GSN's "Bingo America"

[snowpeck]

I have to admit that I did play along with it on its first night.  Didn't win anything, but I thought it was a fun game.  I think a lot of what makes the show enjoyable is the intense playalong factor (up to 83 chances to win on any given episode) and probably would be pretty bland without it.  Given the amount of response the website got, I think this has potential to be GSN's biggest original yet.


Greg

[WhammyPower]

I played along on the first night and won $50!  

Last night I didn't win anything.  Oh well.

And that reminds me, it's a good time to print out some cards.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'183088\' date=\'Apr 2 2008, 11:20 AM\']
I played along on the first night and won $50!  

Last night I didn't win anything.  Oh well.
[/quote]
Which means your current rate of pay for watching the show is $50/hour. Doesn't suck, for sure.

[WhammyPower]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'183099\' date=\'Apr 2 2008, 02:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'183088\' date=\'Apr 2 2008, 11:20 AM\']
I played along on the first night and won $50!  

Last night I didn't win anything.  Oh well.
[/quote]
Which means your current rate of pay for watching the show is $50/hour. Doesn't suck, for sure. [/quote]
Well, when you put it that way, yeah, that's not bad.

/It's seven times better than my normal job.

[bandit_bobby]

OK, I've seen it all now. There may actually be at least one junk prize on the Bingo Bonus Board- hot dogs, from last night's episode.

[Clay Zambo]

I agree that there ought to be some less-valuable prizes, though I'm not sure I'd go as far as "hot dogs."  (Well, maybe if they were really good hot dogs.  Was sauerkraut included?)

Anyway, if that's the case, seems to me there ought to be some sort of buy-out; e.g., "We'll give you $100 for every number you've called so far, or you can pick another number..."

Yeah.  I'm spending other people's money.  I had fun doing it, too.

[clemon79]

Pink's, by all reports, *are* really good hot dogs. That said, yeah, seeing a zonk prize on the bonus board did not impress me.

(And, really. Turning over a Mystery Prize and then having Patrick tell them immediately what it was? That wasn't a Mystery Prize, that was a We Can't Find An Appropriate Icon Prize.)

Honestly, I wasn't impressed by much of it. The game was flat, the chrome was largely stripped off (and this show NEEDS chrome), and Duffy as a host was "meh" at best. I watched my one episode (and I even fast-forwarded through most of Games 2 and 3) and I don't feel a pressing need to watch any more.

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'183165\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 11:26 AM\']
(and I even fast-forwarded through most of Games 2 and 3)
[/quote]

Speaking of which: if ever there was a show where editing would come into play, it's this one.  Unless the third game is some sort of sudden-death "first one to answer wins" deal, there's gonna be a heckuvalot more ball-rolling-down-the-chute shots in a two-game show than when the match goes to three games.

Every show *is* self-contained, right?  There's no straddling?

/not even of Ms. Wallasch

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183175\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 09:37 AM\']
Unless the third game is some sort of sudden-death "first one to answer wins" deal,[/quote]
Pretty sure the third game was a no-balls-required race to three correct answers.

Every show *is* self-contained, right?  There's no straddling?

You are correct, sir.

/not even of Ms. Wallasch

*giggity!*

[Joe Mello]

[Lemon beat me to the best-of-5 part] and each answer starts with the subsequent letter in BINGO.

Yeah, no love for the art department.  How hard is it to make clip art, really?

/Pink's dogs vs. White Castle burgers..who would win?

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'183165\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 11:26 AM\']
Pink's, by all reports, *are* really good hot dogs. [/quote]

Pink's hot dogs?  Now, that is a zonk.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183179\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:54 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'183165\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 11:26 AM\']
Pink's, by all reports, *are* really good hot dogs. [/quote]

Pink's hot dogs?  Now, that is a zonk.
[/quote]
Spoken by someone who has never had one. MMMMM. I would, given the choice however , take a cash prize instead.

And that makes two game shows with Pinks as a booby-prize. The other, class?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183179\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 09:54 AM\']
Pink's hot dogs?  Now, that is a zonk.
[/quote]
For all we know, Alecia makes a damned good hot dog.

[Clay Zambo]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'183180\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183179\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:54 PM\']
Pink's hot dogs?  Now, that is a zonk.
[/quote]
Spoken by someone who has never had one. MMMMM. I would, given the choice however , take a cash prize instead.
[/quote]

I think you missed the link.  

That said, I am a Grey's Papaya guy my ownself.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183182\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 01:05 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'183180\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'183179\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:54 PM\']
Pink's hot dogs?  Now, that is a zonk.
[/quote]
Spoken by someone who has never had one. MMMMM. I would, given the choice however , take a cash prize instead.
[/quote]

I think you missed the link.  

That said, I am a Grey's Papaya guy my ownself.
[/quote]
Whoops! Joke recieved. Whoosh averted.

My comments on Pinks' Hot Dogs though, still stand.