Author Topic: Game play edits (Read 20303 times)

Twentington · « **on:** December 04, 2011, 01:49:54 PM »

A while back, I noticed that on the Season 22 premiere of Wheel, at least one whole turn got edited out by accident. The result — a P suddenly appearing on the board despite not being called, and a contestant having two Gift Tags when she solves even though you never see her hit one of them.

That seems a pretty big mistake. Have there been any other times where a valid portion of the game got cut out by mistake? The only other one I can think of was the Password Plus round with Wink and Gene that accidentally got deleted.

WarioBarker · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2011, 02:00:34 PM »

Would any instance of Family Feud going "not enough points" count?

/oh, you said mistake

Vahan_Nisanian · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2011, 02:32:24 PM »

How about this scene from the Michael Larson sweep on Press Your Luck

Notice that at 2.45, his score is $40,601, but then at 3.06, the next time he hits $1000+SPIN, it immediately jumps to $42,601.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2011, 02:44:49 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on December 04, 2011, 02:32:24 PM

How about this scene from the Michael Larson sweep on Press Your Luck
Notice that at 2.45, his score is $40,601, but then at 3.06, the next time he hits $1000+SPIN, it immediately jumps to $42,601.

Unless there was a spin that was completely destroyed, it was controller error. The documentary version (which had unaired footage) did not have an extra spin in it.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2011, 02:46:40 PM »

Keep in mind, anything that should have been seen might not have been "edited out by mistake." The only way you'd know for sure is if you were sitting in the edit bay.

On a Drew Price, they once left out an entire pick in 2 for the Price of 1.

-Jason

That Don Guy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:13:45 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on December 04, 2011, 02:32:24 PM

How about this scene from the Michael Larson sweep on Press Your Luck

Notice that at 2.45, his score is $40,601, but then at 3.06, the next time he hits $1000+SPIN, it immediately jumps to $42,601.

I thought that, when GSN aired the two Larson episodes "in their entirety," they pointed out a number of spins that had not appeared in the original broadcast (presumably in order for CBS to fit the whole thing into two episodes).

NickintheATL · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:18:07 PM »

Nope. The person running the scoreboard added an extra $1,000 by mistake at one point. No spins were edited out on the original broadcast.

Vahan_Nisanian · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:23:48 PM »

Then why didn't they bring back Larson due to a technical error?

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:50:08 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on December 04, 2011, 03:23:48 PM

Then why didn't they bring back Larson due to a technical error?

Not sure if serious...he just legally fleeced you out of the largest amount of money won on a daytime game and you would bring him back?

chad1m · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:26:11 PM »

Plus, you generally don't need to bring the winner back when the technical error is to the winner's benefit.

clemon79 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2011, 09:02:48 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on December 04, 2011, 03:23:48 PM

Then why didn't they bring back Larson due to a technical error?

Because it didn't affect the outcome of the OMG YOU MAKE MY HEAD HURT.

dale_grass · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2011, 10:26:20 PM »

Link to spin before score jump.

Link to unaired footage.

Maybe the missing $1000 was cut from the original broadcast and never restored for the special. I won't wonder too hard, because
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it happened 25 years ago
if it was an error, it was a relative error of less than 1%
it wasn't my money
Michael isn't around to spend it anymore
I have fresh air to go enjoy

NickintheATL · « **Reply #12 on:** December 05, 2011, 02:34:12 AM »

Quote from: dale_grass on December 04, 2011, 10:26:20 PM

Link to spin before score jump.

There was no edit there for sure. It was an error in the tabulation. We've known this for years because everyone has analyzed his run backwards and forwards.

chris319 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2011, 03:08:36 AM »

Quote from: JasonA1 on December 04, 2011, 02:46:40 PM

On a Drew Price, they once left out an entire pick in 2 for the Price of 1.

Really! And we thought it was bad news when Bart was missing reveals.

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Then why didn't they bring back Larson due to a technical error?

Because it didn't affect the outcome of the OMG YOU MAKE MY HEAD HURT.

Yeah, that's my answer.

They do correct totals on Jeopardy! for reasons other than technical errors. I suspect the amount added to/subtracted from the player's score is tied in to their pick of the question, making it an error that theoretically can't happen, except on a Daily Double.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2011, 07:44:13 PM »

From time to time on Scrabble, they'd build off a word that hadn't been seen. I have no way of knowing, but I can think of at least two scenarios in which this would be logical way of proceeding:
1. There was an error, such as an answer being blurted out. (doesn't fit your criteria)
2. Neither contestant was able to solve it. (fits)