[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'123498\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 10:05 PM\'][quote name=\'MSTieScott\' post=\'123461\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 11:25 AM\']
Just because a show has recently been done means that it shouldn't be done again?
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Did I say this, because I don't think I did. A show shouldn't be done again so soon if the new show can't really improve upon the recently departed.[/quote]
I read that as "a show shouldn't be done again if it's been done recently," but I apologize if I misintepreted. Though I still partially disagree with the sentiment above -- depending on the quality of the recently departed show, if it came back a couple years later of equal quality, it could be a good thing. For example, if Hollywood Squares came back at the same level of quality it was in 2004, I'd be happy to see it again.
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'123498\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 10:05 PM\']Maybe more spins on the board would be good, but if the prizes are good enough, it doesn't matter what's cash or what's prizes during play. "$30,500" on a player's tote, whether it's a Nissan 350Z or the amount in cash, makes not a bit of difference.[/quote]
That's true. Though there are a finite number of prizes and trip destinations that are exciting to win, so I think a good board would still have to be mostly cash, but an increase of desirable prizes would be fine.
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'123498\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 10:05 PM\']
(1) Better board value distribution, (2) no Double Whammies, (3) keep the board rectangular so you can get a larger shot of the contestant as they're spinning, and you've got the improvements to Whammy! that you seek.
(1) Maybe, (2) absolutely, and (3) not at all. The aesethetics of the board seem so immaterial to the game play. I saw the contestant just fine.[/quote]
Admittedly, that's not crucial to the success of the show, but I was just coming up with improvements to Whammy!. On PYL, you could better see the contestant, which drew you in to how they played the game. On Whammy!, it was such a relatively small torso shot that you didn't feel as connected to the contestant. Not vital, but a small improvement.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree on
which show would be the best choice to revive in prime time. I like Card Sharks and Match Game, too. (Though personally, I don't think Card Sharks has a prime time feel. If they played with the same types of questions they used on GSM, it would make a great companion show for syndicated Feud, though. But with a perfect panel chemistry, I can see Match Game working in prime time.)
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Scott Robinson