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alfonzos

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Query: Which was first?
« on: April 07, 2016, 07:07:04 PM »
Which game show was the first to have its audience yell the name of the show during its opening credits? My guess: Shenanigans.
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Winkfan

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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2016, 08:18:49 PM »
Which game show was the first to have its audience yell the name of the show during its opening credits? My guess: Shenanigans.

I believe it went this way:
Wayne Howell: It's time to.....
Audience: SAY WHEN!!

Prove me wrong.....

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alfonzos

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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2016, 02:49:04 PM »
Sorry, all I can prove is that I am wrong.
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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2016, 03:40:43 PM »
I know it has the "closest without going over" element from TPiR, but I'm surprised G-T didn't try to revive Say When over the years. That was my first time watching, but it's a fun little show, albeit a little repetitive.
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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 04:57:30 PM »
I know it has the "closest without going over" element from TPiR, but I'm surprised G-T didn't try to revive Say When over the years. That was my first time watching, but it's a fun little show, albeit a little repetitive.
I love that it closely captures the feel of blackjack more than the auction does. Time has likely passed it by but doing it as a single round of something larger (perhaps Bargain Hunters or It's Worth What) would have served it better than making a week-in-week-out endeavor out of it.

Plus it lives on through Grocery Game and Bullseye, so there's that too.
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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2016, 08:43:37 PM »
In the 1952 game show called "Wheel of Fortune", the studio audience chanted the name of the show just like they do now.

Prove me wrong.

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Re: Query: Which was first?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2016, 09:31:28 PM »
In the 1952 game show called "Wheel of Fortune", the studio audience chanted the name of the show just like they do now.

Prove me wrong.

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