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I think the 70s on American television was the heyday of the game show, and some my favorite ones come from then. But then, I've seen some great (and much more crazy) ones in Japan too. I haven't seen much of them, so I'll pick "Lets Make a Deal" as my favorite because of how that host gets to play mind tricks, and how excited the audience gets. What's your favorite game show?

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 15 November 2002 19:45 (twenty-three years ago)

big bucks no wammies!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 15 November 2002 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Destroy: Bumper Stumpers, Chain Reaction, Dog Eat Dog, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Weakest Link, Price Is Right, Wheel Of Fortune and Fear Factor.
Search as well: Jeporady and Definition (if only for the Quincy Jones)

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 15 November 2002 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

search - ben stein, name that tune
destroy - hollywood squares new and old, jokers wild(although wink martindale is the greatest host name of all time), card sharks, tic tac dough

― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 15 November 2002 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

What the hell?! I was watching Price is Right for the first time in a while and there was no R. Roddy! And no hot playmate action!! Man, even Plinko sucked.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 15 November 2002 21:23 (twenty-three years ago)

search: three's a crowd (the original, with the man-wife-secretary setup), the gong show, remote control, the late night match game, hollywood squares (paul lynde years only), the whammy cartoons in press your luck, first era of richard dawson family feud

destroy: anything that requires contestants to eat worms or wormlike substances (this includes you, double dare), weakest link, hollywood squares (all non-paul lynde episodes)

― maura (maura), Friday, 15 November 2002 21:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: CARD SHARKS!!!

― Yancey (ystrickler), Friday, 15 November 2002 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

search - studs

― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 15 November 2002 22:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I like Beat the Geeks! And Ben Stein.

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 15 November 2002 22:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Another vote for Match Game PM, plus the fifties versions of What's My Line?, etc. Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego? also.

― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 16 November 2002 03:16 (twenty-three years ago)

except for the Goddamn a cappella act.

― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 16 November 2002 03:17 (twenty-three years ago)

S: Ben Stein, Jeopardy, ESPN Two-Minute Drill, Password, $10,000 Pyramid
D: ...Millionaire, Weakest Link, and all the imitators they spawned

― Jeff Wright, Saturday, 16 November 2002 04:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, I love Two Minute Drill!
Also Search: Jeopardy & Junkyard Wars (not really a gameshow, though...)

― lyra (lyra), Saturday, 16 November 2002 04:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the $20,000 pyramid, and Match Game PM as well.

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 16 November 2002 04:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw too many gameshows when I was young. Anyone remember Whew?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 November 2002 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Beat the Geeks, Lingo, Friend or Foe
Destroy: Wheel of Fortune, Millionaire, Card Sharks (worst game show evah??)

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Saturday, 16 November 2002 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

A couple of friends keep threatening to get me on as a contestant on 'Beat the Geeks' when it comes to music. I dunno, I still think I would get my clock cleaned.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 November 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

s: Incredible Games

d: pretty much everything else, with particular on Channel 4 youth programming

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 16 November 2002 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Beat the Geeks would be hard for music questions because they don't ask any questions on obscure or rare music. It's all on popular classic rock or something like that. The harder questions don't get more obscure they just get more specific on famous artists.

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 16 November 2002 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: I think we can all agree Jeopardy is class, as is its eccentric cousin Ben Stein.

Destroy: All those god-damned Nickelodeon game shows. I hated those even when I was an uncritical 5-year-old who'd watch just about anything else on that channel.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 November 2002 04:03 (twenty-three years ago)

double dare was a great nickelodeon game show.

― keith (keithmcl), Sunday, 17 November 2002 05:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I liked all the gambling ones -- Jokers Wild! and a big craps-inspired one where they rolled giant dice. There was also one with a giant pinball machine and each partner in the team played one flipper.

― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 17 November 2002 05:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't usually like game shows in the same weird way that I don't usually like playing cards. However, there was one episode of Rock & Roll Jeopardy that had CC DeVille on it - and that was pretty entertaining.

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 17 November 2002 06:44 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

For some reason I thought of Tic Tac Dough just now.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I should hope so!

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― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Destroy: game shows which seemed to take it all too serious, 321, Going for Gold, Bullseye, the host was always so intense the competitors always looked scared to death.

― Ste, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:24 (seventeen years ago)

S: The much lamented Fifteen to One.

― chap, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:26 (seventeen years ago)

come off it Ste, that fear in their eyes was A1 reason to watch

― blueski, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

revived because bargain hunt is fantastic

xp sometimes yes, Bullseye for example I'd only watch with crossed fingers hoping this was the episode Jim would explode with rage

― Ste, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:31 (seventeen years ago)

The new thing where they go IS "B" THE CORRECT ANSWER??? .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- WE'LL FIND OUT AFTER THIS BREAK!

I hate.

― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 1 August 2008 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

RIP Richard Dawson

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 3 June 2012 14:34 (thirteen years ago)

eight years pass...

I really want to go on the upcoming Supermarket Sweep reboot (hosted by Leslie Jones)

― brimstead, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 23:51 (five years ago)

four years pass...

Getting into ‘60s-era Password, the prime time episodes of which can be found on YouTube, or at least most of them can.

Allen Ludden is one of the quintessential game show hosts, and it’s interesting that he started hosting this show right at the time his first wife died, and then he met his next wife, Betty White, when she appeared on the show.

I guess this was the first game show that had celebrities playing alongside regular contestants, and seeing the personalities of the celebrities being revealed during the course of the show is a fascinating aspect of it.

― Josefa, Sunday, 13 April 2025 18:43 (eleven months ago)

four months pass...

Still watching '60s era Password. It occurs to me that this is the game show that has the most rampant cheating of any game show ever. The celebrity guests get away with murder and Allen Ludden lets them, I suppose in the interest of maintaining a speedy, casual flow to the the gameplay.

― Josefa, Monday, 8 September 2025 00:52 (six months ago)

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