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BrandonFG

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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2012, 08:02:02 PM »
If we're talking opening and closing with the lights dimmed, there's also both of Geoff's "Treasure Hunt" runs.

The early months of Perry's $otC did as well, with the camera doing a slow zoom out during the credits.
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2012, 11:17:35 PM »
Not sure what season of (Trebek) J! it was when they dimmed the stage lights while the contestants wrote their Final J! questions, to the think music.  To us it may have appeared as if they were writing in the dark (unless there was some soft key lighting on the podiums), but in reality, there was plenty of light available.

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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2012, 11:20:05 PM »
Not sure what season of (Trebek) J! it was when they dimmed the stage lights while the contestants wrote their Final J! questions, to the think music.  To us it may have appeared as if they were writing in the dark (unless there was some soft key lighting on the podiums), but in reality, there was plenty of light available.
IIRC it was when they went switched to the "checkerboard" set, so season 8?

ETA: Wait...did Super Jeopardy! dim the lights for FJ?
« Last Edit: May 17, 2012, 11:20:43 PM by fostergray82 »
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« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2012, 12:27:23 AM »
I'd love to answer the BFG, but the clip of the Finale cuts out the thinking time.
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« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2012, 12:31:12 AM »
ETA: Wait...did Super Jeopardy! dim the lights for FJ?

That's where it started. It didn't officially become part of the game until the following season, when they went to the new set.
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2012, 12:36:27 AM »
I remember seeing a season 7 episode from the S7 premiere week, and the lights stayed on during FJ. HYHYBT used to have that episode on his YT account, but it was terminated.

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« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2012, 12:54:56 AM »
I remember seeing a season 7 episode from the S7 premiere week, and the lights stayed on during FJ. HYHYBT used to have that episode on his YT account, but it was terminated.
The new set was season 8 (1991-92).
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