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Post by ladykelsey on Jun 18, 2014 1:59:40 GMT -5
Today when listening to music I found a song called Winner that's sung by a singer by the name of Stephanie Mills and when I listened to it I noticed that the intro of the song sounds like the theme of Classic Concentration and it seems to me that NBC asked Stephanie Mills and Polygram Records permission to use the song Winner for Classic Concentration's theme when it debuted in 1987,
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Post by mdcswildcats86 on Jun 30, 2014 18:42:39 GMT -5
No, just a coincidence.
The CC theme is a remix from the BODY LANGUAGE package.
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Post by agm828 on Aug 21, 2014 15:16:59 GMT -5
Not really though
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Post by ladykelsey on Jan 5, 2015 19:46:41 GMT -5
I'm a newbie to Classic Concentration and I would like to ask you a question that I hope you can answer for me. I have just started playing Classic Concentration on my Nintendo and this question would be helpful to me. On Classic Concentration what did the TAKE card actually do and what is the difference between a TAKE card and a TAKE ONE GIFT card? Did they work exactly like the WILD cards?,
Kelsey
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Post by Frank on Jan 5, 2015 21:53:34 GMT -5
after making a match you could use a take, the take one gift had to be used right there, meaning you could be forced into taking a gag gift
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Post by ladykelsey on Jan 6, 2015 1:23:06 GMT -5
Oh so that's how the TAKE card was used on Classic Concentration. My new Classic Concentration game for my Nintendo doesn't have the TAKE and the TAKE ONE GIFT cards but it has the WILD card in it,
Thank you so much for your reply,
Kelsey
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 17:33:16 GMT -5
I got a question regarding Classic Concentration. I read that NBC had no winnings limit during the time, but they had a maximum number of matches you could win in order to retire undefeated. What was the maximum number of car games a player would win on Classic Concentration before s/he retired undefeated?
I do believe Super Password had a "five times and retire undefeated" policy, and $ale of the Century, during the Winner's Board era, contestants could stay on for 11 shows before retiring undefeated.
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Post by balozier on Dec 11, 2016 21:23:44 GMT -5
I got a question regarding Classic Concentration. I read that NBC had no winnings limit during the time, but they had a maximum number of matches you could win in order to retire undefeated. What was the maximum number of car games a player would win on Classic Concentration before s/he retired undefeated? For most of the 1987 shows I've seen, the overall appearance limit was five matches (meaning you could win up to five cars, theoretically). Sometime in 1988 the rule changed to where there was no defined maximum of matches you could win, but you'd be retired immediately after winning a car (which in 1991 led to an instance of a player deliberately [and foolishly] blowing the bonus round just so he could play another game, which he subsequently lost.) |
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Post by WarioSajak on Dec 11, 2016 23:15:45 GMT -5
Sometime in 1988 the rule changed to where there was no defined maximum of matches you could win, but you'd be retired immediately after winning a car I want to say that was also when the car game's timer began to be tied to individual champs: it still started at 35 seconds and increased by 5 every time it wasn't won, but only if said player kept solving puzzles. New champs, even under the two-Strike rule, started back at the base 35 (unless they picked up the "5 Bonus Car Seconds" prize). (which in 1991 led to an instance of a player deliberately [and foolishly] blowing the bonus round just so he could play another game, which he subsequently lost.) Oh, the "I want to win more prizes!" guy. And that's why you don't retire players after winning a car. Also, is it just me, or were contestants in the later years (particularly '91) more jerkish towards each other? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 17:25:10 GMT -5
Sometime in 1988 the rule changed to where there was no defined maximum of matches you could win, but you'd be retired immediately after winning a car I want to say that was also when the car game's timer began to be tied to individual champs: it still started at 35 seconds and increased by 5 every time it wasn't won, but only if said player kept solving puzzles. New champs, even under the two-Strike rule, started back at the base 35 (unless they picked up the "5 Bonus Car Seconds" prize). (which in 1991 led to an instance of a player deliberately [and foolishly] blowing the bonus round just so he could play another game, which he subsequently lost.) Oh, the "I want to win more prizes!" guy. And that's why you don't retire players after winning a car. Also, is it just me, or were contestants in the later years (particularly '91) more jerkish towards each other? I think it was a case of taking unfair advantage by staying on as long as he could. But greed apparently got the better of him. I wonder if this issue put a strain on the show's budget and that may have caused Classic Concentration's demise? |
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Post by Kaos on Dec 20, 2016 23:38:29 GMT -5
I wonder if this issue put a strain on the show's budget and that may have caused Classic Concentration's demise? I think it was more of NBC just wanting to dump the daytime game shows altogether... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 15:25:48 GMT -5
To be honest, NBC was unwatchable by the 1990s. They got rid of Saturday morning cartoons in 1992 (and to be honest, cartoons on NBC were lame by 1989), the show that put NBC back on the map in the 80s - The Cosby Show - went off the air in 1992, and they abolish daytime game shows completely in 1994 after Caesar's Challenge got cancelled. NBC only enjoyed a brief boost in viewership when Deal or No Deal was airing, but other than that, NBC lived up to what it really stands for to this day: Nothing But Crap.
Classic Concentration was perhaps the last show I enjoyed that NBC aired.
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Post by pzimm7778 on Dec 22, 2016 16:59:40 GMT -5
NBC had baseball back in the mid 90s and the NFL through Super Bowl 32. Far from unwatchable.
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Post by addemup on Dec 26, 2016 11:37:04 GMT -5
The instrumental piece of that song could definitely pass for an 80's game show theme, but it doesn't sound that much like the CC theme to me.
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Post by vahan on Jan 15, 2017 16:28:37 GMT -5
I do believe Super Password had a "five times and retire undefeated" policy, and $ale of the Century, during the Winner's Board era, contestants could stay on for 11 shows before retiring undefeated. Don't forget Scrabble from July 2, 1984 to September 26, 1986, even though they were straddled. You had the opportunity to win 10 Sprint Rounds before retiring undefeated. Same thing with the Bill Cullen Blockbusters from 1981 to the end of the run in 1982 (don't know about the Rafferty version). |
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