-
I remember seeing the game show TOP CARD on TNN (now Spike TV), and by the looks of the set it didn't look like they had a studio audience. I was wondering did they have one, or was kinda like Lingo (ya know without one).
Also, Where was TOP CARD taped from?
BRING BACK TOP CARD!
-
Can't vouch for the audience part of your question, but I do know Top Card was taped at the Opryland Studios in Nashville, on the same stage as its foreunner, Fandango.
-
I actually found this picture (http://\"http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tk45(opry2).jpg\") taken inside the studio. You can see there's a balcony-style audience area [think NBC Studio 8H].
-
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Feb 8 2005, 09:25 PM\']BRING BACK TOP CARD!
[snapback]74602[/snapback]
[/quote]
I'd rather see the return of 10 Seconds. Man, that Dan Miller could sing!
-
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Feb 8 2005, 09:44 PM\']
IIRC, Top Card taped at studios based at the Grand Old Opry. Assuming that this WAS the place they shot, it actually had a balcony-style audience area [think NBC Studio 8H].
Right you are. Also taped in that studio: The Statler Brothers Show, among other TNN programs.
I worked there until 15 months ago, and at the time I left, all of the cameras and equipment which were formally used for TNN and CMT productions were still there, on the floor of that studio ... mere steps down the hall from the Grand Ole Opry stage itself. The studio was (and perhaps still is) being used for backstage interviews during the weekly Opry cablecasts.
-
Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
Jonathan Allen
-
The memory's real hazy on this one. But I do remember in TC's debut, the first main game winner hit 21 in TC+. As a result, he won a new car in addition to the other three prizes he "bought" and two prizes he won in the main game -- and had to retire undefeated.
Seems like the champion's wife came on stage to celebrate the victory. So, that would indicate the presence of a live audience.
With TV poker and blackjack tournaments on cable, TC's one game show I'd like to see come back on the air, too. But, if SpikeTV were the ones to bring it back, I have a hunch they'd hire a B-movie queen to be a dealer.
Oh, wait, that's right. After she left TC, Blake Pickett went on to star in porn flicks.
Nevermind.
-
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 03:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
Jonathan Allen
[snapback]74708[/snapback]
[/quote]
IIRC, almost all of the Hee Haw series was taped at WTVF, Nashville's Channel 5, at their downtown studios.
Visitors to the Country Music Hall of Fame can now stand in front of the actual Hee Haw corn field!
-
Didn't the '70's "Candid Camera" tape at Opryland for a while? I seem to recall Barbara Fairchild co-hosting and T. Tommy Cutrer (sp?) announcing.
-
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 01:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
[/quote]
According to http://heehaw.com (http://\"http://heehaw.com\"), the first ten years or so were shot at Nashville CBS affiliate WLAC-TV (which is now apparently WTVF-TV), and they moved to Studio A at Opryland in 1980 for the rest of the run until the show died at the end of 1997.
Please, no more Pat O'Brien talk. Why not go after Billy Bush?
Because the world needs to know what a great and talented man Pat O'Brien is.
-
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Feb 8 2005, 07:25 PM\']BRING BACK TOP CARD!
[/quote]
No. It was far better the first and second times it aired, when it was called "Gambit".
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 12:24 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 01:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
[/quote]
According to http://heehaw.com (http://\"http://heehaw.com\"), the first ten years or so were shot at Nashville CBS affiliate WLAC-TV (which is now apparently WTVF-TV), and they moved to Studio A at Opryland in 1980 for the rest of the run until the show died at the end of 1997.
Please, no more Pat O'Brien talk. Why not go after Billy Bush?
Because the world needs to know what a great and talented man Pat O'Brien is.
[snapback]74735[/snapback]
[/quote]
The only way to confront what doctors call "PatO'phobia" is to talk it out. Eventually you will come around to what others already know--the greatness of what is Pat O'Brien. You should accept and embrace Pat. Pat is Good.
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 12:26 PM\'][quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Feb 8 2005, 07:25 PM\']BRING BACK TOP CARD!
[/quote]
No. It was far better the first and second times it aired, when it was called "Gambit".
[snapback]74736[/snapback]
[/quote]
Well, it's the curse of Jim Caldwell again. :)
Seriously, the whole memory angle of the first season gave the game an extra dimension that "Gambit" didn't have. Unfortunately, those fecal matter kicker contestants never really figured it out and they had to change the format in the second season--and we were still stuck with Caldwell for another season. Oh well.
-
The memory's real hazy on this one. But I do remember in TC's debut, the first main game winner hit 21 in TC+. As a result, he won a new car in addition to the other three prizes he "bought" and two prizes he won in the main game -- and had to retire undefeated.
Seems like the champion's wife came on stage to celebrate the victory. So, that would indicate the presence of a live audience.
You are correct, sir...and it seemed like 21 wins in the TC+ round were rare occurances, so you can imagine what a surprise it was when I recieved the premiere in trading some 13 yrs later. :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
-
Seriously, the whole memory angle of the first season gave the game an extra dimension that "Gambit" didn't have. Unfortunately, those fecal matter kicker contestants never really figured it out and they had to change the format in the second season--and we were still stuck with Caldwell for another season. Oh well.
Caldwell couldn't grasp why they had to put all the categories in red boxes, which meant they weren't "special" like their TTD counterparts. :-D
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
-
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Feb 11 2005, 10:01 PM\']
...and we were still stuck with Caldwell for another season. Oh well.
Caldwell couldn't grasp why they had to put all the categories in red boxes, which meant they weren't "special" like their TTD counterparts. :-D[snapback]74853[/snapback]
[/quote]
"We're going to put an X on that ace. We just did that. Then we're going to shuffle the categories, then take a break at this critical moment."
"You have 11. Now what's behind that flokati rug..."
[motorized cylinder(?) reveals king of clubs]
"YOU GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
-
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Feb 11 2005, 09:58 PM\']You are correct, sir...and it seemed like 21 wins in the TC+ round were rare occurances, so you can imagine what a surprise it was when I recieved the premiere in trading some 13 yrs later. :-)
[/quote]
Bet that was a treat.
Regarding that debut ep, didn't a main game player have a score of 18 or 19 and kept playing -- stunning the audience a smidge? He kept playing because he remembered he saw a card on the board that would give him the automatic win with 21.
Seems like I have that premiere in my collection. I just moved to a new apartment recently -- so I don't know what tapes are where.
Mark's right. It's a *true* shame not a lot of TC players that first season didn't catch on to the memory aspect of the game.