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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: narzo on February 27, 2008, 10:36:55 PM
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Just reading the thread about "Moment of Truth" got me thinking about the game shows that have come and gone that you never viewed one episode of from start to finish. I'm talking about you sat down, you tuned in, you intended to watch the whole thing but left it because you were so bored/repulsed/whatever and never wanted to tune in again.
I think for me the only shows like that are recent ones:
"How Much is Enough?" (10 minutes)
"Moment Of Truth" (maybe 30)
"Don't forget the lyrics" (1 round)
and that "comedy" game show from GSN a few years ago. I forget the name. Was taped in Vegas IIRC.
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[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'179221\' date=\'Feb 27 2008, 10:36 PM\']
...and that "comedy" game show from GSN a few years ago. I forget the name. Was taped in Vegas IIRC.
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I remember. It's National Lampoon's Funny Money.
/They say that the secret to comedy is timing.
//Saw the episode with Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols as celebrity contestants.
///This Trekkie remembers the pain.
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[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'179221\' date=\'Feb 27 2008, 10:36 PM\']
"Moment Of Truth" (maybe 30)
"Don't forget the lyrics" (1 round)
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Agreed on both. The faux-drama and gratuitous stuff they added aggravated the hell out of me. The latter takes itself too seriously to be reverse-Name That Tune.
and that "comedy" game show from GSN a few years ago. I forget the name. Was taped in Vegas IIRC.
National Lampoon's Funny Money. ETA: SuperPACMANjr buzzed in first. Didn't think it was too bad of a show.
Add "Free 4 All" to the list.
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merv griffin's crosswords
card sharks 2001
born lucky
wintuition
how much is enough
-Dan Berger
FLASHGames²/Buzzsaw TV
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Let me tell you, from my experiences doing stand up comedy, Funny Money was just a poor vehicle for stand up comics. Try getting laughs from 60 seconds of material... not easy! Worse, the "laugh scale" was quite generous IMO
I couldn't watch all the way through The Game Game... one of the few times Chuck Barris tried to be serious about game shows with this snoozer of a show that was much more "discussion show" than game show. There was just little "game" in the poorly titled "Game Game"
Same deal with The Love Experts. It's barely a game show at all. Cullen has some good moments, but at the same time, he's fared MUCH better on other shows.
Who Said That? was also quite dull. 4 panelists, no contestants. It just took itself too seriously.
The Celebrity Game- Why is a gifted comedy writer and producer acting as "straight man" to 9 celebrities? Carl Reiner clearly looked uncomfy in this role, but in theory the show SHOULD'VE worked because the celebs were all top notch celebs at the time. For me, it was just DULL.
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Play The Percentages: Solo Format. I really enjoyed the couples format, so during a trade I picked up a solo episode for comparison. I gave up on it halfway through and just watched the mid-80s Bac-Os commercials.
And if call-in shows count, add PopQ to the list. Absolute worst TV show I've ever seen.
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'179233\' date=\'Feb 27 2008, 09:22 PM\']Play The Percentages: Solo Format. I really enjoyed the couples format, so during a trade I picked up a solo episode for comparison. I gave up on it halfway through and just watched the mid-80s Bac-Os commercials.[/quote]The couples format is actually interesting, and doesn't get repetitive because the questions can be anything. The solo game was Twenty-one with buzzers and a finish line four steps farther away. Why the production company would chuck a decent format and replace it with an unimaginative and uninspired quizzer is something I'm not privy to.
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There were a couple 70's shows that stand out to me as obnoxiously bad that I either never watched it at all or gave up afrer just one viewine:
The $1.98 Beuty Show(or whatever it's called)-I've seen better pagent shows than what Chuck Barris tried here. His outragous trademark style certainly rubbed me the wrong way after just one viewing
Hot Seat-This was ABC's attempt to try to lure the housewives at the time to see what would happen when couples are subjected to very intimate questions. I tried to see what it was like, but WABC-7 out of New York which aired it at the time was rather fuzzy so I acrually lucked out there. Certainly didn't want to deal with that crap.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'179237\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 03:45 AM\']
The $1.98 Beuty Show(or whatever it's called)-I've seen better pagent shows than what Chuck Barris tried here. His outragous trademark style certainly rubbed me the wrong way after just one viewing
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Then you missed the point of the show. It was to beauty pagaents what "Gong Show" was to talent shows, that is, a sendup of both, in a way exploiting those who lacked beauty and/or talent.
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' post=\'179231\' date=\'Feb 27 2008, 10:00 PM\']
I couldn't watch all the way through The Game Game... one of the few times Chuck Barris tried to be serious about game shows with this snoozer of a show that was much more "discussion show" than game show. There was just little "game" in the poorly titled "Game Game"
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Not surprisingly, two of the roughest viewings I can remember were both Barris shows-- "The Game Game" was one, but for my money, "The Baby Game" was **far** worse. Even for one of CB's shows, the "game" concept is embarrassingly thin. And Richard Hayes' performance as host practically defines the concept of "I can't believe I'm doing this." The only saving grace is that (IIRC), it was only a 25-minute show-- which means it was only about 83.5% as bad as it could have been.
-Kevin
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Set for Life
Moment of Truth
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In the pilot area, I have tried three times to watch "What Are My True Colors", an 80s pilot with Richard Simmons. I can't get past the first few minutes.
--Mike
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Set for Life
Quiz Kids Challenge
Shopper's Casino
Fear Factor
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
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Baby Races
Small Talk
Boggle/Shuffle
Here's another topic from a few years ago:
http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7906 (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7906\")
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Rodeo Drive
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Agreed on Boggle. Got one in a trade just to jog my memory of the interactive block...managed 1 and a 1/2 rounds before I skipped ahead to the playbreaks and
bonus final round. Also:
Show Me The Money
50 Grand Slam
Set for Life
And going back to pilots like Mike said, I'd throw in the Ludden TJW pilot and the Jim Lange "21" attempt. Both were curiosities, I got to see a full game, then the novelty wore off.
-Jason
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Most anything that's come out in primetime the last 2 years or so.
There are probably some older ones here and there, but I couldn't think of them at the moment.
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Original 3s a Crowd = worst game ever .. how anyone greenlit the concept of trying to raise intrigue and scandal out of businessmen who happen to have hotter secretaries than their wives is so ridiculously puzzling.
Joker! Joker! Joker! = fixed, fixed, fixed! :D ... well, perhaps it wasn't "fixed" per S&P definition, but 80% of each reel must have contained a Joker then ..
and on that note, pretty much any mainstream game show that has a "kid's week" is somewhat boring television for adults.. Even my beloved Jeopardy is pretty boring to watch when they have kids' (8,9 & 10) week. Maybe for kids it's great TV, but I'm curious to know if ratings drop a little amongst adults during such weeks.
Whammy! = 2nd worst game ever, entirely unwatchable.. contestants were classic GSN-grade DOND hyper-idiotic.. and the fact that the double-whammies simply meant that they got crap dropped onto their heads was really just.. stupid. :D (it's weird how the game play was virtually identical to the great PYL, but yet everything else about Whammy! made it so far removed)
LObs
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'179274\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 10:48 AM\']
Original 3s a Crowd = worst game ever .. how anyone greenlit the concept of trying to raise intrigue and scandal out of businessmen who happen to have hotter secretaries than their wives is so ridiculously puzzling.[/quote]
I thought the whole *point* of a secretary is that she be hotter than yer wife. ;)
Whammy! = 2nd worst game ever, entirely unwatchable.. contestants were classic GSN-grade DOND hyper-idiotic.. and the fact that the double-whammies simply meant that they got crap dropped onto their heads was really just.. stupid. :D (it's weird how the game play was virtually identical to the great PYL, but yet everything else about Whammy! made it so far removed)
They thought they could strip features from Press Your Luck and have the game stand on it's own. What they proved is that Press Your Luck isn't much of a game and there were other things (like a big honkin' electronic game board) that made the show successful.
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And don't blame Chuck for "Baby Game." Can't remember who, since my "Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows" and "Encyclopedia of Daytime Television" are nowhere near me, but I know it wasn't Chuck for the simple reason that it was shot in New York, not LA.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'179290\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 04:06 PM\']
And don't blame Chuck for "Baby Game." Can't remember who, since my "Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows" and "Encyclopedia of Daytime Television" are nowhere near me, but I know it wasn't Chuck for the simple reason that it was shot in New York, not LA.
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Baby Game was a Bob Stivers Production.
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The Chamber was the first title to spring to my mind.
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[quote name=\'bricon\' post=\'179297\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 02:49 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'179290\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 04:06 PM\']
And don't blame Chuck for "Baby Game." Can't remember who, since my "Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows" and "Encyclopedia of Daytime Television" are nowhere near me, but I know it wasn't Chuck for the simple reason that it was shot in New York, not LA.
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Baby Game was a Bob Stivers Production.
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I stand corrected... CB is off the hook for that one. But I knew the blame had to go **somewhere**! :^)
-Kevin
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There are quite a few for me. Some of the ones that haven't been named yet:
-All-Star Blitz
-Break the Bank '85
-Double Dare 2000
-Double Up
-Family Challenge
-Idiot Savants
-Slime Time
-Wild & Crazy Kids '02
-Wild Animal Games
I know I'm in the minority big time here, I actually like "Small Talk."
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Out of over 500 game shows ever on TV, there's bound to be a few here and there that we don't like. For me, a couple that come to mind:
GSN's Wintuition
and more recently
Moment of Truth - I watched the first episode and have no interest in watching it again
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The only game show I couldn't watch is also the one that bored me to sleep - "Scattergories".
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Spin Off! So bad, it didn't go the distance of its 13 week trial. And, also, pretty much any remake in the last ten years!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179278\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 03:01 PM\']
Whammy! = 2nd worst game ever, entirely unwatchable.. contestants were classic GSN-grade DOND hyper-idiotic.. and the fact that the double-whammies simply meant that they got crap dropped onto their heads was really just.. stupid. :D (it's weird how the game play was virtually identical to the great PYL, but yet everything else about Whammy! made it so far removed)
They thought they could strip features from Press Your Luck and have the game stand on it's own. What they proved is that Press Your Luck isn't much of a game and there were other things (like a big honkin' electronic game board) that made the show successful.
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Along the same lines...
Big Deal -- Fox tried to make "Let's Make A Deal" hip for the GenXers, and instead turned it into a "Truth Or Consequences" on acid (i.e. throwing baseballs at your own home, hoping to break enough windows to win a fabulous prize is nowhere near Monty's Money Machine).
and along that line...
The most recent version of LMAD w/ Billy Bush. That first episode sooo looked like a scripted pilot with seasoned SAG actors as the "chosen ones" to be the contestants.
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Wow...here goes:
Whammy
LMAD w/Billy Bush
Friend or Foe
Most GSN originals
The Neighbors
3's a Crowd
Match Game (Ross Shafer version)
Hollywood Squares/Match Game Hour
and the ever popular "Fantasy!"
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Has nobody mentioned The Thousand Dollar Bee?
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Add Hollywood Showdown to my list. Nice people working there but I can't stand the game (and what was with the default Windows sounds used on that show?).
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Perfect Match for taking the great Catch Phrase off the air in the mid-80s. I like Goen but he got better as each game came along (Home Shopping Game an exception).
Starface
Bargain Hunters
Home Shopping Game
Cosby You Bet Your Life (but loved how Adam Sandler spoofed it on SNL with its own zazzum flip)
Hollywood Squares with Whoopi
Temptation "All New Sale of the Century"-Miss the classic buzzers
annoying reruns of Lane Chain Reaction
Turn It Up-bad replacement of the MTV classic Remote Control
any version of Finders Keepers after Wesley Eure
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Spin Off! So bad, it didn't go the distance of its 13 week trial. !
Maybe Spin-Off wasn't the best show ever devised, but after all these years I actually wouldn't mind seeing that one again. I only have very vague memories of it as I don't recall watching it that often in the summer of 1975. I guess I must have been watching NBC instead!
I wonder if any of those episodes found a few years ago will ever surface in the trade curcuit...
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'179384\' date=\'Feb 29 2008, 08:51 AM\']
Spin Off! So bad, it didn't go the distance of its 13 week trial. !
Maybe Spin-Off wasn't the best show ever devised, but after all these years I actually wouldn't mind seeing that one again. I only have very vague memories of it as I don't recall watching it that often in the summer of 1975. I guess I must have been watching NBC instead!
I wonder if any of those episodes found a few years ago will ever surface in the trade curcuit...
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My memories of the game play are pretty vague, but I really liked the theme music. It's still going through my head now, having been reminded of the show.
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Here are my picks, in no order:
*Deal or No Deal -- Made it through about 1/2 ep; the melodrama just makes it unberable.
*It's Your Chance of a Lifetime -- It was just a very lame and uninspired WWTBaM? ripoff.
*National Lampoon's Funny Money -- Not once did I ever laugh in the few snippets I saw.
*Set for Life -- My God, this was lame. It was like a dumbed-down DoND, if that's possible.
*Friend or Foe? -- I'd watch it just long enough to get a good look at Kennedy. Then I'd flip to something else.
*Jumble -- The only thing that was interesting about the ep I saw was that one of the scrambled answers was "narf". Other than that, a total snooze.
And not quite a game show, but:
*Survivor -- Are my mom and I the only two people on the planet who panned this show from Day One? I just plain do not like it.
Also, I'm probably gonna catch hell for this, but I have a very hard time sitting through those stodgy old 1950s and 1960s panel games without falling asleep. They're solid formats and well respected games, but most panel games from this era just don't sit well with me.
/still DYING of curiosity to see how bad TTD'90 was
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/still DYING of curiosity to see how bad TTD'90 was
i hope YOU WILL someday
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179477\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 12:25 PM\']
i hope YOU WILL someday[/quote]
Where'd this come from?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179481\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 03:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179477\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 12:25 PM\']
i hope YOU WILL someday[/quote]
Where'd this come from?
[/quote]
Methinks our friend is entering the horror-writing business. :)
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[quote name=\'jalman\' post=\'179483\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 03:56 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179481\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 03:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179477\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 12:25 PM\']
i hope YOU WILL someday[/quote]
Where'd this come from?
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Methinks our friend is entering the horror-writing business. :)
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i couldnt figiure out how to get YOU WIN into a response so i improvised
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'179487\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 01:12 PM\']
i couldnt figiure out how to get YOU WIN into a response so i improvised
[/quote]
Oh, ok. That's a little better that what I originally inferred. Carry on. :)
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[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'179440\' date=\'Feb 29 2008, 09:26 PM\']*Survivor -- Are my mom and I the only two people on the planet who panned this show from Day One? I just plain do not like it.[/quote]What exactly don't you like about it? In the beginning, I watched because I liked the challenges, and the whole voting and island life didn't do anything for me. As I kept watching the show, it all fell into place.
Also, I'm probably gonna catch hell for this, but I have a very hard time sitting through those stodgy old 1950s and 1960s panel games without falling asleep. They're solid formats and well respected games, but most panel games from this era just don't sit well with me.
Not even To Tell the Truth?
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'179521\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 07:57 PM\']
[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'179440\' date=\'Feb 29 2008, 09:26 PM\']*Survivor -- Are my mom and I the only two people on the planet who panned this show from Day One? I just plain do not like it.[/quote]What exactly don't you like about it? In the beginning, I watched because I liked the challenges, and the whole voting and island life didn't do anything for me. As I kept watching the show, it all fell into place.[/quote]
For one thing, I don't like the idea of voting off; this is one of the many reasons I hated The Weakest Link as well. I kind of like the general idea of Survivor, but I just don't care for the execution of it; too often, it feels very cut-throat to me.
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'179521\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 07:57 PM\']
Also, I'm probably gonna catch hell for this, but I have a very hard time sitting through those stodgy old 1950s and 1960s panel games without falling asleep. They're solid formats and well respected games, but most panel games from this era just don't sit well with me.
Not even To Tell the Truth?
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For the most part, it's just the 1950s and 1960s versions of IGaS, WML?, TTTT, etc. are usually too dull for my tastes; I've seen a few clips of them here and there, and even have a few of them on tape -- and I just have a hard time watching them because it seems like they just take the game way too seriously, and hardly ever joke around.
I seem to get the impression that once those shows got into the 1970s, the people involved started to have more fun -- cracking more jokes without detracting from the game, having stories that might have been just a little on the PG side, etc. Because of those reasons, I find newer incarnations of those panel shows to be more watchable.
Note that this is just my observation as a 20-year-old (21 on 3/10) who has watched various snippets and episodes scattered throughout the years. I'm sure I may have missed some real humdingers from the "older" era and/or some duds from the "newer" era.
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I would think if someone was going to find one of the B&W panel games "unstodgy" enough to enjoy, it would be Secret. It's by far my favorite of the era.
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I agree, Secret is the best of the three in that era. I always felt that WML was the more erudite and formal show, while IGAS was more for the fun and silliness. TTTT was somewhere in between. When all were on in the 70's, things were a lot looser by design (see Gil Fates' book about WML).
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[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'179522\' date=\'Mar 1 2008, 07:53 PM\']
I'm sure I may have missed some real humdingers from the "older" era and/or some duds from the "newer" era.
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For those who require titties (or whatever) in order to enjoy a panel show, you might appreciate this titbit from the '50s WML (1955, IIRC). The female challenger's line was that she made zippers. After many nowhere-leading answers, and four completely befuddled panelists, Steve Allen asked something along the lines of, "Would this device be something that a good secretary might be adept at operating?"
The audience laughed hysterically for what must have been a full minute, baffling the celebs even further.
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For me, in no particular order:
Joker's Wild 1990 (they ruined it w/out the original format, changing too much, and that horrific theme music, torture chamber type!
Tic Tac Dough 1990 (horrible host, horrible endgame, erasing pots after ties.....totally ruined it)
Deal or no Deal (I liked it at first, but then it got way too campy and annoying)
The Gong Show (My father, may he rest in peace, loved this show, I couldn't stand it)
Quicksilver & Free 4 All (Terrible)
Scattergories (A $4,000 end game? That seemed like such an odd amount, at least make it 5 grand!)
Scrabble 1993 (Seemed like a recession hit program, bonus squares adding to the sprint jackpot, very cheap)
Ten Seconds (A country-music based trivia show on the now name changed "Nashville Network")
There was a show w/Ross Shafer and a giant daisy, I can't remember it "Love me love me not" or something like that, just hideous.
Match Game '98.
Celebrity Hot Potato, Celebrity Bullseye too.
$100,000 Name That Tune w/Jim Lange. Very campy and annoying show to me.
1989 Wheel of Fortune on CBS, el cheapo show with half the wheel spaces saying $100.
Big Deal w/Marc DeCarlo.....horrible show.
Identity (After about 10 minutes of this, I put on static instead)
Can't think of any others just now, probably due to mind block!
Thanks,
Bill McD.
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Yes, that was Love Me, Love Me Not. It wasn't much of a game, just a few ladies reading romance stories and contestants deciding true or false.
The pilot for LM, LMN was hosted by Alex Trebek, and called Mama Non Mama (Love me, Love Me Not in french) It had 4 ladies and two male contestants, but I believe the object was to capture 3 out of 4. One amusing element of the pilot was Alex holding a daisy that had petals with dollar amounts each question was worth.
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' post=\'182809\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 05:26 PM\']
and called Mama Non Mama (Love me, Love Me Not in french)[/quote]
Italian, actually.
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Gee, this astroturf tastes terrific!
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[quote name='wdm1219inpenna' date='Mar 29 2008, 07:48 PM' post='182807']
Celebrity Hot Potato, Celebrity Bullseye too.
With the exception of Celebrity Sweepstakes, anytime the word "Celebrity" is put in front of an established title. "Celebrity Whew!" anyone?
Ditto, the words "All Star".
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[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 06:20 PM\']
Ditto, the words "All Star".
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Blitz.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182815\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:33 PM\'][quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 06:20 PM\']Ditto, the words "All Star".[/quote]Blitz.[/quote]
joker316 likes All-Star Blitz, you're saying? Because (based on what little of it I've seen) I surely don't.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'182818\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 06:56 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182815\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:33 PM\'][quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 06:20 PM\']Ditto, the words "All Star".[/quote]Blitz.[/quote]
joker316 likes All-Star Blitz, you're saying? Because (based on what little of it I've seen) I surely don't.
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Joker316 is entitled to an opinion, but I hardly think All-Star Blitz is anywhere NEAR the same echelon of bad as TTT/TJW90, Big Deal, etc.
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I can think of a few shows. One show I never really liked that I know is well liked around here is Child's Play. I don't know, gameplay moved too slow, and I guess you have to be a big fan of kids stuff.
Card Sharks 2K1 was pretty awful. Completely flawed main game, and the stupid Street Smarts like videos made it pretty dumb. Seemed like they changed the Money Cards for the sake of being different (The pyramid instead of the normal game board, though that was the least of it's problems).
TJW '90 was a VERY dull game, IMO. I'm a big fan of the original, but I actually had remembered the '90 version more and thought it was boring before I saw the original again. The constant answering of questions and the flawed main game (keeping control of the machine if you answered wrong and the rest of your opponents did too?) made the show stupid. Bonus game was kinda fun though, with the matching three prizes and the Joker's Jackpot.
Apologies if I strayed off topic (since I did see more then a few episodes of some of these) :)
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It's hard to think of a game show that I didn't like, but I saw "Temptation" once and was done with it. Never sat through an episode of "Studs", either.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182819\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:59 PM\']Joker316 is entitled to an opinion, but I hardly think All-Star Blitz is anywhere NEAR the same echelon of bad as TTT/TJW90, Big Deal, etc.[/quote]
. . . eh. I'd rather watch TJW90, at least.
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'179256\' date=\'Feb 28 2008, 12:51 PM\']
In the pilot area, I have tried three times to watch "What Are My True Colors", an 80s pilot with Richard Simmons. I can't get past the first few minutes.
--Mike
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I've gotta ask.....Richard Simmons tried his hand at a game show????? From what you could tell, what was the premise of this show?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182819\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:59 PM\']
Joker316 is entitled to an opinion, but I hardly think All-Star Blitz is anywhere NEAR the same echelon of bad as TTT/TJW90, Big Deal, etc.
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Maybe, I should clarify. Like the word "Celebrity" attached to an established show's title, when a producer adds the words "All-Star" it usually ruins the show. I do not recall a game with the title "Blitz", I do recall All Star Blitz. And it is nowhere near as bad as TJW/TTD'90, etc.
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[quote name=\'Steve_Bier\' post=\'182842\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 12:09 PM\']I've gotta ask.....Richard Simmons tried his hand at a game show????? From what you could tell, what was the premise of this show?[/quote]
Simmons was one of two celebrity players, not the host. The host was somebody I've never heard of named Mike Jarrett or Mike Jared or something like that. Working off an old memory, teams of celebrities and civilians answered personality questions to establish which of four color-coded personality types they most resembled.
There is a True Colors (http://\"http://www.truecolors.org/\") website that claims to have been doing this sort of thing "for over 26 years," so it wouldn't surprise me at all if the pilot and the organization were related. There is also a board game (http://\"http://www.boardgames.com/truecolors.html\") with a similar theme that probably ties into all of this, though I've stopped short of considering it a game show home game for the purposes of my website.
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Not sure if this is right.....but might it be Mike Jarrett of "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet"? Previous to TMS and Fox News, he was one of the three hosts of USA's "Alive and Well".
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'182851\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 01:36 PM\']
Not sure if this is right.....but might it be Mike Jarrett of "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet"? Previous to TMS and Fox News, he was one of the three hosts of USA's "Alive and Well".[/quote]
You might be right. I'm not inclined to dig out my VHS tape (several collectors have it), but I do remember him being a fairly young guy and slightly annoying, so it could very well be the middle-aged and slightly annoying current host.
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[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182846\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 09:55 AM\']
I do not recall a game with the title "Blitz", I do recall All Star Blitz.[/quote]
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182858\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 02:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182846\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 09:55 AM\']
I do not recall a game with the title "Blitz", I do recall All Star Blitz.[/quote]
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Someday, I'll get the hang of this. And then I won't frustrate you so much Chris.
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You mean all you guys liked the show that starts with Burt Luddin's and ends with Love Buffet?
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[quote name=\'GPeefalt\' post=\'182867\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 03:35 PM\']
You mean all you guys liked the show that starts with Burt Luddin's and ends with Love Buffet?[/quote]
Huge difference between "liked" and "just couldn't watch."
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Love Buffet was before I got GSN, but they used to advertise it during Rock & Roll Jeopardy! I wish I'd had GSN just to see how awful it was (plus, of course, all the good shows that I missed out on).
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Let me second Jim Lange's "$100,000 Name That Tune." I don't like music shows anyway, but I could still watch them except for this.
And "Hollywood Connection" was another unwatchable show. With Jim Lange to boot. I had an ax to grind because the local station preempted the CBS show at 9 central to air that turd.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'182886\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 11:46 PM\']
And "Hollywood Connection" was another unwatchable show. With Jim Lange to boot. I had an ax to grind because the local station preempted the CBS show at 9 central to air that turd.
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"Here's Lucy"?
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You know, when I watch that TTD 90 on youtube, I get reminded again and again that Patrick Wayne (thats his name right?) is just a video game game show host.
YOOOOOOU WIN!, with the win ackwardly cut off at the end.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'182883\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 08:18 PM\']Love Buffet was before I got GSN, but they used to advertise it during Rock & Roll Jeopardy! I wish I'd had GSN just to see how awful it was (plus, of course, all the good shows that I missed out on).[/quote]No you don't. :)
But hey, for those scoring at home, the game portion of the show consisted of:
Four Newlywed Game questions. Matches pay 1, 2, 3 and 6 points, depending on the question. If there's a tie after four questions, the team that pulled the higher numbered ping-pong ball from a bowl is your winner. To win a "grand prize" trip drawn from five choices, the team had to match seven times out of nine on deciding which of the two partners a given statement applied to.
The rest of the show was given over to backstage antics, storylines involving the production team.
Please, no need to thank me.
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Richard Simmons tried his hand at a game show?????
I don't like seeing "Richard Simmons" and "hand" in the same sentence. The image is just too icky.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'182858\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 02:48 PM\']
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[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:20 PM\']
Ditto, the words "All Star".
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You won't even make an exception for "Password All-Stars"? Admittedly, I like seeing civilians win, but my recollection of this one was pretty strong.
Except for the pop-up arrow "buzzers." Those I could do without.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'182896\' date=\'Mar 31 2008, 08:58 AM\']
[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:20 PM\']
Ditto, the words "All Star".
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You won't even make an exception for "Password All-Stars"? Admittedly, I like seeing civilians win, but my recollection of this one was pretty strong.
Except for the pop-up arrow "buzzers." Those I could do without.
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Pop-up arrows cool. Tournament format cool. Set cool. Music package cool
One show that wasn't affected by adding "celebrity" was "Double Talk." :)
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'182888\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 11:35 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'182886\' date=\'Mar 30 2008, 11:46 PM\']
And "Hollywood Connection" was another unwatchable show. With Jim Lange to boot. I had an ax to grind because the local station preempted the CBS show at 9 central to air that turd.
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"Here's Lucy"?
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"All-New Beat the Clock," I think. Weren't Lucy reruns long before "Hollywood Connection"? Of course, my memory is fuzzy, since the shows were preempted. At different times Blackout, Eubanks' Card Sharks and most notably Press Your Luck were all preempted here in Minneapolis.
And ditto on the Password All-Stars pop-up arrows. Those totally rocked. The set rocked--best set Password ever had, including the soon-to-be-aired one.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'182900\' date=\'Mar 31 2008, 09:59 AM\']
"All-New Beat the Clock," I think. Weren't Lucy reruns long before "Hollywood Connection"? Of course, my memory is fuzzy, since the shows were preempted. At different times Blackout, Eubanks' Card Sharks and most notably Press Your Luck were all preempted here in Minneapolis.
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If memory serves, HC ran during the 1977-78 season. ANBTC debuted in 1979.
When was MG77 moved to mornings (that *could* have been what got displaced)?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'182897\' date=\'Mar 31 2008, 09:22 AM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'182896\' date=\'Mar 31 2008, 08:58 AM\']
[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'182814\' date=\'Mar 29 2008, 09:20 PM\']
Ditto, the words "All Star".
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You won't even make an exception for "Password All-Stars"? Admittedly, I like seeing civilians win, but my recollection of this one was pretty strong.
Except for the pop-up arrow "buzzers." Those I could do without.
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Pop-up arrows cool. Tournament format cool. Set cool. Music package cool
One show that wasn't affected by adding "celebrity" was "Double Talk." :)
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OK, I'm gonna get hammered for this , but... I agree on Password All-Stars up to this point: I feel the all star format should have been say an annual or semi-annual event for a week for charity. My reason is not all of the "all-stars" were the highest caliber players around. While some played it straight, others seemed to be just going through the motions. Being something of a Password "purist", that might be clouding my judgement. I won't say it was a total trainwreck, but after three straight weeks of stars playing for charity can be a drag.
And I know not everyone can be a Betty White caliber player, but I expect a comedian to play straight and not be "jokey" in the course of the game. Before you ask me to name specific players, I admit upfront that I can't. I remember them being on, I just cannot recall specific names. My apologies in advance.
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Some British thing called "Numberwang." Couldn't make heads or tails of it, so I gave up. Tried to find a copy of the rules online, but didn't find any. And why did they have the same two contestants on every show, and why did they keep changing the cities they were from? I was confused!
Happy April Fool's Day, folks.
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[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'182977\' date=\'Apr 1 2008, 11:46 AM\']
Some British thing called "Numberwang." Couldn't make heads or tails of it, so I gave up. Tried to find a copy of the rules online, but didn't find any. And why did they have the same two contestants on every show, and why did they keep changing the cities they were from? I was confused!
Happy April Fool's Day, folks.
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Hey, that was actually pretty funny!
Well done. :-)
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OK, I'm gonna get hammered for this , but... I agree on Password All-Stars up to this point: I feel the all star format should have been say an annual or semi-annual event for a week for charity. My reason is not all of the "all-stars" were the highest caliber players around. While some played it straight, others seemed to be just going through the motions. Being something of a Password "purist", that might be clouding my judgement. I won't say it was a total trainwreck, but after three straight weeks of stars playing for charity can be a drag.
It's been documented that one of the reasons for the change was the ratings had declined by 1974. If you look at old TVGuide listings, they had a lot of all-celebrity weeks in fall 1974 even before it officially became Password All-Stars. Some of those earlier weeks actually got decent ratings, such as the week that Monty Hall hosted while Allen and Betty played against each other. I guess they figured this was what the viewing audience wanted...and we know how that turned out.
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In a job intereview with Howard Felsher, he told me that the Password revival was going to be canceled until they started booking Elizabeth Montgomery as a guest.
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I think this thread (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=14693&st=0\") pretty much says it all...what a trainwreck.
That, and Set for Life.
The Inquisitive One
/yes, I do feel pain