Cognitive Dissonance

[TimK2003]

I fell into that hindsight "Why the hell did I watch that B & E show?" generation myself.  Upon further delving into my mind, here is what I came up with for each show.  Keep in mind these shows were on during my middle school days:

JOKER'S WILD -- I was fascinated with the slot machine concept, and the different colors they used for the different categories.

TIC TAC DOUGH -- I was fascinated with the "state of the art" computer graphics, and the bonus game with the Dragon.

BULLSEYE -- I liked the set design and color scheme and that music bed for the board always reminded me of a buzzing beehive.  Plus the show was never seen in Cleveland.  I watched it whenever I was at my aunt's house in Detroit, or whenever the atmospheric conditions would allow me to pick it up on our Black & White TV's antenna 100 miles away across Lake Erie.

Plus, from what I can recall the only other options on the other channels during that era here were "PM Magazine" and "Family Feud", which weren't as interesting to me at that time.

Tim

[The Ol' Guy]

...I've had my own thoughts about the Freudian image suggested by the mesmerizing Bullseye game board. Coincidental? I often wonder... As said earlier, imaging can sell a repackaged format.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Nov 3 2004, 04:45 PM\']Any of the Barry & Enright shows can make a comeback (individually, not all together) ...

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Play the Tic Tac Joker's-Eye?  Man, I've been getting some offbeat visuals from this forum lately...

[Ian Wallis]

Jack Barry as a host did have his moments. He was an acquired taste for sure - not much to look at and highly un-suave, but he did have a sharp wit sometimes. I think that was his saving grace.

Agreed to that.  I remember when Jack was doing plugs for the new CBS shows on March 1973 "Joker" episodes - "$10,000 Pyramid" and "Hollywood's Talking".  His descriptions of said shows were awkward, to say the least.

[roadgeek]

[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Nov 3 2004, 09:42 PM\']...I've had my own thoughts about the Freudian image suggested by the mesmerizing Bullseye game board.

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Thanks. Another childhood memory ruined. ;-)

[Jay Temple]

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Nov 3 2004, 03:45 PM\']Jack Barry as a host did have his moments. He was an acquired taste for sure - not much to look at and highly un-suave, but he did have a sharp wit sometimes. I think that was his saving grace.

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I think you might have it backwards.  To me, a sharp wit is that much more entertaining coming from someone who isn't especially attractive or smooth.  (I may be projecting here, as I like to think that I'm witty, but I don't deceive myself that I'm smooth or good-looking.)

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Nov 3 2004, 10:29 PM\']Play the Tic Tac Joker's-Eye?  Man, I've been getting some offbeat visuals from this forum lately...
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Well, that's better than a beatoff visual.