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Figuring out a wrong-answer penalty may be the fly in the ointment, though.They already had it, although I thought ten seconds was a bit stiff. So do the Whew! thing and run off five, and the audience can count along. At the end of the five the next two letters pop in and play continues.
When GSN began running WLOD, it seemed every Round 1 category was Famous Person. That's probably just perception talking, but it was a go-to for them, at least.
I think you would find, due to a need to take more risks when you are behind, that there would be more utterly anticlimactic situations than you would like, as the person up 2-Whatever gets to stand there and wait for the word to fill in after their opponent made an early desperation guess.
Here's one clue of when the "miss every question" show may have aired. The first contestant to be rigged outright was Richard Jackman who was on the October 3 broadcast, which was the fourth show. Up until then, Twenty-One was apparently played straight, but Enright thought the show was dull. Maybe the disastrous episode was the third show.Barry did indeed host the final episode, and the photo taken of him after the studio cleared out is a perfect example of "a picture's worth a thousand words."
As far as Monty Hall hosting, he was supposed to take over the show for the summer while Jack Barry toured with a nightclub act. But Barry hurried back to New York and resumed his hosting when he you know what started hitting the fan. I don't know how many episodes Monty Hall hosted, but Barry was definitely hosting when the show went off the air.
Here's one clue of when the "miss every question" show may have aired. The first contestant to be rigged outright was Richard Jackman who was on the October 3 broadcast, which was the fourth show. Up until then, Twenty-One was apparently played straight, but Enright thought the show was dull. Maybe the disastrous episode was the third show.Barry did indeed host the final episode, and the photo taken of him after the studio cleared out is a perfect example of "a picture's worth a thousand words."
As far as Monty Hall hosting, he was supposed to take over the show for the summer while Jack Barry toured with a nightclub act. But Barry hurried back to New York and resumed his hosting when he you know what started hitting the fan. I don't know how many episodes Monty Hall hosted, but Barry was definitely hosting when the show went off the air.