GSN 50 greatest game shows special...

[comicus]

No!  Bad GSN!  Bad!  That is NOT where we put Love Connection!  We put Love Connection in the stinky box!  You see that?  You see that?  THAT's where we put Love Connection!  No, no, NO!

And we haven't even fathomed the inevitable wailing and gnashing of teeth that is sure to accompany The Newlywed Game's top five ranking.  (Or have we?  I haven't been following along, really.)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'126896\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 08:23 AM\']
And we haven't even fathomed the inevitable wailing and gnashing of teeth that is sure to accompany The Newlywed Game's top five ranking.  (Or have we?  I haven't been following along, really.)
[/quote]
I've already written off the list completely, but putting TNG in the top five (which means it would have to beat out at least one of Feud, J!, Wheel, TPiR, and Match Game, not to mention several secondary candidates like Millionaire) would just be the absolute corker. I don't expect it to happen.

[SteveRep]

If you can't rank Love Connection (and I can't), can you really rank The Dating Game?

Seems to me there ain't a heck of a lot of difference between the two. Same premise, similar approach, go on date 00 -- although TDG seemed to send the couples to more exotic locales.

[MrBuddwing]

Missed the 1970s TTTT. Could anyone offer any quick details on it? Thanks.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'126845\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 12:43 AM\']... Either this demographic in the minds of advertisers either has a lot of spendable cash or the most gullible.[/quote]I vote gullible.  The way our educational system is going, young people are not very bright (except for the ones in this forum, of course).

Let me fix that post for accuracy:

... I think advertisers is Bulls**t...

/I know that's gramatically incorrect, but he didn't use the word "are"
//snipping is good
///but not if you snip too much

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'126924\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 01:26 PM\']
Missed the 1970s TTTT. Could anyone offer any quick details on it? Thanks.
[/quote]
This was the "Catch Me If You Can" ep--Frank Abagnale was the central character in one spot.  GSN ran this episode a couple of times when the DiCaprio movie came out a few years back.  Garagiola hosted, the panelists were Cullen, Cass, Carlisle and Nipsey Russell.  I believe the ep aired in 1977 originally.

The other spot was a female coach who worked for the NY Islanders (helping to improve their skating and speed).

Doug

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'SteveRep\' post=\'126919\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 11:04 AM\']
Seems to me there ain't a heck of a lot of difference between the two. Same premise, similar approach, go on date 00 -- although TDG seemed to send the couples to more exotic locales.
[/quote]
I'll tell you what it is: because on LC, the "game" part of it is never seen. On TDG, the whole procedure IS the show: the bachelor (or bachelorette) quizzing the contestants, the decision, the whole deal. On LC, all of that is done beforehand, probably in the contestant's (and for the sake of this discussion I'm gonna say the "contestant" is the one sitting on the couch with Chuck, not the one on the screen) living room, before you ever see the two people, and all you hear about is the aftermath of that procedure. The only game is the little sidegame where the audience votes to see if they picked the same person the contestant picked.

In fact, there's my knock, there's my evidence for all of you who want to suggest that LC is a game show: What game are these people playing while on the show? Not one. NOT ONE. Everything is predetermined beforehand, the contestant has already made up their mind, and the only people actually engaging in any remotely game-related activity are the audience, who are either guessing what the contestant already did, or just picking a date for them. The contestant does nothing there on the couch, the audience does the heavy lifting, and the audience's prize (nothing, unless you count the door prize) changes not one iota if they successfully match with the person the contestant already picked or not. And really, neither does the contestant's; they win a second free date with the person the audience picked regardless, and if it happens to be with the original person and they got along the first time, great.

So to sum, there is no competition, none of the activity is televised, and the prizes never change regardless of anyone's actions.

Love Connection is not a game show. And I feel more confident than ever stating that now.

[JasonA1]

All the confusion over Connection's status is probably because it has all of the trappings of a game show. A recognizable game show host as the presenter, announcers from a game shows, a snappy theme, live audience, game show-y set, etc. If it had a Jerry Springer-type whooing and oohing audience, and some nobody with a microphone and cards amongst the audience hosting while two guests sat on chairs together on stage, there'd be no debate.

-Jason

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'126931\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 02:57 PM\']
Love Connection is not a game show. And I feel more confident than ever stating that now.
[/quote]
You tell 'em, baby. As they say on the 'net.....ITA.
And neither is The People's Court, despite what Stu Billett would have us believe.
If LC and TPC are games, then, by God, so is Face The Nation starring the guy who's been keeping Katie Couric's seat warm for the past seventeen months.
And if FTN is a game show, then it belongs in The Top 50 seeing how it's been on the air for fifty-two years.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'126941\' date=\'Aug 10 2006, 02:24 PM\']
All the confusion over Connection's status is probably because it has all of the trappings of a game show. A recognizable game show host as the presenter, announcers from a game shows, a snappy theme, live audience, game show-y set, etc. If it had a Jerry Springer-type whooing and oohing audience, and some nobody with a microphone and cards amongst the audience hosting while two guests sat on chairs together on stage, there'd be no debate.[/quote]

The audience was pretty noisy (in an unsweetened way) on the show that aired last night.

In the 80s, when "reality TV" was applied to perhaps the "Real People"/"That's Incredible" genre of show (which was dying off when "LC" started), people didn't know how to classify it.  Woolery and Eric Lieber would be the first to tell you that it wasn't a game show, but it wasn't really a talk show either.  Rather than just put it in the "Other" category the business threw it in with game shows.  Even though the "relationship" category was created later, the fact is that when Marc Berman lists syndication ratings, he always lumps relationship shows with game shows.  It's unfortunate, but at least the fact that only one relationship show is scheduled for this coming season in syndication is some sort of relief.

[SteveRep]

Thanks. I felt all along that TDG counted but LC didn't. Then I saw what I posted before and resigned myself to having them both count or both not count.

I feel enlightened now.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

Name that Tune! No episode though.  Lingo is next up, it's a first season episode.

[Red]

Wow, I'm kinda shocked they didn't bias it to the top 5. Nice to see the first season. I liked this season because all the production values were low and a little less professional. Plus it just had a better feel to it. Oh and no models too.

[Scott]

Wow!  Season 1 Lingo!  I have yet to see a lick of the first season since we got the digital reciever and GSN a few months ago.

And, that pretty much guarrantees that WOF will be a Sajak episode.

[Blanquepage]

And, that pretty much guarrantees that WOF will be a Sajak episode.

GSN doesn't have any Woolery episodes, and the upcoming episode certainly wouldn't be a Benerschke one. heh. It's good that GSN did indeed at least mention Name that Tune....

--Jamie