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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Dbacksfan12 on February 22, 2010, 04:56:57 PM
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I was watching a rerun of Family Feud on GSN today. This particular episode was a Karn episode. The contestant gave no answer to one of the questions and the audience still clapped as if he gave the #1 answer!
Is this part of the warm-up spiel these days, or were the people in the audience morons as well?
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'236309\' date=\'Feb 22 2010, 04:56 PM\']Is this part of the warm-up spiel these days, or were the people in the audience morons as well?[/quote]
Can't remember who told me this, but the audience is instructed to applaud no matter what. I think Burton was the one who tells them do so...I believe he also told them to cheer for "Doubling/Tripling the Points", although that was (thankfully) dropped during the O'Hurley tenure.
It's stupid as hell. Excessive cheering does not get me excited.
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Here (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDKgiP-VXs\") is something from O'Hurley's second season. The kids playing basketball drowns out some of what Burton says. But you can hear the "Cheer for everything no matter what" speech starting at 1:05 pretty clearly.
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Because I had the free time to do this over winter break a couple of months ago, I counted the amount of times applause occurred on the 12/30 first-run of the Feud. I counted 90 instances of clapping and wooing in 22 minutes. That means on average, the audience starts applauding every 15 seconds.
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My hands hurt way more after one 45-minute O'Hurley Feud taping than after the near-90-minute TPiR.
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I would like to happily add that when I saw Wheel earlier this month, half of our audience was out to lunch (and that's being generous, I'd actually say more like three-quarters) and didn't get the idea that we were to clap. There were a few of us that did the bulk of the work.
Ryan.
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[quote name=\'CJBojangles\' post=\'236328\' date=\'Feb 22 2010, 08:39 PM\']My hands hurt way more after one 45-minute O'Hurley Feud taping than after the near-90-minute TPiR.[/quote]
What caused the tapings to run over?
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When I went to a Feud taping a few years ago, part of Burton's instructions were that if a player got a strike, we were to say "Aw," then applaud lightly to indicate, as Burton put it, "we still love you."
[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'236358\' date=\'Feb 23 2010, 04:12 PM\']I would like to happily add that when I saw Wheel earlier this month, half of our audience was out to lunch (and that's being generous, I'd actually say more like three-quarters) and didn't get the idea that we were to clap. There were a few of us that did the bulk of the work.[/quote]
When I saw a "Jeopardy!" taping session, I was surprised at how little we had to applaud. During the closing, if the cameras weren't pointed at the audience area, the applause would dissipate to silence before they had stopped recording. In fact, for the first taping of the day, upon Alex's introduction, the loud applause -- which sounded like a standard opening ovation to my ears -- caused Alex to remark on-air on how big of a welcome we had just given him.
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[quote name=\'MSTieScott\' post=\'236373\' date=\'Feb 23 2010, 07:41 PM\']When I went to a Feud taping a few years ago, part of Burton's instructions were that if a player got a strike, we were to say "Aw," then applaud lightly to indicate, as Burton put it, "we still love you."
[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'236358\' date=\'Feb 23 2010, 04:12 PM\']I would like to happily add that when I saw Wheel earlier this month, half of our audience was out to lunch (and that's being generous, I'd actually say more like three-quarters) and didn't get the idea that we were to clap. There were a few of us that did the bulk of the work.[/quote]
When I saw a "Jeopardy!" taping session, I was surprised at how little we had to applaud. During the closing, if the cameras weren't pointed at the audience area, the applause would dissipate to silence before they had stopped recording. In fact, for the first taping of the day, upon Alex's introduction, the loud applause -- which sounded like a standard opening ovation to my ears -- caused Alex to remark on-air on how big of a welcome we had just given him.
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Johnny Gilbert always used to advocate the "short, fast television applause" in his warmups - wonder if he still does so on "Jeopardy!"?
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'236394\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 10:31 AM\']Johnny Gilbert always used to advocate the "short, fast television applause" in his warmups - wonder if he still does so on "Jeopardy!"?[/quote]
That I don't know -- he was sick that day, so one of the Clue Crew stood in as temporary announcer, to be replaced by Johnny in post-production.
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[quote name=\'MSTieScott\' post=\'236373\' date=\'Feb 23 2010, 04:41 PM\']When I went to a Feud taping a few years ago, part of Burton's instructions were that if a player got a strike, we were to say "Aw," then applaud lightly to indicate, as Burton put it, "we still love you."[/quote]Because, after all, it is still a game show. My Nana will turn 91 years old next month, and while a few of her gears have slipped, she's still active in activities and her family life and above all...she's a good person. Even if she says something dumb, we still love her.
I suppose this is the alternative. After Uncle Ned gives an obviously dumb answer, just as the host is about to say "aw, that's ok!" the Inquizitor (in luchador get-up, because remember, we don't get to see his face) runs onstage, powerbombs the host, and orders Uncle Ned to leave the stage for giving such an awful answer.
Does my example exclude the middle ground? Of course. But the show is Family Feud. It is a lighthearted fun game for not a whole lot of prize money. If the producers want to encourage the audience to politely applaud whenever they deem appropriate, well, bully for them.
(That said, I don't think that game shows need to fill every second with chatter, music, applause or other noise. Sometimes silence is just fine.)
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'236361\' date=\'Feb 23 2010, 02:27 PM\']What caused the tapings to run over?[/quote]
Price got started late, and there was some sort of delay before the show, and afterwards Rich had a few pickups.
Feud had a stopdown and replacement of a question in the second or third round. Caused a several minute delay and Burton running around the studio stalling by chatting with the crowd and scolding people who weren't giving enough energy. Question something to do with chocolate syrup and body parts or something to that effect, but it was thrown out after the faceoff and the segment was reshot.
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Feud had a stopdown and replacement of a question in the second or third round [...] Question something to do with chocolate syrup and body parts or something to that effect, but it was thrown out after the faceoff and the segment was reshot.
Was it because nobody buzzed in during the Face-Off? If that was the case, why throw out the segment?
/well, either that or somebody gave an answer the show couldn't put on-air
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'236438\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 08:17 PM\']/Well, either that or somebody gave an answer the show couldn't put on-air.[/quote]Given "chocolate syrup" and "body parts," I think this is the winner.
And I for one could not be less surprised to find out that this was actually right.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'236428\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 06:59 PM\']I suppose this is the alternative. After Uncle Ned gives an obviously dumb answer, just as the host is about to say "aw, that's ok!" the Inquizitor (in luchador get-up, because remember, we don't get to see his face) runs onstage, powerbombs the host, and orders Uncle Ned to leave the stage for giving such an awful answer.[/quote]
The first time I read this, you had the Inquizitor powerbombing Uncle Ned. I'd watch that show.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'236449\' date=\'Feb 25 2010, 03:28 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'236428\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 06:59 PM\']I suppose this is the alternative. After Uncle Ned gives an obviously dumb answer, just as the host is about to say "aw, that's ok!" the Inquizitor (in luchador get-up, because remember, we don't get to see his face) runs onstage, powerbombs the host, and orders Uncle Ned to leave the stage for giving such an awful answer.[/quote]
The first time I read this, you had the Inquizitor powerbombing Uncle Ned. I'd watch that show.
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This made me laugh SO loud.
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'236438\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 11:17 PM\'][quote name=\'CJBojangles\' post=\'236435\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 10:56 PM\']Feud had a stopdown and replacement of a question in the second or third round ... question something to do with chocolate syrup and body parts or something to that effect, but it was thrown out after the faceoff and the segment was reshot.[/quote]
Was it because nobody buzzed-in during the Face-Off? If that was the case, then why throw out the segment?[/quote]
Because that's the rule now. If both members in the Face-Off whiff, they throw the Q out.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'236540\' date=\'Feb 26 2010, 06:12 PM\']This made me laugh SO loud.[/quote]Glad to hear it, I live to serve. :)
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'236449\' date=\'Feb 25 2010, 12:28 AM\']The first time I read this, you had the Inquizitor powerbombing Uncle Ned. I'd watch that show.[/quote]Wasn't that an episode of Distraction anyway?
If you want to watch a game show with stern hosts eviscerating contestants who give wrong answers, University Challenge is in the quarter-finals, and Weakest Link seems to be on three times a week in the UK, and I'll happily help you get an invite if I can. If you would rather have a genial host giving encouragement to the players and an aura of Everyone Is Having A Good Time, then I would suggest pointing your browser at wkar.org and finding Mister Ottinger's Neighborhood.
(Really, QB Jr. is a nice program and a really good practice/warm up to get youngsters into quiz bowl and worth a sterling recommendation just on those points.)
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'236544\' date=\'Feb 26 2010, 11:12 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'236449\' date=\'Feb 25 2010, 12:28 AM\']The first time I read this, you had the Inquizitor powerbombing Uncle Ned. I'd watch that show.[/quote]Wasn't that an episode of Distraction anyway?[/quote]
Likely. It also would've made the one GSN show last a whole lot longer.
/It would've been...unexpected
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[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'236438\' date=\'Feb 24 2010, 09:17 PM\']Was it because nobody buzzed-in during the Face-Off? If that was the case, then why throw out the segment?
/Well, either that or somebody gave an answer the show couldn't put on-air.[/quote]
Neither, actually. The question was asked, and the first player that buzzed in gave the #1 answer, and after it was revealed on the board, the stage manager ran out and said there was a "problem" with the question.
And it's been policy since the Louie version that if both contestants strike out at the faceoff, they play a new question. This even carried over into the PC game.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'236544\' date=\'Feb 27 2010, 12:12 AM\']If you want to watch a game show with stern hosts eviscerating contestants who give wrong answers, University Challenge is in the quarter-finals, and Weakest Link seems to be on three times a week in the UK, and I'll happily help you get an invite if I can. If you would rather have a genial host giving encouragement to the players and an aura of Everyone Is Having A Good Time, then I would suggest pointing your browser at wkar.org and finding Mister Ottinger's Neighborhood.[/quote] I will say, I've wished for some time now that someone would invent a game show in which whenever a contestant provides an especially bad answer to a question, the host is empowered to point at the contestant and say, "YOU. OUT."
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'236544\' date=\'Feb 26 2010, 11:12 PM\']If you want to watch a game show with stern hosts eviscerating contestants who give wrong answers, University Challenge is in the quarter-finals, and Weakest Link seems to be on three times a week in the UK, and I'll happily help you get an invite if I can. If you would rather have a genial host giving encouragement to the players and an aura of Everyone Is Having A Good Time, then I would suggest pointing your browser at wkar.org and finding Mister Ottinger's Neighborhood.[/quote]
Mister Ottinger? You sure it's not Canadian curler Kevin Martin (http://\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOiFNF-hryY/Sdjmoz-6ZII/AAAAAAAAAxk/XmkPFLMKrm8/s320/WC08-Kevin-Martin.jpg\"), eh?
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[quote name=\'gamed121683\' post=\'236558\' date=\'Feb 27 2010, 08:51 AM\']Mister Ottinger? You sure it's not Canadian curler Kevin Martin (http://\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOiFNF-hryY/Sdjmoz-6ZII/AAAAAAAAAxk/XmkPFLMKrm8/s320/WC08-Kevin-Martin.jpg\"), eh?[/quote]
Wow, that's....unsettling.
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Neither, actually. The question was asked, and the first player that buzzed in gave the #1 answer, and after it was revealed on the board, the stage manager ran out and said there was a "problem" with the question.
Did anybody state what the "problem" was? Wouldn't it be funny if the "problem" was that particular contestant giving that particular answer?[/sarcasm]
/thanks Our Little Genius for casting a shadow of doubt on every other game/reality show
//Mark Burnett is really starting to look a whole lot like Dan Enright, isn't he?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'236564\' date=\'Feb 27 2010, 08:41 AM\'][quote name=\'gamed121683\' post=\'236558\' date=\'Feb 27 2010, 08:51 AM\']Mister Ottinger? You sure it's not Canadian curler Kevin Martin (http://\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOiFNF-hryY/Sdjmoz-6ZII/AAAAAAAAAxk/XmkPFLMKrm8/s320/WC08-Kevin-Martin.jpg\"), eh?[/quote]
Wow, that's....unsettling.[/quote]
You're telling me. I've been watching him for four years now and I never noticed the resemblance until now. :)
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[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'236544\' date=\'Feb 27 2010, 12:12 AM\']I will say, I've wished for some time now that someone would invent a game show in which whenever a contestant provides an especially bad answer to a question, the host is empowered to point at the contestant and say, "YOU. OUT."[/quote]
My dad and I have always joked that if we ever made a game show, it'd be called "Get the F*** out!" Pretty much after someone got eliminated or lost, the host would tell the person "You lost, now get the f*** off my stage." :D More of a raunchy version of Anne telling people that they were the weakest link, goodbye.
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Matt - if you want unsettling - take note of the New Zealand sports commentator on Prime, which showed the olympics over here - "Kevin Martin is the sex symbol of these games".
Enjoy,
Ryan.