Abbreviations of Game Shows
Captainhank
Bearing in mind I am still pretty new around these parts, is there a
site or URL where I can go to get all the abbreviations of the Game
Shows that are talked about on here? Because many of the abbrevations
escape me.
Thank you, that would really help.
Captain Hank
Chris Lemon
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> Hiya,
>
> Bearing in mind I am still pretty new around these parts, is there a
> site or URL where I can go to get all the abbreviations of the Game
> Shows that are talked about on here?
The ATGS FAQ can be viewed at:
http://www.tv-gameshows.com/atgsfaq.html
However, I don't know if it has the list you describe. If you want to post
the list of abbreviations that has you stymied, I'd be happy to translate.
Brandon Brooks
>
> Bearing in mind I am still pretty new around these parts, is there a
> site or URL where I can go to get all the abbreviations of the Game
> Shows that are talked about on here? Because many of the abbrevations
> escape me.
Nope... you just have to hang around to get the lingo... or better yet, just
ask.
Brandon Brooks
N2Nuno
Fortune), J! (Jeopardy!), TJW (The Joker's Wild), TTD (Tic Tac Dough), CS (Card
Sharks), FF(Family Feud or sometimes confused as Fannie Flagg in the Match Game
(MG) discussions, or MG is sometimes confused as Mark Goodson.) HS (Hollywood
Squares), it goes on and on.
Pass the Cour-Foster-Gray
>>
>> Bearing in mind I am still pretty new around these parts, is there a
>> site or URL where I can go to get all the abbreviations of the Game
>> Shows that are talked about on here? Because many of the abbrevations
>> escape me.
>
>Nope... you just have to hang around to get the lingo... or better yet, just
>ask.
>
>Brandon Brooks
And I'll start you on your way, with some of the more popular games, mainly
stuff you find on GSN (Game Show Network).
TPiR- The Price is Right
WoF- Wheel (sometimes, we only use one word as names for the shows also)
PYL- Press Your Luck
FF- Family Feud
MG- Match Game (usually distunguished by year or PM....i.e. MG7x, MGPM, MG90
and MG98)
HS- Hollywood Squares
CS- Card Sharks
J!- Jeopardy!
LMaD- Let's Make a Deal
SP/P+- Super Password/Password Plus
Newcomers:
RR- Russian Roulette
FoF- Friend of Foe
Someone else wanna give some?
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James Allen
WML - What's My Line?
TT- Tattletales
TTD- Tic-Tac-Doe
TTTT- To Tell The Truth
ToC- Truth or Consequences (sometimes it refers to a particular show's
Tournament of Champions)
WBSM- Win Ben Stein's Money
WWTBAM- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
WL- Weakest Link (used to refer to the long forgotten Winning Lines)
NG- Newlywed Game
TJW- The Joker's Wild
DD- Double Dare
You get the idea. You can do this with pretty much any multi-word title, but
the ones listed are the most common.
Sometimes a year follows the initials to indicate a particular revival version
(the 70's network version of Match Game is the rare case where the year
actually was part of the title.)
For example, TJW90 refers to the lame 1990 revival of The Joker's Wild, not the
70's Jack Barry version.
Matt Ottinger
BB - Blockbusters
BB - Blankety Blanks
BB - Bob Barker
Not to mention...
BB - Bern Bennett (legendary announcer)
BB - Break the Bank (any version)
BB - Bedroom Buddies (1992)
BB - Bible Baffle (early CBN series)
BB - Bob Bach (WML? producer)
BB - Bruce Burmeister (Bob Stewart director)
It's really easy once you get the hang of it!
--Matt
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Brandon Brooks
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>
> Someone else wanna give some?
Why the hell not? I'm trying to procrastinate anyway...
BtB - Beat the Bank
BtG - Beat the Geeks
TTTT - To Tell The Truth
WML? - What's My Line?
TWL - The Weakest Link (can be sticky - sometimes people do WL, which can
also mean Winning Lines)
NG - Newlywed Game
W! - Whammy! (TANPYL) or can be Whew!
TJW - The Joker's Wild
TTD - Tic Tac Dough
DD - Double Dare
Whew... there's just so many of them...
Brandon Brooks
DrBear
>Sometimes a year follows the initials to indicate a particular revival version
>(the 70's network version of Match Game is the rare case where the year
>actually was part of the title.)
>
>For example, TJW90 refers to the lame 1990 revival of The Joker's Wild, not the
>70's Jack Barry version.
Or TTTT2K is the 2000 version of To Tell The Truth.
Also, to generally separate Match Game's 60s and 70s versions, they can be referred to as MG6x and 7x
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Curt Alliaume
Why? What did the bank do?
I think Brandon meant Break the Bank. That can also be amended with the year
-- BtB76 would refer to the Tom Kennedy/Jack Barry multistar
extravaganza/Hollywood Squares ripoff, while BtB85 would denote the Gene
Rayburn/Joe Farago disaster. When in doubt, accompanying the acronym with a
year is a great help.
>TWL - The Weakest Link (can be sticky - sometimes people do WL, which can
>also mean Winning Lines)
>W! - Whammy! (TANPYL) or can be Whew!
A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood Showdown.
Also, please note in this group TBS means The Big Showdown, not Ted Turner's
superstation.
Acronyms can be fun, but if you're in any doubt, just spell out the full title.
And try to avoid the acronym for All-Star Secrets.
-- Curt Alliaume
http://www.curtalliaume.com/gameshow.html
DSmith
I was under the impression that we called the 60's run of Match Game
TMG for it's title "The Match Game"...here are some other, don't know
if they have been posted yet or not:
WoF=Wheel of Fortune
TPiR=The Price is Right
TTD=Tic Tac Dough
DD'76=Goodson-Todman Double Dare
FF=Family Feud (Fortunes)
IGAS=I've Got a Secret
WML=What's My Line
CC=Classic Concentration
FH=Fun House
J!=Jeopardy
LMAD=Let's Make A Deal
PYL=Press Your Luck
HR=High Rollers
Tim Lones
TNTS The Name's the Same
TFTM Two For the Money
Lesser known Goodson Todman efforts occasionally shown on B&W
Overnight ( Shows which I would love to see again if only once a
week-especially Non-Robert Q. Lewis hosted TNTS)
Robert Hutchinson
> A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood Showdown.
I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
--
Or maybe we just like writing "HoSho"
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Robert Hutchinson
> Acronyms can be fun, but if you're in any doubt, just spell out the full title.
> And try to avoid the acronym for All-Star Secrets.
IYCoaL? Who would want to win coal?
--
Sorry for the two posts
Robert Hutchinson
This list is woefully incomplete, Matt. What about:
S - Smush
S - Survivor
S - Showoffs
S - Scrabble
S - Starcade
S! - Stumpers!
C - Concentration
C - The Chair
C - The Chamber
P - Password
P - Pyramid
P - Personality
And who could forget these classic abbreviations?
FF - Fear Factor
SP - Strip Poker
MG - My Generation, Make the Grade
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> Curt Alliaume says...
>
> > A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood
Showdown.
>
> I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around
here.
Or why the former is generally shortened to HSq.
> --
> Or maybe we just like writing "HoSho"
"HoSho"? Oh.
you know who
> Curt Alliaume says...
>
> > Acronyms can be fun, but if you're in any doubt, just spell out
the full title.
> > And try to avoid the acronym for All-Star Secrets.
>
> IYCoaL? Who would want to win coal?
What if it's $1M CoaL?
Dan S238
> Curt Alliaume says...
>
> > A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood
Showdown.
>
> I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
>
> --
> Or maybe we just like writing "HoSho"
The same goes with HSq, for H.Squares.
I think we accepted W! for Whew! and w! for whammy!, right?
-- DS
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Brandon Brooks
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> >BtB - Beat the Bank
>
> Why? What did the bank do?
That damn bank!
Brandon Brooks
Mark Jeffries
> >BtB - Beat the Bank
>
> Why? What did the bank do?
>
> I think Brandon meant Break the Bank. That can also be amended with the year
> -- BtB76 would refer to the Tom Kennedy/Jack Barry multistar
> extravaganza/Hollywood Squares ripoff, while BtB85 would denote the Gene
> Rayburn/Joe Farago disaster. When in doubt, accompanying the acronym with a
> year is a great help.
Or "BtB'50s" if you want to refer to the Bert Parks quiz. Not many do.
>
> >TWL - The Weakest Link (can be sticky - sometimes people do WL, which can
> >also mean Winning Lines)
> >W! - Whammy! (TANPYL) or can be Whew!
>
> A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood Showdown.
"HSq" can be "Squares." That other Todd Newton show could be "HoSho."
"TTD'90" is best not discussed at all.
Brandon Brooks
>
> > A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood
Showdown.
>
> I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
And why Hollywood Squares is better referred to as HSq.
Brandon Brooks
John Isles, iv
>Curt Alliaume says...
>>A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood Showdown.
>I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
>Or maybe we just like writing "HoSho"
I just abbrev. /Hollywood Squares/ as HSq.
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Brandon Brooks
> This list is woefully incomplete, Matt. What about:
>
> S - Smush
> S - Survivor
> S - Showoffs
> S - Scrabble
> S - Starcade
> S! - Stumpers!
<snipped>
It's easier just to type out the word...
> MG - My Generation, Make the Grade
Make the Grade is MtG. MG is Match Game, since few people refer to My
Generation anymore, or at all for that matter.
Brandon Brooks
Brandon Brooks
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> "Robert Hutchinson" <ser...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Curt Alliaume says...
> >
> > > Acronyms can be fun, but if you're in any doubt, just spell out
> the full title.
> > > And try to avoid the acronym for All-Star Secrets.
> >
> > IYCoaL? Who would want to win coal?
>
> What if it's $1M CoaL?
But where would you put it? That's a lot of freakin' stockings...
Brandon Brooks
Robert Hutchinson
> Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
> > This list is woefully incomplete, Matt. What about:
> >
> > S - Smush
> > S - Survivor
> > S - Showoffs
> > S - Scrabble
> > S - Starcade
> > S! - Stumpers!
>
> <snipped>
>
> It's easier just to type out the word...
>
> > MG - My Generation, Make the Grade
>
> Make the Grade is MtG. MG is Match Game, since few people refer to My
> Generation anymore, or at all for that matter.
Uh, Brandon? Perhaps you could read Matt's post and mine again?
Zach Horan
>> A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood
>Showdown.
>
>I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
Hollywood Squares has been called HSq before in here.
Brandon Brooks
> Brandon Brooks says...
> > Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
> > > This list is woefully incomplete, Matt. What about:
> > >
> > > S - Smush
> > > S - Survivor
> > > S - Showoffs
> > > S - Scrabble
> > > S - Starcade
> > > S! - Stumpers!
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > It's easier just to type out the word...
> >
> > > MG - My Generation, Make the Grade
> >
> > Make the Grade is MtG. MG is Match Game, since few people refer to My
> > Generation anymore, or at all for that matter.
>
> Uh, Brandon? Perhaps you could read Matt's post and mine again?
Oops... What's reading?
Brandon Brooks
Robert Hutchinson
> Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
>
> Oops... What's reading?
A railroad and a rainbow.
Neleh's Half-Eaten Candy
> Brandon Brooks says...
> > Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
> > > Uh, Brandon? Perhaps you could read Matt's post and mine again?
> >
> > Oops... What's reading?
>
> A railroad and a rainbow.
Actually, the railroad - while spelled the same way - is pronounced
"redding", like the Penn. town it's named after.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Pass the Cour-Foster-Gray
>"redding", like the Penn. town it's named after.
>
>Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Oh dear...you just reminded me of an episode of Punky Brewster, where they were
arguing over the correct pronunciation. I should send you to the TTD 90 room
for bringing this up. :-P
Robert Hutchinson
> Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
> > Brandon Brooks says...
> > > Robert Hutchinson wrote ...
> > > > Uh, Brandon? Perhaps you could read Matt's post and mine again?
> > >
> > > Oops... What's reading?
> >
> > A railroad and a rainbow.
>
> Actually, the railroad - while spelled the same way - is pronounced
> "redding", like the Penn. town it's named after.
Actually, "Penn." is short for Pennsylvania.
James Allen
>
>FF - Fear Factor
>SP - Strip Poker
>MG - My Generation, Make the Grade
>
>--
>Robert Hutchinson
HS- Hollywood Squares, Hollywood Showdown, Hot Streak (also big game show fan
Howard Stern, for what that's worth.)
Neleh's Half-Eaten Candy
"Pass the Cour-Foster-Gray" <fstrg...@aol.compaqSUCKS> wrote in message
> Oh dear...you just reminded me of an episode of Punky Brewster, where they
were
> arguing over the correct pronunciation. I should send you to the TTD 90
room
> for bringing this up. :-P
Where do you think I learned the correct pronounciation? :-)
"The town in Pennsylvania is pronounced Pittsburgh!"
Brett A. Pasternack
>
> >BtB - Beat the Bank
>
> Why? What did the bank do?
My best guess is that is broke the clock. B^}
Sherman Potter
> Curt Alliaume says...
>
> > A perpetual problem. HS could mean Hollywood Squares or Hollywood
Showdown.
>
> I'm guessing that's why the latter is often called HoSho around here.
In keeping with three-letter traditions, Squares is frequently abbreviated
as "HSQ."
Brandon Brooks
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Said *three* days ago.
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