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The Big Board / Re: Contestants who returned on two different shows
« Last post by BrandonFG on May 15, 2025, 04:36:46 PM »
Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on May 15, 2025, 03:44:53 PM
Curtis Martin on $ale of the Century and Greed.

Randy Amasia on Jeopardy!  and Whew!  (how about that, both shows with an exclamation point in them!!)

Kirstie Alley on Match Game and Password Plus.

Leland Young on Password Plus and Cullen's Blockbusters.
Kevin was asking for contestants who had multiple appearances, either because of a tournament or a technicality that would've brought them back. Your list is just contestants who were returning champs on different shows.
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The Big Board / Re: Contestants who returned on two different shows
« Last post by TLEberle on May 15, 2025, 03:57:41 PM »
Leland was never back for a tournament on Password Plus.
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The Big Board / Re: Ultimate game show cult favorite
« Last post by wdm1219inpenna on May 15, 2025, 03:47:02 PM »
Quote from: Neumms on May 12, 2025, 10:09:57 PM
I’ve always thought Whew! was the one. I loved Trivia Trap, but it’s kind of a guilty pleasure and has always seemed unpopular around here.

Another great choice is Three on a Match. It’s mostly forgotten, and its scarcity is a plus for cult status. Its rules were idiosyncratic and changed over the run. The set and music were cool at the time and cool now because they’re dated. Its host was the finest ever and hosted more games than anyone, but only one huge hit.

I positively adored Three on a Match as a youth of 5 to 8 years old, and now as a 58 year old I adore it still!
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The Big Board / Re: Contestants who returned on two different shows
« Last post by wdm1219inpenna on May 15, 2025, 03:44:53 PM »
Curtis Martin on $ale of the Century and Greed.

Randy Amasia on Jeopardy!  and Whew!  (how about that, both shows with an exclamation point in them!!)

Kirstie Alley on Match Game and Password Plus.

Leland Young on Password Plus and Cullen's Blockbusters.
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The Big Board / Re: New Book: "Celebrities on TV Game Shows"
« Last post by wdm1219inpenna on May 15, 2025, 03:42:11 PM »
Awesome!  I look forward to this, well done sir!
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Buzzr Lost and Found 2025
« Last post by aaron sica on May 15, 2025, 03:09:48 PM »
Quote from: ChrisLambert! on May 15, 2025, 12:39:35 PM
per their social media post, “iconic rare eps of Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password Plus and more” (Classic Concentration is also in the video).

…rare?

"Rare" = These episodes haven't been shown yet on BUZZR because we haven't yet converted them, and are holding them for special occasions...like this!
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The Big Board / New Book: "Celebrities on TV Game Shows"
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on May 15, 2025, 01:25:48 PM »
From our friends at Bear Manor:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F8Q58N7P

I helped them a tiny, tiny bit, mostly with I've Got a Secret (of course) and some TVG searching.  I can tell you that this is going to be the deepest dive into this very specific topic that you've ever seen, and much more carefully curated and researched than almost anything you're going to find on the internet.

The book is arranged alphabetically by the name of the game show, not by the celebrity.  Because this is such a massive project, it will be split into three volumes.  Volume one gets us up to It's Your Bet.  There is some question about how (or even whether) they're indexing the celebrities.  I asked one of the authors and even he wasn't even sure.  (They haven't seen the final product themselves yet.)  I also don't know the timeline for the other two volumes.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Buzzr Lost and Found 2025
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on May 15, 2025, 12:52:44 PM »
Quote from: ChrisLambert! on May 15, 2025, 12:39:35 PM
per their social media post, “iconic rare eps of Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password Plus and more” (Classic Concentration is also in the video).

…rare?

Yeah, I just got a lot less excited about this.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Buzzr Lost and Found 2025
« Last post by ChrisLambert! on May 15, 2025, 12:39:35 PM »
per their social media post, “iconic rare eps of Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password Plus and more” (Classic Concentration is also in the video).

…rare?
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The Big Board / Re: Game show "ironies" (if any)
« Last post by JasonA1 on May 15, 2025, 12:45:19 AM »
Quote from: TLEberle on May 15, 2025, 12:20:17 AM
Quote from: JasonA1 on April 17, 2025, 08:41:23 PM
B is fine, but A and C aren't really viable. Based on modern production practices only, I'm guessing each contestant applied to the show with a specialty category (or few) in mind, and the producers had that prepared ahead of their tape date.
This is still on the front page and somebody who uploaded his show onto Youtube answered the question--every contestant submitted three areas of expertise and the producers chose the "favorite subject," which means double naughty on the behind the scenes team as this definitely would have been avoidable with a different Double or Less question.

I'm going to make an educated guess and assume the producers only prepared for the one subject of the three they accepted. (The other ways to avoid this mistake are also far easier to execute.) But that's great info nonetheless; thanks for sharing.

-Jason
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