[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'Jul 4 2004, 09:45 AM\'] And for the benefit of Louie Anderson, that's three, THREE seasons! [/quote]
I don't know what Anderson was thinking, but I thought he was right. I didn't see how a host change was going to help the show. If I had known that a set change, and later a rule change would follow, I would have thought differently. I remember hearing (possibly on these boards) that Feud was going to be cancelled after Season 4 (Karn's first), but since its production company had nothing better to do, and the ratings were consistent, they kept the show going.
[quote name=\'passwordplus\']The "300 points" rule really has improved the show to the old format we all love and know. That "one strike" triple round blew chunks IMHO, it is hardly missed.[/quote]
I agree that the one-strike round was bad, but I never really thought that the first-to-300 format was that good anyway. Since the producers do everything in their power to keep families from winning in three puzzles nowadays, it seems like it always falls on the "Triple" round or "Sudden Death" to put a team over. The first two puzzles are often rendered useless.
[quote name=\'passwordplus\']Minor detail: They should have kept on using the "old theme" in early 2003 instead of going back to the "party theme"[/quote]
I'm glad they went back to using the more upbeat theme. Watching the old theme with the updated set made me think I was stuck in a time warp. They could have at least used the '94 theme.