Author Topic: GSF 50 Greatest List - RESULTS THREAD (Read 119318 times)

J.R. · « **Reply #345 on:** September 11, 2006, 12:06:23 PM »

Say, I'm curious: Did you submit your own list, Mr. Matt Ottinger?

-Joe R.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #346 on:** September 11, 2006, 12:46:55 PM »

[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'131051\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 12:06 PM\']
Say, I'm curious: Did you submit your own list, Mr. Matt Ottinger?[/quote]
Of course! I did mine first, before I even announced the idea, because I didn't want to be influenced by other voting. I had Jeopardy first and TPIR second. The only one I picked that fell outside the Top 100 was Sports Challenge (#110). The other low ones that were on my list were Pantomime Quiz and two Cullen pleasures, Three on a Match (which I put pretty high at #35) and Eye Guess, which was my #50 pick. The highest ranked show that wasn't on my list was Jackpot, and that was probably a mistake on my part.

Chuck Sutton · « **Reply #347 on:** September 11, 2006, 12:50:12 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'131032\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 10:10 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'130987\' date=\'Sep 10 2006, 11:26 PM\']
[quote name=\'Chuck Sutton\' post=\'130979\' date=\'Sep 10 2006, 08:41 PM\']
The first piece of advice I give my clients, on the stand, answer the question you are asked and ONLY the question you are asked. I did that both times.
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Oh PLEASE tell me you're not claiming you're a lawyer.
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Nice catch, Chris.

He'll probably claim the fifth on this one.
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Are you done now?

clemon79 · « **Reply #348 on:** September 11, 2006, 01:03:21 PM »

[quote name=\'Chuck Sutton\' post=\'131057\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 09:50 AM\']
BTW anyone in Michigan who is out of work and needs helps getting their unemployment benefits or other legal needs feel free to Google sutton grand rapids attorney.

Are you done now?
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Oh, very much so.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #349 on:** September 11, 2006, 01:04:10 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'131054\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 11:46 AM\']
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'131051\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 12:06 PM\']
Say, I'm curious: Did you submit your own list, Mr. Matt Ottinger?[/quote]
Of course! I did mine first, before I even announced the idea, because I didn't want to be influenced by other voting. I had Jeopardy first and TPIR second.[/quote]
OK, you were on J!, and I believe you've attended a taping or two of TPiR (and probably other shows along the way). You also were on $otC--just curious where you ranked that one.

/not trying to imply anything from the question, even though it may sound it
//TPiR's the only one I've been to, and I still had MG7x ahead of it
///if anyone's curious, I'll post my list a bit later (just hold the tomatoes)

Doug

dzinkin · « **Reply #350 on:** September 11, 2006, 01:05:22 PM »

[quote name=\'Chuck Sutton\' post=\'131057\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 12:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'131032\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 10:10 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'130987\' date=\'Sep 10 2006, 11:26 PM\']
[quote name=\'Chuck Sutton\' post=\'130979\' date=\'Sep 10 2006, 08:41 PM\']
The first piece of advice I give my clients, on the stand, answer the question you are asked and ONLY the question you are asked. I did that both times.
[/quote]
Oh PLEASE tell me you're not claiming you're a lawyer.
[/quote]
Nice catch, Chris.

He'll probably claim the fifth on this one.
[/quote]
BTW anyone in Michigan who is out of work and needs helps getting their unemployment benefits or other legal needs feel free to Google sutton grand rapids attorney.

Are you done now?
[/quote]
They are, and now you are too. The subject is now closed.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #351 on:** September 11, 2006, 01:26:37 PM »

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'131062\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 01:04 PM\']OK, you were on J!, and I believe you've attended a taping or two of TPiR (and probably other shows along the way). You also were on $otC--just curious where you ranked that one.[/quote]
Way down at #27. As I've said in some of my editorializing, those of you who grew up in the eighties tend to have a much higher opinion of eighties shows like Sale, Scrabble and Press Your Luck than those of us who grew up in the seventies (or earlier) and remember different shows just as fondly.

I go back to Three on a Match as an example. Just about everybody old enough to remember it had it on their list somewhere, but most younger fans didn't, and I'm guessing part of that is because a lot of you have never seen it. In its day, though, it was every bit as popular as Press Your Luck was in the eighties.

clemon79 · « **Reply #352 on:** September 11, 2006, 01:42:41 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'131063\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 10:05 AM\']
They are, and now you are too. The subject is now closed.
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Subject droped!

TimK2003 · « **Reply #353 on:** September 11, 2006, 02:37:35 PM »

[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' post=\'130893\' date=\'Sep 10 2006, 01:54 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'130851\' date=\'Sep 9 2006, 02:50 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'130850\' date=\'Sep 9 2006, 02:43 PM\']Agriculture USA[/quote]Huh?[/quote]Well, since no one else has replied to Chris, The Esoteric One'll have a shot at it...

Also known as Ag - U.S.A. and Ag - Day (thanks, Total Television), this syndicated agricultural series ran mostly in early morning time slots, at least occasionally featuring an agriculturally-themed quiz bowl-type competition.

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I actually remember a bit of that show from 30+ years ago!

The only game element I remember seeing was that they spun a wheel (same type of wheel they use for the Money wheels in Vegas only smaller) with red, white & blue wedges with different pictures of livestock (cows, sheep, goats, hogs, etc...). I know nothing else about how or why they spun the wheel or why it was part of the game, but it was usually on right before the early morning kid shows prior to school.

chad1m · « **Reply #354 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:31:36 PM »

If ya'll promise not to shoot me, here's my top fifty:

50) Win Ben Stein’s Money
49) Hot Potato
48) Where in Time/the World is Carmen Sandiego?
47) Jackpot!
46) Dog Eat Dog (It wasn't the greatest show, and the payouts weren't superb, but it was a good show that made stunts for adults. )
45) (Classic) Concentration (This is low for me most likely because I cannot recall any episodes of it and I just didn't like the show as many of you familiar with it in the '50s and '70s did.)
44) Body Language
43) American Gladiators
42) High Rollers
41) Street Smarts (Comedy and good fun. Cheap? Yes. A good show? I think so.)
40) Go
39) Scrabble
38) Name That Tune
37) $ale of the Century
36) (The New) Treasure Hunt
35) Supermarket Sweep
34) Truth or Consequences
33) You Bet Your Life
32) Win, Lose or Draw
31) Twenty-One
30) G.E. College Bowl
29) Chain Reaction
28) Blockbusters
27) Beat the Clock
26) The Dating Game
25) Greed
24) Double Dare (Nick)
23) Deal or No Deal
22) Russian Roulette
21) The Newlywed Game
20) Tic Tac Dough
19) The Joker's Wild
18) To Tell the Truth
17) I've Got a Secret
16) Card Sharks
15) Survivor (It started the entire reality craze, so I definitely feel it deserves a spot on here. It's a television show where they're playing a thirty-nine day game. That has to constitue as some sort of a game show)
14) Weakest Link
13) Lingo
12) Let's Make a Deal
11) Hollywood Squares
10) Pyramid
9) Press Your Luck/Whammy!

Match Game
7) Who Wants to be a Millionaire
6) Family Feud
5) Password
4) What's My Line? (A classic format. Ever since I stumbled upon it a few years ago during the late night, I've been in love with it. If only the people and television were as simple as the '50s and '60s.)
3) Wheel of Fortune
2) The Price is Right
1) Jeopardy!

clemon79 · « **Reply #355 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:33:54 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'131095\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 01:31 PM\']
If only the people and television were as simple as the '50s and '60s.
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Oh, I would suggest that people today are ABSOLUTELY as simple as they were in the 50's and 60's.

MSTieScott · « **Reply #356 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:37:04 PM »

When I made my list, I knew that my top three were going to be Price, Pyramid, and Jeopardy! (the shows I placed below those three did not even compete, in my mind). But I had a dickens of a time trying to rank them as 1, 2, and 3 -- the subject matter of each is so completely different that even though they're definitely all game shows, it's like (to play with an old cliché) trying to compare an apple, an orange, and a banana. I wound up with Price first, Pyramid second, and Jeopardy! third, but I could easily see any of them landing anywhere in the top -- glad that they did make the top three.

Also glad to see that To Tell the Truth ranked above its cousins What's My Line and I've Got a Secret -- I think the increased play-along ability makes it a better game.

I tried to consider shows that I knew were great in their day, but I had never seen episodes or clips of -- turns out it's really hard to rank a show that you know nothing about other than the game structure (as a result, they tended to land in the 40's on my list). I didn't even think to consider Three on a Match because I know absolutely nothing of it.

Which resulted in some generational bias in my list, though I tried to keep personal bias out of it -- I love Press Your Luck, but I only ranked it at number 22, even though I would rather watch it over some of the shows that I ranked above it.

I'm pretty happy with how my list compares to the group list, though I wish Carmen Sandiego had cracked the top 50 -- I know it's a generational thing, but I have great respect for a show that made me much more interested in geography as a kid (moreso than I'm interested in it today).

[quote name=\'WilliamPorygon\' post=\'130791\' date=\'Sep 8 2006, 09:18 PM\']So was I the only one to list Idiot Savants?[/quote]
Nope, I had it at 49 on my list, in a "I know this won't impact the voting and I can't think of any more shows" kind of way. I liked that they had fun while remaining a real game show and also was amazed that they were willing to make the material way too challenging for an MTV audience.

--
Scott Robinson

chad1m · « **Reply #357 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:38:32 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'131098\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 04:33 PM\']
Oh, I would suggest that people today are ABSOLUTELY as simple as they were in the 50's and 60's.

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Heh. Touché

SteveRep · « **Reply #358 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:51:09 PM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'131033\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 10:14 AM\']
15. Sale of the Century. I never saw the second incarnation of the show - all I remember is the Jack Kelly version, and it wasn't a favorite. [/quote]
That's twice this guy's been mentioned and I have no recollection of who in the Sam Hill this Jack Kelly guy is. Can't even Google a picture of the guy.

Now Joe Garagiola is a different question .... that one I do remember.

Mike Tennant · « **Reply #359 on:** September 11, 2006, 05:02:05 PM »

[quote name=\'SteveRep\' post=\'131106\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 04:51 PM\']
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'131033\' date=\'Sep 11 2006, 10:14 AM\']
15. Sale of the Century. I never saw the second incarnation of the show - all I remember is the Jack Kelly version, and it wasn't a favorite. [/quote]
That's twice this guy's been mentioned and I have no recollection of who in the Sam Hill this Jack Kelly guy is. Can't even Google a picture of the guy.

Now Joe Garagiola is a different question .... that one I do remember.
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Jack Kelly is probably best known for playing Bart, brother to James Garner's Bret, on Maverick. He did host the first season of the original Sale of the Century, after which Garagiola replaced him for the remainder of the run.