Hollywood Showdown question

[Jay Temple]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219770\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 02:02 PM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'219769\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 11:58 AM\']The never-saw-air "Faker's Fortune" had questions that purposely "made a left turn" and fooled the players who buzzed-in too quickly.[/quote]
There's a really good reason that never saw air. Yes, it's sadistic entertainment for the folks at home watching these know-it-alls get screwed, but otherwise, swerve questions like that are total power-trip dick moves on the part of the writers...it's basically a writer saying "What? they're interrupting my hard work? Well, I'LL show THEM!" And the whole swerve angle totally blows up the playalong.
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I thought they did that quite a bit on Blockbusters. (Cullen version, at least. I haven't watched enough Rafferty to notice any kind of trend.) Or at least, a part of the question at the end made it ridiculously easy for your opponent if you buzzed in too early and were wrong.

[Johnissoevil]

[quote name=\'rjaguar3\' post=\'219757\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 12:33 PM\']As a quizbowl player, I miss shows where players could interrupt the reading of the question.

Seriously, has there been a new show in the past 10 years where players were allowed to do this?[/quote]

I'd say Whammy!, but that's considered a revival of PYL.  I'd consider it anyhow, though.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'rjaguar3\' post=\'219757\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 11:33 AM\']Seriously, has there been a new show in the past 10 years where players were allowed to do this?[/quote]This clip of Wintuition shows a player doing it once, on the last question.  OTOH, this was a player playing the house...