Author Topic: GSF 50 Greatest List - RESULTS THREAD (Read 117239 times)

Blanquepage · « **Reply #165 on:** September 06, 2006, 02:10:27 PM »

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Unless I've missed something somewhere along the way, that means Celebrity Sweepstakes didn't make it into our top 50.

That's a major downer. Call me crazy, but CS was this 24 year old's #10 show. Ah well.

--Jamie

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #166 on:** September 06, 2006, 03:29:19 PM »

I don't expect people to vote on things they haven't seen, so I knew a lot of my '70's faves (CelebSwp, Big Showdown, Money Maze, etc.) wouldn't make the list. What might be fun would be to break down the list by demographics. Younger (under 40) voters vs. older. Males vs. females, etc.

Chuck Sutton · « **Reply #167 on:** September 06, 2006, 03:38:38 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130461\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 08:07 AM\']
[quote name=\'Chuck Sutton\' post=\'130456\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 03:04 AM\']Did Matt forget Martindale hosted High Rollers or did we leave off Tic Tac Dough?[/quote]
The former, but I claim extenuating circumstances. I wasn't doing those counts from memory, I used the Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows. Strangely, High Rollers isn't listed among Wink's credits in the Name Index (see for yourself, page 367). It's listed everywhere else, including the Game Show Personalities Index, and of course I know that he hosted the syndicated revivial, but in my haste I just assumed the EOTVGS index would be complete.
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That's ok. I just noticed the error because over the weekend I was trying to use the list on page one to confirm my guesses for the remaining 25, including High Rollers. I then realized Martindale had two without Rollers. And if you counted when Trebek substituted for Chuck on Wheel of Fortune you could get Alex to five without Rollers. So I went back to the TV Guide list to see what else was there but not on GSN's list and saw the only other realisitic possibility was Liars' Club, which I had at 20, so got a little excited Liars made it anyway. But alas no.

I know I was overthinking the whole exercise.

DrBear · « **Reply #168 on:** September 06, 2006, 03:39:28 PM »

I know the feeling - as I compare this to my list, most of the ones (especially lower) on my list that aren't on here are 70s ... or MUCH earlier.

It's hell to be old, as my mother used to say.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #169 on:** September 06, 2006, 04:13:10 PM »

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That's a major downer. Call me crazy, but CS was this 24 year old's #10 show. Ah well.

It was in my Top 10 too!

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I know the feeling - as I compare this to my list, most of the ones (especially lower) on my list that aren't on here are 70s ... or MUCH earlier.

A lot of it comes down to exposure. I thought of another that apparantly isn't on our list: You Don't Say. I'll admit I didn't have that one either, but realized after I submitted my list that I probably should have put it there somewhere. I'm a tad too young to remember the original, and I only saw the '70s remake a few times when it was on. Since then, I've only seen the 7 or so episodes in the trade curcuit, so it didn't leave a big impression on me - although I quite enjoy the '70s episodes.

I think that must be the longest-running show not to make our list. Odd that it didn't make GSN's either. I'm thinking that was the Kennedy show that finished 51st.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #170 on:** September 06, 2006, 04:55:37 PM »

[quote name=\'BobbyLankford_83\' post=\'130470\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 09:04 AM\']
Mark, Celebrity Sweepstakes was a neat show, and the set was cool. [/quote]
Yes, I know. That's why I ranked it 45th, though I now wish I had ranked it higher.

I only had four post-1990 shows on my list. I have a hunch that only one will make it.
Gee, I wonder which one.

mcsittel · « **Reply #171 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:12:45 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'130486\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 11:19 AM\']
I always liked the columns, because it allowed for a different strategy than "knock off as many numbers as you can" in the front game--instead, you were trying to knock off the numbers to either clear a column or loosen up a column.

Of course, in the end it was still take the roll at the start, pass it when there's more than one bad number, but that's an inherent flaw that couldn't be corrected. Yeah, you could've had some big gamblers, but if you lucked into both halves of the big prize on the first version or clearing a column with a nice trip on the second version, I wouldn't want to be the big gambler and risk losing them.
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I just dubbed an episode to DVD and it occurred to me that they could have given contestants more incentive to roll than pass if they spotted them an insurance marker to start each round. It's still a fun show to watch-I'd love to see a revival of it so long as they didn't screw it up and let people roll only 1 die or something... how about 3 dice? Oh the possibilities! Have four columns with 1 to 12?

To Mr. Ottinger: if respondents with the GSF included their age, you could make results based on age brackets... just to see if the Seniors ranked things different from the Juniors!

Matt
(who is old enough to think of Double Dare as the Trebek version unless otherwise noted!!)

clemon79 · « **Reply #172 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:17:11 PM »

[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'130519\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 03:12 PM\']
It's still a fun show to watch-I'd love to see a revival of it so long as they didn't screw it up and let people roll only 1 die or something...
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I am appalled.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #173 on:** September 06, 2006, 11:10:38 PM »

[color=\"#009900\"]20 Scrabble (1984-90, 1993)[/color]
(2027 67/80)(GSN: 29)(TVG: 40)

A great, rare example of a show that was improved by its on-air tweaks (though the 'mosquito' blooper is still funny). Also the highest-rated show on our list to have had only one regular host.

[color=\"#009900\"]19 Name That Tune (1953-59, 1974-81, 1984-85)[/color]
(2053 74/80)(GSN: 17)(TVG: 26)

There have been other music identification games (I personally think the British Keynotes is the best) but this is the one that outlasted them all. "I can name that tune in X notes" doesn't get mentioned alongside the classic catch phrases, but everybody knows it.

[color=\"#009900\"]18 Tic Tac Dough (1956-59, 1978-86, 1990-91)[/color]
(2114 74/80)(GSN: 32)

The Joker's Wild was a nice comeback for Barry-Enright, but not nearly as impressive a feat as the successful relaunch of one of their actual rigged shows. Though not nearly the media sensation that Ken Jennings became, Thom McKee gave this show some juice at just the right time.

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17 Let's Make A Deal (1963-77, 1980-81, 1984-86, 1990-91, 2003)[/color]
(2341 71/80)(GSN: 7)(TVG: 18)

At some point, after all the Billy Bushes and Ricki Lakes get through with it, we'll all realize that this show is Monty Hall, Monty Hall is this show, and no one should ever try to remake it ever again.

[color=\"#009900\"]16 Sale of the Century (1969-74, 1983-89)[/color]
(2359 70/80 including 2 First Place votes)(GSN: 34)(TVG: 41)

Another game we give more credit to than most, since behind all the flash and dazzle of the prizes was a pretty sharp fast-paced quiz. Jim Perry ruled.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #174 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:42:21 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130566\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 10:10 PM\']

[color=\"#009900\"]
17 Let's Make A Deal (1963-77, 1980-81, 1984-86, 1990-91, 2003)[/color]
(2341 71/80)(GSN: 7)(TVG: 18)

At some point, after all the Billy Bushes and Ricki Lakes get through with it,
we'll all realize that this show is Monty Hall, Monty Hall is this show, and no one should ever try to remake it ever again.
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If you're going to throw Billy and Ricki under the bus, you might as well include Mark DeCarlo!

Yeah, "Big Deal" was quite a stretch from Monty's incarnations of a tried and true format, but Pat Finn's version of "Joker's Wild" wasn't quite the game we all knew & loved either (Definitions!??).

comicus · « **Reply #175 on:** September 07, 2006, 01:08:37 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130566\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 11:10 PM\']
[color=\"#009900\"]16 Sale of the Century (1969-74, 1983-89)[/color]
(2359 70/80 including 2 First Place votes)(GSN: 34)(TVG: 41)
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And I've got a feeling I know where at least one of those first place votes came from.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #176 on:** September 07, 2006, 01:57:53 AM »

I'll make a motion that the DeCarlo LMAD be referred to as "Big Freakin' Deal."

SteveRep · « **Reply #177 on:** September 07, 2006, 09:04:28 AM »

I'm on vacation and am just now catching up with #s 25-16. The only question about the ones that are left is where they'll end up.

And, I'm somewhat surprised that we have yet to reach a show that appeared somewhere on all 80 ballots.

Chuck Sutton · « **Reply #178 on:** September 07, 2006, 11:11:13 AM »

I am also surprsied we have not had a show with 80 votes yet, one show in particular.

You know with Matt's comments about the group weighing towards 80s shows I am somewhat surprised that Win, Lose or Draw appears almost certain to have not made the list. It had a decent run on both network and sydnicated and was somewhat popular at the time.

Neumms · « **Reply #179 on:** September 07, 2006, 11:53:27 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130566\' date=\'Sep 6 2006, 10:10 PM\']
[color=\"#009900\"]20 Scrabble (1984-90, 1993)[/color]
(2027 67/80)(GSN: 29)(TVG: 40)

A great, rare example of a show that was improved by its on-air tweaks (though the 'mosquito' blooper is still funny). Also the highest-rated show on our list to have had only one regular host.
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Didn't Steve Edwards host a syndicated version right after the first NBC run, or did that not make it past pilot?