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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: bradhig on March 29, 2011, 08:06:15 PM
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Why are they always going to Vegas every few weeks? They don't travel to anywhere else anymore do they?
Las Vegas is just getting old on the show.
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They taped all the Vegas shows together, they just spread the airings out over the course of the season. They're going to be taping in New Orleans sometime in the next couple of months for airing next season.
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Yeah, I think they taped 6 weeks of shows during the summer (which is the most they've ever taped at a remote location at once- usually it's 2 or 3)..
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Yeah, I think they taped 6 weeks of shows during the summer (which is the most they've ever taped at a remote location at once- usually it's 2 or 3)..
That sounds about right. I'd be interested to know if it was shot one week straight or over the course of a couple weekends back-to-back.
As to "Why Vegas?" in general, it's relatively close to LA which minimizes travel costs, it's an iconic location, has stages big enough to shoot a game show, and there's enough people in Vegas that getting a demand for viewers and contestants would be a non-challenge.
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Because presumably the production company gets some amount of money from those Wheel of Fortune slot machines in the casinos. And the casino hosting them probably pays the travel costs, if not a little extra.
I once stayed at the Luxor for a work function. The WOF bonus round timer sound effect, triggered over and over, echoing through the insides of a pyramid, isn't conducive to sleep.
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They end up closing the casino while they are filming the shows. You can see the empty tables and slots behind the set.
They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip cause they have that video screen that could be used in place. There are proably a lot of foreign versions of wheel in which the letters are revealed by themselves with no one touching them.
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They end up closing the casino while they are filming the shows. You can see the empty tables and slots behind the set.
It's called a backdrop, sir.
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They end up closing the casino while they are filming the shows. You can see the empty tables and slots behind the set.
Someone PLEASE tell me my Sarcasm Detector is on the fritz again.
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip
Wow.
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip
Wow.
I was thinking the same thing. It's Ludacris to think of having Wheel without the puzzle board.
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip cause they have that video screen that could be used in place.
I hope wheelloon doesn't read this...
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip cause they have that video screen that could be used in place.
I hope wheelloon doesn't read this...
He probably won't mind the jab at the puzzleboard, but when you call Vanna a "bimbo", that's when the gloves come off, the guantlet is thrown down and you'd better call an ambulance, cause it's gonna get ugly! :)
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip
Wow.
I was thinking the same thing. It's Ludacris to think of having Wheel without the puzzle board.
My "wow" was directed at his comment of calling Vanna a bimbo...something she doesn't come close to fitting the definition of.
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip cause they have that video screen that could be used in place.
I hope wheelloon doesn't read this...
Too late. I gave him a heads-up.
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There are proably a lot of foreign versions of wheel in which the letters are revealed by themselves with no one touching them.
Name one. I'll watch the clock.
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Her chest has gone flat. She used to look better. All she does is walk back and forth. Maybe if she repalaced Pat they could play more rounds like they used to do but he talks too much at times now they only play 4 or 5 rounds. When puzzles get solved the letters come on by themselves they don't need anyone touched the board anymore not like when they had the old board with the triangle things that had to be turned by hand. They keep showing the board at an angle that looks like Vanna is gonna walk into the camera what for?
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Google "hot babes" and you'll be fine.
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Her chest has gone flat. She used to look better.
Hai guyz, what's going on in here? (http://"http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Krantzstone/studman69.jpg")
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Maybe if she repalaced Pat they could play more rounds like they used to do but he talks too much at times now they only play 4 or 5 rounds.
As opposed to back in the 1990s, when they were playing 4 or 5 rounds. Or the shopping era, when they were playing... 4 or 5 rounds.
Honestly, I'm seeing more fifth and sixth rounds in the past three years than I've ever seen before. And this is with three Toss-Ups and more commercial plugs. I've only seen one game in the pre-Toss-Up era that went to six rounds, and even then, the round 6 puzzle was six letters.
When puzzles get solved the letters come on by themselves they don't need anyone touched the board anymore not like when they had the old board with the triangle things that had to be turned by hand.
Now where did I put that Irismasonese-English translator again? Haven't had much use for it lately...
Seriously though, they could get rid of Pat and/or Vanna, but they don't because both are so inextricably associated with the show. Why do you think Alex Trebek is still doing Jeopardy! at age 70? Why do you think Bob Barker was still hosting The Price Is Right into his 80s?
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Why do you think Alex Trebek is still doing Jeopardy! at age 70?
Because someone has to read the answers.
Why do you think Bob Barker was still hosting The Price Is Right into his 80s?
Because someone has to bang the models.
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Her chest has gone flat. She used to look better. All she does is walk back and forth. Maybe if she repalaced Pat they could play more rounds like they used to do but he talks too much at times now they only play 4 or 5 rounds. When puzzles get solved the letters come on by themselves they don't need anyone touched the board anymore not like when they had the old board with the triangle things that had to be turned by hand. They keep showing the board at an angle that looks like Vanna is gonna walk into the camera what for?
1. When the show premiered in the 70s, they could've just as easily used a board like the one used for Fast Money, but they didn't. For the record, the "triangle things" are trilons.
2. Less rounds is more likely because of increased commercial time. I don't think removing Pat's banter would help any, unless you want all spinning and puzzle-solving and no fun. Serious business?
3. I think you're getting worked up about a bunch of things that are pretty minute.
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1. When the show premiered in the 70s, they could've just as easily used a board like the one used for Fast Money, but they didn't. For the record, the "triangle things" are trilons.
In the beginning, the board was mechanically operated. When the show started it wasn't, and Susan/Vanna did become an iconic part of the show. To say "she's not hawt anymore, she should leave" is laughable, even if "all she does is walk back and forth [and have to keep track of what letters are where, and not reveal something accidentally, or trip, and reading the various prize copy that she does] I also think the fact that there's an actual board and not just electronic blips that turn on and off to reveal letters adds character to the show.
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My "wow" was directed at his comment of calling Vanna a bimbo...something she doesn't come close to fitting the definition of.
I know.
\Some jokes are better said out loud and in the moment.
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Just throwing it out there: y'all are trying to reason with a guy who actually thinks the Vegas shows are taped on the casino floor.
Just sayin'.
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Why do you think Bob Barker was still hosting The Price Is Right into his 80s?
Because someone has to bang the models.
I lol'd.
2. Less rounds is more likely because of increased commercial time. I don't think removing Pat's banter would help any, unless you want all spinning and puzzle-solving and no fun. Serious business?
I still don't see how anyone can say there are fewer rounds. As I said, they're still averaging 4-5 rounds per game, and this is even with Toss-Ups, Jackpot and Mystery plugs and a SPIN ID draw.
And unlike the last few years of Barker TPIR, it doesn't feel (at least not to me) like they're doing the show at ludicrous speed to get everything in.
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The background looked pretty convincing and they have those Wheel of Fortune slot machines around the contestants.
I guess the toss up is why there are fewer rounds and the increased commercials. It's some of the dresses that make Vanna's chest look flat while other make it look big.
Is Vanna touching those borders really making the letters appear or is some off screen tech turning them on when she reaches for the panels?
I am sorry but I am just saying what I see. It was only last year I started watching wheel again. My late grandma used to go crazy if WOF was on and was in danger of missing it.
It's too bad the woman that won the Vanna for a day thing didn't get more screen time.
I am surprised Vanna is still around after Janice got kicked off TPIR for younger models.
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Is Vanna touching those borders really making the letters appear
Yes.
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The background looked pretty convincing and they have those Wheel of Fortune slot machines around the contestants.
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I am surprised Vanna is still around after Janice got kicked off TPIR for younger models.
If the technology of self-appearing letters on a big screen is more influential on your 'nads than a blonde lady in a scantily-clad dress, it shouldn't be a surprise you'd believe a casino would shutter an entire table area for a TV show taping. The WOF's still running in France, Brazil, Russia, and the U.S, and those recently ended in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, the Philippines, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Malaysia, all who ALWAYS did or currently do feature hostesses managing letters at a puzzle board would also agree.
FTR, Janice Pennington was 58 when she left TPIR in 2000, Vanna just turned 54. You can do the math.
P.S. I lol-ed at the shoutouts. Does this mean I have groupies now? Cool... I should put a lock of my hair up for auction on Ebay. (NOT THAT HAIR, KLAUSS & RAYGOR, SICKOS!) :D
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Why do you think Alex Trebek is still doing Jeopardy! at age 70?
He works a lot cheaper now than he did in the past, thanks to Sony not having to pay for mustache upkeep?
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They should leave the puzzle board and the bimbo behind next trip cause they have that video screen that could be used in place.
I hope wheelloon doesn't read this...
He probably won't mind the jab at the puzzleboard, but when you call Vanna a "bimbo", that's when the gloves come off, the guantlet is thrown down and you'd better call an ambulance, cause it's gonna get ugly! :)
Get your popcorn ready.
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Vanna just seems old to me no offense.
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Vanna just seems old to me no offense.
Seems to me this is another episode of Matt Ottinger's Words have Meanings. You called her a bimbo in your initial post. Calling her old is a far cry from that.
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Vanna just seems old to me no offense.
She's 54 and looks great for her age. The show is still the highest-rated in syndication or close to the top. Again, you're making way too much out of this.
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Vanna just seems old to me no offense.
Seems to me this is another episode of Matt Ottinger's Words have Meanings. You called her a bimbo in your initial post. Calling her old is a far cry from that.
sorry I have never heard of matt ottingers words have meaning.
sorry for starting this. I just wanted to complain about something I didn't like about wheel and not cause any trouble.
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sorry for starting this. I just wanted to complain about something I didn't like about wheel and not cause any trouble.
Then you are mistaking this discussion forum for your personal blog. Opinions here are challenged, and when you drop words like 'bimbo', that's not likely the sort of thing that we're just going to ignore.
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I don't have a blog. A friend of mine in the late 1980s /early 1990s used to call Vanna a slut. I don't know why she said that just that she never liked Vanna White.
At least Their done with Sin City. I wonder what Susan looks like after all these years away from wheel.
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A friend of mine in the late 1980s /early 1990s used to call Vanna a slut. I don't know why she said that just that she never liked Vanna White.
How does this explain your bimbo comment in 2011?
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It wasn't meant to explain my earlier comment just commenting on what a friend told me many years ago.
Didn't think anyone cared about Vanna anyone since Vannamania died years ago.
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Didn't think anyone cared about Vanna anyone since Vannamania died years ago.
Seriously, how old are you? Only a child would think such ridiculous thoughts.
/wishes this was an April Fools joke
//unfortunately, its not.
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Didn't think anyone cared about Vanna anyone since Vannamania died years ago.
Seriously, how old are you? Only a child would think such ridiculous thoughts.
/wishes this was an April Fools joke
//unfortunately, its not.
I am 37 years old.
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As the lady in the Miller Lite commercial says when a guy tells her he's wearing bronzer:
That is so much worse.
/Hey, look. 4400 posts.
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I am 37 years old.
And I'm Linus Pauling.
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I am 37 years old.
And I'm Linus Pauling.
And we're all here to play Password!
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I am 37 years old.
And I'm Linus Pauling.
And we're all here to play Password!
*does the 60s Password jig*