Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 For me it has to be The Price is Right because that was the main game show I grew up to like. Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune are in the mix, but that it. I wasn't born yet to enjoy the Match Game or Card Sharks or Super Password or Blockbusters. But I can still enjoy them by watching these shows on GSN.
buckeyemike Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Three words: Press. Your. Luck. I put The Price is Right at #2, largely because the cyborg that replaced Bob Barker in 1993 is doing such a good job.
Like A Mofo Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 I'm not sure what the best game show of all-time is...but I have a game show from the 80's that was underrated and I never, ever see it on re-runs: Sale Of The Century
IBTG81 Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Three words: Press. Your. Luck. I put The Price is Right at #2, largely because the cyborg that replaced Bob Barker in 1993 is doing such a good job. 788004[/snapback] Did you ever see the True Hollywood Story (or something like that) on the guy who cracked the PYL board?
USMCBillsFan Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Let's Make a Deal. I used to love watching those people trade $5,000 for the curtain and get a big rocking chair....
Fezmid Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Did you ever see the True Hollywood Story (or something like that) on the guy who cracked the PYL board? 788112[/snapback] Press Your Luck was awesome! "No whammy, no whammy, STOP!" Here's the guy you were talking about. I just read about it a year or two ago (didn't see it on TV). Very interesting. http://gscentral.net/larsen.htm CW
buckeyemike Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Did you ever see the True Hollywood Story (or something like that) on the guy who cracked the PYL board? 788112[/snapback] Sure did. It was actually a feature on the Game Show Network. I even taped it to show my wife. I remember seeing it in 1985, when the shows first aired. Michael Larson admitted on the air that he had figured out the pattern on the board. He would up losing all the money and died broke in the late 90s. At the time of his death, he was working in a Wal-Mart in southern Ohio as an assistant manager.
Gary M Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Three words: Press. Your. Luck. I put The Price is Right at #2, largely because the cyborg that replaced Bob Barker in 1993 is doing such a good job. 788004[/snapback] I loved Press your Luck, how could the Price is Right be second with this? http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/polo/swimsuits01.html
R. Rich Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 I'm not sure what the best game show of all-time is...but I have a game show from the 80's that was underrated and I never, ever see it on re-runs: Sale Of The Century 788102[/snapback] Sale Of The Century, aka "Jeopardy For Retards" Host: This structure in San Fransisco is famous all over the world. It's the Golden Gate......... Retard Contestant: [hits the buzzer] Bridge? Host: That's right!
TheMadCap Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Sale Of The Century, aka "Jeopardy For Retards" 788280[/snapback] Sweet! That came on right after Scrabble! Loved that show!
KD in CA Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 "Will it float?" 788234[/snapback] The greatest game show of all time was "21". The TV execs and their sponsors had figured out the business model decades before the public understood what was happening. Get 'em on the hook and keep 'em there. These guys were running scripted 'reality television' 50 years before someone coined the term. You gotta respect the pioneers.
/dev/null Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 Price is Right and Lets Make a Deal were the quintessential game shows Also was a fan of Press Your Luck and Concentration
/dev/null Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 "Will it float?" 788234[/snapback] Oh, yes. They float, Georgie. They all float!
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted September 28, 2006 Posted September 28, 2006 Price is Right is prob my #2 but Jeopardy is hands down my favorite. I try to catch it every night. I do think Jeopardy's categories have gotten a little to "creative" though.
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