Add me to the list of most shows that Barry/Enright cranked out.
As a kid, the sets, colors, computer graphics, rainbow swirls and sound effects were what drew me into the games.
But when I started watching the shows as an adult, Joker's Wild was the biggest disappointment as the years went on, and it really came to light for me after GSN started airing the original CBS episodes. In the beginning, the show's difficulty level for questions was on par with Fleming Jeopardy and the Who What & Where Game. It really started going down the dumbing down trail when Tic Tac Dough caught fire in syndication and Bullseye soon after and when TJW added the audience and home games which took away time from the real game play. This was also around the time that B&E was regularly doing the "Reach $xxxx before hitting the ______" bonus round variant on nearly all their shows.
Break The Bank was one of their exceptions to the rule, despite the "$2000 or Bust" end game used on the syndicated version.
After that, my #1 pet peeve was the contestant on a low level question saying, "I think I know the answer but just to be safe I'll ask the audience." Well, that guy's not making it past $64,000...what else is on?
This is certainly a thing that when I see on stream I want to pull my hair out or bite my fist, but I also understand knowledge holes.
The one that always got me pulling my hair out was "I'm pretty sure it's A, but let me ask the audience." Twenty five years later, people are still doing that.
And that's the #1 no-no if you go to Ask The Audience -- DON'T give the audience any hint as to what choices you are torn between until AFTER the audience is polled. Otherwise, with rare exception, the popular answer skews more towards your initial choice and may push you in the wrong direction.