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this is based on a UK show? by newc0253	Dec 19th, 2005 03:17:15 AM
could have fooled me.
Well, If It's Anything Like The UK Version, Yawnsville Here by IAmMrMonkey	Dec 19th, 2005 03:33:38 AM
I watched one series and that was more than enough. A whole season? Christ! These tv people really hate us don't they?
Ooops! by IAmMrMonkey	Dec 19th, 2005 03:34:59 AM
I meant "I watched one episode". If i'd watched an entire series, I would probably be in a mental institute with people sticking needles up my nose to get my brain working again.
As a Fat-Faced Suburbanite by juwamba	Dec 19th, 2005 03:50:04 AM
I can't wait to spend another week of my existence in this FEMA trailer, in this faded Star Wars muu-muu, with this early 90's mullet, glued to the 13-inch Philco television set in order to gaze into Howie Mandel's testicle-shaped dome.
In the UK it is day-time TV by ChorleyFM	Dec 19th, 2005 04:54:26 AM
I love how you Yanks just blow everything up.
It'll be nothing without by Fried Gold	Dec 19th, 2005 04:58:27 AM
Noel Edmonds. The US needs more N-TV. House Party US!!
"In the UK it is day-time TV" by newc0253	Dec 19th, 2005 05:32:34 AM
ah, that explains why i've never seen it. i have a job.
Noel Edmonds by emeraldboy	Dec 19th, 2005 05:34:50 AM
I have an idea fried gold, as a way of gettin back at the US for the War on Terrorism. Lets Kidnap Mr Blobby clone him and when we have enough blobbies bombard the US with him. As a first suprise attack unleash him on the Oval office.
Actually I think you'll find that Australia is where this sh by LeiaDown&FuckHer	Dec 19th, 2005 06:03:57 AM
It's been airing down there since 2003, and gone from being semi-popular as an hour long to a smash hit in an adjusted half hour format, and in the realms of tv game shows it's actually surprisingly watchable, thanks largely to the human drama and random chance elements. Mind you it's also the kind of show in which the host will very much make or break it, because he has to carry the momentum of the show squarely on his back. In Australia they had a great host to ringmaster the whole thing, which definitely helped sell the whole thing and garner a much wider variety of audience than these types of shows usually attract. And I'm certainly not a gameshow fan, at all, but done right it's a good show of it's type. Not the kind of thing that you go out of your way to watch, more the kind of thing that's quite easy to watch if it just so happens to be on and you have nothing better to do.
No interest by zekmoe	Dec 19th, 2005 06:04:56 AM
in another game show, reality show or cop show. There's almost nothing anymore that appeals to me. It's the reason I go to the internet to bitch about tv and movies.
the aussie version is good by Krangelus	Dec 19th, 2005 07:11:52 AM
i watch it if i flick on to it. the host is pretty dumb in a cheesy way. WOnder if it will be any good in america?
I miss Noel's House Party :( by dr_buggerlugs	Dec 19th, 2005 07:32:05 AM

"The box! The box!" by fiester	Dec 19th, 2005 07:44:53 AM
Heh. They always take the box. Speaking of "Let's Make A Deal", I always used to wonder what happened afterwards when people won a goat or a cow or a sheep--did they take the animal home?
ChorleyFM by Borgnine JR	Dec 19th, 2005 07:58:09 AM
Chorley my man, if there's one thing we Yanks are good at, it's blowing things up.
It's not like "Let's Make A Deal" ... by JohnnyFriendly	Dec 19th, 2005 09:13:22 AM
... if the contestants aren't wearing costumes. A great "probably didn't happen" TV moment that I heard was an episode where Monty Hall was doing his schtick in the audience, handing out cash if contestants had odd items ( a safety pin, a harmonica, a hard-boiled egg ) on their person. One woman was wearing a baby costume ( bonnet, bib, baby bottle ) and "made a deal" with Monty to sell her bottle for $50, afterwhich Monty says " I'll give you $50 for every other nipple you can show me ! " Let's see Howie top that !
Prepare for the spinoffs by Bass Ackwards	Dec 19th, 2005 09:57:03 AM
If this is a hit, we're gonna be drowned in it. Still bad memories of what Who Wants to Be a Millionaire spawned, and how much quality television probably got shouted out for the cheaper ratings hit.
Clones actually by Bass Ackwards	Dec 19th, 2005 10:12:36 AM
Not really spinoffs I guess.
Quantum Physics by Fried Gold	Dec 19th, 2005 10:49:33 AM
should play a bigger part. Is the Banker's Money really in the box?
"Playing With Blocks" could probably be a hit. by Fred	Dec 19th, 2005 11:11:40 AM
Instead of just switching mommies, whole city blocks are swapped.
There's no way it can compare to its Filipino equivalent... by themikejonas	Dec 19th, 2005 11:27:44 AM
..."Laban o Bawi" (Fight or Retreat), a segment of a daily variety show called "Eat Bulaga"...the first half of the game is a rather disorganized round-robin trivia game designed to whittle down two dozen people to one contestant. The "winner" is then confronted by a set of seven panels each standing for a place value--behind one of the panels is a "1," and all the others are zeroes, meaning that they could win anything from 1 peso (less than $.02) to 1 million (about $18K). As each panel is revealed in "arbitrary" order (of course, the "million" slot and one other, very low place value are the last to be revealed), the contestant/victim is tempted with a gradually increasing but always relatively humble sum (between 30K-90K) to give up their chance at a million. Here's what makes it great, though: there's practically no time limit, and there's no "final answer" that the hosts have to take...so not only do the hosts let the contestant stew in their juices as long as possible, but whenever the contestant seems like they're leaning one way, the hosts do what they can to persuade them otherwise. And all through this there are about twenty skankily-dressed "dancers" (only half of whom are remotely attractive) shrieking in your ear. What one eventually witnesses is a breaking of the spirit that would make the guys at Guantanamo Bay proud--mental torture at its finest. If "Deal or No Deal" ditches Howie Mandel and goes for this format, I'm tuning in. (Those of you in L.A. can watch "Eat Bulaga" unsubbed on KSCI 18 at 4 p.m., though there's no consistent time when the "Laban o Bawi" segment comes on).
re: Quantum Physics by mustang_dvs	Dec 19th, 2005 11:41:19 AM
Fried Gold, I like that idea, but let's take it a step further -- the case is opened and the amount revealed to be "$1,000,000", but by measuring the quantity of money, you have inherently affected the value, leaving the contestant with only $3.50...
ChorleyFM is right, I've never even heard of this! by scrumdiddly	Dec 19th, 2005 12:10:49 PM

Fuck this, an hour of Arrested Development tonight at 8 by DanielKurland	Dec 19th, 2005 12:15:35 PM
This new episode also sounds quite promising and a return to from that most of the season 3 haters will enjoy. Watch AD, Howie Mandell isn't going anywhere...unfortunately.
Sigh...return to FORM (NT) by DanielKurland	Dec 19th, 2005 12:18:06 PM

Wait, is this the shite on at tea time on CH4 with the bearded o by Grando	Dec 19th, 2005 12:57:47 PM
I thought Noel Edmonds died until I stumbled acrosss this whilst channel hopping. Oh, it's garbage by the way, avoid.
Hi, Herc? Your the only person that seems to listen to us, could by Shermdawg	Dec 19th, 2005 01:05:46 PM
IMBD pretty much confirmed Topher Grace is Venom over the weekend. Jeez.
*You're by Shermdawg	Dec 19th, 2005 01:06:12 PM

Models? by supertoyslast	Dec 19th, 2005 01:12:15 PM
In the UK the boxes are opened by ordinary people (future contestants?). But NBC needs 26 female models to do it? Are men incapable of opening boxes? Is this really American TV's attitude towards women? (Although if it gets moved to primetime, the same thing might happen in the UK....)
Fuck this... Where is the Nip/Tuck Talkback? by Mr. Profit	Dec 19th, 2005 01:15:50 PM
Seriously, that show is the best guilty pleasure TV show out right now. And all this Carver speculation, I'm surprised Herc doesn't watch or is a fan. Its a show that jumped the shark after the 1st episode, but that just made it better.
Does anyone watch "Lente Loco"??? by Hideo Kojima	Dec 19th, 2005 03:17:21 PM
It's great.
IMDB has had Grace as Venom for months now by Gheorghe Zamfir	Dec 19th, 2005 03:52:47 PM
But the way IMDB works, they're listing something isn't necessarily confirmation of anything. What did they do over the weekend though?
Models? 26 of 'em? by mbeemer	Dec 19th, 2005 03:53:56 PM
I'm there!
I never go there, but someone hopped in the Kong talkback and sa by Shermdawg	Dec 19th, 2005 04:37:15 PM
So I don't know what the deal is. I just rather have the talkbackers bitch about Venom being in the flick than everyone wasting their time with those longass post regarding Kong. We know the 70% of the film sucks. Move on.
Jesus H. Christ, I can't write for shit. by Shermdawg	Dec 19th, 2005 04:39:21 PM

UK version by kuryakin	Dec 19th, 2005 06:21:45 PM
Compulsive TV. I'm off work on holiday for most of this month and despite all my plans to decorate or do Christmas shopping, I find all I can do is sit around at 4pm in my pyjamas with a can of cheap cider shouting "Take the fucking deal, mongoloid!!" at the TV. Noel Edmonds with his mad hair trying to be coy; stupid contestants who never realise they only have 10p in their box till the very last minute - I tell you it really eases a man into the cocktail hour. Best thing ever
This game sucks. by Shermdawg	Dec 19th, 2005 07:48:12 PM
At least you could play along with Millionaire, Greed, and if you were fast enough, The Weakest Link. This won't last.
It's pretty formulaic by OptimusPrimeTime	Dec 19th, 2005 08:15:12 PM
literally: start with the weighted average of the remaining values, then reduce that amount by a risk premium (either a solid % or something weighted based on the distribution of $ values). As long as you have more cases on the high end than you have cases left to open, you're better off pressing your luck. The drama comes in when the dollar value gets close to 6-figures from the banker. Watch or Don't watch....it's way more fun to try to figure the game out from the NBC website.
Wow. A full hour of somebody playing "pick a number" by JonQuixote	Dec 19th, 2005 11:26:23 PM
Can't wait to tune in tomorrow.
Wow, that might have been the best Arrested Development ever by DanielKurland	Dec 20th, 2005 01:29:14 AM
Just so awesome. That is how you properly do callbacks to previous episodes. Also...12/19 - Rumors are circling today that it could be a 13-episode pickup by ABC. Basically, ABC and Showtime are VERY INTERESTED in picking up the show, and my sense is that the show WON'T go away. (Though it will go off Fox.) Source: Kristin on E!Online
I had $25 and won $168,000. Fun ONLINE game, but not a great TV by Mahaloth	Dec 20th, 2005 09:29:02 AM
I can't believe that chick lost all her money, though.
geez, herc, if you think this is even a LITTLE like Hold 'Em by Lou C.	Dec 20th, 2005 10:09:35 AM
i would LOVE to sit across from you at a poker table. The only way this thing could be even worse is if they gave Kathy Griffin to Mandel as a co-host. That may cause me to commit suicide.
I'm with the Salt Lake Tribune guy by burningbabyfish	Dec 20th, 2005 11:40:21 AM
I watched it last night, and screamed at the first contestant through the whole thing. She got SCHOOLED in the art of playing the odds - and she shouldn't listen to her hubby! Eeep!
Here's the pitch... by DrJerkass	Dec 20th, 2005 01:31:37 PM
...it's a game show. It's just like watching someone play keno, except that we drag it out for an hour, give people at home a terrible education about playing odds and, get this, Howie Mandell is prominently involved. How can this be anything but awesome?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA by Chief Redcock	Dec 21st, 2005 04:35:42 PM

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