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« on: August 14, 2008, 02:23:20 PM »
Most of us here have seen or are familiar with predominately Black game shows such as the Honda Campus All Star Challenge and *groans* The Thou$and Dollar Bee.  But do anyone remember or have seen these game shows which aired on BET or TVOne?

Tell Me Something Good (aired c. 1988)
Family Figures (hosted by Melvin and Mario Van Peebles, aired c. 1990)
Triple Threat (hosted by Spencer Christian, aired c. 1992)
Love Between the Sexes (hosted by Harold McCoo and Sherry Carter, aired c. 1992)
Get the Hook Up (hosted by Russ Parr and Alfredas, aired c. 2004).

Have you seen any of these shows and were there other shows of this type I may have missed?

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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 07:19:59 PM »
One I enjoyed was On The Beat, a pop culture/music quizzer which aired on BET in 2001. It was hosted by a comedian named Spike Davis.

Interestingly enough, Spike's MySpace page claims he "has the distinction of being televisions first African American game show host". I'm sure Adam Wade would like to have a word with him.
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 07:33:31 PM »
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'194088\' date=\'Aug 14 2008, 04:19 PM\']
Interestingly enough, Spike's MySpace page claims he "has the distinction of being televisions first African American game show host". I'm sure Adam Wade would like to have a word with him.[/quote]
And even if he doesn't know that, how about Nipsey-friggin'-Russell?
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 07:37:53 PM »
I remember watching Family Figures and thought it was interesting seeing Sweet Sweetback co-hosting a game show.  Triple Threat was very similar to the Jim Lange version with more R&B.  Never got around to seeing the others.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 07:54:52 PM »
I loved Triple Threat as a child and would love to see it again. As Jimmy mentioned, it was similar to the Jim Lange version, except two teams of three family members competed (adolescent, young adult, and older adult), answering multiple-choice questions based on R&B and hip-hop songs, as well as Black TV shows and movies (in which case, they played the show or movie's theme song). Each generation competed one at a time, and answered three buzz-in questions related to the song.

After a number of rounds, there was a speed round, in which anyone could jump in, and the highest score went to the bonus round, in which the family tried to put cover a 3x3 columned grid, placing song titles under one of three artists' names. If they correctly placed the nine songs in their respective slots, the family won a trip to Disneyworld. At one point, there was a tournament of champions where the families played for a trip to EuroDisney.

With Love B/w the Sexes, my memory's a bit foggy. I *think* a couple went out on a date, and would come back and recall everything that happened. There was also a panel known as the "Peanut Gallery" who offered their input, and in the end, someone (maybe both people) got a $500 prize.

One thing I *do* remember about the show was that one male contestant decided to skip the taping, and the co-hostess told him "Your check will NOT be in the male", to which the audience howled with laughter.

I'd love to see both shows...I remember both having very catchy theme songs, esp. TT.
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2008, 08:19:52 PM »
I remember Triple Threat and Tell Me Something Good. I don't remember that much about Tell Me Something Good. I think it was pretty bad, which is why I only saw a few episodes. People would call in over the phone and tell stories or something like that. A celebrity panel (?) would vote on the best story and that caller would win something.

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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2008, 09:36:47 PM »
I used to watch Triple Threat every night.  I liked the Jim Lange version in the '80s and thought the BET version was pretty decent.  Too bad I didn't think to save any on tape (this was a few years before I even knew about tape-trading!)  AFAIK, there's only one episode of the BET version around.
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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2008, 12:06:11 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194095\' date=\'Aug 14 2008, 06:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'194088\' date=\'Aug 14 2008, 04:19 PM\']
Interestingly enough, Spike's MySpace page claims he "has the distinction of being televisions first African American game show host". I'm sure Adam Wade would like to have a word with him.[/quote]
And even if he doesn't know that, how about Nipsey-friggin'-Russell?
[/quote]

And just to give ole Spike the one-two-three strikes and HE'S OUT, let's not fail to include Ahmad Rashad...

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« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2008, 01:11:33 AM »
[quote name=\'JakeT\' post=\'194139\' date=\'Aug 15 2008, 12:06 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'194095\' date=\'Aug 14 2008, 06:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'194088\' date=\'Aug 14 2008, 04:19 PM\']
Interestingly enough, Spike's MySpace page claims he "has the distinction of being televisions first African American game show host". I'm sure Adam Wade would like to have a word with him.[/quote]
And even if he doesn't know that, how about Nipsey-friggin'-Russell?
[/quote]

And just to give ole Spike the one-two-three strikes and HE'S OUT, let's not fail to include Ahmad Rashad...

Jake
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Or Lynn Swann (TTTT '90)

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« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2008, 12:21:39 PM »
Karyn Bryant ("Name That Video"). Al Roker (MSNBC's "Remember This?"). Phil Moore on Nick.

This dude isn't even in the first *ten* AA GSHs.


(edited to remove wrong name, I was thinking of Carrington as named below.)
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« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2008, 12:38:20 PM »
Another name to add just to make Spike Davis look bad...

Michael Carrington (first host of Nick's "Think Fast")

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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2008, 01:17:20 PM »
And another Nick name for the list...

Robb Edward Morris hosted Make the Grade as well.  Maybe that's who L! was thinking about?

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« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2008, 01:31:11 PM »
I got another Nick name too. Omar Gooding co-hosted Wild and Crazy Kids.

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« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2008, 03:11:38 PM »
Indeeeeed.
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« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2008, 04:24:43 PM »
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'194203\' date=\'Aug 15 2008, 12:11 PM\']
Indeeeeed.[/quote]
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