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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Sodboy13 on December 18, 2015, 10:56:44 PM
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I ask this because I find myself on a bit of a Wipeout '88 kick lately. The game mechanic and the formatting of the questions are really engaging to me, even if the show format overall rubs me the wrong way by having just the one 3-player round before kicking someone to the curb. (The BBC version made things much better by playing 3 rounds of pass the buck before going to the head-to-head auction, but it doesn't seem like many episodes have made it online.)
A few months back, I kept going back to $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime, and its British sister, All Clued Up.
So, what shows do you find yourself drawn to time and again, even if it is a "warts and all" situation?
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I keep going back to Collyer Beat the Clock, myself -- I like game shows that seem to have fun as a high priority, and I got a kick out of one stunt where they had a contestant spray stunt coordinators Bob Howard and Frank Wayne (plus her own husband) with whipped cream. :)
About a month ago, I was on a Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour kick -- the Match portions are consistently good from start to finish, and in the early months Squares is tolerable and even fun. By the end, when the latter had pretty much nothing but "cutesy" scenario questions, I was skimming through those parts.
My brother and I have also been watching Scrabble. The early episodes feel so weird, but it's fun to see the show's evolution into what we remembered it as.
I've also been watching daytime Sale of the Century. I can't really describe it (I guess it might be because most of them haven't been reran, or because of the questions pertaining to then-current events), but there's something amazing about this version compared to the syndie one.
(The BBC version [of Wipeout] made things much better by playing 3 rounds of pass the buck before going to the head-to-head auction, but it doesn't seem like many episodes have made it online.)
From what I've found, there's just under 20 episodes online (I've compiled the video links I could find here (http://gameshows.wikia.com/wiki/User:Daniel_Benfield/Wipeout_1988_Video_Archive#British_Version_.281994-2002.29)), but most are from after Bob Monkhouse became host...and, in my opinion, inferior to the few Paul Daniels shows I've seen. Don't get me wrong, I love Bob and his work, but from what I can tell he wasn't in the best of health by 1998 and giving him five-show taping days probably wasn't the best idea. I've tried watching shows from his era, and both he and the game itself just seem so slow even with Challenge editing out most of the pre-game banter.
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Millionaire UK. Regis Philbin is unequipped to take out Chris Tarrant's garbage can.
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$ale of the Century and NBC Card Sharks, as part of my own personal Jim Perry Memorial Marathon.
(My oldest daughter watched many CS episodes with me over the course of the last year; she was enthralled with Perry's banter and style, but begged me during the Eubanks episodes to "just fast forward to the Money Cards already". Hmm...)
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Eubanks is pretty much insufferable on Card Sharks.
I've been watching a lot of Scrabble lately...as I've run the few episodes of the 80s syndie Deal into the ground.
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$ale, and some MG7x here and there.
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Around the holidays I enjoy pulling up shows that will have the set decorated for Christmas (TPiR, P+, SP). Family Feud too...many of the questions (especially on the shows whose OAD *was* Christmas) are all Christmas-themed.
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I've been in-between Bergeron's Squares and Scrabble (despite displacing my downloads [and subsequent wish of reposting] of the '85 ToC that were once posted).
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I'm currently going over all the Let's Ask America episodes that were on GSN not too long ago. I saved them on hard drive, and have since transferred them to DVD disc.
Cordially,
Tammy
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Nighttime Price Is Right with Dennis James.
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High Rollers, mixed in with a little Name That Tune.
Trebek was such a better fit for High Rollers than Wink was. Too much polish on the 1987 edition, the 1970s edition felt more naturally flowing.
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The 1970s edition felt more naturally flowing.
There's a reason for that... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-HXf4rFow#t=5m10s)
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The 1970s edition felt more naturally flowing.
There's a reason for that... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-HXf4rFow#t=5m10s)
As synonymous as Trebek is with Jeopardy, i tend to like him better on more relaxed shows like High Rollers and Concentration.
I tend to find myself going back to Perry's Card Sharks and Goen Wheel pretty often.
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When you guys look at old favorites are you more inclined to use your own collection or YouTube posted material?
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Every so many months, I may have a kick for watching and recording Drew's TPIR, doing so for two or three weeks, only to lose interest in it after that, though I do watch it when I am off from work, as long as it is a first-run dpisode.
I think Big Money Week last October sparked my kick for recording and watching TPIR, even for just a few weeks, and losing interest after the Halloween episode. Maybe Dream Car Week this coming February might cause a new kick, but only if GSN doesn't air any fresh episodes of classics I enjoy during that time.
Aside from TPIR, I had gotten a kick for NBC and non-GSN syndicated $ale of the Century in the wake of Jim Perry's death. Still retain it to this day.
I have lost interest in Press Your Luck and Eubanks' Card Sharks since last spring, but I am sure my interest in Press Your Luck will regain again if GSN acquires the final three months of the series someday. Though my interest in Eubanks' Card Sharks may not be as strong anymore (since I got the episodes I most desired), but my interest will likely regain if more fresh episodes come.
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When you guys look at old favorites are you more inclined to use your own collection or YouTube posted material?
For me, YouTube, and GSN, for the older shows.
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When you guys look at old favorites are you more inclined to use your own collection or YouTube posted material?
I can't speak for others, but my collection is exclusively on VHS - which, given I no longer own a VCR, restricts me somewhat.
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When you guys look at old favorites are you more inclined to use your own collection or YouTube posted material?
YouTube, by default.
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I've been on sort of a You Don't Say! kick -- the game is a *lot* of fun and requires a different kind of creativity (in terms of clue-giving and -receiving) than Password does. It's too bad that neither of the revivals lasted long; I think it could be successful again in the right hands.
At some point they must have tightened the rules for clues spelled the same as the portion of the name the player was going for. In the '64 Day/Landon episode, one contestant goes directly for "crane" as part of "Ichabod Crane." (On the '69 Cole/Grady episode, a contestant does get buzzed for trying to elicit "God," but I think that was because it was a proper noun in the context the contestant was going for.) But on one of the available '75 episodes, a contestant gets buzzed for trying to elicit "ark" as part of "Arkansas". Is there some fine distinction between these that I haven't picked up on?
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I've just been gorging on the original I've Got A Secret on YouTube. I didn't realize how many clips and whole episodes are online currently, especially ones from the now rarely seen Winston era. It's been a wonderful trip back to my first exposure of GSN, with a show that had such great chemistry between host and panel.
Nighttime Price Is Right with Dennis James.
I really wish there was more of this online, particularly of the last few seasons of James' run where there were more games in the rotation and a better, more warm set. I am grateful for what is online. A good treat.
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I don't know how and why, but I've been on a Martindale Tic Tac Dough kick lately.
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When you guys look at old favorites are you more inclined to use your own collection or YouTube posted material?
YouTube, by default.
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I've been following Bert Convy a lot recently by watching Super Password and both runs of Tattletales -- Via YouTube on Roku.
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TattleTales, and MG '7X via Buzzr and Youtube