Buzzr Discussion

[WarioBarker]

The only things that come to my mind are the short-lived Goodson shows (Mindreaders, Number Please, What's Going On?, etc.) or, possibly, unsold pilots. They could use this to air the pilots of shows they've already got on the schedule, too.

I seem to remember GSN used to do something with "lost episodes" of things like "To Tell the Truth" and "I've Got a Secret" around 1995 or 1996.

That was "The Lost Episodes", a Friday-night block in 1997 that aired cigarette-sponsored episodes of various B&W Goodson shows, most notably Two for the Money and (for the only time on the network) Judge for Yourself. Only lasted seven weeks before the "Dark Period" kicked in.

[CJBojangles]

In other words, when that graphic pops up, the round is about to end.

Admittedly I hadn't noticed this, but now that I do, I can't unsee it. Thanks a lot, Scott!

[jimlangefan]

Here's a commercial that started airing this week explaining what Buzzr Lost & Found is.

[snowpeck]

Here's a commercial that started airing this week explaining what Buzzr Lost & Found is.

Ooh, rare/short lived shows and unaired pilots. Neato!

[WarioBarker]

Holy crap. Not just unaired pilots, but unsold ones too! Star Words, Body Talk, TKO, and something I've never heard of called Take Your Choice (hosted by Fred Allen, I think).

Random, but I thought it interesting: the "Door #4" shown at the start of the promo is in the early-1970s style.

[gamed121683]

Holy crap. Not just unaired pilots, but unsold ones too! Star Words, Body Talk, TKO, and something I've never heard of called Take Your Choice (hosted by Fred Allen, I think).

Random, but I thought it interesting: the "Door #4" shown at the start of the promo is in the early-1970s style.

Something tells me this should make up for all the complaining of the consistent reruns. As for "Door #4", I'm sure that was a Photoshop job to keep with the "Bizzaro World" theme of the promo. Still, it did its job of catching your eye, no?

[Matt Ottinger]

Exactly what I hoped for but couldn't let myself believe.  Hopefully some good collector type will record these for those of us who are Buzzrless.

[chad1m]

Buzzr has put the promo up on their

. A couple of minor differences - Now You See It's mention is replaced by pilot On a Roll and a different TKO clip is used.

[BillCullen1]

Holy crap. Not just unaired pilots, but unsold ones too! Star Words, Body Talk, TKO, and something I've never heard of called Take Your Choice (hosted by Fred Allen, I think). 

As Geoff Edwards would have said, "Right you are."

[BrandonFG]

This sounds pretty awesome. Crossing my fingers that I can get Buzzr before the beginning of next month!

[Ian Wallis]

Exactly what I hoped for but couldn't let myself believe.  Hopefully some good collector type will record these for those of us who are Buzzrless.

I'll second that!

[arrowood20]

I think they are all pilots. Aside from the unsold shows, the ones that went to TV all look like they are from pilots. Both "Match Game" clips are pilots, as was LMAD. Also, look closely at the "Double Dare" clip. There was never a time the isolation booths didn't have the red and green designs on their back walls on the actual series. I've seen snippets of the "Now You See It" pilot, and the game board stayed the same into the series, so that may also be from the pilot. Fremantle certainly has a number of pilots to choose from, so hopefully this will last a while.

[WarioBarker]

Huh. Good eye on that Double Dare clip, didn't realize that.

Fremantle certainly has a number of pilots to choose from,

Oh, definitely. Genuinely curious as to how Fremantle's gonna go about this.

so hopefully this will last a while.

QFT.

[gamed121683]

...Fremantle certainly has a number of pilots to choose from, so hopefully this will last a while.

Well, it should last for at least a week.

https://twitter.com/BUZZRplay/status/634494970783793155

[jimlangefan]

...Fremantle certainly has a number of pilots to choose from, so hopefully this will last a while.

Well, it should last for at least a week.

https://twitter.com/BUZZRplay/status/634494970783793155

According to a reply to a comment Buzzr made on Facebook, the pilots are for one week only.  So maybe they'll concentrate on different things each week?