Episode
Selects: How Game Shows Work
1:08:42
Published: Sat Jan 21 2023
Description
Join Josh and Chuck and a whole bunch of great people at the Gothic Theatre in Denver for this live show on game shows and their place in cultures around the world, recorded on June 28, 2018. You just come right on down, why don’t you?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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00:00 - 01:07 (01:07)
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EpisodeSelects: How Game Shows Work
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01:07 - 04:30 (03:23)
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04:30 - 07:58 (03:28)
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Producers of quiz shows found a way to manipulate the game and build up beloved or controversial characters to make the shows more dramatic.
07:58 - 14:35 (06:36)
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In the 70s, daytime TV was filled with back-to-back game shows that pushed out soap operas and sitcom reruns, including legendary shows like The Newlywed Game, Match Game, and Hollywood Squares, where guests would often get drunk on set.
14:35 - 19:24 (04:49)
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In the 70s, daytime TV was filled with back-to-back game shows that pushed out soap operas and sitcom reruns, including legendary shows like The Newlywed Game, Match Game, and Hollywood Squares, where guests would often get drunk on set.
EpisodeSelects: How Game Shows Work
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Learn about the clever tactics that The Price is Right uses to keep their audience engaged and the show's ratings high, including bringing out a more challenging game when contestants are doing well.
19:24 - 22:47 (03:22)
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Learn about the clever tactics that The Price is Right uses to keep their audience engaged and the show's ratings high, including bringing out a more challenging game when contestants are doing well.
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22:47 - 24:40 (01:53)
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Insurance policies are taken out to protect companies from big payouts when people win prizes such as hole-in-one shots in golf tournaments or half-court shots in basketball games.
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This episode discusses how game shows make money by offering free products to contestants and charging ad revenue for those same products.
24:40 - 30:14 (05:34)
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This episode discusses how game shows make money by offering free products to contestants and charging ad revenue for those same products.
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30:14 - 36:05 (05:51)
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A look back at the 70s era of game shows, including Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and The Price is Right, which became some of the most popular and longest running TV shows in American history.
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36:05 - 37:04 (00:59)
Summary
This episode talks about Win, Lose, or Draw, the Pictionary game played by celebrities in a fake living room set that was popular in the 80s, and how many TV shows of the era had to deal with the use of cocaine among celebrities.