WWTBAM bringing back phone qualification...

[weaklink75]

For the 10th Anniversary ABC shows, as well as tryouts and video submissions...

[tvmitch]

Hmm, this is interesting news. Except that they could choose any number of potential contestants from the phone game (i.e. 0). Perhaps there should be a bit more transparency there on how many spots are open?

[Timsterino]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'219253\' date=\'Jun 30 2009, 04:03 PM\']Hmm, this is interesting news. Except that they could choose any number of potential contestants from the phone game (i.e. 0). Perhaps there should be a bit more transparency there on how many spots are open?[/quote]

My understanding is 6 of the shows will contain JUST contestants from the phone game and 5 of the shows will be from auditions. Back in the prime time days when they had both the phone game and auditions at the same time, they never intermixed the two. The shows were just audition player or telephone player shows.

[GiraffeBoy]

I'm a bit of a video novice, but I'm gonna try my hand at a video submission. (Actually, my wife will hold the camera and I'll ham it up.)

Cool, the phone game is back! (B))

--Charlie

[WhammyPower]

Reminder: Phone lines are now open starting tonight.

[mmb5]

And I'm already 0 for 1.

Question for the mods -- are we allowed to discuss what we were asked/botched.

And if anyone's successful, knowing what the tape dates are would be nice.


--Mike

[chad1m]

I played it for fun today - made it to the third question. From what I've heard, it seems to be a fairly difficult test.

[ShoeHorn]

I also only made it through question 3. Geography questions with only a slight point of reference are not my strong point. For the record, Plymouth, Mass is above NYC. I did not know that. New England is just a blur for me. 9 more shots, I suppose.

[ShoeHorn]

And here's the tape date info pulled from the contest rules:

CONTEST DAY
(from 7 PM ET to 3 AM ET the following day)   TAPE DATES AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION
July 6, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 7, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 8, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 9, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 10, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 11, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 12, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 13, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 14, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5
July 15, 2009   July 29, 30, 31 and August 3, 4, 5

So it's July 29-31 and August 3-5 for those without the aid of graphing calculators.

[aaron sica]

I got to the second question. Will share the questions if so allowed.

[tomobrien]

Since I can't play, I thought I'd give it a few spins for fun.  (Man, does that bring back the sweaty palms of 10 years ago!)  A couple of observations and, as always, YMMV...
It does feel like the overall level of the questions is tougher than in the old phone game.  Out of 5 or 6 tries, I only made it to the fifth question once, and was surprised at how obscure (in terms of specialized knowledge) that 5th question was.
It seems like the "differences" between some of the answers is slighter than in the past.  Without being specific, I bombed out on a question about when songs first appeared on the Top 40.  The two songs that I transposed debuted on the chart 4 months apart.  I don't ever recall a distinction quite that small on the old phone game.
It also felt like the answers were being read more quickly this time--or perhaps I'm just old and can't write as fast.

[itiparanoid13]

I'm not eligible, but I heard and read something from numerous people and I was wondering if anyone here got it.  Some people called 10-15 minutes after 7PM and entered their info. the game told them it wasn't going on.  It told them to call again later and that this call wouldn't count as their one-a-day entry.  They tried an hour or so later and it told them they already used their entry for the day.

[chad1m]

I played my funsies game shortly after 7 and it went off without a hitch.

[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'219626\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 12:19 AM\']It also felt like the answers were being read more quickly this time--or perhaps I'm just old and can't write as fast.[/quote]Nope, it was kind of ridiculous.

[joshg]

I called around 10PM EDT last night and got through with no problem. And for the first time in 10 years, I got all 5 questions correct! I chose July 30th as a tape date. Now, it's up to the random gods to pick my name out of the people who also got the 5 questions correct and chose July 30 as a tape date.

Josh

[tvmitch]

Dang it, I forgot to call last night. Added it to my Google Calendar for the rest of the open period.

Seems a bit worrisome that every phone-in date "winnar" can choose any of the six available tape dates. IIRC the tape date selections 10 years ago were a bit more limited and staggered based on when the winnar called in, but I could be wrong. Whatever the result, the odds seem astronomical.