Predicting the hosts...

The reason Marie Osmond's picture is there is, people on the GSN Forums are predicting who's going to host the GSN revival of The $100,000 Pyramid. Someone mentioned Marie Osmond so she could follow in Donny's footsteps. Someone mentioned Jerry Seinfeld, Arsenio Hall, Alfonso Ribeiro, Cat Deeley, etc...

I say, you can't predict who the host will be on these game shows. It's impossible most of the time. It's a miracle if someone actually guesses right. But very rare. It can annoy me when people keep guessing who hosts a game show. People just sit all day and try to think of names it seems.

Donny Osmond wasn't necessarily a bad host. I doubt GSN would get him but, it is a thought. Donny Osmond would be my only choice. No one else. I know I'd be wrong but, that's my ONLY guess. Not like other people who can guess all day long.

GSN and Pyramid

There's discussion going on the GSN Forums about The $25,000 Pyramid. Currently, GSN is running Donny Osmond's Pyramid at 10:30am ET. I find this ridiculous that GSN is doing this with Pyramid. Dick Clark's version is a classic and I would hate to see it go.

Right now, however, according to the GSN Online schedule, it lists The $25,000 Pyramid again on Friday from 7pm - 11pm ET. I have a gut feeling it will change. I've been wrong but this is riduclous the games GSN is playing with us. They are so unorganized and the network is run by monkeys who don't know what to do.

I am a little mad Donny's Pyramid is still on at 10:30am. It may be from 2002 but I still wouldn't consider it "classic" in this day in age still. Dick Clark just died and I feel this is disrespectful. How come GSN can't be a little more like TV Land. A network devoted to mostly classic shows and they still air shows  that people have passed away who starred on those shows. M*A*S*H, for example. Harry Morgan died in December. Some people mentioned TV Land in that thread to. I agree with them.

I made a schedule on the GSN boards this past weekend with no classics, though. It looked decent but, as long as the schedule looks decent, I don't have a problem with it. If you want to read stuff in that thread, CLICK HERE.

GSN Needs to improve? Part 2

Here's part 2 of my little weekend series how GSN needs to improve the weekends. I think if GSN started their programming at 6:00am ET, that would give time for some trivia classic shows because, those shows I wouldn't air during the day. One reason, trivia games from like the 60's, 70's and 80's, the problem with them is the questions are outdated.

GSN needs to improve? Part 1

It's a slow Saturday, so I'll just be talking about how GSN needs to improve with their schedule since, apparently according to their online schedule, they're taking off The $25,000 Pyramid with Dick Clark.

I say here's how GSN needs to improve with their schedule. And I'm trying to do what works with GSN. I watch their schedule, I might know. First, here's what I said on GSN's board just now:

Million Dollar game shows

There's a discussion on the GSN Forums titled "What If? -- The $1,000,000 Press Your Luck Hour?" Here's basically what I had to say about it.

I'm starting to hate million dollar game shows. Honestly. So therefor, I don't want a Million Dollar Whammy/Press Your Luck. Seriously, I sure liked it when a contestant was happy winning over 10,000 on a game show or 5,000 for that matter. Nowadays, 100,000 or 250,000 isn't so bad. Maybe even 500,000. On certain game shows, giving away 1,000,000 is good. But, that's beside the point. I don't want a new version of Whammy!/Press Your Luck.

Another Poster: Come on Phimat. If you had the choice of being on a $25,000 game show or a $1,000,000 game show, both with the same type of gameplay and both having an equal level of difficulty, I'm sure you would choose the latter. 

Come on, I would be just as happy with a $25,000 game show. But, you can do so much more with $1,000,000. I just think game shows nowadays are dumbed down in a way.

I just hate it people on game shows nowadays don't seem to be happy with what they win, they get greedy. People used to be happy with $5,000, $10,000, $25,000 or possibly $50,000. Maybe even $100,000, $250,000 or $500,000 but that's as far as I'll go.

Another Poster: Press Your Luck is just all luck, and I still doubt any network is going to recreate it, except GSN. With Whammy!'s ratings, I can see GSN reviving Whammy! between now and the next 10 years. If GSN were to revive it now, it would be cheaper than the 2002-03 version 

 I agree there, but GSN would somehow screw it up and air it a lot (like any other network does with their shows) and overdo it. But, it would be worth a shot, I think.

I hope I don't sound like a certain person that owns a blog called the Game Show Follies. But, I think you know my view on million dollar game shows now.

Which "Password" host fooled around more?

There's a thread on the GSN Forums asking this question. This is a good poll, I think.

I had to say Bert Convy because, Bert laughed and fooled around a lot as, Allen seemed kind of laid back, if you know what I mean. He laughed of course but, he just seemed kind of mellowed.

Poster #2:  Hmm...Bert also had more energy. 

 That too but, nothing against Allen of course. Allen is my favorite host of Password, I think.

Poster #3:  Judging by this scientific poll, Convy is a screw up. IMO, he was the bigger screw up on Password. His jokes weren't that funny and his incompetence (intentional or not, most likely forced) was pretty lame.
When he revealed the word, screwing up once is okay but, he did it several times. I'm surprised Mark Goodson Television productions didn't fire him for his embarrassments with that.
When Rip Taylor lost control on the set, Convy couldn't handle it and let it drag on. Not to mention, he took Taylor's wig and placed it on his own chest and claimed he has a hairy chest. Not funny. 

I agree his jokes weren't that funny. He sounded like a fake almost, no offense to Bert Convy's fans. But, honestly, I think he's okay.

Most people voted for Convy right now. Allen Ludden seemed like the more laid back type to me.

GSN: The world of games and prizes

Honestly, today is a slow news day for me so I will be talking about GSN's Oodles program. I think it has gone downhill since a few years ago. The prizes have gone downhill for sure. The games are fun but I've stopped playing for the time being until GSN can restock the good prizes.

I started a new group on Facebook called "Oodles for Nothing" a group to complain without getting in trouble. I'm speaking out right now. I emailed GSN and complained to them at a certain email address. Peter Blacklow, President, GSN Digital and Executive Vice President, WorldWinner. I think that's how it goes. It wasn't a form letter, he said he would pass it on and meet as a group to discuss it.

Hopefully they did. I've been with GSN since 2006. I'm a hardcore GSN fan. And, me, as well as many players are not happy with the direction GSN has turned. I'm not a complainer, just an outraged customer who states his opinion and tells it like it is.

GSN's Help team sucks. All they can do is write standard form messages. I won't stand for that anymore so I'm trying other email addresses. I can't stand their UnHelpful team.

Last GSN prize I bought actually, was GSN Oodles Lip Balm. I hope you outraged fans continue to speak out as well.

Dream Schedules

People on the GSN Forums make their own schedules in a thread. Some people, however, think that the purpose of the thread is to make a schedule that you think would give good ratings. I say, it's your dream schedule. I recently suggested ideas for the prime time block.

Bob Stewart passes away at 91

I'm sad to report, and I'm sorry I'm late to reporting the passing away of Bob Stewart. The creator of To Tell The Truth, Pyramid, Password, and The Price is Right. He died of natural causes. Just Sixteen days after Dick Clark, the host of Pyramid. Game show announcer Randy West announced the sad news, according to BuzzerBlog.

On a sort of related note, GSN will be airing Donny Osmond Pyramid next week at 10:30AM EST. For now, I hear this is just for next week.

Rest in Peace, Bob Stewart!

The British Are Better Than Us?

Alex Davis of Buzzerblog is a big fan of the british game shows and game shows overseas. I agree, they are better than the game shows nowadays  but I just don't keep up with the game shows overseas. If I was willing, I'm thinking about watching full episodes of overseas game shows and giving my review on them. I'm not sure about it because of other commitments but, We'll see what's in store.

The Hosting Feud

Since the original Family Feud with Richard Dawson in the 1970's, there have been a number of hosts of the Family Feud.

Ray Combs (1988 - 1994)
Louie Anderson (1999 - 2002)
Richard Karn (2002 - 2006)
John O'Hurley (2006 - 2010)
Steve Harvey (2010 - Present)

The reason for the titling of this post is, GSN airs a lot of Family Feud with Richard Karn and Steve Harvey. Just recently, a few weeks ago they added a 5pm hour slot for Steve Harvey and also recently they added an 11pm hour slot for Steve Harvey. John O'Hurley doesn't air much except on Monday's and Saturday's only. It's a shame. I wonder why GSN didn't expose John O'Hurley Feud more if they could? Just a suggestion.

Richard Dawson only airs once every Monday - Friday at 9:00am ET. It's a shame his version doesn't do great in another slot because, he was the original and that's my favorite version. I would like to see the ratings for the Family Feud Dawson marathon back on Christmas Day 2011.

It would be nice is Ray Combs saw the light of day. Next to Richard Dawson, he was my favorite too. It's a shame what happened to him. Maybe that's why he's not on GSN now and why it doesn't get decent enough ratings? But honestly, Karn, O'Hurley and Harvey are good enough for me as much as I'd love a little more Dawson. I like Family Feud regardless of who's hosting. Not a fan of Louie's hosting though, to be honest.

Smart Alec's

A certain host of a game show seems to "know it all". That's easy for anyone to think since he just has cards in front of him reading off the answers. The certain host I'm talking about is Alex Trebek.

Personally, I do like Alex. He is a good host but he just can act like a know it all on Jeopardy!. He says things like "obvious" to some questions. That's easy for him to say, come on. He reads cards, and he makes people think he knows it all it seems like. No offense to all. Alex is one of my favorites and a good host of the show as I keep saying but he doesn't need to talk like he's so "intelligent". No offense there either.

Wheel of Fortune on the other hand doesn't really involve smarts. Well, maybe it does because you have to try to know the puzzles and get them as fast as you can. Pat Sajak doesn't act like Alex though, I can't really speak much for him.

There is not a quiz show like Jeopardy! I don't think. It is such an intelligent show and good to learn from. Just get tired of the people who act like they know it all. No offense once again.