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Post by pyramidfan on Feb 1, 2021 11:52:03 GMT -5
I've been thinking recently about the Lox Box on "Hollywood Squares" -- the bottom-middle cubicle, which Peter Marshall says was so named because it didn't get called on much, so its occupant sat there like a lox for most of the show. I wondered how many other game shows had a format where one or more celebrities could conceivably have nothing game-related to do for an entire episode.
The only other ones I could think of were shows that had a format similar to "Squares," where a panel of celebrities is asked questions: "Battlestars," "Break the Bank," and "Celebrity Sweepstakes." In each of these series, I've seen at least one episode where one of the panelists is not called on at all.
Two others that may be candidates: "All-Star Blitz" and "Rhyme & Reason." I've never seen an episode of "Blitz" where a star is not chosen, but in theory, it could have happened. Granted, with only four celebrities, it was a lot less likely to occur, although I think I saw at least one episode where one of the stars wasn't chosen until the third segment. I haven't seen enough of "Rhyme" to know if it ever happened, but format-wise, I think it was a possibility, as all six celebrities became available to be chosen as soon as a contestant scored each point.
I notice that some shows found a way to prevent stars from doing nothing for the full half-hour. For example, the '70s "You Don't Say!" forced contestants to use up all four celebrities before one of them could be chosen again, and shows like "Match Game" and "Hollywood Connection" set their formats up so that all of the stars got a chance to answer at least once per show.
Am I leaving any game shows out of this list of contenders?
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Post by johnnyo on Feb 1, 2021 14:11:57 GMT -5
Super Password was set up to avoid this, although it could happen, if a very specific scenario unfolded.
Celeb A would need to be timed out before giving a clue to start each puzzle. Then, Celeb B controls each of the remaining passwords for each puzzle by having their contestant guess each password on Celeb B's first clue.
It would mean that Celeb A had four opportunities to play, but failed to actually play each time.
On the MGHSH, the bottom middle had already played MG, so only the top row of celebs could have been left out of participating.
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Post by pyramidfan on Feb 1, 2021 15:47:09 GMT -5
Super Password was set up to avoid this, although it could happen, if a very specific scenario unfolded. Celeb A would need to be timed out before giving a clue to start each puzzle. Then, Celeb B controls each of the remaining passwords for each puzzle by having their contestant guess each password on Celeb B's first clue. It would mean that Celeb A had four opportunities to play, but failed to actually play each time. On the MGHSH, the bottom middle had already played MG, so only the top row of celebs could have been left out of participating. In the scenario you mentioned, though, Celeb A actually did get a turn. He or she just didn't use it. I'm pretty much ruling out all of the two-celebrity shows, as most -- if not all -- of them had it built into their game play that each celebrity would eventually get a turn during the 30 minutes.
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Post by aaaa on Feb 1, 2021 17:33:17 GMT -5
Two others that may be candidates: "All-Star Blitz" and "Rhyme & Reason." I've never seen an episode of "Blitz" where a star is not chosen, but in theory, it could have happened. Granted, with only four celebrities, it was a lot less likely to occur, although I think I saw at least one episode where one of the stars wasn't chosen until the third segment. Even if one of the stars was never called on in the maingame on Blitz for an entire show, all four celebrities wrote down answers in the bonus round, and every show had at least one bonus round played, so the celebrities would have at least been hears from for the bonus round.
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Post by pyramidfan on Feb 1, 2021 19:56:35 GMT -5
Two others that may be candidates: "All-Star Blitz" and "Rhyme & Reason." I've never seen an episode of "Blitz" where a star is not chosen, but in theory, it could have happened. Granted, with only four celebrities, it was a lot less likely to occur, although I think I saw at least one episode where one of the stars wasn't chosen until the third segment. Even if one of the stars was never called on in the maingame on Blitz for an entire show, all four celebrities wrote down answers in the bonus round, and every show had at least one bonus round played, so the celebrities would have at least been hears from for the bonus round. Not if the contestant got the correct answer in the Bonanza, I believe. I don't think Peter Marshall asked the stars for their answers when the contestant won.
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Post by aaaa on Feb 2, 2021 5:50:47 GMT -5
Even if one of the stars was never called on in the maingame on Blitz for an entire show, all four celebrities wrote down answers in the bonus round, and every show had at least one bonus round played, so the celebrities would have at least been hears from for the bonus round. Not if the contestant got the correct answer in the Bonanza, I believe. I don't think Peter Marshall asked the stars for their answers when the contestant won. I remember them showing the stars' answers sometimes when there was a win
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