) should be the MG75 ep where Avery Schreiber eats his card and camera stays on him (and Rayburn battles with the camera). Sure, the clip's been run ad nauseum, but maybe somebody wants to see that moment again or record it. No reason to deny them just because they don't check GSN's forum.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'144314\' date=\'Jan 23 2007, 11:17 PM\'] Essentially, you're talking about something already present at GSN's own board, a "VCR alert" thread. [/quote]
Which was started by a certain member who is here as well. *ahem*
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'144319\' date=\'Jan 23 2007, 11:14 PM\']
For example, either tomorrow or Thursday (I think it's the first ep tomorrow, but I'm not positive) should be the MG75 ep where Avery Schreiber eats his card and camera stays on him (and Rayburn battles with the camera). Sure, the clip's been run ad nauseum, but maybe somebody wants to see that moment again or record it. No reason to deny them just because they don't check GSN's forum.
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Turns out it was actually the second ep tonight rather than the first, but hopefully those of you who wanted to see it/record it got your chance.
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I like the Bullseye round. Its also significant becasue it probably was the last game show element Mark Goodson oversaw before his death that year.
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'144477\' date=\'Jan 25 2007, 05:35 PM\']
I like the Bullseye round.
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I never found it very interesting. I'll have to watch as the weeks go by here, but what I seem to recall from watching the shows when I was nine was that they had trouble building up really big banks because they were keeping the level of difficulty the same as the main game. So then they started dumbing down the questions by introducing multiple-choice survey questions or asking questions like one I remember from the daytime version, "Name a celebrity known for his blue eyes," which simply turned it into a buzzer race than an ability to judge other people's thoughts.
I like the idea of building jackpots (I'm one of the psychopaths who liked watching "Tic-Tac-Dough" just to see the numbers get bigger) but I just thought the Bullseye round went about it the wrong way. My idea would have been adding money to the jackpot if you give the number-one answer during the Face-Off; $1,000 in the first round, $2,000 in the second, etc.
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[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' post=\'144481\' date=\'Jan 25 2007, 03:13 PM\']
I never found it very interesting.
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Me neither. I'm just not a big fan of variable jackpots anyhow, aside from a steadily incrementing one like, say, Super Password or Lingo, and really I'm not all that enamored with that either.
"You're playing for $10,000." Boom-done-simple.
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The reduction to three questions in the Bankroll version was even uglier. $14,000 is just a weird top prize to have.
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I don't think I would've had so much trouble with Bullseye if they didn't make the main game almost completely an afterthought. With the way they changed the scoring, the only way that a team could possibly win was to win that Triple round (or possibly both!).
I thought the concept for Bullseye was pretty good, but I may be in the minority...:). Here's a question for those of you who didn't really like it: Would it have made more sense if the families weren't returning champions, or would that have just made things worse?
Anthony
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I don't think you're in the minority on liking the concept of Bullseye. Doing some akin to "Bert's Family Feud" and its system of rewarding number one answers on the first pass through Fast Money would be the best, even if I don't like that version of the show overall. I was originally for something about number ones in the main game like Adam is, but realized that can reward teams unfairly that take more time getting to 300.
I was really down on the sped-up single/double/triple format until I watched a couple of Dawson '94 shows about a year ago. They had a little more time to have fun on that particular version, so it wasn't so noticeable. I can't remember a single time where it seemed Ray had ample time to compete with Bullseye.
But anyway, that rushed format isn't so bad if you view it like it were Password Plus' scoring. The eventual point totals of the questions were so routine, you can call the first two questions the "$100 puzzles" and the last two "$200 puzzles" in that if a team gets the first two, the other team needs the third to "tie the match" and go to the fourth question "tiebreaker." If they split the first two questions, then it comes down to the third, a'la the $200 puzzle in those situations on P+. Not perfect, but not horrible either.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'144492\' date=\'Jan 25 2007, 03:51 PM\']
Here's a question for those of you who didn't really like it: Would it have made more sense if the families weren't returning champions, or would that have just made things worse?
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Had nothing to do with being returning champions. At all. I just didn't care for it. My bonus game likes round numbers.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'144416\' date=\'Jan 25 2007, 01:21 AM\']
Turns out it was actually the second ep tonight rather than the first, but hopefully those of you who wanted to see it/record it got your chance.
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I did and it was a keeper, thanks.