Dwarves Like game shows, too

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Twitch. Dish Network. Your digital antenna. And now.......a new way to watch Buzzr. See why when I return. 

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We asked you which Better Sex host is better, it was a tie between Sarah Purcell.......and both. Which is Bill Anderson joining her. We'll have another one after I tell you about a new way to watch Buzzr. 

If you love game shows Buzzr is the network for you. Previously if you wanted to watch Buzzr you had to hope it was available with your antenna. Recently Buzzr launched a free stream on their website. Now Buzzr has started to offer a free 24/7 stream on Pluto TV. Now you can watch Buzzr through Pluto TV’s app on iOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.This will give you access to a growing list of classic game shows like Super Password, Family Feud, Child’s Play, Celebrity Name Game, Card Sharks, Supermarket Sweep, and many more.

Oh and the link is in the sentence in case you were wondering.

So, are you going to Pluto TV to watch Buzzr? We'll give you 2 weeks to  think on it.

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Better than Scars

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Family Feud was at an all time high in 1977, that ABC decided to follow suit with a somewhat related follow up involving both sexes. I'll tell you about it once I return. 

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We asked you were you excited for Classic Concentration coming back and you all agreed. We've got another one after I tell you about...The Better Sex.

Dividing the battle between Men and Women, the show featured Bill Anderson manning the men and Sarah Purcell doing the same to the women. The Objective is to fool the opposing sex by bluffing to trivia questions and doing so knocked 2 out. Othewise, the opposing team tries to do the same plus 1 from the team. Knocking them all out got $1000 and a chance at $5000 by knocking 30 members of the opposing sex from the audience. Any members after 6 questions still standing will divide $500. Although it was short lived, it was about the only time Sarah Purcell hosted a game show. 

And speaking of hosts, Which one was your favorite? You get 2 weeks to think it over.

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Concentrate to Yourselves!

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SO we're back with the original format and we'll start with something Buzzr had.....and their first in over 30 years. Find out once I return. 



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SO we told you which game show hosts were disc jockeys....well, Jeff FOxworthy is one example, as did Geoff Edwards, Dennis James, Tom Kennedy, Jack Narz and more I forgot to mention. We'll have another one after I tell you about......................

For the first time in over 30 years, Classic Concentration makes its way back onto television. Hosted by Alex Trebek, he takes the unchanged format of Concentration and adds in more prizes along with wild cards, take cards and having 8 cars in a bonus round like none other. From 1987-1991, the show was a hit with daytime viewers and was the last in the franchise. This was also the 2nd incarnation under the Goodson umbrella since they didn't own it anyway.


Now, we want to know were you excited for CC?  I'll give you 2 weeks to think on it.




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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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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.

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Radio People

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So game show hosts had something to do before hosting a game show. What was it? I'll tell you about it once I return. 

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We asked which Buzzr program should get a revival, welp, it was a dead heat between I've Got A Secret and....surprise, Card Sharks. we'll have another Buzzr Beater after we tell you about game show hosts in radio. 

So where did Game show hosts start in radio? Well, before being the first host of the modern Price is Right, Bob Barker was on KTTS-FM in Springfield Mo. 

Monty hall was on CKRC radio in his native Canada before he created Let's Make A Deal. 

Bud Collyer played Superman on radio before Beat The Clock and To Tell The Truth. 

John Daly was on NBC Radio before What's My Line hit the airwaves on CBS as a moderator. 

Bob Eubanks was on KACY radio in California before Card Sharks in 1986. 

Before being Mr. password, Allen Ludden hosted a talk show called Mind Your Manners on WTIC in Hartford. 

Gene Rayburn is known for Match Game, but he got started on WNEW in New York. 

I know there are more, but I got a question for you. Which Game show host who started in radio did we forget about? It's an open ended one and teh very first one, so we'll give you until October to find out because next month kicks off the Games of Supermarket Sweep, focusing on the mini games of Sweep before the Round Robin game.

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A Holy Guacamole Revival

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What do Card Sharks, To Tell The Truth and Family Feud have in common? They're all revivals of originals and they've been succesful throughout the course of TV history. So we asked people on the Buzzr Facebook page which show needs to be revived? I'll tell you about it once I return.

Right now, we want to know if you're interested in LMAD alumni day? A lot of you said yes and we'll have another one after we check the page for revivals.

We check the page. Brad Hartford says Card Sharks, Sal Marconi think it's Concentration.....because NBC owns it, so that doesn't count, Sandra Magazin and Richard Mayberry both go with Card Sharks as does Rnady Newcombe who says this:

 "I would just have a terrible feeling with a TT reboot that it is just going to go south, people we don't care about, etc. I would see it as a great show ruined. Card Sharks, sure could go the same direction, but unless someone really screws a reboot, I don't think that show could be as screwed up."

Mike Sanders also went with the same thing and he says:

 "Using the Jim Perry era theme (which was used for the Game Show Marathon Special a few years ago) would help. The trick would be finding the right host. Jim was terrific. Bob Eubanks was OK. Bill Rafferty (I’ve been catching up to his series on YouTube) was very good."

Dirk Yarborough says this:

" If the network got a hold of tattle tails, with the state of celebrities today and especially reality TV celebrities, that would be a disgusting show. Card Sharks is better."

Michael Stokes said this one:

 "Password. If straight Password, no "pyramid" time segments like Million Dollar Password (yuk), except the lightning round.

If a puzzle version, do different types of puzzles or games. Taboo, where certain clues cannot be used. A Body Language type puzzle among others. Timed lightning round (alphabetics style) to determine who plays for the $10000 or more ca$hword. End game, one password, one clue, one million$$$."

um.....okay.  Oso Moke says Supermarket Sweep, of course and Bob Taylor ends it with:

"I want to see a reboot of Card Sharks. And I wanna see it done RIGHT. Make it something that will closely resemble the greatness of the original series with Jim Perry and Bob Eubanks. And make us forget about that dreadful 2001 reboot. Yecch!!"

Now then, which show will you reboot? We'll give you 2 weeks to decide on it.

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