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ankle_brains
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Jun 7, 2004, 09:23 AM
 
what is your favorite tv gameshow that is either on the air now or from the past? why?

i love price is right myself because it has the barker beauties.

what about you?
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 09:25 AM
 


A classic.
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 09:29 AM
 
Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough. Watched them growing up, I can't remember why I liked them. Maybe because of the trivia. Sale of the Century too.
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 09:50 AM
 
Originally posted by Gankdawg:
Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough. Watched them growing up, I can't remember why I liked them. Maybe because of the trivia. Sale of the Century too.
Same here. I think JW was on channel 9 and TTD was on channel 11. They were both really good shows.

Others:
Match Game
The Price is Right
Card Sharks
The Money Maze (how many of you remember that one?)
High Rollers
Jeopardy

and in case thse count:

Survivor
The Amazing Race

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Jun 7, 2004, 09:59 AM
 
Originally posted by starman:
The Money Maze (how many of you remember that one?)
Not this gorickey...refresh my aging memory please.
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 10:01 AM
 
Remote Control (on MTV)
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 10:06 AM
 
Jeopardy.
Millionaire.

Those that I don't like:

All the rest, but I save a special place of distaste for "Wheel of Fortune".
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Jun 7, 2004, 10:42 AM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:


A classic.
One of my personal favorites. Remember the guy that could predict the sequence and went on to rake it in!
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 10:52 AM
 
Family Feud. Hasn't been on over here for years now, but I loved the 'Ba-bow' noise.
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 10:55 AM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:


A classic.
On the "Finding Nemo" DVD extras, there's a sound clip of Ellen DeGeneres ad-libbing for a scene where Dory was talking in her sleep. One of the things she mumbles is "big money ... no whammies."
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:06 AM
 
"The Price Is Right"
"Jeopardy"

Both are classic and have stood the test of time.

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:40 AM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:


A classic.
did you ever see that special on the game show network about that guy that beat that game, won a **** load of money?

"I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:43 AM
 
did you hear about this?


GSN's Extreme Dodgeball premieres June 15 (10 p.m., EDT) with three familiar names signing on as commentators.
_ _ _Comedian Bil Dwyer will handle play-by-play. Zach Selwyn, the offbeat contender from ESPN's Dream Job, will handle color and Survivor All-Stars departee Jerri Manthey is courtside reporter.
_ _ _For the first time, GSN has signed Coca-Cola as a primary sponsor.
_ _ _Production has been completed on the eight-week tournament. GSN has created a league of eight five-player teams which play in a hockey arena in front of a live audience.
_ _ _In the eighth and final week in early September, the two top teams will meet for the championship and $10,000. The team nicknames sound like WWE tag teams and include real-life security guards, jockeys, powerlifters and mimes.
_ _ _Among the variations on traditional dodgeball: Last Man Standing, in which the last person on a team can hit a target and reactivate eliminated team members; Dead Man Walking (third game of a match), where one designated player on a team, if hit, will give an automatic win to the opponents; two small balls will be used in the first game with a larger one added in the second.


sounds pretty cool to me

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Jun 7, 2004, 11:46 AM
 
Originally posted by wdlove:
"The Price Is Right"
"Jeopardy"

Both are classic and have stood the test of time.
"The Price is Wrong BOB" - Happy Gilmore

Oh, I forgot:

"Let's make a Deal!"
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:47 AM
 
"I can name that tune in....6 notes."
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:52 AM
 
Jeopardy
The Price is Right

I don't watch them often but I have fun playing along with both.

"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 11:53 AM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:
"I can name that tune in....6 notes."
"I can name that tune in .... ONE note.".... name that tune!
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Jun 7, 2004, 12:10 PM
 
Favorite TV game show?

US election coverage.

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Jun 7, 2004, 12:12 PM
 
Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Favorite TV game show?

US election coverage.

-s*
In that case...

Judge Judy
     
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Jun 7, 2004, 12:16 PM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:


A classic.
Yayyy. But maybe this show was great only under the influence of the 80s... still, it's a fun, technological kind of game, with lots of prizes I wanted back then... even the ice cream machine

In order of preference, however:

Jeopardy!
The Price is Right
Press Your Luck
High Rollers
Tic Tac Dough (though I barely remember it now)
Win, Lose, or Draw
Scrabble (both Chuck Woolery classics, haha)
Wheel of Fortune (should be up higher, since it's an American staple)
Name That Tune (watching it over at an older couple's house who babysitted me when I was young)

I loved all those shows.
     
   
 
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