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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: brianhenke on January 25, 2011, 02:11:29 PM
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The Academy Award nominations were handed out today, and it should be noted that Animal Kingdom, which was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, has a scene from the Australian Deal or No Deal.
So that leads me to wonder: How many Oscar-winning movies have had game shows (or scenes involving them) in them?
I know of three. (Quiz Show didn't win any Oscars, BTW.)
1980:
Melvin and Howard - Mary Steenburgen won the Best Supporting Actress award. Her character, Lynda Dummar, was a contestant on a fictitious show called Golden Gate.
2008:
Slumdog Millionaire - Eight Oscars, including Best Picture; no explanation needed.
2009:
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Mo'nique won a Best Supporting Actress gold guy by playing a woman who's a fan of the $100,000 Pyramid.
Any others?
Brian
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Jesus.
People like you make me embarrassed and ashamed to be a game show fan.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'255552\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 02:57 PM\']Jesus.
People like you make me embarrassed and ashamed to be a game show fan.[/quote]
This is not the first time it occurs to me that you might want to change your sig.
Brian happens to be moderated, and I decided that made an intriguing trivia question, especially today. I've spent the better part of the last ten minutes trying to come up with one. Magnolia, for example, has nominations, but no awards. I can think of plenty of movies with a game show subplot or cameo, but none of them worthy of Oscar consideration, even in minor categories.
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[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'255552\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 11:57 AM\']Jesus.
People like you make me embarrassed and ashamed to be a game show fan.[/quote]
I dunno, man. At first I was with you, but I went back and thought about it, and concluded that since the Oscar noms (OM NOM NOM) were announced today, this was at least a little topical.
There are so many legitimate things to nail Brian on, that we really ought to let the marginal ones go. Not saying that Brian isn't embarrassing, just not on this one. :)
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'255555\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 12:16 PM\']I can think of plenty of movies with a game show subplot or cameo, but none of them worthy of Oscar consideration, even in minor categories.[/quote]
Dude. Splash was ROBBED.
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Rain Man - features Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and The $25,000 Pyramid.
/he did watch stuff aside from Wapner, ya know?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'255557\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 03:18 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'255555\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 12:16 PM\']I can think of plenty of movies with a game show subplot or cameo, but none of them worthy of Oscar consideration, even in minor categories.[/quote]
Dude. Splash was ROBBED.[/quote]
To say nothing of White Men can't Jump.
Good job with Rain Man, GG.
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[quote name=\'GrandGame1440\' post=\'255558\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 03:20 PM\']Rain Man - features Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and The $25,000 Pyramid.
/he did watch stuff aside from Wapner, ya know?[/quote]
It also featured $ale of the Century in the lead-up to his introduction with a scene from the start of a game.
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It's been a while since I've seen Network. Anything game show-related in it?
Surely Quiz Show got nominations. Four of them, in fact.
Two nominations for Catch Me If You Can, which of course has a scene from TTTT.
Diner (one nomination) has a scene with the characters watching the old GE College Bowl, if memory serves.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'255567\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 04:39 PM\']Surely Quiz Show got nominations. Four of them, in fact.[/quote]
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the OP's intent of this thread. Is he seeking just Oscar winners or are nominees-only accepted for this list?
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Ah, you're right. I misread. Other than Network, none of them won Oscars.
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The movie Being There earned Melvyn Douglas an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In that film, there is a clip of an episode of Match Game.
[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'255569\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 04:46 PM\']Ah, you're right. I misread.[/quote]
No big thing. Mistakes happen to all.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'255570\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 05:01 PM\']The movie Being There earned Melvyn Douglas an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In that film, there is a clip of an episode of Match Game.[/quote]
TPiR and Hollywood Squares as well.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'255567\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 04:39 PM\']It's been a while since I've seen Network. Anything game show-related in it?[/quote]
I can think of two...
1) In one scene when Faye Dunaway's character, Diana, is by a wall with a few TV's behind her; One of the TV's is airing Let's Make A Deal.
2) In the scene where Diana and Max (William Holden) make love, Diana says post-coitus, "What's really bugging me now is my daytime programming. NBC's got a lock on daytime - lousy game shows - and I'd like to bust them. I'm thinking of doing a homosexual soap opera, 'The Dykes': The heart-rending saga about a woman hopelessly in love with her husband's mistress".
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'255555\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 12:16 PM\']Brian happens to be moderated, and I decided that made an intriguing trivia question, especially today. I've spent the better part of the last ten minutes trying to come up with one. Magnolia, for example, has nominations, but no awards. I can think of plenty of movies with a game show subplot or cameo, but none of them worthy of Oscar consideration, even in minor categories.[/quote]But what's the difference between a subplot or a cameo? Slumdog Millionaire uses the game show as a vehicle to tell a terrific story, but if the Griswolds don't win on Pig in a Poke, there's no National Lampoon's European Vacation, either. (Whether the world would be a better place for lack of a Vacation movie I shall leave to the philosophers.)
I think a more interesting topic would be clever use of the game show as plot. Is Starter for Ten any good? The Running Man certainly works as an action film but completely misses the point of what Stephen King was going for.
There's a scene in Erin Brockovich where one of the receptionists is watching an episode of Wheel of Fortune when the title character walks in. So what? Does someone's interest in Pyramid make any difference in the film Precious? (I don't know, I haven't seen the film.) A television in the background is going to show something; there are umpteen hundred other movies where game shows aren't on screen.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'255595\' date=\'Jan 25 2011, 11:52 PM\']There's a scene in Erin Brockovich where one of the receptionists is watching an episode of Wheel of Fortune when the title character walks in. So what?[/quote]
And Maine is the only state with a one-syllable name. So what? There's a reason it's called trivia. There are a couple hundred smart game show fans reading this thread, and for all your "umpteen hundred" haughtiness, best as I can tell we've come up with precisely four besides the three Brian mentioned. And that's counting Erin Brockovich. If you don't like our little game, shut the hell up and read a different thread.
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I didn't realize there was a legit reasoning behind allowing this thread (I tend to assume Brian's posts are let through for the sake of mockery). I humbly apologize if I jumped too harshly.
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Innerspace (1987 winner for Visual Effects) had a brief scene in which Martin Short was watching Scrabble.
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It was worth an almost four-year bump to watch Mr. Ottinger's head explode again.
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Mrs. Robinson was mirthlessly watching The Newlywed Game in The Graduate
The Academy Award nominations were handed out today, and it should be noted that Animal Kingdom, which was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, has a scene from the Australian Deal or No Deal.
So that leads me to wonder: How many Oscar-winning movies have had game shows (or scenes involving them) in them?
I know of three. (Quiz Show didn't win any Oscars, BTW.)
1980:
Melvin and Howard - Mary Steenburgen won the Best Supporting Actress award. Her character, Lynda Dummar, was a contestant on a fictitious show called Golden Gate.
2008:
Slumdog Millionaire - Eight Oscars, including Best Picture; no explanation needed.
2009:
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Mo'nique won a Best Supporting Actress gold guy by playing a woman who's a fan of the $100,000 Pyramid.
Any others?
Brian
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It was worth an almost four-year bump to watch Mr. Ottinger's head explode again.
Was it?
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(http://i.imgur.com/pUKMD4n.jpg)
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There was a movie that opened this week called The Pyramid. No, it's not THAT Pyramid...which means that some moviegoers (it was dumped into over 500 theaters) had to be disappointed.
Brian
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There was a movie that opened this week called The Pyramid. No, it's not THAT Pyramid...which means that some moviegoers (it was dumped into over 500 theaters) had to be disappointed.
Brian
I really doubt that there were many people who went into the theatre expecting it to be about the game show. Honestly, Brian...Do you think before you post?
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I really doubt that there were many people who went into the theatre expecting it to be about the game show. Honestly, Brian...Do you think before you post?
Corrected.
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That reminded me that it's time to make my optometrist appointment before the end of the year.
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(it was dumped into over 500 theaters)
Dumped, you say?
I believe you actually think you're being helpful, but adding stuff like this and the throwaway about some viewers being disappointed because it was about the game show really doesn't help your reputation.
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There was a movie that opened this week called The Pyramid. No, it's not THAT Pyramid...which means that some moviegoers (it was dumped into over 500 theaters) had to be disappointed.
A link? Could you be bothered to post a link to anything for once?
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Being There won Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas, and if I recall correctly, there's some TPIR in it. And it's a wonderful movie worthy of mention.
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It was worth an almost four-year bump to watch Mr. Ottinger's head explode again.
Was it?
Absolutely.
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I thought you had left, ne'er to return.
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There was a movie that opened this week called The Pyramid. No, it's not THAT Pyramid...which means that some moviegoers (it was dumped into over 500 theaters) had to be disappointed.
Tell that to the thousands of game show fans who went to see "Child's Play"...only to realize that that wasn't Bill Cullen!!!
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I too was duped. At first I thought Behind the Green Door would be a documentary about the Monty Hall problem, but about 2/3 of the way through I started having my doubts.
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I too was duped. At first I thought Behind the Green Door would be a documentary about the Monty Hall problem, but about 2/3 of the way through I started having my doubts.
But of course you stayed through to the end to make sure, right?
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But of course you stayed through to the end to make sure, right?
But of course. And I switched to Dial soap.
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Hate to once again bring this topic back from the dead, but I briefly saw The Magnificent Marble Machine on TV tonight. A clip of it was shown when I was watching The China Syndrome on TCM. It was also a kick to see a younger Wilford Brimley in said film.
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Hate to once again bring this topic back from the dead, but I briefly saw The Magnificent Marble Machine on TV tonight. A clip of it was shown when I was watching The China Syndrome on TCM. It was also a kick to see a younger Wilford Brimley in said film.
I saw that too. The show was rerun from January 19-June 11, 1976 (per The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows). So apparently, the tapes of that show were still intact when the film was being shot (January-April 1978; per Variety Magazine). Shortly after filming, and just before the debut of Card Sharks and The New High Rollers, NBC wiped a ton of game shows to make way for newer ones.
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Hate to once again bring this topic back from the dead, but I briefly saw The Magnificent Marble Machine on TV tonight. A clip of it was shown when I was watching The China Syndrome on TCM. It was also a kick to see a younger Wilford Brimley in said film.
I saw that too. The show was rerun from January 19-June 11, 1976 (per The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows). So apparently, the tapes of that show were still intact when the film was being shot (January-April 1978; per Variety Magazine). Shortly after filming, and just before the debut of Card Sharks and The New High Rollers, NBC wiped a ton of game shows to make way for newer ones.
[Citation needed], because Curt Alliaume's site says April 1976 was when the show finally bit it. The Pedia also says different.
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It was also a kick to see a younger Wilford Brimley in said film.
Remarkable that outside of some stunt work, that was essentially his film debut at the "young" age of 45, and a pretty substantial role! My dad always said he should have won an Oscar for his ten minutes of work at the end of Absence of Malice.
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Though she never attended the actual show, Wheel of Fortune's Vanna White had a cameo in "The Naked Gun 33 1/3", in which the final scene took place at the Oscars (spoofing "The Bodyguard's" Oscar scene).
John Harlan, the late Charlie O'Donnell, and Randy Thomas all had stints as announcers; Thomas shared duties in 2003 with then-GSN promo announcer Neil Ross, who was the voice of Dennis Quaid's pod in "Innerspace."
Marty Pasetta directed the Wheel pilot and produced "Catch Phrase" while he was still directing the awards from 1972-88; his successor, Jeff Margolis, did The Gong Show (Don Bleu).
Glenn Weiss is directing this year's show; his game show credits include "Legends of the Hidden Temple", "Studs", "Gladiators 2000" (Ryan Seacrest's national TV debut), and "Majority Rules" in the early to mid-'90s as well as the NBC trainwrecks "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" and "The Singing Bee" (Louis J. Horvitz, Hamish Hamilton, and Don Mischer never directed any game shows early in their careers).
Oh, and even though they lost to Best Picture to Forrest Gump, a few seconds of audio from Truth or Consequences was heard in "Quiz Show".
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Have we set a record in this thread regarding bumps? Both by the same person and both after a year's time (well, 50 weeks in the second case)?
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I think he also set a personal record for going the longest without bold text.
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Sam Rockwell, who played Chuck Barris in Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, won Supporting Actor for Three Billboards (Outside Ebbing, Missouri) at this year’s Oscars.
/The real Chuck Barris wasn’t in the In Memoriam, by the way
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Two years.
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Sam Rockwell, who played Chuck Barris in Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, won Supporting Actor for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri at this year’s Oscars.
There, fixed that for you. If you want to brag to us to show off how much you know, you can't make slipups like that!
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/The real Chuck Barris wasn’t in the In Memoriam, by the way
Not that you should've expected him to be
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Not that you should've expected him to be
Are you discounting the impact on the Hollywood zeitgeist that is The Gong Show Movie?
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Not that you should've expected him to be
Are you discounting the impact on the Hollywood zeitgeist that is The Gong Show Movie?
I would certainly hope so.
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Not that you should've expected him to be
Are you discounting the impact on the Hollywood zeitgeist that is The Gong Show Movie?
Damn right I am! :P
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/The real Chuck Barris wasn’t in the In Memoriam, by the way
Not that you should've expected him to be
I wonder how they'll handle it when the Inquizitor dies how they'll handle it:
The Inquizitor is remembered by his family
A. Fondly
B. Reverently
C. None of the above