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The Big Board / Prizes appreciating in value
« Last post by SuperMatch93 on July 09, 2025, 08:36:40 PM »
When Temptation premiered in 2005, the top prize was $500,000 in gold. If a contestant had won it at the time, and held onto it until now, they would have over AU$4.5 million worth (~$2.95 million American).

What are some other examples of prizes from game shows in the past that are worth far more today than they were at the time, outpacing inflation? I know Cullen Price gave away a Picasso at one point, and the Dream Houses are probably worth more by now if they're still standing.
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The Big Board / Possible lost pilot--"The Ungame"
« Last post by SamJ93 on July 09, 2025, 07:10:44 PM »
About a year ago, I previously shared a video from KamSandwich, a YouTuber who reviews obscure, weird and just plain bad board games. While his latest video is mostly unrelated to game shows, it does contain an interesting nugget worth noting here...

Apparently, there were two attempts at making a game show out of The Ungame, which isn't so much a board game as it is "non-competitive Candy Land with icebreaker questions." The sole existing source is this 1981 newspaper interview with the game's creator, who claims that the first attempt made it as far as the pilot stage, but she disliked the fact that the unnamed host made snarky responses to the contestants' answers, which is completely against the spirit of the game. A second attempt, which didn't make it far past the office pitch, would've apparently been a life-size board game involving giant dice and cards.

Any of our industry insiders here able to corroborate this, perchance?
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Sodboy13 on July 09, 2025, 06:28:04 PM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on July 09, 2025, 06:01:18 PM
Quote from: Jeremy Nelson on July 09, 2025, 05:31:26 PM
The game comes with 20 (!) chips- 10 pink and 10 blue.

Are there game rules that require that many chips?  Because as a play-at-home exercise, it seems the total number of chips required to perform this exercise as many times as you wish...is one.

/Unless all the pink and blue is for a Price themed gender reveal party
The game comes standard with 10 chips, 5 pink and 5 blue, as indicated on the box and on the storage slots in the back of the board. The extra pack of chips is one of those "Costco bonuses" that gives the buyer more a little more of something than a standard package for shopping there. Not a big whoop, but nice to have if, for example, you live in a house with two boys under age 12 and a very sniffy and chewy dog.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on July 09, 2025, 06:01:18 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Nelson on July 09, 2025, 05:31:26 PM
The game comes with 20 (!) chips- 10 pink and 10 blue.

Are there game rules that require that many chips?  Because as a play-at-home exercise, it seems the total number of chips required to perform this exercise as many times as you wish...is one.

/Unless all the pink and blue is for a Price themed gender reveal party
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Jeremy Nelson on July 09, 2025, 05:31:26 PM »
I received the large Plinko game from Costco as a birthday present this year- it's basically a larger version of the previous effort released at Target a handful of years ago, right down to the sound effects, the board coming in two pieces, and the chips falling off the board mid-descent more times than I'd like to admit. The game comes with 20 (!) chips- 10 pink and 10 blue. There's also a QR code for anyone interested in using the included pricing game rounds to determine who gets chips.

I'm happy with it because these are the things I would've loved if they made when I was 10.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by BillCullen1 on July 09, 2025, 12:11:13 PM »
I was bummed out about Big Showdown and The Moneymaze getting cancelled, but I looked forward to the new game shows. I made my first of several trips out to L.A. that year. Got to see Showoffs and Rhyme and Reason in person. IIRC they were both done in the same studio as Family Feud. I remember Pat Harrington, Jaye P. Morgan and Adrienne Barbeau being on R&R along with Nipsey. Some of the antics didn't make it on the air. Mostly salty language but it was a fun time.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by carlisle96 on July 09, 2025, 11:46:07 AM »
Quote from: GSRebich on July 04, 2025, 08:39:58 PM
Exactly 50 years ago today on this 4th of July was the death of 3 short-lived game show 1 NBC show and 2 ABC shows. The NBC show was Blank Check (which aired on the same day as Wheel of Fortune and the 2 ABC shows were The Big Showdown and The Moneymaze (both aired on ABC on December 23, 1974 and both ended on Independence Day 1975 (although the final week of The Moneymaze were repeats).

On the following Monday, NBC replaced Blank Check with The Magnificent Marble Machine which was also hosted by BC host: Art James and ABC replaced The Big Showdown and The Moneymaze with 2 new panel game shows: Rhyme and Reason hosted by Bob Eubanks and the short-lived revival of You Don't Say!

I went to summer camp in those days and although I wasn't a huge game show fan back then, it was a drag to come home to see a some of my favorites were gone
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by aaron sica on July 06, 2025, 11:09:04 AM »
Quote from: Ian Wallis on July 06, 2025, 09:49:02 AM
I'll never forget the "it's a Brand New Day on ABC" promos.  School had just gotten out for the summer.  I'd seen the TVGuide listings for the new shows and, as a pre-teen, it was an exciting time.

I was way too young to remember the promos (almost 9 months old), but I remember seeing them via tape trades. The promos definitely made it seem like an exciting time.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by Ian Wallis on July 06, 2025, 09:49:02 AM »
I'll never forget the "it's a Brand New Day on ABC" promos.  School had just gotten out for the summer.  I'd seen the TVGuide listings for the new shows and, as a pre-teen, it was an exciting time.

Too bad the "Brand New Day" didn't last long as none of the new game shows lasted more than a year and another major schedule change would come that December.
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The Big Board / Re: Neil Patrick Harris to host "What's in the Box" for Netflix
« Last post by clemon79 on July 06, 2025, 01:27:59 AM »
Quote from: Sodboy13 on July 01, 2025, 10:35:13 PM
Justin Timberlake was, sadly, not available.
Quote from: chris319 on July 04, 2025, 05:21:52 PM
It also sounds like "Your Surprise Package".
But you repeat yourselves. :D
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