Author Topic: The 5 Most Ridiculously Unfair Kids Game Shows (Read 8572 times)

trainman · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2008, 10:31:34 PM »

[quote name=\'GameShowGuru\' post=\'192531\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 07:32 PM\']...Burkina Faso instead of Upper Volta. (An extra 100 points if you can spell AND pronounce the latter's capital) ;-) ).[/quote]

I have relatives in the Foreign Service who were stationed in Ouagadougou for a couple of years in the late '80s. Therefore, it's one of the few African capitals I can reliably remember.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2008, 10:36:00 PM »

[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'192705\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:31 PM\']
[quote name=\'GameShowGuru\' post=\'192531\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 07:32 PM\']...Burkina Faso instead of Upper Volta. (An extra 100 points if you can spell AND pronounce the latter's capital) ;-) ).[/quote]

I have relatives in the Foreign Service who were stationed in Ouagadougou for a couple of years in the late '80s. Therefore, it's one of the few African capitals I can reliably remember.
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And there's your Wheel of Fortune Million Dollar Bonus Round Puzzle!

J.R. · « **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2008, 10:45:44 PM »

You can't have a thread on Africa without Zimbabwe Dollars:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/JRaygor/3a65_1.jpg

Allstar87 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 29, 2008, 11:24:30 PM »

[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'192712\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:45 PM\']
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/JRaygor/3a65_1.jpg
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That'll make Dr. Evil happy...

TLEberle · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2008, 11:31:18 PM »

[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' post=\'192421\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 10:21 AM\']#5: Funny story here. My mom detested Fun House because she noticed that the kids of any minority rarely won. I found out later that she in general didn't like game shows where very little knowledge was required. She liked Double Dare much better.
[/quote]Interesting: I thought that minorities were the best represented on the kids game shows, at least from what I remember. Regarding your second point, among game shows for kids that used questions at all, Fun House was the one that had the fewest questions to answer. (Which I'm sure was completely planned by the producers, who knew which side of their bread was schmutzed.)

Yogi007 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2008, 08:44:03 AM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'192707\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'192705\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:31 PM\']
Ouagadougou
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And there's your Wheel of Fortune Million Dollar Bonus Round Puzzle!
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I believe this would have made an excellent Megaword! Are we sure that they didn't use it back then?

/Sarcasm included at no additional cost

chad1m · « **Reply #21 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:00:25 AM »

[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'192705\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:31 PM\']I have relatives in the Foreign Service who were stationed in Ouagadougou for a couple of years in the late '80s. Therefore, it's one of the few African capitals I can reliably remember.[/quote]Well, whenever I receive spam like this...[quote name=\'THE DESK OF MR TUREN BEN\']Dear Friend
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of banque commercial du burkina(B.C.B) here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.[/quote]...I will always think of the GSF.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:30:16 AM »

And we're sure Burkina Faso's not related to the host of I'M TELLING?

GameShowGuru · « **Reply #23 on:** November 14, 2008, 05:34:22 PM »

[quote name=\'Yogi007\' post=\'192761\' date=\'Jul 30 2008, 07:44 AM\']
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'192707\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'192705\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 10:31 PM\']
Ouagadougou
[/quote]
And there's your Wheel of Fortune Million Dollar Bonus Round Puzzle!
[/quote]
I believe this would have made an excellent Megaword! Are we sure that they didn't use it back then?

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I think they did, and from what I heard, when the puzzle was solved and the contestant was asked to use the word in a sentence, they said this:

"My daily morning jog was ruined this morning when I stepped in a huge Ouagadougou."

Loogaroo · « **Reply #24 on:** November 15, 2008, 08:29:48 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'192658\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 06:57 PM\']
Ladies and gentlemen, a 44-second lesson in getting the job done, even in Africa.
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Pish posh. I can do you one better. This was in the final season, when they upped the goal to eight - and this guy still did it with 4 seconds to spare.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #25 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:00:44 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'192658\' date=\'Jul 29 2008, 07:57 PM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'192449\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 03:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'192446\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 03:38 PM\']One person ("Tatsuo", I think) won on the Africa map in the show's first week on the air. Really dramatic stuff, still one of my all-time favorite game show moments for pure excitement. I really ought to upload it. Anyway, surely at least one other person in five years accomplished it.[/quote]I seem to have a vague recollection of this from some rerun, being probably 5 or 6 and watching the show every day. It'd be cool to see, along with any other gems you might have.
[/quote]Ladies and gentlemen, a 44-second lesson in getting the job done, even in Africa.[/quote]
A year-old bump, and a bump of my own post to boot, two breaches of internet etiquette, but for the most pleasant of reasons.

Tatsuo saw his clip on YouTube and contacted me. He didn't have a copy. He does now.

/He also now goes by 'Tat', which I find vaguely unsettling for some reason.

beatlefreak84 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:12:27 AM »

Quote

/He also now goes by 'Tat', which I find vaguely unsettling for some reason.

I do, too, if only for the terrible pickup lines that probably go along with it:

"Hey baby, how about some Tit for Tat?"

/ObGS: Terrible pickup lines often worked on The Dating Game.

Anthony

clemon79 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:13:47 AM »

[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'226017\' date=\'Sep 14 2009, 10:12 PM\']"Hey baby, how about some Tit for Tat?"[/quote]
I lol'd. Hard.

Bill Neuweiler · « **Reply #28 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:57:11 AM »

Regardless of the year old bump, I've just enjoyed a handful of Africa Bouns wins that had me clapping in my seat. If I'm 31 now, that would make me and my friends around 12 or 13 when these shows first aired...really fond memories, good stuff gang, thank you.

Twentington · « **Reply #29 on:** September 15, 2009, 03:29:33 PM »

[quote name=\'GameShowGuru\' post=\'192531\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 10:32 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'192377\' date=\'Jul 28 2008, 10:00 AM\']
Regarding #2...

The only way it could be worse is if you're straddled with Africa in the bonus. Completely and ungodly unfair.

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No it's not. You just gotta do your homework like everyone else. I was studying the geography of Africa when I was 8 years old.
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Some of it depends on your education. I learned virtually no geography or world history in school, so even to this day I'm still finding myself saying "That's a COUNTRY?!" even when watching Jeopardy!. I mean, I can tell you that Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, etc. are in Africa... but beyond that, eh.