GSN in B&C

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'Dec 9 2004, 09:11 AM\']The QUESTION is:  Are infomercials game shows?!?!

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Monty's two infomercials done for the ill-produced LMAD 900 number game in the early 90s had game show elements. Wink Martindale did an infomercial in 1990 for the $25K Telephone Trivia CHallenge. Peter Marshall did an infomercial in 1990 for a telephone game of a similar ilk. Then of course, there's Alex "Molson" Trebek and the Phone Jeopardy! infomercial(or was that just a one-minute infomercial)

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Why does this sound to me like GSN is preparing for "All WinTV!  All the time!"  (I know, WinTV originally wasn't interactive...maybe this is "WinTV:  the Next Generation"?)

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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 9 2004, 09:23 AM\'][quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'Dec 9 2004, 09:11 AM\']The QUESTION is:  Are infomercials game shows?!?!

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Great.
SOmeone makes a wisecrack, and we get a list.

[johnnyd1788]

I cannot seem to find the magazine anywhere... can anybody scan the whole articles unfortunate to find the magazine?

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'johnnyd1788\' date=\'Dec 11 2004, 11:35 PM\']I cannot seem to find the magazine anywhere... can anybody scan the whole articles unfortunate to find the magazine?

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Johnny - you have a college or university by you? Most of them tend to carry B&C in their libraries...

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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Dec 8 2004, 03:55 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 8 2004, 03:15 PM\'][quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Dec 8 2004, 12:50 PM\']That's a joke about no more infomercials, right?
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Don't laugh yet......Someone asked about it on the GSN forums, and "Thericker"'s reply was: "We are looking at paid programming and making that interactive as well or offer other interactive services during those times. "

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Hey, I'm just posting what I read in the magazine. 168 divided by 7 is 24 hours a day of interactive programming. *shrug* I don't know what it means...all I know is that I'll still be sleeping at 5 in the morning, Rotisserie or not.

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LOL...This is good stuff here

Maybe they'll offer a free pair of BBQ gloves or a GSN kitchen apron as a prize for the person who can enter the closest prediction as to how many times in a half hour the phrase "Set it and forget it" is used. :-D