Post by billmcdee on Jul 28, 2015 10:11:08 GMT -5
This Barry & Enright program combined elements of two other shows they produced "Tic Tac Dough" and "The Joker's Wild".
Tic Tac Dough had a pot, so too did Bullseye. Tic Tac Dough involved strategy as did Bullseye, although Tic Tac was more strategic to me.
The spinning of categories, dollar amounts, and contract amounts in the bottom window was akin to "The Joker's Wild" and the spinning of the reels. It was also akin to the "Fast Forward" category if a Bullseye appeared in the bottom window.
When the program went to an all celebrity format for charity, I disliked it. So many celebs make a lot of money already. Why not just donate the money themselves? I don't recall watching very many episodes.
But even with civilian contestants, I was never all that fond of this game. I realize both players had the same chance of it happening, but it always bothered me that someone could answer say 8 questions, miss 1, then the other player answers it and wins the game. In theory, "The Joker's Wild" could have the same thing happen, but not quite as likely.
The Bonus Game was the same old standard fare of "avoid the bad guy". At least the goal was to get 3 Bullseyes within a certain number of spins 10 (later reduced to 7). The doubling of the pot in the bonus game was unique too, rather than having to reach $1,000.
Jim Lange I thought did an outstanding job as host. He always brought a great amount of enthusiasm as well as kindness and humor to his hosting style. He is one I wish I could have met in person, and one who I wish I had tried to contact before he died. Fortunately I did reach out to Wink Martindale a number of years ago via e-mail, and he replied in kind. I hope to share that e-mail in the not too distant future.
The set and the game board certainly were very hi-tech for 1980 especially, and did have cool sound effects.
I'd love to get your take and feedback about "Bullseye". Overall it's far better than most so called "game shows" on TV today. I am old enough to remember when "Bullseye" was in its original run in syndication. Just seemed like another offshoot of Joker & Tic Tac unfortunately.
Tic Tac Dough had a pot, so too did Bullseye. Tic Tac Dough involved strategy as did Bullseye, although Tic Tac was more strategic to me.
The spinning of categories, dollar amounts, and contract amounts in the bottom window was akin to "The Joker's Wild" and the spinning of the reels. It was also akin to the "Fast Forward" category if a Bullseye appeared in the bottom window.
When the program went to an all celebrity format for charity, I disliked it. So many celebs make a lot of money already. Why not just donate the money themselves? I don't recall watching very many episodes.
But even with civilian contestants, I was never all that fond of this game. I realize both players had the same chance of it happening, but it always bothered me that someone could answer say 8 questions, miss 1, then the other player answers it and wins the game. In theory, "The Joker's Wild" could have the same thing happen, but not quite as likely.
The Bonus Game was the same old standard fare of "avoid the bad guy". At least the goal was to get 3 Bullseyes within a certain number of spins 10 (later reduced to 7). The doubling of the pot in the bonus game was unique too, rather than having to reach $1,000.
Jim Lange I thought did an outstanding job as host. He always brought a great amount of enthusiasm as well as kindness and humor to his hosting style. He is one I wish I could have met in person, and one who I wish I had tried to contact before he died. Fortunately I did reach out to Wink Martindale a number of years ago via e-mail, and he replied in kind. I hope to share that e-mail in the not too distant future.
The set and the game board certainly were very hi-tech for 1980 especially, and did have cool sound effects.
I'd love to get your take and feedback about "Bullseye". Overall it's far better than most so called "game shows" on TV today. I am old enough to remember when "Bullseye" was in its original run in syndication. Just seemed like another offshoot of Joker & Tic Tac unfortunately.
