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Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: JacksonBrowne1980 on April 23, 2004, 11:14:58 PM

anyone remember Bargain Hunters? it was a good ripoff of $OTC; it was a cool game show on ABC.  i want to see it again

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: melman1 on April 24, 2004, 11:32:48 AM

In your mind, are there any obscure games that weren't "cool" ?

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: whewfan on April 25, 2004, 06:46:09 AM

Bargain Hunters was made when Home Shopping Network first debuted. That's right, HOURS of non stop jewelry and other useless junk and an obnoxious bicycle horn that sounded when some caller purchased the item (note: Home Shopping has become MUCH more sophisticated and more practical since)

Bargain Hunters was more in the mold of TPIR rather than SOTC. BH also had 3 big doors.

Peter Tomarken HATED this show, and for very good reasons. He had a fallout with Merrill Heatter (who produced BH) that would later brand Peter as being very difficult.

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: sshuffield70 on April 25, 2004, 12:16:50 PM

Oh, yeah, that and Goen's "The Home Shopping Game".

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: ChuckNet on April 25, 2004, 01:02:05 PM

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Oh, yeah, that and Goen's "The Home Shopping Game".

Which, out of the 3 home shopping-themed games that debuted in 87, was prolly the most tolerable, compared to BH and the God-awful Shopper's Casino.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: dzinkin on April 25, 2004, 01:32:50 PM

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Apr 25 2004, 01:02 PM\'] Which, out of the 3 home shopping-themed games that debuted in 87, was prolly the most tolerable, compared to BH and the God-awful Shopper's Casino. [/quote]
 I still haven't forgiven Mike Klauss for sending me a tape of "Shopper's Casino."

Yes, Mike, I know I asked for it, and I know you warned me, but that didn't mean you had to listen. :-P

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: MikeK on April 25, 2004, 02:00:42 PM

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Apr 25 2004, 12:32 PM\'] [quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Apr 25 2004, 01:02 PM\'] Which, out of the 3 home shopping-themed games that debuted in 87, was prolly the most tolerable, compared to BH and the God-awful Shopper's Casino. [/quote]
I still haven't forgiven Mike Klauss for sending me a tape of "Shopper's Casino."

Yes, Mike, I know I asked for it, and I know you warned me, but that didn't mean you had to listen. :-P [/quote]
 That's what friends are for!  That reminds me, I think I owe you several hundred copies of Malcolm.

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: Steve_Bier on April 25, 2004, 02:32:58 PM

I happened to like Malcolm.....I'm probably the only person alive that did, too....

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: tommycharles on April 25, 2004, 03:03:54 PM

Can anyone tell me how SC was actually played? As much as it's bashed...I can't track down a single rule sheet.

(and I liked Malcolm <g> but I also prefer Anderson to Karn, so my opinion is no longer vaild :-))

Title: Bargain Hunters
Post by: JMFabiano on April 25, 2004, 09:45:38 PM

[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Apr 25 2004, 02:03 PM\']

(and I liked Malcolm <g> but I also prefer Anderson to Karn, so my opinion is no longer vaild :-)) [/quote]
 If you liked Regil more than both, such angst would not be needed ;-)