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Post by vahan on Aug 15, 2017 10:30:23 GMT -5
The newsletter says the likes of the Trivia Trap pilot (Bob Eubanks in suit and tie instead of v-collar sweater) and Richard Simmons' Dreammaker (WTF?) will be featured on 11-15.
From The Game Show Forum
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Post by dare2be on Aug 15, 2017 12:50:05 GMT -5
Yep, I got the BUZZR Insider email yesterday:
A buzzer and a bell? What could this mean? That’s right, folks: Lost and Found is back September 11th until September 15th. BUZZR has searched every nook and cranny of its vaults to bring you some hidden gems, including never-before-seen programming like Trivia Trap with Bob Eubanks and Richard Simmons' Dream Maker. Stay tuned for more details!
We’ve been listening to what you have to say; and, we’re doing something about it. Coming this Fall, we are adding more episodes and new game shows. Keep an eye out for updates and details from BUZZR in the coming weeks.
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Post by aaaa on Aug 15, 2017 16:43:45 GMT -5
I don't know how they got to rights to Richard Simmons Dream Maker. For those who don't know, it was a Fall 1999 syndicated show where RIchard Simmons hosted and people wrote in or e-mailed the show with their "dreams" and those on the show got their dreams come true. It was syndicated by Tribune who syndicated the Karn era of Feud, I don't see how that alone would make it a Fremantle property. Buzzr has the rights to Wordplay because Syd Vinnedge/All American television co-produced it. ALl-American became Pearson which became Fremantle. I remember doing an APril Fools joke on ATGS in 2000 about the then recently cancelled Dream Maker coming to GSN.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Aug 15, 2017 16:53:42 GMT -5
I'll get to see the Trivia Trap pilot in better quality! Bless.
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Post by vahan on Aug 16, 2017 10:38:28 GMT -5
When they say new episodes this fall, I hope they mean more Press Your Luck is coming. That's when we'll find out about the missing 5/31/84 show (if it airs or not), and we go into some of the episodes that were played on GSN from September 2016 to May 2017. I don't know if Michael Larson will air as normal.
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Aug 16, 2017 11:35:44 GMT -5
Not a huge Trivia Trap fan, but it's always fun to see old game show pilots on TV. Richard Simmons' Dream Maker though... it almost sounds like Buzzr is trolling us. Just hope it doesn't show up on the regular schedule.
Will be interesting to see what else they have in store for this special and on their fall lineup. Would be nice to see shows like syndie WML? and TTTT (or any color version of TTTT really), CBS Password, Rafferty Card Sharks/Blockbusters, and Wordplay.
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Post by dare2be on Aug 16, 2017 13:07:18 GMT -5
Let's get more Cullen Blockbusters before diving into Rafferty, ok? More Super Password, more Password Plus, and the remainder of the MG73 episodes, please.
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Post by vahan on Aug 16, 2017 13:21:50 GMT -5
You know what else I would love? If Buzzr keeps the ticket or contestant plugs on Trivia Trap on at least a few episodes. That's one of the few old game shows in which NONE of those things exist among collectors. A couple of original broadcasts exist (Friday of the celebrity week from November 23, 1984 and the finale from April 5, 1985), but that's about it, and there were no plugs in either of them. There was also, just recently, the opening (and ONLY the opening, BTW) to the December 20, 1984 episode, as seen on one of Michael Pannoni's tapes.
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Post by aaaa on Aug 16, 2017 15:47:13 GMT -5
Not a huge Trivia Trap fan, but it's always fun to see old game show pilots on TV. Richard Simmons' Dream Maker though... it almost sounds like Buzzr is trolling us. Just hope it doesn't show up on the regular schedule. Will be interesting to see what else they have in store for this special and on their fall lineup. Would be nice to see shows like syndie WML? and TTTT (or any color version of TTTT really), CBS Password, Rafferty Card Sharks/Blockbusters, and Wordplay. I remember doing an early April Fool's joke in March 2000 on ATGS by saying Dream Maker and other then-recent not-popular shows were coming to GSN. 17.5 years later, one of them does turn up in reruns, but on Buzzr.
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Post by vahan on Aug 18, 2017 8:28:53 GMT -5
A commercial just played (I didn't see it), and it looks like Winner Take All, Play for Keeps, the Trivia Trap pilot, Choose Up Sides and Play Your Hunch will be part of it. There is also a reference to the "very first" episode of Match Game, which is probably just Pilot A again.
Sucks that some of them from two years ago are being repeated, but at least the Trivia Trap pilot will be shown.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Aug 18, 2017 17:45:03 GMT -5
I adore the first format of Trivia Trap. The second one was... meh. Classic case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I can live with fresh pilots mixed in with a few others. Just as long as it's not all repeats. Richard Simmons' Dream Maker on the other hand...
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Post by ivoryface86 on Aug 18, 2017 18:05:48 GMT -5
Hope that Buzzr air fresh "new" episodes(to them) of Body Language that could go into May 1985(remember, in past GSN airings, the May 2 and 3 episodes were skipped) and Child's Play, including the debut of the Turnabout end game(there is an original broadcast version of the Turnabout premiere week episode discovered recently IIRC). As seen, Buzzr aired clips from the series debut week of Body Language(eggcrate numbers appearing everywhere, the $25,000 winnings cap, possibly a player could retire undefeated with at least 3 $8000 wins without going on to a then-maximum 5 turns at the Sweepstakes end game).
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Post by swohsemag on Aug 29, 2017 12:44:40 GMT -5
The 2017 Lost and Found schedule is now available. It appears to run for just two hours per night.
MON 9/11
8:00pm Make The Connection 55 (#004) A celebrity panel tries to guess the links between a group of contestants by asking questions that result in either a yes or no answer. Celebrity guest: Sam Levenson (original airdate 8/4/1955)
8:40pm Choose Up Sides 56 (#001) Two teams of kids, "The Bronco Busters" and "The Space Pilots", compete in a stunt game show. (original airdate 1/7/1956)
9:20pm Match Game 62 ("PLTX") Pilot. Host Gene Rayburn guides two teams of three (each featuring two contestants and one celebrity guest) through a game of question and answer, as teammates try to match answers with each other.
TUES 9/12
8:00pm Wordplay 86 ("PLTX") Contestants are presented with unique words. A panel of celebrities provide definitions and contestants must determine which is correct.
8:30pm Wordplay 86 ("#0001") Contestants are presented with unique words. A panel of celebrities provide definitions and contestants must determine which is correct. (original airdate 12/29/1986)
9:00pm Trivia Trap 84 ("#0001") A team of players under the age of 30 compete against a team over 30 in a general knowledge trivia game.
9:30pm Trivia Trap 84 (#0002) A team of players under the age of 30 compete against a team over 30 in a general knowledge trivia game.
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Post by swohsemag on Aug 29, 2017 12:48:55 GMT -5
WED 9/13
8:00pm Missing Links 63 ("PLTX") Pilot. Three celebrity panelists try to guess the missing pieces of a contestant's story.
8:40pm Winner Take All 52 ("#0002) The battle of the bell vs. the buzzer, with two contestants competing against each other in a question & answer game. (original airdate 2/28/1952)
9:20pm Play For Keeps 55 ("#PLT2") Pilot. Two contestants face off answering trivia questions from a category of their choice. Each question presents a new opportunity for contestants to wager their earnings.
THU 9/14
8:00pm Richard Simmons' Dream Maker 1 (#0001) With the help of his celebrity friends, the famed Richard Simmons brings joy to a live audience as he fulfills the dreams of everyday people. This episode features a young boy meeting Jay Leno, a woman receiving surgery to remove her tatoos, and a mother's gift of a wedding dress to her daughter.
9:00pm Body Talk 90 ("#PLT1") Pilot. Vicki Lawrence hosts this game of charades featuring two teams of three, each with one contestant and two celebrity guests.
9:30pm Star Words 83 ("#PLTA") Pilot. Contestants and celebrity guests must agree on a common association between words.
FRI 9/15
8:00pm It's News To Me 51 ("#0001") Pilot. A celebrity panel are shown props, drawings, and photographs that were tied in with news events of the past and present, and then asked to supply the story related to them. Celebrity guest: Mickey Mantle. (original airdate 5/11/1951)
8:40pm Play Your Hunch 60 (#0002") Two teams are asked to guess which of three possible solutions would solve either a problem or answer a question. Celebrity guest: Jonathan Winters (original airdate 4/15/1960)
9:20pm Nothing But The Truth 56 ("#PLTX") Pilot episode of To Tell The Truth by the name Nothing But The Truth. Cross-examiners include Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, and Dick Van Dyke with host Mike Wallace.
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Post by swohsemag on Aug 29, 2017 12:55:37 GMT -5
The whole thing replays on 9/17.
Then, on 9/18, Dream Maker appears to join the daily schedule at 1pm.
In better news, SOTC picks up with episode 82. Is this new to Buzzr?
And at 9:30pm, Wordplay joins the daily schedule.
Trivia Trap joins for an hour on Sunday nights starting 9/24.
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