Great short-lived shows

[TimK2003]

Divorce Court kept him busy.

Forgot about that show...By choice!

[Chief-O]

Was Jim Peck ever considered as a candidate to take over TTD after Wink left, or was he wanting to get out of the business by that time and go back to Milwaukee?  He would've done a way better job than Jim Caldwell did.

Divorce Court kept him busy.

I wasn't so sure he was ready to bail on game shows at *that* point....there was this......

[SuperMatch93]

Which hosts should have had longer careers ?

I would've loved to have seen Jim Perry get another gig in the 90s. In a perfect world, he did The Challengers and Dick Clark hosted $100KP that season instead of John Davidson.

[alfonzos]

Four words: "Let's Play Post Office." I was lucky enough to view the pilot with awful video. The show was still compelling.

BTW, if you liked "Stumpers" you will probably enjoy "Pass-ack Words" by R&R Games.

[carlisle96]

A few years ago I got into Bobby Van's Make Me Laugh and watched a few episodes on Youtube.

Which inevitably leads to the next topic : Which hosts should have had longer careers ? I was, and will always be a huge fan of Bobby Van - died WAY too early in his life. 

3 game shows with less than decent formats , that he made entertaining. Add to him filling in as host of Tattletales, and I'd say he was one of , if not the number one, most underrated hosts in the genre.

Peter Tomarken could have been a classic journeyman host in the Art James-Tom Kennedy-Bob Eubanks tradition (one show flops, but here comes another one...and another...and another) if daytime game shows hadn't dried up by the early 90s and, of course, if he had lived

[TLEberle]

Neumms mentioned Bruce's Hot Streak, and I was hoping that Get a Clue would have tread that ground rather than just no-danger Catch Phrase.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Neumms mentioned Bruce's Hot Streak, and I was hoping that Get a Clue would have tread that ground rather than just no-danger Catch Phrase.

Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak (I may be the only one here who liked it)

I've thought for a couple years that this would be a fantastic revival for a network like GSN. Casting doesn't have to find related groups of 4, there's really no need to create material other than the words, and it's been off for so long that the rights to create a new version couldn't cost much.

Great minds and all.

[TLEberle]

Apologies! But also if the three of us agree on something, that is in itself something.

[TimK2003]

After going thru many of the Reletively Speaking episodes on Tubi, even though John Byner was annoying at the start of each show -- from his cue card greeting to his rule-reading characters at the same Universal Studios locales (he got better later in the episodes) there is a decent format in there that deserves a second look.

[TLEberle]

It is getting a second look as Claim to Fame.

[Neumms]

Apologies! But also if the three of us agree on something, that is in itself something.

I agree!

[tvwxman]

Neumms mentioned Bruce's Hot Streak, and I was hoping that Get a Clue would have tread that ground rather than just no-danger Catch Phrase.

Also a Hot Streak fan - and surprised it hasn't been done again, since it was a worldwide success.

Always thought Austrailias version was fantastic. - right down to the music and set.  Find some on youtube if you havent' seen

[Neumms]

I'd like to offer Million Dollar Mind Game.

Seconded. Didn't like the host but really fun.

Speaking of cerebral games, I wonder if anybody watched Trebek Double Dare on Prime.

How did the pilot work with just the Spoilers? Now, I loved the Spoilers, the unintentionally hilarious nerds. The game seemed flawed, though. Pop culture answer, you win. Humanities stuff, no way. Maybe all luck is okay for a bonus game--rolling giant dice as fast as you can was brilliant--but not the whole thing.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Apologies! But also if the three of us agree on something, that is in itself something.

I agree!

Oh, absolutely! My reply wasn't in the vein of "here, I said the thing first", more "insert meme of Spider-Men pointing at each other"

I thought Caesars Challenge was a nifty word game (and I'm one of the few that thought the second bonus round was better).

Trivial Pursuit (sans the touch tone lead in half hour) was also a fun 30 minutes, and went through more content in half an hour than I originally thought- roughly 40 questions in the front game. Really hoping that the new version resembles that pace versus the 2007 version.

[mmb5]

I'd like to offer Million Dollar Mind Game.

Seconded. Didn't like the host but really fun.

Speaking of cerebral games, I wonder if anybody watched Trebek Double Dare on Prime.

How did the pilot work with just the Spoilers? Now, I loved the Spoilers, the unintentionally hilarious nerds. The game seemed flawed, though. Pop culture answer, you win. Humanities stuff, now way. Maybe all luck is okay for a bonus game--rolling giant dice as fast as you can was brilliant--but not the whole thing.

IIRC, the only thing that changed from pilot to series is that you had to get 5 questions through 10 possibilities rather than 4 from 8.