[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'174347\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 06:17 PM\']When I think of Flannel Feud, I think of just about the most generic game show production you could ever think of.[/quote]
Flannel Feud: Far from first form, forgivable for faults. Forced fun, frivolous, flashy... feh.
*Totally boring, and often brain-dead, families
*...and totally stupid answers given by said families...
*...and, sometimes, totally stupid answers given by the people surveyed!
*WAY TOO MUCH SHOUTING!!!
*5 family members, but only 4 questions (except in Sudden Death cases)
*...and they had to zip through those 4 questions at Mach 3 since nowadays, a half-hour program comprises what feels like 27 minutes of ads and 3 minutes of program
*That THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! theme (at least it had a melody, kinda sorta)
*The fact that almost nobody could ever clear all the answers off the board (although with the many asinine questions, I'm not terribly surprised here)
*Karn's over-reliance on catch phrases ("the ____ family have drawn first blood", "I'm doubling/tripling the points", the entire Fast Money spiel)
On the plus side, the set was actually pretty sharp, and Karn clearly enjoyed his role as host.