Big news on the TPIR front...

[rugrats1]

[quote name=\'NewJersey137\' post=\'190255\' date=\'Jul 8 2008, 05:24 PM\']
No, Fremantle's plan is to make it both a spin of a wheel and a game of definitions.  There will be one question, only one strike, the answer will likely be sexual...
[/quote]

...and will almost always be an answer that you can't say on TV.

[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'190268\' date=\'Jul 8 2008, 06:46 PM\']
I get what you're saying, but generally upgrades are announced in advance if it's going to mean down time.  Of course, we're not exactly dealing with professionals here...
[/quote]

Personally, the unannounced "upgrade" came at a time when Dob was fired, which would ring bells on the suspicion meter.

[Chief-O]

I'm gonna try to get this back on topic----

With the other changes we fear Fremantle is going to pull, I hope Fingers can be a Sweet Talkin' Woman and urge them to leave the rest of the show alone.

/yeah, I know....laaaaame

[Jimmy Owen]

Yeah, as long as they don't mess with the Showcase "Showdown."

[sshuffield70]

Maybe she can Shine A Little Love on the show.......as opposed to that other one that just gives away Lotsa Love.

[Clay Zambo]

Come on, y'all.  We have to let evolution take its course.

TPIR: "It's a livin' thing."

[ChrisLambert!]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'190358\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 09:28 AM\']
TPIR: "It's a livin' thing."
[/quote]

...a terrible thing to lose, still.

Getting to the Point...I'm not gonna let Every Little Thing I've heard rumors about bug me until I see them on Video! But if they screw too much up, it'll be time to ship the Fremantle bigwigs away on the Last Train to London.

/Do Ya see what I did there

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'190367\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 10:22 AM\']
The creativity of this thread has just about reached its twilight.
[/quote]
And yet, I can see it going on for many more pages and weeks.
I wonder. If Jonathan Goodson had held onto the company, in what shape would it be in as opposed to now under Fremantle's regime?
By the way, The Everlasting Dobstopper sig one of you has is quite the clever.

[Fedya]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'190367\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 10:22 AM\']
The creativity of this thread has just about reached its twilight.

/At least none of us used "Telephone Line" somewhere--as tempting as it might have been.
[/quote]
You don't want TPIR to bring back the "Phone Home Game"?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'190371\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 09:36 AM\']
You don't want TPIR to bring back the "Phone Home Game"?
[/quote]
Not what I was driving at.  But good try.

[wdm1219inpenna]

Just as many were "up in arms" last year about Drew taking over the show, I'm taking a "wait & see" attitude.

I watched the very first show back on Labor Day 1972, 2 days before I started Kindergarten.  

I'm 41 now, and I guess I'm in what is known as "middle age" syndrome.  Game shows once had a very big allure for me.  Now, not so much I guess.  I do care about the show, but I do not live and die with it any longer as I did in my younger years.  Likewise with sports and sports teams.

I will be curious to see what changes the show makes, but I must confess I am not very confident about the future of this program, or game shows as a whole any longer.  Jeopardy has added bells & whistles a bit, but overall I seldom watch the program.  Wheel of Fortune I used to watch more in the 80s & 90s, but I'll watch the first day or week's worth of programs to see what changes they made.

I even hosted online games briefly, for about a year, and it was ok, but very slow moving.  I'd prefer to host my own live action game.  I guess because I work during the daytime now, and am not home much anymore during the day, I don't miss game shows.  I do miss those times though when game shows were on often in the 80s and 90s.  I've become somewhat nostalgic over the 70s, 80s, and even the 90s somewhat now.  But life goes on and I feel badly for Roger more than all of us.  Knowing Roger, he feels badly for us, the fans.  Let's see where this goes.  Good or bad, we game show fans are in this together.

Regards,
Bill

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'190367\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 10:22 AM\']
The creativity of this thread has just about reached its twilight.[/quote]
I only meant to stay a while.

/okay, now I'll stop

You know, for all the changes there may or may not be, it would be funny if Fremantle actually got people to understand the difference between the Showcase and the Showcase Showdown

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'190380\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 12:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'190367\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 10:22 AM\']
The creativity of this thread has just about reached its twilight.[/quote]
I only meant to stay a while.

/okay, now I'll stop

You know, for all the changes there may or may not be, it would be funny if Fremantle actually got people to understand the difference between the Showcase and the Showcase Showdown
[/quote]


Oh, do you think that would reduce the "Confusion"

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'190380\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 11:03 AM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'190367\' date=\'Jul 9 2008, 10:22 AM\']
The creativity of this thread has just about reached its twilight.[/quote]
I only meant to stay a while.

/okay, now I'll stop

You know, for all the changes there may or may not be, it would be funny if Fremantle actually got people to understand the difference between the Showcase and the Showcase Showdown
[/quote]

The only way they could accomplish that would be to eliminate the Showcase Showdown completely.  Which I wouldn't put past them.

[cmjb13]

Back on topic...

I stumbled across a thread on one of the other boards.

The poster seemed all giddy that the pricing games on one particular day spelled out "THE DOB" based on the first letter of each game.

Give me a break.