Author Topic: Slide show of hosts (Read 9031 times)

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2007, 11:12:28 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 10:52 PM\']It's similar to that Supreme Court case which I can't remember: I know a game show when I see it.[/quote]
For the two people who might care: "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case [Les Amants] is not that." --Justice Potter Stewart, Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964

calliaume · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2007, 11:14:59 PM »

Wow, what a half-assed piece of work.

EDIT: I only saw about half the photos. More complete than I thought, but still a waste of somebody's time. (I don't think I saw Art James, however.)

clemon79 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2007, 11:44:38 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'143672\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 07:52 PM\']
(Though I'm sure some mole from Enema-all is reading this, and Swear For A Million will be on the NBC schedule next Fall.)
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I'd retire on my winnings.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2007, 12:49:19 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'143679\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 11:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'143672\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 07:52 PM\']
(Though I'm sure some mole from Enema-all is reading this, and Swear For A Million will be on the NBC schedule next Fall.)
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I'd retire on my winnings.

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Court shows are not game shows. Well, except for "Guilty or Innocent" which was a docudrama-game show.

clemon79 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2007, 12:53:24 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'143683\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 09:49 PM\']
Well, except for "Guilty or Innocent" which was a docudrama-game show.
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A gameudockery?

TLEberle · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2007, 01:13:26 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'143683\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 09:49 PM\']Court shows are not game shows. [/quote]How did you get to this conclusion? All I said was "I'm reminded of the Supreme Court case..." that Steve so graciously looked up for me. Nowhere was there mention of court shows and game shows being synonymous.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2007, 02:11:26 AM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'143685\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 01:13 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'143683\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 09:49 PM\']Court shows are not game shows. [/quote]How did you get to this conclusion? All I said was "I'm reminded of the Supreme Court case..." that Steve so graciously looked up for me. Nowhere was there mention of court shows and game shows being synonymous.
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It's just a play on the word swear. "Swear for a Million" would be an apt title for a court show, if the court shows ever succumb to "mo money syndrome."

Craig Karlberg · « **Reply #22 on:** January 18, 2007, 04:18:23 AM »

To whoever asked about J.D. Roth being a notable host, I give you these shows:

Fun House(which ISTR after 15+ years)
Masters of the Maze(that lasted just that short season. I kinda liked it)
Zooventures on Animal Planet(IIRC, that was the last one he's done unless I'm missing one)

Granted, he's not a bad host, but definitely not notable in terms of quantity that's for sure.

clemon79 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:15:30 AM »

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'143696\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 01:18 AM\'][/quote]
Don't ever change.

PYLdude · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:22:50 AM »

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'143696\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 04:18 AM\']
To whoever asked about J.D. Roth being a notable host, I give you these shows:

Fun House(which ISTR after 15+ years)
Masters of the Maze(that lasted just that short season. I kinda liked it)
Zooventures on Animal Planet(IIRC, that was the last one he's done unless I'm missing one)

Granted, he's not a bad host, but definitely not notable in terms of quantity that's for sure.
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Way to contradict yourself, Karlberg. Try to shoot me down, then agree with me at the same time.

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'143658\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 08:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'143618\' date=\'Jan 17 2007, 03:07 PM\']
3) "Fear Factor" is not a game show.
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In your opinion. When people are involved in a competition for cash/prizes without outside influences (such as American Idol), I don't see how it can't be considered a game show.
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Flawless logic, Mark. By that same token, I can say belching contests, the Pillsbury Bake-Off, and the between inning contests at Yogi Berra Stadium are game shows too. The fact that I can doesn't mean I do.

uncamark · « **Reply #25 on:** January 18, 2007, 12:39:19 PM »

JD Roth was a significant host in the terms of the kid at WBCS' interactive department who put together that slideshow and remembered watching "Fun House" every day. Flimsy, but there you go.

And someone around here once made the apt description of "Fear Factor" as "'Beat the Clock' on steroids." Maybe it's not our kind of show, but it's a game show nonetheless.

PYLdude · « **Reply #26 on:** January 18, 2007, 02:58:31 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'143723\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 12:39 PM\']
And someone around here once made the apt description of "Fear Factor" as "'Beat the Clock' on steroids." Maybe it's not our kind of show, but it's a game show nonetheless.
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And I say you're wrong. "Fear Factor" is NOT a game show. It's a bad reality show, nothing more.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 18, 2007, 03:11:55 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'143756\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 01:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'143723\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 12:39 PM\']
And someone around here once made the apt description of "Fear Factor" as "'Beat the Clock' on steroids." Maybe it's not our kind of show, but it's a game show nonetheless.
[/quote]

And I say you're wrong. "Fear Factor" is NOT a game show. It's a bad reality show, nothing more.
[/quote]
Well, now.
You're disagreeing with nearly everyone in this thread. What happens to be your personal definition of a game show?

JasonA1 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 18, 2007, 03:25:20 PM »

Have to agree with Chris here - no real way to define it without leaving it open for some weird thing to slip in like "People's Court" or "Iron Chef." Know-it-when-I-see-it seems to prevail.

-Jason

PYLdude · « **Reply #29 on:** January 18, 2007, 03:33:39 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'143759\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 03:11 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'143756\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 01:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'143723\' date=\'Jan 18 2007, 12:39 PM\']
And someone around here once made the apt description of "Fear Factor" as "'Beat the Clock' on steroids." Maybe it's not our kind of show, but it's a game show nonetheless.
[/quote]

And I say you're wrong. "Fear Factor" is NOT a game show. It's a bad reality show, nothing more.
[/quote]
Well, now.
You're disagreeing with nearly everyone in this thread. What happens to be your personal definition of a game show?
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Just because YOU don't agree with me doesn't give you a reason to be a snark, Odor. Oh, wait. You don't need any reason.

I subscribe to the "believe it when I see it" theory. Because I don't see any game show elements in "Fear Factor" other than the $50,000 prize, I don't believe it is one.

(And I consider "Iron Chef" to be more of a game show than "Fear Factor," even though neither one really are.)