GSN's New 'Chain Reaction' Pilot(s)

[dad1153]

Well then it couldn't have been a Michael Davies production. Was there any eerie music?

Dude, it's a pilot.  If GSN picks it up youl'll see motorized everything and more lights than at a William S. Burroughs memorial.  Until then gameplay is king in setting-up the pilot; gameplay will be watered-down in no time for the actual show.

[mystery7]

No music at all except for what they used in the Speed Chains. A couple people thought the SFX were kinda eerie.

[curtking]

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'114887\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 04:52 PM\']

Well then it couldn't have been a Michael Davies production. Was there any eerie music?

Dude, it's a pilot.[/quote]
I believe Chris was being sarcastic.

Curt

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'114887\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 03:52 PM\']

Well then it couldn't have been a Michael Davies production. Was there any eerie music?

Dude, it's a pilot.  If GSN picks it up youl'll see motorized everything and more lights than at a William S. Burroughs memorial.  Until then gameplay is king in setting-up the pilot; gameplay will be watered-down in no time for the actual show.
[/quote]

I'd venture a pretty safe guess that Chris is familiar with being around game show sets.

[chris319]

If GSN picks it up youl'll see motorized everything

God forbid.

gameplay is king in setting-up the pilot

Thanks for the tip. ("Game play" is two words, BTW.)

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'114887\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 03:52 PM\']... If GSN picks it up youl'll see motorized everything ...[/quote]
Including a motorized host?  Somehow I figured some show would eventually come along and have a Cullenbot built for it.

[Peter Sarrett]

I'm sorry, "AMERICAN IDIOT"?  I'm feeling like one, because this doesn't click for me at all.  Is this phrase "in the language", as they say, or is it a title of something?

Answering my own question, it's Google to the rescue: apparently American Idiot is the title of a Green Day album.  Which of course only begs the question, "Green Day?"

The better answer here was definitely AMERICAN IDOL.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Peter Sarrett\' post=\'114917\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:10 PM\']
I'm sorry, "AMERICAN IDIOT"?  I'm feeling like one, because this doesn't click for me at all.  Is this phrase "in the language", as they say, or is it a title of something?
[/quote]
Yeah, few years past ya, my friend. "American Idiot" is the title (and title track) of a hugely successful Green Day album. To a contestant base (and target audience) of good-looking twentysomethings, it's absolutely a reasonable link in a chain.

EDIT: Duh, you already found out who they are. But, yeah, it's well-known enough to be in contemporary vernacular.

[Robert Hutchinson]

I'm a little confused about how one valid two-word phrase can be a "better answer" than another.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'114920\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:20 PM\']
I'm a little confused about how one valid two-word phrase can be a "better answer" than another.
[/quote]
I think Peter is suggesting that "American Idol" is gonna leave fewer viewers scratching their heads than "American Idiot", which is probably going to confuse soccer moms and old people. Which is probably true, but we know that GSN is totally shooting for that 18-35 audience they will never get instead of being happy with the old people with assloads of cash who do watch them.

[mystery7]

So how many of those 18-35ers would remember who Dick Button was? Or the significance of "Jordan Almond," which got my airplanes circling?

[Peter Sarrett]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'114920\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:20 PM\']
I'm a little confused about how one valid two-word phrase can be a "better answer" than another.
[/quote]

A valid question.  In puzzles or in a game such as this, I think a phrase that is likely to be familiar to more people is better than one which is likely to be familiar to fewer.  If I'm playing along and an answer isn't familiar to me, I'll feel some combination of angry, frustrated, and cheated.  I do not think the list of emotions a producer would prefer to engender in his game show audience include anger, frustration, or betrayal.

If the host explains the answer, that ameliorates some of that feeling with a "Huh.  I didn't know that-- I just learned something," but I'll still feel like I had no chance of correctly guessing that answer.

So AMERICAN IDOL, a phrase familiar to anyone watching television (and therefore 100% of the show's audience), strikes me as a better answer than AMERICAN IDIOT, a phrase familiar to people who keep up to date with popular music (substantially less than 100% of the show's audience), in that it will be recognized by, and therefore be more satisfying to, a greater number of viewers.

[Robert Hutchinson]

Oh, I think an explanation is warranted whenever someone's "obvious" guess is wrong. But if I'm watching that unfold, I'm thinking "Clever! They led them down the garden path with that one."

Also, is it "ID____" that makes this situation? What about a guess of "Idol" when only the I is showing?

[Queen of Nerdocrombesia]

[quote name=\'mystery7\' post=\'114923\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 08:30 PM\']
Or the significance of "Jordan Almond," which got my airplanes circling?
[/quote]

I believe the Jordan Almond reveal got a bit of a collective "Whaa?" from the audience gathered, myself included.  One can marvel why it wasn't at the little catering nook (as opposed to a 'Soup Nook' misstep in the first show).

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'mystery7\' post=\'114923\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:30 PM\']
So how many of those 18-35ers would remember who Dick Button was?
[/quote]
Well, probably anyone who watched NBC's Olympic figure skating coverage, for one.

Or the significance of "Jordan Almond," which got my airplanes circling?

....anyone who's been to a wedding, most likely.