Author Topic: Newlywed Game question (Read 4983 times)

TimK2003 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2012, 01:49:13 AM »

Quote from: thewhammy_2000 on April 01, 2012, 11:14:33 PM

is thread also makes me wonder about the Paul Rodriguez version, since, as I type this reply, his version was not rerun on GSN. I know his and the 1996 Bullard versions were not that great in the first place to be rerun at all; it's more about if "Book of Love" could be allowed to play again.

First off, Bullard did the "Card Sharks: Epic Fail" remake and not "The Newlywed Game: Epic Fail" version on Fox. (Gary Kroeger did TNG:EF).

And you answered your own question as to why the Rodriguez and Kroeger versions were never aired on GSN -- they were both so far off from the traditional Newlywed Game format.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2012, 07:52:29 AM »

Kroeger's "Newlywed" was syndicated, but for some reason I thought GSN aired it in the late-90s.

Whammy: Bullard's "Card Sharks" aired in 2001, not 96.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2012, 08:14:34 AM »

Quote from: fostergray82 on April 02, 2012, 07:52:29 AM

Kroeger's "Newlywed" was syndicated, but for some reason I thought GSN aired it in the late-90s.

I think you're onto something...didn't GSN simulcast both TDG and TNG?

aaron sica · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2012, 09:10:53 AM »

Quote from: Modor on April 02, 2012, 08:14:34 AM

Quote from: fostergray82 on April 02, 2012, 07:52:29 AM
Kroeger's "Newlywed" was syndicated, but for some reason I thought GSN aired it in the late-90s.
I think you're onto something...didn't GSN simulcast both TDG and TNG?

They did...I remember this being a topic at my GSC back in '97 because I think Bob Eubanks was coming back to host TNG?

MrBuddwing · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2012, 09:33:15 AM »

For some reason, I was under the Impression that "WKRP" was able to use popular songs without clearance by playing only a few seconds of each. (Apparently, that's not the case.)

gamed121683 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2012, 09:51:40 AM »

Quote from: MrBuddwing on April 02, 2012, 09:33:15 AM

For some reason, I was under the Impression that "WKRP" was able to use popular songs without clearance by playing only a few seconds of each. (Apparently, that's not the case.)

In a a somewhat related topic (and I learned this courtesy of a Simpsons DVD commentary), A TV show can get away with paying song royalties if only the first two lines of the tune were sung. Not sure if they we're blowing smoke, though.

toddyo · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2012, 10:13:50 AM »

Ask the estate of George Harrison about how three notes made plagiarism worth more than a doo-lang, doo-lang.

dale_grass · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2012, 10:30:54 AM »

Quote from: toddyo on April 02, 2012, 10:13:50 AM

Ask the estate of George Harrison about how three notes made plagiarism worth more than a doo-lang, doo-lang.

I still remember the first time I heard My Sweet Lord and thought it sounded an awful lot like He's So Fine.