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Post by thekid965 on Sept 19, 2014 17:52:34 GMT -5
For your convenience, use this thread for all relevant discussion of Celebrity Name Game, premiering this Monday (22 September 2014) on a local station near you.
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Post by Mandoli on Sept 19, 2014 19:49:52 GMT -5
I'm highly surprised at the station that's airing it here. It's competing against Wheel. That's no good.
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Post by ladykelsey on Sept 21, 2014 23:22:30 GMT -5
Here's a treat for all you Celebrity Name Game newbies, Be sure to watch tomorrow's episode of The Wendy Williams Show for a Celebrity Name Game themed episode that will feature the host of the show and a behind the scenes look at Celebrity Name Game and much more, So be sure to watch The Wendy Williams Show tomorrow for an inside look at Celebrity Name Game, Kelsey
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Post by thekid965 on Sept 22, 2014 18:06:55 GMT -5
It's a Pyramid knock-off, and as Pyramid knock-offs go it's at least a decent one. I'm not sure if I like the host acting as clue-giver for the last round, though; you'll have to sell me on that one, I think. Otherwise, it seems a fun little show, certainly harmless enough, and Colin's Craig's pretty good at this for a first-timer (unless, of course, you count the April Fool's Price stunt).
Edit: I suck. >_<
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Post by Kaos on Sept 22, 2014 18:27:45 GMT -5
Colin? Who's Colin?
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Post by Mario500 on Sept 22, 2014 18:33:36 GMT -5
I did not like the idea of having the host for the program give clues either (especially if he was allowed to make fun of the subjects related to the clues), but I liked the general concept of the program after seeing it for the first time today (specifically its second edition).
I doubt I would be able to watch the program regularly or be able watch any edition of it in full since the station set to broadcast it in my area would have it broadcast in a time period when at least one of my other local TV stations would have local news programming from Monday through Friday (I don't want to miss some of the local news programming between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.). The same applies to "Jeopardy!" too (between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday).
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Post by ladykelsey on Sept 22, 2014 19:27:11 GMT -5
I saw Celebrity Name Game for the very first time and what I think is that they tried to copy Million Dollar Password and make a better version of the Pyramid series under a different name but what I think what will make the show successful is the fact that Courtney Cox and David Arquette produce it and with Courtney Cox a fabulous actress Celebrity Name Game will be the first {I believe} show that will be successful for their production company. Now about the star of Celebrity Name Game I feel that Craig Ferguson will be a huge game show star but as the host of the show I found Craig to be kind of funny and trying hard to be cool but a guy like Frasier's David Hyde Pierce or Ted Danson could've been better and more fun. But I have a feeling that Celebrity Name Game will be around quite a while, Overall Grade: C, Kelsey, P.S. Wasn't Craig Ferguson in Disney's Brave? Because I never knew that in addition to The Late Show Craig Ferguson did movies for Disney
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Post by Mario500 on Sept 22, 2014 19:44:13 GMT -5
P.S. Wasn't Craig Ferguson in Disney's Brave? Because I never knew that in addition to The Late Show Craig Ferguson did movies for Disney He did not physically appear in "Brave", but his voice was in it for the character Lord Macintosh. (I'm sure ladykelsey all ready knew only his voice was in the movie, I was just clarifying what she meant for folks unfamiliar with the movie and the fact that its characters are computer-generated images)
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Sept 22, 2014 20:52:16 GMT -5
I love this show and want to be on it. Also Craig Ferguson's doing great.
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Post by caseyabell on Sept 23, 2014 11:26:36 GMT -5
My review from Game Show Follies...
What's in a name?
Remember those irritating categories on Pyramid that consisted of people's proper names? They were often the toughest to guess, especially if you didn't know the people in the category.
I just watched the debut of Celebrity Name Game, and it's Pyramid with nothing but those proper name categories. Which makes it a surprisingly tough game to play well. The show concentrates on pop culture, so if you're not up on your celebs in the latest entertainment news, you're dead meat.
Two teams of two civvies duke it out in the guessing games, with the sometimes competent help of a couple celebs. In one of the rounds even host Craig Ferguson gives the clues. Over the various rounds, there are many permutations of clue-givers and name-guessers, and I'm not going to track through them all. Just watch the show and you'll get the idea.
No matter who's giving the clues or who's guessing the names, Craig Ferguson is playing for laughs. On the debut episode a decent percentage of his quips hit the mark. All that talk show experience comes in handy. The gameplay moves along briskly, and the winning civvies on the first ep went home with the twenty grand top prize. So the show ended with lots of happy happy joy joy, even if those names can be tough to guess.
But wait, there's more! There's no thread on this show, but I'll give you my review of Game Plane ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Up in the air
Just took in the two-episode debut of Game Plane on one of the less watched DFW stations.
The first ep featured your genial host Mark Walberg. He cracked wise as always and was generally charming as always. But like everybody else on both episodes, he talked really, really loud and really, really fast. Which isn't all bad. Whatever else you might say about this show, it moves and I'm not talking about air travel.
In case you haven't heard, Game Plane springs various contests on Allegiant Air passengers while they're flying to more or less desirable destinations. As any game show fan can see, the games are often blatant ripoffs. In particular, the "big deal" at the end of each ep was a shameless steal from Card Sharks. But hey, this is a cheap and cheesy show where everybody talks loud and fast. They should rip off other game shows.
By the way, Walberg didn't host the second ep. Instead, some guy named Jay Flats ran the proceedings. I assume it was the pilot ep (pun intended) and the cheap and cheesy producers didn't want to waste the tape.
Maybe it's just my own cheapness and cheesiness, but I enjoyed the episodes. Game Plane doesn't have an ounce of pretension to intellectual challenge or aesthetic originality. It's just some dumb fun in the air.
Lots of new stuff for a change. Wednesday I'll review Sports Jeopardy. The clip they released featured a scantily clad person of the female persuasion. It looks like a guy show, you might say.
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Post by Kaos on Sept 23, 2014 20:05:47 GMT -5
I saw Celebrity Name Game for the very first time and what I think is that they tried to copy Million Dollar Password and make a better version of the Pyramid series under a different name but what I think what will make the show successful is the fact that Courtney Cox and David Arquette produce it and with Courtney Cox a fabulous actress Celebrity Name Game will be the first {I believe} show that will be successful for their production company. Now about the star of Celebrity Name Game I feel that Craig Ferguson will be a huge game show star but as the host of the show I found Craig to be kind of funny and trying hard to be cool but a guy like Frasier's David Hyde Pierce or Ted Danson could've been better and more fun. But I have a feeling that Celebrity Name Game will be around quite a while, Overall Grade: C, Kelsey, P.S. Wasn't Craig Ferguson in Disney's Brave? Because I never knew that in addition to The Late Show Craig Ferguson did movies for Disney A couple other things worth mentioning about Craig. He appeared in an episode of the BBC's "Red Dwarf" playing the part of "Confidence" in the episode "Confidence and Paranoia" He was also a member of a British punk band "The Bastards from Hell" (later renamed "Dreamboys"), which was fronted by Peter Capaldi, now of Doctor Who fame.
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Post by antmanb on Sept 24, 2014 0:47:16 GMT -5
I'm highly surprised at the station that's airing it here. It's competing against Wheel. That's no good. same here in houston. ill check it out tomorrow.
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Post by caseyabell on Sept 24, 2014 6:55:17 GMT -5
In Dallas-Fort Worth it's competing against Wheel and Millionaire. Talk about a tough slot for a new game show.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Sept 24, 2014 18:02:34 GMT -5
Here it's on before Feud and is on against reruns of the previous season of Jeopardy.
I noticed that Frank Nicotero from Street Smarts is the audience warmup guy for the show.
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Post by Kaos on Sept 24, 2014 18:32:21 GMT -5
In St Louis, it's competing against WoF and Entertainment Tonight, as well as Family Feud.
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