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TimK2003

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

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« 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.
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Dbacksfan12

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« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2012, 08:14:34 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?
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aaron sica

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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2012, 09:10:53 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

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« 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

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« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2012, 09:51:40 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

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« 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.
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2012, 10:30:54 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.