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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:33 pm
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).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:21 pm
That sounds like some fun!
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:25 am
So funny to see this today, my son went to the taping last night to the Let's Make a deal
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:39 pm
spill lurkin. you have been a member a long time - you know better!

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:52 pm
I wish the were doing Pyramid, that's my fav
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 4:28 pm
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.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 1:25 am
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
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 5:55 pm
This starts tomorrow.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 6:30 am
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
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 3:20 pm
Ricki Lake is meh.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 3:28 pm
Too much yelling!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 12:06 am
Had anyone actually seen Price is Right???
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 2:48 am
I watched, it was ok considering nothing else was on.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 3:27 am
This show made my ears bleed. Rikki screamed her way through the whole show.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 3:52 am
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.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:05 am
I am looking forward to Match Game
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:32 am
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."
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:37 am
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!"
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:37 am
LOL - Thinking about Match Game brings back scary memories!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:52 am
I used to love Match Game.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 7:55 am
to be fair, TPIR and LMAD are probably the two most difficult games to host, so we'll see what happens...
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:43 am
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 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:48 am
Sounds like fun!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 1:14 pm
LOL KL, I needed the laff. 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 2:16 pm
I still watch the old match game reruns on GSN
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