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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: digiblader on June 15, 2004, 11:21:50 PM
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I know I'm getting some criticism over that talk over the five-day limit possibly coming back to Jeopardy!, but if true, it wouldn't be the first show though:
There were other shows I believe that did it:
Caesar's Challenge: A 3-day limit was put in after a player won more than $50K on the show in the early parts of the run.
TTD'90(which we all hate): Ten-day limit instituted during the run(I think)
Press Your Luck: A "hard" 5-day limit was instituted in Nov 1st of 1984, along with the $50K limit.
Can anyone name any other shows that did it? I can't think of any others.
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Wheel institued a 3 day run in the 80's and into the 90's.
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Wheel institued a 3 day run in the 80's and into the 90's.
I'm pretty sure the original poster was looking for limits added later, that were kind of a detrement to the players. This let people win big further. And according to some posters at ATGS, the daytime limit was 5 days in the earliest shows, later made 3.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'digiblader\' date=\'Jun 15 2004, 10:21 PM\'] Can anyone name any other shows that did it? I can't think of any others. [/quote]
I believe TTD and TJW instituted a $50,000 limit c. 1982, for the fact that it aired on CBS O&O's, and had to adhere to CBS' $50K limit.
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 15 2004, 11:27 PM\'] Wheel institued a 3 day run in the 80's and into the 90's. [/quote]
1989, to be exact.
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[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 01:47 AM\'] [quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 15 2004, 11:27 PM\'] Wheel institued a 3 day run in the 80's and into the 90's. [/quote]
1989, to be exact. [/quote]
That was the Syndicated run having the three show limit from 1989-96.
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[quote name=\'digiblader\' date=\'Jun 15 2004, 10:21 PM\'] I know I'm getting some criticism over that talk over the five-day limit possibly coming back to Jeopardy!, but if true, it wouldn't be the first show though:
There were other shows I believe that did it:
Caesar's Challenge: A 3-day limit was put in after a player won more than $50K on the show in the early parts of the run.
TTD'90(which we all hate): Ten-day limit instituted during the run(I think)
Press Your Luck: A "hard" 5-day limit was instituted in Nov 1st of 1984, along with the $50K limit.
Can anyone name any other shows that did it? I can't think of any others. [/quote]
Caesar technically had an eight show limit(contestant came back until they won the car or were defeated in the original bonus format). A contestant on their eighth day would have eight of the nine letters in the bonus word placed for them, though four days was the longest run a champ had(Tom Gauer, who is the $50K+ winner you mention)
TTD90 had a 15 show limit, established in the beginning of the run. TV Guide mentioned it, but the most a champion survived was 11 or 12 games.
I think PYL had a five show limit from the outset, no?
The show only had two five time champions in the three year run.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 07:01 AM\'] The show only had two five time champions in the three year run. [/quote]
Zach, unless you've seen and remember every single episode of PYL, including the ones that USA never and GSN has yet to air(ed), you don't know how many 5-time champions PYL had.
Tyshaun
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 08:01 AM\'] Caesar technically had an eight show limit(contestant came back until they won the car or were defeated in the original bonus format). A contestant on their eighth day would have eight of the nine letters in the bonus word placed for them, though four days was the longest run a champ had(Tom Gauer, who is the $50K+ winner you mention) [/quote]
Ooooooooo, I get to correct Zach!
Tom Gauer did not have the longest run on Caesar's Challenge. There was a contestant on 6 days during the bonus round which used the rotating cage of lettered balls. I remember the person won with the word "Arizonian".
I lived a very sheltered life 10 years ago. That's my excuse for knowing this arcane info.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 04:01 AM\'] I think PYL had a five show limit from the outset, no?
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No, the original limit at PYL was that you went home once your winnings exceeded $25,000. And it sucked!
After episodes #9, #10 and #11 (which aired starting on September 29 (my birthday) in 1983) I was sent home with $25,920.95 - Without that limit I would STILL be spinning!! ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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"Hit Man" instituted a one-day appearance limit on the day Randy West was on.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 11:46 AM\'] "Hit Man" instituted a one-day appearance limit on the day Randy West was on. [/quote]
No No No!!! Randy is still in line to be the returning champ when Hit Man returns (same scenario as the man who waited about 34 months between Scrabble episodes)....
...Now Randy just has to wait until they do "Game Show Announcers Week" on Hit Man, before he can continue his reign of terror again!!! :-P
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 11:37 AM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 04:01 AM\'] I think PYL had a five show limit from the outset, no?
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No, the original limit at PYL was that you went home once your winnings exceeded $25,000. And it sucked!
After episodes #9, #10 and #11 (which aired starting on September 29 (my birthday) in 1983) I was sent home with $25,920.95 - Without that limit I would STILL be spinning!! ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Too bad you won that Nissan Stanza, huh?
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Hey now, be nice to Randy here. After all, he has appeared in like 9 or 10 game shows. I like him even though I never saw him in person. Let's respect him for what he is.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jun 17 2004, 04:55 AM\'] Hey now, be nice to Randy here. After all, he has appeared in like 9 or 10 game shows. I like him even though I never saw him in person. Let's respect him for what he is. [/quote]
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!
I'm sure Don didn't mean any disrespect at all to Randy. The disrespect to you - yeah...that one's genuine.
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Was an appearance limit put in place overseas on 100% when someone came along and won for months and months? I thought I read in the archives somewhere (Ezboard, atgs, maybe here) that when this person got victory #75, out he or she went.
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[quote name=\'digiblader\' date=\'Jun 15 2004, 10:21 PM\']
Caesar's Challenge: A 3-day limit was put in after a player won more than $50K on the show in the early parts of the run.
TTD'90(which we all hate): Ten-day limit instituted during the run(I think)
Press Your Luck: A "hard" 5-day limit was instituted in Nov 1st of 1984, along with the $50K limit.
Can anyone name any other shows that did it? I can't think of any others. [/quote]
Whew! originally allowed contestants to stay until they won the Gauntlet, but at some point in the run they instituted a five game limit.
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Whew! originally allowed contestants to stay until they won the Gauntlet, but at some point in the run they instituted a five game limit.
An educated guess here - I think it may have started with the first taping session after Howard Wilson's Gauntlet victory.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Jun 17 2004, 11:31 AM\']
Whew! originally allowed contestants to stay until they won the Gauntlet, but at some point in the run they instituted a five game limit.
An educated guess here - I think it may have started with the first taping session after Howard Wilson's Gauntlet victory.
-Jason [/quote]
Drifting off the subject, but staying on Whew!: I assume that if you go to the Gauntlet for a second time (or more), the extra seconds were calculated based only winnings for the previous front game. It could be my fuzzy memory (I was only 5 at the time), but I seem to remember a celeb-era team that took an 81-second clock to the Gauntlet. [robot]Does not compute.[/robot]
What I wouldn't give for a time machine.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jun 16 2004, 11:54 PM\'] Too bad you won that Nissan Stanza, huh? [/quote]
It was a Sentra, and yes... if it had no tape player or floor mats and was just a bit cheaper I'd have gotten another day on the show!
Because the question of prizes comes up here regulaly I'll tell you the strange tale of the Sentra that never was. CBS assigned the cash value of the Sentra to the participating local dealer. I had always intended to add some cash of my own to get a spiffier car, but just for fun at the dealership I asked to see what the car I won looked like. Well, there was none!
Between the September 16th taping / September 30th airdate when the car was won, and the weeks needed to process all the paperwork necessary for me to go get my car, the new car model year had started. There wasn't any and there would never be a Sentra available at the "old" price that was in effect when the show taped. The only Sentras on the lot were priced higher reflecting the list prices of the new model year.
With a call from the dealership and another call from me, CBS graciously upped the value to what was necessary for me to take possession of "my" Sentra. I then wrote a smaller check when I upgraded. The dealership also handled Mercedes and Audis and was willing to apply the credit there, but advised me that the 190 "Baby-Cedes" was way overpriced simply for name value, and that the Audi would be in the shop as often as it would be in my garage.
I bought the most tricked-out Maxima they had, and loved it. I've bought Maximas ever since, despite the fact that car afficionado, car collector and all-around gearhead George Gray playfully humiliated me in front of the audience at "Weakest Link" for driving such a non-exotic car. ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jun 17 2004, 03:55 AM\'] Hey now, be nice to Randy here. After all, he has appeared in like 9 or 10 game shows. I like him even though I never saw him in person. Let's respect him for what he is. [/quote]
You have got to be joking me. Did you actually think I was trying to insult Randy? Give me a break. Now, OTOH, if you appeared on 9 gameshows; we'd be making fun of your sorry appearance on each one.
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jun 17 2004, 11:10 AM\'] [quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Jun 17 2004, 11:31 AM\']
What I wouldn't give for a time machine. [/quote]
Ditto. Some people would like to go back an prevent the Kennedy assassination (okay, now it would be 9/11). I just want to take a VCR with me and tape Pyramid.
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Getting back on-topic, nighttime Password originally had 2 contestants play for the entire show, but soon instituted a one-game limit after an Aug. 1962 ep where a contestant racked up over $1200, since anything over $1K made CBS nervous in those early post-scandal days.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")