UNO to TV?
Steve
Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the card game owned by
Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
Randy Amasia
<2Sfa2.408$FG3.5...@newse3.tampabay.rr.com>...
>Saw the Nov 23 issue of "Daily Variety" at a library. It
reported that
>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
card game owned by
>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
Randy Amasia
The limp-wristed overlord of GS-L (and ATGS!)
http://www.geocities.com/~randy_amasia/
---
Loser of over $34,000 in cash and prizes
Brian Keller
>
> Steve wrote in message
> > >Saw the Nov 23 issue of "Daily Variety" at a library. It
> reported that
> >Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
> card game owned by
> >Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>
> (Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>
> Randy Amasia
How about a game-show anthology based on "Hoyle's Rule Book of Card
Games"?
Steve
But I was LOL on "$25k Go Fish"
Randy Amasia
<19981205200642...@ng117.aol.com>...
>>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
>>card game owned by
>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>>
>>
>>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>
"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
Jason Wainman
>
> Saw the Nov 23 issue of "Daily Variety" at a library. It reported that
> Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>
> sby...@tampabay.rr.com
Hmmm...it looks like it is a possibility...I never thought Scattergories
would make it, but TV Land was proven wrong in 1993.
--
"The master of the Snorks/Gameshows Page"
MrTV1
>card game owned by
>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>
>
HAHAHHAHAHA- LOL!
John
Tjhornikel
home audience members!
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BroFrost1
>
>
The new "Dream House," only the contestants build the houses with playing cards
<ducking>
Brandon
ROBDON33
Monopoly, Yahtzee, and any others I can't think of that became game shows (with
Scrabble being the most successful of the bunch)
What's next boys? SORRY!?
Zach Horan
>Monopoly, Yahtzee,
Boggle
Jax
tjhor...@aol.comRIGGED says...
>
>UNO the TV Game from Stone-Stanley? Cool! It would describe the number of
>home audience members!
You do mean the number of home audience members + one, right??
Tjhornikel
Let's not forget THE LAST WORD....and I am not referring to Jim Rome's show
either!
Charles Blaquiere
>
> (Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
"From Hollywood, it's the $25,000 Rock, Scissors, Paper!"
sonic...@my-dejanews.com
> >Saw the Nov 23 issue of "Daily Variety" at a library. It
> reported that
> card game owned by
> >Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>
Actually, that would be interesting to see how that would be adapted to TV.
There were some board games that were never meant to be game-shows and look
how they turned out. Examples: Scrabble... if anyone has played the
original game, it was completely different from the show. in fact, it
spawned a new version of the game. And Monopoly. ABC did a great job with
that adaptation (it was one of those hey-if-you-just-gave-it-a-chance
shows...)
But then again, they DID say Stone Stanley was making UNO, and, like any
respectable person in this group, I believe that they lost all credibility
after the cancellation of "(Fox's) Funhouse", and only gained a smidgeon of
it back with "Legends of the Hidden Temple."
On that related note... would anyone like to see a game show of Outburst?
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"Strip Solitaire, tonight at 8:30..."
--Announcer, "UHF"
Another useless rant by the twisted mind of Chico Alexander...
DLettermen
"Bobcat Goldthwait's $52,000 52-Pickup"
"Madonna's Screw Your Neighbor"
"Miles Bornes Starring (Pick any annoying British Guy you can think of)"
Don't go there........
Card Shark
wrote:
>Steve wrote in message
><2Sfa2.408$FG3.5...@newse3.tampabay.rr.com>...
>>Saw the Nov 23 issue of "Daily Variety" at a library. It
>reported that
>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
>card game owned by
>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>
>
>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>
>Randy Amasia
>The limp-wristed overlord of GS-L (and ATGS!)
>http://www.geocities.com/~randy_amasia/
>---
>Loser of over $34,000 in cash and prizes
>
Good point, Randy. If they do that, then the $100,000 Hide and Go Seek
or Celebrity Connect Four can't be far behind.
"Now let's open the board and get to the cards." Jim Perry on Card Sharks (1978-81)
C Alliaume
In article <74cp5d$a...@enews1.newsguy.com>, "Randy Amasia" <ran...@loop.com>
writes:
>>>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
>>>card game owned by
>>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>>>
>>>
>>>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>>
>>HAHAHHAHAHA- LOL!
>
>
>"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
"It's more than just Old Maid, it's Old Maid Plus!"
-- Curt Alliaume
--------------------------------------------
"We'll be back with more of Celebrity Crazy Eights right after this..."
BBrown9326
>>>>card game owned by
>>>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>>>
>>>HAHAHHAHAHA- LOL!
>>
>>
>>"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
>
>"It's more than just Old Maid, it's Old Maid Plus!"
Can you stop it guys, this is NOT very funny!
UNO might Make it! Look what happened to Card Sharks!
B.J. Brown
Chris M. Dickson
<zach...@aol.com> writes
>>We had Scrabble, Scattegories, Trivial Pursuit,
>>Monopoly, Yahtzee,
>
...Hangman became Wheel of Fortune, Tic-Tac-Toe became Tic-Tac-Dough and
Hollywood Squares, and so on and so forth. I'm surprised that this UNO
proposal hasn't received higher critical acclaim from the newsgroup;
granted, Stone-Stanley haven't got the best track record, but as
premises for a game show go, there have been worse. Granted, Scrabble
and Yahtzee represent the two extremes (arguable?) of how well and how
badly the translation from board game to game show can go. Is there any
reason why S-S couldn't pull it out of the bag and create another show
that's as good as Scrabble? Well, apart from them being Stone-Stanley?
(Another way of looking at it: is it possible for Stone-Stanley to
produce UNO so badly that it gets in their personal list of three worst
shows ever?)
I may be alone, but I think this is something to look forward to, if it
happens. Game shows involving card games (and you know the examples I'm
thinking of as well as I do) have always been pretty good, haven't they?
Have a good week!
Chris
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Jeremy Rogers
> There were some board games that were never meant to be game-shows and look
> how they turned out. Examples: Scrabble... if anyone has played the
> original game, it was completely different from the show.
This is the case with the version you are familiar with.
However there was an adaption in the mid-80s in the UK for Channel 4
which was a much more 'faithful' treatment.
Jez
--
C Alliaume
In article <Cc2fNOAA...@dickson.demon.co.uk>, "Chris M. Dickson"
<ch...@dickson.demon.co.uk> writes:
>..Hangman became Wheel of Fortune, Tic-Tac-Toe became Tic-Tac-Dough and
>Hollywood Squares, and so on and so forth. I'm surprised that this UNO
>proposal hasn't received higher critical acclaim from the newsgroup;
>granted, Stone-Stanley haven't got the best track record, but as
>premises for a game show go, there have been worse. Granted, Scrabble
>and Yahtzee represent the two extremes (arguable?) of how well and how
>badly the translation from board game to game show can go. Is there any
>reason why S-S couldn't pull it out of the bag and create another show
>that's as good as Scrabble? Well, apart from them being Stone-Stanley?
>(Another way of looking at it: is it possible for Stone-Stanley to
>produce UNO so badly that it gets in their personal list of three worst
>shows ever?)
Uno is loads of fun to play, but it's not very interesting for spectators. The
most similar card games I can think of are poker and bridge -- all three hide
the cards held in individual hands until they're played. Card Sharks and
Gambit were played so that the players saw their cards for the first time when
everyone else did.
I'm not certain how this obstacle can be overcome. Four players, say, with the
cards in their hand in a display at the front of their podiums, so that the
home audience can see but the opposing players cannot?
I hate to be a pessismist (because I've railed against pessimism before), but
at first glance I can't see Uno working as a television game unless it's
totally overhauled, even more so than Scrabble -- regardless of whether it's
Stone-Stanley, Merv Griffin, King World, or anyone else packaging the game. If
Stone-Stanley can pull it off, more power to them, but it's a long row to hoe.
-- Curt Alliaume
------------------------------------------------
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Paul Duca
sonic...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
>
> "Strip Solitaire, tonight at 8:30..."
> --Announcer, "UHF"
And this would be a bad thing...HOW?
Paul Duca
T. Jay
>
> Randy Amasia wrote:
> >
> > (Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
>
It's more than Coin Toss....It's Super Coin Toss!!!
T. Jay
PigDrawer
>
> >Good point, Randy. If they do that, then the $100,000 Hide and Go Seek
> >or Celebrity Connect Four can't be far behind.
>
>
> Brandon
Thought of "Super Checkers", too, except I would name it "Hollywood
Checkers" (something like "Hollywood Squares") and have each column of
the board occupied by a celebrity.
Randy Amasia
>In article <19981206104743...@ng-fb2.aol.com>,
Zach Horan
><zach...@aol.com> writes
>>>We had Scrabble, Scattegories, Trivial Pursuit,
>>>Monopoly, Yahtzee,
>>
>>Boggle
>
That's like saying the Spice Girls aren't exactly Rhodes
Scholars.
, but as
>premises for a game show go, there have been worse.
StYD comes to mind.
>Is there any
>reason why S-S couldn't pull it out of the bag and create
another show
>that's as good as Scrabble?
Given their success w/ Hidden Temple, no; but their laudable
effort was a kid games, not an adult game.
Well, apart from them being Stone-Stanley?
>(Another way of looking at it: is it possible for
Stone-Stanley to
>produce UNO so badly that it gets in their personal list of
three worst
>shows ever?)
Yes. Likely, I might add.
Randy Amasia
<19981206145827...@ng-cb1.aol.com>...
>>>>>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO,
the
>>>>>card game owned by
>>>>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
>>
>>"It's more than just Old Maid, it's Old Maid Plus!"
>
>Can you stop it guys, this is NOT very funny!
>UNO might Make it! Look what happened to Card Sharks!
Card Shark, Beej, was from the mind of someone who knew how
to put together a game show: Chester Feldman.
Unfortunately, S/S is to game shows what the Grinch is to
Christmas.
Dave Mackey
>Thought of "Super Checkers", too, except I would name it "Hollywood
>Checkers" (something like "Hollywood Squares") and have each column of
>the board occupied by a celebrity.
I still prefer "The Hollywood Cubes" which was a rather elaborate skit on
the show "Fridays". There were something like 54 celebrities along the faces
of the cube, and when the contestant got to turn the cube, many of them
tumbled out of the set and new celebs came into view. Very funny!
--
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Rhudson765
>Oh joy. Well, let's see. We had Scrabble, Scattegories, Trivial Pursuit,
>Monopoly, Yahtzee, and any others I can't think of that became game shows
>Scrabble being the most successful of the bunch)
>
>
Scrabble,s the only one of them that lasted more than a year.
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Tjhornikel
From Hollywood...It's the game you have been playing all your life, but never
like this....JACKS! And here to toss the ball is your host...the "late" Jack
Narz.
William S. Davis
>
> >>>>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
> >>>>card game owned by
> >>>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
> >>>
> >>>HAHAHHAHAHA- LOL!
> >>
> >>
> >>"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
> >
> >"It's more than just Old Maid, it's Old Maid Plus!"
>
> Can you stop it guys, this is NOT very funny!
> UNO might Make it! Look what happened to Card Sharks!
>
OTOH, look what happened to Monopoly!!! (Frankly, I think it deserved
more than a measly 6 week run.)
Bill Davis
William S. Davis
> Checkers" (something like "Hollywood Squares") and have each column of
> the board occupied by a celebrity.
Or maybe, "Supermarket Checkers" featuring the unemployed checkers from
"Supermarket Sweep"?
Is it just me or is this whole thing getting silly?
Bill
William S. Davis
>
> UNO the TV Game from Stone-Stanley? Cool! It would describe the number of
> home audience members!
Which one -- Stone or Stanley? Otherwise, that's DOS, also known
(around Micro$oft) as Dull Old System.
Then again, DOS - The Game may be an interesting concept. How long can
you play before it crashes and you lose everything!!!
Bill
MegalomaniaC
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C Alliaume wrote:
> In article <74cp5d$a...@enews1.newsguy.com>, "Randy Amasia" <ran...@loop.com>
> writes:
>
> >>>>Stone-Stanley is developing a game show based on UNO, the
> >>>card game owned by
> >>>>Mattel, from which they bought the licensing rights.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>(Slapping hand to head) What's next? $25,000 Go Fish?
> >>
> >>HAHAHHAHAHA- LOL!
> >
> >
> >"Solitaire: The Interactive Game"
>
> "It's more than just Old Maid, it's Old Maid Plus!"
>
John Sergent
> more than a measly 6 week run.)
>
> Bill Davis
Monopoly ran for 12 weeks, but only on Saturdays, 8:30PM
T. Jay
James and Mary Lou Basaraba to do the show. They plan to rename it Super
Uno Cards, with the top prize (perfect for a S/S budget).....A CROCKPOT!!
<ducking>
"Now where was the other yellow Skip card???"
T. Jay
CyberJohns
Don't laugh: Some idiot on this newsgroup actually suggested a gameshow called
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS.
sonic...@my-dejanews.com
"Dave Mackey" <Xdma...@raven.cybercomm.net> wrote:
> PigDrawer wrote in message <366B4774...@erols.com>...
>
> >Checkers" (something like "Hollywood Squares") and have each column of
> >the board occupied by a celebrity.
>
> the show "Fridays". There were something like 54 celebrities along the faces
> of the cube, and when the contestant got to turn the cube, many of them
> tumbled out of the set and new celebs came into view. Very funny!
>
> --
> Dave Mackey
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>
Now that reminds me of the Tiger game "Lights Out." I swear it could go to
TV and be given a Hollywood Squares type treatment (One square would knock
off some other squares and so on and so forth until one person knocked them
all off or the host got a cancellation notice.)
--From the twisted little universe of Chico Alexander
CyberJohns
host and contestant. We created various game shows, including HOT DICE,
CELEBRITY DARTS, and SUPER ROULETTE. In one game, we actually adapted a
pre-existing board game called LOTTERY, somewhat similar to bingo, into
something compatible with the traditional game show format.
Tjssbh4
Celebrity Cribbage
The Game of Life (you retire, you keep all that cash!)
for children, CandyLand and Uncle Wiggly,
All-Star Battleship
Super Skip-bo
Fast-paced Flinch
"Bridge"ing for Dollars
Ok..I think I'll stop with that one :-D
bh4
Tjhornikel
Matt Kaiser
> How bout:
> Celebrity Cribbage
> The Game of Life (you retire, you keep all that cash!)
> for children, CandyLand and Uncle Wiggly,
> All-Star Battleship
> Super Skip-bo
> Fast-paced Flinch
> "Bridge"ing for Dollars
Twister: The interactive game (don't ask me how that would work)
Open the door for your MYSTERY DATE
The $10,000 Old Maid
Strip Solitaire (hey, you got to make it exciting SOMEHOW)
> bh4
CyberJohns
Well, maybe on the Playboy Channel...
>Open the door for your MYSTERY DATE
By the way: When is that game coming to CD-ROM?
DLettermen
format". Much like Scrabble and Monopoly, I think its going to be just the
"look" of the game, with rules made up to be a game show.
I think it could be made into some type of Trivia game, where everyone gets
dealt a hand of UNO cards, and to be able to play a card, you need to buzz in
and answer a trivia question, or maybe some type of "survey" question if it
wants to be "dumbed" down.
Any other ideas?
Don't go there........
BBrown9326
>TV and be given a Hollywood Squares type treatment (One square would knock
>off some other squares and so on and so forth until one person knocked them
>all off or the host got a cancellation notice.)
>
Or have 3 players play until the person who knocks out more lights Out or a
player clears the board
B.J. Brown
Metlhd3138
Sorta reminds me of that casino in Vegas Vacation<G>.