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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: TimK2003 on January 31, 2024, 11:33:32 AM
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What game shows switched locations multiple times during their specific runs? In other words,
• Specific single game show incarnations
• NOT shows which simply shot in multiple studios on the same property.
In it's 14+ year run, I believe Wayne Brady's LMAD leads the pack as far as number of moves within the same incarnation with SIX different studio locations:
Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (2009–10)
Sunset/Bronson Studio, Hollywood (2010–15)
Raleigh Studios Hollywood (2015-17)
Saticoy Studios, Van Nuys (2017-22)
Quixote Studios, Sylmar (2022-23)
Haven Studios, Glendale (2023-present)
Any other shows even close to that?
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Feud has gone back and forth between LA and ATL quite a bit over the years.
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Current Feud would be the most obvious example to me. Orlando, three locations in LA, and three locations in Georgia, plus a move to another Georgia location coming up.
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Bill Malone Supermarket Sweep and Honeymoon Race. Different Supermarket or Mall every week. Queen for a Day traveled often.
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Didn’t Millionaire end up with six when all was said and done?
I know they shot at Lincoln Square, 106 and Park, Stamford, and Caesars in Las Vegas, but I could swear they also shot at Bally’s in Vegas and another studio near the Hudson River in Manhattan.
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Didn’t Millionaire end up with six when all was said and done?
I know they shot at Lincoln Square, 106 and Park, Stamford, and Caesars in Las Vegas, but I could swear they also shot at Bally’s in Vegas and another studio near the Hudson River in Manhattan.
WWTBAM also taped at Sony in Culver City during the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted pandemic seasons.
As far as Vegas, my memory is a little fuzzy on this, but I think the show first taped inside Bally's (Jubilee Theater, perhaps?) before moving into a production studio "under the tent" around Bally's and Caesars.
JD
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As far as Vegas, my memory is a little fuzzy on this, but I think the show first taped inside Bally's (Jubilee Theater, perhaps?) before moving into a production studio "under the tent" around Bally's and Caesars.
Accurate. I was personally surprised that they fit the whole set on top of the theater stage. Alternatively, when it was in the tent, it felt tiny (which is why all those GSN shows shot there felt so cavernous).
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I saw that tent when I visited for the last TCONA. That did not look very big from the outside, and I can’t imagine it was bigger on the inside.
Although come to think of it, the set really isn’t that big to begin with, right? I don’t seem to remember a whole lot of space being taken up and everything kind of being stacked on top of you, but will also concede that might not have been everyone’s experience.
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What game shows switched locations multiple times during their specific runs? In other words,
• Specific single game show incarnations
• NOT shows which simply shot in multiple studios on the same property.
I presume that episodes taped on-location don't count either? If not, Wheel would qualify from when they traveled to a new city quite often back in the '90s.
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CBS studio 59 housed WML?, IGAS, TTTT, PYH until CBS abandoned it and moved to studio 52 circa 1960. WML? and TTTT were later in studio 50 which had been converted to color for the Ed Sullivan Show.
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What game shows switched locations multiple times during their specific runs? In other words,
• Specific single game show incarnations
• NOT shows which simply shot in multiple studios on the same property.
I presume that episodes taped on-location don't count either? If not, Wheel would qualify from when they traveled to a new city quite often back in the '90s.
I forgot about that condition. I'm thinking moreso shows that did most, if not all of their seasons at one specific studio, then moved for whatever reason.
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G.E. College Bowl used to film on the campus of the current champion until this proved to be a logistical nightmare.
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Not as close to some of the aforementioned, but Davidson "Squares" did a bit of studio-hopping in its 3-year run (NBC Burbank > ABC Prospect > Metromedia > Universal)......and that doesn't count their special remotes.
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Although come to think of it, the set really isn’t that big to begin with, right? I don’t seem to remember a whole lot of space being taken up and everything kind of being stacked on top of you, but will also concede that might not have been everyone’s experience.
That's interesting - tho I will say, that stage was HUGE. When I announced Price is Right there, the backstage held ALL of the props and sets needed for the at the time Vegas show at the Jubilee theater, including a rendition of the Titanic, that yes, sunk, every night :)
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Although come to think of it, the set really isn’t that big to begin with, right? I don’t seem to remember a whole lot of space being taken up and everything kind of being stacked on top of you, but will also concede that might not have been everyone’s experience.
That's interesting - tho I will say, that stage was HUGE. When I announced Price is Right there, the backstage held ALL of the props and sets needed for the at the time Vegas show at the Jubilee theater, including a rendition of the Titanic, that yes, sunk sank, every night :)
The Jubilee Theater has an elevator stage. After each performance of TPIR Live everything was lowered into the basement — prizes, set pieces, everything — so the stage was clear for the nighttime shows, then TPIR Live was reset the following day.
The stage of the Jubilee Theater is remarkably deep, which is great for shooting television.
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I saw that tent when I visited for the last TCONA. That did not look very big from the outside, and I can’t imagine it was bigger on the inside.
The set in the tent wasn't huge, but it certainly didn't feel small, either.
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To the topic at hand, Dick Clark hosted Pyramid in three locations: Hollywood, and in New York City at the Ed Sullivan and Elysee Theaters.
...and Strahan Pyramid started in New York and is now in California, right?
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I saw that tent when I visited for the last TCONA. That did not look very big from the outside, and I can’t imagine it was bigger on the inside.
The set in the tent wasn't huge, but it certainly didn't feel small, either.
From what I recall, the set in Stamford wasn't much bigger than the one in the tent, if at all.
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I saw that tent when I visited for the last TCONA. That did not look very big from the outside, and I can’t imagine it was bigger on the inside.
The set in the tent wasn't huge, but it certainly didn't feel small, either.
From what I recall, the set in Stamford wasn't much bigger than the one in the tent, if at all.
See, I was under the impression that once that set took on its HD ready form (wanna say Meredith’s last year, maybe the year before?), it basically stayed like that for the rest of its life in syndication. They just broke it down and reassembled it when they needed to and where they needed.
Because outside of swapping the set pieces at center stage, from the circular desk that looked like a garbage can to the giant Lucite table to the two stands, there didn’t seem to be a whole lot that I noticed as the years went on.
If I’m wrong, though,so it shall be. 🙂
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See, I was under the impression that once that set took on its HD ready form (wanna say Meredith’s last year, maybe the year before?), it basically stayed like that for the rest of its life in syndication.
I agree. You were on the show when they were in Stamford, right?
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Double Dare originally taped at WHYY in Philadelphia from 1986 to 1989. The show briefly relocated to the Unitel Theater in NYC during the summer of 1987. Super Sloppy DD moved from Philly to Universal Studios in Orlando halfway through its 1989 season, where it remained until Family DD ended production in 1992.
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Double Dare originally taped at WHYY in Philadelphia from 1986 to 1989.
I was there! ;D ;D ;D
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Double Dare originally taped at WHYY in Philadelphia from 1986 to 1989.
I was there! ;D ;D ;D
Oh wow!! That is so cool! I love the pictures. Very nice view of the Obstacle Course area!
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See, I was under the impression that once that set took on its HD ready form (wanna say Meredith’s last year, maybe the year before?), it basically stayed like that for the rest of its life in syndication.
I agree. You were on the show when they were in Stamford, right?
I was at 106 and Park, the last year the show was still taping in New York.
They left for Stamford after the season wrapped taping in the late fall. Felt kinda disappointed in the end that it happened; they really wanted to get people to come out for the show in Spanish Harlem and it seemed like every store and cafe in the neighborhood had ads for tickets.