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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: WarioBarker on March 23, 2012, 07:13:59 PM
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Thought of this while replying to the Shatner birthday thread. As you may have guessed, mine is Shatner's chair throw on The $20,000 Pyramid (September 14, 1977) after inadvertently blurting out the final category on a $20,000 attempt. But I'm sure there's more.
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There's George Peppard's P+ rant, which the viewing public wasn't supposed to see. When it was happening I was waiting for Allen to say "Let's play Password!" but he didn't.
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The dude on Friend or Foe who dropped about 15 f-bombs comes to immediate mind.
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A GROUP OF PILL-PUSHERS never gets old in my book. Same with this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Qb6WcrdPM
Another good one from Wheel just a week ago: the yellow contestant called R when it was already on the board, but quickly realized his mistake and yelled out in frustration. After that, he slumped over the railing, patted the next contestant on the back and said "Good luck, man." Pat then walked over to the guy who called the R and told him to "be an American" and "man up".
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Three posts and no mention of Betty White throwing the "toaster?"
Son, I am disappoint.
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Three posts and no mention of Betty White throwing the "toaster?"
Son, I am disappoint.
That really shouldn't count as a "meltdown", IMO. Now when Bert Convy did it, maybe.
Besides, the best Super Password meltdown was probably Rip Taylor's big to-do.
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On the old Jump the Shark site, someone alleged to seeing a woman who was so furious she got a Whammy on Press Your Luck, that she went postal and ripped the Whammy card off. They then disqualified her, leaving only two contestants remaining. If it had actually happened, I'd like to see it.
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On the old Jump the Shark site, someone alleged to seeing a woman who was so furious she got a Whammy on Press Your Luck, that she went postal and ripped the Whammy card off. They then disqualified her, leaving only two contestants remaining. If it had actually happened, I'd like to see it.
JtS is (well, was) a lot like TVTropes or Wiki. I wouldn't trust the info a random unregistered poster said.
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On the old Jump the Shark site, someone alleged to seeing a woman who was so furious she got a Whammy on Press Your Luck, that she went postal and ripped the Whammy card off. They then disqualified her, leaving only two contestants remaining. If it had actually happened, I'd like to see it.
Went bowling tonight, I see.
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Richard Dawson and the September incident
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• Dickie Dawson on Match Game's "School Riot" episode comes to mind right away.
• And an honorable mention to the Jim Lange "Name That Tune" tournament episode when the person who played against our own Tammy Warner (name escapes me) went spoiled-brat-ape-shiat after beating
her in the Golden Medley round.
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The MG74 boobs answer when 5 of the 6 stars walked off is one of my favorites. My favorite part is when Gene says to Fannie "speaking of... bossoms, fannie would you show us yours?"
The Testimony Incident on SP with Rip Taylor still cracks me up even after seeing it so many times. Seeing Rip shaking his toupee while yelling "THATS NOT FAIR! THAT IS NOT FAIR!" is hilarious.
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Dimples.
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ISTR reading about a "Millionaire" contestant who flipped out on Meredith after blowing a question...he thought she had steered him toward that answer and started swearing at her and everything...it was obviously edited out of the broadcast, but I swear I saw a report about it from a studio audience member. Unfortunately, I can't seem to dig it up. Anyone else able to corroborate?
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ISTR reading about a "Millionaire" contestant who flipped out on Meredith after blowing a question...he thought she had steered him toward that answer and started swearing at her and everything...it was obviously edited out of the broadcast, but I swear I saw a report about it from a studio audience member. Unfortunately, I can't seem to dig it up. Anyone else able to corroborate?
Merle Glickman. (http://"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7921&view=findpost&p=86005")
Here's another account. (http://"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=18720&view=findpost&p=225760")
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My memory of a GS breakdown came from Geoff Edwards on 'Play the Percentages'. Going out of commercial, from a 1-vs-1 episode, Geoff got (playfully) angry saying, "Bob Hilton, if anyone wins five games in a row, what does that contestant get...AND I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW!!!" Bob announces "It's a BRAND NEW CAR!!! And now, back to smiling Geoff."
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Katie Knudsen blowing a $500K question on Millionaire. She was so irritating I was glad to see her lose.
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ISTR reading about a "Millionaire" contestant who flipped out on Meredith after blowing a question...he thought she had steered him toward that answer and started swearing at her and everything...it was obviously edited out of the broadcast, but I swear I saw a report about it from a studio audience member. Unfortunately, I can't seem to dig it up. Anyone else able to corroborate?
Merle Glickman. (http://"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7921&view=findpost&p=86005")
Here's another account. (http://"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=18720&view=findpost&p=225760")
Geez, from a topic that I started nonetheless. I'm losing it. I expect my lawn-standing privileges to be issued anytime soon...
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The Jim Hess incident on PYL. You know when he cussed out the whammy that cost him the game!
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Would the France/French blooper from Tom Kennedy's Password Plus count as a meltdown?
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Would the France/French blooper from Tom Kennedy's Password Plus count as a meltdown?
I would say so, like I would for the September incident- host tries to maintain composure, suddenly gets a giggle fit, and the entire thing gets shot to hell. :)
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Here's another account. (http://"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=18720&view=findpost&p=225760")
Wow and that thread contains the infamous CarShark getting into yet another snit. Not a bad person, but his hypersensitivity and defensive stance towards any remote disagreement was his downfall.
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Would the France/French blooper from Tom Kennedy's Password Plus count as a meltdown?
I would say so, like I would for the September incident- host tries to maintain composure, suddenly gets a giggle fit, and the entire thing gets shot to hell. :)
My favorite "meltdown" is much like those two: Marc Summers cracking up over the toy boat on Double Dare.
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Two (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlQbjIb9peo") words (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0w8e17K6M") come (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwGFX5pgXw") to (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlvXB2P28s") mind: (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uSS4wBO8E") Bradley (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0l66W-XEQ") Walsh (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=forTjdZ3jXw").
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Two (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlQbjIb9peo") words (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0w8e17K6M") come (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwGFX5pgXw") to (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlvXB2P28s") mind: (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uSS4wBO8E") Bradley (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0l66W-XEQ") Walsh (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=forTjdZ3jXw").
Right show, wrong person--Mark Labbett (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnuBIJg3RHU"). "Shut up you!"
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Richard Dawson and the September incident
And this one, from the show's final season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oH6yscJbaM
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Richard Dawson and the September incident
And this one, from the show's final season.
If that counts as a "meltdown," then I nominate the "Egyptian's favorite game show" incident from JackPot!.
A close second, which may or may not exist: Gene Wood introducing "Bill White and Betty Cullen" on Password Plus. When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape, after which Gene reads the names correctly, but you can see a couple of people in the background (I would say Bill and Betty themselves, but did Bill walk to the podium for P+, or did he start the show there?) literally falling over themselves laughing (the only way you know what happened was, the host (I can't remember if it was Allen or someone else) mentioned it later in the show); however, since GSN has episodes with scenes that never aired, there's a (slim) chance they could have this intact.
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A close second, which may or may not exist: Gene Wood introducing "Bill White and Betty Cullen" on Password Plus. When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape, after which Gene reads the names correctly, but you can see a couple of people in the background (I would say Bill and Betty themselves, but did Bill walk to the podium for P+, or did he start the show there?) literally falling over themselves laughing (the only way you know what happened was, the host (I can't remember if it was Allen or someone else) mentioned it later in the show); however, since GSN has episodes with scenes that never aired, there's a (slim) chance they could have this intact.
Although I'm not saying that it never happened, I would have to say that I do have my doubts. Chris C. could probably give a bit more insight on this as well. My thought is that if something went wrong at the very top of the episode, especially at the opening moments and introductions, wouldn't they have been more likely to have simply cut tape and started over from the top rather than created a noticeable clumsy edit when it wasn't really necessary to do so?
Just a thought...
JakeT
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A close second, which may or may not exist: Gene Wood introducing "Bill White and Betty Cullen" on Password Plus. When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape, after which Gene reads the names correctly, but you can see a couple of people in the background (I would say Bill and Betty themselves, but did Bill walk to the podium for P+, or did he start the show there?) literally falling over themselves laughing (the only way you know what happened was, the host (I can't remember if it was Allen or someone else) mentioned it later in the show); however, since GSN has episodes with scenes that never aired, there's a (slim) chance they could have this intact.
Although I'm not saying that it never happened, I would have to say that I do have my doubts. Chris C. could probably give a bit more insight on this as well. My thought is that if something went wrong at the very top of the episode, especially at the opening moments and introductions, wouldn't they have been more likely to have simply cut tape and started over from the top rather than created a noticeable clumsy edit when it wasn't really necessary to do so?
Maybe I'm just misreading this, but I thought Don was saying that it did happen, as evidenced by it being referred to later in the show, but he's not sure there's any existing footage of it.
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A close second, which may or may not exist: Gene Wood introducing "Bill White and Betty Cullen" on Password Plus. When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape, after which Gene reads the names correctly, but you can see a couple of people in the background (I would say Bill and Betty themselves, but did Bill walk to the podium for P+, or did he start the show there?) literally falling over themselves laughing (the only way you know what happened was, the host (I can't remember if it was Allen or someone else) mentioned it later in the show); however, since GSN has episodes with scenes that never aired, there's a (slim) chance they could have this intact.
Although I'm not saying that it never happened, I would have to say that I do have my doubts. Chris C. could probably give a bit more insight on this as well. My thought is that if something went wrong at the very top of the episode, especially at the opening moments and introductions, wouldn't they have been more likely to have simply cut tape and started over from the top rather than created a noticeable clumsy edit when it wasn't really necessary to do so?
Maybe I'm just misreading this, but I thought Don was saying that it did happen, as evidenced by it being referred to later in the show, but he's not sure there's any existing footage of it.
But when Don said "When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape", my thinking is that they would not have aired an opening with a noticeable edit in the very first seconds of the episode. Sure, I can easily believe that Gene Wood innocently blooped their names but I can't believe that they wouldn't have simply stopped tape and restarted it all from the top so that there would be NO noticeable edit in the opening. In fact, since it was an episode featuring Bill Cullen as a celebrity guest, both he and Betty would have already been seated at the desk during the opening so a complete reshoot from the top would have been rather easy, wouldn't it? In Don's account, it would have looked and sounded incredibly sloppy and unprofessional since the music would almost certainly jump from one spot to another due to the edit along with whatever visual edit would have been made.
If the issue is whether the actual mistake footage exists, I would seriously doubt it since it was edited out before the original airing. My issue is that I'm saying that I kinda have doubts about the alleged edited opening because it seems very unlikely, which then in turn makes me possibly question the entire recollection. I'm not suggesting in any way, form or fashion that Don is misleading anyone but instead is possibly just having a fuzzy memory. I apologize in advance if I am wrong.
Chris C., any thoughts about a situation like this?
JakeT
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A close second, which may or may not exist: Gene Wood introducing "Bill White and Betty Cullen" on Password Plus. When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape, after which Gene reads the names correctly, but you can see a couple of people in the background (I would say Bill and Betty themselves, but did Bill walk to the podium for P+, or did he start the show there?) literally falling over themselves laughing (the only way you know what happened was, the host (I can't remember if it was Allen or someone else) mentioned it later in the show); however, since GSN has episodes with scenes that never aired, there's a (slim) chance they could have this intact.
Although I'm not saying that it never happened, I would have to say that I do have my doubts. Chris C. could probably give a bit more insight on this as well. My thought is that if something went wrong at the very top of the episode, especially at the opening moments and introductions, wouldn't they have been more likely to have simply cut tape and started over from the top rather than created a noticeable clumsy edit when it wasn't really necessary to do so?
Maybe I'm just misreading this, but I thought Don was saying that it did happen, as evidenced by it being referred to later in the show, but he's not sure there's any existing footage of it.
But when Don said "When NBC aired it, there was a definite cut in the tape", my thinking is that they would not have aired an opening with a noticeable edit in the very first seconds of the episode. Sure, I can easily believe that Gene Wood innocently blooped their names but I can't believe that they wouldn't have simply stopped tape and restarted it all from the top so that there would be NO noticeable edit in the opening. In fact, since it was an episode featuring Bill Cullen as a celebrity guest, both he and Betty would have already been seated at the desk during the opening so a complete reshoot from the top would have been rather easy, wouldn't it? In Don's account, it would have looked and sounded incredibly sloppy and unprofessional since the music would almost certainly jump from one spot to another due to the edit along with whatever visual edit would have been made.
If the issue is whether the actual mistake footage exists, I would seriously doubt it since it was edited out before the original airing. My issue is that I'm saying that I kinda have doubts about the alleged edited opening because it seems very unlikely, which then in turn makes me possibly question the entire recollection. I'm not suggesting in any way, form or fashion that Don is misleading anyone but instead is possibly just having a fuzzy memory. I apologize in advance if I am wrong.
Chris C., any thoughts about a situation like this?
JakeT
It could have happened. I remember Gene misread "Loni Anderson" as "Lori Anderson" on WLD. Since she was Burt R's sig other at the time, it was kind of a big deal.
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In a similar vein, there was an early Password ep where Bill Cullen was on the panel. He introduced himself and said that "we're all here to pass Playword." Cue Jack Clark then introducing the show as "Yes, it's Playword!"
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In a similar vein, there was an early Password ep where Bill Cullen was on the panel. He introduced himself and said that "we're all here to pass Playword." Cue Jack Clark then introducing the show as "Yes, it's Playword!"
Of course, the reason that isn't similar at all is because Bill did it on purpose, and Jack Clark cleverly picked up on it to extend the joke.
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In a similar vein, there was an early Password ep where Bill Cullen was on the panel. He introduced himself and said that "we're all here to pass Playword." Cue Jack Clark then introducing the show as "Yes, it's Playword!"
Of course, the reason that isn't similar at all is because Bill did it on purpose, and Jack Clark cleverly picked up on it to extend the joke.
Bill's spoonerism didn't seem intentional to me.
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Bill's spoonerism didn't seem intentional to me.
Just goes to show you how good he was.
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Bill's spoonerism didn't seem intentional to me.
We get it. You know the word.
Bill did that intentionally on Blockbusters and Hot Potato as well.
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If that counts as a "meltdown," then I nominate the "Egyptian's favorite game show" incident from JackPot!.
Got me curious. Explain?
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If that counts as a "meltdown," then I nominate the "Egyptian's favorite game show" incident from JackPot!.
Got me curious. Explain?
There was an incident on Jackpot that resulted in an AUDIENCE meltdown... one of the few times they actually tried to give away $50,000 in the Super Jackpot, they had a riddle whose answer was so obscure, the audience went NUTS, causing Geoff to duck behind the bleachers where the contestants sit!
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If that counts as a "meltdown," then I nominate the "Egyptian's favorite game show" incident from JackPot!.
Got me curious. Explain?
There was an incident on Jackpot that resulted in an AUDIENCE meltdown... one of the few times they actually tried to give away $50,000 in the Super Jackpot, they had a riddle whose answer was so obscure, the audience went NUTS, causing Geoff to duck behind the bleachers where the contestants sit!
Although I've never seen the episode or have heard the answer, could the answer have been "The $10,000 Pyramid"? If so, was that really all that obscure of an answer?
JakeT
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If that counts as a "meltdown," then I nominate the "Egyptian's favorite game show" incident from JackPot!.
Got me curious. Explain?
There was an incident on Jackpot that resulted in an AUDIENCE meltdown... one of the few times they actually tried to give away $50,000 in the Super Jackpot, they had a riddle whose answer was so obscure, the audience went NUTS, causing Geoff to duck behind the bleachers where the contestants sit!
Although I've never seen the episode or have heard the answer, could the answer have been "The $10,000 Pyramid"? If so, was that really all that obscure of an answer?
There has to be more to it than that, because I've never heard of this either, and "Pyramid" was my immediate answer as well. Even if the players failed to solve it, it's hardly obscure enough to cause a studio audience rebellion.