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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: DoorNumberFour on May 26, 2009, 12:51:32 PM
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They just got back to me with a "Pyramid Pilot Questionnaire".
Godspeed.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/1180697550.html (http://\"http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/1180697550.html\")
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How long did it take you to get a response? I e-mailed them yesterday, but figured they weren't in for the holiday. I've been considering making a road trip to NYC, and this would be a great incentive to do so.
ETA: How long is the questionaire? We're not talking Duel-status, are we?
/And there's White Castle
//Will not start another fast food hijack
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I almost want to do it...but considering the last debacle I had with Embassy Row, I don't know if I should.
(Chain Reaction and all...)
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I'm certainly up for a bit of travel if they don't have any multiple show in a time frame restrictions.
/With my luck, the revival on CBS will lead me to play with Phil Keoghan.
//Maybe he's better with complete sentences and pointing at things?
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I signed up the day the posting went up. I immediately got the "questionaire" and sent it in. I haven't heard anything back since, but I hope there's something there.
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Someone posted on Buzzerblog that runthroughs take place next week in Embassy Row's SoHo office. The Craigslist posting does mention living in the Tri-State area, so I'm willing to hold out for actual tryouts (keeping fingers crossed).
/Next week is kinda short notice for me so it's all good...
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It may just me be, but if The New New $25,000 Pyramid is picked up for series, it seems like it will, like the original run, be recorded in New York City (since all the tryouts/runthroughs are held there, and the production company has its offices there).
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[quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'216760\' date=\'May 28 2009, 11:47 AM\']It may just me be, but if The New New $25,000 Pyramid is picked up for series, it seems like it will, like the original run, be recorded in New York City (since all the tryouts/runthroughs are held there, and the production company has its offices there).[/quote]
If only we could get the type of audience the old NY Pyramid had...what an experience that must have been.
Has anyone gotten any word back yet after sending their application?
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"Door", your email is private so I'll ask you here - any way you can send me the application? Don't worry, I'm not going to send it in, I just want to see how odd and lengthy it is compared to the one I did for MDP.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'216771\' date=\'May 28 2009, 02:04 PM\']"Door", your email is private so I'll ask you here - any way you can send me the application? Don't worry, I'm not going to send it in, I just want to see how odd and lengthy it is compared to the one I did for MDP.[/quote]
Not a problem! Check your inbox. ;)
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Thanks bud! :) Yeah, mine for MDP was no less than four pages.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'216764\' date=\'May 28 2009, 11:13 AM\'][quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'216760\' date=\'May 28 2009, 11:47 AM\']It may just me be, but if The New New $25,000 Pyramid is picked up for series, it seems like it will, like the original run, be recorded in New York City (since all the tryouts/runthroughs are held there, and the production company has its offices there).[/quote]
If only we could get the type of audience the old NY Pyramid had...what an experience that must have been.
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People clapping sounds the same, whether they're in New York or Los Angeles.
Still, it's been nice to have some games migrate back to the East Coast. The challenge here might be celebrity availability -- maybe they can collar 'em after they've been on Letterman or something.
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[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'216813\' date=\'May 28 2009, 06:55 PM\']The challenge here might be celebrity availability -- maybe they can collar 'em after they've been on Letterman or something.[/quote]
Some thoughts that occurred to me on that matter:
- sportscasters covering NY teams
- news folk and talking heads
- actors doing location shots for shows set in NY
- In the early days, they had a lot of people whose primary claim to fame was Broadway. Nowadays a hit show doesn't get you much name recognition, but a lot of people are doing theatre when they already have the name recognition. I'd love to see Nathan Lane.
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Would be a great promotion op for The Early Show (that thing's still on?!). Perhaps Julie Chen vs. Dave Price? Put down the blunt objects, just a suggestion. ;-)
30 Rock and the ABC soaps tape in NYC, so although the shows are on the rival nets, you could get the actors. Honestly, all the NY celebs I can think of work for the rivals.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'216826\' date=\'May 28 2009, 06:37 PM\']Perhaps Julie Chen vs. Dave Price? Put down the blunt objects, just a suggestion. ;-)[/quote]
None blunter! ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'216764\' date=\'May 28 2009, 12:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'216760\' date=\'May 28 2009, 11:47 AM\']It may just me be, but if The New New $25,000 Pyramid is picked up for series, it seems like it will, like the original run, be recorded in New York City (since all the tryouts/runthroughs are held there, and the production company has its offices there).[/quote]
If only we could get the type of audience the old NY Pyramid had...what an experience that must have been.
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Hi DoorNumberFour !
I'm very excited about the possibility of Pyramid returning home to NYC. I wish Mr. Davies and everyone at Embassy Row, all the very best of luck with the Pyramid Pilot.
I attended dozens of Pyramid tapings in NYC, as well as many other NYC based Game Shows. I attended a handful of tapings when Pyramid was on CBS, at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The bulk of my Pyramid experiences were at ABC's TV-15 Elysee Theater. It was a wonderful experience, and I will never forget my Game Show days.
Though I always agree with Curt, and I feel he's an incredible Game Show expert.... I have to slightly disagree with his comment about NY vs LA audiences. As someone who has attended Game Show tapings on both coasts, I strongly feel that NY audiences were far more enthusiastic than LA audiences (with the excpeption of Audience Participation shows such as The Price is Right, or Let's Make a Deal, where enthusiasm can win you a car !). Often, the excitement at Pyramid tapings (especially when a contestant conquered the Pyramid) was like attending a Rock Concert ! I remember many instances where Dick Clark and Bob Clayton actually had to encourage the studio audience to settle down. For what it's worth, I personally heard Johnny Olson, Bob Stewart, and Art James say that NY audiences were always better than LA audiences.
A related tidbit.... shows taped in older facilities such as Elysee and Ed Sullivan, have a very special sound to them. As these facilities are former Theaters, and have balconies, they have far different accoustics than TV Production facilites such as the CBS Broadcast Center. I could always hear the difference when watching at home.
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The ticketing site (http://\"http://onsetproductions.com/calendar/tickets.aspx?showID=70&eventID=103\") for the program has four taping dates scheduled and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid. While I trust the show in Davies's hands, $1M, even at the end of a tournament, is still a LOT for daytime Pyramid.
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I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million? That's a bit out there.
It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC). Any speculation? Kaufman-Astoria?
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million? That's a bit out there.
It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC). Any speculation? Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]
Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?
/I thought Tim Vincent should've been the perm host, having seen the pilot in-person awhile back. :)
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[quote name=\'pianogeek\' post=\'217164\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 06:55 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million? That's a bit out there.
It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC). Any speculation? Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]
Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?
/I thought Tim Vincent should've been the perm host, having seen the pilot in-person awhile back. :)
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Or maybe Kaufman Astoria Studios.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid.[/quote]
In which "THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED" will be the first Winner's Circle category.
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[quote name=\'MSTieScott\' post=\'217169\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:38 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid.[/quote]
In which "THINGS THAT ARE ENSHRINED" will be the first Winner's Circle category.
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Given how itchy game shows are to give away a mill these days, I wouldn't be surprised if "RED THINGS" is the TOP category.
/Exaggerating, of course, but you get my point.
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Some personal wishes to see in this new show (aka: How I would run $1M Pyramid):
-WC: $25k on first try, $100k on second try; $1M tournament same as $100k tournament
-$10,000 for 21-21 game
-24/7: $2,400 for 7 out of 7 in round 1
-Mystery 7: Prize from $5,000-$12,500... that way cars can be included
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[quote name=\'pianogeek\' post=\'217164\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:55 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'217162\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:49 PM\']I thought a $100,000 top prize would have worked...but a million? That's a bit out there.
It also doesn't say where they are taping (besides NYC). Any speculation? Kaufman-Astoria?[/quote]
Hmmm...could it be the Sony Studios in NYC, where they did Grand Slam and GSN's Chain Reaction?
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I doubt it will be Sony, as this is a Pilot for CBS, and the Sony stage is very small. I'm thinking either the CBS Broadcast Center or Kaufman Astoria Studios. I'd love to see it tape at the Ed Sullivan Theater, to bring Pyramid back to it's roots, but David Letterman may not be thrilled about that idea.
On another note, I noticed the Dating Game Pilot is **ALSO** being taped in NYC, and the Pilot will shoot on 6/24. With the handful of shows already taping there, it looks like NYC Game Show Production is on the comeback ! Now, if we can only get the MoneyMaze Pilot to shoot in NYC, we'd be all set :)
I cant wait to hear more about what Hosts are being considered for both shows. From the Ticket website, it looks like there will be 4 Pyramid tapings, and each taping has a blank for the Hosts name. I'm wondering if they will be shooting 4 episodes with different formats and/or Hosts.
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[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'217170\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 10:21 PM\']Given how itchy game shows are to give away a mill these days, I wouldn't be surprised if "
RED THINGS" is the TOP category.[/quote]
Fixed that for you
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And to think Jon Lovitz, as the Tommy Flanagan, the pathologcial liar, came up with it as a joke.
"I won it on the fif-, hun-, uh, Million Dollar Pyramid. Yeah, that's it!"
A million in DAYTIME? What, are they putting the fourth row back in?
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Well, they offer a million on WWTBAM. They seldom give it away, though. Maybe they could play it the same as always with the addendum that the top player could win the mil by answering the "Riddle of the Sphinx," which would be one of those old "Super Jackpot" riddles made impossible to get.
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NYC game show production revivals...if only there was a modern day Bob Clayton....
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There's Alan Kalter.
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I'm a bit turned off by the $1 million concept, but it is what it is.
If this goes as tournament mode, just don't make it anticlimactic like Donnymid. Have the contestants earn their big money...would be great to see this recorded at the Sullivan Theater, but then I remembered that Michael Davies loves his audience in the round sets. ;-)
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I guess its a sign of the times (still) that they're going for $1 Million, but its still a turnoff. I was expecting a $100,000 payoff in tournament play myself.
The one thing that I am hoping for is the judging to be consistent and the celebrities to play more like Cullen, Cook, Lawrence, and Polic the II this time around. One can only hope.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']The ticketing site (http://\"http://onsetproductions.com/calendar/tickets.aspx?showID=70&eventID=103\") for the program has four taping dates scheduled and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid. While I trust the show in Davies's hands, $1M, even at the end of a tournament, is still a LOT for daytime Pyramid.[/quote]
I tried to get tickets, but the site says I need to submit a photo. There was a time when they didn't care what you looked like to sit in the audience. Hopefully I can get the tickets somehow, since I live in the NYC area.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'217193\' date=\'Jun 3 2009, 12:36 PM\']I tried to get tickets, but the site says I need to submit a photo. There was a time when they didn't care what you looked like to sit in the audience. Hopefully I can get the tickets somehow, since I live in the NYC area.[/quote]
Perhaps to confirm it's you? Not sure, but that's the first thing I thought of.
/Unless you have to now be pretty enough to simply sit on camera. :-P
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I would have been okay with a $250,000 tournament myself.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'217190\' date=\'Jun 3 2009, 09:23 AM\']
If this goes as tournament mode, just don't make it anticlimactic like Donnymid. Have the contestants earn their big money...would be great to see this recorded at the Sullivan Theater, but then I remembered that Michael Davies loves his audience in the round sets. ;-)[/quote]
There, fixed that for you.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'217193\' date=\'Jun 3 2009, 12:36 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']The ticketing site (http://\"http://onsetproductions.com/calendar/tickets.aspx?showID=70&eventID=103\") for the program has four taping dates scheduled and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid. While I trust the show in Davies's hands, $1M, even at the end of a tournament, is still a LOT for daytime Pyramid.[/quote]
I tried to get tickets, but the site says I need to submit a photo. There was a time when they didn't care what you looked like to sit in the audience. Hopefully I can get the tickets somehow, since I live in the NYC area.
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I tried to set this up last night and each time I tried to submit a jpg, being 2 mb, it told me the pic must be in jpg file only. Gee, why didn't I think of that! So, I think there was something wrong with the site last night.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'217193\' date=\'Jun 3 2009, 12:36 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217161\' date=\'Jun 2 2009, 07:36 PM\']The ticketing site (http://\"http://onsetproductions.com/calendar/tickets.aspx?showID=70&eventID=103\") for the program has four taping dates scheduled and confirms that it will indeed be The $1,000,000 Pyramid. While I trust the show in Davies's hands, $1M, even at the end of a tournament, is still a LOT for daytime Pyramid.[/quote]
I tried to get tickets, but the site says I need to submit a photo. There was a time when they didn't care what you looked like to sit in the audience. Hopefully I can get the tickets somehow, since I live in the NYC area.
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It looks to be a website mostly used for casting purposes, so the picture is probably for that. I figure they didn't plan on using their system for people who want tickets and yet don't want to be cast on "Real World / Road Rules Challenge".
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$1 Million for the new daytime Pyramid? If they want to offer that much money, they should air the new version in syndication, not on CBS Daytime. $100,000 would be a more suitable top prize for daytime.
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Does anyone have any confirmation whether the $1M prize will be given out as a tournament purse or a money ladder-ish progression? If it is a tournament, they should really consider doing a three-stage thing: have three tournaments within the year for $100K, with the three winners of each tournament qualifying for the grand final at the end of the season.
Wishful thinking, I know, and maybe a bit too complicated for a casual audience to grasp, but it's a thought.
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'217224\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 03:25 AM\']Does anyone have any confirmation[/quote]Nope, still speculation. We wouldn't have even known it was the $1M Pyramid if it hadn't been posted on the audience site. But Alex Davis will be at one of the tapings, so I'm sure we'll get some good info.
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The 3-stage thing regarding the tournaments sounds good in theory, but how far apart are you gonna do this? Probably 6-8 week cycles is the best possible time frame since most of the 80's tournaments usually lasted close to 2 weeks on average.
As for the $1M prize, it's much too expensive for network daytime unless CBS did away with its winnings cap. We'll see what comes out this weekend.
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I look at it this way, regarding the point of budget: Every 26 weeks or so, a certain show gives away $1 million to survive being stranded in a desolate location and what's partly for staged circumstances.
If CBS does the same for a daytime game show tournament, what's the difference?
Now - one (or more) will say, "But it's the daytime, the ratings are different!" True, but aren't the production costs as well? If you can splurge for a million every quarter and be under budget (vs. a soap's budget), I don't see a problem. If it is, then ok - there's a bigger issue there.
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'217224\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 02:25 AM\']Does anyone have any confirmation whether the $1M prize will be given out as a tournament purse or a money ladder-ish progression? If it is a tournament, they should really consider doing a three-stage thing: have three tournaments within the year for $100K, with the three winners of each tournament qualifying for the grand final at the end of the season.
Wishful thinking, I know, and maybe a bit too complicated for a casual audience to grasp, but it's a thought.[/quote]
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'217227\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 03:03 AM\']The 3-stage thing regarding the tournaments sounds good in theory, but how far apart are you gonna do this? Probably 6-8 week cycles is the best possible time frame since most of the 80's tournaments usually lasted close to 2 weeks on average.[/quote]
This is something I wanted to see on Clark's 100K, but in the second season. Bring back the winners of the first six or eight ToC's. Narrow that down to three or four who would play a normal tournament. For a network version, I'd do it like this:
- The first ($100K) ToC starts the Monday of November sweeps. The show would debut eight weeks prior.
- Two more tourneys have eight weeks +/- of actual qualifying time, but reruns pad the schedule.
- The third $100K ToC begins the first day of May sweeps. The winner joins the other two on the very next show for a $1,000,000 ToC that's played the same way.
If there's a second season, figure out which sweeps period benefits the most from the $1MT and schedule other $100KT's accordingly. (Future $1MT's could start with four, six or eight $100K winners and have elimination games.)
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'217224\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 03:25 AM\']Does anyone have any confirmation whether the $1M prize will be given out as a tournament purse or a money ladder-ish progression? If it is a tournament, they should really consider doing a three-stage thing: have three tournaments within the year for $100K, with the three winners of each tournament qualifying for the grand final at the end of the season.
Wishful thinking, I know, and maybe a bit too complicated for a casual audience to grasp, but it's a thought.[/quote]
I was thinking along the very same lines. My first idea was to have eight qualify for the grand final. But I don't think there are enough weeks in a season to get that many (or the cycles would have to be ultra-short, like five weeks each).
I think you can make six work. Here's how. Each cycle would be seven weeks long. For the first six, you play the regular 10K/25K game. Most WC money stays on as champion. After six weeks, the top three MONEY WINNERS (including front-game bonuses) advance to the $100K tournament.
The top three play off in the usual way for the $100K (no bonuses here), with the top two getting first crack on Monday.
Now, at the end of 42 weeks, we have six $100K winners. The top two money winners (including WC money won in their 100K week) get a bye. The other four go into a very cut-throat quarterfinal on the Monday of $1M week. It's a one-GAME (not one-day) playoff. You have semifinals on Tuesday and Wednesday. (On these days, each WC is worth $10K) The final starts Thursday, with each WC being worth a possible million.
OK -- what if each semifinalist gets a $10K win? Do they come back for another day or do you use total front-game points as a tiebreaker?
But getting all six isn't enough to win the million. It's got to be under a certain time limit (35 seconds? 40?). If you win in longer than that limit, you get $250,000.
OK, I probably lost most of you in the second or third paragraph. You can probably just reply with a simple 'WTC' -- Way Too Complex -- and I'll know what you mean. ;)
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'217245\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 12:37 PM\']OK, I probably lost most of you in the second or third paragraph. You can probably just reply with a simple 'WTC' -- Way Too Complex -- and I'll know what you mean. ;)[/quote]
Don't need to, because you already know.
1) A one-game playoff sucks. Just sucks. There's no reason not to make it a full day. The world will not come to a screeching halt if it takes four days to come down to two people, especially for a million bucks. (But I like the bye into the second round.) It's gonna start on an odd day anyhow, since there is no guarantee that the preliminary tournaments will be over in exactly one week. (Unless you hack the tournament period such that tournaments always start on a Monday. But even then, that last one is very likely going to throw off the schedule.
2) Changing the WC payouts during the Big Tournament to a flat $10K is an unnecessary complication.
3) "But getting all six isn't enough to win the million" is a crappy copout. Bad enough you're naming your show for a top prize you only give away once a year. You're also making a $250K win feel like a loss.
As for breaking ties, simple: If one person makes it to the top of the pyramid, that's how much time the other gets should they make it, just like a front-game tiebreak. If they both get two-four-fifty-five-six-seven-hundred-and-fifty-dollars, well, then, I dunno. Play a traditional tiebreaker back at the desk? Bring 'em both back tomorrow? Play a third game the next day and straddle? I dunno. But I don't think you want to refer back to a number (aggregate front-game score) that your viewers have already long since forgotten. (And plus, what if that's a tie? I suppose you could do the math on who got their points in the least amount of time and be reasonably certain that won't tie, but now you're getting WAAAAAAY too deep into numbers people don't care about.)
The basic problem, of course, is that ONE MEEEEELION DOLLARS is too big of a number to resolve with a simple coin toss. And I bet you the people banding that number about at Embassy Row aren't even thinking about that.
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My only problem it that its 1 Million dollars. It's too much to give away every sweeps period, but then you have people wondering when they give away their top prize. If it's at the end of the season, then you have people who, after 6 weeks of watching, are only going to tune in sporadically until the Million Dollar Deathmatch © . Jeopardy! gives away $250,000 in their yearly ToC, but it's not called $250,000 Jeopardy!, so people aren't looking and waiting to see when the tourney jumps off.If you have to give away the $1 Million at the end of the season, just take your 12 fastest Pyramid times, (or money winners, whichever you prefer) and play single elimination until you get three, and then play Pyramid Tourney style.
IMHO, if you make the tournament more than two tiered (i.e. three $100K tourney winners come back to play for a mil) it makes the whole process seem drawn out- which reminds me of Jeopardy!'s Ultimate ToC- halfway through, I just stopped paying attention, and started counting down the days til the three day final.
If I had to give away seven figures, I'd do a ladder system and make them earn the money by beating the Winner's Circle 5-7 times (kinda like the 2001 computer game). Otherwise, I'd just name it The $100K/$250K Pyramid and play it normally, which then allows you to give out your top prize 4-6 times a year without contracting MO MONEY syndrome. It's Pyramid. As long as the game is executed correctly, I don't care if they give out $7.2 trillion or $392.67 at the end.
I tried to focus, but I fear I'm all over the place with this post. Sorry.
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I will be very surprised if the million dollars is a guaranteed-to-be-awarded prize. With the exception of Jeopardy!'s Ultimate Tournament of Champions and Oprah Winfrey's big car giveaway, I can't think of any instances in daytime/syndication where there was a guaranteed seven-digit payout. Especially with a "new" show, I can't imagine a way they'd be able to promise that much prize money. I predict it will be either a supplemental bonus round or (most likely) a money ladder.
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This is the problem I have with the format. A money ladder turns this into Million Dollar Password. A tournament mode could get way too complicated. Honestly, why not just make it as simple as possible?...
REGULAR-SEASON GAMES: $10,000/25,000
Fastest three times come back for the round-robin tournament.
TOURMANENT: If they insist on making this a million-dollar top prize, have the contestant win both Winner's Circles (one of the only good ideas Donnymid had, except make it play out until someone wins). The first WC is worth $25,000, winning both is worth $1,000,000. However, you run into a bit of an anticlimactic flaw. That's one hell of a jump to make, however, increasing the amount of money won for winning "just" one Winner's Circle (say, $50,000) doesn't sit right with me either.
For this to be a daytime game show, I have no problem with $10,000/25,000 and a $100,000 tournament. But what's done is done now...
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How to make the million rare but always winnable, as it is on WWTBAM:
(Assume that we're still talking about two players for two games per day.) To win the million, you must win both WC's and have a perfect score in both main games, excluding tie-breaker rounds.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'217275\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 11:23 PM\'](Assume that we're still talking about two players for two games per day.) To win the million, you must win both WC's and have a perfect score in both main games, excluding tie-breaker rounds.[/quote]
Which means you'd have to play out every game to completion, instead of win-by-one, and now your front game is anticlimactic AND you're wasting precious time. Pass.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'217276\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 01:35 AM\'][quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'217275\' date=\'Jun 4 2009, 11:23 PM\'](Assume that we're still talking about two players for two games per day.) To win the million, you must win both WC's and have a perfect score in both main games, excluding tie-breaker rounds.[/quote]
Which means you'd have to play out every game to completion, instead of win-by-one, and now your front game is anticlimactic AND you're wasting precious time. Pass.
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Playing out to 21 is not a new thing. Remember the bonus that $20k used for a perfect 21. So having someone play for the perfect score that way is nothing new.
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[quote name=\'parliboy\' post=\'217279\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 12:32 AM\']Playing out to 21 is not a new thing. Remember the bonus that $20k used for a perfect 21. So having someone play for the perfect score that way is nothing new.[/quote]
That doesn't make it a good idea. Far as I'm concerned, there's a reason they didn't use that on the '80s show.
"Aw, you only got 20 points! But, um, look on the bright side, you won the game and you'll still be playing for $25,000 instead of ONE MEEEELION DOLLARS..."
Nope. Not a good idea.
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Jay's idea sounds too WoF like in regards to winning $1M. I'll stick with the basic $10K/$25K regular games & the $100K tourneys. I don't NEED $1M!
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'217281\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 03:28 AM\']I'll stick with the basic $10K/$25K regular games & the $100K tourneys. I don't NEED $1M![/quote]
I actually agree with you. I don't think there's a good $1M mechanism that works in daytime. Nevertheless, they're gong to do it.
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Here's a thought: Beat Billy Crystal's all-time WC record for the Mil.
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I guess returning to the basics is out of the question. I would've at least approached it as:
- a bonus for a perfect 21
- a $5,000 bonus for a tiebreaker
- a 10K/25K standard WC
- a $100,000 or $250,000 Final (no strings attached)
Is a million truly necessary for a regular series, or are they touting this as the pilot?
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There's no way they could be thinking the million as the aggregate of what you'd win in each stage along the way, is there?
I agree that the $1M makes the process WTC ... even for someone who comes up with quite complex ideas.
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$1 million seems to be the point at which people pay attention nowadays. It's like a CEO search. Want the best and brightest? Offer a lot of dough.
Here's another suggestion. After two rounds worth 10 and 25 (if you go to the circle twice), the top player of the day goes for a 3 in :15 (two bottom boxes, one top) end game. Get all three in fifteen seconds and win a million. Impossible? Maybe, but you don't want to give it away too often. All self-contained in a neat hour-long package.
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If I had to take a stab at it, knowing how things go these days and all involved and that stuff, I'd imagine that it would be a simple money chain format that may or may not involve some form of risking what you have to progress forward, as well as (given that the audience has to submit head shots before being picked) having an audience-in-the-round setup. Asking the audience to submit head shots is the easiest way to pick the pretty people to have their face on camera and shove the fugly people in the back where no one can see them. I'd rather see some form of a tournament, but I'm expecting a money ladder.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'217296\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 02:23 PM\']Here's another suggestion. After two rounds worth 10 and 25 (if you go to the circle twice), the top player of the day goes for a 3 in :15 (two bottom boxes, one top) end game. Get all three in fifteen seconds and win a million. Impossible? Maybe, but you don't want to give it away too often. All self-contained in a neat hour-long package.[/quote]
Is two full games (I assume 7-answer categories) and one :15 mini-mid enough to fill an hour?
But is :15 enough time? That's one second slower than Crystal pace, but what level of subjects would you use? I would think the first could be of bottom-row ease, but the last two need to be super-tough.
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'217295\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:22 AM\']There's no way they could be thinking the million as the aggregate of what you'd win in each stage along the way, is there?[/quote]Not if they don't want to be mocked mercilessly.
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[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'217290\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 12:04 PM\']Is a million truly necessary for a regular series, or are they touting this as the pilot?[/quote]
Wait....was Donny's Pyramid piloted as Million Dollar Pyramid, or just the $100K Pyramid?
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'217304\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 04:42 PM\'][quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'217290\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 12:04 PM\']Is a million truly necessary for a regular series, or are they touting this as the pilot?[/quote]
Wait....was Donny's Pyramid piloted as Million Dollar Pyramid, or just the $100K Pyramid?
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There was a $1M, IIRC as an NBC primetime pilot. I wanna say Jason Alexander might've been tapped for that one.
ETA: Apparently, Sony wanted to do a daytime (syndie) version for $100K, then primetime for $1 mil. From November (http://\"http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.game-shows/browse_thread/thread/118e3dd856fd2027/70e6fb57e1dea111?lnk=gst&q=%241++million+Pyramid#70e6fb57e1dea111\") and December 2000. (http://\"http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.game-shows/browse_thread/thread/33062e1ebfb54b3e/b52ba979ccc3f232?lnk=gst&q=%241++million+Pyramid#b52ba979ccc3f232\")
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I think however way you slice it, it's gonna be tough to give away $1 million dollars for the following reasons:
1) If you do go a multi-week qualifying period with a Million Dollar Tournament of the top players, is there gonna be any guarantee that the show will NOT get canceled before they reach the tourney weeks??
13 weeks minimum used to be the norm (and wasn't Blackout the last 'short-lived' game show on CBS daytime???), but will CBS be as quick to pull the plug on a CBS Daytime show as they would a floundering primetime show?
2) How many "Good" celebrities are there out there who:
A) Can play the game consistently well?
B) Are willing to be a celebrity contestant on a daytime show, with the possibly of being a semi-regular?
C) Can be recognized without a chryon with their name & show being put on the screen every 3 minutes?
Donnymid had shown who is in the 21st Century "celebrity pool", for the most part, and how qualified they are (although those responsible for the categories and judging are equally to blame). Not to mention how we have seen how well the "celeb pool" can play Slow-Motion Pyramid (aka $1M Password).
Not to sound like a Debbie Downer, but those who are going to be creating the show, even for a smaller daytime audience, are gonna have to work their arses off to make this show fly. It probably won't take much for affiliates to preempt MDPyr for a higher-rated syndicated show if the network's offering is losing to MyNetwork in midday.
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In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway. They are currently clearing Guiding Light at 10am, rather than the co-owned CBS affil. As far as identifying the celebrities, if the stars resist name tags, maybe CBS could supply that info to the on-screen listing services and you could find out who they are with a touch of the remote. If you want celebs familiar to daytime audiences, the cast of GL is in town and available.
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Len Berman could host.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'217324\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:28 PM\']In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway.[/quote]<Mid-Michiganders>It might be my wishful thinking, but with the prominence of a big title coming back, maybe they can move Tyra to 9 and simply keep that horrid Better Mid-Michigan show on the My channel, if it's still around in the fall.</Mid-Michiganders> I don't get the subchannel on my DirecTV (they say it's bandwith issues), so anything to keep it on the main channel would be awesome.
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'217327\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:44 PM\']Len Berman could host.[/quote]I was hoping for Wayne Cox.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217328\' date=\'Jun 6 2009, 12:07 AM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'217324\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:28 PM\']In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway.[/quote]<Mid-Michiganders>It might be my wishful thinking, but with the prominence of a big title coming back, maybe they can move Tyra to 9 and simply keep that horrid Better Mid-Michigan show on the My channel, if it's still around in the fall.
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Isn't Tyra moving to The CW in the Fall? If it is, maybe TV5 could move Dr. Phil to 10am and then the new shows at 3pm. But as you said, it is wishful thinking.
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[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'217329\' date=\'Jun 6 2009, 12:19 AM\']Isn't Tyra moving to The CW in the Fall?[/quote]Ooo. You sir, are correct. So there we go. Empty space at 10 am, filled by the Pyramid/Deal/Dating (pick two) block which goes there anyway.
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If you want celebs familiar to daytime audiences, the cast of GL is in town and available.
:)
Though if the cast of GL were all that familiar to viewers there wouldn't be a slot opening up for Pyramid.
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Didn't one of the posters get an appointment to attend a runthrough at the Embassy Row offices? If so, any details?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'217569\' date=\'Jun 8 2009, 10:19 PM\']Didn't one of the posters get an appointment to attend a runthrough at the Embassy Row offices? If so, any details?[/quote]It was a commenter at Buzzer and there hasn't been much follow up.
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I got an e-mail from Onset Productions, the company giving out the tickets. A photo is required, but it will not help or hurt your chances of getting tickets. Also, nobody but the "casting directors" see your photo. Hmmm . . .
I tried calling Embassy Row and left a couple of voice mails. No response so far.
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As I near my 45th birthday, I wonder if I would be given consideration as a contestant if I can play the game well.
Since the contestants are being "cast" for this "job", I wonder if the speed limit age I'm approaching will work against me.
The Ohio to New York commute would not inconvenience me in the slightest.
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Per the ticket website, the 4 Pilots will be taped next Tuesday and Wednesday, at Kaufman Astroria Studios. It says the audience will be on Camera, so it would appear we are looking at a Power of 10 type / Password type set. I'm starting to wonder if they will use remnants of the Power of 10 / Password Sets (as they both taped at Kaufman Astoria) to save money on the Pilots. I was hoping Mr Davies would avoid that look for Pyramid, but it may not be the case.
Is anyone planning on attending any of the tapings in person ? It would be great to hear about them !
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'217830\' date=\'Jun 11 2009, 07:52 PM\']It says the audience will be on Camera, so it would appear we are looking at a Power of 10 type / Password type set.[/quote]
Not saying you're wrong, but that's a pretty big leap. The audience was on camera for Win, Lose or Draw, for example. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if "audience will be on camera" is a pretty standard disclaimer for just about any game show.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'217851\' date=\'Jun 11 2009, 09:30 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'217830\' date=\'Jun 11 2009, 07:52 PM\']It says the audience will be on Camera, so it would appear we are looking at a Power of 10 type / Password type set.[/quote]
Not saying you're wrong, but that's a pretty big leap. The audience was on camera for Win, Lose or Draw, for example. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if "audience will be on camera" is a pretty standard disclaimer for just about any game show.
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With the very specific dress instructions on the website, I'd be very surprised if its a disclaimer. Mr. Davies loves those dark, round sets. Not something I wanted to see with Pyramid. I hope I am wrong !
Hopefully, someone will attend the taping, and we will hear some details next week.
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Somehow, I'm imagining the worst and that they might just have the contestants standing (like MDP).
I really hope I'm wrong.
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'217877\' date=\'Jun 12 2009, 12:05 AM\']Somehow, I'm imagining the worst and that they might just have the contestants standing (like MDP).[/quote]I didn't mind it. It would've been more awkward in that setting to sit. You could be much more animated and celebratory after a win on your feet.
And can we pleeease try to hold off on making rash judgments when we haven't even seen one iota of the product? A lot of us did that with MDP and a lot of us were surprised and enjoyed the show.
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'217877\' date=\'Jun 12 2009, 12:05 AM\']Somehow, I'm imagining the worst and that they might just have the contestants standing[/quote]
Having the contestants switch from sitting to standing on Jeopardy! doesn't seem to have hurt the program at all since its 1984 return.
If that's the "worst" thing this program does, we're in for a jolly good show.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'217830\' date=\'Jun 11 2009, 07:52 PM\']Per the ticket website, the 4 Pilots will be taped next Tuesday and Wednesday, at Kaufman Astroria Studios. It says the audience will be on Camera, so it would appear we are looking at a Power of 10 type / Password type set. I'm starting to wonder if they will use remnants of the Power of 10 / Password Sets (as they both taped at Kaufman Astoria) to save money on the Pilots. I was hoping Mr Davies would avoid that look for Pyramid, but it may not be the case.
Is anyone planning on attending any of the tapings in person ? It would be great to hear about them ![/quote]
Well now that a location and phone number have been posted, I'll give it the old college try. I'll report back to the committee if I get in.
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I have my spot reserved for the 3:30 Tuesday taping. Will give a report when I return.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217878\' date=\'Jun 12 2009, 12:12 AM\']I didn't mind it. It would've been more awkward in that setting to sit. You could be much more animated and celebratory after a win on your feet.
And can we pleeease try to hold off on making rash judgments when we haven't even seen one iota of the product? A lot of us did that with MDP and a lot of us were surprised and enjoyed the show.[/quote]
Trust me, I'm not going to base any part of my judgment a possible Pyramid return on whether they stand or sit. I'll be more happy that the show is back.
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'218056\' date=\'Jun 14 2009, 08:27 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217878\' date=\'Jun 12 2009, 12:12 AM\']I didn't mind it. It would've been more awkward in that setting to sit. You could be much more animated and celebratory after a win on your feet.
And can we pleeease try to hold off on making rash judgments when we haven't even seen one iota of the product? A lot of us did that with MDP and a lot of us were surprised and enjoyed the show.[/quote]
Trust me, I'm not going to base any part of my judgment a possible Pyramid return on whether they stand or sit. I'll be more happy that the show is back.
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Ditto. It would be nice if the show will be taped in HD. Given that it's being taped in Astoria, I doubt it.
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'218079\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 01:20 PM\'][quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'218056\' date=\'Jun 14 2009, 08:27 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217878\' date=\'Jun 12 2009, 12:12 AM\']I didn't mind it. It would've been more awkward in that setting to sit. You could be much more animated and celebratory after a win on your feet.
And can we pleeease try to hold off on making rash judgments when we haven't even seen one iota of the product? A lot of us did that with MDP and a lot of us were surprised and enjoyed the show.[/quote]
Trust me, I'm not going to base any part of my judgment a possible Pyramid return on whether they stand or sit. I'll be more happy that the show is back.
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Ditto. It would be nice if the show will be taped in HD. Given that it's being taped in Astoria, I doubt it.
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Since it's only a Pilot, it's no biggie if it's not taped in HD, as the Pilot episodes are unlikely to be broadcast. Maybe we can hope to see the Pilots on YouTube ? :). However, if Pyramid goes to series, I am fairly certain that Kaufman Astoria, and the Video company that's used (I believe they bring in a Mobile truck for TV), has the ability to shoot in HD.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'218132\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 11:19 PM\']Since it's only a Pilot, it's no biggie if it's not taped in HD, as the Pilot episodes are unlikely to be broadcast. Maybe we can hope to see the Pilots on YouTube ? :). However, if Pyramid goes to series, I am fairly certain that Kaufman Astoria, and the Video company that's used (I believe they bring in a Mobile truck for TV), has the ability to shoot in HD.[/quote]
If both go in HD - great - but the only thing I see across CBS that's HD in the morning is TPiR, if I recall correctly. I'd rather have a show *play* well first, then be in HD second.
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Interesting quote from Ken-Jen's blog (http://\"http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=1318\"): "I have to leave for the airport in a few minutes for New York and a game show thing I’m not sure if I’m allowed to mention."
Perhaps he'll be a celebrity player on the Pyramid pilot?
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Any exciting news yet regarding the pilot?
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I just returned from the Kaufman-Astoria Studios (or as the show said, CBS Studios in New York) me recap my trip to The $1,000,000 Pyramid. I'm just going to start off by saying, Pyramid is Back... forget about Donnymid! Recap and link to set pics follow:
FORMAT:
Intro
Meet contestants
Categories
Round 1
COMMERCIAL
Winner's circle 1
COMMERCIAL
Round 2
COMMERCIAL
Winner's Circle 2
END
Host: Tim Vincent (Access Hollywood/Millionaire guest host)
Did a capable job... relied on prompter a lot; chalk it up to being day one. His British accent caused a couple of pick-ups to be done, a couple in particular included when a category was Mamma Mia (he said Ma-Ma Mia, and the other with a description of a category being homophones (he would say Homo-phones and picked it up as ha-ma-phones).
Announcer: Alan Kalter?? (just assuming... never heard the announcer, but Tim thanked "Alan" (spelled like that) at the top of each show and since Kalter is based in NYC, I'm taking a logical guess)
Music: Sounded like the classic $100,000 Pyramid theme to me (in the little snippets I heard, plus Susie Essman kept singing it)
Celebs: Susie Essman (both shows), Jessie Metcalf, Ken Jennings - All did a pretty good job. Jessie was a little slow at first, but became better as the game progressed - I had heard that the earlier tapings included Caroline Rahe and Norm McDonald
SET:
It's a lot like it was in the 80s/1990 version. Differences include: Audience is now seated along the sides behind the host and game-play area. Winners Circle and Category board now move in from the side of the stage to center stage when needed. No "Light bulbs" but a lot of neon that sort of reminded me of Super Password; the main colors are white, purple, orange, and blue. During the Winner's Circle, the lights under the actual circle are Red, and comign in from commercial it chases red and white underneath. There are wood tones in the contestant desks and host lecturn. On the host's lecturn, is the $1,000,000 Pyramid logo (take the classic Pyramid logo and put in $1,000,000).
TRILONS for the main pyramid... the category pyramid has just screens in which the categories slide in to. When a category is picked, a stagehand slides the classic yellow pyramid on red background in during game play.
During the show, the stage is pretty bright with blues, purples, and oranges. Lights go down a bit during the Winner's Circle to mostly reds
In the intro, the "wings" from both sides of the pyramid come together to form a door in front of the big pyramid. The winner's circle flies in from off stage, doors open, and celebs walk out from either side (Essman was on the left side each time, and the males came from the right). Vincent came in from either side.
Game Play:
Classic 7 in :30 format. Judging seemed pretty normal. The Coo-Koo sound effect is back. When I was watching the monitors, it looked like a classic episode of Pyramid. Timer at top center in LCD-type and clue in Times font across the desk. The only in game bonus is the 7-11 during the first round. No bonus in the 2nd round. Celeb and contestant alternate in first two turns, then can choose giver/receiver in the last.
Winner's Circle: Nothing crazy... same classic style. Clock at top, category in a box at the bottom. Same classic camera angle too. Contestant and celeb choose who can give or receive.
Dollar Values:
$750
$400 $500
$100 $200 $300
From what I could figure out was that the 1st trip was $25,000.... 2nd was for and additional $50,000. Returning champs - I think - a contestant won both times in taping 1, was back in taping 2 and Tim mentioned she had already taken home a big amount. How to get the million? The players are trying to earn a spot in the "League of Champions" to compete in a million dollar touney.
Notes: This excites me. I expected to see Donnymid Pt. II. This is classic Pyramid folks, right down to the set, music, and logo! I hope CBS picks this up and it enjoys a great run. The tapings ran long... they said arrive at 3:30 and to not be late, at 3:30 there were about 15 people in line... I think production folks had to find people off the street to come in. We didn't get in the studio until about 4:30. When we got in, they reshot a Winner's Circle w/ Caroline Rhea, in which the contestant won. That contestant didn't return for the next "show", which makes me question how long a person stays. But other than that, it was a fantastic afternoon/evening!
Want to see pics? Go here. (http://\"http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz265/MJose00/\")
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Okay, seeing the set lit up makes it look SO much better. :)
/the drill
//the spit-sink
///the laughing gas
////the receptionist
/////the free toothbrushes
//////one friggin' "M"
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'218192\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 08:59 PM\']I just returned from the Kaufman-Astoria Studios (or as the show said, CBS Studios in New York)
Seemingly kickass review snipped[/quote]
Yeah, I'm going to Bed Bath and Beyond. Anybody need anything?
/Just saw the pics
//I'm speechless
///Side note: I love the scoreboards and how they look like the play clock at many newer NFL stadiums
////Def. seen it in games played at The Linc
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I wonder if the set without lights... what I call the "Dentist's Office' is what the Beyond part is like!! It looked like they did a lot of Ikea shopping.
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'218195\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 09:14 PM\']I wonder if the set without lights... what I call the "Dentist's Office' is what the Beyond part is like!! It looked like they did a lot of Ikea shopping.[/quote]
It beats the hell out of the warehouse surplus shopping they did for Donnymid. Thanks for the pics! :-)
The "stadium" seating reminds me of Barris's Treasure Hunt...
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My goodness someone gets it.
Question...do you know if the classic ticking sound was used in the Winner's Circle? I wouldn't think it would be live in-studio, but you never know.
/Needs a little bit more work on the set (details), but yeah...keep that general set = win.
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My faith in this revival has gone up at least ten-fold.
VERY AWESOME! Thanks for sharing, MitchJoseph2004! :-P
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'218198\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 09:23 PM\']My goodness someone gets it.
Question...do you know if the classic ticking sound was used in the Winner's Circle?[/quote]
The only in-studio sounds I could hear were a buzzer, bell, and coo-koo. Seeming that they've pretty much kept everything else intact sound-wise, I'd expect it to stay around.
-Mitch
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218199\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 06:24 PM\']My faith in this revival has gone up at least ten-fold.[/quote]
I would be VERY interested to know more about the writing...I'm a little worried that something fairly easy like "Things at a Dentist's Office" is at the top of the board. Donnymid could have shot on the original Clark set and Tom Cruise's Friggin' Dentist would have still broken the show. But yes, it's a good sign.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'218201\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 09:28 PM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218199\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 06:24 PM\']My faith in this revival has gone up at least ten-fold.[/quote]
I would be VERY interested to know more about the writing...
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From what I can remember while watch, it seemed like the writing could use some work. I think they were trying to produce some winners for the pilot.
Main game writing was ok, there were only about 5 times out of 12 turns that saw a perfect 7 score.
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Well, gang, based on the photos of the set and the description of game play, it seems that those involved in this incarnation of Pyramid do "Get It"®.
Now here's hoping that the original Pyramid concepts still in play get the approval by CBS with no Donnymid-ish changes.
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'218202\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 06:31 PM\']From what I can remember while watch, it seemed like the writing could use some work. I think they were trying to produce some winners for the pilot.[/quote]
Well, there's "it needs to be harder" and "it needs to not have compound crap like "cave wall."" Harder can be done more easily than avoiding the latter.
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Ho. Lee. Crap. Super excited. Just a *bit* weird to see the audience members behind the main desks.
[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'218192\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 08:59 PM\']From what I could figure out was that the 1st trip was $25,000.... 2nd was for and additional $50,000.[/quote]So, to clarify and to fill-in as host for Words Have Meanings, two successful WC trips nets you $75,000?
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Good lawd! I can't seem to get the drool from my mouth. If this gets picked up, I'd be more than pleased (and excited).
(And probably the 4th person to sign up to be on the show.)
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This looks truly awesome. Add me to the list of people who hopes CBS decides on this.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218205\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 09:35 PM\']So, to clarify and to fill-in as host for Words Have Meanings, two successful WC trips nets you $75,000?[/quote]
You got it!
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WOW. Now that's what Pyramid should be like! :)
That set looks awesome; it's the classic set, but modernized just enough to not look dated. And look, a score display monitor that doesn't have a crappy looking font!
If CBS gives this the green light, I'm REALLY looking forward to the fall.
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Okay, seeing the set lit up makes it look SO much better. :)
Even without the lights it's a world of improvement over the nondenominational Pyramid's set.
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Hi Everyone !
To those who attended today's taping, a BIG Thank You for the photos and recap. I'm thrilled that Mr Davies nailed it, both in format and the absolutely perfect set. This IS Pyramid in all it's beauty !!! I had goosebumps when I saw the photos. I was thrilled to see the Trilons. How can you have Pyramid without it ? Ever since the last version failed (miserably in my opinion), My dream, was see Pyramid make a return, as close to the 70's & 80's formats as possible. To see Pyramid return to its roots in New York City, is the Cherry on top of the Sundae !
I'd like to say Thank You to Mr Davies, and everyone at Embassy Row. If CBS does not pick up Pyramid, I will be extremely disappointed. I bet that Bob Stewart and Sande Stewart must be very proud today !
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I was sold even before I looked at the pictures. The 25+50 payout is an improvement over any previous version!
Knowing that KenJen did the pilot, I can't help thinking it's a shame Donnymid taped its last show before Ken's reign on J! began. Sony could've gotten some more mileage out of him. (Way back in 1986, I thought it would be cool to see Chuck Forrest do Pyramid.)
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I just feel meh about the set. It feels too much like a retro retread. Instead of a clean sheet of paper, they used a stencil and tracing paper. The only thing that strikes me as modern is having the audience in the shot, and it doesn't work as well to me as it does for Family Feud.
I appreciate the neon instead of the so-last-century chase lights, but I hate the colors they chose, and the apparent appearance of trilons on something that's supposedly a modern television production is a bit of a worry. I'm hoping they make some changes when they go into production, but if what Mitch Joseph reported remains, then I'll be more ambivalent on the show than most. I think I'll feel about it the same way I feel about TPIR...'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218219\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 12:25 AM\']'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'[/quote]Yeah, but then we wind up with Vincentmid!
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218220\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 11:37 PM\'][quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218219\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 12:25 AM\']'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'[/quote]Yeah, but then we wind up with Vincentmid!
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Vinnymid!TM
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My eyes almost popped out when viewing those pics! Boy, they sure know how to make the set look retro without dating itself. The audience in the backdrop will take some getting use to if CBS does go ahead with this. Other than that, Classic Pyramid all the way.
About that series pick-up CBS, I beg of you, do it ASAP! STAT!
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Gadzooks! The phrase "potential epic win" comes to mind. I just wish they were taping in L.A., then I would be able to try out with dropping an arm and a leg to fly to NYC.
I AM the Master of the Winner's Circle.
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Well, the talk and the pics convinced me. I'm going to try to get in to see this taped today (6/17). I called and they said they woiuld get back to me. They didn't, though they could have called after I left work yesterday. I love the fact that they've gone back to seven answers in 30 seconds.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'218228\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:09 AM\']I love the fact that they've gone back to seven answers in 30 seconds.[/quote]
Which begs the question - if they're able to fit in the 7-in-30 game now, why did Sony resort to that horrendous 6-in-20 format?
And on an unrelated note, were there any bonus cards in play or was it just six vanilla subjects?
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'218212\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 10:23 PM\']I bet that Bob Stewart and Sande Stewart must be very proud today ![/quote]
I'm sure Bob can't stop talking about it! :)
In fact, if there is a GSC this fall and Bob is in attendance, they may have to extend the event by a few days!!! :)
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Better "Vincentmid" than "Timmid," I guess. :) I like the set (I wonder if Davies was a fan of Les Crane, too?) and the gameplay as reported but, couldn't they have found an American to host?
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218219\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 12:25 AM\']I just feel meh about the set. It feels too much like a retro retread. Instead of a clean sheet of paper, they used a stencil and tracing paper.[/quote]
Honestly, I find it to be a great 21st Century update, that seems to be a homage to the familiar Ed Flesh set. It's no different than what Feud did for Combs and O'Hurley.
'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'
They tried that in 2002. It failed.
/Okay, the actual show was pretty bad too.
//"THINGS YOU DOWNLOAD" anyone?
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'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'
Yeah I agree...what we really need is 6 celebrities and a winner's nook, and other good stuff like that! Oh and a set with girders and laptops and strobe lights (LOTS of strobe lights!)--mustn't forget those!
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The pics have given me real faith that this remake will work. Great to see that they are returning to the 7/:30 rule.
CBS, Please put this on the schedule!!
/I might even tryout!
//Oh heck, I will definitely tryout!!
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They tried that in 2002. It failed.
Just because they did it wrong the last time, that doesn't mean that modern can't work with someone that knows what they are doing.
[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'218233\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:48 AM\']Yeah I agree...what we really need is 6 celebrities and a winner's nook, and other good stuff like that! Oh and a set with girders and laptops and strobe lights (LOTS of strobe lights!)--mustn't forget those![/quote]
Yes...sarcasm. Brilliant. Let's immediately tie "modern" to something not well liked (the Pyramid pilots, Donnymid), and try to shut down any dissenting viewpoints instead of having an honest, forthright conversation about whether the show would benefit more from a modern set than a retro one. Wheel and J!, IMO, have done a good job of being current by taking advantage of the latest technology and constantly reworking their set so it doesn't seem stale. TPIR hasn't for the most part. Clock Game and Bonus Game still have their original sets, for the most part. Those should be redone entirely. Some of the 80s games (One Away, Pathfinder) look like they could use a second-gen set, as well.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218232\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:37 AM\'][quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218219\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 12:25 AM\']I just feel meh about the set. It feels too much like a retro retread. Instead of a clean sheet of paper, they used a stencil and tracing paper.[/quote]
Honestly, I find it to be a great 21st Century update, that seems to be a homage to the familiar Ed Flesh set. It's no different than what Feud did for Combs and O'Hurley.
'It's good, but I'd like it more if they just stopped with the constant anchoring to the past once and for all and just went modern.'
They tried that in 2002. It failed.
/Okay, the actual show was pretty bad too.
//"THINGS YOU DOWNLOAD" anyone?
[/quote]
Ed Flesh by way of [1970's CBS-New York set designer] Jim Ryan's original Pyramid design.
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If this is the finished product of the set and rules, I am perfectly fine with it. I will have to schedule my first trip to NYC and audition! I sure hope that CBS picks this show up!!
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[quote name=\'byrd62\' post=\'218236\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 09:40 AM\']Ed Flesh by way of [1970's CBS-New York set designer] Jim Ryan's original Pyramid design.[/quote]
Good point. Flesh's set had a few throwbacks to the New York era (i.e. the triangular brackets on either side of the Winner's Circle). He updated it quite well for the 1980s, just like this new set has done for the 2000s (2010s?).
They tried that in 2002. It failed.
Just because they did it wrong the last time, that doesn't mean that modern can't work with someone that knows what they are doing.
Where did I say it would never work? You said they should be more modern with the design, and I merely pointed out that Donnymid's efforts to be modern, both in aesthetics and gameplay, didn't work. I would think that it goes without saying that someone who knows what they're doing could pull off a competent revival.
By all means, they could've went completely modern without using steel girders and plasma monitors all over the place. But, I like that a classic game show isn't afraid to use a few classic elements in their execution. Adds a level of...I dunno "warmth" to the cold, sterile envrionment I saw on Donnymid.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218239\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 10:49 AM\']Where did I say it would never work? You said they should be more modern with the design, and I merely pointed out that Donnymid's efforts to be modern, both in aesthetics and gameplay, didn't work. I would think that it goes without saying that someone who knows what they're doing could pull off a competent revival.[/quote]The short, snarky nature of your comment made me think it was another "modern=teh suck" comment from the game show community. As someone who prefers more modern things in game shows, it gets tiresome to see it used as a four-letter word.
By all means, they could've went completely modern without using steel girders and plasma monitors all over the place. But, I like that a classic game show isn't afraid to use a few classic elements in their execution. Adds a level of...I dunno "warmth" to the cold, sterile envrionment I saw on Donnymid.
It just comes across as gimmicky and awkward to me, like the use of the Combs theme on the most recent incarnation of Feud.
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Hi Everyone !
Just a quick heads up.....
My Nephew was supposed to attend todays tapings, but recieved a phone call saying today's tapings were canceled and changed to Friday at 3 pm.
I'm curious if they plan to use a different host on Friday, or plan to use Tim Vincent again.
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218242\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 11:38 AM\']The short, snarky nature of your comment made me think it was another "modern=teh suck" comment from the game show community. As someone who prefers more modern things in game shows, it gets tiresome to see it used as a four-letter word.[/quote]
My comment was not intended as either short or snarky. Again, it was just me making the point that modern doesn't always work. In the case of Donnymid, I felt they tried too hard to force the drama with a dark set, taking a cue from Millionaire. On Pyramid, the drama should build itself.
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Based on what I have seen, a great update and reference to the $25K/$100K format. I love the few modernized changes, but what is best, is how they kept it similar to the classic set.
I hope that Pyramid is indeed "back". Just think, with a great revivial, Osmond's version won't even be a memory any more.
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[quote name=\'carshark\']Wheel and J!, IMO, have done a good job of being current by taking advantage of the latest technology and constantly reworking their set so it doesn't seem stale. TPIR hasn't for the most part. Clock Game and Bonus Game still have their original sets, for the most part. Those should be redone entirely. Some of the 80s games (One Away, Pathfinder) look like they could use a second-gen set, as well.[/quote]
I agree- People seem to identify with what's familiar- Wheel and J!, although drastically different looking than 20 years ago, still have the same sound effects, logos, and hosts. Wheel has slowly eased viewers into new changes so it's not as much of a shock. Price really hasn't done much changing, and at times does date itself, but it's an exception, because the show has been stuck in this cheesy 1970s time warp for years, and that's partly why some people love it. As far as redoing some of the pricing games, keep dreaming- I can only think of 5 games that have had major overhauls (Pick a Pair, Check Out, Danger Price, Any Number, Money Game).
Love the new Pyramid set, and the fact that the score monitors are still using the vane display font from the 80s scoreboards. With a set that small, I see why they used moving set pieces, and it looks like it works pretty well. I'm quite optimistic.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218248\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 12:00 PM\']I agree- People seem to identify with what's familiar- Wheel and J!, although drastically different looking than 20 years ago, still have the same sound effects, logos, and hosts. Wheel has slowly eased viewers into new changes so it's not as much of a shock. Price really hasn't done much changing, and at times does date itself, but it's an exception, because the show has been stuck in this cheesy 1970s time warp for years, and that's partly why some people love it.[/quote]
Ummm...actually I said that. Anyways, I've been one to say that slowly changing things would be the way to go, and to TPIR's credit, I think they are presenting trips better than ever when they take the time to add scenery to the monitors. Much better than those 20-old-static paintings and the 'What am I playing for?' green screens. They should use more dynamic images, though, like they did when the gc's were there. That was the best part.
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If this goes to air, I will gladly consume a dish of Culinary Expert Chris Lemon's crow.
\PLEASE pick this up CBS!
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'218244\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 11:41 AM\']Hi Everyone !
Just a quick heads up.....
My Nephew was supposed to attend todays tapings, but recieved a phone call saying today's tapings were canceled and changed to Friday at 3 pm.
I'm curious if they plan to use a different host on Friday, or plan to use Tim Vincent again.[/quote]
Now, there's great news! I think I shall try to get tix. Thanks for the heads-up.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'218244\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 11:41 AM\']Hi Everyone !I'm curious if they plan to use a different host on Friday, or plan to use Tim Vincent again.[/quote]Carrie from About Game Shows (http://\"http://gameshows.about.com/\") says that a different host is planned for the subsequent taping(s).
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'218192\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 08:59 PM\']From what I could figure out was that the 1st trip was $25,000.... 2nd was for and additional $50,000. Returning champs - I think - a contestant won both times in taping 1, was back in taping 2 and Tim mentioned she had already taken home a big amount. How to get the million? The players are trying to earn a spot in the "League of Champions" to compete in a million dollar touney.[/quote]
Well, in pilot ep 1, which was taped at 11:30 (by which I mean pretty close to 1:15), both contestants were said to be "returning"; they had "earned," respectively, $12K and $13K. Which, considering there's only $2150 max on offer in the WC for a contestant who doesn't run the table, is either ambitious or miscalculated. And I'm not sure how you'd end up with two returning players who've both won that much unless you were in a tournament, and Tim didn't indicate that was the case. I know this was a pilot and the contestants were in land-of-play-money, but that seemed like a mis-speak.
I couldn't tell if the WC was played for $25K in game 1 and $50K in game 2 regardless of who wins, or if (as would make more sense to me) the $50K only comes into play if you get into the WC both times.
Tim's Mis-Speak Line of the Day, though, was something like this: in the sixth category of a front game, he said to the team about to play, "All right, you need four to tie and three to win." Everybody did a neck-snap double-take, the audience (led by Ms. Rhea) had a good laugh, and Tim corrected himself.
Aside from that sort of thing, he might not have been as smooth as he'd be several months into a run, but he was a fine MC.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218256\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 01:10 PM\']I couldn't tell if the WC was played for $25K in game 1 and $50K in game 2 regardless of who wins, or if (as would make more sense to me) the $50K only comes into play if you get into the WC both times.[/quote]
During the second set of shows, that final episode featured a first-time trip to the Winners Circle the second round. That contestant was playing for $25K, so it sounds like it is dependent on if it is the contestant's first or second trip in the circle and the $50K comes in to play if you make it in the WC both times.
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'218229\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:24 AM\']Which begs the question - if they're able to fit in the 7-in-30 game now, why did Sony resort to that horrendous 6-in-20 format?[/quote]
Well, a couple of possible reasons. I believe there is more commercial time built into a syndicated show than a network one, so the Donnymid program may simply have been a little bit shorter. Still, probably the biggest reason was the most misguided -- change for change's sake. That producer had shown for years his desire to put his own stamp on the very structure of the game, and even after theoretically learning his lessons from those ill-conceived pilots, it could simply be that he felt he had to tweak something.
To my mind, the 6-in-20 thing was the biggest flaw of Donnymid. It has nothing to do with nostalgia and everythign to do with pacing. Put them on that same steel-girder set, or have them play it in somebody's garage. The game works in thirty-second chunks.
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[quote name=\'Game Show Man\' post=\'218227\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 02:26 AM\']I AM the Master of the Winner's Circle.[/quote]
You DO realize what a completely egotistical statement this is in this company, right?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218268\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:00 PM\']To my mind, the 6-in-20 thing was the biggest flaw of Donnymid.[/quote]Well, the writing/judging notwithstanding. The point of the game became to give quick clues, not necessarily informative clues. Was Ed Begley ever on Donnymid? I can't imagine him starting everything off with "And this is a thing..." in that quick environment.
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218242\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:38 AM\']As someone who prefers
more modern things directly contrary to the opinion of everyone else for the sake of being contrary[/quote]
Fixed that for you.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218268\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:00 PM\'][quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'218229\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:24 AM\']Which begs the question - if they're able to fit in the 7-in-30 game now, why did Sony resort to that horrendous 6-in-20 format?[/quote]
Well, a couple of possible reasons. I believe there is more commercial time built into a syndicated show than a network one, so the Donnymid program may simply have been a little bit shorter. Still, probably the biggest reason was the most misguided -- change for change's sake. That producer had shown for years his desire to put his own stamp on the very structure of the game, and even after theoretically learning his lessons from those ill-conceived pilots, it could simply be that he felt he had to tweak something.
To my mind, the 6-in-20 thing was the biggest flaw of Donnymid. It has nothing to do with nostalgia and everythign to do with pacing. Put them on that same steel-girder set, or have them play it in somebody's garage. The game works in thirty-second chunks.
[/quote]
I've always thought that the daily celebrity format somewhat hurt the 6-in-20. With a different pair every day, you're cramming a week's worth of conversation and show plugs into 22 minutes. I'm thinking had there not been so many plugs, the show could've allowed the extra two minutes of max game time shaved off with the 6-in-20 format. Then again, I can't imagine Dick Clark taking a whole two minutes in the '80s, to ask Abby Dalton or Richard Kline to remind us what time Falcon Crest and Three's Company come on? ;-)
The show could've saved a lot of hassle by just allowing a pair to compete the entire week. It wouldn't have hurt that much in reruns; it surely didn't hurt Hollywood Squares, which aired concurrently.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218272\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:04 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218268\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:00 PM\']To my mind, the 6-in-20 thing was the biggest flaw of Donnymid.[/quote]Well, the writing/judging notwithstanding. The point of the game became to give quick clues, not necessarily informative clues. Was Ed Begley ever on Donnymid? I can't imagine him starting everything off with "And this is a thing..." in that quick environment.
[/quote]
Yes...he's one of the celebs buzzed in the Winner's Circle Illegal Clues clip. ;-)
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Here's an interesting development for Friday's taping (Wednesday was cancelled)
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/tfr/1224513782.html (http://\"http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/tfr/1224513782.html\")
The host for Friday's pilot : Dean Cain - TV's Superman.
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Well, there's certainly precedent...
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Turns out David Korins Design (http://\"http://www.davidkorinsdesign.com/\") put the set together for this, and the Newlywed Game and Dating Game projects (click 'about us,' scroll down until you see "Film & TV").
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'218274\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:07 PM\'][quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218242\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:38 AM\']As someone who prefers
more modern things directly contrary to the opinion of everyone else for the sake of being contrary[/quote]
Fixed that for you.
[/quote]
Prove it or shut up. Last I checked, this was the Game Show Forum, not the Lemon Shouts Down Those That Disagree With Him Forum. I understand that you'll never change. The two weeks in the Isobooth obviously didn't take, but if you're going to say something so patently inflammatory to hijack yet another thread, at least back it up.
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Seeing those pics really got me excited about the show. Multiply that by 20 when I read they're going back to the classic format. Is it too soon to try out to be a contestant? I've totally got my fingers crossed for this one, dean or terry doesn't matter. Pyramid is on its way back!
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[quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'218316\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 02:03 AM\']Is it too soon to try out to be a contestant?[/quote]
Right now, yes. These were just pilots, so right now, CBS hasn't made any definite plans. I'm keeping fingers crossed so I can make that drive to New York. :-)
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Regarding the "trilons": Could it be possible that they are actually monitors made to simulate the physical trilon movement? Like the Family Feud "survey board" shown in the Game Show Marathon. Something about the "lighting" on them doesn't look authentic. Not complaining, just musing.
I know the creator was working on a Pyramid sim before GSM requested his services.
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[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'218313\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 10:35 PM\']Last I checked, this was the Game Show Forum, not the Lemon Shouts Down Those That Disagree With Him Forum.[/quote]
This isn't the "CarShark Cries Abused Victim Every Time Someone Disagrees With Him Forum" either.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218268\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 03:00 PM\'][quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'218229\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 08:24 AM\']Which begs the question - if they're able to fit in the 7-in-30 game now, why did Sony resort to that horrendous 6-in-20 format?[/quote]
Well, a couple of possible reasons. I believe there is more commercial time built into a syndicated show than a network one, so the Donnymid program may simply have been a little bit shorter. Still, probably the biggest reason was the most misguided -- change for change's sake. That producer had shown for years his desire to put his own stamp on the very structure of the game, and even after theoretically learning his lessons from those ill-conceived pilots, it could simply be that he felt he had to tweak something.
To my mind, the 6-in-20 thing was the biggest flaw of Donnymid. It has nothing to do with nostalgia and everythign to do with pacing. Put them on that same steel-girder set, or have them play it in somebody's garage. The game works in thirty-second chunks.
[/quote]
Yeah, if you timed any episode of Donnymid without the commercials, it comes to about 19-20 minutes in program length. I agree it was the commercial factor that Sony decided to have the 6-in-20 format, being it was a syndicated show.
However, in the UK version, and with Osmond as host, it went back to the 7-in-30 format. You're right, Matt, the front game worked better in that way you said because the teams could have a little breathing room while playing as the clock ticks away.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218322\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:59 AM\']Regarding the "trilons": Could it be possible that they are actually monitors made to simulate the physical trilon movement?[/quote]
Yes, it COULD be that they are monitors, but they are not.
I was sitting front row in the upstage left bleachers; during breaks after WC play I could clearly see stagehands resetting the slides for an upcoming round. Same with the small pyramid. Slides.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218322\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:59 AM\']Regarding the "trilons": Could it be possible that they are actually monitors made to simulate the physical trilon movement? Like the Family Feud "survey board" shown in the Game Show Marathon. Something about the "lighting" on them doesn't look authentic. Not complaining, just musing.
I know the creator was working on a Pyramid sim before GSM requested his services.[/quote]
Adding to above...in some of the pics you can clearly see the trilons partly turned and the gaps between them. I think the lighting issue is just the angle of the pics. I bet it will look different on TV. That, and also since it's a pilot it was probably a "hurry up and do it" type job with the lights inside and they may fix it if/when it goes to series.
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So Dean Cain will host on June 19. That explains why they cancelled the taping on June 17, which I went to the Kaufman Astoria studios for. The set looks fantastic, a throwback to the 80s Pyramid. I really do hope CBS picks this up. You know who I think would make a good Pyramid host - Pat Kiernan. He has a low-key quality but keeps things in control, which is what you need for a Pyramid host, and he's worked for Michael Davies before, with World Series of Pop Culture and Grand Slam.
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[quote name=\'bwood\' post=\'218330\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 09:23 AM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218322\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:59 AM\']Regarding the "trilons": Could it be possible that they are actually monitors made to simulate the physical trilon movement? Like the Family Feud "survey board" shown in the Game Show Marathon. Something about the "lighting" on them doesn't look authentic. Not complaining, just musing.
I know the creator was working on a Pyramid sim before GSM requested his services.[/quote]
Adding to above...in some of the pics you can clearly see the trilons partly turned and the gaps between them. I think the lighting issue is just the angle of the pics. I bet it will look different on TV. That, and also since it's a pilot it was probably a "hurry up and do it" type job with the lights inside and they may fix it if/when it goes to series.
[/quote]
I think this picture (http://\"http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz265/MJose00/?action=view¤t=DSCN0986.jpg\") here clearly shows that they are not monitors. I agree with Joe's point about the lighting, but you can see the backdrop in this image through the partially turned trilon. In addition, looking at the top one, you can see how it is protruded out from the board. I could easily see why monitors may be used, but if they are going to keep trilons, it is once again a great throwback to the Clark days.
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As a side point - I know this is in the pilot stage, but all things considered, that is a pretty decent set. If it gets picked up, I can see where they would make come improvements, but this is a job well done.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'218334\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 11:23 AM\']You know who I think would make a good Pyramid host - Pat Kiernan. He has a low-key quality but keeps things in control, which is what you need for a Pyramid host, and he's worked for Michael Davies before, with World Series of Pop Culture and Grand Slam.[/quote]
Quoted for truth.
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Pat's a good choice. Off the board, I've heard suggestions for Bob Goen, which is a great choice too. Both are in that Dick Clark mold of letting the game shine, but not being total robots who couldn't inject some personality if needed. Plus, Bob's a familiar enough face to work on the "have to have a name" level. At least in my opinion.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218323\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 04:03 AM\']This isn't the "CarShark Cries Abused Victim Every Time Someone Disagrees With Him Forum" either.[/quote]
Gimme a break, Joe. I don't do this all the time, but I am going to defend myself when one of the resident cyberbullies decides to attack me. Lemon obviously didn't want to move the conversation forward. He just wanted to make a joke at someone else's expense. Again. The fact that I'm seemingly the only one who doesn't just roll over and take it makes me a bit of a lightning rod.
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'218344\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 12:57 PM\']Pat's a good choice. Off the board, I've heard suggestions for Bob Goen, which is a great choice too. Both are in that Dick Clark mold of letting the game shine, but not being total robots who couldn't inject some personality if needed. Plus, Bob's a familiar enough face to work on the "have to have a name" level. At least in my opinion.[/quote]
Both are good choices. I'm surprised Pat hasn't been tapped for one of the pilots, given that he did actually host an Embassy Row game for two seasons, compared to Tim's Chain Reaction pilot (not slighting Tim).
Speaking of CR, they should get Dylan Lane in there too...
/I keed.
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[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'218336\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 11:38 AM\']As a side point - I know this is in the pilot stage, but all things considered, that is a pretty decent set. If it gets picked up, I can see where they would make come improvements, but this is a job well done.[/quote]
I agree; it's reminiscent of the original Pyramid designs. The one thing I would "tweak", and I sincerely hope it happens. Put the audience back in its proper place, off camera. Seeing an audience situated around the set is a bit of a distraction for me. I want to connect with the players, and their game. In some of the pictures, the stage looked so narrow, it appeared that Pyramid is being staged on bowling alley. That's not a complaint. Pyramid is hopefully, well on its way back to the airwaves. That is something!
I have a question for anyone who was there at the taping. Is it a "cold" opening? Is there a little spiel; a "Keep your eye..." maybe?
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218327\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 08:07 AM\']Yes, it COULD be that they are monitors, but they are not.
I was sitting front row in the upstage left bleachers; during breaks after WC play I could clearly see stagehands resetting the slides for an upcoming round. Same with the small pyramid. Slides.[/quote]
Aha, thanks. :)
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218362\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:50 PM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218327\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 08:07 AM\']Yes, it COULD be that they are monitors, but they are not.
I was sitting front row in the upstage left bleachers; during breaks after WC play I could clearly see stagehands resetting the slides for an upcoming round. Same with the small pyramid. Slides.[/quote]
Aha, thanks. :)
[/quote]
Looking at one of the WC photos, if you look at the corners of the slides, they appear dimmer than the rest of the slide. That made me believe they were backlit.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218363\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 04:03 PM\'][quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'218362\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:50 PM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218327\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 08:07 AM\']Yes, it COULD be that they are monitors, but they are not.
I was sitting front row in the upstage left bleachers; during breaks after WC play I could clearly see stagehands resetting the slides for an upcoming round. Same with the small pyramid. Slides.[/quote]
Aha, thanks. :)
[/quote]
Looking at one of the WC photos, if you look at the corners of the slides, they appear dimmer than the rest of the slide. That made me believe they were backlit.
[/quote]
They are backlit. But--didn't I post about this yesterday?--the lightboxes are quite even. It's the slides themselves that are *shaded* to look dimmer in the corners. Seemed a nice retro touch to me.
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Anybody going to Friday's taping? (Aside from me, that is.)
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218366\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 04:20 PM\']Anybody going to Friday's taping? (Aside from me, that is.)[/quote]
I'll be along, and $20 richer! Thanks, Craigslist!
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218366\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 04:20 PM\']Anybody going to Friday's taping? (Aside from me, that is.)[/quote]
Hi Clay !
I hope you will give us updates tomorrow.
Can you try and keep an eye out for the announcer (if he's in Studio), some have mentioned that it might be Alan Kalter, but I do not think this is confirmed. I'd like to know if it's him.
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218357\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 03:07 PM\'][quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'218336\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 11:38 AM\']As a side point - I know this is in the pilot stage, but all things considered, that is a pretty decent set. If it gets picked up, I can see where they would make come improvements, but this is a job well done.[/quote]
I agree; it's reminiscent of the original Pyramid designs. The one thing I would "tweak", and I sincerely hope it happens. Put the audience back in its proper place, off camera. Seeing an audience situated around the set is a bit of a distraction for me. I want to connect with the players, and their game. In some of the pictures, the stage looked so narrow, it appeared that Pyramid is being staged on bowling alley. That's not a complaint. Pyramid is hopefully, well on its way back to the airwaves. That is something!
I have a question for anyone who was there at the taping. Is it a "cold" opening? Is there a little spiel; a "Keep your eye..." maybe?
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If they move the show to the CBS Broadcast Center (if it goes to series), it's possible the audience may be off camera. I'm 50/50 about the audience being located on the sides. On the plus side, its different for Pyramid, and I like it when the audience is shown on TV. On the downside, I feel it may be a distraction for both the players and the the home audience, as the audience is VERY close to the contestants. Another thing to consider.... what happens if someone in the audience does something goofy at a big moment in the front game, and they have to stop tape, and it winds up costing the player the game ? It could be dangerous.
I'd also like to know more about the opening, if there is one. They may plan to add it, in post production.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'218413\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 10:37 PM\'][quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218366\' date=\'Jun 18 2009, 04:20 PM\']Anybody going to Friday's taping? (Aside from me, that is.)[/quote]
Hi Clay !
I hope you will give us updates tomorrow.
Can you try and keep an eye out for the announcer (if he's in Studio), some have mentioned that it might be Alan Kalter, but I do not think this is confirmed. I'd like to know if it's him.
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At Tuesday's taping, I couldn't see the announcer, and could barely hear the opening announcement over the audience's applause. I wouldn't be surprised it was pre-taped. In one of the openings, Tim thanked "Alan"--but in another, he thanked "Michael"--and what little I heard of the announcement sounded vaguely British. Perhaps it was Mr. Davies, filling in?
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Could it be that Alan Kalter is the announcer they want, but by the time the second show was taping Alan needed to be back at Letterman's show?
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'218435\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 09:34 AM\']Could it be that Alan Kalter is the announcer they want, but by the time the second show was taping Alan needed to be back at Letterman's show?[/quote]
Sure, that's possible. It's also possible they pretaped his one line at the Letterman studio. Since I didn't hear the voice clearly, it's even possible it was Alan Arkin. ;)
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218434\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 09:24 AM\']At Tuesday's taping, I couldn't see the announcer, and could barely hear the opening announcement over the audience's applause. I wouldn't be surprised it was pre-taped. In one of the openings, Tim thanked "Alan"--but in another, he thanked "Michael"--and what little I heard of the announcement sounded vaguely British. Perhaps it was Mr. Davies, filling in?[/quote]
My friend who went said that was indeed Michael Davies doing that particular opening.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'218438\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 11:42 AM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'218435\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 09:34 AM\']Could it be that Alan Kalter is the announcer they want, but by the time the second show was taping Alan needed to be back at Letterman's show?[/quote]
Sure, that's possible. It's also possible they pretaped his one line at the Letterman studio. Since I didn't hear the voice clearly, it's even possible it was Alan Arkin. ;)
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Oh, I absolutely loved him in Wait Until Dark, didn't you?
Truly, I tell you, dear ones, I don't care if it's an emcee and/or announcer that I've never heard of, just as long as they're good.
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I just went back and looked at the set pictures, and something looks off to me...maybe its just me, but the set looks sorta...unfocused, if that's even a word. I know it's just a pilot, but the contestant island/audience barriers use the color scheme like the pyramid bases from the 1980s, the top of the pyramid looks like a 50s roadside inn/50s Vegas sign, but the rest of the set has the whole modern neon thing going. It looks like somebody wanted to find a way to incoroporate a bunch of different set elements/colors/designs without thinking it through.
Quick question for anybody who attended the taping: did the contestant area look any different when lit up?
Like I said, I know its just a pilot, but I just took a second look and wondered if anybody saw what I did.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 12:58 PM\']Like I said, I know its just a pilot, but I just took a second look and wondered if anybody saw what I did.[/quote]
I, too, hope a few changes will be made. I like that it's not as bland as Donnymid, but it's really garish. The colors are too much, and Vegas-y doesn't feel quite right for Pyramid. Also, putting the "$1,000,000" in Times Roman Bold is just plain lazy.
I'd like seeing the audience behind the host, but it does seem distracting and a potential problem behind the players. A real audience always brought something great to the show, so it's nice to see them.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'218451\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 02:38 PM\']Also, putting the "$1,000,000" in Times Roman Bold is just plain lazy.[/quote]
It's not Arial...I'll give them that much. :-)
As for the intro, the "Take a look at this spot" would be sweet, but one thing I always wanted to see Donnymid do was incorporate the winning clips from past Pyramids, i.e. 70s-current day. Would be even sweeter, seeing that this version seems to be heading closer to its roots.
/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 02:14 PM\']/Oh, and do "TEH WINNARZ" when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]
Forgot the traditional Bob Stewart Brand Quotation Marks TM
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[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'218461\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 04:31 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 02:14 PM\']/Oh, and do "TEH WINNARZ" when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]
Forgot the traditional Bob Stewart Brand Quotation Marks TM
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Yes! Good call! :-)
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 12:58 PM\']'
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Like I said, I know its just a pilot, but I just took a second look and wondered if anybody saw what I did.[/quote]
Out of curiosity - can there be a hold on nitpicking until, say, we see a video or -- hey -- it gets on the air?
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[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'218466\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 04:04 PM\']Out of curiosity - can there be a hold on nitpicking until, say, we see a video or -- hey -- it gets on the air?[/quote]
Photographs not accurate enough for you?
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'218468\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 04:49 PM\'][quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'218466\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 04:04 PM\']Out of curiosity - can there be a hold on nitpicking until, say, we see a video or -- hey -- it gets on the air?[/quote]
Photographs not accurate enough for you?
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You seen it in motion?
Besides, a pilot is just that - for things to *change.* My wish is that some people would take into consideration that there's only so much that's going to be spent on a pilot. Maybe this will be the final set - maybe it won't. You or I don't know that.
Why not rejoice in the fact that it's going in the right direction?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it. (http://\"http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1664/winz09.gif\")
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That thing someone said about "Alan Kalter is the announcer but couldn't make it and Michael Davies was filling in" was correct. They had him (Davies) step out and record the line in the clear before taping started. The opening spiel is: "From the CBS Studios in New York, this is The One Million Dollar Pyramid! Today's guests are Kathy Najimy, and (that other guy). Here's your host, Dean (whatshisface)!"
Earlier someone asked if they're using the traditional clock sound effect: indeterminate. Everything is silent during the Winner's Circle in-studio except for correct answers and buzzes. (No visible clock, either. Or maybe it's just 'cause I was facing away from all the monitors and such.) There seems to be a lot of "We'll fix it in post" going on at this point, which I assume will get tightened up if/when it goes to air.
Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218500\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 10:56 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it. (http://\"http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1664/winz09.gif\")
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I lol'd
Good job!
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[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'218504\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:28 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218500\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 10:56 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218453\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 03:14 PM\']/Oh, and do TEH WINNARZ when the team wins. ;-)[/quote]You got it. (http://\"http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1664/winz09.gif\")
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I lol'd
Good job!
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Seconded. Looks like we have a replacement for the 70s pic! :-)
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Hope the water bottle was there just for the rehearsal.
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Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'218510\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:43 AM\']Hope the water bottle was there just for the rehearsal.[/quote]The gif now comes in an Aquafina-less variety. (http://\"http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1664/winz09.gif\")
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218511\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:44 AM\']Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?[/quote]The larger image (http://\"http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5125/dscn0979q.jpg\") shows... maybe?
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[quote name=\'MST\' post=\'218503\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:27 AM\']Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug[/quote]
Well, it seems only fair that they retain something from Donnymid.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218511\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:44 AM\']Just noticed something else interesting about that pic. There's two desk mics, but is Ken also wearing a lavalier?[/quote]
Body pack, yeah. Are the desk mics doing anything, or just for show, I wonder. There are a pair on a stand in the Winner's Circle, too, but I wonder if it was just for retro-cred, since everybody's on a wireless.
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How did Friday's pilot taping go? Any news?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218536\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 07:15 AM\'][quote name=\'MST\' post=\'218503\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 12:27 AM\']Also, the warmup comedian they're using is terrible at actually warming people up. /shrug[/quote]
Well, it seems only fair that they retain something from Donnymid.
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Who was the warm-up comedian? Was it someone other than the announcer? I am assuming that Alan Kalter was not the announcer. Last time I saw him announcing, thirty-four years ago at The Money Maze, he did his own warm-up.
In my own opinion:
Donnymid - A rather unentertaining, albeit thankfully brief chapter in Pyramid history. A time in which the game got crammed into a 22 minute time slot. OK, they had to allot for more commercial time. That's just the requirements of commercial television these days.
I felt that because they changed celebrities and contestants every show, there was no time to "connect" with anyone playing the game. At times, I recall them changing celebrities in the middle of a show. Dick Clark played only one game in his appearance. Am I correct? And without having any time to know who a contestant was, by the time they went for the $100,000, who cared?
My biggest issue with Donnymid - Did someone, or many people on staff think that their audience was stupid? Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds? Maybe that's why they changed the front game to "six in twenty", to have the extra time for all those "supers". I would like to know if they thought we had to be reminded of how many subjects were "needed to win"?
Donnymid - Will we ever let it go?
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 01:58 PM\']the top of the pyramid looks like a 50s roadside inn/50s Vegas sign, but the rest of the set has the whole modern neon thing going. It looks like somebody wanted to find a way to incoroporate a bunch of different set elements/colors/designs without thinking it through.[/quote]
Maybe they did "think it through" and are going to promote the show in the style of a certain chain of "roadside inns". I can hear it now...
"Pyramid 6. We'll leave the trilons flippin' for you."
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 10:56 AM\']Dick Clark played only one game in his appearance. Am I correct?[/quote]
No, you are not.
My biggest issue with Donnymid - Did someone, or many people on staff think that their audience was stupid?
By virtue of the production staff thinking the viewing audience would go for that pile of crap: yes, yes they did.
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'218563\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 02:26 PM\']By virtue of the production staff thinking the viewing audience would go for that pile of crap: yes, yes they did.[/quote]
Are we assured that most everyone who has a say in this one doesn't also think like this? Or are they going to start howling "where's the girders and the plasma screens? (cuz we need MORE FLASH!!!!!!!!!)" or "Where's Donny?" if the ball gets rolling?
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[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'218568\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 11:49 AM\']Are we assured that most everyone who has a say in this one doesn't also think like this? Or are they going to start howling "where's the girders and the plasma screens? (cuz we need MORE FLASH!!!!!!!!!)" or "Where's Donny?" if the ball gets rolling?[/quote]
No, we are not. But since there's nothing at all we can do about it if they do, there is no sense in getting worked up over the possibility.
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218558\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:05 PM\'][quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 01:58 PM\']the top of the pyramid looks like a 50s roadside inn/50s Vegas sign, but the rest of the set has the whole modern neon thing going. It looks like somebody wanted to find a way to incoroporate a bunch of different set elements/colors/designs without thinking it through.[/quote]
Maybe they did "think it through" and are going to promote the show in the style of a certain chain of "roadside inns". I can hear it now...
"Pyramid 6. We'll leave the trilons flippin' for you."
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Even still, nothing beats the original Holiday Inn road signs....those things were epic.
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Does anybody know who directed this- Mark Gentile, perhaps?
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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Seconded.
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[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'218466\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 04:04 PM\'][quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218448\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 12:58 PM\']'
<snip>
Like I said, I know its just a pilot, but I just took a second look and wondered if anybody saw what I did.[/quote]
Out of curiosity - can there be a hold on nitpicking until, say, we see a video or -- hey -- it gets on the air?
[/quote]
I sceond this, after all, it is just a pilot. Hell, I think the set is great considering it is a pilot. It just needs to be snazed up a bit if it goes to production, but I have no doubt that will happen.
I completely agree with waiting until it goes to air to really start being too picky.
-Ryan
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[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']I felt that because they changed celebrities and contestants every show, there was no time to "connect" with anyone playing the game.[/quote]I felt the same way. Not having returning champions like previous versions made that stand out more. I think modern game shows have two extremes: they either try to be contestant-driven, with constant joking and sob stories (DOND, Millionaire, Lyrics) or just give them the name, rank and serial number treatment (Catch 21, Wheel, TP: AP). I think the best show for contestant interaction in a while was Lingo. Chuck Woolery made just about every contestant seem like the most interesting person in the world, and he and Shandi would mention it later, tie things into the words. They just had fun with it. Newlywed Game's good for that, by design, although the current format hamstrings things somewhat.
I would like to know if they thought we had to be reminded of how many subjects were "needed to win"?
Well, from watching reruns on GSN (especially the second season), they seemed to try to take as few wide shots of the big board as possible. If the pair run up the board normally, there's no problem. If they skip around and come back, I can see how someone at home might lose track.
As for 6-in-20, I can understand why they did that, if the reasoning was time. What I couldn't understand was why a time-strapped show insisted on making a big deal of the front game category reveals, and the laughs they generated...or didn't. I believe having normal categories and going to 6-in-25 would have saved they syndie version a similar amount of time. As for the upcoming CBS series, I'm a bit worried about it. The only other half-hour show CBS has in daytime is Bold and Beautiful, and that clocks in on most days at a little under 20 minutes. I have no idea how they plan on getting two front games and two Winners' Circles into that.
EDIT- Just saw the comment about the celebrities. The distinctly more casual atmosphere on Donnymid was part of that, because I don't think Pyramid (or game shows in general) drew a lot of "big" celebrities during the 80s. The 70s, maybe.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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I need to dip into the GSForum lexicon for this one; what does "QFT" mean?
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'218583\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 06:33 PM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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I need to dip into the GSForum lexicon for this one; what does "QFT" mean?
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Quoted For Truth.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'218585\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 06:37 PM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'218583\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 06:33 PM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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I need to dip into the GSForum lexicon for this one; what does "QFT" mean?
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Quoted For Truth.
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QFT ;-).
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'218585\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 05:37 PM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'218583\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 06:33 PM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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I need to dip into the GSForum lexicon for this one; what does "QFT" mean?
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Quoted For Truth.
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In this case, I was going for the stronger Quite F***ing True.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218592\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 07:09 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'218585\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 05:37 PM\'][quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'218583\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 06:33 PM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218574\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218567\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'218557\' date=\'Jun 20 2009, 01:56 PM\']Did they think we had to be reminded of a celebrity's name or show title every thirty seconds?[/quote]Considering on some shows it was uncertain who was the "celebrity" and who was the contestant, yes.
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QFT.
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I need to dip into the GSForum lexicon for this one; what does "QFT" mean?
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Quoted For Truth.
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In this case, I was going for the stronger Quite F***ing True.
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I always thought it meant "Quit F'n Talking".
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[quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'218634\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 01:46 AM\']I always thought it meant "Quit F'n Talking".[/quote]
If you'd seen oodles and oodles of posts, context clues should have lead you to believe otherwise. But just seeing it every once in a while, I suppose different word combinations could occur. Lord knows how many times I've read stuff on this board and had to parse what an abbreviation meant. The worst was YMMV.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218646\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:59 AM\']The worst was YMMV.[/quote]
Except that if you Google it, you immediately get the answer. Same with QFT. Neither of these are remotely specific to our forum.
I'm not saying you shouldn't ask if you want to know, and I'm certainly not saying everybody should have the entire list of internet abbreviations memorized. I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218648\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 07:29 AM\']I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.[/quote]And the winner of one Internet is you!
/relevant jargon you'd have to look up: JFGI
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[quote name=\'rialtus\' post=\'218649\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 10:25 AM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218648\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 07:29 AM\']I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.[/quote]And the winner of one Internet is you!
/relevant jargon you'd have to look up: JFGI
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Let me Google that for you. (http://\"http://lmgtfy.com/?q=JFGI\")
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (http://\"http://www.jfgi.org\")? Oh wait....
Greg
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Any differences between Tuesday's and Friday's pilots? I thought I read that Dean Cain did well, but any format changes or anything? More throwbacks to the 80s version? Alan Kalter?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'218658\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 01:22 PM\']Any differences between Tuesday's and Friday's pilots? I thought I read that Dean Cain did well, but any format changes or anything? More throwbacks to the 80s version? Alan Kalter?[/quote]
Different celebs--Kathy Najimi and Mo Rocca--but no changes to the format.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218648\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:29 AM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218646\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:59 AM\']The worst was YMMV.[/quote]
Except that if you Google it, you immediately get the answer. Same with QFT. Neither of these are remotely specific to our forum.
I'm not saying you shouldn't ask if you want to know, and I'm certainly not saying everybody should have the entire list of internet abbreviations memorized. I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.
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No sh*t? Let me clarify. I meant figure it out on my own, using context. QFT was looked up quite a while ago; I doubt I ever would have guessed "quoted for truth." I was happy to discover I had figured out YMMV without looking it up. Nothing to get huffy about. Just another inconsequential rest stop on the information superhighway.
Clear now?
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Any word on if the 7-11 and Mystery 7 bonuses survived, or are they using different bonus cards/no FG bonuses?
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There's still 7-11, but no Mystery 7.
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I've read conflicting reports, so I'll ask. Is Pyramid in the pilot stage or is this a go on CBS' schedule in September? I don't want to read through 31 pages to find out.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'218737\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 02:07 PM\']I've read conflicting reports, so I'll ask. Is Pyramid in the pilot stage or is this a go on CBS' schedule in September? I don't want to read through 31 pages to find out.[/quote]
It is in the pilot stage, as of now. I even informed one Pyramid fan through an e-mail that is just that right now. However, in the event that it does go to series in September, and if does tape at Kaufman-Astoria in Queens, I gave him subway directions as to how to get to the studio.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218648\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:29 AM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218646\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:59 AM\']The worst was YMMV.[/quote]
Except that if you Google it, you immediately get the answer. Same with QFT. Neither of these are remotely specific to our forum.
I'm not saying you shouldn't ask if you want to know, and I'm certainly not saying everybody should have the entire list of internet abbreviations memorized. I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.
[/quote]
If you loved Words Have Meanings, tune in this fall to the all-new Abbreviations Have Meanings!
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'218752\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 03:08 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218648\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:29 AM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218646\' date=\'Jun 21 2009, 09:59 AM\']The worst was YMMV.[/quote]
Except that if you Google it, you immediately get the answer. Same with QFT. Neither of these are remotely specific to our forum.
I'm not saying you shouldn't ask if you want to know, and I'm certainly not saying everybody should have the entire list of internet abbreviations memorized. I'm just surprised people don't realize they can almost always find the answers themselves with virtually no effort at all.
[/quote]
If you loved Words Have Meanings, tune in this fall to the all-new Abbreviations Have Meanings!
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Ouch, my incredibly fragile ego! Some of us don't have thick hides, Mr. Armadillo.
\See what I did there? One of the few members on the board where that joke works.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218797\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 09:57 PM\']Ouch, my incredibly fragile ego! Some of us don't have thick hides, Mr. Armadillo.
\See what I did there? One of the few members on the board where that joke works.[/quote]
Nicely done.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218797\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 08:57 PM\']Ouch, my incredibly fragile ego! Some of us don't have thick hides, Mr. Armadillo.
\See what I did there? One of the few members on the board where that joke works.[/quote]
Very well played, sir. I nearly rogl'd.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'218830\' date=\'Jun 23 2009, 09:34 AM\'][quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'218797\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 08:57 PM\']Ouch, my incredibly fragile ego! Some of us don't have thick hides, Mr. Armadillo.
\See what I did there? One of the few members on the board where that joke works.[/quote]
Very well played, sir. I nearly rogl'd.
[/quote]
Rolled On the Gravel Laughing?
\Armadillo's idea isn't bad
\\Now we just need someone along the lines of Nipsey Russell to host it
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Reviving the thread...
As of now, WUSA in Washington will not be carrying this at 3pm (if it happens), opting instead for the new syndicated series "Dr. Oz." It won't be the first market to skip it, unfortunately.
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'219306\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 10:08 AM\']Reviving the thread...
As of now, WUSA in Washington will not be carrying this at 3pm (if it happens), opting instead for the new syndicated series "Dr. Oz." It won't be the first market to skip it, unfortunately.[/quote]
Maybe I missed something or maybe I misread something, but I thought if Pyramid went on air, it'd take the 10 AM slot on CBS, preceding the Price is Right, and not enter syndication right away. Am I wrong in thinking this?
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[quote name=\'pacdude\' post=\'219318\' date=\'Jul 2 2009, 03:52 PM\']it'd take the 10 AM slot on CBS[/quote]Depending on the market, Guiding Light airs/aired at either 10 am or 3 pm. (Or, if you live in Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, it doesn't air on CBS at all.) So, if the combination of Pyramid/Dating/Deal takes up the old timeslot of Guiding Light, that timeslot will differ.
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'219306\' date=\'Jul 1 2009, 10:08 AM\']Reviving the thread...
As of now, WUSA in Washington will not be carrying this at 3pm (if it happens), opting instead for the new syndicated series "Dr. Oz." It won't be the first market to skip it, unfortunately.[/quote]
I emailed WHP (Harrisburg) to ask them and got this reply from the "programming manager":
Aaron,
At this time there are no changes on the CBS lineup. No word yet from CBS about a Guiding Light replacement or what time period they are planning on taking.
So much for a straight answer..
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219323\' date=\'Jul 2 2009, 04:14 PM\']
At this time there are no changes on the CBS lineup. No word yet from CBS about a Guiding Light replacement or what time period they are planning on taking.
So much for a straight answer..[/quote]
How is that not a straight answer? Guiding Light isn't done until September. CBS certainly hasn't announced anything publicly about what they're doing with the slot, and only a small handful of industry people and us rabid fans are even aware that Pyramid is under consideration. Seems perfectly likely that local station managers don't have any more of a clue than we do right now.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219343\' date=\'Jul 2 2009, 11:25 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219323\' date=\'Jul 2 2009, 04:14 PM\']
At this time there are no changes on the CBS lineup. No word yet from CBS about a Guiding Light replacement or what time period they are planning on taking.
So much for a straight answer..[/quote]
How is that not a straight answer? Guiding Light isn't done until September. CBS certainly hasn't announced anything publicly about what they're doing with the slot, and only a small handful of industry people and us rabid fans are even aware that Pyramid is under consideration. Seems perfectly likely that local station managers don't have any more of a clue than we do right now.
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Maybe you read it differently than I, but what I was mainly wondering (and I might have not made that clear in my original message) was if WHP was going to show the GL replacement at 3pm, or at 10am. Unless I've missed the boat somewhere along the way, I've been under the impression that CBS was going to continue to program the 3pm hour, as compared to giving that hour back in exchange for 10am.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219353\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 02:36 AM\']Maybe you read it differently than I, but what I was mainly wondering (and I might have not made that clear in my original message) was if WHP was going to show the GL replacement at 3pm, or at 10am. Unless I've missed the boat somewhere along the way, I've been under the impression that CBS was going to continue to program the 3pm hour, as compared to giving that hour back in exchange for 10am.[/quote]
...and the answer is: they don't know. They know the schedule is going to change when GL goes off the air. Whether that's by another show filling its slot, or shuffling around the schedule to make the show fit better, they don't know. When CBS decides what they're going to put in that slot, then, maybe, they will know. Until then, they do not.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219354\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 05:45 AM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219353\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 02:36 AM\']Maybe you read it differently than I, but what I was mainly wondering (and I might have not made that clear in my original message) was if WHP was going to show the GL replacement at 3pm, or at 10am. Unless I've missed the boat somewhere along the way, I've been under the impression that CBS was going to continue to program the 3pm hour, as compared to giving that hour back in exchange for 10am.[/quote]
...and the answer is: they don't know. They know the schedule is going to change when GL goes off the air. Whether that's by another show filling its slot, or shuffling around the schedule to make the show fit better, they don't know. When CBS decides what they're going to put in that slot, then, maybe, they will know. Until then, they do not.
[/quote]
OK. I'd assumed* that the new offering would simply replace GL at 3pm.
* We all know what happens when one assumes
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Right now, it looks like the affiliates have the option to show GL at 10:00 or 3:00 and take the other hour for themselves. It all depends whether, I guess, they see the best use of 3:00 as an extension of the network soap block or of their own local syndie/news block.
I would think that if game shows are the replacement, there will be a greater percentage taking the 10 am option.
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[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'219382\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 03:04 PM\']I would think that if game shows are the replacement, there will be a greater percentage taking the 10 am option.[/quote]
As much as I would love to see an afternoon network game show for the first time in a long time, I tend to agree. Another game show would be a great lead-in for TPiR.
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In our particular corner of the Mountain Time Zone, we currently get TPIR (off the live East Coast Feed) at 9AM, followed by Y&R at 10AM. If our station moves Y&R to the old Guiding Light slot at 2PM, we'd have the following:
900 AM: TPIR
1000: Pyramid
1030: LMAD ???
1100: Feud (first-run syndie)
1130: Millionaire (previous season reruns)
This would make for a great 3-hour block of morning game show programming. Plus, Y & R would make a great lead-in for Phil & Oprah.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'219390\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 01:07 PM\']If our station moves Y&R to the old Guiding Light slot at 2PM,[/quote]
...they'd be high as a friggin' kite, considering that Y&R is WAAAAAY more of an anchor show than GL ever was.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219396\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 04:24 PM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'219390\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 01:07 PM\']If our station moves Y&R to the old Guiding Light slot at 2PM,[/quote]
...they'd be high as a friggin' kite, considering that Y&R is WAAAAAY more of an anchor show than GL ever was.
[/quote]
Absolutely. There are only a handful of stations I know of that don't run Y&R at its designated time for that time zone..It's been at 12:30 (EST) for nearly 30 years for a reason......
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219323\' date=\'Jul 2 2009, 04:14 PM\']I emailed WHP (Harrisburg) to ask them and got this reply from the "programming manager":
Aaron,
At this time there are no changes on the CBS lineup. No word yet from CBS about a Guiding Light replacement or what time period they are planning on taking.
So much for a straight answer..
[/quote]
I am ASTONISHED that you got a reply from them at all. I have emailed them half a dozen times over the past couple years and never received a response once. They're still a sorry excuse for a TV station though.
/ObGameShow: WHP aired Combs daytime Feud at noon because they could not afford to slap together a noon news program at the time.
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'219411\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 05:20 PM\']I am ASTONISHED that you got a reply from them at all. I have emailed them half a dozen times over the past couple years and never received a response once. They're still a sorry excuse for a TV station though.
/ObGameShow: WHP aired Combs daytime Feud at noon because they could not afford to slap together a noon news program at the time.[/quote]
They usually are pretty good at emailing back, believe it or not. I do watch their news from time to time. I try to watch 8, 21, and 27 equally (and 15 and 43 if I remember).
As for the Feud at noon, they *still* can't afford to slap together a noon news program. The '80s were an off and on time of noon news for them.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219422\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 06:48 PM\'][quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'219411\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 05:20 PM\']I am ASTONISHED that you got a reply from them at all. I have emailed them half a dozen times over the past couple years and never received a response once. They're still a sorry excuse for a TV station though.
/ObGameShow: WHP aired Combs daytime Feud at noon because they could not afford to slap together a noon news program at the time.[/quote]
They usually are pretty good at emailing back, believe it or not. I do watch their news from time to time. I try to watch 8, 21, and 27 equally (and 15 and 43 if I remember).
As for the Feud at noon, they *still* can't afford to slap together a noon news program. The '80s were an off and on time of noon news for them.
[/quote]
And oddly enough noon is the one time that WHP would have a snowball's chance in hell of catching WGAL...at least that was true a few years ago.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219409\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 05:03 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219396\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 04:24 PM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'219390\' date=\'Jul 3 2009, 01:07 PM\']If our station moves Y&R to the old Guiding Light slot at 2PM,[/quote]
...they'd be high as a friggin' kite, considering that Y&R is WAAAAAY more of an anchor show than GL ever was.
[/quote]
Absolutely. There are only a handful of stations I know of that don't run Y&R at its designated time for that time zone..It's been at 12:30 (EST) for nearly 30 years for a reason......
[/quote]
WRAL, Raleigh NC, has been one of them since the mid 1990s. They show an hour of news at noon. This of
course, is the same station that has pre-empted CBS and/or replaced syndicated programming in the past during the day for "Andy Griffith" reruns.
No word from WUSA yet.
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I'd think that swapping Y&R and GL's timeslots might actually work pretty well in Central Time, where you'd end up with Price at 10, Pyramid/LMAD/DG from 11-12, and local news or syndie programming at noon.
KEYE here in Austin has Meredith Millionaire instead of news at noon, so it would lead to quite a nice game show block there.
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[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'219516\' date=\'Jul 5 2009, 11:31 AM\']I'd think that swapping Y&R and GL's timeslots might actually work pretty well in Central Time, where you'd end up with Price at 10, Pyramid/LMAD/DG from 11-12, and local news or syndie programming at noon.
KEYE here in Austin has Meredith Millionaire instead of news at noon, so it would lead to quite a nice game show block there.[/quote]
I'm surprised that nobody here's mentioned what a station has to go through if they move a show that's been watched at the same time daily all of a sudden for a game show.
As much as it would be cool that you'd have a game show block, realistically - not going to happen that Y&R's going to move for game shows.
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It will be interesting here what happens...my affiliate is one that airs GL at 9AM, followed by the Bonnie Hunt show, then Price. I don't know how well Bonnie's ratings have been...I think GL's been the sacrificial lamb to Regis and Kelly for quite a while now, so I don't know what would happen.
/Who am I kidding? They're probably gonna pick up Dr. Oz for the Oprah trifecta and bump the games altogether. Never mind. Picked up by the black hole of suck of my FOX affiliate.
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[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'219519\' date=\'Jul 5 2009, 03:23 PM\']I'm surprised that nobody here's mentioned what a station has to go through if they move a show that's been watched at the same time daily all of a sudden for a game show.[/quote]
Because we were waiting for you to bring it up. And it took you an awfully long time to do so, I will tell you.
So since you've broached it, man In The Biz, alleviate the anxiety and tell all.
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WUSA: "We will air whatever CBS replacement programming for Guiding Light at 10am" Better than not at all!
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'219659\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 12:53 PM\']WUSA: "We will air whatever CBS replacement programming for Guiding Light at 10am" Better than not at all![/quote]
Best answer possible! YAY!
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'219522\' date=\'Jul 5 2009, 04:39 PM\'][quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'219519\' date=\'Jul 5 2009, 03:23 PM\']I'm surprised that nobody here's mentioned what a station has to go through if they move a show that's been watched at the same time daily all of a sudden for a game show.[/quote]
Because we were waiting for you to bring it up. And it took you an awfully long time to do so, I will tell you.
So since you've broached it, man In The Biz, alleviate the anxiety and tell all.
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A) You were waiting with bells on. Or was that a girl named Belle?
B) I think it was like nine days, according to one board member.
C) The minor things you're looking at is promotion over and over again that there's going to be a time change. However, from the time that you mention that Days of our Lives is going to move a half-hour earlier, chances are you're going to get inundated with phone calls that this was the worst decision in the world - why is this happening, etc. Wait x amount of years, change it again, lather, rinse, repeat.
I'm just trying to show a different perspective of what happens when either an affiliate makes a daytime slot change or the network does it for them (see: Michael Jackson funeral coverage Tuesday and CBS).
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Interesting news out of Atlanta regarding fall shows, according to the AJC...
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/07...z-joining-wxia/ (http://\"http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/07/08/the-ellen-degeneres-show-moves-to-wxia-from-wgcl-dr-oz-joining-wxia/\")
Although not specifically mentioned, it appears that WGCL will air whatever replaces Guiding Light at 3p this fall. GL currently holds the slot.
As far as the future of WWTBAM and DOND in Atlanta go, that remains up in the air. Year-old reruns of WWTBAM still air at 12:30p on WXIA (NBC/Gannett), so I could see the channel move the new episodes to that slot (WXIA currently airs the news at noon). DOND lost both its slots -- 4:30p on WXIA (to Ellen) and 6:30p on WATL (MyNet/Gannett -- to Dr. Oz) -- I could see a DoND block in the afternoons on WATL if the network stops triple-running (!) the "Bad Boy Crew" (Jerry and Maury).
Peachtree TV (Indy/Time Warner -- former Atlanta home for SuperStation TBS) could also be an option for both shows.
7:30p on WXIA is likely not an option (that's slot is now open with "The Insider" moving to WGCL), as WATL airs WOF/J! in the 7p hour.
JD
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[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'219756\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 12:18 PM\']Peachtree TV (Indy/Time Warner -- former Atlanta home for SuperStation TBS) could also be an option for both shows.[/quote]
This is way off-topic, but I need a native to explain something to me. I was in Tennessee visiting family last weekend, and being Braves fans, they watch the games on Peachtree TV. During Peachtree coverage, there are -- strangely -- no commercials. The announcers throw to what ought to be the regular break between innings, at which point we're treated to a mostly silent wide shot of the field. What's the deal with that?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219758\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 12:43 PM\'][quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'219756\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 12:18 PM\']Peachtree TV (Indy/Time Warner -- former Atlanta home for SuperStation TBS) could also be an option for both shows.[/quote]
This is way off-topic, but I need a native to explain something to me. I was in Tennessee visiting family last weekend, and being Braves fans, they watch the games on Peachtree TV. During Peachtree coverage, there are -- strangely -- no commercials. The announcers throw to what ought to be the regular break between innings, at which point we're treated to a mostly silent wide shot of the field. What's the deal with that?
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Since I'm a local, I'll try to help... :)
Did your family watch the game on DirecTV or Dish? Some satellite TV fan Web sites mentioned last season that they've seen Peachtree TV-broadcast games commercial-free through MLB Extra Innings or a local sports package. It's possible DirecTV was connected to a field broadcast of the game, not the direct Peachtree TV broadcast (I've seen DirecTV do that before with NFL exhibition games, with the announcers talking about very strange things during commercial breaks).
JD
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[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'219760\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 01:03 PM\']It's possible DirecTV was connected to a field broadcast of the game, not the direct Peachtree TV broadcast[/quote]
For whatever reason, that appears to be the case. It's DirecTV all right, but nothing fancy like the Extra Innings package. They watch on the regular slot assigned to Peachtree TV. They tell me it's been like that all season.
[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'219760\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 01:03 PM\'](I've seen DirecTV do that before with NFL exhibition games, with the announcers talking about very strange things during commercial breaks).[/quote]
THAT I would pay extra for!
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219779\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 12:40 PM\']For whatever reason, that appears to be the case. It's DirecTV all right, but nothing fancy like the Extra Innings package. They watch on the regular slot assigned to Peachtree TV. They tell me it's been like that all season.[/quote]
According to the Wiki article, there's a goofy thing where Canada was getting the WTBS feed instead of the national TBS one, and a lot of cable outlets still do that after the switch to Peachtree because they would have to get separate clearance to switch to the national TBS feed. So I wonder if this has anything to do with why DirecTV would be carrying the satellite backhaul of the game instead of the intended-for-air version.
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Interesting; Mediacom here in south GA also broadcasts the same formatted Braves Peachtree TV games.
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Hallelujah. (http://\"http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-1000000-pyramid-applications-being-sent-hmm/\")
I sent them something but I don't know if they'll take me, I don't know what their eligibility requirements are. But if anyone does hear positively back from them, be sure to let us know!
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220757\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 06:20 PM\']Hallelujah. (http://\"http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/the-1000000-pyramid-applications-being-sent-hmm/\")
I sent them something but I don't know if they'll take me, I don't know what their eligibility requirements are. But if anyone does hear positively back from them, be sure to let us know![/quote]
I just fired off an application. While I'm not "in the tri-state area", NYC is but about 4 or 5 hours from me. Easy trip.
This is awesome news. Hopefully that's really what it means...I'm trying hard to not get excited but I am going to contain it until I see an official announcement.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'220760\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 06:39 PM\']I am going to contain it until I see an official announcement.[/quote]Rumor has it one could come as early as tomorrow, but yeah, this is about as close to an official announcement as we're going to get until it happens.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220761\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 06:40 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'220760\' date=\'Jul 21 2009, 06:39 PM\']I am going to contain it until I see an official announcement.[/quote]Rumor has it one could come as early as tomorrow, but yeah, this is about as close to an official announcement as we're going to get until it happens.
[/quote]
Here's something interesting from radio-info, another board I frequent:
BTW, Steve Beverly says that the producers of the game shows being considered to replace "GL" will learn their fates probably Wednesday, July 22, so perhaps we'll know what's taking over "GL"'s timeslot(s) (parentheses since "GL" is fed three times: 9 AM, 10 AM, and 3 PM).
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I sent a picture of myself, then they sent an application, and I sent back the completed application, but without a picture attached. So I sent the completed application again, this time with a picture attached. The first attempt won't mess me up, will it?
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Don't worry about it. Stressing at the very beginning of an audition process will do you no favors.
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I just sent an inquiry for the show, with my stats and picture. I honestly don't care that I live in Chicago, but I wanted to give the old graduate student try.
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I am about to send in an application for the $1,000,000 Pyramid. My question is, and I may be stressing out too much on this, but would a contestant coordinator would be less likely to choose a contestant for a callback who sent a professionaly taken photo rather than a recent vacation photo?
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[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'220862\' date=\'Jul 22 2009, 08:52 PM\']I am about to send in an application for the $1,000,000 Pyramid. My question is, and I may be stressing out too much on this, but would a contestant coordinator would be less likely to choose a contestant for a callback who sent a professionaly taken photo rather than a recent vacation photo?[/quote]
They don't like hats and sunglasses, otherwise a recent picture is a recent picture. I sent in one that I did have taken on my most recent vacation about a month ago, but it's no different than what I would look like if I were in my classroom.
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OK... may seem goofy, but I did it anyway. Went ahead and signed up for Pyramid even though I'm way out here in Cali-land. Hopefully if they see enough interest out in the west coast, they will hold an audition out here.
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I live in Chicago, and sent an email yesterday, but haven't heard anything back.
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I e-mailed them Tuesday night and found the application in my inbox the next morning. Depending on what day they plan to hold auditions (would prefer a Thursday or Friday), I have no problem driving to NYC or could take a commuter flight out of Newport News...
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Just to add to the application train, I don't know if I'm eligible or not but I sent in my application earlier in the week. I had to put that I was on Password on the app, so we'll see if it matters.
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[quote name=\'bellbm\' post=\'220923\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 04:24 PM\']I live in Chicago, and sent an email yesterday, but haven't heard anything back.[/quote]
That's funny, seeing how I live in the burbs, and I got an application within an hour...
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Sent in the e-mail yesterday afternoon, had the application arrive in short order.
/eligibility, schmeligibility
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I sent in an application the 21st and have heard nothing.
I can't say I like the fact you have to send a picture with the initial email.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'220932\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:26 PM\']I can't say I like the fact you have to send a picture with the initial email.[/quote]I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else, but it's simple: I (along with the casting agent and others, I assume) really don't want to watch ugly people on television. If they can see before you even start that you're not good looking enough to be on TV, that's less hearts to break. Yeah, it sucks, but them's the breaks. It's the way the biz works. Whether it's for good or for bad or fair or unfair is one's opinion. In 2009, being a game show contestant is just like being cast for any TV show or movie - if you don't fit what they're looking for, they won't accept you.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220933\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'220932\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:26 PM\']I can't say I like the fact you have to send a picture with the initial email.[/quote]I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else, but it's simple: I (along with the casting agent and others, I assume) really don't want to watch ugly people on television. If they can see before you even start that you're not good looking enough to be on TV, that's less hearts to break. Yeah, it sucks, but them's the breaks. It's the way the biz works. Whether it's for good or for bad or fair or unfair is one's opinion. In 2009, being a game show contestant is just like being cast for any TV show or movie - if you don't fit what they're looking for, they won't accept you.
[/quote]
Does not Approve. (http://\"http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/c/n/simpMoeSzyslak.jpg\")
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220933\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 04:34 PM\']I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else,[/quote]
...and yet, it still came off completely dicky.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220933\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 04:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'220932\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:26 PM\']I can't say I like the fact you have to send a picture with the initial email.[/quote]I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else, but it's simple: I (along with the casting agent and others, I assume) really don't want to watch ugly people on television. [/quote]
Jeez, you've got SUCH a way with words.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220933\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'220932\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 07:26 PM\']I can't say I like the fact you have to send a picture with the initial email.[/quote]I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else, but it's simple: I (along with the casting agent and others, I assume) really don't want to watch ugly people on television. If they can see before you even start that you're not good looking enough to be on TV, that's less hearts to break.
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I don't think it's quite that superficial. I'm more inclined to believe they want to put a picture to the face. Honestly, if I'm looking for game show contestants, a big pile of papers sounds quite a bit boring. I'd like to a) see what I'm working with, and b) go for some diversity. I want to avoid the "middle-aged white guy" syndrome that plagued Regionaire* its first season. However, I also want to make sure not every contestant looks exactly the same. Not every production company uses Endammitall's line of reasoning.
*Coined c. 2009 in Norfolk, VA
That being said, I sent my application, pic and all. Hope they like the sweater vest. :-P
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Chad, truly... are you quite sure you don't want to reword that? (http://\"http://yfrog.com/0vchadgeekrobej\")
/Y'ain't exactly Fabio there, Mr. Rubble...
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[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'220941\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 08:32 PM\']Chad, truly... are you quite sure you don't want to reword that? (http://\"http://yfrog.com/0vchadgeekrobej\")
/Y'ain't exactly Fabio there, Mr. Rubble...[/quote]First off, are you saving photos of me? That's really creepy if you are, because that hasn't been available anywhere on the internet for the past 24 hours. Obviously, I deleted that because it's a terrible photo.
Secondly, I don't think I'm good looking, I never have and I appreciate you adding to my level of feeling self-concious and body issues. The fact that people want to put me on TV, though, helps me offset that and maybe make me think otherwise. Call me dickish (unfairly, IMO) or what have you when I never commented on anybody's looks at all, but I'm just talking about the way TV works.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'220940\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 08:32 PM\']I want to avoid the "middle-aged white guy" syndrome that plagued Regionaire* its first season.[/quote]I think Michael Davies called it "Blue Shirt Syndrome."
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220943\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 08:43 PM\'][quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'220941\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 08:32 PM\']Chad, truly... are you quite sure you don't want to reword that? (http://\"http://yfrog.com/0vchadgeekrobej\")
/Y'ain't exactly Fabio there, Mr. Rubble...[/quote]First off, are you saving photos of me? That's really creepy if you are, because that hasn't been available anywhere on the internet for the past 24 hours. Obviously, I deleted that because it's a terrible photo.
Secondly, I don't think I'm good looking, I never have and I appreciate you adding to my level of feeling self-concious and body issues. The fact that people want to put me on TV, though, helps me offset that and maybe make me think otherwise. Call me dickish (unfairly, IMO) or what have you when I never commented on anybody's looks at all, but I'm just talking about the way TV works.
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Found the photo linked somewhere. Somebody may be all creepy-stalkery for you, but it isn't me. And if you're so pleased about your success in making it on game shows while (despite?) being average-looking, then why say something that would only come out of the mouth of an arrogant, image-obsessed creep?
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Back in ye olden days before email, if you wanted to be a contestant on, say, Card Sharks, you presented yourself in person to the Goodson-Todman offices and arranged to come to a contestant tryout. All comers were admitted, but from the moment you set foot in the office they knew what you looked like. They had you fill out a contestant application, took a Polaroid photo of you and attached it to a yellow 5" x 8" card with your name, address, phone number, SSN and all that stuff on it. In the case of Family Feud, all five family members stood belly to back and had their picture taken. They then had positive identification of you.
Take it from me, if the contestant coordinator knows what they're doing, they're looking for competent game players first and foremost (c.f. Jeopardy!). Appearance is secondary, particularly if they're going for a panoply of types. The few times I watched Donnymid I don't recall seeing many contestants over the age of forty.
Back in ye olden days before email, if you wanted to be a contestant on, say, Card Sharks, you presented yourself in person to the Goodson-Todman offices and arranged to come to a contestant tryout. All comers were admitted, but from the moment you set foot in the office they knew what you looked like. They had you fill out a contestant application, took a Polaroid photo of you and attached it to a yellow 5" x 8" card with your name, address, phone number, SSN and all that stuff on it. In the case of Family Feud, all five family members stood belly to back and had their picture taken. They then had positive identification of you.
Take it from me, if the contestant coordinator knows what they're doing, they're looking for competent game players first and foremost (c.f. Jeopardy!). Appearance is secondary, particularly if they're going for a panoply of types. The few times I watched Donnymid I don't recall seeing many contestants over the age of forty.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220933\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 04:34 PM\']I'm not directing this toward you or anyone else, but it's simple: I (along with the casting agent and others, I assume) really don't want to watch ugly people on television. If they can see before you even start that you're not good looking enough to be on TV, that's less hearts to break. Yeah, it sucks, but them's the breaks. It's the way the biz works. Whether it's for good or for bad or fair or unfair is one's opinion. In 2009, being a game show contestant is just like being cast for any TV show or movie - if you don't fit what they're looking for, they won't accept you.[/quote]First, it's their company. If they want to conduct themselves in that way, it's between them and God, as far as I care.
I am so tired of watching "the good looking people" winning piles of cash on game shows that require you to be able to say numbers aloud, and the like. I would much rather see "average" looking people play a game well, than "good looking" people play a game poorly.
(And I think just about anyone can be cleaned up to move from "ugly" to "average" with the right tools.)
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Alright. I apologize for any lack of tact or sensitivity I may have exercised in my post. I don't regret or retract the essence or the point of my statement because I feel it's accurate regarding the television industry, but I regret not forming my words in a way that would not be viewed as offensive or rude to most. I hope anyone who feels slighted or looks negatively upon me and/or my words will accept my apology and join me in moving on to discussing other aspects of these wonderful new prospects.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'220954\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 08:09 PM\'](And I think just about anyone can be cleaned up to move from "ugly" to "average" with the right tools.)[/quote]
See Boyle, Susan.
/Well, maybe not, but she can sing.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'220957\' date=\'Jul 23 2009, 09:23 PM\']Alright. I apologize for any lack of tact or sensitivity I may have exercised in my post. I don't regret or retract the essence or the point of my statement because I feel it's accurate regarding the television industry, but I regret not forming my words in a way that would not be viewed as offensive or rude to most. I hope anyone who feels slighted or looks negatively upon me and/or my words will accept my apology and join me in moving on to discussing other aspects of these wonderful new prospects.[/quote]
Good enough for me.
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As for the picture requirement, I can definitely see the want for diversity being part of that. But from the episodes of 80s Pyramid I've seen, it's seems that the contestants there are often pretty young. Is it just the nature of fairly fast-paced game?
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In any event, I'll most likely wait until next summer to apply, because (1) I'm still in the 18-month wait for Jeopardy!, and (2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.
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[quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']In any event, I'll most likely wait until next summer to apply, because (1) I'm still in the 18-month wait for Jeopardy!, and (2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
There is certainly some merit in your first point, though being accepted for both and having to pick one or the other wouldn't be a terrible problem to have. But your second point doesn't make a lot of sense. If the show turns out to have a short run, you will have missed out on your chance to play by waiting too long to apply.
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[quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']...(2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
I've heard this kind of reasoning before, and it's just the strangest idea to me. Money is money. Right? If you can get on a game show that will probably only last 4 weeks but you get accepted, and they want to pay you $25K or more to play a word-association game, why on Earth would you turn that down? I don't get it.
For some reason, when I got to the later stages of the audition process for Povich 21, and they hadn't had the rules ironed out yet, I vaguely recall having that sort of attitude. Ten years later (and wiser, and with a mortgage payment to boot), I don't know why I felt like that, and it seems like an elitist feeling in hindsight. $100K for winning one game on that ridiculous show in the first couple episodes? Count me in any day.
Chad, in all his glory, got to play MDP (very well, to boot), and that lasted all of 12 episodes, but I wouldn't think for a minute that he hasn't cashed that check yet.
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I can kind of understand that reasoning if it's a game show that has never aired anywhere, or has significantly changed its rules. I'd want to be sure that I understood how the game worked before I went on and risked a lot of money without knowing how to best play the game (for example, it took me a couple of weeks of watching the new season of Millionaire before I fully understood how I would handle the clock and the revised lifelines -- of course, I wasn't trying to be a contestant...). But from what we've seen, this looks like it'll play pretty much like classic Pyramid.
(Or to remedy that concern, if I was trying out for an unknown game, I would just try to attend a few early tapings as an audience member to get a feel for everything before I was selected as a contestant.)
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I received an application this afternoon, 2-3 days after requesting one.
JD
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'220994\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 11:01 AM\'][quote name=\'Tony Peters\' post=\'220987\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM\']...(2) I want to see if The $1,000,000 Pyramid becomes a hit show with the potential for a long run.[/quote]
I've heard this kind of reasoning before, and it's just the strangest idea to me. Money is money. Right? If you can get on a game show that will probably only last 4 weeks but you get accepted, and they want to pay you $25K or more to play a word-association game, why on Earth would you turn that down? I don't get it.
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The only thing I can think of is that you might get a better celebrity once the show has reestablished itself, possibly someone who gets a better hang of the game.
Then again, I would like to think that they'll get strong celebrities to open the game and build an audience.
/Then again, MDP's celebs seemed to get worse.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'221007\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 03:34 PM\']The only thing I can think of is that you might get a better celebrity once the show has reestablished itself, possibly someone who gets a better hang of the game.
Then again, I would like to think that they'll get strong celebrities to open the game and build an audience.[/quote]
We saw how well that worked out on the Osmond Pyramid.
/Then again, MDP's celebs seemed to get worse.
Of course, the MDPs didn't air in production order.
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For those of us who are having our picture taken this weekend but don't have the application yet, anybody know the size/parameters of the picture they covet?
--Mike
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'221011\' date=\'Jul 24 2009, 04:45 PM\']For those of us who are having our picture taken this weekend but don't have the application yet, anybody know the size/parameters of the picture they covet?[/quote]
They do not specify.
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I just wish it was a done deal. Steve Beverly is reporting that decisions have been postponed until the first week of August while CBS looks at more pilots.
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'221075\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 09:48 AM\']I just wish it was a done deal. Steve Beverly is reporting that decisions have been postponed until the first week of August while CBS looks at more pilots.[/quote]
by what medium is Steve Beverly doing his reporting? I haven't seen anything of his since he closed down his website awhile back.
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[quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'221087\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\']by what medium is Steve Beverly doing his reporting?[/quote]The Game Show Fix, an email newsletter.
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Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221090\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)
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I sent my ap in last week. Has anyone heard anything back?
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[quote name=\'bellbm\' post=\'221435\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 10:13 PM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'221090\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'221089\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 03:20 PM\']Finally completed my application and sent it in. I'll keep fingers crossed and update if I am contacted.[/quote]
GOOD LUCK! =)
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I sent my ap in last week. Has anyone heard anything back?
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According to Steve Beverly, decisions concerning what's replacing Guiding Light have been postponed until next week. So I wouldn't think they'd call/email contestants to be on the show if it's not even picked up yet.
Believe me, I wish they did. I put my application in too, and I would LOVE to be on the show.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'221088\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:33 PM\'][quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'221087\' date=\'Jul 25 2009, 02:30 PM\']by what medium is Steve Beverly doing his reporting?[/quote]The Game Show Fix, an email newsletter.
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you're a wealth of information, i've just signed myself up.
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[quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'221451\' date=\'Jul 29 2009, 09:08 PM\']you're a wealth of information, i've just signed myself up.[/quote]
Come back to us in three months and tell us if you're still thanking him. ;)
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CBS could go really cheap and replace Guiding Light with some of us talking about game shows on an
old couch (we are in a recession you know). What's the delay, we aren't talking world peace or healthcare
reform here?
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'221484\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 11:51 AM\']CBS could go really cheap and replace Guiding Light with some of us talking about game shows on an
old couch (we are in a recession you know). What's the delay, we aren't talking world peace or healthcare
reform here?[/quote]
Maybe the president can join in, and we can have a few beers.
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[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'221486\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 12:53 PM\']Maybe the president can join in, and we can have a few beers.[/quote]
Some say beer will make you dumb,
but it are go good with pizza.
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[quote name=\'Offshored2007\' post=\'221484\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 12:51 PM\']CBS could go really cheap and replace Guiding Light with some of us talking about game shows on an
old couch (we are in a recession you know).[/quote]
No, I hear that watching dogs playing poker gets better ratings.
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[quote name=\'Timsterino\' post=\'221530\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 07:49 PM\']No, I hear that watching dogs playing poker gets better ratings.[/quote]
C'mon, you know you'd watch me. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221532\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 11:06 PM\'][quote name=\'Timsterino\' post=\'221530\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 07:49 PM\']No, I hear that watching dogs playing poker gets better ratings.[/quote]
C'mon, you know you'd watch me. :)
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lol
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221532\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 10:06 PM\'][quote name=\'Timsterino\' post=\'221530\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 07:49 PM\']No, I hear that watching dogs playing poker gets better ratings.[/quote]
C'mon, you know you'd watch me. :)
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Depends. What're ya wearin'?
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[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'221538\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 08:50 PM\']Depends. What're ya wearin'?[/quote]
For you, my friend? A watch and a cummerbund. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221543\' date=\'Jul 31 2009, 12:34 AM\'][quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'221538\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 08:50 PM\']Depends. What're ya wearin'?[/quote]
For you, my friend? A watch and a cummerbund. :)
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Someone would like to have a word with you. (http://\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3082552563_559df83f2c.jpg\")
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[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'221538\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 08:50 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'221532\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 10:06 PM\']C'mon, you know you'd watch me. :)[/quote]Depends. What're ya wearin'?[/quote]I didn't realize this was Jeopardy! and you provided the answer first...
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[quote name=\'rialtus\' post=\'221567\' date=\'Jul 31 2009, 08:52 AM\'][quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'221538\' date=\'Jul 30 2009, 08:50 PM\']Depends. What're ya wearin'?[/quote]I didn't realize this was Jeopardy! and you provided the answer first...[/quote]
You, sir, receive a special prize (http://\"http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/p/pimp_cup-12620.jpg\") for a line of that caliber.
Well played! (http://\"http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif\")