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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: urbanpreppie05 on December 10, 2003, 03:02:34 PM
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1. In the USA version of Chain Reaction, was the same theme music used?
2. What game shows are currently showing in Great Britain?
3. Did anyone attend the 1999 Gordon Elliot pilot of Let's make a deal? And if so, what was it like?
4. Not counting Nighttime specials, didn't TPIR use a different theme in the opening once or twice?
5. Was Bullseye shot at Studio 33? The audience shot looked really familiar (along with the ULTRA COOL lighted sign)
BONUS 6. What was the lowest game winning total on Wheel of Fortune? (I saw one show at about 2,700)
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1. In the USA version of Chain Reaction, was the same theme music used?
Yes.
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1. In the USA version of Chain Reaction, was the same theme music used?
Yes, although edited together oddly for the closing.
5. Was Bullseye shot at Studio 33? The audience shot looked really familiar (along with the ULTRA COOL lighted sign)
Yes, during its CBS tenure. The earlier shows were shot at NBC, where they had the audience bleachers visible for the open. It was reported back at the old place that Richard Kline (director) was barred from NBC for one reason or another, probably necessitating the change.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 03:02 PM\']2. What game shows are currently showing in Great Britain? [/quote]
A lot (although some of them would not be considered by some of us to be hardcore game shows). Iain Weaver posts a weekly schedule to the ukgameshows Yahoo! Group, which I often repost to another game show board. There's also Challenge?, the UK equivalent of GSN, which is also veering off into related genres of programming beyond studio game shows.
As for familiar titles to Americans, "WWTBAM," "TWL," "Ready...Steady (Set)...Cook!" and "Pop (American) Idol" (if you consider that a game show) are the only ones currently airing over there on the major five channels, IIRC. "Family Fortunes (Feud)," "Play Your Cards Right" ("Card Sharks"), "Blankety Blank" ("Match Game"), "Catch Phrase" and "Wipeout" have been on the schedules in the last year, however--and the old standbys are the venerable "Countdown" and "Fifteen-to-One" on Channel 4--and "Fifteen-to-One" has already announced that this current season is their last, while it's rumored that "Countdown" is on the ropes, particularly since both shows were moved to earlier afternoon slots than where they were for years and years ("Countdown" was C4's very first show when it launched in 1982).
4. Not counting Nighttime specials, didn't TPIR use a different theme in the opening once or twice?
There was a different opening vamp before the expansion to an hour, but the theme's been the same for 32 years.
5. Was Bullseye shot at Studio 33? The audience shot looked really familiar (along with the ULTRA COOL lighted sign)
It was in the second and final season.
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 02:39 PM\'] Yes, during its CBS tenure. The earlier shows were shot at NBC, where they had the audience bleachers visible for the open. It was reported back at the old place that Richard Kline (director) was barred from NBC for one reason or another, probably necessitating the change.
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Even if that's the case (about him being barred from NBC), Kline directed (and maybe produced, I don't remember) HOT POTATO at NBC's Burbank facility in 1984, so the move of BULLSEYE out of beautiful downtown Burbank and into CBS TV City three years earlier had nothing to do with any barring.
BTW, how was HOT POTATO played? :)
Doug
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 03:02 PM\'] 1. In the USA version of Chain Reaction, was the same theme music used?
2. What game shows are currently showing in Great Britain?
3. Did anyone attend the 1999 Gordon Elliot pilot of Let's make a deal? And if so, what was it like?
4. Not counting Nighttime specials, didn't TPIR use a different theme in the opening once or twice?
5. Was Bullseye shot at Studio 33? The audience shot looked really familiar (along with the ULTRA COOL lighted sign)
BONUS 6. What was the lowest game winning total on Wheel of Fortune? (I saw one show at about 2,700) [/quote]
Wow! 4 people have beat Horan to the punch! Isn't this a new record? :D
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 03:02 PM\']
BONUS 6. What was the lowest game winning total on Wheel of Fortune? (I saw one show at about 2,700) [/quote]
I remember a $600 winning total in the first or second syndie season, and a $575 on the NBC daytime run in the 80s.
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Re: WOF, I was a wining contestant on the daytome version in 1982, and my day's winnings were $2600 (in prizes.)
I came back to play on a second day and won the first round for an additional $900. So my two-day total was $3500.
At about the same time my fiancee was on the show and she didn't even win the whole day, but she got $4400 for one round--more than I got for two days!
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[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 07:41 PM\'] Re: WOF, I was a wining contestant on the daytome version in 1982, and my day's winnings were $2600 (in prizes.)
I came back to play on a second day and won the first round for an additional $900. So my two-day total was $3500.
At about the same time my fiancee was on the show and she didn't even win the whole day, but she got $4400 for one round--more than I got for two days! [/quote]
Just curious...if you don't mind, what did you win in prizes, and what bonus round prize did you play for?
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Between my fiancee's prizes and the ones I won, I get them mixed up, because we ended up sharing them. But I believe I won a 5 pc bedroom set, and Sylvania TV. Funny, I remember the small stuff more than the big stuff--the Tang horse, and the dartboard cabinet. Oh I remember now, I won this pine wood food pantry that was huge and I sold to my sister, and I had to help her lug it around on three subsequent moves. Other prizes won between me and my fiancee--designer bedding, a dishwasher, a set of china--I just can't exactly remember who won what.
My bonus round clue was:
Category: Thing
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Don't ask me why I couldn't get "pinch of salt," but I missed out on a trip to the Bahamas.
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[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:00 PM\'] My bonus round clue was:
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Don't ask me why I couldn't get "pinch of salt," but I missed out on a trip to the Bahamas. [/quote]
Trust me, I wouldn't have gotten that either. ;-)
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The money won on that episode of Wheel was even less then usual because it was Susan Stafford's last show, and so in order to save a few minutes for a farewell sendoff at the end, they made all the game material very short that day--all two and three word puzzles, so the opportunity to accumulate money in the game play was somewhat reduced, as was the playing time.
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[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:30 PM\'] The money won on that episode of Wheel was even less then usual because it was Susan Stafford's last show, and so in order to save a few minutes for a farewell sendoff at the end, they made all the game material very short that day--all two and three word puzzles, so the opportunity to accumulate money in the game play was somewhat reduced, as was the playing time. [/quote]
Nice to be there for a part of history I'm sure. I'm willing to bet Fremantle doesn't allow for Claudia's last show coming soon to be acknowledged on-air.
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Susan Stafford was really beloved on that show. Pat Sajak was the new kid on the block at that time, whereas Susan had been on the show for eight years--what seemed like a lifetime in television. Nobody could foresee that Wheel was going to get stronger and stay around for decades more.
I remember the whole staff came out on the stage at the end for the farewell, and the producer Nancy gave Susan a bunch of roses. THe only one grumbling was Tony, our contestant coordinator, because he had to "dress up" that day for his one minute on camera.
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[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:58 PM\'] Nobody could foresee that Wheel was going to get stronger and stay around for decades more.
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That was around the point NBC wanted to drop the show as I recall, just on the cusp of its going nighttime. A lot of us would say Wheel was stronger in those days than it is now, but.........
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My bonus round clue was:
Category: Thing
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Don't ask me why I couldn't get "pinch of salt," but I missed out on a trip to the Bahamas.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT "SPOILER SPACE" FIRST! ;-)
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[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:58 PM\'] I remember the whole staff came out on the stage at the end for the farewell, and the producer Nancy gave Susan a bunch of roses. THe only one grumbling was Tony, our contestant coordinator, because he had to "dress up" that day for his one minute on camera. [/quote]
Of course, nowadays, almost nobody seems to dress up for their game show appearances. :-) Has Donny Osmond ever worn a tie on the Pyramid set? And most of the celebs are even worse. It's amazing to watch the current fashions amongst Pyramid celebs, and then watch the GSN reruns with David Graf, Nathan Cook, and Howard Morton all wearing jackets and ties, with Betty White and Teresa Ganzel wearing very nice outfits too.
I guess there must be an unwritten rule that the host be the nicest-dressed person on camera. :-p
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 12:12 AM\'] [quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:58 PM\'] I remember the whole staff came out on the stage at the end for the farewell, and the producer Nancy gave Susan a bunch of roses. THe only one grumbling was Tony, our contestant coordinator, because he had to "dress up" that day for his one minute on camera. [/quote]
Of course, nowadays, almost nobody seems to dress up for their game show appearances. :-) Has Donny Osmond ever worn a tie on the Pyramid set? And most of the celebs are even worse. It's amazing to watch the current fashions amongst Pyramid celebs, and then watch the GSN reruns with David Graf, Nathan Cook, and Howard Morton all wearing jackets and ties, with Betty White and Teresa Ganzel wearing very nice outfits too.
I guess there must be an unwritten rule that the host be the nicest-dressed person on camera. :-p [/quote]
Part of me says that society has gotten more and more casual (read:lazier), but part of me also says that open-collar leisure suits were big 30 years ago, and that this is all a cycle. I think sooner or later, game shows will once again become more formal and that the open collar business suit is just a passing fad.
EDIT: Hey, what do ya know, post #400! Joy to the world.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 12:12 AM\']
Of course, nowadays, almost nobody seems to dress up for their game show appearances. :-) Has Donny Osmond ever worn a tie on the Pyramid set? And most of the celebs are even worse. It's amazing to watch the current fashions amongst Pyramid celebs, and then watch the GSN reruns with David Graf, Nathan Cook, and Howard Morton all wearing jackets and ties, with Betty White and Teresa Ganzel wearing very nice outfits too.
I guess there must be an unwritten rule that the host be the nicest-dressed person on camera. :-p [/quote]
I think the "jackets and tie" rule for men and "dresses and/or skirts" rule for women has been relaxed pretty much. The exceptions to this rule seems to be WOF and Squares. I think History IQ among recent shows also had such a dress code.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 11 2003, 08:24 AM\']
I think the "jackets and tie" rule for men and "dresses and/or skirts" rule for women has been relaxed pretty much. The exceptions to this rule seems to be WOF and Squares. I think History IQ among recent shows also had such a dress code. [/quote]
Family Feud has also been a stickler on the dress code, with the exception of a Playboy or Rasslin episode from the past. Seems like they want the family to wear what the family would wear to Sunday church.
I have also noticed in the past that on Feud, the ladies' skirts had to be long enough to cove the knee.