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Title: Query: Which was first?
Post by: alfonzos on April 07, 2016, 07:07:04 PM

Which game show was the first to have its audience yell the name of the show during its opening credits? My guess: Shenanigans.

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: Winkfan on April 07, 2016, 08:18:49 PM

Quote from: alfonzos on April 07, 2016, 07:07:04 PM

Which game show was the first to have its audience yell the name of the show during its opening credits? My guess: Shenanigans.

I believe it went this way:
Wayne Howell: It's time to.....
Audience: SAY WHEN!!

Prove me wrong.....

Cordially,
Tammy

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: alfonzos on April 08, 2016, 02:49:04 PM

Sorry, all I can prove is that I am wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgtOxiG9FQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgtOxiG9FQ)

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: BrandonFG on April 08, 2016, 03:40:43 PM

I know it has the "closest without going over" element from TPiR, but I'm surprised G-T didn't try to revive Say When over the years. That was my first time watching, but it's a fun little show, albeit a little repetitive.

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: TLEberle on April 08, 2016, 04:57:30 PM

Quote from: BrandonFG on April 08, 2016, 03:40:43 PM

I know it has the "closest without going over" element from TPiR, but I'm surprised G-T didn't try to revive Say When over the years. That was my first time watching, but it's a fun little show, albeit a little repetitive.

I love that it closely captures the feel of blackjack more than the auction does. Time has likely passed it by but doing it as a single round of something larger (perhaps Bargain Hunters or It's Worth What) would have served it better than making a week-in-week-out endeavor out of it.

Plus it lives on through Grocery Game and Bullseye, so there's that too.

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 08, 2016, 08:43:37 PM

In the 1952 game show called "Wheel of Fortune", the studio audience chanted the name of the show just like they do now.

Prove me wrong.

:)

Title: Re: Query: Which was first?
Post by: aaron sica on April 08, 2016, 09:31:28 PM

Quote from: Matt Ottinger on April 08, 2016, 08:43:37 PM

In the 1952 game show called "Wheel of Fortune", the studio audience chanted the name of the show just like they do now.

Prove me wrong.

:)

Trying to prove Matt Ottinger wrong is like trying to prove a geometric proof wrong. :)