New GSN game show...

[comicus]

Produced by BBC Worldwide America for GSN, Corbin Bernsen tabbed to host.  Read all about it.

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'170603\' date=\'Nov 27 2007, 03:59 AM\']
Produced by BBC Worldwide America for GSN, Corbin Bernsen tabbed to host.  Read all about it.
[/quote]

Surely there must be more to this game than people pushing buzzers.  I mean, on DOND, at least the players have to say the numbers of the boxes they want to open.

[weaklink75]

It sounds interesting enough-players trying to bluff each other into NOT hitting the buzzer, since you want to make as much money as possible, but have to avoid being the last person to hit the buzzer. And if you remember Corbin's "Celebrity Mole" apperances, you know he'll play the paranoia angle to the players to the hilt.

[Robert Hutchinson]

The basic concept sounds interesting, but as described, there's zero flesh on it. Answering questions, choosing amounts of money to gamble . . . SOMETHING other than "okay, here's another clock, hope you buzz in second, go!"

[Speedy G]

So basically, it's $10,000 Hit The Buzzer, Win A Cookie?  Wow.

[catnap1972]

[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'170646\' date=\'Nov 27 2007, 08:00 PM\']
So basically, it's $10,000 Hit The Buzzer, Win A Cookie?  Wow.
[/quote]

And somebody got paid to come up with this, mind you!

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'170676\' date=\'Nov 28 2007, 09:50 AM\']
[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'170646\' date=\'Nov 27 2007, 08:00 PM\']
So basically, it's $10,000 Hit The Buzzer, Win A Cookie?  Wow.
[/quote]

And somebody got paid to come up with this, mind you!
[/quote]

And the executive producer's Steve Brown, the man who brought you Donnymid--oh, boy!

(But I will give it a chance--once.)

[TonicBH]

[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'170646\' date=\'Nov 27 2007, 05:00 PM\']
So basically, it's $10,000 Hit The Buzzer, Win A Cookie?  Wow.
[/quote]

I fear the day when that becomes a reality. This show seems to be close to that.

[tvmitch]

[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'170646\' date=\'Nov 27 2007, 05:00 PM\']
So basically, it's $10,000 Hit The Buzzer, Win A Cookie?  Wow.
[/quote]
But you know what?

A little show called Deal Or No Deal is, at its essence, a pick a number game.

Would you rather pick a number or hit the buzzer?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'170806\' date=\'Nov 29 2007, 06:51 AM\']
But you know what?

A little show called Deal Or No Deal is, at its essence, a pick a number game.

Would you rather pick a number or hit the buzzer?
[/quote]
I'm pretty sure nobody is disputing the utter braindeadedness of DoND.

[colonial]

Is Corbin Bernsen being paid in snow globes for hosting?

James

[Neumms]

I had thought of pretty much the same deal: two people have buttons and a dollar amount that rises until someone hits their button and takes the dough. But that seems like a potentially interesting minute-and-a-half part of a show, not the whole show.

[mrchips]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'170838\' date=\'Nov 29 2007, 12:28 PM\']I had thought of pretty much the same deal: two people have buttons and a dollar amount that rises until someone hits their button and takes the dough. But that seems like a potentially interesting minute-and-a-half part of a show, not the whole show.[/quote]
So would you suspect that Enough is too much?

/got nothin', really

[That Don Guy]

Am I the only one here who sees most of the end games going like this:

"Start the money clock!"
(scene of both players pressing their buzzers as quickly as possible)
"You win a dollar!  Join us next time!"

Seriously, if it's "whoever buzzes in first, wins," what do they expect to happen?

(Then again, you would expect most "Friend or Foe" end games to end with both players choosing Foe, so who knows?)

-- Don

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'170863\' date=\'Nov 29 2007, 03:57 PM\']
Am I the only one here who sees most of the end games going like this:

"Start the money clock!"
(scene of both players pressing their buzzers as quickly as possible)
"You win a dollar!  Join us next time!"
[/quote]

Well no, because nobody's going to only want a dollar. There's greed involved. (As opposed to "the need for greed," which was really poor syntax.) I really like this psychological, no-trivia-necessary kind of show if it could be done well. (As opposed to "Friend or Foe.")

I do wonder how quickly the clock will go up, if we're talking a brisk $1000 a second, or $20 a second with lots and lots of Corbin.