[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Sep 20 2005, 10:57 PM\']. . . was Bert ever able to make a funny moment out of it? It always seemed less funny ha-ha, and more funny why-did-they-hire-him-again?
Also, not that I doubt that budgets are always and forever a concern, but I'm amused by the game show with one of the most consistent budgets in history ($6600 or $7000 per full game, given enough games played) needing to slow down the game progression.
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Is it possible NBC put the screws on partway through the run? That's given as a reason why Sale of the Century endgame changed; since SP didn't have that kind of flexibility, drawing out the game itself could have helped.