Now let's get to the cards (and applaud?)

[Card Shark]

Each day on Perry CS, at the top of the show, as most of us know, he'd say, "let's open the board and get to the cards." As the board is revealed, you hear the audience clapping and the audience sweetened applause. What exactly are they applauding? The cards? The board? Or the lovely card dealers that enter at that time? He does the same thing at the money cards. I never quite understood the point.

[tvmitch]

Do I sense a thread of rhetorical questions?

If so, what was the point of the first round of Body Language?

[Chelsea Thrasher]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'174509\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 08:33 AM\'] If so, what was the point of the first round of Body Language? [/quote]

To give the audience extra time to get liquored up before the part of the game that actually mattered.

/It's 5 o'clock somewhere...

[rigsby]

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'174509\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 08:33 AM\']
If so, what was the point of the first round of Body Language?
[/quote]Heck, what was the point of the first three rounds of Louie Feud?

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'rigsby\' post=\'174512\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 09:59 AM\']
Heck, what was the point of the first three rounds of Louie Feud?
[/quote]
There, fixed that for you. :-)

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Card Shark\' post=\'174501\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 04:48 AM\']
Each day on Perry CS, at the top of the show, as most of us know, he'd say, "let's open the board and get to the cards." As the board is revealed, you hear the audience clapping and the audience sweetened applause. What exactly are they applauding? The cards? The board? Or the lovely card dealers that enter at that time? He does the same thing at the money cards. I never quite understood the point.
[/quote]
It would seem quite awkward without the applause.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Card Shark\' post=\'174501\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 05:48 AM\']
I never quite understood the point.
[/quote]
I think it's just highlighting the transition from one round to another, but like Doug said, it would look kinda awkward. Come to think of it, a few shows used applause during the transition from main game to bonus round...

[Neumms]

Why do people applaud the prizes on "The Price Is Right"? Because they're there. And the cards are there, and they're enormous.

Why, in the finals round of "Now You See It," does Jack say "now you don't" and they turn off the board for about, oh, five seconds so they can just turn it on again?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'174571\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:30 PM\']
Why, in the finals round of "Now You See It," does Jack say "now you don't" and they turn off the board for about, oh, five seconds so they can just turn it on again?
[/quote]
That at least makes more sense--as a contestant the natural instinct might be to start studying the board and tune Jack out.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'174572\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 04:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'174571\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:30 PM\']
Why, in the finals round of "Now You See It," does Jack say "now you don't" and they turn off the board for about, oh, five seconds so they can just turn it on again?
[/quote]
That at least makes more sense--as a contestant the natural instinct might be to start studying the board and tune Jack out.
[/quote]

The goofy thing is, though, he goes over the rules before they swing the board around.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'174573\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:37 PM\']
The goofy thing is, though, he goes over the rules before they swing the board around.
[/quote]
You sure about that?  Seems to me the board swings around, then he tells the contestants "we'll play until we hear our 'time's up' signal yadda yadda yadda."

I'll check out my tape of last night's proceedings when I get home tonight (it'll be late--I have theatre tix).  If I'm wrong, I'll humbly defer.

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'174571\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:30 PM\']Why, in the finals round of "Now You See It," does Jack say "now you don't" and they turn off the board for about, oh, five seconds so they can just turn it on again?
[/quote]
Because why say "Now you see it" if you're not going to follow it up with "...Now you don't"?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'174574\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:40 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'174573\' date=\'Jan 11 2008, 03:37 PM\']
The goofy thing is, though, he goes over the rules before they swing the board around.
[/quote]
You sure about that?  Seems to me the board swings around, then he tells the contestants "we'll play until we hear our 'time's up' signal yadda yadda yadda."

I'll check out my tape of last night's proceedings when I get home tonight (it'll be late--I have theatre tix).  If I'm wrong, I'll humbly defer.
[/quote]
We're both right.  Narz does describe the rules before bringing on the board, but then after the board is unlit he goes into the "we'll play until we hear our 'time's up' signal yadda yadda yadda" spiel.

So perhaps it would have been better served to bring on the board, have Jack fully explain the rules and then mention the "time's up" signal and so forth, then relight the board and have the contestants have at it.

I'll warm up the DeLorean.  

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'174622\' date=\'Jan 12 2008, 12:23 AM\']
So perhaps it would have been better served to bring on the board, have Jack fully explain the rules and then mention the "time's up" signal and so forth, then relight the board and have the contestants have at it.

I'll warm up the DeLorean.  
[/quote]

Yes, that's it. And while you're there, have them put the "Gambit" masters in a safer place, would you?

[Johnissoevil]

Since someone brought up a question about Louie's Feud, I'll throw in one about Karn...

What was so big about "DOUBLING/TRIPLING THE POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"