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Post by billmcdee on Nov 29, 2019 17:32:13 GMT -5
Copied and pasted this from this site: gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Match_Game-Hollywood_Squares_HourPilot Episode Edit As the pilot episode has yet to surface, little is known about it. From the information that was and is available (pictures, appearances on television commercials), here is what is known: the basic games were the same, except three contestants played Match Game, with the lowest scoring one presumably being eliminated while the remaining two play Hollywood Squares. Unknown where returning champions would fit in here. The set had a few minor differences, the nameplates on the celebrity panel being grey instead of red as in the series, and the Hollywood Squares contestant/host area likewise being in shades of grey. According to YouTube user "caholla," the Super Match played differently. "After the audience match, contestant picked a celebrity and either 'X' or 'O'. Celebrity pulled the 'X' or 'O' tab. Behind one tab was the celebrity's name, behind the other a dollar amount. If the tab pulled had a dollar amount, it was added to the pot for the head-to-head match; the contestant called another celebrity and 'X' or 'O'. If the tab pulled had the celebrity's name, contestant played the head-to-head with that celebrity for the amount in the pot. If contestant cleared the board, they played the last celebrity picked for $100k."
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Post by dougmorrisontheair on Dec 1, 2019 9:25:37 GMT -5
I do vaguely remember seeing Questions A, B, and C on the Match Game toaster in addition to three desks for the players. So they must've played two rounds of MG instead of three in the pilot.
Interesting way of fusing HS into the Super Match with a concept similar to the bonus round of the most recent version of "Strike it Rich".
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Post by dougmorrisontheair on Dec 2, 2019 6:10:53 GMT -5
Another thing I realized: If they did have Questions A, B, and C on the toaster, this wouldn't have flown.
Remember "Child's Play"? The bonus round we'd see identified as Triple Play was originally known as The ABC Game. Thing is "Child's Play" was pitched to, and aired on, CBS. Nothing like giving a competing network free pub, huh?
Questions A/B/C wouldn't have flown on MG-HSH either -- since this was pitched to, and aired on, NBC.
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