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Are there any Game Shows from the 70's or 80's that you think we'll never see a new version of? I only mention those decades because I want to exclude all the crap that came after that. The 70's and 80's had REAL Game shows. So let's just focus on those. I'll start. Here are the programs I honestly don't ever see coming back in any form. The Format is just dead forever.
LIAR'S CLUB
SPLIT SECOND
FACE THE MUSIC
JUST MEN
HOT POTATO
THE CHEAP SHOW
THE $1.98 BEAUTY SHOW
PERFECT MATCH
ALL STAR BLITZ
HIT MAN
John
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 04:11 PM\']
Are there any Game Shows from the 70's or 80's that you think we'll never see a new version of? I only mention those decades because I want to exclude all the crap that came after that. The 70's and 80's had REAL Game shows. So let's just focus on those. I'll start. Here are the programs I honestly don't ever see coming back in any form. The Format is just dead forever.
LIAR'S CLUB
With the interest in shows like "Antiques Roadshow", I think "Liar's Club" might work, perhaps instead of using celebrities, use professional antique dealers.
SPLIT SECOND
FACE THE MUSIC
JUST MEN
HOT POTATO
"Hot Potato" was a decent show in a bad time slot. The 3 of a kind aspect was good, although I suspect a 21st century version would be 3 strippers, etc.
THE CHEAP SHOW
THE $1.98 BEAUTY SHOW
PERFECT MATCH
ALL STAR BLITZ
"All-Star Blitz" was a decent combination of HS and WOF. ABC never really promoted 1980s daytime game shows, and I don't think they've had one since MG90.
John Brocato
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Sorry John , I respectfully disagree with half of your selections...
Liars Club is absolutely a format that could, should work..it combines a good play along game with a venue for celebrity pimping....though man, the 80s version was deadly! ....Balderdash is a good variant on it at times....
Split Second is also a great format that could and should return....and as much as i dislike it, Face the Music would work today....
And I agree with the previous poster about "All Star Blitz", though I think i'm in the minority there!
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 04:11 PM\']Are there any Game Shows from the 70's or 80's that you think we'll never see a new version of?[/quote]
Mindreaders.
Sorry, Mr. Clementson
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LIAR'S CLUB
With the interest in shows like "Antiques Roadshow", I think "Liar's Club" might work, perhaps instead of using celebrities, use professional antique dealers.
In 1996, a couple brilliant run-throughs of Liar's Club were done, but they never got past the demo stage. This one had two teams of comedians playing for the studio audience, and Ed McMahon (!) hosted.
I thought the concept as presented was great, but I was apparently alone on that one. <shrug>
'Brian
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Unless Matt O. does something to tick off the man upstairs, Pass the Buck isn't coming back.
I doubt The Diamond Head Game will be coming back any time soon, either.
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The Magnificent Marble Machine and The Home Shopping Game
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[quote name=\'GameShowFan\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 05:04 PM\']In 1996, a couple brilliant run-throughs of Liar's Club were done, but they never got past the demo stage. This one had two teams of comedians playing for the studio audience, and Ed McMahon (!) hosted.
I thought the concept as presented was great, but I was apparently alone on that one. <shrug>
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No you weren't alone :)
Those runthrus morphed into a pilot for FX called "Filthy Liars" hosted by Mark DiCarlo. It didn't sell, and if my timeframe and memory are in sync, the show that sold was Bobcat's Big-Ass Show.
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 03:11 PM\']Here are the programs I honestly don't ever see coming back in any form. The Format is just dead forever.
JUST MEN!
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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
Unless they have;
1). A 1 key start for $1,000,000!
2). The successor; Jane Kaczmarek!
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:08 PM\']Unless they have;
1). A 1 key start for $1,000,000!
2). The successor; Jane Kaczmarek![/quote]
Wow. Mo' Money Syndrome and Crappy Host Syndrome. For host, I'd go with someone who has some experience hosting game shows--Kennedy.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:35 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:08 PM\']Unless they have;
1). A 1 key start for $1,000,000!
2). The successor; Jane Kaczmarek![/quote]
Wow. Mo' Money Syndrome and Crappy Host Syndrome.
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You left out Crazy Format Change Syndrome--just how do you use a key to start $1,000,000?
OTOH, other shows have been revived with less (or more, depending on how you look at it).
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 04:03 PM\'][quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:35 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:08 PM\']Unless they have;
1). A 1 key start for $1,000,000!
2). The successor; Jane Kaczmarek![/quote]
Wow. Mo' Money Syndrome and Crappy Host Syndrome.
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You left out Crazy Format Change Syndrome--just how do you use a key to start $1,000,000?[/quote]
$100 bills start spewing out the tailpipe of a 1980 Pinto, of course.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 04:15 PM\']$100 bills start spewing out the tailpipe of a 1980 Pinto, of course.
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If someone won that Pinto they could christen it by hitting it from behind with a bottle of champagne. Then the money would really fly...and then they could call the show The $1,000,000 Cash Explosion.
-mystery7, suffering from coherence deficit syndrome
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Let me add to this list...Concentration.
The game is far too drab. It is incapable of holding the attention span of today's audiences. Now; maybe if you put two playboy bunnies in as hosts; and they took away two articles of clothing each time you made a match, you might have something; although you may have a hard time concentrating.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 26 2004, 11:13 PM\']Let me add to this list...Concentration.
The game is far too drab. It is incapable of holding the attention span of today's audiences.
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I simply don't agree. I think it's engaging, and it has metric buttloads of play-along factor. As long as there are sheep willing to drink the Kool-Aid at the altar of Sajak, I say there is room for Concentration, if it's done right.
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The Format is just dead forever.
LIAR'S CLUB
SPLIT SECOND
I think both of these shows could work today. "Split Second", if done right, could be a big hit with today's audiences. When you look at the continued success of "Jeopardy", another fast-paced Q&A show could definately work. Sometimes people complain that "WWTBAM" is too slow, but this one would keep you right in the game all the way along.
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Same here...Split Second seems fast enough to keep the audience's attention. Of course if that doesn't hold them, we'll have the contestants play the bonus round for their choice of five Mercedeses! And in the second round, the host MUST make note of the fact that he is DOUBLING the points!!! Boo-ya!
As for Liar's Club, perfect way to get some celebrities going (but do not take the Pyramid02 route and make the game all about them). I'd get the staff from H2/Balderdash to do it; they seem to have the bluffing games down pat. ;-)
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Mr. Lemon:
How much is a "metric buttload"?
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[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 01:10 PM\']Mr. Lemon:
How much is a "metric buttload"?
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Roughly 1.2 times greater than an imperial buttload. ;)
(All week, salmon.)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 02:19 PM\']And in the second round, the host MUST make note of the fact that he is DOUBLING the points!!! Boo-ya!
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This I wonder. Just before Double Jeopardy!, does Johnny Gilbert have to implore the audience not to go ape when Alex announces that the dollar values are being doubled? It certainly would be a temptation to any human to let loose in a frenzy when such an announcement is made. Perhaps there's a sign near the APPLAUSE lights that says, "BITE YOUR LIPS".
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 03:20 PM\']Roughly 1.2 times greater than an imperial buttload. ;)
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I thought an "imperial buttload" was a relative of Prince Charles.
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I must say that Split Second AND Hit Man were excellent concepts. Split second especially, since it was one of those shows, like $ale and Jeopardy, that was challenging, and took REAL skill to win.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 03:37 PM\']I thought an "imperial buttload" was a relative of Prince Charles.
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Or a hell of a lot of margarine.
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Don: I heard about this one time when, after Pat announced that $1,000 would be added to what he spun on the final spin, an audience member ran on stage and impaled himself on the wheel.
(You're in the Picture is not likely to return.)
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 11:35 AM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 24 2004, 12:08 PM\']Unless they have;
1). A 1 key start for $1,000,000!
2). The successor; Jane Kaczmarek![/quote]
Wow. Mo' Money Syndrome and Crappy Host Syndrome. For host, I'd go with someone who has some experience hosting game shows--Kennedy.
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Sorry, Kennedy wouldn't do. Has to be an exact match to get my goat & Jane Kaczmarek's it!
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 09:52 PM\']Sorry, Kennedy wouldn't do. Has to be an exact match to get my goat & Jane Kaczmarek's it![/quote]
Whatever you, your goat, and Jane Kaczmarek do in the privacy of your own residence is none of my business. Let's hope the witch isn't operating the video camera, providing a live feed to the Internet.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 10:03 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 09:52 PM\']Sorry, Kennedy wouldn't do. Has to be an exact match to get my goat & Jane Kaczmarek's it![/quote]
Whatever you, your goat, and Jane Kaczmarek do in the privacy of your own residence is none of my business. Let's hope the witch isn't operating the video camera, providing a live feed to the Internet.
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As long as Malcolm doesn't end up in the middle of this rendezvous, I'm cool.
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Meanwhile, from what I know, Jane Kaczmarek's a very nice lady and a good Wisconsin girl who just plays a seeming ogre on TV and probably wouldn't be a good game show host (but could be a good panelist or celeb player).
There's a reason why they call it "acting."
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See now, I thought an exact match for you would have to be a stooge.
I still stand by that.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 28 2004, 02:12 AM\'][quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 10:03 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Dec 27 2004, 09:52 PM\']Sorry, Kennedy wouldn't do. Has to be an exact match to get my goat & Jane Kaczmarek's it![/quote]
Whatever you, your goat, and Jane Kaczmarek do in the privacy of your own residence is none of my business. Let's hope the witch isn't operating the video camera, providing a live feed to the Internet.
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As long as Malcolm doesn't end up in the middle of this rendezvous, I'm cool.
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I can handle Malcolm...but if Alex Trebek shows up, I'm outta there.
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I think we can rule out Joe Garagiola's Memory Game, Time Machine, Winning Streak, Blank Check, and The Neighbors, in addition to those already mentioned.
And, much to my sorrow, I don't think The Money Maze is coming back any time soon, either.
As mentioned before, Split Second would work any day of the week. And Sale of the Century would make a terrific weekly game using the first 1980s end game.