Author Topic: The Game Show Pilot Light Has Moved! (Read 13925 times)

chris319 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 05, 2007, 02:35:58 PM »

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Debralee was...available.

Meaning?

ChuckNet · « **Reply #46 on:** September 05, 2007, 06:35:53 PM »

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Between "Star Clusters," "Matchmaker" and the "Liars' Club" revival--not to mention "Reel to Reel" a decade later--Bill Armstrong's career didn't exactly close out on a strong note, did it?

Indeed...and I'm still wondering what happened behind the scenes on Pitfall that caused his onscreen EP credit to disappear near the end of the run.

Chuck Donegan (The Curious "Chuckie Baby")

mmb5 · « **Reply #47 on:** September 06, 2007, 03:48:55 PM »

The unreviewed lists are now up. Sorry I had to split up the lists among so many pages, the Wiki software I'm using chokes on large pages.

--Mike

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #48 on:** September 06, 2007, 03:59:25 PM »

One addition: Mark Kriski was on one of the TPIR '94 pilots.

And "Rock and Roll Pyramid"!?

urbanpreppie05 · « **Reply #49 on:** September 06, 2007, 04:00:32 PM »

I do believe there was a "Rock Feud" as well. If I'm correct, VH1 showed interest in those shows.

mmb5 · « **Reply #50 on:** September 06, 2007, 04:04:25 PM »

One extra note I should have mentioned. If you have additions/corrections/whatever, I would like a source before I include it, even if it's an ATGS post saying I went to the pilot. That way, our descendants can have concrete proof rather than name calling when someone asserts that VH1 shot a pilot for Rock 'n' Roll Bumper Stumpers back in aught-one.

--Mike

JasonA1 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 06, 2007, 04:11:55 PM »

Page O'Clips has clips of "Cheaters" up, the pilot that ultimately became "Dirty Rotten Cheater." Didn't see that on the list. Also, a YouTube search one day turned up a clip from this weird pilot called Idiot Quest, where they hook three people up to lie detectors and ask them softball questions. If you answer wrong and the lie detector proves you really think that's right, you get money.

And I saw it on your site, but with incomplete info - Smartass! with Mark DeCarlo.

-Jason

mmb5 · « **Reply #52 on:** September 06, 2007, 04:25:09 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'162982\' date=\'Sep 6 2007, 04:11 PM\']
Page O'Clips has clips of "Cheaters" up, the pilot that ultimately became "Dirty Rotten Cheater." Didn't see that on the list. Also, a YouTube search one day turned up a clip from this weird pilot called Idiot Quest, where they hook three people up to lie detectors and ask them softball questions. If you answer wrong and the lie detector proves you really think that's right, you get money.

And I saw it on your site, but with incomplete info - Smartass! with Mark DeCarlo.

-Jason
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I have a feeling that IQ (which I have on the list) and Idiot Quest are the same show. Time frame and the ad on Craigslist for the type of contestant they were looking for seem to be similar.

Thanks for the others.

--Mike

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #53 on:** September 06, 2007, 05:50:30 PM »

Seeing the lists and remembering what I watched with Mike on one of the UCLA trips, I might humbly suggest to the webmaster that he post a review of Tomarken's Duel in the Daytime, one of the trippiest shows you're never going to see.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #54 on:** September 06, 2007, 06:05:18 PM »

Just based on the set, that would be a fair assumption. What a title too. Figured Jay was only really quirky in the formats until this came along...

-Jason

clemon79 · « **Reply #55 on:** September 06, 2007, 06:34:12 PM »

Wolpert? Interesting. That set SCREAMED Chuck Barris.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #56 on:** September 06, 2007, 06:43:07 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'162999\' date=\'Sep 6 2007, 06:34 PM\']
Wolpert? Interesting. That set SCREAMED Chuck Barris.

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Yeah, but you didn't see it move in that way that only Jay Wolpert sets move. Cartoonish, candy-colored pieces dropping, spinning, magically appearing after a fee-plug edit. That picture is only the beginning (though a pretty neat find). As I said, trippy.

clemon79 · « **Reply #57 on:** September 06, 2007, 06:47:28 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'163001\' date=\'Sep 6 2007, 03:43 PM\']
Yeah, but you didn't see it move in that way that only Jay Wolpert sets move.
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Ah yes, Go. The Most Unnecessary Rotating Set Evar(tm).

/looked cool tho
//they could have placed the main desk on hydraulics and saved a fortune

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #58 on:** September 06, 2007, 06:50:42 PM »

To Tell the Truth is mentioned as having shot a pilot on July 31, 1980. If this is any help, I just got an episode shot on that date and the celebrities were John Wade, Susan Lucci, Bill Cullen and Polly Bergan. The slate states 80-35. The a/v are out-of-sync and it has a time code. It does have the unedited footage noted in a previous post, and was hosted by Robin Ward.

Clearer...or more confusing?

mmb5 · « **Reply #59 on:** September 06, 2007, 07:54:59 PM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'163004\' date=\'Sep 6 2007, 06:50 PM\']
To Tell the Truth is mentioned as having shot a pilot on July 31, 1980. If this is any help, I just got an episode shot on that date and the celebrities were John Wade, Susan Lucci, Bill Cullen and Polly Bergan. The slate states 80-35. The a/v are out-of-sync and it has a time code. It does have the unedited footage noted in a previous post, and was hosted by Robin Ward.

Clearer...or more confusing?
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Clearer. If you look at Marshall's site, that matches up perfectly with week 7, and if it's #35, that would be the Friday from the week. I'm guessing more and more that the remembrance of the person on ATGS probably saw it in '79.

I'll try to put up Duel in the Daytime up tonight. The set, sound effects and just the general noise level would have had Chuck Barris going whoa there Jay, you have to chill. It was like having a game show at Medevial Times.

--Mike, who doesn't need a fork but wants a refill on that Pepsi