Game Shows

[kybearfuzz]

I have to admit that I usually love game shows, but not the current crop of them appearing on evening television. When watching shows like "Jeopardy" or "The Price is Right," I'm entertained, partly because I feel like I can compete with the people in the comfort of my living room. It's quick and painless and any drama on the show is transitory.

The evening game shows these days are horrible in my opinion. The current reigning show is "Deal or No Deal" and it turns my stomach. The apparent bastard child of Jerry Springer and "Let's Make a Deal," it has contestants I could absolutely care less about. Watching people act like complete idiots doesn't do much for me. In the daytime shows you might be rooting for some player, but in this show I can't muster the effort. The mix of game show and intentional drama just irks me. I've tried watching it, to give it a fair shake, but when Howie gets the calls from the boss, making a deal, and sending the overweight soccer mom from Alabama into screaming fits and speaking in tongues, I turn the channel.

With the current crop of game shows annoying me, I have started watching the Game Show Network on occasion, catching Brett Somers on "Match Game 76" where answers were fun and lascivious. Sigh... give me the days of "No Whammy! No Whammy!" or "Vinnie the Barber is so bad, he accidentally cut of the customer's (blank)"

Comments

[anziulewicz.livejournal.com]

What's not to like about "Deal or No Deal?" An array of beautiful bimbos opening briefcases full of money! What could be better?

Seriously though, the show just leaves me scratching my head. No trivia questions, no puzzles, no mental exercises of any kind. Just unabashed GREED.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I guess that is part of the problem. It's all chance on "Deal.." where on The Price is Right at least people do have some knowledge of how much things cost and can compete.

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Deal or No Deal makes no sense to me. Have you watched "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" yet? I watched one episode and was rather amused. Of course, it was the black amusement of "wow, people really ARE stupid!" kind, but still.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. I don't know what it is, but I've never been able to get all worked up about a game show in prime time. It just bores me. Howie bores me as well.

[davemassive.livejournal.com]

Some day you'll have to check out the UK version of "Deal or No Deal", which is one of the original ones. Instead of having bimbos open the boxes, they have future contestants opening the boxes ... and each person stays in the lineup until it's their turn to play the game. This way you have recurring "characters" for lack of a better word, and you get to find out some of the players' personalities before they get up and try to win money.

I think it's a hundred times better than the American one.

We just finished up a run of a game show called "Poker Face", wherein contestants are asked general knowledge questions, and then try and bluff how well they've done to the other contestants. After each round of questions, they give everyone the opportunity to fold and take their money -- the first one to hit the buzzer is out of the game. If no one folds, then the person with the lowest amount of money goes home -- WITH NOTHING! Ha! They billed it as "the only game where you can win a million pounds by getting absolutely no questions right."

[bearland.livejournal.com]

David and I watched this show "Gay, Straight, or Taken" the other night because we can not stand to watch the howie show and were getting tired of the csi repeats on spike and A&E.

It was quite funny and we enjoyed it...but our favorite is still Jeopardy.

[cincy-dave.livejournal.com]

Game Show network is my friend.

Actually, I love the reruns of the old black and white games shows from the 50s as much as the campy fun ones from the 70s.


Go to youtube and key in game show. You will see some great ones from when we were kids.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

There are some great moments on Match Game, I wish the current game shows could capture that kind of wit.

[cincy-dave.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced that they were all drunk half the time on that show.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Really, I know that Brett and Charles always seemed a bit toasted. I guess the others were probably high. It was the 70's... :)

[kay-bee17.livejournal.com]

oooo i love the old game shows...especially the price is right...though I hardly get to watch it (we don't get the channel at home and I don't usually have time to watch it here....wait...I could if I skipped lunch :)) I'm going to miss Bob Barker when he leaves :(

[polomex.livejournal.com]

Because people on "The Price is Right" never scream like idiots.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, at least the screaming like idiots on there is transitory, it passes.. on the night time shows it seems to go on .. and on.. and on...