Quickie Review: Lingo w/RuPaul
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Kevin M.
Feb 4, 2023, 5:11:55 PM2/4/23
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“Hey, let’s do a game show based on Wordle.”
“We don’t have the rights to Wordle, but we can remake Lingo, changing the format to basically be Wordle.”
“OK, plus we can get RuPaul to make the same joke about touching balls over and over again.”
“We so deserve a raise.”
“And a vacation.”
on CBS and Paramount+
-- Kevin M. (RPCV)
Diner
Feb 4, 2023, 7:41:40 PM2/4/23
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Pretty spot on.
One other thing that annoys me is how they prime the audience to applaud over and over for no reason. Ru asks a contestant where he's from, the contestant replies "Little Rock, Arkansas," and it gets a HUGE round of applause. Then that contestant's partner gets asked the same question, and he mentions a town in Arkansas that nobody outside Arkansas has ever heard of, and that gets just as big a round of applause. Oh, and did I mention this show tapes in Manchester, England? Why are people in England giving huge rounds of applause for Podunk, Arkansas? Who knows.
I actually watched some episodes of the Bill Engvall version a few months ago on Pluto TV - basically to help me fall asleep! It was an okay way to spend a half hour, but I remember thinking at the time that the scoring was all screwed up and that the bingo element complicated the game unnecessarily. I actually thought "instead of playing to win numbers on a bingo board, they should play for money, but have the money decrease as they go down the board." And whaddaya know, that's exactly what this new version does. Except even with the improvements to the gameplay, it's still not remotely exciting. (Hey, neither is "Wheel of Fortune," so what do I know?) But it's a fairly pleasant (if annoyingly repetitive) way to spend an hour.
One more game show-related thing: the "Superfans" edition of "The Price is Right at Night" that aired this week was a wonderful celebration of the show and why the fans love it, and it seemed, as Adam Nedeff wrote, a love letter to the fans. Catch it on cbs.com.
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/SfW89a354ICDEwwEHhg7sQEvTXm76xr5/
-Tim
One other thing that annoys me is how they prime the audience to applaud over and over for no reason. Ru asks a contestant where he's from, the contestant replies "Little Rock, Arkansas," and it gets a HUGE round of applause. Then that contestant's partner gets asked the same question, and he mentions a town in Arkansas that nobody outside Arkansas has ever heard of, and that gets just as big a round of applause. Oh, and did I mention this show tapes in Manchester, England? Why are people in England giving huge rounds of applause for Podunk, Arkansas? Who knows.
I actually watched some episodes of the Bill Engvall version a few months ago on Pluto TV - basically to help me fall asleep! It was an okay way to spend a half hour, but I remember thinking at the time that the scoring was all screwed up and that the bingo element complicated the game unnecessarily. I actually thought "instead of playing to win numbers on a bingo board, they should play for money, but have the money decrease as they go down the board." And whaddaya know, that's exactly what this new version does. Except even with the improvements to the gameplay, it's still not remotely exciting. (Hey, neither is "Wheel of Fortune," so what do I know?) But it's a fairly pleasant (if annoyingly repetitive) way to spend an hour.
One more game show-related thing: the "Superfans" edition of "The Price is Right at Night" that aired this week was a wonderful celebration of the show and why the fans love it, and it seemed, as Adam Nedeff wrote, a love letter to the fans. Catch it on cbs.com.
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/SfW89a354ICDEwwEHhg7sQEvTXm76xr5/
-Tim
Diner
Apr 26, 2023, 2:11:30 PM4/26/23
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Ralph Andrews Productions has just posted a video recorded at some time in the late '70s: a run-through in the NBC offices for a format called "The Word Game."
If you've seen "Lingo," the gameplay might look familiar to you.
Andrews was the creator and producer for the original 1987-88 run of "Lingo," and he took over as host after firing the original host, presidential progeny Michael Reagan.
Speaking of Ralph Andrews Productions, they've also posted a not-seen-in-47-years episode of "Celebrity Sweepstakes," hosted by "Word Game" emcee Jim McKrell.
Thanks to Game Show Author Adam Nedeff on Facebook for the links.
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