The Games of Sweep, Part 2

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So here we are. We're in September and that means we are focusing on the games in the most recent version of Supermarket Sweep. Today we focus up on the big sweep money makers.

Throughout the sweep, there are bonuses that range from $50 to $250, but there's more than getting a big thing, because there's more.

• Coffee (Value: $100, later $200) – Runners were required to grind a bag of coffee beans.

• Candy (Value: $100, later $200) – Runners were required to bag and weigh $1.00 worth of candy. Contestants could be off within two cents above or below $1.00, and the bonus was still earned. In the Lifetime version, contestants simply used a paper bag. In the PAX version, players used a plastic bag and were then required to use a twist tie to seal the bag in order to get credit for the bonus.

eginning with the introduction of the candy, both it and the coffee bonus were available to shoppers on each episode. This changed for Season 9 (the final season) to have only one or the other available for any particular Big Sweep. The item for that episode was announced at the start of the Big Sweep, and the bonus doubled to $200. Earlier, the candy was omitted from episodes that had the Jelly Belly money maker (see below), as Jelly Belly is a candy.

• Shopping List (Value: $250, later $300 for the Alphabet Game) – Before the Sweep, David gave a list of three products in the market to be found. The Alphabet Game was played the same way, but with David mentioning three consecutive letters of the alphabet as well as the products beginning with those letters (the products had to be placed into mini-baskets that were located in the front of the carts to count, and only one of each item; multiple mini-baskets could be used if needed).

• Magazine Display – Picking up three or four magazines that were listed by David, from the many titles to choose from.

• Jelly Belly Display – Bagging three flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans that David wanted from the many flavors to choose from. This omitted the candy bonus to go along with the coffee, due to Jelly Belly being a candy.

• International Bread Center – Bagging certain quantities of three bread types that were listed by David, from the many bread types to choose from.

• Breakfast Break – Getting five breakfast items that David asked for with the help of their partners, which all had to be placed in mini-baskets; this was later changed to two breakfast items with David announcing over the loudspeaker during the sweep and then completely removed. The reason for this is that its rules were too confusing for viewers to figure out.
• Instant Coupon Machines – Three instant coupon machines were located throughout the market, and the contestant would grab a coupon and find the item for that coupon, and finding all three items with these coupons won $250.

• Frozen Yogurt Machine – Dispensing three flavors of frozen yogurt into a plastic cup (and in a certain order), from the following four flavors: Triple Fudgy Chocolate, Vanilla Bean Dream, Sweet Peachy Peach, and Berry Berry Raspberry.

• TV Mystery Product (Value: $250, $300 for The $300 Movie) – Runners tried to find a product using clues displayed on three television monitors in the market. This bonus was later changed to the use of two television monitors in 2001, which allowed other money makers using the TV monitors, including Splitting the Name, with one half of a product's name on each of the two monitors, and The $300 Movie, in which David would say "Activate the TV monitors" over the loudspeaker during the sweep, and the clues would be available for the contestants, in which they would find a single copy of the movie. Originally, the monitors were touchscreen, but often a clue would take too long to appear, taking up a contestant's shopping time; so this was later changed to buttons placed below the monitors; a contestant could receive their clues simply by pushing the monitors' buttons, which also activate red lights surrounding the buttons. Early episodes with this game didn't reveal what the name of the product was if nobody found it.

• Stack Job (Value: $100, later $150) – Runners had to find one of three bags filled with empty soda cans that were spread throughout the market and return the bag to their partner. Their partner then had to go to their table and, using all 21 cans, stack the empty soda cans in the shape of a pyramid as shown before the Sweep began. Getting the "Stack Job" done awarded the team a token good for the bonus.

And let's not forget......

• Manager's Special or Red Tag Special (Value: $200) – During the Sweep, Ruprecht announced the "Manager's Special" or the "Red Tag Special" of the day via the market's loudspeaker (later his announcements became pre-recorded, often reused). The contestant had to run to a red-and-white barrel at the front of the market for the Manager's Special or a shopping cart at the back of the market for the Red Tag Special that was filled with products and find the specially marked item (marked with a red symbol such as a red star or a red X for the Manager's Special, a red tag for the Red Tag Special). An unmarked item awarded no bonus to the team, even if it was the correct product. Sometimes gags (such as a severed hand, a rubber chicken, etc.) would be put into those props for humor.

And of course, when the bell rings, the team with the most things in the cart gets to go for the big money. When we come back in October, we'll do Classic Concentration.

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The games of Sweep, Part 1

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Welcome to @ The Buzzr.  

So here we are. We're in September and that means we are focusing on the games in the most recent version of Supermarket Sweep. This excludes the mini-sweep and the bonus sweep. Let's focus on the games of the pre-sweep. 

Players were asked a series of questions, usually with a specific brand of grocery items as answers; each question was worth 10 seconds. In each round, the questions followed a specific format, which varied between rounds and shows. The formats used on the show included:

• Guessing which item a series of interesting facts described.
• Determining the brand name of a product, the picture of which had the brand name edited out.
• Slogans – Guessing which item went with a particular slogan or jingle.
• Multiple Choice – Selecting one or more of the answers to a series of questions from a bank of four, five or six possible choices. A famous saying or phrase was asked to the contestants, belonging to which answer.

• Three Right – Six choices were given to the contestants. They were asked which three out of the six belonged to a certain brand or item or genre. All three contestants buzzed in and guessed which one of the three items that were correct. So this was a chance for all three contestants to pick-up 10 seconds. Three questions were played.

• Word Games – Filling in the blanks to reveal a product's name; contestants were either given clues and/or letters that were progressively added (either randomly or spelled backwards). Sometimes only the first & last letters were given, and three clues were read. Another variant had a partially-filled name, with some letters missing; again, three clues were given.
• Fill in the Blank – Two phrases, each featuring a blank, were seen, and both blanks had the same word. A later version was similar to the Before & After puzzles on Wheel of Fortune, with a blank in the middle.
• This or That or Fact or Not a Fact – Questions with two choices were asked and only one team was allowed to buzz-in and answer; selecting the correct answer earned 10 seconds for that team only; selecting the wrong one gave the other two teams 10 seconds each.
• Animal Sounds – A set of three to five animals (cow, sheep, pig, chicken, and/or fish) were presented as the answer choices and contestants had to choose the correct animal by making its sound. If three animals were given, there was a rule in which they would answer by making a raspberry-blowing sound if it did not belong to any of the three animals.

• Twisted – Guessing a product's name from synonyms and/or antonyms that replaced each word. For example, "Cow's Ear" is a clue for BullsEye Barbecue Sauce.
• County Fair – Tested the players' sense of knowledge of a particular gadget.
• Supermarket Trivia – Trivia questions were asked about the items sold in the supermarket.
• Fat Chance – Three food items were shown, and the players had to determine which item had the fewest grams of fat.
• Checkstand Headlines – Facts about a famous person or event that were read about in checkstand tabloids were given to the contestants, and the contestants were to guess what the fact referred to.
• Proverbs – Facts about well-known expressions were given to the contestants, and the contestants were to guess by completing these popular expressions with items found or sold in the supermarket.

During each segment, different games were played involving everyday groceries. These games varied from day to day and generally involved the following objectives:

• Selecting which of three items was priced above or below a certain amount, was not a given price, was on sale, was incorrectly priced, was correctly priced, or was the most expensive.

• Determining how much of one item could be bought for a certain amount of money.
• Guessing whether the actual price for a product was higher or lower than the price displayed. A variation also included the possibility of the shown price being correct.

If a player was correct, that team earned 10 seconds; however, if all three players were right, 30 seconds was added to all three teams' times. In Season 1, however, all games (excluding the "on sale" version) had 20 seconds added to all three teams if all three players were right.

Even so, there was a 30-second shootout in which is combined a word game with Pyramid to make up the name of the product.  It was mostly used in the PAX version.  On our next edition, we'll focus on the big sweep money makers.

That should end it.  anything you question or comment goes to me on social media or email and we'll explain. We will see you all @ The.....................





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