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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: SamPrainito on August 28, 2007, 04:02:14 PM
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Sunday night, I hosted my fourth annual "Game Show Night" for the American Cancer Society. This year was our best year ever! We had a big crowd, and made $1000 for the cause!
In a different thread I promised pictures from the event. Here they are:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?...albumId=1230859 (http://\"http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=67334668&albumId=1230859\")
Some of the the pictures are a little dark, but you can still see my homemade TPIR props. Let me know how they look. I know they look good, but if you guys are impressed, then I've definitely done right!
If you've built things for various reasons (charity, a special show, etc.) post some pictures. I'm curious to see what else is out there.
-Sam
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I, for one, am impressed. Particularly good usage of the projection screen.
How do the eggcrates in the Showcase podiums work? Are they just slide-in numbers?
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VERY nice. I, too, am impressed...that's putting it lightly.
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The page just bounces back to MySpace's home page for me.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'162159\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 01:34 PM\']
The page just bounces back to MySpace's home page for me.
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You gotta be logged in.
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Thanks for the compliments. I thought you guys would appreciate the attention to detail.
I work part-time for a mobile disc jockey company, so every year they supply all the A/V stuff. We do the show with two 7 1/2 x 10 foot rear projection screens. Each projector is connected to a laptop that's running Powerpoint. This year I used Powerpoint 2007, and I LOVE it! The lights around the Big Doors chase the entire time, and the panels of the door slide open, just like the real thing. I have my work cut out for me next year though. I'll have to spend a lot of time painting and rebuilding the Powerpoints, to make them look like their new TV counterparts!
And speaking of detail, yes, that is an ECM-51 sitting on the Showcase podium after the show.
Chris, each Showcase podium has it's own card thaty slides in at the top. One of my crew members just colors in the dots to create the numbers. Those Showcase podiums were new for this year, and so were the cards. It looks even better than I thought it would!
I really need to get out more, don't I?!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'162161\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 03:39 PM\'] [quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'162159\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 01:34 PM\']
The page just bounces back to MySpace's home page for me.
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You gotta be logged in. [/quote]
Well, what about those of us who don't like Myspace?
/*coughPhotobucket (http://\"http://www.photobucket.com\")cough*
//Sorry, I have mild asthma.
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'162165\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 04:48 PM\']
Well, what about those of us who don't like Myspace?
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It's worth lowering yourself.
/having a MySpace hasn't had any ill effects on me
/LOLZ*HUGZ Y'ALL GANGSTAZ*
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'162165\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 01:48 PM\']
Well, what about those of us who don't like Myspace?
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http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6084/hairafterwr2.jpg (http://\"http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6084/hairafterwr2.jpg\")
/I said good day!
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For those of you that don't like, or aren't a member of myspace, I'm working on putting the pictures up on photobucket.
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Here's an abridged version of the myspace photo album:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0114.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0114.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0122.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0122.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0128.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0128.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0135.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0135.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0151.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0151.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0152.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0152.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0169.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0169.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0171.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0171.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0179.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0179.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0180.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0180.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0183.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0183.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0186.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0186.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0189.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0189.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0191.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0191.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0196.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0196.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...to/100_0193.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/100_0193.jpg\")
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Good job! I made a few props when I was younger, but nothing that elaborate. How did you make the wheel? Is it solid or did you build some type of frame?
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I didn't build the wheel myself, a friend of mine did.
This was the first year we used it. We replaced our old one that didn't look much like the TV version, but it looked like the SIDE of it. People said it looked like "an upright Wheel of Fortune". Not only that, but the damn thing would spin and spin, and spin! We had to put it out for the garbage man, and he was fascinated bu it! I wish I could have kept it, because it would have made an interesting coffee table!
The sides are 1/2 inch plywood, the faceplates are handy panel, and the frame is made of 2x4's. We put 20 black plastic handles on it, and there are numbers are on the opposite side of the wheel (with the handles on one side, there wasn't room for the numbers !) The numbers on the front are cut out of glossy presentation paper and glued on. Glitter would have been too messy!
I didn't like it much before it was painted, but it looks great now!
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Congratulations! Great job!
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All I have to say is "Wow!" That's unbelievably impressive. This must have required a lot of work!
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The Hole in One props aren't to scale with the virtual door in the background. I'm giving this my lowest rating ever...seven thumbs up.
OK, seriously, those things look phenomenal, it's almost like you were expecting nitpickers to show up...and I'm digging the Medium Wheel, if you don't have room for that in your basement, feel free to send it this way. Great job!
Also, nice construction on the three models, or Prainito's Pretties. How long did it take you to build and paint those?
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Very impressive! We put on Match Game back in July and these things always involve much more work than they would appear to.
What did you do for music?
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[quote name=\'SamPrainito\' post=\'162153\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 04:02 PM\']
Sunday night, I hosted my fourth annual "Game Show Night" for the American Cancer Society. This year was our best year ever! We had a big crowd, and made $1000 for the cause!
Some of the the pictures are a little dark, but you can still see my homemade TPIR props. Let me know how they look. I know they look good, but if you guys are impressed, then I've definitely done right!
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Sam,
That was probably one of the best labors of love I have seen in quite a while, especially with all of the detailed "sets" that were done on Powerpoint!
If I were you, I'd seriously consider working on creating more material, and take your show on the road....
...to GSC7 next year in L.A.!!!!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'162172\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 05:24 PM\']
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'162165\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 01:48 PM\']
Well, what about those of us who don't like Myspace?
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http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6084/hairafterwr2.jpg (http://\"http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6084/hairafterwr2.jpg\")
/I said good day!
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LOL! The only ONE TRUE "Willy Wonka" in my eyes!
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Thank you everyone for the awesome feedback! I know the stuff looks good, but it means a lot to me to hear it from my fellow "game show geeks", as opposed to mom or friends.
I'm VERY proud of the show we did this year we raised $1000 for the American Cancer Society, and that donation will be made in my late father's name.
I'm a bit of a nitpicker myself, so I've always tried to do this show in such a way, that if a TPIR superfan (like myself) would show up, they couldn't complain. Adam, I might actually call it "The Medium Wheel" next year!, and "Prainito's Pretties" is also a good one. I've always called them "Sammy's Sweeties"!
Keep in mind, this was my fourth year, so I've had some of the props for a few years. Plinko, for example was built for me in 2005. It's always a challenge for me to find people with building skills to do these things, because I have no idea what to do! By the way, try going to your local Home Depot, Lowes or Walmart, and tell the clerk you're building a Plinko board, or the Big Wheel, and just wait for their reaction! Some of them are priceless! (No pun intended!)
For music, I just used the cues that are available online. Some were replicated midi's, but most were the actual cues and sfx. That's why I said in a previous post, I'd really appreciate it if MSTieScott or Randy kept my little show to themselves. The Fremantle lawyers won't get much from me, except an '85 Pontiac Parisienne!
I'd LOVE to be able to do this show at GSC, but that would be a logistical nightmare. If GSC is on both coasts again next year, maybe the Invision group could schedule a stop over here in St. Louis??
-Sam
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[quote name=\'SamPrainito\' post=\'162225\' date=\'Aug 29 2007, 12:45 AM\']
Adam, I might actually call it "The Medium Wheel" next year!, and "Prainito's Pretties" is also a good one. I've always called them "Sammy's Sweeties"!
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Sammy's Sweeties is better. Stick with that.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'162208\' date=\'Aug 28 2007, 07:32 PM\']
...to GSC7 next year in L.A.!!!!
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Will you be helping to pay his freight costs?
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Here's an interesting little fact I learned from an actual attorney for BMI. You're OK using show tunes provided the venue you are performing at has a license. It looks to me like you put this on at a hotel, so if they have paid the appropriate fees to BMI/ASCAP you should be OK. When we put on Match Game I told the attorney that music rights were a concern of mine and after he explained it I was quite relieved.
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My show was in the banquet room of restaraunt/bar where bands usually play, so I assume they have the appropriate licenses.
That's good to know!