I know. What's this guy smoking again? :)

Anyhow, I had this thought of a few months back but never did really put any of my ideas on paper until now.

We all know H2 had "Game Show Week". An interesting week featuring game show celebs. I thought that even if at one time all of these game shows at one time or another were actually competing for ratings, it was classy to have a game show actually celebrating other game shows (or in this case game show mc's and hosts).

Well, let's take it one step further... incorporate a "Game Show" week on TPIR. This would consist of pricing games and each pricing game would be related to a particular game show. I had it so that the pricing game would reminist a particular segment of a classic game show series (usually a game show that was popular or that many people would recall).

I originally had the idea of temporarily replacing all 6 pricing games with "Game Show week"-themed pricing games. If it would be too overwealming of a change, I would change it to only replacing 1 pricing game instead of replacing all 6. Here's an example of what the first day might look like:

Pricing game 1: TPIR celebrates Let's Made a Deal. The pricing game "Zonk!"

7 pricing items are placed side-by-side. The contestant must soft them from the least expensive to the most expensive. (Like "hole in one" but without the golf) :)
If all correct, the contestant wins 2000$ cash bonus and usually a moderately expensive prize (like a trip). If they miss, Bob would count how many the contestant got correct and give a cash prize of $200 for every item that was correct. Then the contestant could then either keep the cash or surrender it to a prize behind door #1 or door #2. (a door may have a prize of around 1500-2000$ value. Could be anything like a tv, spa or something. The other door would have a "zonk"... may be a true zonk but if that's too harsh, could have a year's supply of creamettes instead) :)

Pricing game #2: TPIR Celebrates Gambit (or High Rollers)

Play for a new car. Standard Gambit bonus round. Roll the dice to make the numbers 1 thru 9 and you win the car. All Gambit rules apply. If you lose, win a $ amount by adding all the numbers you did get and multiply by 100. You could win as much as 4400$ (if you got all of them except the 1).

Pricing game #3: TPIR celebrates Card Sharks (NOT the 2001 version) :)

Standard money cards. Play for $$. I want to know what rules version you would like but I myself would be happy with Perry's or Eubanks versions.

Pricing game #4: TPIR celebrates Treasure hunt.

1/2 off would be suitable for this. No need for a new game. A twist could be added though. A car is won as well if the contestant can guess correctly where the $$$ is hidden before any boxes go away. If the $$ is there... game is over and contestant wins $$ and car. If not, game continues as per normal.

Pricing game #5: TPIR celebrates Classic Concentration

Standard bonus game. Play for a car. Start with 30 seconds. 3 small prizes can then win added seconds (10 extra seconds for each right prize). The rules to win the smaller prizes can be anything (I'll just use the "Spelling Bee" format as an example but it could be higher/lower or wrong/right price too).

Pricing game #6: have no idea on this one yet. You can let me know if there's a bonus round that would work as a standard TPIR pricing game or something similar within a format of another game show. I had TJW in mind but I don't think it would work unless TPIR would build a giant slot-like machine which would be asking too much.

As well, if it goes well, TPIR might be able to keep some of the new pricing games on a standard schedule depending on how ratings, crowd reaction and contestant friendliness. I think even if there is no game show week, having a new pricing game in a format like one above might add new excitement to the existing pricing games. Pardon the spelling mistakes if any. Enjoy.

So when did "stealing concepts from other shows" turn into "celebration"?

"You get an F. You plagaraized that research paper."

"I was celebrating it!"

"Oh. Well, that's different. You get an A."

(Massive overquoting deleted. -DZ)

How nicely can I say this...NEVER GONNA HAPPEN! If I even dignify your idea, it would be pointless since..well..FREMANTLE DOESN'T OWN SOME OF THESE GAMES! I can't even give him E for effort, off you go to the land of Valupak Coupons (and you thought the land of parting gifts was bad).

As nicely as I can say: Learn proper quoting.

Except for part of the second run, when the hell was this the standard Gambit round?

Apparently if it didn't happen after Saussage was born, it didn't happen.

Sorry about that folks... I forgot to do the Gambit/High Rollers bonus round to avoid confusion. And yes, I did forget temporarily the old 21 cards bonus round.

...and now, a new talk show with Regis Philbin will premiere Monday on NBC.

In place of you posting? I'll make that trade.

Um, saussage?

Despite what the others say, I think this is a great idea. My advice is to send your proposal to:

Mark Goodson
Mark Goodson Productions
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152

Mr. Goodson will then contact you with regard to putting your idea into action. Be sure to include your home telephone number so that he can reach you there.

How about I ste...er, take Mr. Saussage's ideas, mail them to Mr. Goodson, and finally my first steps to becoming Game Show SuperMan will be complete!

Oh wait.

Saussage, other than "it plays well in my mind's eye," is there any practical reason for TPIR to adopt this odd idea? Okay, I'll just go back to Lurker Town.

I feel the niceness...apologies for a mental lapse.

Already been mentioned. See post #20

http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=4078&st=14

First of all, where the HELL do you come up with a user name like "Saussage"? and no, my mind is not in the gutter.

Second, we musn't forget the name of the show is "The PRICE is Right". All PRICING games are related to the PRICING of merchandise. Since when does Money Cards or the Gambit bonus round integrate pricing any kind of item(s)?


Doug

Shh! We're celebrating! :)

Well, in regards as to Saussge as a username, it's a long story but I wound up having a username like that after the old BBS/IRC days since my original username was taken by someone else. As well, Saussage was never a really popular username in any way, shape or form (there's problably a valid reason for this) :).

Secondly, my ideas although great on paper may not look as good after a thurough examination so instead of making a fool of myself giving these ideas to Bob Barker in person, wonderful people like yourselves can make me look like a fool instead (which many of you although I do not know, I do respect your ideas and opinions). I do joke around as well if you can't tell from my username and signature.

As to fix the flaw of a pricing game like the money cards, it would've been better to not only find the flaw but to also have an idea to remedy it. Have Eubanks Money cards, and when the contestant wants to change cards, they can pick from cards 1 thru 3 but the contestant needs to earn it (as in plinko where they need to earn their chips). However how you earn your cards (as in turns in Pathfinder, or in chips as in Plinko), is completely up to your imagination.

For the Gambit/High Rollers bonus round.... Price grocery items to earn extra "insurance" rolls? Ideas?

I'll get some ideas later. Time to celebrate :)

*sigh* Wow.

What?

[Al Gore on The Simpsons] I will. [/AGoTS] NOT!

Well, if Gambit/High Rollers bonus round is not all that good (although I do like dice games on tpir), what game show themed pricing game could go well?

Wow. You SO don't get it.

None. Zero. Nada. The idea would never fly.

I'm sorry I couldn't be nicer about it, but you just don't understand.

To this list, how about adding a celebration for Dotto?
Before the show, while the prospective contestants are being questioned, the interview could include the answers to the questions that Bob will ask. If we're going to scrap the pricing games, we may as well rig it, too, to please the sponsors. You know how badly Wilford Brimley wants Marie Winn to remain as champion.

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Russian Roulette. As a special treat, you can be the first contestant!

Of course the TV version. Yeah, that's it...the TV version.

I can hear a rumbling sound, and the seismograph is moving hard. Must be Mark Goodson spinning in his grave at the very idea of this mess.

Actually, that was me. Musta been the....well, you know. :)

Kid, how old are you? Seriously, cause an adult wouldn't spew this garbage this consistantly....

(To the rest of the panel : An adult wouldn't spew this garbage this consistantly, right?)

...mutters and puts away his "TPIR celebrates weather guys" idea... ;-)

Todman could be going back to the Abarbanel, too.

The folks who conceived Card Guppies 2001 spewed a little garbage.

With a special musical arrangement by Stormy Sacks!

Zach actually made a pretty decent joke. It's 80-something outside, so Hell couldn't have frozen over. For the record, Card Guppies 2001 is redundant; there was only one version that was known as Card Guppies, and that was the 2001 version. Just had to nitpick the King of Nitpicks. :-P

It's humor, Zach. Laugh and shut up.

The idea was if H2 could celebrate a game show week, why not tpir in its own special way. I guess though if people like to smuther ideas in a pile of crap, I guess that would work also.

Do not disrespect me tvwxman. Did you really think you would get an answer from me?.. if you would've been nice about it you would've had a better chance. I'll donate to you a brick award since it's the least I can do. Does the majority of the panel feel the same way as tvwxman? There's no sence of being part of a community if the community doesn't want you.

On a lighter note, sounds like we should all be on "Faux Pause" right now since that show was utter crap as well.

That was naughty, Chris!

This is all going back to the discussion on the Behind The Scenes board. You post a silly thread, you should expect to get called out on it. And this isn't the first nonsense post you've made. So don't start crying when folks make fun of you.

BTW, as founder of the Brick award, I have to revoke that "donation". Connecti-Matt's posts make sense. ;-)

Because H2 was still playing H2 when all was said and done.

Certainly you did a fine job.

Dude, don't try to make in-jokes when you are so clearly out. It just makes you look like an even bigger moron.

By jove, I think he's got it!

I'd LOVE to hear from the panel myself. Maybe that will teach our youngin a thing or two.

Now , if y'all excuse me, I'm going back to work creating a game show based on Blockbusters, with celebrities in each hexagon, where you win the box by playing a high/low game with cards and dice. Bonus squares offer money if you can guess if the weight of the celebrity is more than the price of an item that Janice and Dian will show. They should be working dammit!

While in high school, my brother got an F during an exam for copying off a neighbor's answer sheet. He should have told the teacher that he was celebrating his classmate's answers by using them himself.
And now, back to the original question posed 39 postings ago, it's a lousy idea. Plinko six times a show is better than this "inspiration". The foregoing is opinion and not fact. On second thought, it's fact.

I like the idea, but some of games need tweaking to make it more about knowing prices...



Fina as is, just would need clearance from Monty Hall. :)



Ok, the price of the car needs to be worked into this somehow. Instead of keeping the usual HR rules, set a time limit (30 seconds should do it) and the object will be to remove the five numbers in the price of the car within the time limit, so you would get the choice to remove a number itself or any group of numbers that add up to the sum.



Again, prices have to work into this somehow....maybe a true/false or a higher/lower, or some way to guess the prices of small items to win chances to replace a card on the board during tough spots. CS is a G-T game, so the rights shouldn't be a problem.



Again, price of the car should be worked into this one. Have all the chests have a price on them, and you have to find which one is the correct price. The "1/2-off" elements could be the mini-game to win guesses. Kinda like "5 price tags" with a twist. This game could be done generically.



Ok...I say use the CC bonus round format for the most part, but instead of just matching the names of the small items, you need to match each small item with its price to remove squares from the board. Dunno if NBC would be willing to let a rival network use their format though.

Clearly out? No. Pissed off? A bit. Could've said worse.

I've been making jokes almost since day one on this board. I thought that giving a message board which I love a sence of humor was a good thing since it usually reflects of how I am. I believe we were all joking here until tvwxman showed up. Maybe it was by mistake but the comments he made was an insult IMO.

Joking about things is all I know. If I have anything close to something serious to say, maybe people don't take it seriously and take it as another joke. IMO, that would bug many people. I just want everyone not only to like that's to offer on this board, but to have a chuckle too.

Feeling better. Hope y'all understand. Boring huh? :)
All I know is that if I pulled off a comment like that, I would get beaten up with old betamax tapes. :)

As clemon79 forces me to watch countless episodes of (place most boring/annoying gs here), I think we should do this thread a favour.

Any moderators around?
Feel like pulling off an Iron Chef?

This thread battle is............... OVER!
(I know I have 0 control over closing this thread but it would be a nice line to use) :)

Except your attempts at "jokes" aren't funny to anyone but you.

How about we declare saussage [sic] the "Dennis Miller of the Big Board", since apparently, he's the only one who gets his jokes.

"What the hell does rant mean?!"
-Peter Griffin

Do I get a trophy for that? Sounds like I got stamped with a Dennis Miller label on my forehead.

I wish I had a dayjob :)

We wish you did too.

Bad idea. Some of us actually like Dennis Miller.

How about Pat Cooper?

I've seen the "game show" he did for Fox News. Excellent choice.

Bud...you don't get to decide whether you're "in" or not. The people who are already "in" do that.

You've dug yourself so far into this hole that it's almost not funny anymore.