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Jay Temple · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:24:14 PM »

Quote from: JasonA1 on July 09, 2012, 12:51:58 PM

I think more celebrities than contestants work in that game, because at least they could be on often enough to develop the skill, and/or have a natural knack for improvising.

Related to that: ISTR that for the first week or so, one loss sent a team home. There's no doubt that the change improved the game play.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:38:25 PM »

Quote from: Jay Temple on July 10, 2012, 03:24:14 PM

Related to that: ISTR that for the first week or so, one loss sent a team home. There's no doubt that the change improved the game play.

I remember it being longer, and Wiki is saying the first four weeks had that format.

-Jason

TimK2003 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2012, 02:49:21 AM »

When I got a ToaM episode in a trade, it took me a while to figure out all the rules (the bidding process, how was a $ amount determined, where & when you can call on a box/column,...). That said, despite all of the initial confusion, I have it as my 2nd favorite Stewart show, followed by Chain Reaction.

That Don Guy · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2012, 09:27:39 PM »

Quote from: Dan88 on July 09, 2012, 09:59:56 PM

Lin Bolen listened to focus groups who didn't like riddles -- and perhaps as a side effect, the show got really cheap (the Super Jackpot maximum went from $50,000 to $10,000).

(Source: Game Show Utopia.)

Keep in mind that it became much easier to win the Super Jackpot (whoever found the Jackpot riddle had to answer all of the remaining riddles - even if it was just one (you couldn't win the Super Jackpot if the Jackpot riddle was the last one uncovered) - to win it). Of course, they "balanced" that with the rule where, if somebody went for the Super Jackpot, the Jackpot went back down to zero, win or lose.