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Matt Ottinger

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« on: June 17, 2010, 10:48:40 PM »
A story in Thursday's USA TODAY.  

Scroll down a bit for our stuff, though there's not a lot of detail.  Traditionalists will approve of the host, who says, "People into game shows are going to find us."  I'm doing my part.
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Loogaroo

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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2010, 10:58:17 PM »
Sounds a lot like the show that Travel Channel was going to do with Newton playing as a contestant on various game shows around the world. By my recollection, they did one episode in Japan and that was all.
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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2010, 12:19:22 AM »
[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'242704\' date=\'Jun 17 2010, 10:58 PM\']Sounds a lot like the show that Travel Channel was going to do with Newton playing as a contestant on various game shows around the world. By my recollection, they did one episode in Japan and that was all.[/quote]
I'd be interested to see how much the show plays into stereotypes.  That was part of the reason I couldn't really watch Wipeout or I Survived a Japanese Game Show.

/That, and I find them both insipid
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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2010, 05:04:57 AM »
[quote name=\'Loogaroo\' post=\'242704\' date=\'Jun 17 2010, 07:58 PM\']Sounds a lot like the show that Travel Channel was going to do with Newton playing as a contestant on various game shows around the world. By my recollection, they did one episode in Japan and that was all.[/quote]
Yes. Good memory! Japan was the pilot. With a little re-tooling the show finally got its pick-up. Congrats to Todd!

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Lirodon

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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2010, 12:41:19 PM »
Meh, this should have been on GSN, I don't get the same Travel Channel you do in Canada.

But this might sound fun...
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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2010, 04:54:47 PM »
My first thought when I saw this, and the network? "Oh, a clip special! Neat!"

But an actual show? This could be good. At least Todd is hosting it. I just mean the format may not be engaging. I guess we'll see!
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