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Post by: calliaume on July 04, 2010, 07:29:14 PM
Both The Big Showdown and The Money Maze aired for the last time 35 years ago today.  (Okay, The Money Maze was a rerun.)

35 years ago.  <Jack Benny>:Yipe!</JB>
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Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 04, 2010, 10:25:08 PM
[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'243631\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 07:29 PM\']Both The Big Showdown and The Money Maze aired for the last time 35 years ago today.  (Okay, The Money Maze was a rerun.)

35 years ago.  <Jack Benny>:Yipe!</JB>[/quote]
I remember that too.  Visiting grandma and had to plead with her to let me switch her TV from "The Doctors" (the James Pritchett version) for one day.
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Post by: WarioBarker on July 04, 2010, 11:03:20 PM
35 years? Wow.
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Post by: clemon79 on July 04, 2010, 11:21:22 PM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243649\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 08:03 PM\']but Wikipedia claims Money Maze was the first daytime game show to be rerun on its network of origin.[/quote]
You did not just do that. (http://\"http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Citation-Needed-wikipedia-819731_500_271.jpg\")
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Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 04, 2010, 11:46:49 PM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243649\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 11:03 PM\']35 years? Wow.

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Both The Big Showdown and The Money Maze aired for the last time 35 years ago today. (Okay, The Money Maze was a rerun.)
I remember that too. Visiting grandma and had to plead with her to let me switch her TV from "The Doctors" (the James Pritchett version) for one day.
I'm curious as to what Showdown did for its last day. And feel free to correct me if this is wrong, but Wikipedia claims Money Maze was the first daytime game show to be rerun on its network of origin.
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No, there were repeat weeks of LMAD on ABC prior to that.  Dream Girl did quite a few repeat weeks as well.
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Post by: TLEberle on July 05, 2010, 12:18:55 AM
See you tomorrow, Indiana Jones.
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Post by: Thunder on July 05, 2010, 12:52:26 AM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'243651\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 11:21 PM\']You did not just do that. (http://\"http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Citation-Needed-wikipedia-819731_500_271.jpg\")[/quote]

Great. Now he'll probably nominate that article for deletion as well.
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Post by: clemon79 on July 05, 2010, 12:57:09 AM
[quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'243658\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 09:52 PM\']Great. Now he'll probably nominate that article for deletion as well.[/quote]
Sure. That way there's no proof that he's talking out of his arse.

/actually it's more likely he'll add another edit to his "impressive" collection
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Post by: TLEberle on July 05, 2010, 12:59:36 AM
Three in the last half hour.

/Gotta get 'em all!
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Post by: golden-road on July 05, 2010, 01:24:46 AM
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'243661\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:59 AM\']Three in the last half hour.

/Gotta get 'em all![/quote]

Um, little slow on the uptake; please elaborate.
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Post by: TLEberle on July 05, 2010, 01:45:15 AM
Dan has three edits in the nine o'clock hour of the Money Maze page. I was referring to the Pokemon slogan of "Gotta catch 'em all" as a comparison to Dan's..."collection" of edits.
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Post by: WarioBarker on July 05, 2010, 03:46:46 AM
[quote name='clemon79' post='243659' date='Jul 5 2010, 12:57 AM'][quote name='Thunder' post='243658' date='Jul 4 2010, 09:52 PM']Great. Now he'll probably nominate that article for deletion as well.[/quote]Sure. That way there's no proof that he's talking out of his arse. /actually it's more likely he'll add another edit to his "impressive" collection[/quote][quote name='TLEberle' post='243661' date='Jul 5 2010, 12:59 AM']Three in the last half hour. /Gotta get 'em all![/quote][quote name='TLEberle' post='243663' date='Jul 5 2010, 01:45 AM']Dan has three edits in the nine o'clock hour of the Money Maze page. I was referring to the Pokemon slogan of "Gotta catch 'em all" as a comparison to Dan's..."collection" of edits.[/quote]
I don't nominate articles for deletion -- heck, I barely use Wikipedia anymore. By the way, the problem has been solved, matter taken care of, article fixed, etc. Thank you, Don.
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Post by: chad1m on July 05, 2010, 04:04:15 AM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:46 AM\']Evidently, someone is trying to make me look like an ass.[/quote]Too easy.
[quote name=\'Thunder\' post=\'243658\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:52 AM\']Great. Now he'll probably nominate that article for deletion as well.[/quote]You might be mixing up Danny Boy with Bobby Peacock (aka Twentington aka TenPoundHammer) who likes to play the warpath game when it comes to Wikipedia game show articles.
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Post by: clemon79 on July 05, 2010, 04:08:33 AM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:46 AM\']Evidently, someone is trying to make me look like an ass.[/quote]
Rest assured, no assistance is necessary.

/damn, Chad beat me to it
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Post by: Steve Gavazzi on July 05, 2010, 08:38:49 AM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:46 AM\']Furthermore, I have no idea what Travis is referring to[/quote]
There, fixed that for you.

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:46 AM\']Evidently, someone is trying to make me look like an ass.[/quote]
Yeah, that'd be you.
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Post by: NickS on July 05, 2010, 09:37:20 AM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 02:46 AM\']I do not nominate articles for deletion -- heck, I barely use Wikipedia anymore for anything.[/quote]

Wait, what?

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243649\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 10:03 PM\']And feel free to correct me if this is wrong, but Wikipedia claims Money Maze was the first daytime game show to be rerun on its network of origin.[/quote]

Oh wait - there's more:
[quote name=\'wikipedia.com\']Revision as of 21:50, 28 May 2010 (edit)[/quote]

EDIT:  There's even more (and this alludes partially to Travis' point): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contr...Daniel_Benfield (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Daniel_Benfield\")

Barely use it anymore?  Bullshit.


There's something else I've noticed:
[quote name=\'Dan88\']#1) This post is 100% MY OPINION. If I happen to be wrong in any way, please be civil and not bite my head off. Thanks. :-)[/quote]

When you're posting something that's factual, that's not an opinion, Norman, you're basing something on what you think is factual.  For the latter part, you've lost that privilege IMO because you don't fricking listen.

I'm surprised that Jay Wolpert hasn't called you yet on doing a remake for Whew! because most of your statements have to be corrected in some form or fashion on here.

ObOP: Makes me feel old and it's trying to make me remember what the first game show I saw.  I bet it was probably some incarnation of Pyramid or Hollywood Squares.  I have a pic laying around from around '76 or so with HS on the set in the background.
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Post by: Ian Wallis on July 05, 2010, 12:38:15 PM
35 years since that crazy summer.  I was still a pre-teen then but remember it quite well.  All three networks changed their schedules within weeks of each other.  Game shows came and went like never before.  It seems that every few weeks TVGuide had another "last show of the series" listing.  It's a brand new day...

Yeah...I guess time flies.  It seems to go faster when you get older :)
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Post by: Joe Mello on July 05, 2010, 12:41:21 PM
35 years ago, I was -10 and my then-future parents were three years(?) removed from college.
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Post by: WarioBarker on July 05, 2010, 03:11:00 PM
[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243679\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 09:37 AM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243666\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 02:46 AM\']I do not nominate articles for deletion -- heck, I barely use Wikipedia anymore for anything.[/quote]Wait, what?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contr...Daniel_Benfield (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Daniel_Benfield\")

Barely use it anymore? Bullshit.[/quote]
I used to edit articles there every day, and quite frequently. I definitely don't use Wikipedia as much as I used to, unless I'm trying to date an episode of Law & Order I found on a tape.

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'243686\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 12:38 PM\']35 years since that crazy summer. I was still a pre-teen then but remember it quite well. All three networks changed their schedules within weeks of each other. Game shows came and went like never before. It seems that every few weeks TVGuide had another "last show of the series" listing. It's a brand new day...[/quote]
Something like...what, 40 game shows on the air at some point during that year? 1975 was definitely the Year of the Game Show.

/and now I've got that stupid Ross commercial jingle in my head. AUGH!
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Post by: NickS on July 05, 2010, 03:39:18 PM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243697\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 02:11 PM\']I used to edit articles there every day, and quite frequently. I definitely don't use Wikipedia as much as I used to, unless I'm trying to date an episode of Law & Order I found on a tape.[/quote]

You said "barely."

And when you "barely" make edits on there, you get your mistakes pointed out there, too. (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Money_Maze\")

So which is it?  "Definitely don't use it (every waking moment) as I used to" or "barely?"
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Post by: WarioBarker on July 05, 2010, 04:10:49 PM
[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243698\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:39 PM\']So which is it? "Definitely don't use it (every waking moment) as I used to" or "barely?"[/quote]
"Definitely don't use it (every waking moment) as I used to".
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Post by: NickS on July 05, 2010, 04:43:50 PM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243699\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:10 PM\'][quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'243698\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 03:39 PM\']So which is it? "Definitely don't use it (every waking moment) as I used to" or "barely?"[/quote]
"Definitely don't use it (every waking moment) as I used to".
[/quote]

Ok, so how do you defend using "barely," then, because you could fit the contestants of a first episode of The Biggest Loser between that gap.
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Post by: TLEberle on July 05, 2010, 07:26:27 PM
[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243649\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 08:03 PM\']And feel free to correct me if this is wrong, but Wikipedia claims[/quote]Whenever you whip out "Wikipedia claims," I run a little Greasemonkey script in my head that replaces it with "some dipstick posted online that" and "I didn't do any more research than to see what some dipstick online said."

Make of that what you will. Make of that, darn it!
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Post by: chad1m on July 05, 2010, 08:29:18 PM
I will make of it that Benfield has just become the first person I've ever put on my ignore list here. There's just only so much incompetence I can take in a day and living daily life already gives me my daily dose; I don't need it doubled when I come here. I tried to help (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=20182&view=findpost&p=241397\") and be nice but it feel on deaf, backpedaling ears just like everything else.
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Post by: Jay Temple on July 06, 2010, 01:33:39 AM
... and the second person on mine.
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Post by: clemon79 on July 06, 2010, 02:26:44 AM
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'243724\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 04:26 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'243649\' date=\'Jul 4 2010, 08:03 PM\']And feel free to correct me if this is wrong, but Wikipedia claims[/quote]Whenever you whip out "Wikipedia claims," I run a little Greasemonkey script in my head that replaces it with "some dipstick posted online that" and "I didn't do any more research than to see what some dipstick online said."[/quote]
He also seems to have decided that "Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong" gives him carte blanche to speak totally ex-rectum.
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Post by: BrandonFG on July 06, 2010, 02:54:10 AM
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'243728\' date=\'Jul 5 2010, 08:29 PM\']There's just only so much incompetence I can take in a day and living daily life already gives me my daily dose; I don't need it doubled when I come here.[/quote]
Heh. Wait until you start working 40 hours a week. ;-)

Seriously, Dan, a lot of us here, myself included, have tried to school you, and it's all been in vain. I dunno what else to tell you; no matter how hard you try not to irk others, you still do at times.

Honestly, you're trying TOO hard. You don't have to be the be all the end all of game shows*. You're in the company of those who know game shows like the back of their own hands, and some of whom have appeared and/or worked ON game shows before you were even born. I don't think they need to be taken to school, if yew catch my drift..........

Back to the topic for a minute, to make some of you feel REALLY old, this was still 7 1/2 years before I was even born. Thank you, goodnight, and I'll be glad to get the hell off your respective lawns. XD
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Post by: Matt Ottinger on July 06, 2010, 11:28:30 AM
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'243749\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 02:54 AM\']Back to the topic for a minute, to make some of you feel REALLY old, this was still 7 1/2 years before I was even born. Thank you, goodnight, and I'll be glad to get the hell off your respective lawns. XD[/quote]
Hey, kid, get the hell off....oh, OK.
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Post by: Tim L on July 06, 2010, 12:31:29 PM
I remember watching the Big Showdown anbd liking it when it was on,,I think it may have replaced the original Dating Game..

Re:Wikipedia..i've made a few (very few) corrections and added things that I thought would make an article more complete, but I hardly ever go back to see if what I did was taken out..No biggie to me if it is..
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Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 06, 2010, 01:13:35 PM
[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'243767\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 12:31 PM\']I remember watching the Big Showdown anbd liking it when it was on,,I think it may have replaced the original Dating Game..

Re:Wikipedia..i've made a few (very few) corrections and added things that I thought would make an article more complete, but I hardly ever go back to see if what I did was taken out..No biggie to me if it is..[/quote]
TBS replaced Girl in My Life which replaced DG.
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Post by: Tim L on July 06, 2010, 01:25:00 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'243770\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 01:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'243767\' date=\'Jul 6 2010, 12:31 PM\']I remember watching the Big Showdown anbd liking it when it was on,,I think it may have replaced the original Dating Game..

Re:Wikipedia..i've made a few (very few) corrections and added things that I thought would make an article more complete, but I hardly ever go back to see if what I did was taken out..No biggie to me if it is..[/quote]
TBS replaced Girl in My Life which replaced DG.
[/quote]
Thanks Jimmy..Now that I recall, DG was cancelled in '73 with "Girl In My Life" coming in July '73-December '74 The Big Showdown came along Dec. 23, 1974-July 4, 1975
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Post by: Jamey Greek on July 06, 2010, 09:21:46 PM
also on July 4th 22 years ago, Combs Feud would premiere on CBS.