Carlisle96, I hate to have the appearance like I made an example out of somebody, but can you fix how the quote is formatted in your last post please? I can delete this communication once you do -- private messages around here aren't exactly a priority for people, so I didn't use that route to tell you. But I can help you understand how the quote function works if you can't get it yourself.

-Jason

Please do...I've gotten it right sometimes and it doesn't work other times.

If we can qualify "underrated" to "underrated in the United States", the Sale Of The Century buzzer. This is such an iconic sound to Australians that when Temptation was on its way back, they had an ad campaign revolving around the buzzer. The show ran quite a while here and I don't think anyone really thought twice about it but it really is a pretty defining sound.

Carlisle96, I hate to have the appearance like I made an example out of somebody, but can you fix how the quote is formatted in your last post please? I can delete this communication once you do -- private messages around here aren't exactly a priority for people, so I didn't use that route to tell you. But I can help you understand how the quote function works if you can't get it yourself.

-Jason

Here's what I admit is a strange question. It was something my son asked me. We were watching a $25,000 Pyramid and an actor named Howard Morton (who I never heard of, but anyway....) was disqualified for giving part of the subject in his list, costing the contestant $10,000. My son said he should give her the money because he screwed up, not her. Would they be breaking some kind of FCC quiz show regulation or written game show rules if he had put a check in the mail for $10,000 and apologizing for his mistake, or sent her some kind of gift? As I say, I know it's a bizarre question, but I also can't help but thinking about William Shatner throwing the chair and not able to forgive himself for his legendary screw-up.

Without revealing too much...

I worked on a show that involved a timed round. The host made a mistake that required a stopdown and broke the momentum a little bit. The game ended up being close, and the feeling was that it played out fairly. The host, however, personally felt that their mistake had caused the game to swing in a certain direction. The host walked up to the S&P person and asked, "Can I take the losers to a restaurant and treat them to dinner? I feel really bad about this."

The S&P person replied, "Once the game has been played to completion, we can't tell you to do anything." So the losers got a free dinner that night.

So yes, theoretically, Howard could give them $10,000.

I know the panel shows What's My Line and I've Got A Secret brought on a lot of diverse celebrities and famous people who appeared a couple of times as special panelists, in single segments and/or Mystery Guests within the episode.

But what about shows that had diverse list of celebrities who actually played the game for a full week?

After winding up binge watching a slew of random Tattletales episodes recently, besides the regular and semi-regular couples who appeared on that show, it seemed like that G/T show brought on the most variety of celebrities you did not see on any other show.

For example, seeing the likes of singer James Brown, songwriter Sammy Cahn, and legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson playing at least one week's worth of shows...with their partners...sharing some of their more personal and intimate stories with America.  Kudos to the staffers who convinced these lesser-known people to appear and play a game show.  Peter Marshall's Hollywood Squares is another great example of variety, but TT seemed a tad better in bringing out "I can't believe they got them on the show" names.

Thoughts?