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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'116020\' date=\'Apr 12 2006, 07:46 PM\']
Just about the most overused idea that was never a success. A couple years ago, I attended a GSN pilot hosted by Greg Proops that was based on the same general idea. He was great, but aside from the play-at-home factor, it's just a dull thing to do on TV.
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One has to think that the reason they keep going to this well is that even by game-show standards, it's insanely cheap. Researching material? Buy a $40 dictionary. Done.
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Well, they did a little bit more than that on "Balderdash," but I know what you mean.
And on the earlier shows (including "Call My Bluff," which got left out by Horan--you're slipping!), you also had the participants trying to come up with their own definitions. At least "WordPlay" and "Balderdash" employed writers to script what the celebs said, so a little more money was spent there. Emphasis on "little."