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The Pyramids

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« on: October 10, 2009, 10:09:05 AM »
What exactly happened in 'Snap Judgements' final year? Did it become a 'Password' clone right down to game play, set design etc?
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chris319

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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2009, 10:19:04 AM »
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'228170\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 07:09 AM\']What exactly happened in 'Snap Judgements' final year? Did it become a 'Password' clone right down to game play, set design etc?[/quote]
Yes, except for the music.
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geno57

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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 01:31:12 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'228171\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 09:19 AM\'][quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'228170\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 07:09 AM\']What exactly happened in 'Snap Judgements' final year? Did it become a 'Password' clone right down to game play, set design etc?[/quote]
Yes, except for the music.
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Well, and the host.

The music was the same used by the Cullen Price Is Right ... available on the second GS theme CD.
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chris319

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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 01:49:36 PM »
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Well, and the host.
My recollection of Gene Rayburn taking over SJ from Ed McMahon is a little hazy, so I didn't mention it.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2009, 01:57:38 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'228182\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 01:49 PM\']
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Well, and the host.
My recollection of Gene Rayburn taking over SJ from Ed McMahon is a little hazy, so I didn't mention it.
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I'm gonna have to check my old TV Guides, but I think there was a week where Ed played the game and Gene hosted.
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geno57

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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 01:46:38 AM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'228183\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 12:57 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'228182\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 01:49 PM\']
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Well, and the host.
My recollection of Gene Rayburn taking over SJ from Ed McMahon is a little hazy, so I didn't mention it.
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I'm gonna have to check my old TV Guides, but I think there was a week where Ed played the game and Gene hosted.
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No no, I was referring to the host being Ed McMahon, as opposed to Allen Ludden.
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Twentington

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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 02:35:24 PM »
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'228170\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 10:09 AM\']What exactly happened in 'Snap Judgements' final year? Did it become a 'Password' clone right down to game play, set design etc?[/quote]

And the second question. Why the ferjerkers did they do this anyway?
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2009, 01:24:49 AM »
[quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'228307\' date=\'Oct 11 2009, 01:35 PM\'][quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'228170\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 10:09 AM\']What exactly happened in 'Snap Judgements' final year? Did it become a 'Password' clone right down to game play, set design etc?[/quote]

And the second question. Why the ferjerkers did they do this anyway?
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Because the shows were very similar ... there was quite a bit of demand for Password's return ... and Snap Judgment wasn't doing well ratings-wise.

It was a strange thing to do, though.  I remember Ed explaining, one Friday, that starting Monday SJ would have a "new format" -- one that "many of you have seen before", and he knew we would enjoy.  I don't think it even lasted a full year.
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2009, 01:36:32 AM »
Wasn't the front game played to 50, and weren't "Big 5"/"Lightning Round" words worth $100?
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Ian Wallis

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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2009, 12:38:00 PM »
It's too bad we don't have any video existence of this show yet...it's been rumoured that there's absolutely nothing left of it.  I can't think of another Goodson-Todman show where this is the case.
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« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2009, 12:05:11 AM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'228352\' date=\'Oct 12 2009, 12:38 PM\']I can't think of another Goodson-Todman show where this is the case.[/quote]

I don't think anything from the primetime version Winner Take All has been found, and I can swear that there are a couple other early series by the company where there is no surviving material.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2009, 07:19:22 AM »
[quote name=\'RMF\' post=\'228422\' date=\'Oct 13 2009, 12:05 AM\'][quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'228352\' date=\'Oct 12 2009, 12:38 PM\']I can't think of another Goodson-Todman show where this is the case.[/quote]

I don't think anything from the primetime version Winner Take All has been found, and I can swear that there are a couple other early series by the company where there is no surviving material.
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"Call My Bluff"(the U.S. version) was one I remember watching originally, but haven't seen it since.
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MrBuddwing

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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2009, 01:31:31 PM »
I semi-vividly recall "You're Putting Me On," hosted first by Bill Leyden, then Larry Blyden (who was a previous panelist), but it's apparently 100% gone.
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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2009, 02:08:22 PM »
[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'228452\' date=\'Oct 13 2009, 01:31 PM\']I semi-vividly recall "You're Putting Me On," hosted first by Bill Leyden, then Larry Blyden (who was a previous panelist), but it's apparently 100% gone.[/quote]
Well, two things.  One, that wasn't a G-T show, it was Bob Stewart.  The other, it's not 100% gone.  At least the pilot exists, and is available for viewing at the Beverly Hills Museum of Television and Radio.  Soap actor Ron Husmann was the host of the pilot.  We also have an episode guide.

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'228429\' date=\'Oct 13 2009, 07:19 AM\']"Call My Bluff"(the U.S. version) was one I remember watching originally, but haven't seen it since.[/quote]
Two unaired shows exist, though the expert in such matters says they weren't exactly pilots either.

It continues to appear that Snap Judgment is the one G-T show (certainly the biggest G-T show) for which absolutely nothing exists.
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2009, 02:34:00 PM »
I just checked the GSPL page on Call My Bluff and it claims Don Pardo was the announcer.  I recall it was Johnny O.
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