Feast of Favorites Announced!

[Geastll]

The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:

Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
Series
Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed! Here's the link to the
press release:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021122/laf055_1.html

[The Terminator]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...

Either the entire GSN audience has mental problems...or...this was rigged as
hell.

[John Larrabee]

Thanks. I can now de-program my VCR.

[ToddWine]

Ummmm rigged and Barry???? Make your own punchlines.

[Ted S.]

Somebody claiming to be gea...@aol.com (Geastll) wrote in
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com:

And they said we would be surprised by which shows were picked?

Oh well, supposedly Blockbusters will be airing in January!

--
Ted S.: change .spam to .net to reply by e-mail
Hmmm.... Eternal happiness for one dollar? [Pauses] I'd rather keep the
dollar. --Montgomery Burns
<http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html>

[CJBojangles]

> >The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
> >
> > Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> > Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> > Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> > Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> > Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> > Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> > Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> > Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> > Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> > Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> > Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> > Series
> > Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

O_O R-I-G-G-E-D. I know I just blew my chance at Lingo, but How Rigged can
this be?

Also, how DARE they tempt us with *actual classic game shows* like Bullseye
(even in the commercial) and show their own damn shows? Maybe the people
that tune into GSN have only seen shows like this... so they think that
Whammy! and Russian Roulette are of the greatest game shows of all
time...(runs to bathroom puking).

*unprograms VCR as well*
What a waste of anticipation.
- CJ

[Emperor Blitz]

>
>Also, how DARE they tempt us with *actual classic game shows* like Bullseye
>(even in the commercial) and show their own damn shows?

How dare they nothing. You're a whiny little bitch, no STFU.

Chuck
http://sport6449.tripod.com/generalblitzinfantry (Update soon)
"Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth."--Julian Cope

[Dsmith]

Newsflash: This just in--We weren't the only people voting. STupid 10 year
old kids with internet connections in their school got to vote too-and guess
what? They went with whammy. I hope it gets cancelled...for something
better.

-Don

"Ted S." <fe...@bestweb.spam> wrote in message
news:Xns92CEE3DEE93808j...@127.0.0.1...

[ilb4ever_2000]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...

> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

I guess at least TJW and TTD (never have seen a Wink episode) are on there.
Otherwise, I could skip most of the marathon. I would have never thought ALL
of the current originals would show up there, but surprise, surprise...

Chris
ILB4EVER_2000

[CJBojangles]

> How dare they nothing. You're a whiny little bitch, no STFU.

Don't start, Chuck. I'm not going to engage in a name-calling contest with
you starting a flaming war taking this entire thread off-topic for nothing.

Plus it's a waste of my time.

- CJ

[Joel VanderVeen]

> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

Obviously rigged. I offer my condolences to anyone who wasted their time
voting for this marathon, myself included. (Granted, Tic Tac Dough did
make it up there (as well as TJW), but I'll have to watch the whole
12-hour thing to actually get to see TTD.)

--
Joel VanderVeen
----------
The Family Feud Site:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/theo.vanderveen/

[Chris Lambert!]

It's all just a massive coincedence that GSN took down their message board
right before this announcment was made, and that it hasn't come back up yet,
right? :)

I'll probably roll a 9-hr tape from noon-9 pm, just to see TJW and TTD when
I get back home from visiting the families. Or I might just watch "Changing
Rooms" on TLC instead.

-C!
excited about Blockbusters, baby!

--
Chris Lambert * Indiana U '97
---------
The Original Game Show Page! -- www.gameshowpage.com

[Tom Heald TVBarn.com]

Who the hell talks like this?

The winner, Dawn Harper from Edmonton, Canada, was in shock when Game Show
Network called her at home with the announcement. "I couldn't believe when Game
Show Network contacted me, I log on to the website on a daily basis to play the
interactive games and never thought I would actually win a prize," said Harper.

[Zach Horan]

>
>> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
>> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
>> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
>> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
>> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
>> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
>> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
>> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
>> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
>> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
>> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
>Original
>> Series
>> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

>I guess at least TJW and TTD (never have seen a Wink episode) are on there.
>Otherwise, I could skip most of the marathon. I would have never thought ALL
>of the current originals would show up there, but surprise, surprise...

Surprise Surprise: None of their G-d blessed Newlywed Game either.

[ilb4ever_2000]

"Zach Horan" <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122233612...@mb-cp.aol.com...

Other than Newlywed Wednesday, it's only on late on weeknights. They don't
seem to hold it in the high regard they used to.

Chris
ILB4EVER_2000

[Doug]

>The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

No specific order? The password, kids, is "Alphabetical" <ding>.

I know, I know, you meant not in ranked order. Send your complaint letters to
GSN (more clutter than I need to deal with). :)

Doug
--
Jim Perry: We asked 100 airline stewardesses: Has a pregnant woman ever given
birth on one of your flights?
Maury: That's happened--it's been reported. I had nothing to do with it,
though.
- CARD SHARKS (8/80)

[whoserman]

i'm glad FF and Pyramid made it.
----------------
whoserman - The Idiot of ATGS

[Emperor Blitz]

>i'm glad FF and Pyramid made it.

Gee like we can't see those shows all the time on GSN.

Personally I think this line-up is the biggest joke since the entire Clinton
administration, but hey I just say "It's GSN" and be thankful I won't be able
to watch it due to my cable system.

[Stephan Mynarkiewicz]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...

> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>
> I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed!

Actually, I'm not in the least bit surprised. Just out of curiosity, did
anyone manage to call this (exactly) when our theories were posted awhile
back?

[Stephan Mynarkiewicz]

"John Larrabee" <car...@aol.comnixspam> wrote in message
news:20021122220447...@mb-mh.aol.com...

> Thanks. I can now de-program my VCR.

Saves me from wasting tape on it.

Thanks GSN!

[Robert Hutchinson]

John Larrabee says...

> Thanks. I can now de-program my VCR.

How about a nice game of solitaire?

--
Robert Hutchinson | "[Destiny's Child] got booed at the NBA
| playoffs. Even men in plush animal costumes
| don't get booed at the NBA playoffs."
| -- Fametracker.com

[Stephan Mynarkiewicz]

"Emperor Blitz" <general...@aol.communicate> wrote in message
news:20021123005010...@mb-da.aol.com...

> >i'm glad FF and Pyramid made it.
>
> Gee like we can't see those shows all the time on GSN.
>
> Personally I think this line-up is the biggest joke since the entire
Clinton
> administration, but hey I just say "It's GSN" and be thankful I won't be
able
> to watch it due to my cable system.

Need I repost this to throw some more oil on the fire:

"Over at the GSN boards (I know we all love 'em :P), "thericker" (who works
in the interactive department over there) hinted at the results of the Feast
of Favorites, only saying he was surprised and that fans will probably be
happy."

LOL--what a JOKE!

[Future Husband of Claudia Jordan]

>The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>

<snip one very shitty schedule>

I'm supposed to be thankful for this garbage?!

I guess it's a coincidence that four of the shows are originals? Oh well, I'll
watch for TTD and TJW, and if Wheel is a shopping ep., then I'll watch. Other
than that, this schedule is a Crock-A-Caca.

"Who'll get 4 rings first: the Lakers or J-Lo?"

-Pardon the InterruPTIon, 11/19/02

[Justin A. Lollie]

gea...@aol.com (Geastll) wrote in message news:<20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com>...

Either the poll was a total sham or Mandel Ilagan spent the last two
weeks doing nothing but voting for Whammy, hitting the back button and
voting over and over again. At least we'll be spared from Newlywed
Game for at least one afternoon.

[John Isles, iv]

I'll tell you all this right now: If I find out in which order these are
running, I will be certain to record `Joker's Wild` and `Tic Tac Dough`.

I CAN see the rest of the lineup whenever I want to... however, there are
only a few I WILL watch....

Let's just say `Whammy!` and the second season of `Russian Roulette` are
not on the "will watch" list.

--
_______________________________
/From the mind of John Isles, iv\_____________________________
/\____(qxz....@verizon.net)____/=============================\
Brought to you by the letters J, H, and I, and by the number 13.

[SpinMaster808]

>The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>
>I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed!

You ain't the only one. I'm glad that some of the classics on the list, but
Friend or Foe and Russian Roulette, I THINK NOT!!!

If I had my way, I would list these as the Top 12 INPO...
Match Game PM (Gene Rayburn)
Family Feud (Richard Dawson)
Card Sharks (Jim Perry)
Blockbusters (Bill Cullen)
Super Password (Bert Convy)
Tic Tac Dough (Wink Martindale)
The Joker's Wild (Jack Barry)
Bullseye (Jim Lange)
Hot Potato (Bill Cullen)
The $25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark)
Whammy! (Todd Newton)
Treasure Hunt (1981) (Geoff Edwards)

[Dsmith]

An employee of Gameshow Network.

-Don

"Tom Heald TVBarn.com" <tom...@aol.comdontspam> wrote in message
news:20021122233518...@mb-mc.aol.com...

[JBnJxnMS]

Hmm ... At least now I don't have to choose between the lame GSN marathon and
the "Changing Rooms" marathon on TLC. GSN made my decision for me.

[Jonathan Allen]

"Zach Horan" <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122233612...@mb-cp.aol.com...
> >

Ditto for the Dating Game (which GSN hasn't seen in months!). But you
noticed that none of the Password series of shows (original, Password Plus,
Super Password) also didn't make it?

As for me, I'll be happily watching the halftime show during the Cowboys'
Thanksgiving game.

Jonathan Allen

[Joel VanderVeen]

> Need I repost this to throw some more oil on the fire:
>
> "Over at the GSN boards (I know we all love 'em :P), "thericker" (who works
> in the interactive department over there) hinted at the results of the Feast
> of Favorites, only saying he was surprised and that fans will probably be
> happy."
>
> LOL--what a JOKE!

I guess perhaps by "the fans", he was referring to some of the PYL-crazy
morons on the newsgroup who voted every day for the show, even after
being told that it would be the same 1984 episodes (that have been shown
at least half a dozen times on GSN).

[Joel VanderVeen]

> It's all just a massive coincedence that GSN took down their message board
> right before this announcment was made, and that it hasn't come back up yet,
> right? :)

I guess if I were Ricker-boy, I wouldn't want to have to see all those
angry complaint messages either. Then again, the people on the boards
are probably happy, not realizing the potential this marathon could have
had, and just glad to see Whammy! getting the attention that it
"deserves".

And it won't be back till November 25, either. "BillCullen5" is probably
going to explode before he gets a chance to comment.

[Zach Horan]

>Ditto for the Dating Game (which GSN hasn't seen in months!). But you
>noticed that none of the Password series of shows (original, Password Plus,
>Super Password) also didn't make it?
>

No Jeopardy!, no Classic Squares, No Card Sharks either.

[B.J. Brown]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...

> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>

(Spoilers removed)

Well, now thanks for MAKING MY FUCKING LITTLE JOB WORTHLESS.

damn it, I was gonna put the top 12 shows up on ATGS for anyone who missed
it, but now since you showed the damn shows, THANKS A FUCKING LOT.

--
-B.J. Brown

AIM: TonicBHedgehog (AIM me if you DARE. that means you, Grant!)
ICQ: 43879868
MSN/Email: bb...@msn.com

[Ben Williams]

> > Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> > Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> > Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> > Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> > Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> > Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> > Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> > Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> > Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> > Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> > Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
> > Series
> > Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

This doesn't surprise me at all....face it gang, MG, FF, Pyramid,and
WOF are they're most popular and well-known shows. TTD and TJW are
also popular, but mostly with an older audience. PYL and W! appeal to
the kids. And because GSN had to put at least 3 of their originals, on
there, Lingo, RR and FOF. But I digress- many people I know have seen
RR and W! and like it. As sad as it is, did any of us really think
that shows that mostly hardcore game show fans would remember, like
Bullseye, Now you see it would make it? (Hey, i did! I voted for both
of these shows.) I kind of expected this. Always remember- we
represent about 1% of game show watchers in this country.

[Zach Horan]

>This doesn't surprise me at all....face it gang, MG, FF, Pyramid,and
>WOF are they're most popular and well-known shows. TTD and TJW are
>also popular, but mostly with an older audience.

But, I think we all expected their beloved Newlywed Game to make the cut.

[Hdayejr]

Had to be rigged, because most of that shit listed was on the ad. And the ad
was made before any votes were casts. DUH! They had their mind made up before
the ballot was put on their site!

[Hdayejr]

>Subject: Re: Feast of Favorites Announced!
>From: "Dsmith" nasca...@hotmail.com
>Date: 11/22/2002 10:44 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <4QCD9.84931$WL3.39193@rwcrnsc54>
>
>Newsflash: This just in--We weren't the only people voting. STupid 10 year
>old kids with internet connections in their school got to vote too-and guess
>what? They went with whammy. I hope it gets cancelled...for something
>better.
>
>-Don
>
>"Ted S." <fe...@bestweb.spam> wrote in message
>news:Xns92CEE3DEE93808j...@127.0.0.1...
>> Somebody claiming to be gea...@aol.com (Geastll) wrote in
>> news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com:

>>
>> > The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>> >

>> > Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
>> > Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
>> > Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
>> > Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
>> > Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
>> > Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
>> > Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
>> > Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
>> > Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
>> > Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
>> > Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
>> > Original
>> > Series
>> > Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>> >

>> > I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed! Here's the link to
>> > the press release:
>> >
>> > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021122/laf055_1.html
>>

>> And they said we would be surprised by which shows were picked?
>>
>> Oh well, supposedly Blockbusters will be airing in January!
>>
>> --
>> Ted S.: change .spam to .net to reply by e-mail
>> Hmmm.... Eternal happiness for one dollar? [Pauses] I'd rather keep the
>> dollar. --Montgomery Burns
>> <http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html>
>
>
>
>

And you a whiny little shit just like the 10 year olds. Now STFU!

[Hdayejr]

>Subject: Re: Feast of Favorites Announced!

>From: longsh...@msn.com (Justin A. Lollie)
>Date: 11/23/2002 2:32 AM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <cde7cb71.02112...@posting.google.com>

The back button theory wouldn't work for me, I tried to get some of the other
rarely seen shit stuffed in the box, no can do

[Hdayejr]

>Subject: Re: Feast of Favorites Announced!

>From: urbanpre...@yahoo.com (Ben Williams)
>Date: 11/23/2002 8:20 AM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <ae835684.0211...@posting.google.com>

You on crack Ben? Hell they have pimped Wheel back to 2 damn showings a
weekend, when it used to be a 7 day a week show on GSN. When I first got gsn in
may 2001, TTD and TJW were on the schedule weekdays as wel.. Now those haven't
been shown in over a year.

MG,FF, and their originals are the gd backbone of their shitty network

FUCK GSN

[Hdayejr]

Wah, You had plenty of time to do that shit. NOW STFU!

And #2, I thought GSN wasn't releasing this shit til it actually hit the air on
thursday.LMFAO! They lied on that for sure.

What is the suprise? That they are total jerkoffs in the programming dept.
Already found that out a year ago.

Old news

[Hdayejr]

Your welcome a fucking lot, ASSHOLE

[Hdayejr]

May I ask, why the hell did yahoo put this in the FINANCE section as opposed to
the TV or entertainment section. They are just as idiotic as GSN

Wait, they may be partners soon with all the games.yahoo.com ads they been
pulling on GSN(NOW THERE IS A MIGHTY FUCKING SCARY VISUAL -- YAHELL AND GSN
MERGING...WHOA !)

[Hdayejr]

>ubject: Feast of Favorites Announced!
>From: gea...@aol.com (Geastll)
>Date: 11/22/2002 9:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com>

>
>The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>

> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>

>I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed! Here's the link to the
>press release:
>
>http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021122/laf055_1.html
>
>
>
>
>
>

Another way to send a message to GSN. Do not shop at Sears and do not buy Glad
products.

(already do the first, Sears a ripoff anyways, and I can buy generic brand
trash bags)

[ToddWine]

What kills me is the promo writing: "You've picked and now you'll see the
greatest game shows OF ALL TIME".

Give me a freakin' break. GSN employees must be in the tape room sniffing the
zyleen head cleaner.

[Don Howard]

>
> "Over at the GSN boards (I know we all love 'em :P), "thericker" (who works
> in the interactive department over there) hinted at the results of the Feast
> of Favorites, only saying he was surprised and that fans will probably be
> happy."
>

Fans of Whammy! that is.
What an utter sham.
Feast Of Favorites, my ass.

[Don Howard]

When the voting campaign was announced, it was suggested by someone
in this here news group that GSN run the various shows in a mini-marathon
which they were considering for the Thanksgiving event so everyone would
have a chance to view the shows on the ballot.
And I suppose, in a way, they did. Every day. Cuz that's who won.
I'm not going to wade through half a day of videotape just to get
TJW and TTD. What boulderdash this is.
Further evidence that the masses are ignorant.

[ITSBRY]

> O_O R-I-G-G-E-D. I know I just blew my chance at Lingo, but How Rigged can
> this be?

I doubt this was rigged...the simple fact of the matter is that non-gameshow
freaks are NOT going to vote for "Break the Bank", "Bullseye", "Now You See
It", etc. because they've probably never heard of those shows. The GSN
originals must all do pretty well in the ratings as they've all been
renewed, so it makes sense that the regular (non-gameshow fanatics) viewers
would vote for shows that they know and watch or remember and would like to
see again.

Despite my frustration with their decisions sometimes, I don't think GSN
conspires to ruin the lives of this group's members. :) It's
business...they do what they think will make them the most $, plain and
simple.

ITSBRY
its...@juno.com

[Stephan Mynarkiewicz]

"Joel VanderVeen" <joelvan...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3DDF728D...@sympatico.ca...

>
>
> > It's all just a massive coincedence that GSN took down their message
board
> > right before this announcment was made, and that it hasn't come back up
yet,
> > right? :)
>
> I guess if I were Ricker-boy, I wouldn't want to have to see all those
> angry complaint messages either. Then again, the people on the boards
> are probably happy, not realizing the potential this marathon could have
> had, and just glad to see Whammy! getting the attention that it
> "deserves".
>
> And it won't be back till November 25, either. "BillCullen5" is probably
> going to explode before he gets a chance to comment.

I wouldn't be surprised if the board stays "offline" until next Friday (gee,
what a coincidence, huh...)

[Gene Platt]

"ITSBRY" <its...@nospamjuno.com> wrote in message
news:yxND9.740$pc.1...@news.iquest.net...

> Despite my frustration with their decisions sometimes, I don't think GSN
> conspires to ruin the lives of this group's members. :) It's
> business...they do what they think will make them the most $, plain and
> simple.

I differ from your opinion concerning what would make them the most money.

It may improve this quarter's bottom line, but by not taking opportunities
like this to evaluate unaired or rarely aired product, they lose the chance
to freshen their schedule, and run the risk of eroding their ratings (and
revenue) in the long run.

As an extension to this thought, maybe they will notice that The Newlywed
Game didn't make the top 12, losing out to shows that aren't on the
schedule. There's a reason for this, people in control.

[Emperor Blitz]

>damn it, I was gonna put the top 12 shows up on ATGS for anyone who missed
>it, but now since you showed the damn shows, THANKS A FUCKING LOT.
>

Aw, boo-frigging-hoo B.J.

You lame asswipe.

Chuck
http://sport6449.tripod.com/generalblitzinfantry (Update soon)
"Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth."--Julian Cope

[Myron M. Meyer]

"John Isles, iv" <res1...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:res1bjw7-ya0240800...@news.verizon.net...
> I'll tell you all this right now: If I find out in which order these are
> running, I will be certain to record `Joker's Wild` and `Tic Tac Dough`.

Good point. I got GSN just afer these dropped those from the sched. I love
TTD.

Maybe I'll tape the first 6 hours, on the assumption that the current stuff
got more votes.

-Myron

[Myron M. Meyer]

"Doug" <sri...@aol.comspamnot> wrote in message
news:20021123000852...@mb-dh.aol.com...

> >The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
> >
> > Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> > Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> > Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> > Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> > Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> > Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> > Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> > Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> > Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> > Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> > Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> > Series
> > Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>

> No specific order? The password, kids, is "Alphabetical" <ding>.
>
> Doug

Dang, you beat me to it.

Also, save for the Jack Barry Double Shot of Joker and Dough, won't all of
these shows air today? How is this special at all? Does anyone really care
which show got the most votes by (to steal someone else's image) a bunch of
twelve year olds with internets connections at their schools? I don't.

And to steal the VCR image, I'm glad I waon't have to set mine. I was
worried I was gonna miss something by going to mom's this year. Maybe the
promos will be REALLY good.

-Myron

[Myron M. Meyer]

"Don Howard" <SearchFo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4cd032dd.02112...@posting.google.com...

That was a haiku!
A freaky little gameshow fan haiku.

-Myron
Mad props to anyone who gets the reference.

[Jim]

> Also, how DARE they tempt us with *actual classic game shows* like Bullseye
> (even in the commercial) and show their own damn shows? Maybe the people
> that tune into GSN have only seen shows like this... so they think that
> Whammy! and Russian Roulette are of the greatest game shows of all
> time...(runs to bathroom puking).

Most of the people responding to the poll probably aren't as
knowledgeable on game shows as the ATGS group. Given this, when they
viewed the choices on the web site, they picked things they knew.
(Just like people who couldn't cite one reason for their votes other
than "he's from the ___ party and so am I.") As has been pointed out
before, the average person roaming the mall today doesn't know who
Dorothy Kilgallen, Jim Lange, Clark Race, or John Daly are. Their
knowledge and attention span are limited to what the reporter on E! or
Barbara Walters tells them is important. This person surfed the list
for something familiar. Hence, you wind up with crap. The Museum of
Broadcasting would put on a decent parade of game shows. Leave the
choice to the average Joe or Josephine (not a true game show fan) and
the same old stuff will show up. It is analogous to why most people
don't mind the limited rotation most contemporary format radio
stations play.
One good thing - I can catch up on the B&WO shows I have on tape I
have not yet viewed.

[Fear316781]

>This doesn't surprise me at all....face it gang, MG, FF, Pyramid,and
>WOF are they're most popular and well-known shows. TTD and TJW are
>also popular, but mostly with an older audience. PYL and W! appeal to
>the kids. And because GSN had to put at least 3 of their originals, on
>there, Lingo, RR and FOF. But I digress- many people I know have seen
>RR and W! and like it. As sad as it is, did any of us really think
>that shows that mostly hardcore game show fans would remember, like
>Bullseye, Now you see it would make it? (Hey, i did! I voted for both
>of these shows.) I kind of expected this. Always remember- we
>represent about 1% of game show watchers in this country.
>
>

Look at this all from a promotional aspect--aside from the 2-hour nightly
blocks, GSN only promotes its originals (with an exception or two).

Secondly, this is a "Favorites" marathon. While GSN did say favorites "of all
time", the constant word they were plugging was FAVORITE.

This means that everyone from the respected people in this newsgroup to the 10
or 12 year old kids with school internet connections picked what they liked.
Needless to say, we here were probably the only ones who picked up on the "of
all time" part.

Looking at the "winners" closely, it makes sense:

Family Feud--one of the network's top rated shows, has the Friday night block,
thus garners promotion

Friend of Foe--is a GSN original, so it gets an extreme amount of promotion.
I'm not a fan of it, but apparantly many others are.

Joker's Wild--seeing as it was off the air for the last year (and thensome), I
guess it was just a favorite of a lot of people, and legitimately deserved to
make it. I can't explain this one, and I shouldn't try, because many of us in
here like it.

Let's Make a Deal--hasn't been seen in a while, but when it first came to GSN,
they were promoting the hell out of this one, too (remember that marathon with
Jeffry Ross?) Plus it has the Tuesday night block.

Lingo--is a GSN original, gets lots of promotion, plus lots of people
(including many of us in here) like it.

70's Match Game--One of the top rated shows, has the Monday night block, thus
lots of promotion

Press Your Luck--mixed popularity in here, but very popular with 18-30 year
olds, because they remember the show growing up (and I happen to be in that
demographic). Lots of promotion upon its arrival.

Pyramid--upper echelon of ratings for GSN, has the Thursday night block, plus
the new one gives the classics shows a bit of rub (for better or worse)

Russian Roulette--see Lingo

Tic Tac Dough--see Joker's Wild

Whammy!--lots of promotion, GSN original. Many of us in here don't like it,
but evidently there are enough people who do that want to see it in this
marathon.

Wheel of Fortune--doesn't get a lot of promotion on GSN, but it is still
popular in weeknightly syndication for its 20th year.

As far as the argument for rigging goes...if it were truly rigged, we'd see
Twenty-One on here. And Jack Barry would be grinning from above.
But the fact that the Newlywed Game isn't on the list shows the list's
legitimacy.
Be glad, though, that TTD and TJW were on there. If GSN hadn't gotten rid of
The Price is Right, you know it would have made the list, if not topped it.

So, looking at it from a logical standpoint, the only selections that could
possibly be argued are The Joker's Wild, and Tic Tac Dough...and we don't want
to argue against them. I know I sure don't...

Okay, I'm done giving my dime on this issue.

Fearon Derry

[DSmith]

> And you a whiny little shit just like the 10 year olds. Now STFU!

No Harvey, you STFU and get the hell off our newsgroup. All I said
was it was kids with internet connection voting for W!. Moron.

[Dan Sadro]

Geastll;
<20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com>

>I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed! Here's the link to the
>press release:
>
>http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021122/laf055_1.html

I wonder if it was planned from the outset to have the top eight
classics plus the top four originals make up the dirty dozen. It
wouldn't be rigged; it would just be a set requirement that four of the
twelve have to be originals (you know, like it was a set requirement
that you had to be a woman to compete on Give-N-Take and Treasure Hunt).

That, or there are a hell of a lot of stupid people running around.

--
Dan Sadro
reply: dan [@] sadro [.] com

[Zach Horan]

> If GSN hadn't gotten rid of
>The Price is Right, you know it would have made the list, if not topped it.

They did such an online survey for a November 1998 marathon when they still had
TPIR, MG7x was still voted number one.

[Commissioner-Penguin]

Always believe HALF of what you read on the internet

I believed the last thing I read, therefore...

Besides, Whammy's ratings have got to be tanking at this point. No way it
has enough fans left to make it

I COULD be lead to believe 10 of the remaining 11...

No way in hell for FoF and Whammy.

Besides, IMO, putting this on Yahoo News is a surfire way, in this list's
case, to kill ratings

[Commissioner-Penguin]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...

> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>

And ANOTHER thing...Let's assume for a second these are the real top
12...I'd wager on either Bullseye or J! just missing the cut at 13th...
..damn tomarkenites...May They Rot...

[Randy]

Gee, why am I not surprised that all four of GSN's current "original"
programs have managed to sneak into the "all time top 12."

Not meaning to take anything away from those shows (Whammy, F-or-F, Roulette
and Lingo), but c'mon... how stupid do they think we are?

Out of the hundreds of game shows made over the years, there's not a chance
in the world that ALL FOUR of their current offerings deserve this kind of
adoration.

Funny how the game shows not currently "owned" by GSN miraculously failed to
make the list.

What a crock.

Randy

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...
> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson
> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series
> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry
> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark
> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>

[Don Howard]

Maybe the Press Your Luck doubleheader will be the
Michael Larsen saga.
And maybe Santa will come down my chimney and dance
with the Easter Bunny.

[Zach Horan]

>Funny how the game shows not currently "owned" by GSN miraculously failed to
>make the list.
>

You mean GT shows outside Feud and MG, since PYL and LMAD also made the list.

[Zach Horan]

>Maybe the Press Your Luck doubleheader will be the
>Michael Larsen saga.

We don't want to make Tomarkenites happy, now do we?

Maybe the WOF's will be from the NBC run

Maybe the TTD's will be from the 1978 CBS run

Maybe the TJW's will be from the CBS run

Maybe TPIR will come back to GSN Thursday.

Meaning, in short, don't expect Larsen PYL

[Robert Hutchinson]

Commissioner-Penguin says...

> Besides, Whammy's ratings have got to be tanking at this point. No way it
> has enough fans left to make it

You underestimate the power of self-selection. If every last GSN viewer
had voted, you would have a point.

--
Robert Hutchinson | "[Destiny's Child] got booed at the NBA
| playoffs. Even men in plush animal costumes
| don't get booed at the NBA playoffs."
| -- Fametracker.com

[Commissioner-Penguin]

"Zach Horan" <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021123203418...@mb-fq.aol.com...

> Maybe the WOF's will be from the NBC run

Hey...The Syndie eps that aired had to have been aired on at least 1 NBC
Network, therefore..
(I know - Screwey logic...)

> Maybe the TJW's will be from the CBS run

Now, in all seriousness, this IS possible, since GSN DOES have the entire
CBS run (Remember, they've aired 1972-73, and we know they have 74-75, and
73-74 IS assumed)

[Zach Horan]

>> Maybe the TJW's will be from the CBS run
>
>Now, in all seriousness, this IS possible, since GSN DOES have the entire
>CBS run

Yeah I know they have that. The WOF NBC and the CBS TTD shows I was citing as
examples, seeing that they're as likely to pull that out(assuming they have
them) as they are to pull out the Larsen duumvirate.

[The Anti-Corporate Outlaw]

Robert Hutchinson <ser...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1848ea447...@news.vol.com>...
> John Larrabee says...
> > Thanks. I can now de-program my VCR.
>
> How about a nice game of solitaire?

<Joshua Mode On>
How...about...a...nice...game...of...chess?
<Joshua Mode Off>

:-)

[The Anti-Corporate Outlaw]

hda...@aol.comNOSPAM (Hdayejr) wrote in message news:<20021123104116...@mb-bj.aol.com>...
> May I ask, why the hell did yahoo put this in the FINANCE section as opposed to
> the TV or entertainment section. They are just as idiotic as GSN
>
> Wait, they may be partners soon with all the games.yahoo.com ads they been
> pulling on GSN(NOW THERE IS A MIGHTY FUCKING SCARY VISUAL -- YAHELL AND GSN
> MERGING...WHOA !)

I could just see what would happen if GSN and Yahoo! merged...at the
end of every GSN Original, they would play the "GSN Original" music
followed by Yahoo!'s little stinger [Announcer : Do you, uh, Yahoo!
Country Singer : YAHOOO-HOOOH!].

[I am NOT Gene Wood!]

> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series

Ick.

> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry

I hope they show the infamous "otter" one from gscentral.net!

> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series

See "Friend or Foe".

> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale

Never seen it.

> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

Woo-Hoo! Good thing I voted for this!

[The Anti-Corporate Outlaw]

"ilb4ever_2000" <ilb4ev...@hotXmail.com> wrote in message news:<armuit$2ui$1...@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com>...

> "Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...
> > The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
> >
> > Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson

> > Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series

> > Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry

> > Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall
> > Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> > Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> > Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken
> > Pyramid - Host Dick Clark

> > Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series

> > Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale

> > Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
> Original
> > Series

> > Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak
>

> I guess at least TJW and TTD (never have seen a Wink episode) are on there.
> Otherwise, I could skip most of the marathon. I would have never thought ALL
> of the current originals would show up there, but surprise, surprise...
>
> Chris
> ILB4EVER_2000

Who said the TTD ep. will be a Wink Martindale ep.? It COULD end up
being a Caldwell ep.

[Emperor Blitz]

>Maybe the Press Your Luck doubleheader will be the
>Michael Larsen saga.

Maybe everyone will STFU and stop talking about friggin' Larsen. I hope GSN
never airs the damn thing you orgasmic freaks.

[Chris Lemon]

"Zach Horan" <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021123203418...@mb-fq.aol.com

> We don't want to make Tomarkenites happy, now do we?

Oh, please. Don't go pinning this on the Tomarkenites. There isn't a tape
fiend on this newsgroup, Tomarkenite, Tomarken-hater, or indifferent, who
wouldn't give their left nut for a chance to tape that episode clean,
assuming you didn't when it was first run. With the possible exception of
Barker TPiR #1, that's like the Holy Grail of game-show packratting.

> Meaning, in short, don't expect Larsen PYL

That said, considering that I _think_ this marathon is airing the week after
Sweeps _ends_, I agree with the above statement, so the Tomarken-haters'
pride can remain intact for another few months at least. :)
--
Chris Lemon
clem...@attbi.com
http://home.attbi.com/~clemon79
EFNet: FredSmyth

[Emperor Blitz]

>Who said the TTD ep. will be a Wink Martindale ep.? It COULD end up
>being a Caldwell ep.

Maybe we'll really get treated. It could be a Patrick Wayne episode

Chuck
Selling Quality Sarcasm Detectors since 2001.

[Chris Lambert!]

"Chris Lemon" <clem...@NOSPAMattbi.com> wrote in message
news:2bXD9.94003$%m4.4...@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...

> That said, considering that I _think_ this marathon is airing the week
after

> Sweeps _ends_,...

The day after, in fact.

-C!

--
Chris Lambert * Indiana U '97
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[Tom Heald TVBarn.com]

This is exactly why People Magazine didn't ask us who we'd pick as the sexiest
game show host in the current issue.

(Technically one "game opera" host did, alongside someone from Steve Beverly's
other obsession A.I.)

[Tom Heald TVBarn.com]

So you're saying we actually thought that the schedule would include:

Finders Keepers
Camouflage
Caesar's Challenge
The Diamond Head Game
Fantasy
Finders Keepers
1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
Monopoly
$ale of the Century
Whew!
Who Do You trust?
or You're In the Picture?

Have y'all been licking your Z-Brick wall covering again?

[Jason]

This is a note to all involved with this thread - read the press
release in full. I'll wait.

*waits*

Okay. Now that you have, notice that woman, and her kids, are big fans
of the originals. She "logs on to the website every day" and probably
voted for the friggin' originals EVERY DAY. This is the best
explanation I can gather for them being on the list. It sucks when the
majority of people voting think "Friend or Foe" is better than...oh,
any show on that list. I'll pick "Shopping Spree." Jeez, anything -
"Celebrity Charades" - would've been a better show to be in that slot.
As bad as it is, curiosity level (for me at least) is through the
roof.

I bet if "Who Dares Wins" was still running on GSN, there would've
been a decent turnout for THAT too. Ugh.

(On a side note, WDW isn't that bad on the entertainment scale, but to
take time that could be put to better use - even with a rerun of
"$1.98 Beauty Show" for all I care - with an airing of it? Pass.)

-Jason

[Kathy's Guy Since 6/16/02]

"DSmith" <nasca...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c6f86f39.0211...@posting.google.com...

> > And you a whiny little shit just like the 10 year olds. Now STFU!
>
> No Harvey, you STFU and get the hell off our newsgroup. All I said
> was it was kids with internet connection voting for W!. Moron.

Harvo's hardly in a position to call anyone else a little sh**, and a whiny
one at that...PKB.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[Don Howard]

This is like seeing Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez on the
list of best singers of all time.
Sinatra? Who's that? The Beatles? What's so special about insects?

[Hdayejr]

>Subject: Re: Feast of Favorites Announced!
>From: nasca...@hotmail.com (DSmith)
>Date: 11/23/2002 4:21 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <c6f86f39.0211...@posting.google.com>

>
>> And you a whiny little shit just like the 10 year olds. Now STFU!
>
>No Harvey, you STFU and get the hell off our newsgroup. All I said
>was it was kids with internet connection voting for W!. Moron.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Nazi Germany was overthrown 60 years ago and Russia broke up in 1991. So
therefore, I can stay in this newsgroup as part of my American Rights. FUCK YOU
and now you stfu!

[Hdayejr]

>Subject: Re: Feast of Favorites Announced!

>From: anticor...@aol.com (The Anti-Corporate Outlaw)
>Date: 11/23/2002 9:43 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <dde03e24.02112...@posting.google.com>

...........(runs to the bathroom barfing after reading that idea)

[Jim Perry's Drinking Buddy]

In article <20021124133814...@mb-fg.aol.com>,
hda...@aol.comNOSPAM (Hdayejr) wrote:

And once again Don Smith wins after Harvey invokes Godwin's Law!
Congratulations, Don. :-)

-- David

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[The Very Secret Square]

"Hdayejr" <hda...@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:20021124133814...@mb-fg.aol.com...

"American Rights"? You haven't read the Homeland Security bill very
carefully, have you?

Papers, please.

ObGameShows: Once this thing passes, revivals of "I've Got A Secret" may be
felonious, while "To Tell The Truth" will likely be compulsory.

--
_____

"The "L.A. Times" interviewed a whole bunch of psychologists about why
Winona Would do what she did and the psychologists said stealing from Sak's
is a mental disorder. I disagree: stealing from K-Mart, that's a mental
disorder."
--- Conan O'Brien
_____

[The Very Secret Square]

"Geastll" <gea...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021122215953...@mb-co.aol.com...
> The top twelve shows (in no specific order) are:
>
> Family Feud - Host Richard Dawson

One wonders if Fremantle didn't get wind of how well Classic FF was
performing, then decided to begin including elements from that original run
into Flannel Feud. (Now, all they need to do is expand that "borrowing" to
include actual =game= elements. Like, say, a scoring system that makes
sense....)

> Friend or Foe? - Host Kennedy - GSN Original Series

No shock. I pretty much believed that all four current GSNOS would make the
cut, just because they're on during peak viewing periods -- though I'd held
some dim hope that the Newtonoids might well be disappointed. (Hey, at least
there's no Burt Luddin or Alan Thicke to kick around. :)

> Joker's Wild - Host Jack Barry

Shock city. Weren't the B&E shows supposedly the lowest-rated on the sked
(back in the Glory Days when they =were= actually "on the sked")? Maybe the
low numbers came from the crappy early-AM West Coast and Mountain time slots
they ran in?

> Let's Make a Deal - Host Monty Hall

Who the heck voted for this? Are there that many CyberGrannies sitting at
their PCs day after day, clicking for Monty???

> Lingo - Host Chuck Woolery - GSN Original Series
> Match Game 70's - Host Gene Rayburn
> Press Your Luck - Host Peter Tomarken

Say what you will; people =LOVE= this show. Even knowing they weren't likely
to get anything but the same tiny sliver they've been fed repeatedly for the
last few years, people still voted for it. Amazing.

> Pyramid - Host Dick Clark

This is one area where we might be surprised. There's a ton of unaired
material out there, and while it might be asking too much to see a full
season or four of 20K or 25K converted, it's not all that far-fetched to
suppose that a mere =two= unseen-since-they-first-aired eps could be dusted
off for the occasion. Heck, there's still anywhere from one to six eps from
the 10K LA run that haven't seen the light of day....

> Russian Roulette - Host Mark L. Walberg - GSN Original Series
> Tic Tac Dough - Host Wink Martindale
> Whammy ... The All New Press Your Luck- Host Todd Newton GSN
Original
> Series
> Wheel of Fortune - Host Pat Sajak

Kind of a surprise, since J! scored better in syndication, and neither gets
much play on GSN; could be the two finished 12th and 13th?

> I don't know about you all, but I am disappointed! Here's the link to the
> press release:
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021122/laf055_1.html

As to some of the what didn't make the cut:

Bullseye -- People, come on. This was =not= a classic show. It was an
attempt to tweak TJW so as to create something just different enough that it
might sell alongside the mid-80s B&E package. It wasn't, say, "Jackpot!".
Hell, it wasn't even "Treasure Hunt". It was just another disposable clone
from the Dan and Jack assembly line.

Newlywed Game -- I don't quite know what to say about this. On one hand, NG
is said to be the highest-rated classic on the GSN sked. OTOH, it didn't
manage to finish ahead of shows that haven't run daily on the network since
shortly after the Dark Period. Could be that my old theory about how NG and
other related shows don't actually attract a "game show audience" is
correct; that viewers come in, watch the show, and graze onward. Putting the
show on may send the regular audience away, not to return for several hours.
Sure would like to see the numbers on shows airing with an NG lead-in as
opposed to their numbers when airing =without= NG preceding.

CHsQ -- Seems that the bloom is off this Rose. Could be that a comedy game
wears out faster than a quiz - strategy contest does on repeated viewings
(especially when we're looking at three or four airings over six months).
Could also be that nobody's watching this, though.... very disturbing.

[TADXN]

In article <GIaE9.1273$%c2.6...@eagle.america.net>, "The Very Secret Square"
<you.kn...@you.know.where> writes:

>Bullseye -- People, come on. This was =not= a classic show.

Yes, it was! It had a great set and one of the best themes in game show
history; how can it not be a classic show?

[Zach Horan]

>
>Yes, it was! It had a great set and one of the best themes in game show
>history; how can it not be a classic show?

It did have C-list celebs for the second half of year two, but other than that,
it's one of the all time best in ATGS circle.

[Emperor Blitz]

>Yes, it was! It had a great set and one of the best themes in game show
>history; how can it not be a classic show?
>

Yet lasted all of two years, converted to a celebrity format and died a rather
quick death once that occured.

It's not a classic in the same way Whew! is not a classic. But Whew! is a far
superior show that could have become a classic if it stuck around a few more
years.

Pull your head *out*of*your*ass*

Chuck

[DSmith]

> (already do the first, Sears a ripoff anyways, and I can buy generic brand
> trash bags)

Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.

[Adam Nedeff]

ta...@aol.com (TADXN) wrote in message news:<20021124181315...@mb-fj.aol.com>...

That doesn't make a show "classic," that just makes it a show you
really like. "Hit Man" had a great set and theme too but it damn sure
isn't classic.

[ilb4ever_2000]

"DSmith" <nasca...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:c6f86f39.02112...@posting.google.com...

I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...

Chris
ILB4EVER_2000

[Future Husband of Claudia Jordan]

>> Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.
>
>I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...
>

<Match Game mode on>

Well, Gene, he seems to be so full of it that I said that he ATE his garbage.

<wild applause from audience>

"Who'll get 4 rings first: the Lakers or J-Lo?"

-Pardon the InterruPTIon, 11/19/02

[The Very Secret Square]

"Future Husband of Claudia Jordan" <fstrg...@aol.compaqSUCKS> wrote in
message news:20021125005948...@mb-mq.aol.com...

> >> Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.
> >
> >I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...
> >
>
> <Match Game mode on>
>
> Well, Gene, he seems to be so full of it that I said that he ATE his
garbage.
>
> <wild applause from audience>
>

You're both wrong. He =POSTS= his garbage.

<takes bow>

>
> "Who'll get 4 rings first: the Lakers or J-Lo?"
>
> -Pardon the InterruPTIon, 11/19/02

--
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96%."
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[Dan Sadro]

The Very Secret Square;
<mHAE9.1425$%c2.7...@eagle.america.net>

>"Future Husband of Claudia Jordan" <fstrg...@aol.compaqSUCKS> wrote in
>message news:20021125005948...@mb-mq.aol.com...
>> >> Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.
>> >
>> >I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...
>> >
>>
>> <Match Game mode on>
>>
>> Well, Gene, he seems to be so full of it that I said that he ATE his
>garbage.
>>
>> <wild applause from audience>
>>
>You're both wrong. He =POSTS= his garbage.
>
><takes bow>

All right, I'm bowing in your general directoin.

[applause]

--
Dan Sadro
reply: dan [@] sadro [.] com

[TDN2OO1]

TADXN wrote:

In some instances, "Bullseye" had some of the looooonnnnngggggeeeessstttttt
bonus games of all time.

Ted Novak
--

[Brett A. Pasternack]

The Very Secret Square wrote:
>
> "Future Husband of Claudia Jordan" <fstrg...@aol.compaqSUCKS> wrote in
> message news:20021125005948...@mb-mq.aol.com...
> > >> Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.
> > >
> > >I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...
> > >
> >
> > <Match Game mode on>
> >
> > Well, Gene, he seems to be so full of it that I said that he ATE his
> garbage.
> >
> > <wild applause from audience>
> >
> You're both wrong. He =POSTS= his garbage.
>
> <takes bow>

"Definitive answer"!

[Joel VanderVeen]

> > Harvey doesn't buy glad trash bags-he buys grumpy.
>
> I thought he just threw his garbage out the window...

I think he seems to mainly be leaving it on this NG. :-D

--
Joel VanderVeen
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[Dolfan500]

I never liked these types of polls. Case in pont- baseballs greatest/dramatic
moments. #1- Cal Ripken setting consectitive game record, Where was Bobby
Thompson's 1951 homerun? Home watching the series.

Guy