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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: JacksonBrowne1980 on April 06, 2004, 04:56:14 PM
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i liked break the bank 1985, strike it rich 1986, and the joker's wild 1990. these were good shows; gsn should get the rights to them
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Oh, Break the Bank... the show that made a mockery out of Gene Rayburn that had grown men and women run around like manaics trying to complete embarassing stunts for luxerious prizes like a pair of Binoculars.
TJW 90: First Defintion, Last Defintion, First Defintion, Last Defintion, First Defintion, Last Defintion, First Defintion, Last Defintion...
In short, don't say I didn't warn you of our rep as guys with Acid Tounges.
-Joe R.
(PS: As you know, The Game Show Forum is a message board of definitons)
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I liked TJW '90 too. I also remember watching the Master PUzzle with Farago on BTB '85. Despite not recalling watching an episode with Gene. I still prefer the master puzzle over the stunt format.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 05:46 PM\'] Oh, Break the Bank... the show that made a mockery out of Gene Rayburn that had grown men and women run around like manaics trying to complete embarassing stunts for luxerious prizes like a pair of Binoculars.
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Shop Till You Drop(save for this season) had stunts just as uninspired.
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...okay, I'll risk getting hit by tomatoes or being temporarily banished to the TTD 90 tomb...Strike It Rich wasn't that bad. Joe G. was a bit hokey...think of it as a "horizontal Press Your Luck" ("no bandit! no bandit! STOP!!")..and the last incarnation of Break The Bank with the other Joe was somewhat watchable..if only because it had the feel of Seven Keys. Maybe one of the big problems was making both shows self-contained. You had to go through a lot of fluff and drag to fill up the half hour with one game - heck, they should whip through the games and if necessary, straddle. Strike It Rich should have been sped up. At least one person will jump me, but S-I-R had one of my favorite Hidey themes, too. A major thumbs down, however, to his JOKER '90. Sorry, kid.
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Never saw "Strike It Rich;" of the K&F shows I have seen my fave was "Win, Lose or Draw."
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Break The Bank and The Joker's Wild '90 were my favorites.
I still feel though that TJW 90 should have stuck to the old format as before instead of the format they had.
First definition... last definition... hey, Definition is in Canada, Richard.
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 05:09 PM\'] At least one person will jump me, but S-I-R had one of my favorite Hidey themes, too.
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I got yer back on this one. I liked SIR just fine, and it's a theme I would love to see resurrected someday.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 08:29 PM\'] [quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 05:09 PM\'] At least one person will jump me, but S-I-R had one of my favorite Hidey themes, too.
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I got yer back on this one. I liked SIR just fine, and it's a theme I would love to see resurrected someday. [/quote]
SIR had one of the worst musical packages I have ever heard for a show. The opening and closing themes are mediocre, but all of the other cues stink.
Brandon Brooks
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I'll fully admit to liking Strike it Rich/Lucky, but that's because I grew up with Michael Barrymore doing it, and for some reason you're a whole lot less critical about yer game shows when you're a child :-p
Were there any discernable differences in game play between the U.S. and U.K. versions?
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 08:12 PM\'] I'll fully admit to liking Strike it Rich/Lucky, but that's because I grew up with Michael Barrymore doing it, and for some reason you're a whole lot less critical about yer game shows when you're a child :-p
Were there any discernable differences in game play between the U.S. and U.K. versions? [/quote]
The endgame is close, 'cept you guys had three teams, and chose 2, 3, or 4 answers out of a board of six instead of 1, 2, or 3 out of 5, our arch was seven screens long instead of 10, and you had the Hotspot instead of the Bandit.
Your bonus was totally different.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 10:11 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 08:29 PM\'] [quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 05:09 PM\'] At least one person will jump me, but S-I-R had one of my favorite Hidey themes, too.
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I got yer back on this one. I liked SIR just fine, and it's a theme I would love to see resurrected someday. [/quote]
SIR had one of the worst musical packages I have ever heard for a show. The opening and closing themes are mediocre, but all of the other cues stink.
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Were there two versions of the closing theme? I know Brian Karimzad's page had one version, which I found really catchy. Then there was another version that I think John Chartier put on his site a couple of years ago, but that one was really repetitive and actually somewhat annoying.
As for favorite K&F show, it's a tie between Win, Lose or Draw and Pictionary (basically the same show).
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Personally, I liked Three's Company.
Tyshaun
Oh wait- The OTHER Richard Kline? Well in that case, I'd have to say Strike It Rich, since it had a lot of PYL elements in it, right after PYL ended on CBS, and before it's start on USA.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:23 AM\']
Oh wait- The OTHER Richard Kline? Well in that case, I'd have to say Strike It Rich, since it had a lot of PYL elements in it, right after PYL ended on CBS, and before it's start on USA. [/quote]
WCAU in Philly(then CBS, now NBC) and WCBS in NYC both placed SiR86 on their schedule upon the ending of PYL on 9/29/86, 9:30AM EST on WCAU and Noon EST on WCBS.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:33 AM\']
Oh wait- The OTHER Richard Kline? Well in that case, I'd have to say Strike It Rich, since it had a lot of PYL elements in it, right after PYL ended on CBS, and before it's start on USA.
WCAU in Philly(then CBS, now NBC) and WCBS in NYC both placed SiR86 on their schedule upon the ending of PYL on 9/29/86, 9:30AM EST on WCAU and Noon EST on WCBS. [/quote]
Umm...OK, Zach.
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what stations aired BTB85 with gene rayburn in 1985?
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:33 AM\'] [quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:23 AM\']
Oh wait- The OTHER Richard Kline? Well in that case, I'd have to say Strike It Rich, since it had a lot of PYL elements in it, right after PYL ended on CBS, and before it's start on USA. [/quote]
WCAU in Philly(then CBS, now NBC) and WCBS in NYC both placed SiR86 on their schedule upon the ending of PYL on 9/29/86, 9:30AM EST on WCAU and Noon EST on WCBS. [/quote]
Thank you for that wonderfully useless information that nobody asked for, Zach.
Tyshaun
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 01:23 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:33 AM\'] [quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:23 AM\']
Oh wait- The OTHER Richard Kline? Well in that case, I'd have to say Strike It Rich, since it had a lot of PYL elements in it, right after PYL ended on CBS, and before it's start on USA. [/quote]
WCAU in Philly(then CBS, now NBC) and WCBS in NYC both placed SiR86 on their schedule upon the ending of PYL on 9/29/86, 9:30AM EST on WCAU and Noon EST on WCBS. [/quote]
Thank you for that wonderfully useless information that nobody asked for, Zach.
Tyshaun [/quote]
WLOD, since that is the only Kline show I have seen.
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When I was living in Atlanta Georgia, I went to the public library up there and looked at Old TV Guides, and I was looking at a January 1986 issue of TV Guide, and I noticed a Print Ad from WAGA-TV 5 then-CBS now-Fox that they had a Game Block the Print Ad was titled "We've got the Winning Combination" with J! at 4:00 and BTB at 4:30
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i only liked therayburn era of BTB; the kennedy and barry versions are ok; farago isok too, but rayburn was the best
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 02:26 PM\'] i only liked therayburn era of BTB [/quote]
Well, I think that says everything we need to know.
Oh, and promoting Proboards forums won't earn you any points here either.
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[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 05:47 PM\'] [quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 02:26 PM\'] i only liked therayburn era of BTB [/quote]
Well, I think that says everything we need to know.
Oh, and promoting Proboards forums won't earn you any points here either. [/quote]
While I know who this "JacksonBrowne1980" character is and I don't necessarily like him, you can't tell him what he's allowed to advertise in his signature.
ObKline&Friends: I liked Rayburn's BtB too, but my favorite K&F game show is Win Lose or Draw.
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Has anybody brought up 3rd Degree? It was an interesting venture - I remember seeing print ads for it before it debuted, saying "sometimes the best ideas are the simplest.." Well, yes, stealing another successful format, I've Got A Secret, is easy. I used to refer to the game as "IGAS on speed" or "We've Got A Secret". What did those of you who saw it think of it?
GOOD POINTS - based on a successful format, contemporary speed, clever secrets to guess.
BAD POINTS: Allowing two players to interrogate at the same time often had either one person monopolizing or the two would talk over each other, hesitate, whatever, but it wasn't smooth. Trying to duplicate the casual "homey" play and set concept they used in Win Lose or Draw made it seem like a game being played in a basement. It wasn't a horrible set, but it could have used a few traditional touches.
But that's me...your thoughts?
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wlod is the best game show; but TJW90 isthe top oe along with BTB85; both arethe best.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 11:20 AM\'] what stations aired BTB85 with Gene Rayburn in 1985? [/quote]
In Houston, it was KHTV (now KHWB) weekdays @ 9:30 am in-between Dating Game reruns & Catch Phrase.
Win, Lose or Draw's my favorite Kline game! And I'm glad they chose Mama!
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 07:03 PM\'] wlod is the best game show; but TJW90 isthe top oe along with BTB85; both arethe best. [/quote]
Actually, no, they are not. I remember seeing the end credits to Break The Bank with the various production and distribution groups listed and thinking, "All these companies behind it and the show is still a piece of garbage?!?". No wonder Gene Rayburn never wanted to talk about it.
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How did Bullseye wind up in this thread?
...doctor, my eyes...(sigh)
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Look, Erik, I stuck up for you in regards to your signature but I'm not sticking up for you here. Posting random things in random threads will get you banned.
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 09:03 PM\'] Look, Erik, I stuck up for you in regards to your signature but I'm not sticking up for you here. Posting random things in random threads will get you banned. [/quote]
Looks like the Bullseye post of Erik was deleted.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:17 AM\'] Were there two versions of the closing theme? I know Brian Karimzad's page had one version, which I found really catchy. Then there was another version that I think John Chartier put on his site a couple of years ago, but that one was really repetitive and actually somewhat annoying.
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Karmizad's site features the opening theme, which is a lot less brassy than the closing theme.
Even though I've never seen SIR86, Jimmy's GS Videos Page featured the SIR86 opening one time, and that's how I was able to pinpoint it.
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TJW '90 was ok. It certainly didn't live up to the expectations of the original, but it was ok.
Win, Lose, or Draw was my fav.
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 02:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 05:47 PM\']
Oh, and promoting Proboards forums won't earn you any points here either. [/quote]
While I know who this "JacksonBrowne1980" character is and I don't necessarily like him, you can't tell him what he's allowed to advertise in his signature.
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That was not my intent.
It's just that advertising a Proboard is probably not the best way to establish any credibility here.