Features of a set you never noticed...

[aaron sica]

Spinning this off from the "Game Show Photos" thread...the three little lights above the family name on "Family Feud" to show the number of strikes was something I've never noticed.

[Hastin]

You can see the strike lights (Dawson) on and then turned off at the start of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqrRFw-6CUg&list=PL0alKFgcNmNnG1ZC3JP30TPuslvyK2tZ1

[TimK2003]

I never knew until someone pointed it out to me that on Trebek J!, there was an "contestant in control" light on the lower left front side of the contestant podiums that Alex could reference when it was time to determine who had control of the board.

Also in the early days of Syndicated Joker's Wild (before the desks had the red bar of lights) there was a small white light on the side of each desk to indicate whose spin it was.  Either it was so subtle or it was a rare time when they were on during a shot of both contestants.

[JasonA1]

I never knew until someone pointed it out to me that on Trebek J!, there was an "contestant in control" light on the lower left front side of the contestant podiums that Alex could reference when it was time to determine who had control of the board.

We had a whole thread about it with pictures!

-Jason

[Casey]

Similar to the above - the Face the Music podiums also had small lights on top for Ron to be able to tell who buzzed in.  They were actually mentioned a couple of times during the series.

[TLEberle]

Couldn't he look at the red lights and the nameplate?

[rjaguar3]

On Trump Card, Jimmy Cefalo's lectern had a small light indicating when the buzzers were activated.

[Clay Zambo]

We had a whole thread about it with pictures!

Which is incredibly cool. And raises, for me, this question: why did it need to be so subtle? Why not make it a visible feature of the lecterns?

[MSTieScott]

And raises, for me, this question: why did it need to be so subtle? Why not make it a visible feature of the lecterns?

So as not to be confused (for the home audience) with the lights that indicate who rang in first, I assume.