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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: JacksonBrowne1980 on April 06, 2004, 01:12:39 PM
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i like wordplay; wordplay was the funniest game show of all on NBC; even if it lasted 8 months. i hope GSN can get the rights/
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Oh, that is tough. NBC Shows are my favorite (And hold a majority in my collection). I guess if I was forced to choose, I'd pick: Classic Concentration.
Wordplay was okay. Only thing realy good about it was Tom Kennedy. Everything else about it was corny and faked. (Is it me or did the Wordplay set looked a lot like $otC's set ?)
I doubt you'll ever see Wordplay on "Spenny! The All New GSN". Espcially since it's a NBC show.
-Joe R.
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I would have to go with Super Password and Scrabble. Sorry I couldn't pick just one.
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I'll have to go with Classic Concentration and Scrabble, I mean you can't just pick one game because there were a lot of favorites.
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Damn being an old guy! You mean I have to pick ONE show from original Concentration, Say When, Blockbusters, Eye Guess, You Don't Say, Call My Bluff, Hollywood Squares and Chain Letter???
I guess if it were the one show I would alter my schedule to catch, it would be Blockbusters. And may I start by donating the first 80 cents to the Clone Bill Cullen Project.....
and geez, the more you mention, the more I liked....
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you can choose more than one if you want; my other favorite game show on NBC was $otc; i watched it at 3pm every day
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It's a toss-up between Card Sharks, Hollywood Squares, Wheel of Fortune, and Celebrity Sweepstakes. Funny that these shows all have appeared on a network other then NBC in some form or another.
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Chain Letter
With Jan Murray?
Word Play was but a ripoff of a G-T show which had been done 20 years prior: Call My Bluff.
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Was that particular format (celebrities define an obscure word) in the public domain? At least four different shows in the US and two in Canada used that general idea, not to mention "Liar's Club," which I consider a slight variation. My favorite NBC shows were "Personality" and "Three on a Match"
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NBC should have kept their game shows in production until at least 2000
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I am glad you enjoyed Wordplay but I found it derivative and not well thought out. The game favored the second player in each round and yet the low scorer always began each round. The lightning round has the celebrities as spectators. Surely, one could have been called over the assist the winner?
Anyway, back on-topic. NBC had a long and glorious history of game shows when it was number one in daytime. I remember games from ten a.m. until one p.m. Eastern and rarely a klinker (Fractured Pharses, Reach for the Stars). My nod is to Concentration although Classic Concentration had some nice touches.
Alfonzo Smith
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Considering one of my most favorite shows of all time is "Super Password", well...there you go. "Scrabble" and "Classic Concentration" are pretty darn close too.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 03:42 PM\'] NBC should have kept their game shows in production until at least 2000 [/quote]
Why? Really....that has to rank up there with the posts about Sony getting rid of Oprah and Dr. Phil to keep Squares on the air. Why in the world would they keep them on the air if no one was watching???
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[quote name=\'1978-Jeopardy\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 02:59 PM\'] It's a toss-up between Card Sharks, Hollywood Squares, Wheel of Fortune, and Celebrity Sweepstakes. Funny that these shows all have appeared on a network other then NBC in some form or another. [/quote]
All runs of Squares were either on NBC or in syndication, ditto for Sweepstakes.
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yessir, Chris, with Jan Murray. I'm sure that show wouldn't even make a top 100 list in some peoples' minds, but somehow, between my age when it was on, the interesting concept (I'm always a sucker for word games), the bright theme song and Jan's restrained hosting, it's a pleasant memory. Heck, I can't see it doing well now because who today knows how to spell?? Maybe I should ask Monty if he's kept any of the production materials from the show and revive a box game version for myself. After all, how many of the "party" games that flooded the toy stores after Trivial Pursuit hit big were formats stolen from old TV games that were long forgotten by then? Plenty.
PS - Just saw a picture of Jan and his wife recently taken at a birthday party for popular 50s crooner Tony Martin. He looked well and happy. Must be still earning a lot of interest from the bucks Barris gave him for his old shows...
Oh..and now I think I see why you asked, friend - since a certain Bob Stewart show was never shown on our local affiliate, and only seeing it in the old CBN/USA re-runs, yes, I would also have to add Chain Reaction to the list. I never immediately think of Reaction as an NBC show...
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 06:29 PM\'] [quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 03:42 PM\'] NBC should have kept their game shows in production until at least 2000 [/quote]
Why? Really....that has to rank up there with the posts about Sony getting rid of Oprah and Dr. Phil to keep Squares on the air. Why in the world would they keep them on the air if no one was watching??? [/quote]
Take a look at who you're talking to, and you'll have an answer....
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WHAT'S THIS SONG!!!!! I wish.....
Just saw a picture of Jan and his wife recently taken at a birthday party for popular 50s crooner Tony Martin. He looked well and happy. Must be still earning a lot of interest from the bucks Barris gave him for his old shows...
Maybe Jan should write his autobiography.....
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Elaine Stewart of the Big Board!'
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There were so many NBC game shows -- all of them were good and were unique and superior over what CBS and ABC had to offer.
Scrabble is my first choice -- perhaps having the record for the most game show sound effects of any game show in U.S. Television.
$ale of the Century, Card Sharks, Chain Reaction, Blockbusters, Time Machine, Hit Man, Hollywood Squares, Jeopardy 78, and High Rollers would round out the top ten in my book. Jackpot!, Las Vegas Gambit, Battlestars, Hot Potato and Dream House would be honorable mentioned.
I never seen The Magnificent Marble Machine, 50 Grand Slam or Stumpers because I was living in Germany at the time these three game shows aired. Wordplay did not air on Las Vegas television.
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what aired on las vegas television iat 12:30 pm when wordplay was airing?
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Naming just one great NBC game of the 60s, 70s and 80s would be impossible for me. Even stopping at ten is difficult. NBC had the best games throughout my youth.
I loved the original Match Game, the truly classic (Downs/James/Clayton) Concentration, You Don't Say, Call My Bluff, Jeopardy!, Eye Guess, Password Plus, Blockbusters, Hollywood Squares, and The Who What or Where Game, all are longtime faves.
I owe my 31-year broadcasting career to the inspiration I got from the hosts, announcers, and other personalities on shows like the ones I mentioned.
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For my favorite NBC game show, nothing challenges Jeopardy!. Second is an impossible choice between Wheel of Fortune, two versions of Password, Scrabble and Blockbusters. However, if you limit it to versions that I actually remember watching, the 1978 version of J! falls below all of those.
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[quote name=\'geno57\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 08:54 PM\'] Naming just one great NBC game of the 60s, 70s and 80s would be impossible for me. Even stopping at ten is difficult. NBC had the best games throughout my youth.
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Count me in with you on that one. It'd be easier, but off-this-thread-topic, to name the shows on NBC I *didn't* like (if anyone wants to know, I'll be glad to answer, but I don't want to make this thread veer off--like I don't veer other threads off anyway ;-) ).
OK, I'll name one--LAS VEGAS GAMBIT (just seemed to pale in comparison to the CBS original).
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 07:01 PM\'] OK, I'll name one--LAS VEGAS GAMBIT (just seemed to pale in comparison to the CBS original).
Doug [/quote]
Only because the bonus game (in whatever incarnations) was so weak. In all other respects I thought NBC's version was superior, it had a nicer, classier set, especially considering they were working in a casino theatre instead of a real studio.
(Note: I am NOT calling the Big Numbers a weak endgame. It's great...on High Rollers.)
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I remember enjoying Chain Letter when I was what, 10 years old? But I'll have to dust off the ol' EOTVGS to refresh my memory of the format. I do remember it having a jaunty theme and that Jan Murray's lavalier microphone kept falling off.
Merv Griffin's first game show as a producer was a wonderful word game called Word For Word, also on NBC.
Chain Reaction: the end game of the Puzzlers pilot was to originally have been a word-association game along the lines of Chain Reaction. What a coincidence that Bob Stewart used it for his end game just as we were developing Puzzlers in the office.
Over the years I have struggled to come up with derivative formats based on Eye Guess and Word For Word, as well as the party game Mad Libs, but to no avail.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 09:07 PM\'] Only because the bonus game (in whatever incarnations) was so weak. In all other respects I thought NBC's version was superior, it had a nicer, classier set, especially considering they were working in a casino theatre instead of a real studio.
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I vaguely remember the set (since I wasn't a huge fan, I don't recall a lot of details about the show).
I suppose I could've named JUST MEN (not exactly my demographic they were targeting)--but now two more people will come after me extolling its virtues. :)
Of course, most people would come after me for liking GONG, so what do I know? :)
Doug
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For our pals without the great book, Chain Letter was probably based on an old party game where a category was given, then players on teams would give subjects that fit the category, but the trick was...the first letter in each new answer had to be the same as the last letter of the answer that preceeded it. Two teams with two players each, and there was a tricky strategy that made the game interesting. Team players sat side by side -- like A1 - A2 B1 - B2. Say the category was "things in a medicine chest", and you started with player A1. He would name a subject (quickly to avoid being beaten by the buzzer), such as
"aspirin". Then his teammate has to come up with the next answer, which must start with "n" - "nose drops" - play passes to B1, then B2, back around to A1, and on it goes for three minutes. One of the tricks of the game was that if you were the A1 or B1 player, you wanted to be careful that you didn't give an answer that stuck your teammate with a last letter that would be impossible to play. Any time a player was stuck and the chain was broken, the opposing team scored a point. If you were the end player on your team, you tried to stick it to the opposing team. Each player had only a few moments to think of an answer that both fit the subject and either help or hurt the player next to you. So with the above example: A1 - aspirin/ A2- nose drops/ B1 - shaving cream/ B2- mercurochrome/ A1 - ex-lax ...and A2 is stuck with an X!
Time buzzer goes off, the B team scores a point. The A2 player resumes play with any new answer, and the play goes on until time for the round ends. Team with the high score wins. A little cerebral and quite clever.
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 09:14 PM\'] For our pals without the great book, Chain Letter was probably based on an old party game where a category was given, then players on teams would give subjects that fit the category, but the trick was...the first letter in each new answer had to be the same as the last letter of the answer that preceeded it. [/quote]
Sounds almost exactly like a game-show version of "Geography". The rotation of turn is interesting, to have one player in position of "feeder", and one as "screwer".
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Indeed! So many of these games have classic roots that can be decades old, just given a fresh twist. Someone brought up the Chain Reaction/Puzzlers bonus similarities - back in 76'-'77, I sent B&E a game show format that was also built on phrases with a common root word. They liked it enough to send money to shoot a pilot, which we did here in GR. They felt the game needed a bit more than it had, and they were working on it - until Password Plus came along. Thinking how I thought I had an original idea, I look back and see mine was probably partially influienced by the Match Game bonus game, which was inspired by Password, which, as Goodson supposedly said, was inspired by Freud. Fresh ideas are almost impossible - you can only hope to give an old one a clever enough twist. I'm working on doing a new version of my old game on access cable by this summer - only us game geeks will be able to trace the elements of half a dozen other shows it contains, but even those shows adapted their ideas from something else. You always hope the audience doesn't notice.
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My favorite NBC show was "Sale of the Century". I loved it.
Tim :-)
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 03:42 PM\'] NBC should have kept their game shows in production until at least 2000 [/quote]
Is there one single reason you can tell us why they should have, other than fulfilling your dire need to see said shows? Obviously, the shows weren't profitable...and they got cancelled.
Of course--you probably think "Second Chance" reruns would do better than "Match Game" on GSN, too.
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Scrabble!!!
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 11:19 PM\'] Of course--you probably think "Second Chance" reruns would do better than "Match Game" on GSN, too. [/quote]
Hey, if we can get "At least two of you...are RIGHT" back into the American lexicon, then I'm all for it. :)
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Picking just one DOESN"T do justice for me so, I'll put my Top 5 shows here:
5 Classic Concentration(saw very little of the original to give it consideration)
4 Scrabble
3 $ale of the Century
2 Blockbusters
1 Jim Perry's Card Sharks
Now, my 3 Honorable Mentions:
Dream House
Celeberty Sweepstakes
The original Jackpot!
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[quote name=\'Winkfan\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 07:57 PM\']
Just saw a picture of Jan and his wife recently taken at a birthday party for popular 50s crooner Tony Martin. He looked well and happy. Must be still earning a lot of interest from the bucks Barris gave him for his old shows...
Maybe Jan should write his autobiography.....[/quote]
Well, I'd certainly hate to see him try to write Tony Martin's autobiography. ;-)
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..returning your wink,
Tony did that. He and his wife, dancer Cyd Charisse penned a tome called The Two Of Us. Interesting read for someone who likes classic crooners or adult standards music. I didn't want to mention it earlier, but the celebration was for Tony's 90th birthday. Talk about making you feel old...but the two of them look great!
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Go Was Also A Good NBC Game Show; Anyone Remember Go?
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 10:48 PM\'] Go Was Also A Good NBC Game Show; Anyone Remember Go? [/quote]
I remember that it existed. That's about it.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 7 2004, 09:48 PM\'] Go Was Also A Good NBC Game Show; Anyone Remember Go? [/quote]
I don't remember Go. I remember Stop, though.
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I can remember watching all the nbc game shows that ared on nbc in philadelphia in the aternoon frm 1983-1989; the game block started at 3pm; does anyone know when KYW aired the game block from?
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[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 03:22 PM\']
Chain Letter
With Jan Murray?
Word Play was but a ripoff of a G-T show which had been done 20 years prior: Call My Bluff.[/quote]
And at least on "Call My Bluff," the celebs had to come up with their own bluff definitions, not just read off of the cue cards what the writers had written. Goodson wouldn't have it any other way.
Funny thing--seems to me I heard somewhere that the BBC bought out "Call My Bluff" lock, stock and barrel from G-T and presently owns the format--while Fremantle seems to own the carbon show "WorldPlay," due to it being originally owned by Syd "Stand-Up Comic" Vinnedge.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 01:38 PM\']
Funny thing--seems to me I heard somewhere that the BBC bought out "Call My Bluff" lock, stock and barrel from G-T and presently owns the format--while Fremantle seems to own the carbon show "WorldPlay," due to it being originally owned by Syd "Stand-Up Comic" Vinnedge. [/quote]
That's bizzare...that probably lessens it's chances of being brought over here (CMB, that is), doesn't it?
It's a shame, that's a great show in the UK, it could probably work over here (something might have to be done about the fact that it's played for bragging rights and nothing else, much like Have I Got News... or They Think it's All Over - has one of those shows EVER worked over here? Maybe Whose Line...).
ObTopic - Weakest Link was a good NBC game.
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anyone remember password plus? it was a cool show what time did it air in 1982 on NBC? i watched reruns on GSN when i got GSN in 1998
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 01:46 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 01:38 PM\']
Funny thing--seems to me I heard somewhere that the BBC bought out "Call My Bluff" lock, stock and barrel from G-T and presently owns the format--while Fremantle seems to own the carbon show "WorldPlay," due to it being originally owned by Syd "Stand-Up Comic" Vinnedge. [/quote]
That's bizzare...that probably lessens it's chances of being brought over here (CMB, that is), doesn't it?
It's a shame, that's a great show in the UK, it could probably work over here (something might have to be done about the fact that it's played for bragging rights and nothing else, much like Have I Got News... or They Think it's All Over - has one of those shows EVER worked over here? Maybe Whose Line...).[/quote]
ABC did a pilot of an American "Have I Got News for You!" with then-sitcom star Norm MacDonald in the Angus Deayton chair. It didn't go anywhere.
As for the other two major entries in the "Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over" genre, the utter failure of VH1's attempt at "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" may've dissuaded Fremantle from even thinking about offering "They Think It's All Over" in the U.S.
(Fremantle owns the "Buzzcocks" and "All Over" formats, Hat Trick owns "HIGNFY"--I don't know if Warner Bros. TV still has the first call on U.S. rights for Hat Trick's shows.)
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 02:06 PM\']
ABC did a pilot of an American "Have I Got News for You!" with then-sitcom star Norm MacDonald in the Angus Deayton chair. It didn't go anywhere.
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I knew *about* this...never heard if it was any good. Norm is about the only person other than George Gray I could see in Deayton's chair. I think Al Franken would have made a heck of a panelist, though.
Did this ever surface in the trading circuit anywhere? (Not propositioning a trade, just curious to know if anyone's seen it)
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Password + Plus , Super Password and Twenty One!
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Sale Of The Century Was Cool; I Watched It At 3:00pm On Channel 3 Right After Another World.
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To paraphrase Smuckers, "Haggis Baggis" had to be good.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 03:08 PM\'] Sale Of The Century Was Cool; I Watched It At 3:00pm On Channel 3 Right After Another World. [/quote]
Capitalizing every word isn't going to help your credibility here.
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[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 07:49 PM\'] [quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 03:08 PM\'] Sale Of The Century Was Cool; I Watched It At 3:00pm On Channel 3 Right After Another World. [/quote]
Capitalizing every word isn't going to help your credibility here. [/quote]
While Erik may be annoying, perhaps I should take the time out to remind everyone that it's highly likely he is mentally handicapped. [links to ATGS archives available upon request]
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 06:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 07:49 PM\'] [quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 03:08 PM\'] Sale Of The Century Was Cool; I Watched It At 3:00pm On Channel 3 Right After Another World. [/quote]
Capitalizing every word isn't going to help your credibility here. [/quote]
While Erik may be annoying, perhaps I should take the time out to remind everyone that it's highly likely he is mentally handicapped. [links to ATGS archives available upon request] [/quote]
I think he might well be mentally handicapped, though there was some question on ATGS as to just how handicapped he is. He's annoying at worst.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 02:04 PM\'] anyone remember password plus? it was a cool show what time did it air in 1982 on NBC? i watched reruns on GSN when i got GSN in 1998 [/quote]
Since no one really got around to answer your query (some questions can get lost in a thread with a lot of responses--wish *my* threads sparked that kind of interest), P+ was moved to the 12N ET "death slot" on 10/26/81 (BATTLESTARS took P+'s old slot, and Perry CS was jettisoned), where it remained until cancellation the following March.
Doug
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super password was also a good show; i loved super password.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 08:06 PM\'] super password was also a good show; i loved super password. [/quote]
Any reason you can't name your favorite shows in one post? There IS an Edit feature.
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Well, I'll name my favorite NBC ones in one post:
Assuming it's a game show (I don't see why it isn't), G.E. College Bowl would be first, then Celebrity Sweepstakes, followed by (not necessarily in order) Jeopardy! (the original version), Concentration (both versions), Sale of the Century (both of the three-player versions; I didn't like the couples one that much), High Rollers, Jackpot! (before they got rid of the riddles and the target number), Password Plus, Super Password, and Baffle (before it got incredibly easy - once a team got four puzzles in under ten seconds, that was pretty much it).
-- Don (I always hate making lists like this as I invariably leave a few off - then again, that's what editing is for)
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 04:57 PM\'] While Erik may be annoying, perhaps I should take the time out to remind everyone that it's highly likely he is mentally handicapped. [links to ATGS archives available upon request] [/quote]
If one is intelligent enough to read a message board, and also to set up a discussion site (even if Proboards does most of the work for you), one should be able to make reasonable posts. The "Rainman" or "Chris Farley Show" ("you remember Romper Room? That was awesome...") act seems unnecessary.
(Is it "talking behind someone's back" when they're watching everything being said?)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 05:03 PM\'] I think he might well be mentally handicapped, though there was some question on ATGS as to just how handicapped he is. He's annoying at worst. [/quote]
Replace "worst" with "best", and that, my friends, is irony writ large.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 08:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 8 2004, 08:06 PM\'] super password was also a good show; i loved super password. [/quote]
Any reason you can't name your favorite shows in one post? There IS an Edit feature. [/quote]
Brandon, just be glad he hasn't mentioned "Emmy" or Dragontales yet.
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Complete deadlock between Super Password, Password Plus, Scrabble, and Blockbusters; I just can't decide.
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That's why I picked my Top 5 & the 3 Honorable Mentions earlier.
In regards to the KYW block, it started at 3pm. It lasted for 2 hours I believe. I know $ale of the Century, Scrabble & the syndicated TPIR was on each day. Not sure what was the forth one was.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Apr 9 2004, 04:01 AM\'] That's why I picked my Top 5 & the 3 Honorable Mentions earlier.
In regards to the KYW block, it started at 3pm. It lasted for 2 hours I believe. I know $ale of the Century, Scrabble & the syndicated TPIR was on each day. Not sure what was the forth one was. [/quote]
The KYW afternoon GS block from 1984-89 was originally LMAD and Lange NTT which began in 9/84. From 1/85-9/85 it was $otC/Daytime WOF/LMAD/NTT/Syndie Feud. From 9/85-1/86 it was Scrabble/Super Password/WHeel/80s Newlywed, in 1/86 Kennedy TPIR was added to the afternoon block when moved from 7PM to 4:30PM EST. 9/86 saw TPIR replaced with Davidson HS. The Scrab/SP/Wheel/HS/Newlywed block lasted through March 1988, when $100K Pyramid moved from late nights to 4:30PM on KYW(Newlywed went to late nights at that point). September 1988-December 1988 had Scrabble/Wheel/Squares in the afternoon block. From December 1988-June 1989, it was Scrabble and Wheel only, then Scrabble and Squares from June-September 1989. Finally, Jackpot and 3rd Degree aired from 3-4PM from September 1989-January 1990, then the afternoon KYW GS block died.
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[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'Apr 6 2004, 12:12 PM\'] i like wordplay; wordplay was the funniest game show of all on NBC; even if it lasted 8 months. i hope GSN can get the rights/ [/quote]
My favorite NBC game show were Card Sharks and High Rollers (the second series). But, I don't have much to compare them to since I was only 2 or three years old at the time when I watched them. At the time, I knew I liked these shows, but hadn't a clue as to which television network they aired on.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 9 2004, 06:53 AM\'] [quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Apr 9 2004, 04:01 AM\'] That's why I picked my Top 5 & the 3 Honorable Mentions earlier.
In regards to the KYW block, it started at 3pm. It lasted for 2 hours I believe. I know $ale of the Century, Scrabble & the syndicated TPIR was on each day. Not sure what was the forth one was. [/quote]
The KYW afternoon GS block from 1984-89 was originally LMAD and Lange NTT which began in 9/84. From 1/85-9/85 it was $otC/Daytime WOF/LMAD/NTT/Syndie Feud. From 9/85-1/86 it was Scrabble/Super Password/WHeel/80s Newlywed, in 1/86 Kennedy TPIR was added to the afternoon block when moved from 7PM to 4:30PM EST. 9/86 saw TPIR replaced with Davidson HS. The Scrab/SP/Wheel/HS/Newlywed block lasted through March 1988, when $100K Pyramid moved from late nights to 4:30PM on KYW(Newlywed went to late nights at that point). September 1988-December 1988 had Scrabble/Wheel/Squares in the afternoon block. From December 1988-June 1989, it was Scrabble and Wheel only, then Scrabble and Squares from June-September 1989. Finally, Jackpot and 3rd Degree aired from 3-4PM from September 1989-January 1990, then the afternoon KYW GS block died. [/quote]
How many different time slots did $100K Pyramid have in Philly? I didn't start watching it on a regular basis until spring 1987 and I do remember it being on in the late afternoon at that point. Also, I do remember that Wheel aired in the late afternoon, but didn't know that it was on tape delay until you mentioned it on ATGS several years ago. At what point did KYW start this practice?
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KYW had a good game block; if tey had wordplay at 5:30 pm; it would do better
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[quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Apr 9 2004, 05:09 PM\']
How many different time slots did $100K Pyramid have in Philly? I didn't start watching it on a regular basis until spring 1987 and I do remember it being on in the late afternoon at that point. Also, I do remember that Wheel aired in the late afternoon, but didn't know that it was on tape delay until you mentioned it on ATGS several years ago. At what point did KYW start this practice? [/quote]
KYW aired Santa Barbara for most of its run on an 18 hour tape delay(aired at 9AM EST, it was the episode most saw at 3PM EST the previous weekday). In the case of NBC game shows(those shows they actually chose to pick up), KYW aired the show at its network sanctioned time or later as far as I remember. Clark $100K Pyramid aired at 7:30PM on WCAU from 10/85-3/86, then came back on WCAU at 5PM from 3/87-9/87. KYW picked up the show for the 1987-88 season, it aired first at 4:30AM from 9/87-3/88, and then moved to 4:30PM from 3/88-9/88.