Quote from: TLEberle on May 29, 2025, 08:18:46 AM

Stumpers is an oddity for me. ... I think having even four or five clues to pick from would make for a better flowing game.

It'd flow even better if the players made up the clues themselves.

How could that work, if your object is to give clues to your opponent that will keep them from guessing a word? You could say anything.

GIVER: Kumquat...
OPPONENT: Fruit?
HOST: No, sorry, the answer we were looking for was 'Philosopher.'
OPPONENT: <looks blankly confused>
HOST: We'll be right back with the bonus round.

Quote from: SamJ93 on June 12, 2025, 09:00:34 AM

Quote from: steveleb on June 12, 2025, 08:40:23 AM

Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.

While I never directly confirmed it with Bob, I've been told the show had several different names during development and that after the Oscars incident and the release of the Stevens hit (I still get nightmares remembering the ubiquitous direct response spots for his "best of " tapes that would turn up overnights on cable networks in the 80s) someone at NBC suggested they needed to have something with the world streak in it. 

If only they focused on the content as much as the brand...

Sorry to interrupt everyone's discussion about ratings from nearly 45 years ago, but the schedule for the week of the 23rd just dropped.  Times ET

8:30am-10a: Feud here. (Deep Breath)
Mon-Tue:  Dawson Feud '85. The AMC vs. GH week that I believe they haven't run before, while the '79 ep of Sammy Davis Jr hosting is the 3rd show on Tuesday). 
Wed: Three fresh episodes of the Combs CBS run, picking up where Buzzr and the Feud streaming channel previously ended at the end of March 1989. JUST the three.
Thu: Three PM Dawson eps, no idea if they're new (82-N013, 83-N016, 83-N065)
Fri: The Sammy ep again, a random 1982 ep, and the Monday show from the AMC/GH week again. (No weekend eps due to paid programming and E/I). Seriously what?

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10a & 10:30: Password 60s. Mix of B&W and Daytime episodes. No idea what is or isn't new here.

11a & 1130a: Password Plus.  Seen before. Shows from early '79 M/Tu, '80 on W-Su

12p/1230/1p: Super Password. Seen before. Each ep from a diff part of the run from 1985-88. Eps change daily. They're running eps from the '86 and '88 Lucille Ball weeks again. (Honestly would be content to not see the '88 eps again unless they get there in the regular, in-order, run)

1:30/2/230: Card Sharks '80, starts at ep 4 (?) of the Celebrity tournament. On Friday switches to Eubanks 1988 eps from just before and just after the ones they've been running this past week.

3p/4p:  TPiR S13 continues. Resets to the beginning of the season on Saturday. (Was hoping for S14)

5p & 6p: Million Dollar Password, starts from ep 1. Most eps not seen on Buzzr before and probably the most interesting thing this week.

And the rest.
7p & 7:30: Match Game, shows from 73-74 until Saturday, when it jumps to 77/78
8p-10p: Supermarket Sweep 4x
10p: Tattletales x2, another 'grab bag' week, nothing new. 10p hour is preempted by paid programming on official schedule on the 25th.
11p: To Tell the Truth x2, 1973, nothing new.
12a: To Tell the Truth x2, 1974, nothing new but jumps back to '73 this week.
Usual 1-4a shows, same, although the 4am Truth cycles through it's "random TTTT eps we've digitized" bit and shows TTTT 90 most of the week, same for WML at 5a.

Seemed like there were quite a few by that point not carrying the 4pm offering. I recall WDAU in Scranton carrying it off and on. WTVF (Syracuse) and WBNG (Binghamton) did not carry it.

The 4 PM slot was a problem going back as far as the mid-70s.  The original Tattletales (plus shows like Money Maze and You Don't Say) were often tape-delayed until the next morning, usually in the 9:30 AM time slot.

WHEC Rochester carried the reboot at 9:30, but bigger-market Buffalo never picked it up.

Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on June 12, 2025, 05:54:32 PM

Safe Crackers - If you fail to crack the safe, the host opens the safe and the player remains locked inside for the duration of the show.

I'll send you the bill for my new monitor. This one was great.

Okay...I'm already a fan of the show but I'd watch this.