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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Matt Ottinger on June 12, 2015, 12:07:19 PM
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Seems I heard somewhere (probably from a bowling buddy) that they didn't want you coming to the studio with a recognizable, conspicuous logo on your clothing. A player on today's show had on a Superman t-shirt, and while that shield is iconic in a way that transcends most logos, it's still a licensed property owned by a zillion-dollar company. Thoughts?
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Was the show recorded before or after CBS agreed last month to broadcast a show that prominently features that shield?
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Today's show was taped on April 20...which leaves me mystified as well.
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I'm just guessing here, but I'd imagine they aren't as concerned about a shirt mimicking a fictional character as they would be about one with, say, a Coke logo on it.
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I'm just guessing here, but I'd imagine they aren't as concerned about a shirt mimicking a fictional character as they would be about one with, say, a Coke logo on it.
That's about all I could figure as well, but if that's the case, it strikes me as an oddly nuanced position to take. Free advertising is free advertising, whether it's for a product or a franchise. I bet, for example, that they would balk if someone showed up in a Star Trek shirt.
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Seems I heard somewhere (probably from a bowling buddy)
I don't have the books anymore, but it did seem to come up in the Be a Contestant/Win Squillions of Dollars ones.
It's possible that they relaxed the rules, or that the author was wrong/making stuff up, or any of a number of things, but I've read the "no logos or brand names" before.
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Today, for the record, also happens to be National Superman Day. A stretch, perhaps, but I could see that playing a role.
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PYLdude FTW.
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I'm just guessing here, but I'd imagine they aren't as concerned about a shirt mimicking a fictional character as they would be about one with, say, a Coke logo on it.
That's about all I could figure as well, but if that's the case, it strikes me as an oddly nuanced position to take. Free advertising is free advertising, whether it's for a product or a franchise. I bet, for example, that they would balk if someone showed up in a Star Trek shirt.
I don't know...CBS controls the distribution for the TV series, so maybe that might slide.
I wouldn't try it, certainly, but...
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Didn't TPIR do a "make up your own national day day" this year?
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How would that unwritten rule work for high-end clothing lines? My wife usually gets me Nautica shirts which has the rather visible sailboat logo.
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Just a complete guess, off the top of my head, but would the contestant coordinators/producers simply gloss over that person during the screening process, and put said contestant somewhere in the back where the logo wouldn't show up so easily?
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I know this is kinda low-tech, but when I was a part of my brother's college quizzer they solved said issue with black tape...
/as player and as show villain/question writer
//Barry and Enright didn't have shit on me
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I know this is kinda low-tech, but when I was a part of my brother's college quizzer they solved said issue with black tape...
I was thinking maybe they could take the reality show route and simply blur out the logo. It would just look amateurish, IMO, and make for a lot of work when they can just simply say "Next!" as they search for their nine contestants.
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I know this is kinda low-tech, but when I was a part of my brother's college quizzer they solved said issue with black tape...
/as player and as show villain/question writer
//Barry and Enright didn't have shit on me
On a couple of my visits during the Barker era, some audience participants were asked to visit the restroom and turn their shirts inside out. I also recall at least one person in the pre-line (where you were given a placeholder) being asked to change their shirt before returning. I always figured those were the folks who were wearing CBS logo shirts -- they visited the pro shop in the lobby.
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I know this is kinda low-tech, but when I was a part of my brother's college quizzer they solved said issue with black tape...
/as player and as show villain/question writer
//Barry and Enright didn't have shit on me
On a couple of my visits during the Barker era, some audience participants were asked to visit the restroom and turn their shirts inside out. I also recall at least one person in the pre-line (where you were given a placeholder) being asked to change their shirt before returning. I always figured those were the folks who were wearing CBS logo shirts -- they visited the pro shop in the lobby.
Now see, I was originally thinking this might have been procedure but it seemed too obvious.
In the only example I was a part of, they spelled it out pretty clear in all the documents they sent out. If I remember the clothes we were gonna wear couldn't have any writing on them at all (they made the one guy who did wear something like that zip the hoodie he was wearing to hide it).
/why you'd wear a hoodie in New York during the peak of summer is beyond me
//then again, I wore a winter sweater on a 90° day in New York when I went to try out for Jeopardy
///word to the wise...never spill coffee on a white shirt
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I'm pretty sure I remember a contestant from last year who made it on-stage with a shirt that referenced some organization. I guess they thought it wasn't a problem at the time, but apparently something must have come up by the time they aired it as the decision was made to blur out whatever was on the contestant's shirt and the shirts of all the people in the group. They slipped up once during the Showcase Showdown and the group's name was visible for a bit. I remember searching it up but, for the life of me, I can't remember what the group did.
EDIT: Quick search over at Golden-Road reveals that it was a group of people wearing a shirt advertising a rapper. Also, apparently, they (the show) figured it would be a problem before the SCSD and by that time the contestant's shirt was covered with black tape.
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Where do you draw the line? In the same episode as the guy with the Superman shirt, another player had on a shirt celebrating Ohio State's 2014 football championship. College clothing has traditionally gotten a pass on TPIR, I believe, but when you're specifically referencing sports, you're once again down that billion-dollar-industry rabbit hole.