GSF 50 Greatest List - RESULTS THREAD

[tomobrien]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130183\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 01:14 PM\']
[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'130181\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 02:10 PM\']Does anyone know if there are any copies of the 1960s version [of Supermarket Sweep] floating around?  I would love to see this one.  I'm betting no producer nor ABC has any copies whatsoever.[/quote]
Several episodes exist in, of all places, the Chicago Museum of Broadcast Communications.  
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The MBC has a brief clip of both versions on their website (www.museum.tv) right now.  The black and white clip takes place in a National Food Stores supermarket, which was a major chain in Chicago in the 60s.  That local connection may have something to do with their having the episodes in the collection.

[rialtus]

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'130188\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 01:27 PM\']Does Hughes markets still exist, and it what part of the country did they have most of their stores?[/quote]Hughes was in SoCal, and was purchased by Ralphs in the 90's.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'130192\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 11:59 AM\']
Here is my dream breakdown.
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My IQ dropped fifty points reading this post.

[Justin30519]

The MBC has a brief clip of both versions on their website (www.museum.tv) right now.  The black and white clip takes place in a National Food Stores supermarket, which was a major chain in Chicago in the 60s.  That local connection may have something to do with their having the episodes in the collection.

Wow. I didn't know the original black and white Supermarket Sweep existed. I wish they were on the trading circuit. I'd like to see a whole episode.

If only I lived in a town where there was a Museum of Television and Radio. I've been to the one in NY and LA. I saw (among other things): The Neighbors (skip it), Magnificent Marble Machine (not the episode on trading circuit), and The Moneymaze (real episode - not pilot.)

[rebelwrest]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'130197\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 03:35 PM\']
[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'130192\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 11:59 AM\']
Here is my dream breakdown.
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My IQ dropped fifty points reading this post.
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Well congratulations, now you have the IQ of a network executive (for GSN you have to drop another 50 IQ points)

[Blanquepage]

Does anyone know if there are any copies of the 1960s version floating around? I would love to see this one. I'm betting no producer nor ABC has any copies whatsoever.

A few of us have a very, very jumpy copy of one episode, untransferable to DVD. If those interested could get past the detestable tracking, I'll post a clip sometime on PoC.

--Jamie

[Brig Bother]

The problem with combining the UK format with Dutch/Aussie guess-the-case elements is that by the time it gets to your go in the chair, you could well be several thousands of dollars up anyway and it really wouldn't matter if your game went badly. And where's the drama in that?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'130199\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 12:53 PM\']
Well congratulations, now you have the IQ of a network executive (for GSN you have to drop another 50 IQ points)
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And for another 50 on top of that, I could get close to.....ah, never mind. Most of you know where I'm going.

[DrBear]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'130232\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 07:28 PM\']
[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'130199\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 12:53 PM\']
Well congratulations, now you have the IQ of a network executive (for GSN you have to drop another 50 IQ points)
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And for another 50 on top of that, I could get close to.....ah, never mind. Most of you know where I'm going.
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Cleveland?

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'130190\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 01:31 PM\']
Am I mistaken in thinking that Split Second is also innovative in that all three players might answer every question?
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In the main game, yes.  Each of the 3 players can answer one of the 3 parts of the question, so in theory it can happen, but I highly doubt it did.

However in the Countdown Round, the player who buzzes in first can answer 2 or all 3 parts to the question if they can correctly guess each part of the question.  Again, in theory each person *could* each get a chance to correctly answer one part of the question until someone gets to zero and wins the game, but you have a better chance in seeing 2 people going all the way and each winning $1M in the same episode of DonD.

[The Ol' Guy]

Several months back, someone on eBay was selling an original kine film copy of a 60s Supermarket Sweep  with a rather steep starting price. I sent Stu Shokus a note on it, hoping he'd be interested. There were no takers by the expiration date. Might be worth a look to see if it's back up. By the way, was that National Food Store in the Chicago episode the chain whose sign has the name National with three small stars underneath, and it's shaped like the traditional Goodyear sign? They were around West Michigan as well in them golden olden days...

[chris319]

My IQ dropped fifty points reading this post.

You're an evil genius; you've got plenty of IQ points left.

[chris319]

In Prime Time and Misdemeanors, Joseph Stone repeatedly makes one troubling insinuation in the Brothers case. The famed boxing writer Nat Fleischer was retained by the producers to write some hard boxing questions. What the producers claim not to have known is that Fleischer was a friend of Brothers' dad. Stone suggests that Fleischer could have been helping Joyce on the sly, though he admits being unable to prove it because he couldn't get Fleischer on the witness stand.

Watch the episode of the PBS documentary "The American Experience" that deals with the quiz scandal. Listen to Mert Koplin describe how Dr. Brothers became a contestant. The way he tells it, Joyce lit up when he mentioned the category of boxing. Hmmm, wonder why. Then listen to Sonny Fox describe how they tried to knock her off with a question not about boxers but about referees. That Joyce knew who Tex Rickert was in my mind supports Judge Stone's insinuations. Just my opinion, of course.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/film...ript/index.html

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'130241\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 09:01 PM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'130190\' date=\'Sep 2 2006, 01:31 PM\']
Am I mistaken in thinking that Split Second is also innovative in that all three players might answer every question?
[/quote]
In the main game, yes.  Each of the 3 players can answer one of the 3 parts of the question, so in theory it can happen, but I highly doubt it did.[/quote]
I'm pretty sure Clay meant that each of the three contestants could answer any given question, not that every single player would answer every single part of every single question, which of course would be all but impossible.

The other example that springs to mind of three players all being allowed to answer and score on the same question would be Press Your Luck.  You've also got other shows, like 50 Grand Slam or the Fast Money round on Family Feud, where more than one player is answering the same questions, just at different times.

And then there's 1 vs 100.

[JasonA1]

Don't forget 100%!! Or, be like the rest of America, and do forget it.

-Jason