[quote name=\'GrandMasterGalvatron\' post=\'227941\' date=\'Oct 6 2009, 11:28 PM\']I'd say this is about the equivalent of killing one of the Daily Doubles in the Double Jeopardy round. Might work better for production, but you're gonna irk the viewerbase a great deal.[/quote]I suppose, but I think this is worse. At least you still have a Daily Double to work with. Ask the Audience allows you a freebie on the low levels; Double Dip might get you out of trouble, but the only bit of assistance that's truly helpful on the upper levels is Phone-a-Friend/
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'227950\' date=\'Oct 7 2009, 05:18 AM\']I can see why they would cut that from a production standpoint. I would suggest "Turn to a Friend" you have in the relationship seat in studio.[/quote]Australia's most recent non-sucky version of Millionaire had the contestant bring friends down to the studio in the same way, but it was still called Phone-a-Friend.
Here's my question, though. It's merely an inconvenience to ask three of your friends to be PAF for a day. But how many people do you know that would fly with you to New York, knowing that two of them won't get to be used, and maybe the third if the contestant flubs.