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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: catnap1972 on March 10, 2008, 11:39:21 AM
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Last time GSN ran this, did they show the entire thing? Today we "started" the tournament, but it looks like we lost the first two episodes for whatever reason (tapes lost or damaged would be my guess) as we start on Wednesday's episode
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These shows are from 1979 correct? That would mean most of those people were born in the 1800s.
Goes to show just how old these reruns are getting...
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I hope some of the contestants can call into GSN Live this week.
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What irked me when watching this tournament for the first time was that most of the questions were mutliple-choice.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'180755\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:52 PM\']
What irked me when watching this tournament for the first time was that most of the questions were mutliple-choice.
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The contestants are over the age of 80. Do you REALLY expect them to be that sharp? Do you really think it's good TV to watch someone that age try to fumble for an answer?
(Not making fun of octogenarians, just sayin')
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'180753\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:29 PM\']
I hope some of the contestants can call into GSN Live this week.
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I'd have to say no.....Remember, the show is called GSN *Live*. ;)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'180774\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 05:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'180753\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:29 PM\']
I hope some of the contestants can call into GSN Live this week.
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I'd have to say no.....Remember, the show is called GSN *Live*. ;)
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So wrong, yet I still lol'd.
Well played with a point to Lambert for the assist. :-)
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'180755\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:52 PM\']
What irked me when watching this tournament for the first time was that most of the questions were mutliple-choice.
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Wow, the guy with the Spongebob Squarepants quote in his sig line is disparaging the intellectual prowess of senior citizens. Priceless.
(I couldn't let this one go. No apologies. I accept whatever punishment comes my way.)
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[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'180789\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 06:05 PM\']
[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'180755\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:52 PM\']
What irked me when watching this tournament for the first time was that most of the questions were mutliple-choice.
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Wow, the guy with the Spongebob Squarepants quote in his sig line is disparaging the intellectual prowess of senior citizens. Priceless.
(I couldn't let this one go. No apologies. I accept whatever punishment comes my way.)
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No punishment coming.
I'm amazed for a different reason. Usually Bobby doesn't mind when the process of winning money is made easier.
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I'm puzzled. What's bad about being irked about the questions being multiple choice, instead of crediting the contestants with enough recall ability to answer a question straight?
I'm no Bobby fan (At. All.) but it seems to me that disparaging them is precisely the opposite of what he's doing.
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I kinda wish they'd have senior citizen specials on current game shows. Some of them are amazingly sharp, like the guy in England who's 100 years old, plays bass guitar in a band, and is gearing up to run the London marathon (complete with a booze and cigarette break).
\Do you suppose that if Fred Roggin had a stroke, his eyebrows would level out?
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'180818\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 07:14 PM\']
I kinda wish they'd have senior citizen specials on current game shows. Some of them are amazingly sharp, like the guy in England who's 100 years old, plays bass guitar in a band, and is gearing up to run the London marathon (complete with a booze and cigarette break).[/quote]
I liked the J! tournament for exactly that reason.
\Do you suppose that if Fred Roggin had a stroke, his eyebrows would level out?
No, but he would instantly become 40% more talented.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'180818\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 10:14 PM\']Some of them are amazingly sharp, like the guy in England who's 100 years old, plays bass guitar in a band, and is gearing up to run the London marathon (complete with a booze and cigarette break).[/quote]
Since when did Keith Richards start running?
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Fun article on Will Ahern, who passed away in 1983:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~a...a/willandga.htm (http://\"http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ahernsoftournafulla/willandga.htm\")
Rob
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'180751\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 01:26 PM\']
These shows are from 1979 correct? That would mean most of those people were born in the 1800s.
Goes to show just how old these reruns are getting...
[/quote]Well, no. It's actually from around October, 1980.
I must say, the 96-year-old woman has been doing splendidly. The others looked great for their ages. Mostly due to good health and clean living. :)
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[quote name=\'AmazingErikZ\' post=\'180890\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 01:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'180751\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 01:26 PM\']
These shows are from 1979 correct? That would mean most of those people were born in the 1800s.
Goes to show just how old these reruns are getting...
[/quote]Well, no. It's actually from around October, 1980.
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Joe was right the first time. They are from 1979. These shows pre-dated Thom McKee's run (which was the end of the 1979-80 season and the start of the 1980-81 season).
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Is this the tournament that features the elderly lady with "four boyfriends"?
/I wake up with "Will Power"
//And go walking with"Arthur Itis"
///I come home with "Charlie Horse"
////And go to bed with "Ben Gay!"
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180910\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 02:10 PM\']
/I wake up with "Will Power"
//And go walking with"Arthur Itis"
///I come home with "Charlie Horse"
////And go to bed with "Ben Gay!"[/quote]
Am I authorized to give out gold stars? If so, he deserves a whole box of 'em!
Well played!
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'180918\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 03:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180910\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 02:10 PM\']
/I wake up with "Will Power"
//And go walking with"Arthur Itis"
///I come home with "Charlie Horse"
////And go to bed with "Ben Gay!"[/quote]
Am I authorized to give out gold stars? If so, he deserves a whole box of 'em!
Well played!
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Thanks, but I must credit the contestant for that. The clip made its way to one of the NBC clip specials a few years back. I'll gladly take the stars on her behalf. ;-)
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'180755\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 10:52 AM\']
What irked me when watching this tournament for the first time was that most of the questions were mutliple-choice.[/quote]
Was there more than one over-80 tournament? I remember one where pretty much all of the questions were "true or false".
-- Don
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'181180\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 07:27 PM\']
Was there more than one over-80 tournament? I remember one where pretty much all of the questions were "true or false".
-- Don
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They did two that I know of for sure. One in Fall 1979, another in Fall 1980 - the conclusion of the second tournament was highly unusual though. GSN ran the 1980 iteration of the tournament years ago - for some reason the final episode was apparently never aired (not just a GSN skippage, the actual episode appears to have been benched in 1980 as well) - after the next-to-last episode of the tournament the show came back with it's regular contestants. Wink gave a rundown of what occurred in the finals. Wink kept saying the phrase "special circumstances" over and over in his explanation of the conclusion of the tournament, and that due to said "special circumstances" *both* finalists had received the top prize. What these "special circumstances" were was never delved in to. (Anyone happen to know?)
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'181180\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 08:27 PM\']
Was there more than one over-80 tournament? I remember one where pretty much all of the questions were "true or false".
-- Don
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No, that was Hollywood Squares. With Charley Weaver to block.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'181186\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 09:52 PM\']
They did two that I know of for sure. One in Fall 1979, another in Fall 1980 - the conclusion of the second tournament was highly unusual though. GSN ran the 1980 iteration of the tournament years ago - for some reason the final episode was apparently never aired (not just a GSN skippage, the actual episode appears to have been benched in 1980 as well) - after the next-to-last episode of the tournament the show came back with it's regular contestants. Wink gave a rundown of what occurred in the finals. Wink kept saying the phrase "special circumstances" over and over in his explanation of the conclusion of the tournament, and that due to said "special circumstances" *both* finalists had received the top prize. What these "special circumstances" were was never delved in to. (Anyone happen to know?)
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How long is "years ago"? Reason I ask is, shortly after I got GSN in '96, TTD was airing the Over 80 Tournament, and I saw the eventual winner of the tournament on the ones that have been airing recently...So I'm thinking they may have aired both tournaments over time....
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'181232\' date=\'Mar 13 2008, 12:26 PM\']
How long is "years ago"? Reason I ask is, shortly after I got GSN in '96, TTD was airing the Over 80 Tournament, and I saw the eventual winner of the tournament on the ones that have been airing recently...So I'm thinking they may have aired both tournaments over time....
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As far as the 2nd Tournament goes, it aired a couple of months into the Dark Period in late 1997.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'181233\' date=\'Mar 13 2008, 02:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'181232\' date=\'Mar 13 2008, 12:26 PM\']
How long is "years ago"? Reason I ask is, shortly after I got GSN in '96, TTD was airing the Over 80 Tournament, and I saw the eventual winner of the tournament on the ones that have been airing recently...So I'm thinking they may have aired both tournaments over time....
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As far as the 2nd Tournament goes, it aired a couple of months into the Dark Period in late 1997.
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OK. That makes sense. I didn't see ANY of the second tournament.
While we're on the subject of TTD tournaments, I believe in the early years, they had some kids' weeks on TTD...Anyone know when they might be coming up?