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TheInquisitiveOne

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« on: December 30, 2004, 10:37:15 PM »
Hello everyone!

I'll keep it simple. There are/were game shows where the worst possible scenario can (and possibly did) happen. For example, triple shutout situations on both Press Your Luck and Jeopardy! happened.

Has any of these happened before?

TPiR: All six pricing games lost PLUS a double-overbid in the showcase

Pyramid: None right at the Winner's Circle

That's about all I can muster up at this point. If anybody has any others, please add on to the list.

Thanks in advance to your responses!

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Don Howard

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2004, 10:39:18 PM »
[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:37 PM\']Pyramid: None right at the Winner's Circle
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Yes. This happened at least once that I remember. I don't recall the air date, tape date, contestant or celebrity involved. But never fear. Zach will be here soon.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2004, 10:46:25 PM »
[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 09:37 PM\']That's about all I can muster up at this point. If anybody has any others, please add on to the list.
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Well, there were (at least) two GONG SHOWs where nobody won:

1.  The 3/18/77 episode, with Arte Johnson, Jaye P. Morgan and Steve Martin on the panel (Martin trotted out his banjo twice before being rebuffed by Chuckie).

2.  The 7/18/78 episode, with Carl Ballentine, Patty Andrews and Jamie Farr on the panel (every act either got gonged or had been invited back, as it was the last NBC daytime week).  Real funny episode (the McKenzie effects went overboard [stark contrast to the Steve Martin weeks, where the effects were more subdued]).

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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2004, 10:51:08 PM »
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Yes. This happened at least once that I remember. I don't recall the air date, tape date, contestant or celebrity involved. But never fear. Zach will be here soon.

I found a clip of this. It aired on The $25,000 Pyramid. 4/25/86, and the celebrity was Tom Poston.

They wouldn't have won the big money anyway, because they got buzzed for an illegal clue on the fourth subject.
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2004, 10:55:24 PM »
[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:37 PM\']TPiR: All six pricing games lost PLUS a double-overbid in the showcase[/quote]
This happened once last season, but I'd have to look at GR.net's show recaps to find the date.
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2004, 10:58:11 PM »
[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:37 PM\']
I'll keep it simple. There are/were game shows where the worst possible scenario can (and possibly did) happen. For example, triple shutout situations on both Press Your Luck and Jeopardy! happened.


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The worst case sceanrio on PYL would be all three players getting four whammies. If that were to happen, which it never did, there'd be three new players on the next show. There were a handful of shows where 11 whammies were gotten.
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2004, 11:14:33 PM »
[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 08:37 PM\']That's about all I can muster up at this point. If anybody has any others, please add on to the list.
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Can I just ask what the hell is UP with this sudden glut of tailor-made-for-Horan topics? Is he paying you or something?
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2004, 11:22:46 PM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:39 PM\'][quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:37 PM\']Pyramid: None right at the Winner's Circle[/quote]
Yes. This happened at least once that I remember. I don't recall the air date, tape date, contestant or celebrity involved. But never fear. Zach will be here soon.[/quote]

It's happened at least twice: Once in the '80s, and again on Donny's Pyramid (which I recall because I saw it just a couple of weeks ago).

Here's the '80s clip (halfway down, look for Tom Poston)
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2004, 11:41:29 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 09:14 PM\']Can I just ask what the hell is UP with this sudden glut of tailor-made-for-Horan topics? Is he paying you or something?
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Boy, I bet you'll be glad when we get that new version of the board software with the Ignore User feature.
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2004, 11:42:53 PM »
[quote name=\'SplitSecond\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 09:41 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 09:14 PM\']Can I just ask what the hell is UP with this sudden glut of tailor-made-for-Horan topics? Is he paying you or something?
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Boy, I bet you'll be glad when we get that new version of the board software with the Ignore User feature.
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I'll be glad if we get one that actually DOES ignore the user instead of replacing their posts with those idiotic placeholders.
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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2004, 11:45:54 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 09:42 PM\']I'll be glad if we get one that actually DOES ignore the user instead of replacing their posts with those idiotic placeholders.
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So how come you get so riled when all you're seeing is these idiotic placeholders?
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2004, 12:11:28 AM »
It's simple, really. He wants to ignore the person, but when he's given the chance to unignore them for a second, the curiosity is too much for him.

Or perhaps Chris would like to speak on his own behalf.
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« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2004, 12:37:13 AM »
Main Entry: in·quis·i·tive
Pronunciation: in-'kwi-z&-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : given to examination or investigation
2 : inclined to ask questions; especially : inordinately or improperly curious about the affairs of others

The OP's handle subscribes to the second definition quite well.  So I won't fault him on truth in advertising.
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« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2004, 01:09:37 AM »
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 30 2004, 10:11 PM\']It's simple, really. He wants to ignore the person, but when he's given the chance to unignore them for a second, the curiosity is too much for him.

Or perhaps Chris would like to speak on his own behalf.
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Naw, you're more or less right. You see the placeholder, you go "oh god, what crap is being spewed THIS time", and you click. I don't even wanna know they SPOKE unless someone else quotes them and I have to.
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« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2004, 01:23:43 AM »
Chris, I hate to sound like my mother, but beggars cannot be choosers.

We've practically begged for quite some time for a killfile. Now that it's here, it's not very fair to say that it's not good enough. True it's not perfect. Hell, it's not even that good. But it's all we have, so we've got to learn to love it until something better comes along.
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