How Would Fremantle Revive These Shows

[chris319]

We all know what disasters Match Game '98 and Card Sharks 2001 were. How would Fremantle revive some other game show classics?

PASSWORD - Players may give the actual password as a clue. This will speed up game play for the coveted short-attention-span 18 -34 male audience.

CONCENTRATION - The board has 16 squares. Contestants call out a number and the prize behind that number is revealed. The contestant then wins that prize. None of that time-consuming matching business that slows down game play.

BEAT THE CLOCK - Each stunt must be completed in five seconds. Again, it speeds up game play.

HE SAID, SHE SAID - Played with one celebrity couple. This one's more an economy move than a time saver. Celebrity couples don't come cheap, you know.

Any others? They don't have to be Goodson shows.

[inturnaround]

CARD SHARKS 2004: You thought Fremantle gave up on the idea? Well, they did...until a little something called "Celebrity Poker Showdown"...then they rushed this remake into production. The show mixes that show and "Fear Factor" to make a show that would make Pat Bullard ashamed to host it.

Fremantle isn't sure yet what the show is all about, but it has something to do with people being suspended over a tank filled with sharks (sans frickin' laser beams) and contestants being slowly lowered closer and closer to it as they get guesses wrong. The show will be filmed on an offshore location so as not to have "laws" apply to it. Take THAT, Fear Factor!

CELEBRITY NEWLYWED GAME: Fremantle and the Newlywed Game? Oh, it can happen! (But only on this board, thank God)  Fremantle's ideas for the New New Extreme version of Newlywed will have cameras going to the homes of Newlyweds Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. Nick will have to guess the next stupid thing to come out of Jessica's mouth. Can he do it?

EXTREME STREET SMARTS: The new Fremantle version of this show will feature two contestants with hidden cameras on their person tasked with asking dumb questions to random people on the street. The first person back to the studio without getting shot, stabbed or murdered wins. Oddly enough, Frank Nicotero will be hosting this one as well.

THE COOLIO SHOW: Fremantle doesn't have a game for this one yet, but Coolio NEVER turns down a game show appearance.

NAME THAT TIZZ-UNE: Fremantle knows that all the money is in rizz-ap, but the playas don't seem to tune in to the gizz-ame shizz-ows. Name that Tizz-une will have contestants picking out the song from the original song it was sampled from. You guessed "Forget Me Nots"? No way, homes, it's "Men in Black" by Will Smith! Are you down? Fremantle sure is.

YOU BET YOUR LIFE: And you really do! Forget the secret word! Forget Groucho! You are allowed to wager your life on one event. It could be the flip of a coin or it could be the outcome of a sporting event. The higher the odds, the higher the payoff. But if you lose, the price will be one life. YOURS. Former Judge Mills Lane hosts.

[joshg]

NOW YOU SEE IT: Gameboard consists of 1 line of 5 letters. Questions will be introduced into the game and will be multiple choice. Winner of Solo Round (*2* Lines of 5 letters), will win $5,000,000 payed out $1 a year for 5 million years.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT: Will be played at area malls; Game boards will be retained; except all will be adorned with sponsor logos (all about the product placement G); all cars given away will be Scions (the 'youthful' Toyota brand that lots of people over 40 seem to be buying)

PYRAMID: Lame categories in the Winner's Circle and hip rule enforcement (i.e. whenever we feel like it, yo!)... currently running in syndication

"EXTREME" CONCENTRATION: addendium to Chris' idea; no more rebus puzzles, instead puzzles are photographs of one object (dog, cat, grass, etc.); 'Extreme' because it just sounds 'edgy'

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jan 8 2004, 02:16 AM\'] BEAT THE CLOCK - Each stunt must be completed in five seconds. Again, it speeds up game play.

 [/quote]
 And when the show's repeated on GSN, the stunt will be completed in 2.5 seconds or less, thanks to the Time Machine.

Other shows if revived:

BLOCKBUSTERS - To save time, each hexagon is numbered - the letter will be the same for every round, one would be all words starting with "G", etc.

PITFALL - The contestant must hold onto the bars on the side of the elevator, as, due to time constraints, they're going to get shot back up awful fast.

[Casey]

NAME THAT TUNE: The lovely Kathy Lee Gifford, rather than La La-ing the titles of the song, sings them, like Lisa Donovan did on Face the Music, for every song.  Should eliminate wrong guesses.  Bid-A-Note is replaced with the audience voting off the contestant they don't like.  Tommy Oliver's orchestra is replaced with a synthesizer.

[mparrish11]

CONCENTRATION: And each prize would be an Argus digital camera.  In the bonus round, instead of playing for cars (a la Classic Concentration), the champion would play for Jeep Boom Boxes in a variety of colors.

[brianhenke]

FANDANGO: No change, but since TNN has become Spike TV, Edgar has a major upgrade and now raps each category as it is introduced.

   Brian

   Columbus Day is observed on the first Monday in September?

   We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!

[Starkman]

Ill Bite, and since you say non G-T shows

TJW: The jokers are celeb comics who give the questions in annoying voices and with corny jokes with naughty words. The devil is satan himself who takes the losers back to hell with him (although if the devil really is Liz Hurley this may be a more desirable prize than the digital cameras they would have won :-P )

Hit Man: The hit men are soprano's cast members you answer questions to get them to bump off members of your opponent's family The documentries are tales from the street and the clubs.

Nick Double Dare: Physcal challenges are replaced by real 10 year old style double dares (aka games of chicken like elevator surfing) Realty = ratings

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' date=\'Jan 8 2004, 11:14 AM\'] FANDANGO: No change, but since TNN has become Spike TV, Edgar has a major upgrade and now raps each category as it is introduced.
 [/quote]
 Sounds good, but how about renaming Edgar's name to Spike? Make him a TV set and he can be...

Spike, TV

:-)

*ducks to avoid tomatoes*

[The Ol' Guy]

Combine College Mad House with College Bowl and Animal House? Teams take the "Toss-Up Challenge Chug" - first player on either team to down the mug gets to ring in and answer, then go for a bonus question or stunt- all while wearing togas?

..obviously, this new job is more stressful than it appeared at first....

[DrBear]

SEVEN KEYS: The box is left unlatched.

(hey, the rest of you took the good ones)

THE BETTER SEX: OK, I'd better stop there...

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jan 8 2004, 01:40 PM\'] SEVEN KEYS: The box is left unlatched.

(hey, the rest of you took the good ones)

THE BETTER SEX: OK, I'd better stop there... [/quote]
 Awww....tell us!

[DrBear]

No.

However, for the eight of you who remember it, a round of the new "Everybody's Talking." Feel free to play along...

It's icy and it's creamy...
It comes in flavors like chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream...
You put it in an ice cream cone...
I got some today from an ice cream vendor...
It's like ice milk, only it's called ice cream...
If you said "I scream," it would sound exactly the same
It's called ice cream.
BUZZ! "Tofutti?"

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jan 8 2004, 02:16 AM\'] We all know what disasters Match Game '98 and Card Sharks 2001 were. How would Fremantle revive some other game show classics?

PASSWORD - Players may give the actual password as a clue. This will speed up game play for the coveted short-attention-span 18 -34 male audience.

CONCENTRATION - The board has 16 squares. Contestants call out a number and the prize behind that number is revealed. The contestant then wins that prize. None of that time-consuming matching business that slows down game play.

BEAT THE CLOCK - Each stunt must be completed in five seconds. Again, it speeds up game play.

HE SAID, SHE SAID - Played with one celebrity couple. This one's more an economy move than a time saver. Celebrity couples don't come cheap, you know.

Any others? They don't have to be Goodson shows. [/quote]
 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES: The celebrity board would be a video wall of pre-recorded celebrity answers, a la Scattergories

WIN BEN STEIN'S MONEY: The $5,000 really is Ben's, but it's his yearly salary. Let's see how he'd try to defend it now. Also, because of their policy of having no announcers on camera, there would be no more comic sidekick (who also doubled as announcer)

[J.R.]

Here would be some Fremantle takes a popular Grundy show:


"This week players could win: a Humidor, a food processor, Borders Gift Card, and a trip to Across the Street and continue towards a fortune in cash and prizes: Including a Croton watch and 50,000 bags of M&Ms. In total over, $1000 on... $ale of the Day !"

Since people no longer have the attention span for a "Century" the new title was proposed. 3 players start with $10 with questions +/- $1 (Since $5 a question is too much for the budget).

The "Instant Bargain" is the same, except the twist is that to buy it, you must preform a stunt (a la BtC) for 60 seconds. Failure of task will result in host setting prize on fire.

"Fame Game" has been simplified as well. Instead of a series of clues, after the host says "Who am I ?" he just holds up a large picture. Get it wrong, host will call you a "LOOOSAH !!!!" To make it easier the board just has 4 numbers to choose from. Money Cards of $2, $3, and $4 up there. Demos like simple choics as not to hurt their self-esteem.

Before the "Speedround". Players must vote off the contestant they hate the most. In case of a tie, then the audience votes. The elimated contestant has to hear the host say: "You SUCK at $otD, LATER !". Since elimating contestants and insuling hosts are cool, this will surely attract the 18-49 demos.

After the 10 second "Speedround", the Winner is decided ! Due to budget constraints, losing contestants do not recieve their scores in cash.

The winner plays the "Dudes Mo' Money Game". Consisiting of 4 puzzles of 6 words. Get all four in 20 seconds. You win $50. Win or lose, next time you play for $60, $70, $80, $90, $100. 7th attempt for a Croton Watch only if you win the watch are you allowed to come back for 50,000 bags of M&Ms. If you get two incorrect answers, you lose and then the person you voted off gets the money. Demos loves those nasty twists.

Hosts: Jim Perry and Summer Bartolomew were not chosen because Fremantle told them they they're "Too Old", "Not Cool", and "Not Hot". Instead: Simon Cowell and Icey. It goes along with the demos love to insulting hosts and Icey ? "Damn, she's on Hot Babe, Yowzah !" (according to Syd Vinnege) Announcer: Gary Kroeger.

There you have it !
-Joe R.