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Game
Show Central Blog Thursday, October 29, 2009
Someone posted this
on the (new) Let's Make a Deal Facebook page OVER A
WEEK AGO: "This is the
loudest most annoying game show host in history. He is so obnoxiously loud
and annoying I turn the sound or tv off. Horrible.
Not to mention his condescending sexist names for women. Keep the show,
change the horrible host." Is anyone monitoring
this?? Fremantle should be concerned with letting fans get this direct on
what is essentially a company-sponsored page. And for the record I don't
really agree with the poster. posted by Brad @ 1:29 AM
2 comment(s) Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I haven't really done much game show trading
in the last few years. It's not that I'm stingy or hoarding my tapes or
anything, it's simply that I feel like the market may be a bit saturated
right now. I realize there are a lot of young traders out there, and I'm
happy that the number of such traders is high enough that this group can
sustain itself and continue to experience new shows that they're not familiar
with.
In addition, as time goes on, the likelihood
of "surprising" rare finds dries up. There's
still a few people out there who had a VCR in the early 80s, recorded some
since-destroyed show, and will uncover it while cleaning out the attic. If
you're one of those people, by all means send me a note. In addition, there
are probably some full sets of shows gathering dust in production warehouses
somewhere (such as the original CBS run of The Joker's Wild a few years back)
that may be uncovered. If such a find crops up, I'll be happy to see it. But if all that remains to be added to the
growing list of tape collections going forward is current programming or
whatever GSN
is showing, I will probably be sitting on the sidelines of trading. I've got
4000+ episodes on tape and DVD already, spanning six decades and six
continents. As of now, it's going to take something eye-popping to drive my
interest. The good news is, I'm not the only trader
out there. :) posted by Brad @ 4:40 PM
5 comment(s) If you want to pick up Press Your Luck 2010,
Family Feud 2010, and TPIR 2010 for Nintendo Wii,
they have a buy 2 get 1 free sale. Store pickup can be used for the deal. posted by Brad @ 11:20 AM
0 comment(s) Saturday, October 10, 2009
Yes, I'm still alive! I felt like coming out of semi-retirement to
talk about the new Let's Make a Deal. First off, how surprising is it to see
a new network game show in daytime? Caesar's Challenge was, IIRC, the
last new game show to premiere in network daytime, and that was 15+ years
ago. Crazy. I am bummed about a few things with the new LMAD, but
overall I'm pleased. First, the bad. I really feel like this shouldn't be an
hour long show. The reality of TV these days is that everything is an hour.
It's just cheaper that way I guess. Nearly every show gets stripped as an
hour long format, even if it means airing two thirty minute shows back to
back. It's just lazy programming in my opinion. I'm not blown away by the set or music cues,
but I'm glad they kept the original logo. I guess the biggest disappointment
is Wayne Brady. Is it me or does he seem like he's going at 50% speed? The
Wayne Brady that became famous as on Whose Line is it Anyway? was a bundle of energy who never stopped, sometimes to the
point of annoyance. But hosting LMAD Wayne has for some reason decided to
play the role of a debonair smooth talking dealer, who throws in the
occasional "holler!" moment when a contestant says something funny.
He does a good job of moving the show along (the pace could be faster, but
it's an hour, so who can fault them?) and he doesn't seem to fumble much
given the considerably hard task of managing the various permutations of the
deal. Still, I was expecting more from him. What's good? Well the format has been
maintained practically to a T, which should sit well with viewers put off by
the 2003 NBC debacle. I don't mind the abandonment of the 2nd dealer
in the Big Deal, because it practically almost guaranteed a winner every show
and I don't think the format requires that. The supporting cast is
surprisingly good; I like the announcer and especially the foxy assistant who
was carrying the tray table out with surprising ease. The games on the
episodes I've watched seem like they're taken right out of the original
format, which is refreshing. And I think the biggest surprise has been the
contestants. The contestant coordinators have done a great job of picking
some really good players on the first week, and their enthusiasm more than
makes up for Wayne's half-speed performance. All in all, it's a solid B, and it's found a
place on my DVR.
The true test will be the ratings. I'm admittedly worried about this show's
success. It's getting decent, albeit inconsistent timeslots
across the country (9am out here in LA, 3pm in most places back East), and I
can see CBS (and its affiliates) having a quick trigger finger to get that
prime real estate back. posted by Brad @ 1:06 AM
1 comment(s) Thursday, January 15, 2009
I don't normally recommend watching GSN's
infomercial block overnights, but there's a new one with Bowzer,
aka John Bauman. Yikes. He hasn't aged well. posted by Brad @ 1:02 AM 11 comment(s) Thursday, December 18, 2008
Yay ! Password is back.And it's good to know that William Shatner is as awful at Password as he was at Pyramid. MY GOD! Even Regis was ragging on him during the show. Hermit the Frog??? I'm sure I wasn't the only one who noticed, but contestant Mark from the 2nd half of the show was the guy who cleaned up on Temptation in Fall 2007. posted by Brad @ 9:03 PM 9 comment(s) Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I don't watch Price is Right every day.
Maybe I should. posted by Brad @ 11:40 PM
10 comment(s) Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Yes, I'm still alive. posted by Brad @ 1:31 AM 10 comment(s) |
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