On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Jim Ellwanger<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:49 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > >> A question for whomever here serves as the Jeopardy! equivalent of >> Donz - did they goose the audience response back in the day, or are >> they just more subtle about it now. There are audible gasps when >> players give an incorrect question. > > The middle contestant seemed to be the only one getting the gasps -- I > think she had some friends in the audience. > > These days there's not much to goose, even if they wanted to: there's > generally no reaction whatsoever from the audience during the game, > except on the Daily Doubles and when a player runs a category. > > (Note, in case it wasn't obvious: tonight's rerun had the contestant > interview segment cut out, in addition to the plugs for the prizes > given to the runners-up, obviously to make room for Alex's modern-day > segments.)
The tempo of game play is much faster in the contemporary game and there isn't time for most audience reactions. The sound mix might also keep the audience muted except for category runs. Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
