You know, I can't possibly be the only one sick of hearing you constantly whining about your "cynical definition of a classic." Stop trying to police other people's likes and dislikes.
You seem to be the policeman around here. My idea is: I give my opinions, you give your opinions. Let's stop saying that either of us is "pure and utter bull" or that we're "sick of hearing" either set of opinions. It's the least constructive kind of debate that I can imagine.
Your list mostly contained shows that aren't on GSN right now. So, yes, it did tend to confirm the cynical definition. Why can't I point out that fact?
Also, you must have missed the vertical pronoun in my opinion of Cram vs. Bullseye. I made it very clear that I was giving my own opinion and not speaking for anybody else except little old me. I give my opinions, you give your opinions. The opinions differ. Live and let live.
No, it's an imperfect measure because it's NOT A DETERMINATION OF QUALITY. It was a poll asking people what shows they would like to see in a marathon. "What shows I would like to watch on a one-shot basis" and "what shows are my favorites" are two distinct different lists.
Good point, but I think people tend to merge the two lists in their voting. I know I did. After all, I don't really want to watch shows that aren't favorites of mine on a one-shot or an any-shot basis. It IS called a Feast of Favorites, not a Feast Of Shows You Want To See On A One-Shot Basis.
And yes, I know the metric is imperfect for the reasons I gave in my original post. But it's still interesting that the two top shows in syndication didn't make the top twelve.
Sure, those shows are on "five days a week pretty much continuously." But most of the shows that made the Twelve were on all the time on GSN, too. Millionaire, Lingo and Match Game all made it, and they were on so often in prime time that not much of anything else was on.
No, I think Jeopardy and WoF just don't have the same cachet for game show freaks (or scholars) as lesser-known shows that have long been off the air, or are only available on GSN. Of the twelve in this year's Feast, only two - Feud and Millionaire - were available anywhere except GSN. Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Pyramid and Hollywood Squares all missed.
In fact, you seem to be edging close to this opinion when you point out that Jeopardy and WoF have been in syndication continuously for twenty years. By now they really are everybody's property.
