Game Shows?

[beelzebabette]

I can oneup thee so far: I was a contestant on a game show once. This took place before most fo you were born.

It was the Gong Show wasn't it? How long did you last?

[creekster]

It was the Gong Show wasn't it? How long did you last?

Not the gong show, although my best friend and i did once recreate the "Embryo Twins" routine from the gong show, which nearly got us suspended from HS. Stinkin' closed minded Utahans.

I was on a Jim Perry vehicle (sale of the century or split second; something like that). I too k second place on our day after leading the entire session but suffering a brain cramp on a bonus question (it was a real game show like jeopardy where you had to answer questions and you were penalized if you were wrong). It was a jeopardy like question where Jim read an answer (or started to) and you buzzed in when you got it and if you were right you got the money and if wrong, it was deducted. On this bonus question the sooner you buzzed in the more money you got. SO big Jim say s "What are, gluttony, avarice . . ." at which point i buzz in and say "the Seven Sins, Jim" and he says "I need more info." Now what you couldnt see at home is that behind Jim on the set was a big panel with lights and when you got an answer correct it flashed in a brilliant green check mark and when it was wrong it flashed a bright red X. But when big Jim asked for more info, you got an incredibly bright Yellow question mark.

So There I am thinking i had said the Seven Deadly Sins (but beta max proved i left out the word deadly) and Jim asks for more info and this big question mark starts flashing and I had some sort of seizure or something and stood there stupidly, saying nothing. "Oh, I am so sorry creekster; because you buzzed in so early you have lost $100" which put me in second by $20 (or thereabouts) but it also made me lose my edge and so the second place schmuck kept beating me tot he buzz in and I ended up losing by the same margin.

Because I didn't win, I told no one that i was on the show or when it would be aired. I then learned just how many unemployed and shiftless friends I had because ont he day it aired I received phone call after phone call from friends and especially enemies laughing at my inability to remember the word deadly. Even my mother received calls from HER friends, which ticked her off because I had not told her about it either.

[Green Lantern]

Because I didn't win, I told no one that i was on the show or when it would be aired. I then learned just how many unemployed and shiftless friends I had because ont he day it aired I received phone call after phone call from friends and especially enemies laughing at my inability to remember the word deadly. Even my mother received calls from HER friends, which ticked her off because I had not told her about it either.

This is a sad truth. I was on the syndicated WEAKEST LINK game show (spoiler alert: I lost) and it aired maybe 4 times during the couple years after taping. So every once in a while I or my family would get out-of-the-blue calls from people going "You're on TV!!!!" Fun experience though. They flew me to L.A., took me in a limo from the airport to the hotel and then we taped the next day at Burbank studios right next door to the TONIGHT SHOW.

[beelzebabette]

Win Lose or Draw with its collection of fake celebrities
Supermarket Sweep

Both excellent additions. I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned my great love for Circus of the Stars--way better than Dancing, and by better I mean more comical. The Win, Lose or Draw couches were a great B-list showcase.

Supermarket Sweep would be in my game show hall of fame. Easy to recreate at home as well.