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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Winkfan on December 03, 2008, 08:05:19 PM
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What do you think were best game shows that you can't help but play along at home with?
For me, it's a toss-up between Now You See It and Blockbusters. If you've ever played along with either of those two shows, you'd know what I mean.
Cordially,
Tammy
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[quote name=\'Winkfan\' post=\'202819\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:05 PM\']
What do you think were best game shows that you can't help but play along at home with?
For me, it's a toss-up between Now You See It and Blockbusters. If you've ever played along with either of those two shows, you'd know what I mean.
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Pyramid...quite possibly the simplest show to play at home, without actually looking at the screen.
/The Passwords a close second
//Except when an announcer says "The password is..."
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Trebek Double Dare is a good one, as long as you close your eyes for the few seconds they show the subject.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'202831\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:33 PM\']
Trebek Double Dare is a good one, as long as you close your eyes for the few seconds they show the subject.
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Hell I just get a book or the remote and cover that part of the screen. Well any game is as much playable to me. For Password, I try to think up of may clues for the words in the game.
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To Tell the Truth is excellent for this.
Password and Pyramid are good to play along if you like giving clues. Which I do.
Oh, and The Money Maze.
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The Dating Game.
/What?
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Pyramid. When USA reran Pyramid back in the day, my sister and I would play the Winner's Circle, with one person's back facing the TV.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'202821\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:11 PM\']
Pyramid...quite possibly the simplest show to play at home, without actually looking at the screen.
/The Passwords a close second
//Except when an announcer says "The password is..."
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Technology helps too...
In this age of DVRs, I've found playing along with "Jeopardy!" is more satisfying; there's typically 3-5 frames (1/10th to 1/6th of a second) between the point where the TD cuts to the 3-shot camera and the point where the first contestant's light goes on. Forcing yourself not only to answer the question, but to pause the playback in that moment does add a nice touch of realism to playing along.
Sorta like what we did back when I was a kid--we had a giant clunky Junk Video Corporation top-loading VHS machine, which had a "special effects" mode. And a wired remote with a freeze-frame button meant you could record "Press Your Luck" and actually play along on the big board.
Back in the day, when I first had DirecTV and got my first exposure to GSN, my DSS receiver had a program bar that would display at the bottom of the screen. This being long before anyone had even thought about making menus glossy and transparent and fancy, this program bar was absolutely perfectly located to block both the clues on "Pyramid" and "Password Plus". Much easier than holding my finger up in front of my eyes...
/Wired remote control...
//Those were the days
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WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".
TPIR is also fun to play along with each pricing game, to guess which number it is.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'202846\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 09:38 PM\']
WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".
TPIR is also fun to play along with each pricing game, to guess which number it is.
[/quote]Agree. "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION" and "THE BOB NEWHART SHOW" for me. And salsa is always $1.99!
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How about Jeopardy!--one of the few we haven't mentioned yet?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'202846\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 08:38 PM\']
WoF is always fun to play along with - I like to see how early into each puzzle that I can solve it. I've solved a few over the years with no letters showing - "ACHILLES HEEL" at age 9 and later on in adulthood, "THE LAND OF OZ".
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Wow... how'd you get those with no letters showing?! I've only gotten one with no letters, simply because it had three one-character words: "I CAME I SAW I CONQUERED." Appropriate much?
Back on-topic, I can find some weird reason to yell at the TV for any game show you can think of. If there's a game show on, I'm used to getting weird looks from all sides...
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Of the more recent ones, Millionaire and Lingo are very nice for playing along. In the slightly older department, Family Feud works fine. Oh, and Concentration, which hasn't been mentioned on this board for five, maybe six posts.
/I tried playing along with The Dating Game once and got my face slapped.
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Well, since everybody stole my games...
I like playing along with "That's the Question".
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'202861\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 07:59 PM\']Well, since everybody stole my games...
I like playing along with "That's the Question".[/quote]I found that while I was housesitting over the last couple of weeks, that I was playing along with That's the Question and Camouflage. I still think they should have done something other than word scrambles to get to the question, but trying to figure out the question was a nice brain test.
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Most straight (or nearly-straight) quizzers qualify. If you like giving clues, most communication games do too. J! and Pyramid, especially the Winner's Circle, are tops in their respective categories.
I think I've solved more than one Wheel puzzle with no letters, but I only recall one, in the category Star & Role: DENZEL WASHINGTON AS MALCOLM X.
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I'm surprised no one mentioned the 2 venerable B & E game shows, The Joker's Wild & Tic Tac Dough. Those are 2 that I can easily play along with.
As far as J! goes, I didn't get the J! Challenger back in the 90's. But a few years ago when I was at my oldest niece's house, whenever there was a calculator lying around, I use that as my own personal "scorekeeper". I added accordingly for right answers, subtracted accordinglly for wrong answers. For the Daily Double, I made my own wagers based on my knowledge of certain categories. Most of the time I didn't do too well, but one time I scored over $10K. A great way to play along without the need for that Challenger thingy.
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I guess I have my head screwed on differently...I play along with Password and Pyramid, but to come up with clues. I've always found it more fun to yell "SAY DONUT YA IDIOT" than to get the answers.
Jeopardy is my favorite play-along, tho.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'202878\' date=\'Dec 4 2008, 12:49 AM\']
But a few years ago when I was at my oldest niece's house, whenever there was a calculator lying around, I use that as my own personal "scorekeeper".[/quote]
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People use calculators to do math. More at 11.
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I personally enjoyed playing along with Scrabble. Before I had the sense of mind to save shows. I'd videotape Scrabble on USA for when I came home from school, and I'd play along with the Sprint rounds by stopping my vcr when I thought I knew a word. I'd try to get it before the contestant did.
Also for me, I liked playing along with JackPot! I'd get a few right here and there back when I was young, but the majority of the riddles just went over my head.
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Seconded on SCRABBLE, but I'll add MATCH GAME to the list since no one else has.
/I could probably second a lot more than SCRABBLE, but why make this post longer than it really has to be? It's not like I could add this realllllllly long slashie.
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[quote name=\'kenbob_clarker\' post=\'202854\' date=\'Dec 3 2008, 10:25 PM\']Wow... how'd you get those with no letters showing?! I've only gotten one with no letters, simply because it had three one-character words: "I CAME I SAW I CONQUERED." Appropriate much?[/quote]
That's crazy, because that's one of the ones I recall getting with no letters as well. There have been a good handful of others (bear in mind that I watched the show religiously growing up and took great pride in solving puzzles impossibly early), but the only other one I can remember for sure at the moment was MICKEY MOUSE CLUB.
And coming up with clues was always play-along enough for me with Password and Pyramid.
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Since every American format I play along with has already mentioned, I'll throw in a non-American one: "Countdown." It's not everyone's cup of tea, but, if finding a nine-letter word in SMYERLOEP gives you a thrill, then it's very entertaining.
/There is a nine there.
//But I probably wouldn't have found it those letters had come up.
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[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'202979\' date=\'Dec 5 2008, 12:55 PM\']
/There is a nine there.[/quote]
As lousy of a Scrabble player as I am, I'm pretty pleased with myself that I found an eight.
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I actually found the niner within about ten seconds, and I'm not the best at that kind of thing.
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LeXpert informs me that there are in fact two nines in there.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'202982\' date=\'Dec 5 2008, 04:05 PM\']LeXpert informs me that there are in fact two nines in there.[/quote]Does the other one need a hyphen, or is that not necessary?
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Merriam-Webster seems to think that both with and without a hyphen are acceptable spellings.
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I guess I have my head screwed on differently...I play along with Password and Pyramid, but to come up with clues. I've always found it more fun to yell "SAY DONUT YA IDIOT" than to get the answers.
In an interview, Bob Stewart called these kind of games "Schmuck say games." You find yourself yelling at the screen, "Schmuck say...." then you scream out an answer.
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In an interview, Bob Stewart called these kind of games "Schmuck say games." You find yourself yelling at the screen, "Schmuck say...." then you scream out an answer.
Frank Wayne used to say the same thing.
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Hands down, my favorite play-along game was MTV's Remote Control. I never failed to hold my own playing that game.
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[quote name=\'GameShowGuru\' post=\'203129\' date=\'Dec 7 2008, 11:32 PM\']
I never failed to hold my own playing that game.
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