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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PYLdude on May 08, 2015, 04:38:57 AM
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Here's a question I wanna pose to those of you who have made appearances on game shows in the past.
It certainly is a unique experience and no doubt something that you remember for a long time. But at the risk of sounding like a killjoy/masochist/asshole, I'm gonna ask this.
If there was anything you feel that you might have done differently in hindsight, what would that be? Could be anything you want, and doesn't need to be negative (I.e., I usually do X, but I didn't, yet it all worked out in the end, or something like that)
(For me, it's three things: play my game differently and be smarter, take my blood pressure pill before I went up so not to have my heart racing like it was, and above all talk them out of insisting I wear a turd-colored shirt. ;)
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I was on Millionaire in 2000, and missed the hot seat by a tenth of a second. I spent the majority of my preparation time before the show studying World Almanacs and other trivia books, when I really should have been practicing nothing but Fastest Finger questions.
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WWTBAM:
First time around, I was overconfident heading into the taping and I flamed out as a result. For the second time, I was focused on being myself and staying out of the spotlight, even in a room full of contestants that flamed out. Outside of one or two GS-related quips (one joking why we weren't invited to play "Weakest Link"), I kept my conversations away from the show and focused on having fun.
On the lighter side, I wished I actually checked out more restaurants and attractions during my two NYC trips. Went to a Houlihan's across the street from our hotel with family, friends, and fellow contestants on 4-5 separate trips. Did go with a few contestants after the first show to WWE New York -- food was atrocious. Went on my own shortly before heading home following the "Second Chance" tapings to Carnegie Deli for a NYC-style sandwich -- much better.
JD
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Jep!:
I wish someone would have taught me wagering strategy and state capitals before the age of 11.
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Not a game show per se and not that it ultimately mattered, but with Hardball, I wish Chris Matthews didn't have laryngitis.
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Went on my own shortly before heading home following the "Second Chance" tapings to Carnegie Deli for a NYC-style sandwich -- much better.
I presume this is a second chance at Millionaire, which is darned neat, but to go play Jim Peck's Second Chance (as I read it the first time) and hit the Carnegie Deli, wow, that would be one of the best days ever on earth.
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TPIR:
I would've spent more time thinking about the prizes before bidding on the one bids.
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Absolutely nothing. Win or lose, I'm grateful for having been able to live a dream that I've had for so long, again and again and again and again.
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Absolutely nothing. Win or lose, I'm grateful for having been able to live a dream that I've had for so long, again and again and again and again.
I'm sorry; the correct answer is, "poison Moly's coffee." Thanks for playing!
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When I was a contestant on TPIR in 1996, I wish I took a little extra time making my way out of Contestant's Row. Until I saw my show on the air, I didn't realize that the audience members seated behind me were trying to high-five me as I headed to the turntable! Of course, I was aware of the PG lineup listed on the board next to the production table (too bad it's gone), so I knew as soon as we were seated that, if I was the second contestant to win my way onstage, I would be playing Bonus Game. I made my way up to the turntable so fast, they did not have enough time to block Bob with the Bonus Game board spinning around (God, how I miss that reveal!), so they just inserted some random audience shot until they were ready (I came alone, so they had no friends/family to get a shot of).
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Wheel of Fortune (2005): I knew how to spell "Jewelry," because lord knows at 19 I wasn't dating anyone long enough to know how to spell it, never mind BUYING it.
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The Chase: I would've gotten to L.A. a day earlier to avoid jet lag.
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I want to comment on this topic, but I'd run afoul of forum rules. I'll just wait until my show airs.
--Charlie
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I want to comment on this topic, but I'd run afoul of forum rules. I'll just wait until my show airs.
--Charlie
The humblest of humblebrags! What show did you make it on?
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Do you see anything under his avatar?
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Do you see anything under his avatar?
Touché.
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Okay, I don't think I ever thought about it this way before.
I wish the guy in the Hot Seat had been able to reach his Phone-a-Friend.
Guy got stuck on a question, called his friend. FRIEND. DID. NOT. ANSWER.
So he burned his last lifeline and got no help. As he was sitting there deliberating, I realized I was rooting for somebody to LOSE. He was a perfectly nice guy in the green room. I'd had two chances at Fastest Finger questions--the one about Movies I Had Not Seen, and the one about TV Shows I Did Not Watch. I was having the time of my life, and figured there was no shame in being unable to answer those questions.
But if he missed his question, there'd be ANOTHER chance for the rest of us.
So I sat there rooting for a perfectly nice guy to give an incorrect answer.
Of course I wanted to win. I didn't realize I could want want somebody else to *lose.* That's what I'd change.
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Guy got stuck on a question, called his friend. FRIEND. DID. NOT. ANSWER.
So he burned his last lifeline and got no help.
Was that really a thing? You call someone and they don't answer, you're SOL? You don't get your PaF back to call someone else?
EDIT: Finding an episode recap online, it looks like the guy did indeed get to call somebody.
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Guy got stuck on a question, called his friend. FRIEND. DID. NOT. ANSWER.
So he burned his last lifeline and got no help.
Was that really a thing? You call someone and they don't answer, you're SOL? You don't get your PaF back to call someone else?
EDIT: Finding an episode recap online, it looks like the guy did indeed get to call somebody.
I didn't remember the second call, or if there was a stop-down to discuss it. But the thing was, when you got into the Hot Seat, ALL FIVE of your PaF candidates were called immediately and asked to stand by for the next half hour or so. This friend didn't, and he was the one of the contestant's crew who the contestant thought was best able to answer.
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Guy got stuck on a question, called his friend. FRIEND. DID. NOT. ANSWER.
So he burned his last lifeline and got no help.
Was that really a thing? You call someone and they don't answer, you're SOL? You don't get your PaF back to call someone else?
EDIT: Finding an episode recap online, it looks like the guy did indeed get to call somebody.
I didn't remember the second call, or if there was a stop-down to discuss it. But the thing was, when you got into the Hot Seat, ALL FIVE of your PaF candidates were called immediately and asked to stand by for the next half hour or so. This friend didn't, and he was the one of the contestant's crew who the contestant thought was best able to answer.
Oh, for sure. To quote (I think it was) Chris Lemon, they probably played a game of "Who Wants to Pry My Boot From Your Ass?" when the player got home.
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Oh, for sure. To quote (I think it was) Chris Lemon, they probably played a game of "Who Wants to Pry My Boot From Your Ass?" when the player got home.
If they ever spoke again.
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Oh, for sure. To quote (I think it was) Chris Lemon, they probably played a game of "Who Wants to Pry My Boot From Your Ass?" when the player got home.
If they ever spoke again.
That's a thought, but I'd like to think a good friendship can survive that. Look at Rudy Reber and Will Durst. Durst directly COST Reber $218k, and they stayed friends.
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I call moderate Point of Order: it's still on the contestant to decide on their final answer, as opposed to Set for Life, where a well-meaning friend or relative could make hundreds of thousands of dollars disappear with the push of a button.
For those who haven't quite won commission on the field of battle; how often do you think about it?
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I want to comment on this topic, but I'd run afoul of forum rules. I'll just wait until my show airs.
OK, now I can talk about it.
The interview: Man, was I nervous. And I could've talked about WWTBAM - Play It.
And the third toss-up. I rang in too soon and didn't measure the second line. If I'd just waited for the G to pop up, I'd have started Round 4.
Sorry, I forgot the ATGS salute at the end of Round 4. My bad. (Although "Wow!" is kinda close.)
No, I don't want to change what I affectionately refer to as "The Lake Tahoe Incident".
See it all again July 23.
--Charlie
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In complete retrospect, I wish I talked a bit more to Lauralee Bell backstage when we were waiting to tape "Pictionary". She seemed like a nice person who was excited to be there, yet I was too focused on not freaking out to really talk to her. As for the game itself, I really can't say I'd change anything. My performance was what it was, and my partners performed how they performed, which was out of my control and therefore I could not change.