Author Topic: Top Ten Moments of the 2000s (Read 10257 times)

chad1m · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2009, 11:37:53 AM »

This is exactly why no Price moments appeared in my list. That show causes more debate than any other in recent memory and I didn't want to see a pissing match develop because, quite frankly, some people can never seem to conduct themselves properly in these debates. I just didn't need that but, apparently, I got it anyway.

clemon79 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2009, 02:35:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'231832\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 07:39 AM\']So basically, in your eyes, you're allowed to give somebody help on national television, but you're not allowed to tell anyone you're the one doing it.

...sure, Chris.[/quote]
Oh, you want to play that card? Fine.

Basically my point is that the world would be a better place if a few of your Roadie buddies would get out of their parents' basement once in a while and dedicate their brains to something a little more useful than memorizing the prices of every prize given on the show in the last fifteen years.

The reason the "go ahead and shout things out" policy was ever okay in the first place was because nobody at the time ever thought that some people would raise TPiR to the level of a friggin' religion.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2009, 03:17:11 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'231837\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 11:37 AM\']This is exactly why no Price moments appeared in my list. That show causes more debate than any other in recent memory and I didn't want to see a pissing match develop because, quite frankly, some people can never seem to conduct themselves properly in these debates. I just didn't need that but, apparently, I got it anyway.[/quote]
I would hate for your About.com editors to learn that your opinions are self-censored and pre-influenced by what you imagine the reaction to them is going to be.

Meanwhile, not acknowledging the retirement of Bob Barker as one of the biggest game show moments of the decade was a mistake. It is easily #2 behind the ascendancy of Millionaire, and far more significant than the Family Feud facelift that made your list. The perfect bid nonsense, and for that matter any single outstanding "win" moment, is only interesting to die-hard fans of that particular show and typically not to the viewing public at large.

That Don Guy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 08, 2009, 03:48:00 PM »

[quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'231757\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 11:44 AM\'][quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'231753\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 01:57 PM\']The first million dollar win on "TPIR".[/quote]

And if such is the case, then you gotta put in the first million dollar winner on Wheel, the first million dollar win on 5th grader, the first million dollar win on DoND, the first million dollar win on Don't Forget the Lyrics, the first million dollar win on 21...[/quote]
Did I miss that one? I don't remember that show having any million-dollar winners.

(And if the first million dollar winner on DoND should be mentioned for anything, it should be mentioned for NBC telling the viewers in advance that somebody would win it.)

-- Don

xavier45 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 08, 2009, 03:58:14 PM »

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'231899\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 03:48 PM\'][quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'231757\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 11:44 AM\'][quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'231753\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 01:57 PM\']The first million dollar win on "TPIR".[/quote]

And if such is the case, then you gotta put in the first million dollar winner on Wheel, the first million dollar win on 5th grader, the first million dollar win on DoND, the first million dollar win on Don't Forget the Lyrics, the first million dollar win on 21...[/quote]
Did I miss that one? I don't remember that show having any million-dollar winners.
[/quote]
They didn't have any Million Dollar winners. The highest anyone won was $500,000.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #20 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:06:26 PM »

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'231903\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 03:58 PM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'231899\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 03:48 PM\']
Did I miss that one? I don't remember that show having any million-dollar winners.[/quote]
They didn't have any Million Dollar winners. The highest anyone won was $500,000.
[/quote]
Cumulatively, a couple of contestants won more than $1 million...off the top of my head, Dave Legler, and Rahim Oberholtzer. It was a phase where Millionaire, Greed, and 21 all went back and forth with the most ever won on a game show. And in true NBC fashion, the wins were spoiled well in advance. Morons.

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #21 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:59:22 PM »

The question was in reference to Lyrics, not 21.

And didn't a celebrity finally do it, long after everyone quit caring? Or is my memory failing me?

BrandonFG · « **Reply #22 on:** December 08, 2009, 05:02:41 PM »

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'231910\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 04:59 PM\']The question was in reference to Lyrics, not 21.[/quote]
I see.

Quote

And didn't a celebrity finally do it, long after everyone quit caring?

But there weren't any celebrities on the first episode! ;-)

xavier45 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2009, 05:03:59 PM »

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'231910\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 04:59 PM\']And didn't a celebrity finally do it, long after everyone quit caring? Or is my memory failing me?[/quote]
Nope, no celebrity won it either.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2009, 07:25:03 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'231878\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 02:35 PM\']Basically my point is that the world would be a better place if a few of your Roadie buddies would get out of their parents' basement once in a while and dedicate their brains to something a little more useful than memorizing the prices of every prize given on the show in the last fifteen years.[/quote]
So basically, your bias against Golden-Road ruined the moment for you, not anything that Ted himself did.

clemon79 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2009, 07:33:45 PM »

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'231929\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 04:25 PM\']So basically, your bias against Golden-Road ruined the moment for you, not anything that Ted himself did.[/quote]
Um, sure, okay, if it ends this conversation, I'll just let you go on thinking that.

/good lord.

wheelloon · « **Reply #26 on:** December 08, 2009, 08:03:48 PM »

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'231903\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 03:58 PM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'231899\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 03:48 PM\'][quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'231757\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 11:44 AM\'][quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'231753\' date=\'Dec 7 2009, 01:57 PM\']The first million dollar win on "TPIR".[/quote]

And if such is the case, then you gotta put in the first million dollar winner on Wheel, the first million dollar win on 5th grader, the first million dollar win on DoND, the first million dollar win on Don't Forget the Lyrics, the first million dollar win on 21...[/quote]
Did I miss that one? I don't remember that show having any million-dollar winners.
[/quote]
They didn't have any Million Dollar winners. The highest anyone won was $500,000.
[/quote]

Well, shows you how much I watched that show, lol. My apologies, I seriously thought I remember hearing lots of buzz about somebody going for the final one and getting it. It must have been one of those times they went for it and flunked. Goodness knows FOX beat a herd of dead horses with such stuff between that show and 5th Grader...

I guess you could look at this two ways:
1. An example of unintentional sarcasm at how that never DID happen and thus...
2. An example (which I was ultimately going for) why a one million dollar win isn't anything different anymore (alt. "unique" or "special") on a modern GS than any other episode.

Speedy G · « **Reply #27 on:** December 08, 2009, 08:31:49 PM »

I've been pondering this, and it kinda reminds me why I hate the internet top 10 list. There's usually maybe three or four things that absolutely obviously must be on the list, but the rest is basically "pick from a field of 20-25 items to fill out the list".

Millionaire HAS to be on the list. Ken Jennings HAS to be on the list. Deal or No Deal HAS to be on the list. Barker leaving TPiR HAS to be on the list. If you're taking an expansive definition of game show, Survivor HAS to be on the list. Outside of that, it's completely impossible. The second tier is *littered* with big winners and big losers. Second tier shows like 1 vs 100, Weakest Link, or the bank of GSN originals may have a place on the list. Once you've got the obvious ones out of the way, how do you rank the next tier reasonably?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 08, 2009, 08:34:49 PM »

[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'231936\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 08:31 PM\']Deal or No Deal HAS to be on the list.[/quote]Why?

BrandonFG · « **Reply #29 on:** December 08, 2009, 08:51:55 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'231937\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 08:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'231936\' date=\'Dec 8 2009, 08:31 PM\']Deal or No Deal HAS to be on the list.[/quote]Why?
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Game shows were in another down state in 2005 when the show premiered. D/ND's popularity led to another resurgance in games, first in primetime, then syndication, now network daytime.

Granted, most of the primetime shows that followed D/ND's model sucked, but I give the show credit for making game shows popular again.