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Title: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: mmb5 on June 11, 2025, 07:02:07 PM
To Tell The Truth going to returning champions.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: aaron sica on June 11, 2025, 07:06:49 PM
Family Feud giving you the survey answers and having YOU provide the survey question.
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Post by: JasonA1 on June 11, 2025, 07:10:07 PM
Five words: The Sale Price is Right.

-Jason
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Post by: Matt Ottinger on June 11, 2025, 07:17:12 PM
Wheel: Spin for vowels, buy consonants.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: SuperMatch93 on June 11, 2025, 07:26:59 PM
Jeopardy: answering in the form of an answer.
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Post by: BrandonFG on June 11, 2025, 07:38:33 PM
TPiR: have the closest retail price after going over.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: GameShowFan on June 11, 2025, 07:53:23 PM
Sale of the Century: Questions are still worth $5, but you pay full price in the gift shop elements.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: PYLclark86 on June 11, 2025, 07:59:39 PM
Hit Man: We ask the same questions but we don't show the stories.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: SamJ93 on June 11, 2025, 08:07:48 PM
Literally, What's My Line?--celebrity panelists attempt to guess if they're straight, curved, parallel, or perpendicular.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: TimK2003 on June 11, 2025, 08:17:06 PM
(Not So) Classic Concentration:  The Prize/TAKE!/WILD! Cards behind the numbers are shuffled after every turn.

Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: TLEberle on June 11, 2025, 09:19:35 PM
Match Game. You try to match matches with the stars.

Only.Connect with your host Pee-Wee Herman.

This may be dumb but I’m enjoying it.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: MSTieScott on June 11, 2025, 09:28:36 PM
To streamline the displays, Press Your Luck does away with the passed spins column. Players can still pass their spins, which can be passed again at any time.
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Post by: SuperMatch93 on June 11, 2025, 09:34:24 PM
Cold Potato: instead of answering questions, contestants compete to make the best vichyssoise.
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Post by: aaron sica on June 11, 2025, 09:40:10 PM
Play That Tune: You are given the tune name, and without sheet music, you MUST play it.
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Post by: BrandonFG on June 11, 2025, 10:09:09 PM
Bullseye: during the main game contestants must shoot a bow and arrow while blindfolded. The winner must avoid the lightning bolt by wearing a metal armor during a storm (still blindfolded).
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Post by: RMF on June 12, 2025, 12:00:35 AM
I've Got A Secret: If the panel can't figure them out, no one but the contestants will ever know.....
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Post by: WilliamPorygon on June 12, 2025, 04:41:50 AM
Wheel of Fortune: The wheel has to go all the way around or it doesn't count and you don't get to spin again.
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Post by: Brian44 on June 12, 2025, 05:22:17 AM
The prices of all the prizes in 10 Chances end in 69.  :P
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Post by: Mr. Matté on June 12, 2025, 05:23:51 AM
In Russian Roulette, hole drops into you.
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Post by: aaron sica on June 12, 2025, 07:04:44 AM
Whew!: The blooper is the only thing showing, you must fill in the blank words around it.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Joe Mello on June 12, 2025, 07:37:45 AM
Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: steveleb on June 12, 2025, 08:40:23 AM
Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: BrandonFG on June 12, 2025, 08:49:41 AM
Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants
that wuld b funi
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: SamJ93 on June 12, 2025, 09:00:34 AM
Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Clay Zambo on June 12, 2025, 10:09:05 AM
I was trying to come up with one for "Three on a Match," but I think it already has all the rules there are.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: mystery7 on June 12, 2025, 11:53:33 AM
Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: MikeK on June 12, 2025, 11:54:03 AM
The Turkish Price is Right 30 years ago:  For Plinko, you need to determine if the first, the second. the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, or the ninth digit is correct.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Otm Shank on June 12, 2025, 11:58:24 AM
Password: You have to hack Jimmy Fallon's phone.

Pyramid: All the answers are from the National Spelling Bee word list. In the winner's circle, all the answers are grammatical or etymological ("Words of Latin origin", "What a transitive verb might say").
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: gamed121683 on June 12, 2025, 12:00:43 PM
Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.

Trendy on-topic for 1974 period (ask Ray Stevens).
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: TimK2003 on June 12, 2025, 12:16:54 PM
Scrabble (using the original "spell out the answer" rules):

Pharmaceutical Product/Chemical Names Week.
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Post by: aaron sica on June 12, 2025, 12:35:49 PM
Win, Lose or Draw: Drawings must be in full color.
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Post by: PYLclark86 on June 12, 2025, 01:59:28 PM
Survivor: Contestants spend 30 days in a lavish hotel. Every few days members of each tribe vote for one member to be stranded in the wilderness for good.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on June 12, 2025, 02:48:54 PM
Survivor: Contestants spend 30 days in a lavish hotel. Every few days members of each tribe vote for one member to be stranded in the wilderness for good.
If you limited the contestant pool to politicians, lawyers, and people who create pharmaceutical ads... I'd totally watch.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: clemon79 on June 12, 2025, 02:59:23 PM
To Tell The Truth going to returning champions.

I've always felt successful plaintiffs on The People's Court should be able to come back and keep suing people until they lose.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: wdm1219inpenna on June 12, 2025, 05:54:32 PM
3 on a Match, balance a plastic number 3 on the end of a match  stick.

How about specializing this for pricing games?

Safe Crackers - If you fail to crack the safe, the host opens the safe and the player remains locked inside for the duration of the show.

Spelling Bee - Players must wear beekeeping garb while playing the game.

No matter what the prize is you try to price in RANGE Game, if you do so, you only win a range.

Secret "X", the position of the hidden "X" is never revealed since it's SECRET X!



Jeopardy!  Finish with a negative score and you must repay the show on the spot or risk being placed in the Jeopardy jail cell in the basement of the Alex Trebek stage.

From Bob Stewart:  Shoot For The Stars, contestants take water pistols outdoors at night and take aim at various constellations in the sky.

From reality TV Dog Eat Dog, players have their pets in a race to see who can finish eating a hot dog in the shortest amount of time.


High Rollers - Requires all players to either use cannabis before playing in a match or they must play the game standing on 8 feet high stilts.


Card Sharks - If you make an error in the game, you must outswim a shark for 10 seconds.


Tic Tac Dough, players must knead dough and bake bread while at the same time feeding their opponents breath mints (Tic Tacs).

Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: mmb5 on June 12, 2025, 07:05:29 PM
To Tell The Truth going to returning champions.

I've always felt successful plaintiffs on The People's Court should be able to come back and keep suing people until they lose.

I like your thoughts and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Neumms on June 12, 2025, 08:29:11 PM
The Joker's Wild: The contestants have what the emcee is having.
I've Got a Secret: No longer just for fun, the contestants pay the panelists more money the closer they get.
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Post by: Joe Mello on June 12, 2025, 09:06:36 PM
Supermarket Mop
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Post by: SuperMatch93 on June 12, 2025, 10:05:55 PM
The Joker's Wild: The contestants have what the emcee is having.

Valium?
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Post by: aaron sica on June 12, 2025, 10:48:24 PM
Safe Crackers - If you fail to crack the safe, the host opens the safe and the player remains locked inside for the duration of the show.

I'll send you the bill for my new monitor. :) This one was great.
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Post by: BrandonFG on June 12, 2025, 10:54:32 PM
Safe Crackers - If you fail to crack the safe, the host opens the safe and the player remains locked inside for the duration of the show.

I'll send you the bill for my new monitor. :) This one was great.
Okay...I'm already a fan of the show but I'd watch this.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Marc412 on June 13, 2025, 12:21:46 AM
Pass the Buck:  Instead of playing for a jackpot that grows $25 with each correct answer, the contestants pass around a $1 bill which the winning player will get to keep.

Shop 'Til You Drop:  The winning couple must go from store to store picking up as many prizes as they can carry in their hands.  The game ends when any or all of their prizes fall on the floor, but they do get to keep anything still in their hands at that point.

Lingo:  All the words used are slang terms.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: steveleb on June 13, 2025, 09:11:55 AM
Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.

While I never directly confirmed it with Bob, I've been told the show had several different names during development and that after the Oscars incident and the release of the Stevens hit (I still get nightmares remembering the ubiquitous direct response spots for his "best of " tapes that would turn up overnights on cable networks in the 80s) someone at NBC suggested they needed to have something with the world streak in it. 

If only they focused on the content as much as the brand...
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: Joe Mello on June 13, 2025, 10:59:47 AM
Wheel of Fortune: playing for cache
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Post by: rebelwrest on June 13, 2025, 04:57:40 PM
While I never directly confirmed it with Bob, I've been told the show had several different names during development and that after the Oscars incident and the release of the Stevens hit (I still get nightmares remembering the ubiquitous direct response spots for his "best of " tapes that would turn up overnights on cable networks in the 80s)

You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: mmb5 on June 13, 2025, 06:50:45 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: BrandonFG on June 13, 2025, 07:02:02 PM
While I never directly confirmed it with Bob, I've been told the show had several different names during development and that after the Oscars incident and the release of the Stevens hit (I still get nightmares remembering the ubiquitous direct response spots for his "best of " tapes that would turn up overnights on cable networks in the 80s)

You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
I remember begging my mom to buy me the VHS after seeing the commercial so much. She (wisely) declined because the only reason I wanted it was for the "Are you nekkiiiiiid?!" song.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: TimK2003 on June 13, 2025, 09:46:14 PM
Supermarket Sweep:  No more carts -- all grocery items must be brought to the checkout via the use of a broom.

Good luck with the turkeys...
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: chrisholland03 on June 14, 2025, 06:43:41 AM
Tic Tac Dough - all answers must be given to the beat of the theme song, while clapping
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: wdm1219inpenna on June 15, 2025, 06:22:17 AM
Dream House - You cannot be on the show unless you are in a deep REM cycle of sleep.  That would be one way to save a lot on the prize budget!


The Supermarket Sweep idea with the broom!!!  CLASSIC!


Headline Chasers - Members of the staff dress up as giant newspapers and the contestants must chase them around the set throughout the entire episode.


Blank Check - Nobody will ever know what the check writer's numbers are as the pen used has invisible ink, hence BLANK Check.


Catch Phrase - Phrases are written down on cue cards and tossed at the contestants who must catch them wearing oven mitts.

All Pyramid iterations...if you conquer the Winner's Circle, instead of winning cash, you win an all expense paid trip to Egypt to visit the real Great Pyramid.


Pass the Buck - Contestants keep passing a sedated male deer (a buck) until each contestant becomes too exhausted to do so, the last player standing gets to take home the buck as a pet.
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Post by: gridlockjoe on June 15, 2025, 11:07:21 AM
Now You See It: Contestants are given the answer and must find each word of the question, in order, on the Big Board.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: gridlockjoe on June 15, 2025, 11:09:47 AM
Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants

that would be a funny.
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Post by: rebelwrest on June 15, 2025, 03:35:06 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned

Yes, you read that right.  The word that got censored was

mooned

I tried to find why it was so offensive now, but I couldn't find a thing.  So you're telling me that Ray Stevens' audience is so sensitive that the particular word would send them into conniptions........actually seeing his other videos would make you think that.

/HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they had to censor mooned!
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Post by: SRIV94 on June 15, 2025, 05:04:00 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

I hope you told Ethel not to look.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: The Ol' Guy on June 15, 2025, 05:33:19 PM
Beat The Clock - all stunts must be performed within 3 seconds.

High Rollers - answer questions, toss dice from the top of the Empire State Building to the table below.

You Bet Your Life - the "no wrong answers" quiz

I'm Telling - sisters answer questions to earn cash to bribe little brothers with found diaries.

Family Feud - Irish mobs vs. Italian mobs.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: BrandonFG on June 15, 2025, 06:07:38 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned
Youtube is weird about censorship. I watched Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (don’t judge me) and they censored nudity…of a Playboy centerfold that was plastered on the bathroom stall. IIRC they also censored the language so I immediately turned it off and went to Prime.
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: CeleTheRef on June 16, 2025, 05:03:50 PM
Family Feud giving you the survey answers and having YOU provide the survey question.

They really did that in Italy  ::)  (albeit for one round only)
Title: Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
Post by: TimK2003 on June 16, 2025, 06:17:44 PM
For any game show that asks the contestant, "Can you name this_______?" or any question similarly written, a simple "Yes" or "No" answer counts as much as a correct answer in addition to the actual answer.