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I think GSN needs to get some other games too. I think first off they should try to buy the right from NBC of the show Classic Concentration. I also think they should get the Reg-Grundy productions like Sale Of The Century and Scrabble. Bring back also Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Bullseye, Bumper Stumpers and Play The Percentages. I will give good note though I am happy that you got the Password Plus and Super Password back and all three of the great classic card sharks back which by the way they need to revive Card Sharks like that except maybe you can take your polls from people online. Keep Press Your Luck definity and add it more during the week and also go and get Wipeout I seen it only one time but it was neat. I also think you need to put Chain Reaction with Bill Cullen in the spot between match game and family feud in the morning at 8:30 a.m. central standard time. I want to see all the chain reactions back on again. High Rollers was good I never seen the Trebek version but Wink martindales version was tight. there is a channel already called Reality TV so run Amazing Race on it. Take off the millionare with Regis and Weakest Link with Ann because those have been ran into the ground. let me pitch an idea or two gameshows to your network and see what happens its gotta be better than most of whats on now. I do applaud on some shows that you run but don't run Millionare with REgis or run it at 5 pm and 7 pm central time.
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Wow.
If you would have read some news, you would know that PYL is coming back to weekday.
Anyhow, why would any of your ideas make GSN more viable?
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']I think GSN needs to get some other games too. blah blah blah blah
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*stumbles over after reading this crap*
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']let me pitch an idea or two gameshows to your network and see what happens its gotta be better than most of whats on now
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OK, I'll bite. What ideas do you have in mind for this pitching?
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I really hate to sound elitist, but we have GOT to come up with an entry test to this board.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:34 PM\']I really hate to sound elitist, but we have GOT to come up with an entry test to this board.
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With the absolute FIRST QUESTION being "Do you know how to cut and paste?"
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 10:33 AM\']OK, I'll bite. What ideas do you have in mind for this pitching?
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God, no. Please. In the name of all that is good and holy, no.
Mr. Dascoot, sir: You are aware that these are not the GSN forums, we are not affiliated with GSN in any way, and that you are not speaking to GSN directly, yes?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 12:33 PM\'][quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']let me pitch an idea or two gameshows to your network and see what happens its gotta be better than most of whats on now
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OK, I'll bite. What ideas do you have in mind for this pitching?
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FOLLOWING NOT A REAL LETTER:
Dear Mr. Dascoot:
For legal reasons we cannot accept unsolicited programming submissions. We suggest that you find an agent in Los Angeles who can represent you and your concepts.
Thank you for your interest in GSN The Network for Games.
Sincerely,
Ian Valentine
Vice President, Programming
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\'] Keep Press Your Luck definity and add it more during the week
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See Newlywed Game back in 2000. Once a day is enough.
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']I think GSN needs to get some other games too. I think first off they should try to buy the right from NBC of the show Classic Concentration. I also think they should get the Reg-Grundy productions like Sale Of The Century and Scrabble.
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I second that. I'd love to see more Classic Concentration ep's. That was a good show. Scrabble with Chuck Woolery was also good. USA used to show it in the '90s. USA used to show a lot of good game shows back in the day.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:40 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:34 PM\']I really hate to sound elitist, but we have GOT to come up with an entry test to this board.
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With the absolute FIRST QUESTION being "Do you know how to cut and paste?"
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The unofficial GSF Qualification Quizzer
1) Do you have a bowling buddy?
2) Do you know that Chuck Woolery left "Wheel of Fortune"?
3) Have you ever gotten laid?
4) They say it never rains in Southern California...is that true?
5) Lemon: Bite in and pucker up or He'll take a bite out of you?
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[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 07:30 PM\']The unofficial GSF Qualification Quizzer
1) Do you have a bowling buddy?
2) Do you know that Chuck Woolery left "Wheel of Fortune"?
3) Have you ever gotten laid?
4) They say it never rains in Southern California...is that true?
5) Lemon: Bite in and pucker up or He'll take a bite out of you?
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1) No
2) That's BS
3) Mind your business
4) No
5) I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole.
:-)
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:34 PM\']I really hate to sound elitist, but we have GOT to come up with an entry test to this board.[/quote]
I thought it's been said that there has been a test to get in. All you have to do is flunk it and that's how you get in! :)
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GAME SHOW FORUM APTITUDE TEST
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE
1)The Price is Right is to Bob Barker, as Press Your Luck is to.....
A)Peter Tomarken
B)Why can't we see the 1986 episodes?
C)Peter Tomarken is the best! He's my favorite host ever!
D)GSN needs to stop the credit crunches on PYL, and PYL only.
2)The correct way to post an article to Game Show Forum is:
A)Cite your source
B)Fail to cite your source, and then lie about it
C)Claim that the link was too long to type
D)Copy and Paste, then edit the article by changing two words.
SECTION B: TRUE OR FALSE
1)Because I post such useful information, I will never be banned.
A)True
B)False
C)I'm Zach Horan! I'll never be banned!
2)Ken Jennings told me they lost track of how many episodes he won on. Since Ken told me himself, he's right!
A)True
B)False
C)I didn't realize Ken had a sense of humor, but I am still right.
SECTION C: SHORT ANSWER
1)When it comes to Ebay items, we should always listen to <BLANK> before making a purchase.
2)H˛ should never have been cancelled! I WILL run the game show world!. My dreams are <BLANK>
3)I think a <BLANK> Punchboard win is nice. Otherwise I am unhappy.
4)The Price is Right is <Blank>, because I don't mind rotating models.
SECTION D: ESSAY
In one hundred (100) words or less please explain why you should be admitted to game show forum using compleete sentences and propher grahamer.
No cheating, no looking at each others papers. 5 points extra credit if you know who hosted Down You Go. You have 30 minutes. Time starts...now.
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 02:07 AM\']I think GSN needs to get some other games too. I think first off they should try to buy the right from NBC of the show Classic Concentration. I also think they should get the Reg-Grundy productions like Sale Of The Century and Scrabble. Bring back also Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Bullseye, Bumper Stumpers and Play The Percentages. I will give good note though I am happy that you got the Password Plus and Super Password back and all three of the great classic card sharks back which by the way they need to revive Card Sharks like that except maybe you can take your polls from people online... other misuses of English snipped
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Hey, Iris, I think you have a date for tonight, huh?
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[quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']I think GSN needs to get some other games too. I think first off they should try to buy the right from NBC of the show Classic Concentration. I also think they should get the Reg-Grundy productions like Sale Of The Century and Scrabble. Bring back also Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Bullseye, Bumper Stumpers and Play The Percentages. *snip*
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GSN doesn't have the $$$ to buy rights to the game show library of your choice. GSN has enough $$ problems with too many failed attempts with their original programming (Lingo is the only saving grace right now). Some other shows mentioned may come back to GSN but the Reg Grundy library is a pipe dream for now (involves more $$).
I got tired after reading this long-windedness. The questions got looked at, scrunched up and burnt to a crisp. I guess expressing pipe dream schedules are sometimes nice to have but can also annoy people. In this case though, keeping the whole post shorter would've helped out.
I need a rum and coke.
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[quote name=\'saussage\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:15 AM\'][quote name=\'dascoot\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 01:07 AM\']I think GSN needs to get some other games too. I think first off they should try to buy the right from NBC of the show Classic Concentration. I also think they should get the Reg-Grundy productions like Sale Of The Century and Scrabble. Bring back also Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Bullseye, Bumper Stumpers and Play The Percentages. *snip*
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GSN doesn't have the $$$ to buy rights to the game show library of your choice. GSN has enough $$ problems with too many failed attempts with their original programming (Lingo is the only saving grace right now). Some other shows mentioned may come back to GSN but the Reg Grundy library is a pipe dream for now (involves more $$).
I got tired after reading this long-windedness. The questions got looked at, scrunched up and burnt to a crisp. I guess expressing pipe dream schedules are sometimes nice to have but can also annoy people. In this case though, keeping the whole post shorter would've helped out.
I need a rum and coke.
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I'll take 5 of those, along with a screwdriver. :-D
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 05:09 AM\']Anyhow, why would any of your ideas make GSN more viable?
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Depends on what you call viable. I would watch Classic Concentration, Sale Of The Century, Scrabble, Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Bullseye, Bumper Stumpers and Play The Percentages that he listed, because I've rarely seen them.
I don't watch Millionaire, Newlywed Game, Love Connection, Feud and all the other shows that have been run into the ground endlessly over the years.
I doubt that folks like myself are the minority, and the ratings numbers seem to back that up.
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[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 12 2005, 07:41 PM\']I doubt that folks like myself are the minority, and the ratings numbers seem to back that up.[/quote]
What the ratings numbers back up is that folks that have any interest in GSN, in any way, shape, or form, are the minority.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 12 2005, 07:41 PM\'][quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 12 2005, 07:41 PM\']I doubt that folks like myself are the minority, and the ratings numbers seem to back that up.[/quote]
What the ratings numbers back up is that folks that have any interest in GSN, in any way, shape, or form, are the minority.
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And what still grabs what viewers that they do have, outside of the ones interested in HoveRounds, is:
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"Wow, 'Match Game!' I haven't seen that one in years! I wonder if it's still funny like it used to be?"
If they can get more of those people, they'll be in better shape than the small number of us who want to see every obscure game show ever made (and then, after viewing "The Perfect Match," wonder, why, Lord, why?).
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[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Dec 12 2005, 07:41 PM\']I doubt that folks like myself are the minority, and the ratings numbers seem to back that up.
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Find me 100 people (less than 10%) on this message board that would clamor to see Play the Percentages. If you can't get 100 people on a Game Show Board to support a show, there's no way in hell that GSN would air it.
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Something to consider:
If people don't watch, we no longer have a Game Show Network. Would I like to see Pass the Buck, Bullseye and Two for the Money? Hells yes. But if there's no GSN, then I'm outta luck. If GSN were to run all of the rare stuff, but nothing that normal casual channel surfers want to watch, we won't have a network devoted to game shows. And I've grown attached to it.
If running the same episodes of $100,000 Pyramid (my word, why would people complain about the Pyramid?), Match Game and Card Sharks means we still have a GSN, then that's a good thing. We still have a chance to see some rare gems, and that's fine with me. I'll stick with what we have, thanks. Every once in a while, we get something like Rafferty Blockbusters that makes it worth having.
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It does make it worth having but it's still kind of sad that we've been conditioned to think that way. Basically saying "Well I don't like 75% of what gsn shows but I do like the 25% and that makes it worth it." Whereas years ago when gsn was a different channel there was let's say 75% we liked. But over the years as they've gradually changed and slowly pushed out other game shows we've been resigned to just accept the 2 or 3 game show airings we love and still be grateful for the channel. It's a good channel don't get me wrong. It's my favorite channel. It's just weird that we're conditioned over time to accept whatever they throw at us and still think it's okay. Like credit crunches for instance. They started off still pretty big and gradually got smaller and smaller and now it's not even an issue for most of you. But if they had gone from big to small over night it would have been an outrage. Similarly when they phased out a lot of older shows we were still grateful for the one or two airings of good game shows they still aired because it was better than nothing.
Bringing back a lot of classics this past April and what they're planning for '06 is a step in the right direction though. Unfortunately gsn needs to air all that other stuff to survive.
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[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 10:39 PM\']They started off still pretty big and gradually got smaller and smaller and now it's not even an issue for most of you.
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For most of us with any sense in our heads, it wasn't to start with. The people bitching were the tape hoarders.
But if they had gone from big to small over night it would have been an outrage.
...among the same small contingent of boneheads who were bitching anyhow.
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Well there will always be something to bitch about won't there but personally I can't stand credit crunches. There are a lot of people who hate them who think people like you who don't mind them are "Boneheads" as well. It cuts both ways. But the crunches are here to stay so even discussing that is pointless. I was simply using that as an example.
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[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 08:29 PM\']There are a lot of people who hate them who think people like you who don't mind them are "Boneheads" as well.
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Yeah, I've run into a few. And I've quickly been able to discern that their opinion is completely and totally irrelevant.
Sounds kinda familiar, in fact.
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[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 09:29 PM\']personally I can't stand credit crunches.[/quote]
Oy.
There are a lot of people who hate them who think people like you who don't mind them are "Boneheads" as well.
Double oy.
It cuts both ways.
Don't run with scissors.
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[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:29 PM\']Well there will always be something to bitch about won't there but personally I can't stand credit crunches. There are a lot of people who hate them who think people like you who don't mind them are "Boneheads" as well. It cuts both ways. But the crunches are here to stay so even discussing that is pointless. I was simply using that as an example.
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I'll take "Run On Sentences" for $300, Alex.
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[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Dec 9 2005, 07:30 PM\']4) They say it never rains in Southern California...is that true?
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False. It pours...MAN it pours!
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And you get a WHOOOOOOOOOOSH! Hope you got an umbrella.
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[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:29 PM\']Well there will always be something to bitch about won't there but personally I can't stand credit crunches. There are a lot of people who hate them who think people like you who don't mind them are "Boneheads" as well.
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No, I'm pretty sure it's just you.