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bulldog_06

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« on: February 08, 2005, 09:25:30 PM »
I remember seeing the game show TOP CARD on TNN (now Spike TV), and by the looks of the set it didn't look like they had a studio audience. I was wondering did they have one, or was kinda like Lingo (ya know without one).

Also, Where was TOP CARD taped from?


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mystery7

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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2005, 09:43:50 PM »
Can't vouch for the audience part of your question, but I do know Top Card was taped at the Opryland Studios in Nashville, on the same stage as its foreunner, Fandango.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2005, 09:44:14 PM »
I actually found this picture taken inside the studio. You can see there's a balcony-style audience area [think NBC Studio 8H].
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2005, 09:45:01 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2005, 09:49:38 PM »
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Feb 8 2005, 09:44 PM\']
IIRC, Top Card taped at studios based at the Grand Old Opry. Assuming that this WAS the place they shot, it actually had a balcony-style audience area [think NBC Studio 8H].


Right you are. Also taped in that studio: The Statler Brothers Show, among other TNN programs.

I worked there until 15 months ago, and at the time I left, all of the cameras and equipment which were formally used for TNN and CMT productions were still there, on the floor of that studio ... mere steps down the hall from the Grand Ole Opry stage itself. The studio was (and perhaps still is) being used for backstage interviews during the weekly Opry cablecasts.
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2005, 03:35:09 AM »
Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."

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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2005, 06:42:30 AM »
The memory's real hazy on this one.  But I do remember in TC's debut, the first main game winner hit 21 in TC+.  As a result, he won a new car in addition to the other three prizes he "bought" and two prizes he won in the main game -- and had to retire undefeated.

Seems like the champion's wife came on stage to celebrate the victory.  So, that would indicate the presence of a live audience.

With TV poker and blackjack tournaments on cable, TC's one game show I'd like to see come back on the air, too.  But, if SpikeTV were the ones to bring it back, I have a hunch they'd hire a B-movie queen to be a dealer.

Oh, wait, that's right.  After she left TC, Blake Pickett went on to star in porn flicks.

Nevermind.
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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2005, 09:03:19 AM »
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 03:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."

Jonathan Allen
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IIRC, almost all of the Hee Haw series was taped at WTVF, Nashville's Channel 5, at their downtown studios.

Visitors to the Country Music Hall of Fame can now stand in front of the actual Hee Haw corn field!
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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2005, 10:39:02 AM »
Didn't the '70's "Candid Camera" tape at Opryland for a while?  I seem to recall Barbara Fairchild co-hosting and T. Tommy Cutrer (sp?) announcing.
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2005, 12:24:50 PM »
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 01:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
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According to http://heehaw.com, the first ten years or so were shot at Nashville CBS affiliate WLAC-TV (which is now apparently WTVF-TV), and they moved to Studio A at Opryland in 1980 for the rest of the run until the show died at the end of 1997.
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2005, 12:26:23 PM »
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No. It was far better the first and second times it aired, when it was called "Gambit".
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2005, 12:37:45 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 12:24 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Feb 10 2005, 01:35 AM\']Speaking of which...I wonder what stages they used for "Hee Haw."
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According to http://heehaw.com, the first ten years or so were shot at Nashville CBS affiliate WLAC-TV (which is now apparently WTVF-TV), and they moved to Studio A at Opryland in 1980 for the rest of the run until the show died at the end of 1997.
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« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2005, 04:39:26 PM »
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No. It was far better the first and second times it aired, when it was called "Gambit".
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Well, it's the curse of Jim Caldwell again.  :)

Seriously, the whole memory angle of the first season gave the game an extra dimension that "Gambit" didn't have.  Unfortunately, those fecal matter kicker contestants never really figured it out and they had to change the format in the second season--and we were still stuck with Caldwell for another season.  Oh well.
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2005, 09:58:42 PM »
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The memory's real hazy on this one. But I do remember in TC's debut, the first main game winner hit 21 in TC+. As a result, he won a new car in addition to the other three prizes he "bought" and two prizes he won in the main game -- and had to retire undefeated.

Seems like the champion's wife came on stage to celebrate the victory. So, that would indicate the presence of a live audience.

You are correct, sir...and it seemed like 21 wins in the TC+ round were rare occurances, so you can imagine what a surprise it was when I recieved the premiere in trading some 13 yrs later. :-)

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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2005, 10:01:26 PM »
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Seriously, the whole memory angle of the first season gave the game an extra dimension that "Gambit" didn't have. Unfortunately, those fecal matter kicker contestants never really figured it out and they had to change the format in the second season--and we were still stuck with Caldwell for another season. Oh well.

Caldwell couldn't grasp why they had to put all the categories in red boxes, which meant they weren't "special" like their TTD counterparts. :-D

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