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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: William_S. on August 18, 2008, 02:23:00 AM

Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: William_S. on August 18, 2008, 02:23:00 AM
Now c'mon. How many of you has done this many time over?

It's the bonus round, end game, "Grand Jackpot Game" . And you see the contestant do well, then hits a heavy speed bump that sends the player doing very poorly, or was doing poorly to begin with. Getting peeved you're probably like, "screw this" and change the channel as time is running out.

I've done this many of times, while watching shows like Trivial Pursuit, Double Dare,Where in the World/Time is Carmen Sandiego.  How about you?
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: Kevin Prather on August 18, 2008, 02:26:39 AM
Honestly, speed rounds are something I can always watch from beginning to end. Even if it's epic failure, it will be over soon. The closest I've come is Legends of the Hidden Temple, where the bonus round is three minutes, and it's taken the kid a minute to get through two rooms. But I still watch. It takes drawn out un-speed games like DoND to get me to lose my patience.
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: clemon79 on August 18, 2008, 03:14:04 AM
[quote name=\'William_S.\' post=\'194385\' date=\'Aug 17 2008, 11:23 PM\']
I've done this many of times, while watching shows like Trivial Pursuit, Double Dare,Where in the World/Time is Carmen Sandiego.  How about you?[/quote]
Gawd knows I've done it watching Sharks hockey.
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: Craig Karlberg on August 18, 2008, 04:39:14 AM
It's interesting that not only I've done it with Temple, but Nick DD quite alot.  That always ticked off my mom.  Fourtunately, I was able to switch over to the Weather Channel just to kill a few seconds before the next show.   When the clock hits 0 & the buzzer sounds, that's my cue to switch over to something else.
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: Esoteric Eric on August 18, 2008, 09:26:32 AM
Oddly enough, I did that just last night while watching the Supermarket Sweep episode recently linked to on the Clips subforum.  Apologies if I'm spoiling, but the sweep winners get stymied on one item, where they deduce the brand name, but couldn't figure out the type of product they needed to find.  Rather than watch them flail for twenty seconds, I went to the kitchen for a beverage.
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: davewalls on August 18, 2008, 01:23:56 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194389\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 03:14 AM\']
Gawd knows I've done it watching Sharks hockey. [/quote]

Psh -- I'm a Philly sports fan..I've done it to entire SEASONS. ;)
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: KWJCDon on August 18, 2008, 01:35:18 PM
[quote name=\'davewalls\' post=\'194402\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 01:23 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194389\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 03:14 AM\']
Gawd knows I've done it watching Sharks hockey. [/quote]

Psh -- I'm a Philly sports fan..I've done it to entire SEASONS. ;)
[/quote]

I'm a Pirates fan. Tell me that isn't the ultimate in futility! LOL  Feels like centuries now...

Don
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: SRIV94 on August 18, 2008, 02:47:03 PM
[quote name=\'KWJCDon\' post=\'194403\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 12:35 PM\']
I'm a Pirates fan. Tell me that isn't the ultimate in futility! LOL  Feels like centuries now...
[/quote]
Don't worry.  When the Cubs lose in September and/or October, it will be a century.
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: clemon79 on August 18, 2008, 06:44:09 PM
[quote name=\'KWJCDon\' post=\'194403\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 10:35 AM\']
I'm a Pirates fan. Tell me that isn't the ultimate in futility! LOL  Feels like centuries now...[/quote]
What? You guys were awesome in the early '90s.

/until the playoffs anyhow
//sounds like the Sharks these days
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: Jay Temple on August 18, 2008, 07:20:34 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194418\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 05:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'KWJCDon\' post=\'194403\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 10:35 AM\']
I'm a Pirates fan. Tell me that isn't the ultimate in futility! LOL  Feels like centuries now...[/quote]
What? You guys were awesome in the early '90s.[/quote]
back when they had Bonds and he hadn't had a *cough* growth spurt *cough*
Title: "With ony ten seconds left, can he" CLICK!
Post by: MikeK on August 18, 2008, 07:23:04 PM
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'194424\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 07:20 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194418\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 05:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'KWJCDon\' post=\'194403\' date=\'Aug 18 2008, 10:35 AM\']
I'm a Pirates fan. Tell me that isn't the ultimate in futility! LOL  Feels like centuries now...[/quote]
What? You guys were awesome in the early '90s.[/quote]
back when they had Bonds and he hadn't had a *cough* growth spurt *cough*
[/quote]
In the pocketbook or with the roids?

/answer:  BOTH