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Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
This is going to be a fun show....Basically, it's 6 celebs playing some classic gameshows for charity (and the home audience as well; whatever the celebs win go into a home viewer giveaway)..They're going to recreate some of the sets and props from the original shows (a lot of the people involved in the production are game show fans and have worked on game shows). It's based on a popular UK format.

It's a tournament structure:

In the first round of 4 shows, the winner of each show goes to the semi-finals (so 6 celebs start show 1, 5 in show 2, 4 in show 3, 3 in show 4).


The semi-finals and finals are two-player shows.

The shows will be:

First Round:
"The Price is Right" (will be first episode)
"Let's Make a Deal"
"Beat the Clock"
"Press Your Luck"

Semis:
"Card Sharks"
"Match Game"

Finals:
"Family Feud" (with the finalists actual families)

Here's the celebs:
Leslie Nielsen, Tim Meadows, Lance Bass, Kathy Najimy, Paige Davis, and Adrienne Curry.

Ricki Lake is hosting, and there will be other celeb guests involved as well (such as in Match Game).

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
That sounds like some fun!

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurkin a private message Print Post    
So funny to see this today, my son went to the taping last night to the Let's Make a deal

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
spill lurkin. you have been a member a long time - you know better!


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I wish the were doing Pyramid, that's my fav

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurkin a private message Print Post    
He didnt say much said he wouldnt spoil it. Leslie Nielson, Lance bass, paige davis, gilbert godfrey. he was enamored over Paige davis said she is beautiful , was dressed as Bo Peep & her dog was a sheep. Hated Ricki Lake as host said she is awful.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939825?categoryid=14&cs=1

Lake laces up for 'Marathon' mania
Former gabber to host retro celeb skein

By JOSEF ADALIAN, STUART LEVINE

Ricki Lake has signed on to host CBS's upcoming retroretro quizfest "Game Show Marathon"-- and she's getting more than a lifetime supply of Rice-a-Roni for her efforts.
Former gabber has been named a producer on the skeinskein, in which celebs square off against each other in faithful re-creations of classic quizzers. As part of the pactpact, Lake has also snagged a housekeeping deal to develop unscripted projects with producers FremantleMedia North America and Granada America.

Eye has also finalized a number of other key details about the show:


Stuart Krasnow ("Average Joe," "Weakest Link") is aboard as exec producer-showrunner.

Series will kick off with celebs playing "The Price Is Right." Other quizzers selected for the first season are "Let's Make a Deal," "Match Game," "Card Sharks," "Press Your Luck," "Beat the Clock" and "Family Feud."

The core celeb contestants for "GSM" have been chosen. They include comic thesp Leslie Nielsen, former "Saturday Night Live" star Tim Meadows, 'N Sync's Lance Bass, Kathy Najimy; ex-"Trading Spaces" host Paige Davis and "America's Next Top Model"/"My Fair Brady" co-star Adrienne Curry.
Several other celebs will also pop up throughout the seven-episode run of "GSM," including Betty White and George Foreman. They've been booked as panelists on the "Match Game" portion of the show.

And the "Barker Beauties" from "The Price Is Right" will serve as models for all shows that require them.

Krasnow and Lake have worked together before: Krasnow was exec producer of "The Ricki Lake Show" during its first 2½ seasons. He went after her for the gig because he believes that, in addition to being "appealing and relatable," Lake has the necessary chops for hosting seven different quizzers.

"You need someone who can really run a show," Krasnow said. "A comedian's too worried about being funny, and Ricki really has a familiarity with and love for these games. She grew up on them."

Lake has already been studying tapes of the original shows, "channeling her inner Monty Hall and Gene Rayburn," according to Krasnow. She also plans to dress in period garb when appropriate.

Replicating the look and feel of the original shows is key to Krasnoff, who promises plenty of shag carpet and skinny microphones. In a bid for historical accuracy, producers even went so far as to borrow an original "Card Sharks" card from Fox Reality exec (and gameshow historian) Bob Boden so that they could re-create the card for "GSM."

"The other day, we were passing around some original Whammies like they were the Mona Lisa," Krasnow said, referring to the game-stopping villains of "Press Your Luck."

Fremantle North America CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Granada America's Curt Northrup will also serve as exec producers of "GSM," with ex-Granada exec Paul Jackson aboard as an exec producer on the first episode.

"GSM" is based on the hit skein "Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon," which Granada originally conceived in the U.K. as part of ITV1's 50th-anniversary celebration.

Date in print: Thurs., Mar. 16, 2006, Los Angeles


Jasper
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
This starts tomorrow.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
yeah...only thing they swapped Adrianne out and put in Brande Roderick...

here's a audio interview with Ricki...(windows media file)

http://tvgameshows.net/rickilakecover.wma

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Ricki Lake is meh.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Too much yelling!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 12:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Had anyone actually seen Price is Right???

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 2:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I watched, it was ok considering nothing else was on.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 3:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
This show made my ears bleed. Rikki screamed her way through the whole show.



Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 3:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
I wanted to see them play other game shows that have been off the air for so long, instead of Price is Right, which is still on every day.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I am looking forward to Match Game

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I LOVE Match Game, but it won't be the same unless Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White (or Fanny Flagg) is on. And the answer to the "blank" is "boobs."

Bastable
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07-09-2002

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bastable a private message Print Post    
Ricki is no Bob Barker, and she's no Gene Rayburn. She's a little too out of her depth on this show. Lexie_girl is right--Ricki is shrill and none too glib. Her idea of a witty rejoinder is "Oh my gosh!"

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - Thinking about Match Game brings back scary memories!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I used to love Match Game.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
to be fair, TPIR and LMAD are probably the two most difficult games to host, so we'll see what happens...

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Whenever Gene Rayburn said "we recently polled a studio audience or some group" I thought he meant poled as in they were hit with a pole.

Hey Maybe we could play Match Game in the game area :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Sounds like fun!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL KL, I needed the laff. :-)

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I still watch the old match game reruns on GSN