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I was watching an episode of syndie Millionaire today when the audience started clapping after the contestant gave their final answer (and Meredith hadn't confirmed its correctness) and I realized how much that bugged me. So, I wanted to ask you guys: Past or present, what has bothered you the most on any game show (or the genre as a whole)?
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'133569\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 11:45 AM\']
I was watching an episode of syndie Millionaire today when the audience started clapping after the contestant gave their final answer (and Meredith hadn't confirmed its correctness) and I realized how much that bugged me.
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Why does that bug you? If they know it's right, they know it's right.
So, I wanted to ask you guys: Past or present, what has bugged you the most on any game show (or the genre as a whole)?
People who whine about little things like people applauding an obviously correct answer a little early.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'133570\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 02:58 PM\']Why does that bug you? If they know it's right, they know it's right.[/quote]
But that's just my biggest reason for not liking it. It wouldn't be so bad if they just did it for the bottom tier, but there have been numerous times (not any this season, but in years past) where they have started to clap and the answer was wrong. Sometimes it takes away the dramatic effect, too. I just think they should hold the applause until it has been ruled correct or incorrect.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'133571\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 12:10 PM\']
I just think they should hold the applause until it has been ruled correct or incorrect.
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"Do NOT clap until ve tell you to! SCHNELL!"
Nope, don't get it. Respect your right to an opinion, but I don't get it.
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It doesn't bug me, personally, but at the last Millionaire taping I went to in '05, A woman in the front row insisted on clapping as soon as the contestant said "final answer". During the first commercial break, someone from the staff whispered something to her, and she knocked it off.
From a production standpoint, I can see it ruining the tension that comes with the "final answer". No suspense in what Meredith/Regis is gonna say, because someone in the audience knows it's right.
Just my 2 cents.
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I guess, upon further review, I can see it, a little bit, especially if it's ONLY ONE person doing it. Because that person is doing it because they want to say "see, rest of the audience, I know it's a right answer, I'm so smart." So I could see being pissed off at that.
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That happened a lot as well during the World Series of Pop Culture - an answer and reaction from the audience. Which, I think, adds to the drama. It's like an election in Florida - you have the early results but they may have no relation to the final total.
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[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'133584\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 04:05 PM\']
That happened a lot as well during the World Series of Pop Culture - an answer and reaction from the audience. Which, I think, adds to the drama. [/quote]
What's interesting about that is that the audience were coached not to respond, except at the end of a round.
Needless to say, we ignored that instruction.
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My biggest pet peeve are people who forget the zero rule where it applies on TPiR.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'133599\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 05:06 PM\']
My biggest pet peeve are people who forget the zero rule where it applies on TPiR.
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That, too...That and totally botching "Hit Me".
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'133599\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 04:06 PM\']
My biggest pet peeve are people who forget the zero rule where it applies on TPiR.
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To be fair to those people: I can imagine it's really easy to lose your judgement and critical thinking when you're up on stage surrounded by lights, camera, nerves, Bob Barker, a loud audience, the millions watching at home, real cash & prizes on the line and the pressure to win. All of which are thrust upon you in a matter of a few minutes.
-Joe R.
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That argument holds more water when contestants forget bits of trivia in a fast paced speed round. Or blank on a "Match Game" question. Or decide to buy a vowel after they've spun the wheel. Suggesting the price of a Neon is $36,401 after taking a good minute to look into the audience is just plain dumb.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'133602\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 05:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'133599\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 05:06 PM\']
My biggest pet peeve are people who forget the zero rule where it applies on TPiR.
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That, too...That and totally botching "Hit Me".
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That about "Hit Me"...every time this really "grinds my gears"*. I mean, Barker sometimes even says "Find the product with the price times 10". That SCREAMS 10...unless they use x5, which I don't think has ever happened. Then, he would say "Pick the product with the right price." Now granted, nowadays, some of the products are tough to nail on the head (see a lot of the x2 prices), but it's not really that hard.
*reference to the Family Guy movie...
/"I've always wanted to get back on TV since I stopped hosting "Family Feud"!
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I have a fairly low threshhold of irritability so I can't say there are too many things that irritate me that much. Some of the really dumb answers and mistakes on the new Chain Reaction did it, though, as does the embarrassing misspellings and grammatical errors on That's the Question.
There's a Marshall Hollywood Squares floating around with a verbose lawyer who can't just say he agrees and disagrees, he just launches into a discourse about the question. Eventually we figure out why: He's having trouble understanding most of the questions and is trying to articulate them out loud. Ironically he's a lawyer. That irritated me, and noticeably irritated McLean Stevenson.
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On TPIR, it annoys me that the number of audience members and contestants wearing badly produced Bob Barker t-shirts now outnumbers those in anything else. I believe this week's shirt that noted the emcee's deceased wife and one of the program's deceased announcers--one "Charlie Olson"--is the coup de grace. Even Bob looked uncomfortable. Who, pray tell, picked the guy?
Regardless, it's time they quit calling on these people. Put it on the tickets that people in pandering, ill-fitting t-shirts are ineligible to play.
That, and if they're playing Clock Game that day, quiz them in line beforehand.
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Yeah, I remember the guy with the black Dorothy Jo shirt on today. I was wondering what the rest of the shirt said.
Anyways, that shirt, whether it paid homage to her or not, was pretty damn creepy. The person who chose contestants that day should have gotten a mouthful from one of his or her superiors.
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[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'133615\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 07:17 PM\']
There's a Marshall Hollywood Squares floating around with a verbose lawyer who can't just say he agrees and disagrees, he just launches into a discourse about the question. Eventually we figure out why: He's having trouble understanding most of the questions and is trying to articulate them out loud. Ironically he's a lawyer. That irritated me, and noticeably irritated McLean Stevenson.
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That guy annoyed me, too. I always thought, though, that the reason he deliberated so much was because he wanted to be on-camera longer. The lawyer definitely came out in him: A few times, he listed the exact circumstances under which he would agree with the celeb. I noticed that during that episode, it seemed like they went to a commercial break awfully quick. I wonder if they told him to speed it up on the answers.
Actually, as much as I love Peter Marshall, I never cared for him tipping off strategies during the game. It happened most often during the Secret Square rounds, when he told the contestants which celebs they could choose and still win the game. Or, even worse, if a contestant missed a block, he always said, "I might have gone to Karen Valentine to block." Nothing like telling the opponent exactly where they should go on their next move. And you might say, "Oh, the next move is obvious," but check the "Legends of Rock 'n' Roll" episode that's on the circuit. The male contestant misses an opportunity to block, but then his opponent misses seeing that she had a chance to win. Pete never said anything to either of them -- probably because he missed it himself.
Finally (for now, anyway), a few things got on my nerves in the various "Password" incarnations. One, whenever Allen Ludden or Tom Kennedy would say "Five seconds, Mary" or "There goes your time" or (a second time) "Pass or play?" The contestants and celebrities have been told ahead of time how much time they have to make a decision, and if they go past that, too bad. I know there have been times when the player was distracted by the reminder and the buzzer went off. I think Robert Donner actually took Tom Kennedy to task for this. And on the last years of P+, when someone gave a correct answer after the buzzer, almost without fail, Tom would say the exact words "Whatever you said, it was late" -- something he never said if it was a wrong answer. This would inevitably tip off the other team to what the answer was. (He also did this quite a number of times on "Body Language.")
Okay, I'm done. I think. But just for fun, I'll add one of Lemon's pet peeves: that Heather Davis wasn't a contestant on every game show every day in the '80s and '90s.
Brendan
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general pet peeves: having kids as contestants and lowering the stakes (Junior Pyramid) or replacing cash with savings bonds (TJW)
pet peeves on J!:
referring to cash totals at any stage in a tournament where they don't actually win their score
tie-breaker on Kids' Week instead of declaring co-champions as in regulation play (technically, just a special case of the above)
in the 5-day era, 4-day champions who led on day 5 and played for the win instead of the tie. What, were you afraid they'd come back to beat you in the ToC?
pet peeve on Pyramid: allowing "breakfast" or "lunch" as a clue for "brunch", likewise "smoke" or "fog" for "smog". A person who says any of these has given more of the answer than someone who says "R.N." in describing a nurse.
on any communication game where a civilian is partnered with a celebrity:
1. never having a choice of who gives and who receives
2. having the lion's share of the prize money come from rounds where the celeb is the one giving the clues
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'133622\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 06:50 PM\']
I believe this week's shirt that noted the emcee's deceased wife...
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You cannot possibly be serious, can you? Dear God.
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And what's wrong with kids being contestants? I didn't mind that so much as long as they were well-behaved. They have the chance to win some cool prizes of their own just like their elders(except cars if they're underage). As for savings bonds instead of cash, they have an education future to consider so when they win, their parents will most likely put those bonds into a bank & then take that money out upon maturity. Besides, bonds offer investment oppurtunities moreso than cash I think.
As for pet peeves, the Clock Game bit never ceases to amaze me how many times the players clain they don't know how to play it. If someone does, that would be a miracle.
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I don't mind the audience's premature clapping on Millionaire. I actually think it's a nice touch...in a way it helps root the contestant on, and to me, it's no worse than on Super Password, when the audience groans at an incorrect puzzle guess.
I think my biggest pet peeve is just when the audience cheers over every damn thing, and not just when Richard Karn would double the points. It's irritated me on D/ND as well, esp. when someone makes some cornball statement. I've seen it on non-games as well, and it just gets very annoying.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'133634\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 11:39 PM\']
You cannot possibly be serious, can you? Dear God.
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I'm afraid I can confirm that I also saw the contestant's shirt that listed Dorothy Jo and Johnny "Charlie" Olsen.
From what I can remember, the rest of it said something to the effect of "That's how long I've been waiting". Implying he's been trying to get on the show since the early 1980s. I got the vibe the contestant either has a rather morbidly dark sense of humor or thought he was "paying homage" to some deceased people associated with TPIR. I'm sure he meant no disrespect though. (Though, if he was going to "pay homage" to those related TPIR who have passed on, why didn't he mention Rod Roddy?)
Barker looked very uncomfortable the whole time the contestant was up on stage, almost angry that his dead wife's name was being used in such a tacky manner. The contestant did admit error in the "Charlie Olsen" part though.
-Joe R.
/If I ever go to see TPIR, I will not wear a "BOB ROOLZ"-type shirt. I am such an individual!
//Can anybody tell me when Charlie Olsen was the announcer for TPIR?
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'133652\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 07:34 AM\']
//Can anybody tell me when Charlie Olsen was the announcer for TPIR?
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During the 1970-71 season.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'133652\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 07:34 AM\']
From what I can remember, the rest of it said something to the effect of "That's how long I've been waiting". Implying he's been trying to get on the show since the early 1980s. [/quote]
Well then, he should've dug the knife in all the way and mentioned Janice, Dian, Holly and Kathleen.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'133652\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 07:34 AM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'133634\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 11:39 PM\']
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/If I ever go to see TPIR, I will not wear a "BOB ROOLZ"-type shirt. I am such an individual!
//Can anybody tell me when Charlie Olsen was the announcer for TPIR?
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At my first experience at TPIR this summer , I, nor my wife, wore t-shirts that called upon the temple of Bob.
As a result, neither of us were picked to be on the show. Of the 9 on our show, 8 had t-shirts on.
And that's why this show has become a sad shell of it's former self.
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I seriously think TPiR should consider a dress code policy, and none of these ridiculous I <3 BOB!!!1!! T-shirts. Don't make it as formal as it was in the 70s and 80s, but no less than a polo shirt and (maybe) khakis. Look like an actual game show contestant, and not like someone on their way to the carnival.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'133671\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 10:29 AM\']
I seriously think TPiR should consider a dress code policy, and none of these ridiculous I <3 BOB!!!1!! T-shirts. Don't make it as formal as it was in the 70s and 80s, but no less than a polo shirt and (maybe) khakis. Look like an actual game show contestant, and not like someone on their way to the carnival.
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Bless you for thinking and saying that. My wife and I, in fact, wore such shirts and jeans, but alas, no pickie.
That was for the show presented yesterday over the CBS Television Network where Mike K., J.D., Doug The SRIV, Ian and many many others from this here group were in attendance. Speaking of handsome wardrobe, you may have noticed our man Tom Gauer. He was the one sporting a suit and tie. Tom, by the way, was a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid.
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As for the topic at hand, I'd like to revisit my complaint in a previous thread concerning "Weakest Link" and its unnecessary music stings for seemingly minor events, such as a player deciding who'll go first in the final round, the strike whenever Anne says the show's title, and the sharp symbal crashes that coincide with a player involuntarily blinking their eyes. (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm\")
TPiR has annoyances in spades, however.
I hate when players say hi to relatives while the Big Wheel's spinning.
Not so much as when they say hi, but when they feel the need to punctuate it with a TRL-style "WOO!!!".
Chain Reaction contestants' dumb answers does it for me too.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133673\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 08:09 AM\']I hate when players say hi to relatives while the Big Wheel's spinning.
Not so much as when they say hi, but when they feel the need to punctuate it with a TRL-style "WOO!!!".[/quote]This is quite possibly the most tolerable thing about the Showcase Showdown. If you're going to say hello to the entire neighborhood, you may as well do it when there's a bit of free time. Since two of those people will have no further involvement with the show that day, give them their fifteen seconds of fame.
I've said it before, but the most grating thing for me when watching Millionaire is the crowd reaction when someone finally says "I think I'm going to answer," which draws out a burst of applause. Applaud after a right answer, groan after a wrong answer, but the decision to play should not get anything.
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With the Fastest Finger segment no longer a part of the action, this is now what used to mildly irritate me on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:
When being introduced by host Regis Philbin, a good portion of the people in the circle of ten would make some kind of goofball motion with their head, face or hand(s).
But it gave me an excuse to knock back a few shooters, so it wasn't anything horrendous.
Just a matter of me thinking, "You're acting like a fool".
Contestants who act like characters don't do much for me, either. Be yourselves, for gosh sakes.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'133675\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:27 AM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133673\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 08:09 AM\']I hate when players say hi to relatives while the Big Wheel's spinning.
Not so much as when they say hi, but when they feel the need to punctuate it with a TRL-style "WOO!!!".[/quote]This is quite possibly the most tolerable thing about the Showcase Showdown. If you're going to say hello to the entire neighborhood, you may as well do it when there's a bit of free time. Since two of those people will have no further involvement with the show that day, give them their fifteen seconds of fame.
I've said it before, but the most grating thing for me when watching Millionaire is the crowd reaction when someone finally says "I think I'm going to answer," which draws out a burst of applause. Applaud after a right answer, groan after a wrong answer, but the decision to play should not get anything.
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Like I said (and I probably should have made it clearer), it's even harder for me to tolerate the "WOO" at the end.
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No, I got it, and that sort of thing grates on me as well, but it's less irritating while the wheel is spinning. I would rather the WOOs and hollering come at a point when I'm not watching than during a pricing game.
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Exactly.
Come to think of it, you know what else I don't like?
I don't like it when a contestant who makes a point of telling Bob he/she's been watching the show for years and years and years and years...doesn't know where to stand during a pricing game or doesn't know to walk away when they lose.
I'm sure it seems like a mean pet peeve, but if you've been watching the show for any number of years, you've seen someone lose.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133673\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 10:09 AM\']
As for the topic at hand, I'd like to revisit my complaint in a previous thread concerning "Weakest Link" and its unnecessary music stings for seemingly minor events, such as a player deciding who'll go first in the final round, the strike whenever Anne says the show's title[/quote]
Evidently this is nothing new. I have a Colgate Comedy Hour from 1955 that includes a $64,0000 Question parody with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and one of the things that gets skewered is the musical sting that keeps coming up out of nowhere. A couple of times it even interrupts the host (Martin) in midsentence.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133680\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 10:52 AM\']
I don't like it when a contestant who makes a point of telling Bob he/she's been watching the show for years and years and years and years...doesn't know where to stand during a pricing game or doesn't know to walk away when they lose.
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Not to stand up too much for them, but given that there are several locations one could conceivably stand for a pricing game--wandering a bit isn't the worst thing in the world. Besides, once you get on stage, a lot of times logic goes straight out the window. Take the woman who was in almost complete shock on yesterday's program, for instance.
Doug -- and the countdown to 2300 continues
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When an ARP reveal is so much of an afterthought that it often is omitted. "Just trust us, casual viewer--the price of the van really was between umpteen thousand something and so-many thousand something-else. But we're just so dang excited about the contestant winning three new cars OMGWTFDSWLOLBBQECM51!!!1!11!! Oh, and we need the time for ads."
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'133677\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:34 AM\']
With the Fastest Finger segment no longer a part of the action, this is now what used to mildly irritate me on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:
When being introduced by host Regis Philbin, a good portion of the people in the circle of ten would make some kind of goofball motion with their head, face or hand(s).
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If memory serves, this was not in the least discouraged. Not that that makes it right...
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'133698\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 12:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'133677\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:34 AM\']
With the Fastest Finger segment no longer a part of the action, this is now what used to mildly irritate me on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:
When being introduced by host Regis Philbin, a good portion of the people in the circle of ten would make some kind of goofball motion with their head, face or hand(s).
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If memory serves, this was not in the least discouraged. Not that that makes it right...
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Actually, it was encouraged by the producers. They wanted you to have some sort of wave or hand movements for those 3 seconds your name was being read and the camera was on you.
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[quote name=\'mrchips\' post=\'133689\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:31 AM\']
OMGWTFDSWLOLBBQECM51!!!1!11!!
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Huh?
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Pet peeve:
This whole audience reaction thing has gotten out of hand. If a group of people came over to my house for a friendly game of Chain Reaction, whatever, and people in said group start emitting "WOO"s such that it splits my eardrums, I'm going to fetch my iron skillet and give you such a whack on the head that you will be capable of mustering nothing more than a complacent gaze. Likewise, I defy any of these maroons to visit L.A.'s Disney Concert Hall for, say, tonight's L.A. Phil performance of works by Stravinsky and Mozart, and start emitting eardrum-splitting "WOO"s during the performance as if it were TPIR. No jury in the world would convict the other audience members who inflict homicide on said "WOO"er. I don't know where this "WOO"ing got started but I would venture to say the Arsenio Hall show was one of the early enablers. Audience participation shows are nigh unwatchable these days with all of the audience "WOO"ing going on.
TPIR: The contestant pickers are looking for people who are extroverted and emotionally demonstrative, so no T-shirt will help if you don't meausure up in that regard. TPIR opened the floodgates wide once they started picking people wearing goofy T-shirts and Bob started recognizing them on the air. The same thing happened with LMAD, but people started dressing as carrots instead of wearing "Charlie Olson" T-shirts. If TPIR wants out of this situation they'll have to start avoiding these people altogether.
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DUMB ANSWERS on Family Feud!
I can ace Fast Money, no questions asked!
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'133698\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 01:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'133677\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:34 AM\']
With the Fastest Finger segment no longer a part of the action, this is now what used to mildly irritate me on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:
When being introduced by host Regis Philbin, a good portion of the people in the circle of ten would make some kind of goofball motion with their head, face or hand(s).
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If memory serves, this was not in the least discouraged. Not that that makes it right...
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And neither is the shouting by the players on Wheel Of Fortune. Pesky, nonetheless.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133680\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 10:52 AM\']
I don't like it when a contestant who makes a point of telling Bob he/she's been watching the show for years and years and years and years...doesn't know where to stand during a pricing game or doesn't know to walk away when they lose.
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Or when Bob asks them, since they are such a loyal viewer, to explain the rules to their game. They respond with a blank stare and quietly say they have never seen the game and would like an explanation.
It's always the one in the "BARKER ROXXORS!" shirt that have the most difficulty understanding "Check Game", even after the explanation by Mr. Barker
Why are the rules to Check Game so tough to remember?
-Joe R.
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I should add that I'm not condemning all who want to wear a special shirt to TPIR. If you think wearing one will enhance your experience, then go right ahead! It's all in the name of fun and having a good time, after all.
I also have no problem with those with more subtle stuff like ones saying that it's their birthday, saying they've been watching for X amount of years (though they should prepare for the possibility for a rule explanation should they win their way up on stage), or what state they're from. Things like that.
In fact, I would like to wear a shirt with the state of Iowa with the TPIR logo in the middle on it. Nothing wrong with state pride! :-)
It's just the ones that say "BOB IS GOD!" or "I WANNA PLAY PLINKO!!!" that bug me.
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Here's an idea for you. Feel free to use this idea and if you get called upon and win cash and prizes, a simple thank you will be sufficient. Put together a T-shirt with a picture of Ralph Edwards on it and see if that helps you. Maybe even something that features the words, "Aren't we devils?". Could work.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'133723\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 03:33 PM\']
It's just the ones that say "BOB IS GOD!" or "I WANNA PLAY PLINKO!!!" that bug me.
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Funny you should say that; one of the golden-road.net members (actual_retail_tice) has a funny signature about that. It goes as follows:
"Her shirt says 'I want to play Plinko! Plinko! Plinko!'...well, you're going to play Double Prices, Double Prices, Double Prices."
--Barker really drives the point home, home, home in the late 1990s.
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I like to watch the players' scores change. It annoys me on The Newlywed Game and the current edition of Family Feud when the score changes off camera or the score is never shown at all.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'133645\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 02:53 AM\']
And what's wrong with kids being contestants?[/quote]
Nothing. I just meant the part that follows, where they use it as a budget-saver.
As for savings bonds instead of cash, they have an education future to consider so when they win, their parents will most likely put those bonds into a bank & then take that money out upon maturity.
Let the parents make that decision. My objection is to the fact that they make it look like a $500 win when they were actually spending considerably less. (I think it was $375 at the time; now it would only cost $250--and there's no guarantee it will ever be worth $500.)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'133602\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 04:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'133599\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 05:06 PM\']
My biggest pet peeve are people who forget the zero rule where it applies on TPiR.
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That, too...That and totally botching "Hit Me".
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(rant on)
Ohhhh... thank you, Aaron, for helping me remember what is probably my biggest pet peeve, one which will regularly bring me off the couch screaming at the telly. What was it the other day... the lady picked $111.92, ostensibly as the one that was multiplied by 10? "It must be the times 10... it's so BIG!" Yes, you fool contestant you, it is big... BUT IT DOESN'T END IN A ZERO, SO IT CAN'T BE A MULTIPLE OF 10! (Yeah, I know, she still won... but she was one of the few.)
(rant off)
I'm so glad we had this time together...
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[quote name=\'davidhammett\' post=\'133762\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 07:05 PM\']
The lady picked $111.92, ostensibly as the one that was multiplied by 10? "It must be the times 10... it's so BIG!" Yes, you fool contestant you, it is big... BUT IT DOESN'T END IN A ZERO, SO IT CAN'T BE A MULTIPLE OF 10!
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$11.192. If the prize was a gallon of gas in a year's time, then I could see it. :)
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Not to stand up too much for them, but given that there are several locations one could conceivably stand for a pricing game--wandering a bit isn't the worst thing in the world.
"Stay next to Bob until he says otherwise" is a pretty good general rule.
Add me to the "music cues for everything" group. And onscreen graphics that either serve no useful purpose, are oversized, cover anything more important, or otherwise detract from the show.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'133682\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 11:58 AM\']
Besides, once you get on stage, a lot of times logic goes straight out the window.
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Have to agree...there is A LOT going on in that studio. Between the cameras up on stage moving in every direction, a SUPER loud audience, Rich, sound effects, lights. It's definately sensory overload. Frankly, I don't know how anyone up there can hear anything. I know I'd be a nervous wreck and probably do something stupid. I was nervous for the players just watching them.
They do make a big deal about two things though: walking up the wrong set of stairs and turning around asking for bids from the audience while you're in contestant's row.
On the show I saw, nobody did either of those two things but a guy walked right up on stage when he was called. I was so horrified for him...because it's SO something I could see myself doing! :-) Game show fanatic or not, under those circumstances I can now see how even the most 'together' person could easily do something stupid.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'133723\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 02:33 PM\']
I should add that I'm not condemning all who want to wear a special shirt to TPIR. If you think wearing one will enhance your experience, then go right ahead! It's all in the name of fun and having a good time, after all.
I also have no problem with those with more subtle stuff like ones saying that it's their birthday, saying they've been watching for X amount of years (though they should prepare for the possibility for a rule explanation should they win their way up on stage), or what state they're from. Things like that.
In fact, I would like to wear a shirt with the state of Iowa with the TPIR logo in the middle on it. Nothing wrong with state pride! :-)
It's just the ones that say "BOB IS GOD!" or "I WANNA PLAY PLINKO!!!" that bug me.
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If I were to wear a shirt to the show (except the show is too crappy-prize-centric for my tastes to ever want to go on), I have two possibilities;
#1
"I ACTUALLY KNOW THE RULES TO CHECK GAME (really)"
#2
(front, in the style of the Price logo, text to the right of the Big Honkin' Curly Dollar Sign)
"[color=\"#FF0000\"]aLL youR
[/color][color=\"#FFFF66\"]pRice aRe
[/color][color=\"#FF0000\"]BeLong
to us[/color]"
(back, in the same style)
"[color=\"#FF0000\"]someone
[/color][color=\"#FFFF66\"]set us up
[/color][color=\"#FF0000\"]the
showcase[/color]"
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'133756\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 08:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'133645\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 02:53 AM\']
And what's wrong with kids being contestants?[/quote]
Nothing. I just meant the part that follows, where they use it as a budget-saver.
As for savings bonds instead of cash, they have an education future to consider so when they win, their parents will most likely put those bonds into a bank & then take that money out upon maturity.
Let the parents make that decision. My objection is to the fact that they make it look like a $500 win when they were actually spending considerably less. (I think it was $375 at the time; now it would only cost $250--and there's no guarantee it will ever be worth $500.)
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Series EE bonds are guaranteed to reach face value, in other words, double in value, in 20 years. Series I bonds (which are sold at face value) typically pay higher rates, but are not guaranteed to double in value.
John Brocato
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[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'133750\' date=\'Oct 6 2006, 07:54 PM\']
I like to watch the players' scores change. It annoys me on The Newlywed Game and the current edition of Family Feud when the score changes off camera or the score is never shown at all.
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Me too - especially back in the days of the solari boards.....Oh how cool it was to watch the "9" go to a "10" (or "19" to "20") on the '70s Pyramids and for the scores to reset themselves, cycling through the numbers as they went blank again.
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So I'm watching the show on Friday morning, and this asshat gets up on stage to play Hit Me. He needs to have the game explained to him TWICE. Then the cards are dealt, and the dealer's sitting on an 8. Faced with but a single price with a 0 on the end of it, he manages to pick himself a goddamn SEVEN instead, THEN he picks the 10, for a seventeen.
The beauty of it: He was ABOUT to pick again (and IIRC the Hot Pockets would have had a 4 behind them), then Bob basically talks him out of it by warning him that he would bust if he went over 21. Idiot stands, house turns up a picture card, and wins with an 18. Only thing that kept me from grabbing an icepick and ending it all right there. :)
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'133622\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 09:50 PM\']
I believe this week's shirt that noted the emcee's deceased wife and one of the program's deceased announcers--one "Charlie Olson"--is the coup de grace. ... Who, pray tell, picked the guy?
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I saw that guy a number of times in line that day, and I thought to myself, 'Charlie Olson? You'd think he'd get his names right before putting iron to t-shirt.' I figured his chances of geting on were about as good as the couple whose custom shirts prominently sported an airbrushed design of Scooby Doo. If I may extend the discussion from another thread, perhaps the fact that Stan picked him proves that he *doesn't* consider the shirts when choosing contestants?
[quote name=\'Tony\' post=\'133795\' date=\'Oct 7 2006, 04:15 PM\']
the show is too crappy-prize-centric for my tastes to ever want to go on
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Sir, I think you have your priorities a bit skewed. The point of going to see TPIR is just that, for the whole experience of being there, meeting people, seeing Bob, and whatnot. You don't go expecting to be picked, much less to win anything. If you do, that's a gigantic BONUS. Making the pilgrimage to Studio 33 is an uncomparable experience that I think everyone here should take if presented with the opportunity.
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[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' post=\'133787\' date=\'Oct 7 2006, 11:16 AM\']
On the show I saw, nobody did either of those two things but a guy walked right up on stage when he was called. I was so horrified for him...because it's SO something I could see myself doing! :-) Game show fanatic or not, under those circumstances I can now see how even the most 'together' person could easily do something stupid.
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Actually, that's starting to get on my nerves lately. I used to get a kick out of it, because it would happen maybe four or five times a year, but the last few months (of new shows), it seems like it's happening two or three times each week.
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And when he feels in the mood, it's another example of Bob trying to create A Moment out of nothing. In the most recent years, it's not exactly rare for Bob to stop an excited audience's reaction to repeat a line that wasn't funny even if you were able to catch it.
In response again to the people comin' on up too early - just last season, one woman who came on stage instead of going to the row tried to duplicate the exact routine of the older lady who remarked "they're young, they won't mind [that I'm up here]." A few things worked against her - she was merely middle aged, not elderly, and thus the charm of such a remark would be lost. Two, the bit was already done before, plus on top of all this, she botched the delivery. It was very obvious she was merely trying to copy that clip.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'Gus\' post=\'133898\' date=\'Oct 8 2006, 08:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'Tony\' post=\'133795\' date=\'Oct 7 2006, 04:15 PM\']
the show is too crappy-prize-centric for my tastes to ever want to go on
[/quote]
Sir, I think you have your priorities a bit skewed. The point of going to see TPIR is just that, for the whole experience of being there, meeting people, seeing Bob, and whatnot. You don't go expecting to be picked, much less to win anything. If you do, that's a gigantic BONUS. Making the pilgrimage to Studio 33 is an uncomparable experience that I think everyone here should take if presented with the opportunity.
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Point taken. I actually would like see the show in person sometime in my life; I'm just not sure I'd like to be a contestant, that's all.
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[quote name=\'Tony\' post=\'133937\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 09:24 AM\']
Point taken. I actually would like see the show in person sometime in my life; I'm just not sure I'd like to be a contestant, that's all.
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That's the way I did it my two times--I didn't really want to be a contestant (and there might have been some question if I had--so not leaving it to chance I made myself ineligible). Gus is right--doing the pilgrimage to 33 is a tremendous experience. For me, just stepping into that studio was winning enough.
Doug -- and the countdown to 2300 continues
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You know what bugs me?
I'll sum it up...if you can't get the right to use the name of the product on the show in the plug, don't use the product.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'133970\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 01:51 PM\']
I'll sum it up...if you can't get the right to use the name of the product on the show in the plug, don't use the product.
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Yeah, when I was watching that dude botch Hit Me the other morning, I noticed that Rich did a generic plug for EVERY ONE of the six products involved in the game. NOT ONE was sponsored.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'133970\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 03:51 PM\']I'll sum it up...if you can't get the right to use the name of the product on the show in the plug, don't use the product.[/quote]
They certainly could use the brand names (they did in years past), they simply choose not to.
Don't use the product? "You will win that lovely bedroom if you pick a pair of products that... oh. We don't have any products. You win! Showcase Showdown after this!"
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Scott Robinson
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Really, it's funny. Because you're right, they could if they wanted, they just don't want to.
Which means, almost certainly, the Price people went to the sponsors and said "Yeah, we want you to pay money to mention your products on the show", and the sponsors told the Price people to screw, because they know that without the products they HAVE no show. Which amuses me.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'133983\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 06:05 PM\']
Really, it's funny. Because you're right, they could if they wanted, they just don't want to.
Which means, almost certainly, the Price people went to the sponsors and said "Yeah, we want you to pay money to mention your products on the show", and the sponsors told the Price people to screw, because they know that without the products they HAVE no show. Which amuses me.
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Agreed...but you mean to tell me that there are no products down at the Piggly Wiggly who's national companies don't want the publicity?
Sounds like TPIR just isn't trying very hard. Which seems to be a more common theme these days.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'133989\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 03:39 PM\']
Agreed...but you mean to tell me that there are no products down at the Piggly Wiggly who's national companies don't want the publicity?
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Right, I'm not saying your scenario isn't the case, but I gotta think it's possible that the price the Price people want for said publicity is rather overinflated compared to the price said companies think it's worth, considering the stratospheric rise in the ego of the show's EP. (Who I realize probably has little to nothing to do with the business side of things, but shite rolls downhill.)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'133971\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 04:53 PM\']Yeah, when I was watching that dude botch Hit Me the other morning, I noticed that Rich did a generic plug for EVERY ONE of the six products involved in the game. NOT ONE was sponsored.[/quote]
To cross the streams a bit, both products in one particular pair of such on today's show were unsponsored, and Rich finishing the whole description in about 4 seconds completely caught Bob offguard. Mildly amusing, but more irksome, yes.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'133995\' date=\'Oct 9 2006, 07:13 PM\']
Right, I'm not saying your scenario isn't the case, but I gotta think it's possible that the price the Price people want for said publicity is rather overinflated compared to the price said companies think it's worth, considering the stratospheric rise in the ego of the show's EP. (Who I realize probably has little to nothing to do with the business side of things, but shite rolls downhill.)
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Here's what I don't get. . . so far this season, they've thrown Pillsbury crescent rolls and spaghetti sauce in as extras with the one-bid prizes. Why don't they just put them in the games and save a little time?
And why, if they're not getting dough from the makers of "supplements" and denture adhesives, don't they get the hell rid of them and pick normal groceries for the games? Stuff like tuna fish and Bugles that people actually buy?
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'134080\' date=\'Oct 10 2006, 07:55 PM\']
And why, if they're not getting dough from the makers of "supplements" and denture adhesives, don't they get the hell rid of them and pick normal groceries for the games? Stuff like tuna fish and Bugles that people actually buy?
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Having worked in a drugstore for about two years, I can assure you that people "actually buy" supplements and denture adhesives.
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When they cancel a game show I enjoy for a crappy one just for the sake of change. I.E.: Concentration for Baffle or The $25,000 Pyramid for Blackout.
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[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'134160\' date=\'Oct 11 2006, 12:22 PM\']
When they cancel a game show I enjoy for a crappy one just for the sake of change. I.E.: Concentration for Baffle or The $25,000 Pyramid for Blackout.
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I assure you, no network executive ever sat in his office and said "Ya know, this show is getting great ratings and making a bundle of money, but I'm going to replace it anyhow because it's time for a change."
Except Lin Bolen, the Ed Belfour of network executives.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'134080\' date=\'Oct 10 2006, 06:55 PM\']And why, if they're not getting dough from the makers of "supplements" and denture adhesives, don't they get the hell rid of them and pick normal groceries for the games? Stuff like tuna fish and Bugles that people actually buy?[/quote]
I've noticed that many of the generic plugs have been placed on products that were sponsored a few months ago. So since they already have the packaging and prices on hand, they're just using the same products and changing the audio copy.
There's a small stable of never-sponsored products that presumably the show went out and bought, and most of those are non-medicinal items (peanut butter, coffee, water, etc.).
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Scott Robinson
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My pet peeve is on the current FF when the family gets one, two or three strikes. The audience claps after a strike is gained.
IF THEY GET THE ANSWER WRONG, THE AUDIENCE SHOULDN'T CLAP, OKAY???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This started when Karn took over and it's been bugging me ever since.
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[quote name=\'GSmaniac\' post=\'134299\' date=\'Oct 12 2006, 04:06 PM\']
My pet peeve is on the current FF when the family gets one, two or three strikes. The audience claps after a strike is gained.
IF THEY GET THE ANSWER WRONG, THE AUDIENCE SHOULDN'T CLAP, OKAY???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This started when Karn took over and it's been bugging me ever since.
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That's just part of the chronic overapplause problem that's been plaguing every non-dramatic show with a studio audience.
It seems to me too often that they're just using applause to fill program time instead of trying to fill it with content. A game show that's really guilty of that is "DOND," where there has to be applause *every single time* Howie mentions the million or a six-figure amount.
To me, the current televised champion of overapplause is that whole bit every week at the top of "Dancing With the Stars" right after the last couple comes out. What it should be is one long shot of the group, applause and Harold Wheeler and the band playing the button on the theme--then cue Tom and Samantha and let's get going. But instead we get that long pan shot past every single couple, the shot of the judges, the audience and almost everyone but the CBS TV City custodial crew while Harold and the band play the theme one more time--a waste of about 20 seconds of network television time. (But I will assume that "Strictly Come Dancing" in the UK does the exact same thing every week--even with the time taken up with Brucie's "so nice to see you..." bit.) It just seems to producers that applause is an easier way to fill time than content.
Oh--in the UK the results show is the same night as the performance show (and is only 15 minutes). Since they keep the audience in the studio for both shows, does Brucie do the "you're much better than the early show" line for the results show?