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Dbacksfan12

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« on: September 06, 2008, 12:39:25 PM »
Imagine this scenario:

A brand new game show is starting up.  You are offered any position you choose on the staff. Director, make-up artist, host, contestant coordinator, anything.

What would you select, and why?
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 12:54:23 PM »
The only position on a game show that I would ever be interested in is host.  Why?  Because the host gets the biggest salary and the most attention.  All other people can be replaced at the drop of a hat.
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bscripps

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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2008, 01:25:30 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'196248\' date=\'Sep 6 2008, 12:54 PM\']
All other people can be replaced at the drop of a hat.
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Hey, and you've got the right attitude for being "talent"...:-)

You're gonna need a director.  Hey, whaddya know--I'm a director.  And I'm a traditional director, which means if I'm directing Pyramid, I know the last thing the front game needs is lots of cuts back and forth.  Nothin' wrong with a static shot if it carries the action.

(To this day, that is the one thing that made the Donny version unwatchable for me--the rest, I could take or leave, but that damn cutting back and forth...urgh.)
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2008, 02:01:10 PM »
Producer...get my creative juices flowing. I love the idea of coming together and put together a show, starting from an idea, then seeing the ball rolling.

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//Willing to start small and work up
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2008, 02:18:48 PM »
Announcer.  I've been one for about 35 years, so I may as well do it on a good game show.
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2008, 03:31:19 PM »
I've long said that my "dream job" would be the guy who comes up with the various challenges on shows like The Mole, The Amazing Race, and so on. I would enjoy doing that in any capacity on a game or quiz show.
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2008, 04:20:17 PM »
My "dream Job" would be game board/scoreboard operator! Running the computer would be a real thrill!

Eric
(later on I'd be a host)
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2008, 04:31:49 PM »
I want to be a question writer.
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DrBear

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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2008, 04:33:17 PM »
Dressing room assistant for the models. I would have said at DOND, but I'm too old for 26 of them.
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Jay Temple

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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2008, 04:56:43 PM »
Writing or judging, whichever is more critical to the show in question. (I'd put J! and P+/SP in the former category, Pyramid in the latter.)
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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2008, 05:22:50 PM »
I would want to be either a question writer or producer.  The question writer position seems to be a perfect fit for me because it gives me the freedom to conjure up questions that are cleverly written and fairly rigid at the same time, and a producer's job expands one's creative mind of what a game show should look like and how it should be played.
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BillCullen1

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« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2008, 05:47:53 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'196248\' date=\'Sep 6 2008, 12:54 PM\']
The only position on a game show that I would ever be interested in is host.  Why?  Because the host gets the biggest salary and the most attention.  All other people can be replaced at the drop of a hat.
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Oh Oh, another Bob Barker in training?

To answer the question, I'd go with question writer as my first choice, contestant coordinator as the second choice.
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2008, 06:16:35 PM »
I'd either direct or do something technical. I've got experience in running cameras and character generator.
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2008, 08:03:39 PM »
Official Prize Tester.  I'll make sure the Alaskan cruise isn't crap before we give it away. =)
« Last Edit: September 06, 2008, 08:04:15 PM by WhammyGuy28 »
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Don Howard

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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2008, 08:39:00 PM »
Bouncer. Anyone in the audience shouts out or even whispers an answer, I grab by the throat, slam their head into the door, kick him in the azz down the stairs, again in the face and out the door.
Announcer's taken by geno, so I'll settle for hair stylist. I'll make ya look good, Jimmy.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2008, 08:41:59 PM by Don Howard »
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