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Best game shows of all time

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by MTM, Jun 12, 2017.

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  1. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    MTM, Jun 12, 2017
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  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I might have put Name That Tune in place of Weakest Link. But really that is a pretty good list and can't argue with the Top 2 spots
     
    Spartan Squad, Jun 12, 2017
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  3. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Alf was the greatest host Hollywood Squares ever had.
     
    Huggy, Jun 12, 2017
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  4. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Joker's Wild was one I enjoyed that didn't make the list. Wink Martendale.
     
    CD Boogie, Jun 12, 2017
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  5. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Jeopardy! -- for the smart kids
    Card Sharks -- for random good or ill luck
    Wheel of Fortune -- for the brain farts contestants have all the time, like one letter to go and they can't quite figure it out
     
    swingline, Jun 12, 2017
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  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Glad Card Sharks made the list. One of my favorites.

    Criminal to leave Tic Tac Dough off the list.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jun 12, 2017
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  7. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    As a kid, I was repeatedly frustrated by Match Game because the contestant was at the mercy of the panelists' answers, which were stupid many times. Don't think that's #3 worthy.
     
    qtlaw, Jun 12, 2017
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  8. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

     
    Riptide, Jun 12, 2017
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  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I would put Price is Right in front of lame Wheel of Fortune. Wheel has been running on fumes for decades.

    We can all agree that Steve Harvey is much better than Richard Dawson as host of Family Feud, correct?
     
    poindexter, Jun 12, 2017
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  10. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    To me, Richard Dawson will always be Family Feud. And loved him on the Match Game, too, in the era where they smoked on the set. I went through a period a few years ago where I DVR'd Match Game and the $25,000 Pyramid every day.

    Totally agree on Wheel of Fortune. I liked it when the winner shopped for bad furniture and porcelain dogs after each round. It's been overslicked for too long. (That said, my favorite casino slot is ... Wheel of Fortune.)

    Press Your Luck is underrated, though glad it made the list at all. And hear-hear on Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough.
     
    playthrough, Jun 12, 2017
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  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Dawson gets credit for being the original, and he had a unique style.
    But Harvey thinks on his feet so much better.
     
    poindexter, Jun 12, 2017
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  12. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    I was watching Match Game yesterday on Buzzer and two takeaways were my 19-year-old son laughing hard at some answers and Elaine Joyce puffing a cigarette in the background on a wide shot of the contestant and panel.

    As for Feud, I like Harvey because he calls people out for stupid answers, and, as Poin said, is more spontaneous. But I liked the Dawson version of the show better when people trying to give dirty answers without being dirty as opposed to today's blatant responses.
     
    MTM, Jun 12, 2017
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