Best Gameshow Ever

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I'm sure there are other shows worthy of this poll, but that doesn't matter. I meant this to be more of a discussion topic...the poll only sweetens the deal.

I like Press Your Luck. Does it still come on? I haven't seen it on Gameshow Network, but then I don't really watch it that much. Let's Make A Deal and Dawson-era Family Feud rocked as well.

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I love Iron Chef. Jeopardy's a close second.

Jeff, they just started running PYL on the Gameshow Network this month. Check local listings.

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I wouldn't call Iron Chef a true game show, at least not on the level of the others listed.

Anyway, I have to choose between Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune, eh?  Tough choice.  I guess the deciding factor is chickage - Pat Sajak only has Vanna White (with whom there is nothing wrong with    ), but Bob's got a whole bevy of hot women.  Also, Bob has done more to endear himself to me - by beating up Happy Gilmore and appearing (sorta) on Futurama.

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Out of idle curiosity, who is Wink Martingale?

You left out Super Happy Smile Time Family Wish Show (or however it goes) and the $10,000 Pyramid.

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Kryten--awesome. Thanks.

Nix--Most recently, Wink has appeared in that Digiorno's pizza commercial where some fat guy is on a gay pizza-guessing game show.

I know him best from his Lifetime Network show, "Debt", but he's been on a few other things over the years, including some show called "How Is Your Mother-in-Law?" I have no idea what that is, but it sounds hilarious.

Here's the full list of crap he's been on.

I've never seen Iron Chef. But it seems to be popular, so I thought I'd include it.

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jeff, you ho, why didnt you list... the weakest link? Ok, so it sucks, but I love the shitty acting, and the way they try to supress their laughter when walking offstage.

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I don`t now any of these shows, so I didn`t vote...
Anyway:I just love PEEL!!!
 

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Jeff, you dumb slut, why didn't you list "The Match Game?" Skinny mikes and Charles Nelson Riley for all!

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Don't make me kick your blank.

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
Don't make me kick your blank.

:::cut to Brett Summers writing something entirely irrelvant, like "Boobaries."::::

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Originally posted by iFil!:
Jeff, you dumb slut, why didn't you list "The Match Game?" Skinny mikes and Charles Nelson Riley for all!

Could you imagine Charles Nelson Riley and Paul Lynde having a Gay-off?

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No whammy no whammy, big money big money!

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Jeff you stupid ho, i want "Classic Concentration" - all the fun of those stupid pictogram puzzels meets the fun of that game where you match stuff.  YAY

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Velour, I love Classic Concentration, especially when it was hosted by Alex Trebek! Hurray! I used to have the computer game...you can still download it at some website though...

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kickass, thanks.  i'll have to download that someday

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*shows Velour a picture of a screw and a ewe*

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
*shows Velour a picture of a screw and a ewe*

Ummm.... you screw sheep?

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And the board suddenly turns down the road of Alcoholism and Beastiality...

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haha rebus puzzles for dummies

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yeah jeff why didn't you list _________!?!?!?!?!

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I hate game shows, they just take up air-time that could be used to show something I like.

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Originally posted by Chrissy:
I don`t now any of these shows, so I didn`t vote... 

Yes you do 
Jeopardy?
Wheel of Fortune (Lykkehjulet (på tv3)?)
Who wants to be a millionaire (Vil du bli millionær)?

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Whose Line Is It Anyway (i know, not a real game show, but was damn funny)
And I like Wheel of Fortune (aus version)

My choices. 

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Who wants to be a millionaire!!
Very funny to see.

Does Who wants to be a millionaire have clones?
Well, if it has, so it isnt here in Denmark

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Originally posted by Mark:
Does Who wants to be a millionaire have clones?

Lesse, there was:

Greed
21
Chance of a Lifetime
Weakest Link
Who Wants To Eat?

Any others?

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Which one had Dick Clark? Was that 21 or am I thinking of something completely different?

Speaking of Who Wants To Eat, that SNL bit was totally ripped from The Onion. What a bunch of hacks.

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21 was hosted by Maury Povich

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I like the german show: "Wer wird Millionär"

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They all suck after the 1st season but I went for who wants to be a millionaire because it provided the simpsons some writing material in season 12.

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The price is right!  I loved and love that show! I watched it everyday for like 8 years.

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I voted Jeopardy!, even though Alex Trebek is an ass, and it's ruined the way I answer questions in my daily life. I like trivia, though. I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Classic Concentration, but I'm miffed at the exclusion from this list of two classic game shows: Bumper Stumpers and Supermarket Sweep. Oh God, those were lame...

Actually, there was one game show that I really liked growing up called the Liar's Club. There was a panel of two-bit celebrities, who gave different explanations as to the origins and usage of a strange object that they were shown, and of course, only one was telling the truth. Maybe I was just easy to entertain in those days, but I think it was pretty good.

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Haha, Bumpter Stumpers is the best gameshow ever but I didn't put it in the poll because I assumed no one else knew about it.

That Liar's Club show sounds like To Tell The Truth. Another great/crappy show.

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
Haha, Bumpter Stumpers is the best gameshow ever but I didn't put it in the poll because I assumed no one else knew about it.

That Liar's Club show sounds like To Tell The Truth. Another great/crappy show.

Oh, man, Bumper Stumpers! I remember that....

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Yeah, I grew up on Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and Family Feud (Pre-Louie Anderson).  I remember $10,000 Pyramid, and Card Shark.

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I loved Carmen Sandiego when I was twelve, but the newer version (Where in Time is CS?) really sucked.
Wow, I can't believe two other people remember Bumper Stumpers... honk honk, dadadada... da, da DADAdada....

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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? was pure crap.

What is/was Bumper Stumpers?

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In Bumper Stumpers, the contestants were shown little messages that one might see on vanity license plates, with letters and numbers, that had to be decoded and said properly. I can't think of any examples from the show, but it was along the lines of this:

YY U R YY U B I C U R YY 4 ME

... except much shorter, and shown on a license plate. I guess something like "Y W8", but usually more difficult.
(A shiny doubloon for whoever gets the puzzles right.)

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Wise you are, wise you be, I see you are wise for me?

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Close, but not quite...

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Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me?