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Oh, well right on I can really respect that. It's interesting to be the host of such a nakedly consumerist program but also still be caring enough to put your foot down and use your power for a well-meaning cause. Is there a connection between Desert Storm and Car Manufacturers? I mean, in the way that would provoke choosing ot only feature US manufacturers.
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Welp, I'm glad I built myself wiggle room by calling it "interesting" where he picks and chooses to put the foot down but it was still naive of me to hope it was never put on a neck. Price is Right is a scam anyway, they're using like Whole Foods prices for half that poo poo, who the heck memorizes the prices of stuff, just get the cheapest one of whatever you're buying
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Khanstant posted:who the heck memorizes the prices of stuff https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/ I thought there is/was a "Black Book" containing the source prices, but someone figured out their system. And like Michael Larson before him, they added other stuff to throw people off and prevent a repeat. Terry Kniess didn't flush all his money away though.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:Thursday, we get some more "Holey Moley" - the format is basically a "winner take all" format, where only one of the golfers gets $250,000 (the rest get just the putter and jacket) and it's still very weird.... starting to think it should've just been a $25,000 with a $100,000 final, but the holes are very clever (and Riggle poking fun at how cheap some of them are is hilarious) I just started watching through this on their channel on YouTube. The show is far more entertaining than it really has any right to be... The commentary is pretty great.
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/ Terry Kniess didn't memorize anything, though - there was a superfan in the audience that day who was giving people the correct prices named Ted Slauson. There's a whole documentary about him here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdFKZtZop7A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF8mT0RMqDA Jedi Temple Challenge is now up and Ahmed Best is really good (and a very fun kids game show akin to Jungle Run, Legends of the Hidden Temple and Raven) Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxBHggyCw4 The Game Show "Don't" premieres tonight on ABC, basically it's a snarky game show where Ryan Reynolds does Deadpool Riffing on a Family Game Show hosted by Adam Scott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Ll72H1p0g And on To Tell The Truth last week - Troy Stevens showed up. as for UK and Foreign Game Show Things Epic Game Show is still going on... eh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8omr1kgAOo and Big Brother Australia is here... nobody knows why either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3zkedeWbYw THIS FRIDAY - FLOOR IS LAVA TelevisedInsanity fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Jun 16, 2020 |
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Watching the episode of the Challenge post the firing of Dee, it really goes to show the power of editing in these shows, I mean she was in the elimination that week, was the target of a big blind side, and were still able to pretty much edit her out of the show except for all but like a 1 minute of interrogation before the elimination.
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Watched part of the first episode of Floor is Lava, couldn't stand the announcer and the first group.
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It's the most Netflix will approve anything game show ever.
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Maigius posted:Watched part of the first episode of Floor is Lava, couldn't stand the announcer and the first group. Rutlege is a big child so it's good casting, actually. I reviewed that show AND "Karma" on HBO Max and "The Great Debate" on SyFy in my most recent episode The problem is inconsistent, I still enjoyed Hyperdrive more than Floor is Lava, but it's LEAGUES better than Flinch and equal to Awake. Also for those that have seen "DOCUMENTAL" on Amazon, Australia's Version "LOL : Last One Laughing" hosted by Rebel Wilson Debuted Last Week featuring Australian Comedians trying to make each other laugh for $100,000. (Without the Buy-In) I've also been watching "Alan Carr's Epic Game Show" and it's just boring or bland or adding stuff for the sake of stretching out for time. Every "Game" had some crap pyramid added to it. Play Your Cards Right/Card Sharks - Pyramid of Cards with Prize Tree The Price is Right - The "Price Range" is predetermined and there is a "Prize Pyramid" next to the grid. Take Your Pick - The End Game is also a Pyramid to "Climb" but the "Top" is a 50/50 all or nothing gamble. Strike It Lucky - Now with more Screens on the top to make a pyramid a Prize-Tree to win a luxury trip, that would most likely have been the "final screen" when the show originally aired 30 years ago. I await to see "Bully's Prize Pyramid" or whatever annoying "Throw the Dart into the smaller and smaller triangle" they are gonna come up with. If these were pilots for pick-ups, I would scrap each and every one of them, even The Price is Right. Catch Phrase has done better AND even that has a pyramid-end game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOowj6E0wM Also Taskmaster is coming to CW and I am glad that's existing. And They Are still doing Supermarket Sweep for ABC
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poo poo, i was just coming around to talk about the Weakest Link revival (now casting!) but Competitive Sims is much more interesting
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bumping this up with all sorts of news - ending the podcast soon (oh no) mostly because spending ten or so hours talking about a game show, while fun, is exhausting and offering little-to-no-reward, not even "personal enjoyment" This Week it's HOT STREAK - focusing the rest of the series to be solo sessions where i talk about the game shows i like (Finally, somebody talking about THE MOLE in 2020!) DID YOU KNOW JEOPARDY IS ON NETFLIX https://www.netflix.com/watch/81232480?trackId=155573558 DID YOU KNOW SUPERMARKET SWEEP IS ON NETFLIX https://www.netflix.com/title/81289176 DID YOU KNOW DEAL OR NO DEAL IS ON AMAZON PRIME https://www.amazon.com/Beard-or-No/dp/B0899C8BTQ/ DID YOU KNOW POINTLESS IS ON AMAZON PRIME https://www.amazon.com/Episode-1/dp/B086RYSNHN/ DID YOU KNOW POINTLESS CELEBRITIES IS ON AMAZON PRIME https://www.amazon.com/Episode-4/dp/B08BBY8VK4/ DID YOU KNOW DON'T IS ON HULU https://www.hulu.com/series/dont-2248ff9d-bedc-42cd-bbcf-e96e47d0566e also - NBC is rebooting "Weakest Link" with Jane Lynch https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/jane-lynch-the-weakest-link-revival-nbc.html and in the "NOT REALLY VERIFIED, BUT MIGHT BE TRUE" - Millionaire w/ Kimmel might cast Careworkers and those affected by COVID, instead of celebrities for the next run of shows - They are bringing back "The Chase" for ABC and casting now. - They are bringing "The Cube" to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZrf-RinHA and also because I don't think it'll be brought up anywhere else - Press Your Luck was really good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrObei6Ig0
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TelevisedInsanity posted:
Some kind souls have been uploading the currently-running Dutch, Belgian, and just recently German seasons subbed to English on YouTube/Dailymotion. The Dutch and Belgians have been doing this largely uninterrupted (and I'm sure you know it started in Belgium) for a couple of decades and the game really evolves more than you might expect over seasons if you've only been exposed to the English-language runs.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:and in the "NOT REALLY VERIFIED, BUT MIGHT BE TRUE" This was being discussed way back when the cube was not just an active concern, but actually hot in the UK, like 2010. They did a pilot with Neil Patrick Harris that went nowhere. However, I'm just finding out now that ITV (as of just last month) is looking to relaunch the game in the UK, so who knows.
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TelevisedInsanity posted:(Finally, somebody talking about THE MOLE in 2020!)
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Victorkm posted:Banks really makes that show, IMO. She definitely helped the moment. I don't know if heart breaking is the right term for being $17k from the million, but at least he has enough cash to buy that engagement ring. lol going on a Chinese river cruise any time soon
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 to good millionaire host, below average Password hosthttps://people.com/?p=5539339&preview=true&preview_id=5539339
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:She definitely helped the moment. I don't know if heart breaking is the right term for being $17k from the million, but at least he has enough cash to buy that engagement ring. I've watched a few episodes and I really dig her reactions, how edge of the seat she gets, etc.
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https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1288257568494755846 And I don't know if it's been brought up in this thread yet, but Supermarket Sweep is currently casting and is showing up on ABC's Fall schedule for Sundays at 8! I know Cards Sharks was supposed to start filming recently, but I haven't seen any updates on that yet, nor have I seen anything about $100,000 Pyramid. TelevisedInsanity posted:
Season 2 of Press Your Luck has been fantastic! The pacing and production for the first season of Press Your Luck, while not bad, was just a little "off." Odd camera angles, lack of music cues, commercial breaks at awkward times, etc. At times it almost seemed like the episodes were edited together at the last minute. With this season they've really hit the ground running and basically fixed every issue* I had with the first batch of episodes! *Buttons are still too bulbous. This season they've built the base up to mask the button's long neck, but the button itself is too round to be slappable like the original's. 
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poo poo, you can even probably play a few over Zoom, for example: https://www.nick.com/shows/unfiltered I've Got a Secret with Instagram filters! At least I think, I haven't seen web design that lovely since GeoCities.
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 https://deadline.com/2020/08/american-ninja-warrior-champion-drew-drechsel-arrested-child-sex-crimes-1203004465/ No news on when season 12 comes back, plus erasing him from history, guess that means I have to learn to like the Titan Games now.
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ahahahahahaha goddamn. in terms of PR nightmares, this is as bad as that VH1 reality show that had a contestant murder another contestant.
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:ahahahahahaha goddamn. Considering my only source that I bother checking when I think about it is SBNation (lol), they did do some taping in St. Louis in July which is what my gut said they would do. Drew Dreschel gets the Chris Benoit treatment. Sorry TelevisedInsanity if you mentioned any of that in the news, I've switched jobs and my time to passively listen to crapping on game shows/twitter has been reduced.
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Sorry TelevisedInsanity if you mentioned any of that in the news, I've switched jobs and my time to passively listen to crapping on game shows/twitter has been reduced. i did not, game shows i suppose is near it's end (final episode at the end of november) and the patreon is full of "bonus episodes" where it's me exasperated for an hour talking about a game show . Today's Patreon Exclusive is "Fear Factor" and this week is the "100th Episode" (Nobody noticed) and it's my all time favorite game show. So every Wednesday, there is a new PUBLIC episode for free, and then paywalled are the bad game shows if they want me to suffer or so. I didn't cover this, I am not covering D-Wade hosting "The Cube" either https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq2b0CN3p68 Also ITV launched a new game show called Rollin In It, and it feels like a show that would wind up on American ABC Network if they never got access to Summer Fun & Games formats
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a while back i posted about "de slimste mens ter wereld." one of the two european shows i would love to see here. a big part of why i love the show is the promos they cut for announcing the lineup of judges for the upcoming season. for a few years now, they've been rather elaborate presentations. this year's promo is no exception, doing a parody of once upon a time in hollywood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV8IUFrD5oQ
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Here are some updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T26kqPVn-vU Weakest Link debuted - it was "fine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aMphc5I2_Q Supermarket Sweep is debuting in a couple weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0ExyOaE20 John Cena and Nicole Byer are hosting Wipeout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kux0fHPqQAM I Can See Your Voice debuted - it was also "fine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfofXAhuP-g Card Sharks is coming back, 7 cards instead of 10 and no audience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tRkagTwmdI Wheel shows off "The White Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mj-Ibpft7w And the new set for Jeopardy (but you already know that) and somebody will win a million on millionaire.
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All hail the White Thing! I just watched one the worst episodes of Chopped ever aired. Last night's new episode included:
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ABC continues knocking it out of the park with their game show revivals. Very much enjoyed Supermarket Sweep. Same formula is just as good as it always was, plus the double-or-nothing addition to the bonus round is a nice way of raising the stakes without dragging out the game. The most surprising thing is the addition of this wacky cast of characters that work in the grocery store. On paper it sounds like it'd be the most cringe-worthy idea, but in practice it's so stupid it's good. Similar to Press Your Luck's transition from season 1 to 2, Card Sharks made the same kind of improvement. Every minor gripe I had about its first season was seemingly addressed and fixed. 7 cards to win instead of 10, leading to an actual win outside of sudden death for once! Ties in the bonus round result in a push instead of a loss. Finally, they added physical score displays in front of each contestant which look far superior than the simple on-screen graphics of the first season. And I guess Millionaire airs between those two. I'd rather watch Jeopardy.  Now where's my Classic Concentration revival?! 
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Ask NBC, they have more control over the format than most now-Fremantle owned titles. Hell, put it on peacock ad free* ( with suspiciously long descriptions of the prizes). I popped in and out tonight, it makes me wish for daytime game shows in place of "Ellen clone #433" talk show. Supermarket sweep and Card Sharks have a lightness to them that I believe could work. Hell supermarket sweep could try and be ad free* on hulu.
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Doggles posted:Similar to Press Your Luck's transition from season 1 to 2, Card Sharks made the same kind of improvement. What did PYL change from season 1 to 2? (I've enjoyed both seasons immensely.)
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Context posted:What did PYL change from season 1 to 2? (I've enjoyed both seasons immensely.) Oh yeah, first season was definitely good, it just had some minor issues due to it being a new production. When the contestants were given their multiple choices for a question, the camera would switch to a wide angle with the contestants at the bottom of the screen, similar to the original PYL. The problem with that is the multiple choices aren't displayed on the screen in this new series so you'd have this awkward lingering wide-angle shot of the contestants just standing there while Banks reads the choices off camera. It's like they filmed it with the intention to add the choices on screen later, but never got around to it. I don't know if they changed directors or what, but season 2's camera angles and when they switch are a lot more dynamic and done with better purpose now. The first season also had some awkward pacing issues. Commercial breaks would happen in the middle of players' turns. Now, commercials only come after a player uses up or passes their spins. That allows the game to flow much smoother than before. The second season finally has victory music that plays when someone wins the main round. It was an odd omission that there wasn't any sort of fanfare after a win in season 1, only the sound of applause while waiting for the show to go to commercial. All minor things overall that the producers of ABC's game shows are taking notice of and improving upon season to season. This tells me these game shows aren't simply looked at as nostalgic cash grabs, but are being set up to be staples for years to come. Main reason I'm noticing these sorts of things is that I want to build a sort of portable game show production that can be rented out for events locally, so I've been extremely detail oriented about what is and is not working on modern game shows. I already have the programming knowledge, now I'm trial and erroring my way through woodworking and electrical engineering to build prototypes like eggcrate displays, https://www.instagram.com/p/B3qfMZGhPKO/, and a Combs-era Family Feud face off podium, https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZ0PcYB9As/. Seeing this game show resurgence over the past few years has been extremely inspiring. I'm just hoping it lasts like it did across the 70s-90s so that I have enough time to build my project and get it out there!
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Doggles posted:Stuff This is all awesome, thanks for the rundown. I hadn't consciously noticed any of those things, but it makes sense! I think it's the same in both seasons, but I do like how the board sound in the bonus game has a lot more bass or something than in the main round. I need to check out Card Sharks too, if it's better. I couldn't get into the first season. And your work looks great! I would have no idea how to begin constructing something like that.
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