McKee's run on TTD

[bandit_bobby]

After watching several of his early episodes, I'm surprised that Thom missed quite a few questions as he did considering he won over $300K.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'194215\' date=\'Aug 15 2008, 03:57 PM\']
FWIW, I think Thom's strategy of always starting in the middle block is superior to Mark Leinwand's, who always started in a corner, forcing the opponent to go for the center on their first try.
[/quote]

Granted, it's 30 years, but I recall Thom always picking a corner and his opponent usually going middle.

But who would have thought "Tic Tac Dough" had strategic nuances still discussed decades later.

[rwalker]

I thought these were ran in the late 90s? At least on Youtube, Thom's shows appear to have the old "Game Show" bug in the corner.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'195837\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 12:45 PM\']
who would have thought "Tic Tac Dough" had strategic nuances still discussed decades later.
[/quote]
That's STR'T'GIC NUANC'S.
Great thing about this game, though. Aside from The Winker's wardrobe, even now the game holds up.
Was this one of the shows that was hinted at for a revival at millennium's beginning before everything but WWTBAM got canned and Survivor and its ilk took over?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'195858\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 11:38 AM\']
That's STR'T'GIC NUANC'S.[/quote]
I lol'd.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'195867\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 02:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'195858\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 11:38 AM\']
That's STR'T'GIC NUANC'S.[/quote]
I lol'd.
[/quote]
I made you LOL?
While miracles are happening, I'd better get myself a ticket for tonight's $12,000,000 lottery.
Returning to TTD chat, if the game of strategy, knowledge and fun were brought back, who should host? Wink? Jim? Thom? Todd? Don't even jest Patrick Wayne as we all know the ghost of Jay Jackson could do a better job.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'195873\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 12:06 PM\']
I made you LOL?[/quote]
It's not like it's an entirely uncommon occurrence.

[Jay Temple]

If I'm producing and Wink wants the job, it's his. Otherwise, it depends on the difficulty of the material. On any show with J!-level difficulty, I'd want Mark Walberg. If it's the same level as Wink's show, Todd Newton would be a good choice.

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'195873\' date=\'Sep 2 2008, 03:06 PM\']
Returning to TTD chat, if the game of strategy, knowledge and fun were brought back, who should host? Wink? Jim? Thom? Todd? Don't even jest Patrick Wayne as we all know the ghost of Jay Jackson could do a better job.
[/quote]
Pat Kiernan.  Tape it in NY.

(Where the hell is World Series of Pop Culture, anyway?)

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'195959\' date=\'Sep 3 2008, 07:47 AM\']
Pat Kiernan.  Tape it in NY.

(Where the hell is World Series of Pop Culture, anyway?)
[/quote]

Ooh, Kiernan would be good. I'd just love to hear him invite the champion over to slay the dragon. I suspect Pat would simply turn the corner and keep walking out of the studio.

Question for the panel: If someone brought TTD back. . . should the jump-in categories stay or go? I think they bunged up the game. If the show had witty writers to do the categories and questions they wouldn't need them.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'196048\' date=\'Sep 4 2008, 03:44 PM\']
If someone brought TTD back. . . should the jump-in categories stay or go?[/quote]
Hated 'em along with the dreaded red boxes that came with them.
They cut way down on tie games, which I always found exciting watching that pot grow, grow, grow
like Raymond Burr's waistline during the latter years of Perry Mason.

[J.R.]

If this isn't the right place to ask this, kindly let me know and I'll remove this post:

Does anyone have a copy of yesterday's GSN rerun of TTD? (Thom had a grand total of $93,250 and was being challenged by Smitty Smith at the end of Thursday's episode) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'196048\' date=\'Sep 4 2008, 12:44 PM\']Question for the panel: If someone brought TTD back. . . should the jump-in categories stay or go? I think they bunged up the game. If the show had witty writers to do the categories and questions they wouldn't need them.[/quote]I envisioned the center box always being a jump-in, because it's so integral to the game. Besides that, have two roving Jump-in tags that would attach to whatever category was in that particular box.

It's not a surprise to have as many long-running champions as that, when the X player has that much of an advantage. And that advantage reverts to the champ at the start of each new tie game, too.

[rjaguar3]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'196277\' date=\'Sep 6 2008, 02:11 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'196048\' date=\'Sep 4 2008, 12:44 PM\']Question for the panel: If someone brought TTD back. . . should the jump-in categories stay or go? I think they bunged up the game. If the show had witty writers to do the categories and questions they wouldn't need them.[/quote]I envisioned the center box always being a jump-in, because it's so integral to the game. Besides that, have two roving Jump-in tags that would attach to whatever category was in that particular box.

It's not a surprise to have as many long-running champions as that, when the X player has that much of an advantage. And that advantage reverts to the champ at the start of each new tie game, too.
[/quote]

I think B&E structured TTD and several others of their games (Bullseye, Strike It Rich) with significant champion advantages so they could get long champions they wanted without rigging the show.

[Robert Hutchinson]

I disliked any of the categories that allowed a contestant with perfect knowledge to still lose, whether it was a jump-in category, Double Or Nothing, or what have you. (I can't remember who gets to bid first in Auction, so that one may not apply.) I guess it wasn't a true B&E game show without some level of dumb luck thrown in.