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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: DoorNumberFour on March 29, 2009, 04:14:58 PM
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Has anyone ever attempted to make a game show reference around you that ended up being so wrong, you just didn't know where to start correcting them or just didn't bother doing so?
This one happened to me recently: I was in the school computer lab, searching through Youtube, when I started playing a video of the Price is Right theme. A friend of mine comes up, hears it for a second, and in his best game show voice, says "Welcome to 'Jeopardy!'".
It made my head hurt.
Others?
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I tend to realize that my friends aren't 1/1000th as game-show geeky as I am, and therefore appreciate it when my friends tolerate my little obsession instead of getting annoyed by them.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'211442\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 01:25 PM\']
I tend to realize that my friends aren't 1/1000th as game-show geeky as I am, and therefore appreciate it when my friends tolerate my little obsession instead of getting annoyed by them.
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This.
Not to say that when a situation like the aforementioned does happen, I don't chuckle a little on the inside though.
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I don't like that Wikipedia now categorizes hosts of US shows as "presenters." I would only use that terminology for GB shows, not American. I think of a "presenter" as being either the executive producer ("Sandy Frank Presents") or the sponsor ("Lever Brothers Presents..")
Also don't like how announcers are now called "narrators."
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A friend of mine comes up, hears it for a second, and in his best game show voice, says "Welcome to 'Jeopardy!'".
"What is wrong?"
And what Mr. Lemon said.
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I wrote a skit to promote a play I was putting on at church. It was your standard Jeopardy!-with-stupid-contestant skit, my fallback when I can't think of any more clever way to convey a bunch of dry information (date, time, etc., of play) in a short period of time. Anyway, at the very end, my dumb contestant, having frustrated the host (me), asks, "When do I get to play Plinko?" It got a fair amount of laughter, though not as much as I was expecting, and I was surprised at how many people afterward asked me what Plinko is. I figured if there's one TPIR game that's universally known, Plinko is it. Usually they recognized it once I gave them a brief description, but it was still surprising to me how many didn't recognize the name.
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Yeah, I probably should have clarified: I find it more funny than annoying.
There's nothing obnoxious about someone not knowing something that you do, much less someone not being a downright nerd about something you happen to be a nerd about.
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Routinely, I find myself NOT correcting people who say that Kitty Carlisle was on What's My Line, or Arlene Francis was on I've Got A Secret. They want to show me they know a little about game shows, and they're oh-so-close, I figure I'd rather let them be pleased with themselves.
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The one that always sticks out in my mind is, when I tell my friends/acquaintances that I usually watch Price is Right in the morning before I go to school, I usually get one of two questions:
1. That show's still on?
2. Is that old guy still hosting it?
So far, only one of my friends actually knew Drew Carey hosts the show now without having heard it from me first...naturally, she's one of my best friends...;)
/also gets question #1 about Wheel of Fortune quite often...:)
Anthony
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'211455\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 07:07 PM\']
Routinely, I find myself NOT correcting people who say that Kitty Carlisle was on What's My Line, or Arlene Francis was on I've Got A Secret. They want to show me they know a little about game shows, and they're oh-so-close, I figure I'd rather let them be pleased with themselves.
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Kitty once told me she has been approached by countless fans over the years who call her "Arlene" thinking she is Ms. Francis. She laughed about it, saying she never corrected them.
At least I THINK that was Kitty who told me that - it might have been Arlene ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'211458\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 10:49 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'211455\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 07:07 PM\']Routinely, I find myself NOT correcting people who say that Kitty Carlisle was on What's My Line, or Arlene Francis was on I've Got A Secret. They want to show me they know a little about game shows, and they're oh-so-close, I figure I'd rather let them be pleased with themselves.
[/quote]Kitty once told me she has been approached by countless fans over the years who call her "Arlene" thinking she is Ms. Francis. She laughed about it, saying she never corrected them.[/quote]
Wow, does this mean I'm as classy as Kitty Carlisle?
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'211443\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 03:31 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'211442\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 01:25 PM\']
I tend to realize that my friends aren't 1/1000th as game-show geeky as I am, and therefore appreciate it when my friends tolerate my little obsession instead of getting annoyed by them.
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This.
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This indeed.
It's a miracle of sorts that my wife puts up with my obsession. Usually people change the subject when I'm in mid-sentence.
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I probably have this happen to me more when talking cars. With over 300 nameplates sold over a couple dozen brands, people get mixed up.
When something like that happens, I just put myself in that person's position. A long while ago, way waaaay back in the mid-90s, my dad was watching a rerun of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now I didn't know much about the show at that point, so I told my dad that Captain Kirk hadn't aged well. He looked at me funny (probably wanted to make sure I wasn't yanking his chain), then smiled and corrected me. I'd like to not wallow in my own ignorance, but I don't want to feel like somehow I'm less of a human being for not knowing something already.
Not correcting someone sounds like something Kitty Carlisle would do. Why let a little thing like the truth ruin a pleasant conversation?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'211459\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 10:51 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'211458\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 10:49 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'211455\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 07:07 PM\']Routinely, I find myself NOT correcting people who say that Kitty Carlisle was on What's My Line, or Arlene Francis was on I've Got A Secret. They want to show me they know a little about game shows, and they're oh-so-close, I figure I'd rather let them be pleased with themselves.
[/quote]Kitty once told me she has been approached by countless fans over the years who call her "Arlene" thinking she is Ms. Francis. She laughed about it, saying she never corrected them.[/quote]
Wow, does this mean I'm as classy as Kitty Carlisle?
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I don't know. How do you look in those ridiculous pearls?
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A couple I work with received a shipment of a new extra-large breadbox in the office the other day. They didn't understand why I noted it was bigger than itself.
My game show geekiness is much lower now than it was in college, but back then whenever it came out that I had a website about them, the answer was usually (from the guys: "Hey I liked the one with the Whammies!") (from the girls: backing away slowly).
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211444\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 05:27 PM\']
I don't like that Wikipedia now categorizes hosts of US shows as "presenters." I would only use that terminology for GB shows, not American. I think of a "presenter" as being either the executive producer ("Sandy Frank Presents") or the sponsor ("Lever Brothers Presents..")
Also don't like how announcers are now called "narrators."
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"Presenter" is the British term. I find an awful lot of Brit-speak in Wikipedia, even though articles' language usage are supposed to reflect the country of origin of the subject. WP could tweak those infoboxes, but it would require an awful lot of editing.
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That's quite interesting, although you would never hear of a "game show presenter" over here, always host.
Although if the language is meant to reflect the country of origin, it's OK to use Brit terms because we invent most of your shows anyway. ZING.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211444\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 05:27 PM\']
I don't like that Wikipedia now categorizes hosts of US shows as "presenters." I would only use that terminology for GB shows, not American. I think of a "presenter" as being either the executive producer ("Sandy Frank Presents") or the sponsor ("Lever Brothers Presents..")
Also don't like how announcers are now called "narrators."
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I think of a presenter as someone on an awards show who presents an award to someone, like the Oscars, the Emmys, etc. Is "narrartor" the term for an announcer "across the pond?" I just don't see the "presenter" term working here in the colonies . . "And here's the presenter of TPIR, Drreeewwww Carey." Of course, there are those who think Drew Carey doesn't work as the host of TPIR, either. . . .
My pet peeve on this topic is when someone says Bob Barker is the ORIGINAL host of TPIR. Most of the time, it's a young person who never saw or heard of Bill Cullen's version.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'211490\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 11:36 AM\']My pet peeve on this topic is when someone says Bob Barker is the ORIGINAL host of TPIR. Most of the time, it's a young person who never saw or heard of Bill Cullen's version.[/quote]Then there's the ubiquitous misuse of "Showcase Showdown" for "Showcase," even in press reports.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'211490\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 04:36 PM\']
Is "narrartor" the term for an announcer "across the pond?"
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No, "voiceover" would be the usual term. Maybe "narrator" if it was a reading of something. The UK just doesn't have "announcers" in the US sense.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211475\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 07:36 AM\']
Although if the language is meant to reflect the country of origin, it's OK to use Brit terms because we invent most of your shows anyway. ZING.
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Such as What's My Line? or Blockbusters or Blankety Blanks or ... ?
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[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'211505\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 11:44 AM\']Such as What's My Line? or Blockbusters or Blankety Blanks or ... ? [/quote]
The Pyramid Game, AYSTa10YO, Celebrity Squares, Deal or No Deal, The Mole...
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'211507\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 01:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'211505\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 11:44 AM\']Such as What's My Line? or Blockbusters or Blankety Blanks or ... ? [/quote]
The Pyramid Game, AYSTa10YO, Celebrity Squares, Deal or No Deal, The Mole...
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those last two Dutch?
VVV Netherlands, Belgum, bah! Two countries from the same part of Europe I have a hard time identifying VVV
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[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'211507\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 06:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'211505\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 11:44 AM\']Such as What's My Line? or Blockbusters or Blankety Blanks or ... ? [/quote]
The Pyramid Game, AYSTa10YO, Celebrity Squares, Deal or No Deal, The Mole...
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I'm not entirely certain of the point you're making here, although to answer the previous questrion DoND is Dutch and The Mole is Belgian. But the point remains, if it wasn't for Fifth Grader (and that's only a minor hit over here) and Wipeout, what's the US successfully exported gameshow wise in the last ten years? No you can't have The Power of 10 (cancelled everywhere).
Meanwhile we give you Millionaire, Survivor, Po... sorry, American Idol, Strictly Come Dancing With The Stars... the list is LITERALLY endless. Cat Deeley. Ant and Dec. Nigel Lythgoe. Simon Cowell. And so on.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211517\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 02:01 PM\']
American Idol, Strictly Come Dancing With The Stars...[/quote]Take it back!
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I think we're all forgetting the most important British import in the last decade.
That is Numberwang.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'211441\' date=\'Mar 29 2009, 01:14 PM\']
Has anyone ever attempted to make a game show reference around you that ended up being so wrong, you just didn't know where to start correcting them or just didn't bother doing so?
This one happened to me recently: I was in the school computer lab, searching through Youtube, when I started playing a video of the Price is Right theme. A friend of mine comes up, hears it for a second, and in his best game show voice, says "Welcome to 'Jeopardy!'".[/quote]
"And now your host on 'Jeopardy!', and here he is, Bill Cullen".
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Kitty once told me
Alas, if only we had more members who could say "Kitty once told me" or "Arlene once told me" or "Garry once told me" or "Bud once told me".
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211517\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 02:01 PM\']
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'211507\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 06:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'211505\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 11:44 AM\']Such as What's My Line? or Blockbusters or Blankety Blanks or ... ? [/quote]
The Pyramid Game, AYSTa10YO, Celebrity Squares, Deal or No Deal, The Mole...
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No you can't have The Power of 10 (cancelled everywhere).
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Power of 10 is still on the air in several countries: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Russia, AFAIK. England would have gotten the Power of 10 (I believe it would have been called Power of 5 had it been commissioned), but you guys got Duel instead (which was still better than the US version).
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211517\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 03:01 PM\']
Meanwhile we give you Millionaire, Survivor, Po... sorry, American Idol, Strictly Come Dancing With The Stars... the list is LITERALLY endless. Cat Deeley. Ant and Dec. Nigel Lythgoe. Simon Cowell. And so on.
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Isn't Survivor Swedish (Expedition Robinson)?
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I think the reason America hasn't been exporting many game shows is because of Millionaire's success. Since Regis and The Stack hit U.S. airwaves nearly ten years ago, it seems like network programmers are waiting for lightning to strike a 312th time. They'll let a show become a runaway hit offshore then buy the rights to air a local version, thinking that it'll be more likely to do well than one of their own ideas. It's like fast food stores. Game show franchising. It's (IMO) principally because networks are so afraid to have a new show not be an immediate smash hit. They apparently can't afford let a show grow its audience over a couple months.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'211557\' date=\'Mar 31 2009, 02:22 AM\']
[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211517\' date=\'Mar 30 2009, 03:01 PM\']
Meanwhile we give you Millionaire, Survivor, Po... sorry, American Idol, Strictly Come Dancing With The Stars... the list is LITERALLY endless. Cat Deeley. Ant and Dec. Nigel Lythgoe. Simon Cowell. And so on.
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Isn't Survivor Swedish (Expedition Robinson)?
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British idea, although amusingly we were just about the last country to get our own version.
We'll take back American Idol and Strictly Come Dancing if you keep Piers Morgan. Deal?
And actually CarShark you make quite an interesting point, and you can see it in the way imported formats are advertised over there, making big points about what a worldwide hit the show in question has been. If you were to try that over here, most people would just laugh at the self-importance and "forget" to tune in.
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My Match.com profile used to have a picture of me in front of Television City with my 'TPIR' audience name tag on. No one ever commented on it.
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Funny that this would happen at work, as we've just been talking about this here. While dealing to my boss and her friend at the casino, we were talking about the 70s Match Game. The boss's friend insisted that Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly were married. I tried to explain that Charles was gay, but she would hear none of it, so I didn't press the discussion any further.
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While you're at it, explain to your friend that Paul Lynde was married to Rose Marie.
Tell your friend to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDulDbdL2VM (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDulDbdL2VM\")
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Brig Bother wrote:
We'll take back American Idol and Strictly Come Dancing if you keep Piers Morgan. Deal?
Strictly Come Dancing is another British rip-off: it's just Celebrity Dance Fever (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078592/\"). :-p
And Idol goes back at least to Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (or its British equivalent, arrived at independently of US producers), although I'm sure the more senior members of this forum can come up with an even older example.
Heck, Hollywood has been re-making its own movies for almost as long as movies have been made in Hollywood. In the entertainment industry, there really is nothing new under the sun.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'211673\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 04:36 AM\']
Brig Bother wrote:
We'll take back American Idol and Strictly Come Dancing if you keep Piers Morgan. Deal?
Strictly Come Dancing is another British rip-off: it's just Celebrity Dance Fever (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078592/\"). :-p
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Yeah? Well we invented television. :)
Come Dancing began in 1949 on the BBC, for reference.
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Along the lines of "Brett and Charles were married"....
It drives me CRAZY when "Family Feud" comes up in a conversation, and people insist that Richard Dawson is the dead host.
Someone actually went to the trouble to setup www.richarddawsonlives.com to prove the naysayers wrong!
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Don't forget, England also gave us Jerry Springer...
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211691\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 12:28 PM\']
Don't forget, England also gave us Jerry Springer...
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And the News.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'211687\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 02:01 AM\']
Yeah? Well we invented television. :)[/quote]
And you're proud of this? :)
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[quote name=\'SamPrainito\' post=\'211688\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 04:25 AM\']
Along the lines of "Brett and Charles were married"....
It drives me CRAZY when "Family Feud" comes up in a conversation, and people insist that Richard Dawson is the dead host.
Someone actually went to the trouble to setup www.richarddawsonlives.com to prove the naysayers wrong!
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Meanwhile, in Vigodaville... (http://\"http://abevigoda.com\")
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Something I find frustrating is merely watching some of the modern shows. I know full well that I could do better...but since I don't have the right 'look', its highly doubtful I'd ever be cast as a contestant.
It also frustrates me when I see members of this community who obviously have talent but aren't eligible for many jobs in the industry because they don't have a college degree.
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I think what bugs me most is when someone says they're not a fan of game shows at all. My sister's husband is one of them...I remember during WWTBAM's great success of about 10 years ago, we were all watching the show at my place one night and he said he's just not interested in the genre. In fact, they even get GSN on digital cable but recently told me they've never watched it.
I can understand people not being as fanatical as us...but to just not even casually catch an episode or two here and there...I just don't get it!
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'211710\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 11:28 AM\']It also frustrates me when I see members of this community who obviously have talent but aren't eligible for many jobs in the industry because they don't have a college degree.[/quote]
This amuses me, because I really, honestly can't think of an industry that cares LESS about your level of education.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'211729\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 04:11 PM\']
I think what bugs me most is when someone says they're not a fan of game shows at all. My sister's husband is one of them...I remember during WWTBAM's great success of about 10 years ago, we were all watching the show at my place one night and he said he's just not interested in the genre. In fact, they even get GSN on digital cable but recently told me they've never watched it.
I can understand people not being as fanatical as us...but to just not even casually catch an episode or two here and there...I just don't get it!
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Sorry to say, I know one person who actually programs it out of her remote so it skips GSN.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211743\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 01:51 PM\']
Sorry to say, I know one person who actually programs it out of her remote so it skips GSN.[/quote]
I do the same thing to the Jesus channels. To each their own.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'211747\' date=\'Apr 1 2009, 05:08 PM\']
I do the same thing to the Jesus channels. To each their own.
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Does not approve. (http://\"http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/leong26/jesus-south-park.jpg\")
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It frustrates me to no end that the Toss Up Rounds on Wheel don't populate the letters as if they're being called by a contestant (all of the R's at once).
Maybe cause I suck at the Toss Up Rounds when playing along at home...
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When I still watched J!, I missed most of the season premieres because I lived in markets where the stations ran the Jerry Lewis telethon. (The stations didn't stop pre-empting, but eventually J! started their seasons the following week. If anyone knows for a fact, I'd like to know whether this change was a direct response to finding out about the low clearances.) In St. Louis specifically, it's on an NBC affiliate, which means I missed it due to golf, tennis and It's a Wonderful Life.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'211646\' date=\'Mar 31 2009, 06:32 PM\']
While you're at it, explain to your friend that Paul Lynde was married to Rose Marie.
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Yeah, sure. Next you're gonna tell me that Dick Sargent appeared on "Tattletales" with Fannie Flagg as his gal.
Oh. Wait a minute. Strike that.
Brendan
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'211645\' date=\'Mar 31 2009, 06:30 PM\']
Funny that this would happen at work, as we've just been talking about this here. While dealing to my boss and her friend at the casino, we were talking about the 70s Match Game. The boss's friend insisted that Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly were married. I tried to explain that Charles was gay, but she would hear none of it, so I didn't press the discussion any further.
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Good luck trying to explain to her that Charles was on Tattletales with Elizabeth Allan, Julie Harris, Karen Morrow and Dody Goodman. For a gay guy, Charles got around, didn't he? Of course, Charles wasn't as "bitchy" as Paul Lynde.
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I think it's safe to say we all know that CNR was to MG as Paul Lynde was to the Squares. I have often wondered if the two of them ever crossed paths, or what they thought of each other, etc.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'211886\' date=\'Apr 2 2009, 03:34 PM\']
I think it's safe to say we all know that CNR was to MG as Paul Lynde was to the Squares. I have often wondered if the two of them ever crossed paths, or what they thought of each other, etc.
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A check of imdb and a double check of my back issues of TV Guide reveals both men appeared together on Marshall Squares for several weeks in 72 and 73 prior to the start of CBS Match Game
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211897\' date=\'Apr 2 2009, 04:33 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'211886\' date=\'Apr 2 2009, 03:34 PM\']I think it's safe to say we all know that CNR was to MG as Paul Lynde was to the Squares. I have often wondered if the two of them ever crossed paths, or what they thought of each other, etc.[/quote]A check of imdb and a double check of my back issues of TV Guide reveals both men appeared together on Marshall Squares for several weeks in 72 and 73 prior to the start of CBS Match Game[/quote]
They worked together even earlier than that. (http://\"http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2199\") CNR was the understudy to Dick Van Dyke in the original stage version of Bye Bye Birdie, the show that made Paul Lynde a star. Their careers took similar yet markedly distinct paths since then, rarely intersecting.
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Good luck trying to explain to her that Charles was on Tattletales with Elizabeth Allan, Julie Harris, Karen Morrow and Dody Goodman. For a gay guy, Charles got around, didn't he? Of course, Charles wasn't as "bitchy" as Paul Lynde.
I believe Dody Goodman also appeared with Richard Deacon during the '80s version.
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I once left the P+ office on a Friday afternoon with CNR and Karen Morrow booked as celebs. When I arrived at the studio Saturday morning, CNR's booking had been abruptly cancelled and someone else (I forget who) booked in his place. During rehearsal, on mic and in front of everyone assembled, there was hostility in Allen's voice as he referred to Charles as a "creep".
When I asked why Charles' booking had been cancelled I basically got "homina homina homina".
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Here's one from back in 1998. When I was working at Cumberland Farms, we had this guy named Jack working there. Another dude jokingly called him Jack Barry, then said "Isn't he the guy who used to host High Rollers?" I didn't even bother to correct him.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'211968\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 02:08 AM\']
I once left the P+ office on a Friday afternoon with CNR and Karen Morrow booked as celebs. When I arrived at the studio Saturday morning, CNR's booking had been abruptly cancelled and someone else (I forget who) booked in his place. During rehearsal, on mic and in front of everyone assembled, there was hostility in Allen's voice as he referred to Charles as a "creep". [/quote]
Wow!! Allen had done MG with Charles before. Maybe something happened that never got out to the public.
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Well, from his vantage point on MG, maybe Allen thought Charles might be looking down on Betty.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211999\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 12:17 PM\']
Well, from his vantage point on MG, maybe Allen thought Charles might be looking down on Betty.
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Somehow, I doubt that. ;)
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'212003\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 11:39 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'211999\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 12:17 PM\']
Well, from his vantage point on MG, maybe Allen thought Charles might be looking down on Betty.
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Somehow, I doubt that. ;)
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He said LOOKING. :)
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I tend to get very frustrated when outsiders of the genre (or casual viewers) see postings, discussions and ideas by certain individuals and think their mental capacities, behaviors and concepts are representative of most fans of the programs.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'212014\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 11:20 AM\']
He said LOOKING. :)[/quote]
At any moment, someone in the game will stand up and say... (http://\"http://www.stevesworld.ca/images/quagmire_jackpot.gif\")
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'211968\' date=\'Apr 3 2009, 02:08 AM\']
I once left the P+ office on a Friday afternoon with CNR and Karen Morrow booked as celebs. When I arrived at the studio Saturday morning, CNR's booking had been abruptly cancelled and someone else (I forget who) booked in his place. During rehearsal, on mic and in front of everyone assembled, there was hostility in Allen's voice as he referred to Charles as a "creep".
When I asked why Charles' booking had been cancelled I basically got "homina homina homina".
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Also, Charles was listed in TV Guide as Mary Tyler Moore's opponent in March 1979, and Allen announced him as a guest for "next week" along with Mary on a Friday show, but Bill Cullen was there all week and not Charles.
FYI: Karen Morrow's opponents on the show were Martin Milner, Robert Walden, and Bill Cullen.
Allen did do the syndie MG (along with a PM) one more time late in his life. I wonder if this was before or after this cancellation.
Brendan
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Getting back on topic: Game show frustrations I've had.
1. The Feud-themed Old Navy ads. They used a psuedo-Combs set with way too much white. And had the host say "survey SAYS" (not "Said"), and during the "main game". Actually, any Feud parody that misuses the tagline like that grates on me.
2. I once did a crossword with the clue "The Joker's Wild host" and the answer was "Wink Martindale". That was hardly the only erronenous clue in it, even.
3. One of my local affiliates manages to show the wrong episodes of J! and Wheel at least twice a week.
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[quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'212151\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 03:16 PM\']
2. I once did a crossword with the clue "The Joker's Wild host" and the answer was "Wink Martindale". That was hardly the only erronenous clue in it, even.[/quote]
In their defense, Wink *did* host the version of Joker's Wild done for the CD-I in I-think-it-was-and-Wiki-backs-me-1993.
(Sun shining on a dog's ass and all that.)
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Charles was listed in TV Guide as Mary Tyler Moore's opponent in March 1979, and Allen announced him as a guest for "next week" along with Mary on a Friday show, but Bill Cullen was there all week and not Charles.
That makes sense. As I said, Bill was someone you would go to in a pinch if you needed a celeb. Perhaps MTM scotched the CNR booking? Homina homina homina.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'212187\' date=\'Apr 5 2009, 07:20 AM\']Homina homina homina.[/quote]
A hoppa bing-a manja, bigelow goj a-goocha maw, UH!
Oh wait, that's something else entirely.
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As far as I can tell, CNR was NEVER on any of the Ludden Passwords, right?
It's possible Allen disliked CNR, but I wonder if CNR might've cancelled the booking himself for one reason or another. He was already a regular on MG, so what did he really need PW+ for? If Allen had any say over whether CNR was on the show or not, then why would he announce on the show that he would be appearing next week?
He was on Super Password for only ONE week, and as I recall, he wasn't one of the better players.
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' post=\'212219\' date=\'Apr 5 2009, 03:42 PM\']
As far as I can tell, CNR was NEVER on any of the Ludden Passwords, right?
It's possible Allen disliked CNR, but I wonder if CNR might've cancelled the booking himself for one reason or another. He was already a regular on MG, so what did he really need PW+ for? If Allen had any say over whether CNR was on the show or not, then why would he announce on the show that he would be appearing next week?
He was on Super Password for only ONE week, and as I recall, he wasn't one of the better players.
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Charles did do the ABC version of "Password" twice in 1974, but they were all-star weeks. As far as I can tell, he never played the game with studio contestants when Allen was the host.
From what I can tell as a viewer, while Charles loved to play games, he didn't care for the pressure of the big money. In one of the early "MG PM" episodes, he's called on for the Head-To-Head Match for $10,000 and says, "I hate this part." He did give away a $25,000 end game during his week on "Super Password," but at the end of the week, he sarcastically said, "It's such a relaxing game." He did well on "Pyramid," too, giving away $10,000 at least once, but to the best of my knowledge, he only made one appearance. Going into a commercial on "Body Language," you can hear him tell Lucille Ball that "Pyramid" was a hard game to play.
Brendan
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I was in the waiting room at my school waiting to get advised for classes and the advisor yells, "next, come on down!" and the lady next to me walks towards the advisor and says, "haha, you sound like Bob Barker!". I didn't even bother...LOL