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Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: nate80s on December 03, 2009, 06:08:18 PM

What was the last game show where constestants were sitting down versus standing up?

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: BrandonFG on December 03, 2009, 06:11:08 PM

[quote name=\'nate80s\' post=\'231572\' date=\'Dec 3 2009, 06:08 PM\']What was the last game show where constestants were sitting down versus standing up?[/quote]
Newlywed Game contestants are seated.

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: Matt Ottinger on December 03, 2009, 06:14:32 PM

As are Millionaire contestants.

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: Clay Zambo on December 03, 2009, 06:16:16 PM

And let's not forget The Chair...

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: Argo on December 03, 2009, 09:11:48 PM

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'231575\' date=\'Dec 3 2009, 07:16 PM\']And let's not forget The Chair...[/quote]

....as in... THE "COMFY" CHAIR ?... I never expected the Spanish Inquisition... (sits in semi-comfy chair waiting for them to come).

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: TimK2003 on December 04, 2009, 11:54:15 AM

[quote name=\'Argo\' post=\'231584\' date=\'Dec 3 2009, 07:11 PM\']I never expected the Spanish Inquisition... (sits in semi-comfy chair waiting for them to come).[/quote]

Well, there's THREE demands that need to be met first...No, actually there is four, FOUR demands that need to be met first!!!

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: nate80s on December 04, 2009, 03:29:26 PM

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'231574\' date=\'Dec 3 2009, 06:14 PM\']As are Millionaire contestants.[/quote]

I can't believe I forgot about this one.  I thought of every show but this one.

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: gwarman2005 on December 04, 2009, 04:21:02 PM

Greed comes to mind, or is that too far back?

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: chris319 on December 04, 2009, 04:21:39 PM

Donnymid

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: xavier45 on December 04, 2009, 04:23:39 PM

Temptation.

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: Bob Zager on December 04, 2009, 04:33:43 PM

While on this subject, I'm reminded of how I'd thought it looked discriminatory (unless there's a better choice of words), that Hollywood Squares (during the H^2 days), had the celebrities and host Tom Bergeron sitting, but not the contestants!

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: tvrandywest on December 04, 2009, 07:41:00 PM

[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' post=\'231624\' date=\'Dec 4 2009, 01:33 PM\']While on this subject, I'm reminded of how I'd thought it looked discriminatory (unless there's a better choice of words), that Hollywood Squares (during the H^2 days), had the celebrities and host Tom Bergeron sitting, but not the contestants![/quote]
But MOST importantly, was the ANNOUNCER sitting? ;-)

Randy
tvrandywest.com

Title: When Contestants Used To Sit Down
Post by: TimK2003 on December 04, 2009, 07:50:28 PM

Was High Rollers the only game in which contestants sat on bleacher-type benches???  ISTR that on Trebek's last HR series, the players each had a "bench" to sit on (made it easier for the players to get up and roll)...Not sure if the players during Wink's era had the same luxury or if they stood the whole time.