"Larsoning" the Fame Game ?

[J.R.]

I have to ask. When they changed the Fame Game board on $ale of the Century from simple picking to PYL-esque bouncing lights, did the board have a set pattern or was it random ? And did someone try to study the pattern and try to \"Larson\" the FG by landing on all the Money Cards ?

(I look foreward to the Sutans of Snark's commentary !)
-Joe R.

[Gus]

I think I'm a bit slow on the gun here, but is \"Larson\" as a verb now an acceptable usage of the word?

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Gus\' date=\'Aug 12 2003, 06:30 AM\'] I think I'm a bit slow on the gun here, but is "Larson" as a verb now an acceptable usage of the word? [/quote]
 They say if enough people use words to that context, it eventually becomes standard usage.  I, for one, hope that \"verb\" stays within this group.

[TheInquisitiveOne]

Going back to topic, I believe that there was a randomized pattern for each Fame Game round, since the amount of possible landing areas decreased by one each time.

Besides, I am sure that NBC and Reg Grundy Productions, at the time, were more than aware of the fiasco that took place at Television City.

The Inquisitive One

[zachhoran]

Granted, finding the three money cards on the FG board didn't even assure a maingame win, but yeah, it was no less random than the PYL board in 1985.

[AZAndrewG]

Not to mention, the lights, IIRC, moved A LOT faster than their counterparts at PYL, so even if someone did \"Larson\" the board, they would need super-fast hand-eye coordination to pull it off.

Andrew

[beatlefreak84]

I'm sure the faster lights were their defense against somebody \"pulling a Larson.\"  I always wondered why PYL never sped up their lights (in fact, they were SLOWED DOWN when they changed the patterns shortly afterward for about two months).

However, I also agree with Zach:  Even if you got all of the \"Money Cards,\" that would only get you $50, which may seem like a lot, but that can still be made up in the speed round (though unlikely).

My question is, though:  Why DID $OTC change to a random light pattern?  It was fine as is with just picking the faces/numbers, I thought!  Does anybody know why this change happened?

Anthony