TPIR 7,000 shows

[robsearson]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'229973\' date=\'Nov 6 2009, 12:23 PM\']I had no idea, either...I was surprised that they made such a hoopla about it, though.  Their 7500th show I think would be a more noteworthy milestone.

One tweak they did on the show that wouldn't be so bad to keep permanently would be to raise the stakes on Lucky Seven:  

Instead of playing with seven $1 bills, bump it up to seven $100 bills (the $1000 packs were overkill).  If you're going to throw a $1000 "bonus" every time someone wins on Clock Game, you should give a good Lucky Seven player a chance to win up to $600 extra, or whatever they have left.

Compared to some of the other money tweaks they've made over the last few years, $600 is a drop in the bucket.[/quote]

I just watched show 7000 on cbs.com... I very much dug their use of "classic" showcase music.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

I wonder if the reason why CBS listed this as the 7,000th episode is because it's the 7,000th aired episode, and not the 7,000th taped episode?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'gameshowlover87\' post=\'230124\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 12:19 PM\']I wonder if the reason why CBS listed this as the 7,000th episode is because it's the 7,000th aired episode, and not the 7,000th taped episode?[/quote]
It has nothing to do with that (and taping order doesn't usually have anything to do with anything).  The show's own episode count is wrong and has been for many years.  There are 146 more daytime shows than they think there are.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

So at which point was it that they lost count and began to act like those other daytime episodes that they didn't count never existed?

And BTW, do unaired episodes, as well as those 2007 pilot episodes with John O'Hurley and Doug Davidson count?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'gameshowlover87\' post=\'230135\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 04:11 PM\']So at which point was it that they lost count and began to act like those other daytime episodes that they didn't count never existed?[/quote]
It seems like it's happened a number of times over the years...at various points, they've been ridiculously far ahead of the actual count, almost right on, and ridiculously far behind.  The earliest mention of a count that I know of came when Bob declared the Season 4 finale to be the 1,000th episode; it was actually the 950th.

And I don't get where you're coming up with "acting like other episodes never existed."  They do not believe that the episode count is screwed up -- and you can hardly blame them, considering how nutty the claim sounds.  It's something I regret that we were never able to convince Roger of.

[quote name=\'gameshowlover87\' post=\'230135\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 04:11 PM\']And BTW, do unaired episodes, as well as those 2007 pilot episodes with John O'Hurley and Doug Davidson count?[/quote]
Nothing that's not an actual show counts, and I don't include the intentionally unaired episodes because I doubt they were ever intended to be counted.  It's easier to just say there are two third episodes.

[Ian Wallis]

And I don't get where you're coming up with "acting like other episodes never existed." They do not believe that the episode count is screwed up -- and you can hardly blame them, considering how nutty the claim sounds. It's something I regret that we were never able to convince Roger of.

So I guess their own records somehow became mixed up many years ago, nobody caught the error and they've been going on the wrong numbers ever since?  Still seems strange that could happen.  I f you have records indicating the exact number, you'd figure they would too; or would be able to figure it out.  Don't they keep records of how many shows they've done each season?  Don't they have an archive somewhere with tape numbers on them?  (OK, I know 7000 is a lot of tapes!)

I guess the lower numbers in the early years (half-hour) were because of Watergate.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'230148\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 08:20 PM\']So I guess their own records somehow became mixed up many years ago, nobody caught the error and they've been going on the wrong numbers ever since?  Still seems strange that could happen.  I f you have records indicating the exact number, you'd figure they would too; or would be able to figure it out.[/quote]
They do.  In fact, I got all my episode numbers and airdates out of their records several years ago.

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'230148\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 08:20 PM\']Don't they keep records of how many shows they've done each season?  Don't they have an archive somewhere with tape numbers on them?  (OK, I know 7000 is a lot of tapes!)[/quote]
I think Roger once said that it was CBS's responsibility to track how many shows they'd done...so evidently, someone was doing it (although not very well!), but not anyone associated with Goodson-Todman.

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'230148\' date=\'Nov 8 2009, 08:20 PM\']I guess the lower numbers in the early years (half-hour) were because of Watergate.[/quote]
Actually, I think that started with someone looking at the production number (#2005D) of the Season 4 finale and misunderstanding it.  I still don't get how it managed to fluctuate every time they mentioned it in the early '80s, though.

[chris319]

I think Roger once said that it was CBS's responsibility to track how many shows they'd done

Wrong! Regardless of what Roger said it is most definitely the production company's responsibility to keep track of the shows they've done.

do unaired episodes, as well as those 2007 pilot episodes with John O'Hurley and Doug Davidson count?

Emcee auditions do not count as episodes.

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'230017\' date=\'Nov 7 2009, 12:07 AM\']Randy West -- 42[/quote]
As if we really needed more proof that Randy was The Answer to Everything.

/As well as Life and the Universe.
//But who's counting?