Author Topic: Does DOND Still Thrill You? (Read 22434 times)

beatlefreak84 · « **Reply #75 on:** September 25, 2006, 03:42:21 PM »

Funny this comes up because, last night, thanks to not having any homework left to work on (dangerous, huh?), I started brainstorming ideas for the syndie DoND.

Here were some I came up with; do with them what you please...

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-Make the top prize $200,000; it would still be one of the biggest prize purses on syndie shows!
-Reduce the number of cases to something like, maybe, 20 to make a concentrated effort to get a game in in the half hour.
-GET RID OF THE FAMILIES/GIMMICKS! I would have no problem with the family, say, sitting in the front row of the audience and having the contestant maybe turn to them for help, but I'd rather see it done like TTD did it instead of making them seem like contestants themselves. And, I think the gimmicks are self-explanatory.
-For the people holding the cases, I'd reserve the models for the nighttime version and instead have a weekly pool of contestants (a la Jackpot). When a person's case is selected, he/she makes a guess as to what's in it. If he/she is correct, then he/she wins $50,000 minus $2,000 for each case revealed prior. Draw the main game contestants from this weekly pool (but each player only gets one shot at picking cases!), and that way, if somebody crapped out, he/she has a chance to win some decent money (or vice versa).

I don't really have any good suggestions for a possible host, but George Gray isn't too bad of an idea. I certainly loved him on TWL.

Anthony

clemon79 · « **Reply #76 on:** September 25, 2006, 04:11:15 PM »

[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'132596\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 12:42 PM\']
If he/she is correct, then he/she wins $50,000 minus $2,000 for each case revealed prior.
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Neverminding the budget issues that this notion carries, (which are massive: say the first three picks get lucky and make the right call? Goodbye, prize budget) the ramification that I see here is that it turns DonD into a political game. A player might avoid picking another player early (which would give them the chance to win more than if they were picked late) because they've already won a lot, or because they didn't pick the current player early in their game, or etc. It's a layer I think the show just doesn't need.

(Yes, I am well aware that the Australian show has the Megaguess. One, it's worth a lot less, two, it's a one-shot, and three, the players "on the podium" never get a chance to pick cases, and vice versa.)

(I'm also well aware that I'm giving the contestant coordinators WAY too much credit to suggest they would ever pick someone smart enough to realize this.)

Brig Bother · « **Reply #77 on:** September 25, 2006, 05:31:13 PM »

> if somebody crapped out, he/she has a chance to win some decent money (or vice versa).

No! That's where the drama is!

Given that the UK, a puny country, can have a £250,000 top prize daily (in an afternoon slot, pulling 2.5-3m viewers), why the hell couldn't you lot have a $500,000 top prize for a daily version?

I predict Syndie DOND US to be point missing and terrible.

clemon79 · « **Reply #78 on:** September 25, 2006, 05:34:58 PM »

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'132601\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 02:31 PM\']
why the hell couldn't you lot have a $500,000 top prize for a daily version?
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Because it would still leave the board topheavy.

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I predict Syndie DOND US to be point missing and terrible.

Well, can't argue with you there.

Brig Bother · « **Reply #79 on:** September 25, 2006, 06:41:56 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'132602\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 10:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'132601\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 02:31 PM\']
why the hell couldn't you lot have a $500,000 top prize for a daily version?
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Because it would still leave the board topheavy.
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Well it depends on how you make the board, doesn't it? The average UK payout manages to be about £16,000 - hardly anything compared to the top prize really. Our top box is also two-and-a-half times the second prize, so there's a proper premium for keeping it in the game.

It would be interesting to see what way they go though - a daily version like the Aussie show is actually a dying format, pretty much every new daily version around the world now follows the European route of having the contestants stay on until they play. This would probably be an administrative nightmare to do in the States though, although since you only seem to get two weeks holiday a year, it makes it much more important you don't lose, no?

JasonA1 · « **Reply #80 on:** September 25, 2006, 06:56:46 PM »

I've always wondered how the UK contestants seem so willing to stay on the show for days and days and days and days. Just how much vacation time do the average Brits get? It'd have to be something really high for me to say "I'd justify spending a chunk of that to tape a game show."

-Jason

TimK2003 · « **Reply #81 on:** September 25, 2006, 07:25:33 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'132592\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 01:40 PM\']

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I don't think I'd like a host that teases the contestants on this type of show.

I don't think that was his intention at all when he suggested George Gray. He saw his humor fitting the show - not his ability in being smarmy with contestants.

-Jason
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Exactly! Just like some people were thinking that Howie was going to be too crazy for DOND when he was first named. George would be a good fit because I think he knows when to use the cattle prod on a contestant if they are taking too long to make a decision and when to have a little fun with them.

Brig Bother · « **Reply #82 on:** September 25, 2006, 07:33:53 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'132606\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 11:56 PM\']
I've always wondered how the UK contestants seem so willing to stay on the show for days and days and days and days. Just how much vacation time do the average Brits get? It'd have to be something really high for me to say "I'd justify spending a chunk of that to tape a game show."

-Jason
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Four to six weeks on average. I get eight, but then I'm very very good. Taping normally requires about a fortnight.

Several people quit their jobs to get on our show. At least one of them ended up with a prize that was single figure.

clemon79 · « **Reply #83 on:** September 25, 2006, 07:50:43 PM »

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'132609\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 04:33 PM\']
Several people quit their jobs to get on our show. At least one of them ended up with a prize that was single figure.
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A screencap of that is a PWNED picture waiting to happen.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #84 on:** September 25, 2006, 09:14:11 PM »

DoND does not thrill me anymore. Mo' money syndrome killed it for me.

I'm personally looking forward to the syndie version. I would hope for a money structure like the Aussie version, complete with a car up for grabs. The only change would be for a top prize of $250,000. No more.

Please. Don't screw this up.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #85 on:** September 25, 2006, 09:19:46 PM »

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'132605\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 06:41 PM\']It would be interesting to see what way they go though - a daily version like the Aussie show is actually a dying format, pretty much every new daily version around the world now follows the European route of having the contestants stay on until they play. This would probably be an administrative nightmare to do in the States though, although since you only seem to get two weeks holiday a year, it makes it much more important you don't lose, no?[/quote]

Well, since syndicated game shows normally tape 5 shows in a day, it's not as bad (it would take any given person about a week to be called up) but there is the potential for a long stay. I think it would be a little more accomodating if there was something along the lines of TPIR Live in that you are eligible to play X number of times and after that, you're merely a spectator. It would still be a bit of a logistical nightmare, but more for the staff (who can find ways to schedule appearances) than the civilians.

chris319 · « **Reply #86 on:** September 25, 2006, 10:14:04 PM »

And all of these little tweak-ettes are going to compensate for the lack of a game?

The half-hour version will be better by dint of the fact that a pint of s**t is preferable to a quart of s**t.

/Deck chairs
//Titanic
///Rearranging
////Ice berg
/////Ahead
//////Look out!!!
///////WHAM!!!
////////Out of slashes -- bye.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #87 on:** September 25, 2006, 11:28:50 PM »

The game's never been there before, so I don't see how you'd think there would be a change to that.

clemon79 · « **Reply #88 on:** September 25, 2006, 11:51:41 PM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'132635\' date=\'Sep 25 2006, 08:28 PM\']
The game's never been there before, so I don't see how you'd think there would be a change to that.
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I think that's his point.

itiparanoid13 · « **Reply #89 on:** September 26, 2006, 12:30:27 AM »

Tonight's show was a bit annoying. The contestant's dream was to be able to fly to her husband's home country, because his parents have never seen their daughter. She had quite a bit of money, $55,000, but got greedy, lost a big value, and was left with an offer of $4,000. I truly felt bad for her; worse that I've really felt for any other contestant. I had a sinking feeling they would get the parents on somehow regardless. I just kept hoping they wouldn't, but they brought the parents on anyway. I might be a complete jerk, but I think DOND needs that certain level of disappointment every now and then to make people realize "Hey, money is money. Let's get the money for what we need and get out of here", not "Well screw it and No Deal the entire time, since if I need something bad enough, NBC will just buy it for me." The scene reminds me of one VERY similar from a UK episode (Mike has a video of it. It's Trevor's game). I don't want to sound completely, uh, evil, but that gutted feeling is OK every now and then. NBC ruined what could have been a terrific lesson to all future contestants.