Cardboard is a game show producer's friend, even if it's not as flashy as computerized graphics.
Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 10:19 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote: > The “Price Is Right” taping I went to back in September took quite a bit > longer than that, mostly thanks to two extended stopdowns due to issues > with the pricing games (the monitor wasn’t working on “Card Game,” and > they’d forgotten to attach the sign to “Rat Race”). > > > On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:11 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And even with the edits they do nowadays, I believe that Fremantle can > still finish a "Price is Right" in 90 minutes. Of course, back in the Bob > Barker days, Phil and Rog took exactly an hour unless there were really bad > screwups. > > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 10:05 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> > wrote: > >> It's not so much the call time itself as it is the fact that the call >> time is so early because 1) there are 100 contestants, and 2) they're >> taking a full day to produce one hour's worth of game show. >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2024, at 7:53 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A 6:30 a.m. call time for contestants for a game show. >> >> Mark Goodson, Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley, Stefan Hatos, Monty Hall and >> Chuck Barris are all doing the Lambada in their graves. >> >> Mark Jeffries >> Saints Spotlight Editor >> spotligh...@gmail.com >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> >> wrote: >> >>> I tried out for "The 1% Club" back in May 2023 - actually, I tried out >>> for "untitled quiz show for a major streaming service," but based on the >>> questions that were asked during the Zoom tryout, I figured out what show >>> it was (and found episodes of the Australian version, which is hosted by >>> comedian Jim Jeffries, to watch so I knew exactly what it would be like). >>> >>> It was originally scheduled to tape in July 2023, but ended up being >>> pushed back to February 2024 by the strikes. Unfortunately, they ended up >>> only wanting me as a standby contestant, which would have meant having to >>> sit around for 8+ hours and getting paid a whole $100, so it wasn't worth >>> taking a day off from my actual job. (They also gave me less than one day's >>> notice for wanting me at Television City for a 6:30 A.M. call time.) >>> >>> >>> On Mar 4, 2024, at 1:38 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> *The 1% Club*, Patton Oswalt's first-ever hosting gig, adapting a >>> British show co-produced by BBC but airing on itv, had been ordered to >>> series by Prime Video in '23... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/patton-oswalt-1-percent-club-game-show-amazon-fox-1235842137/ >>> (link) >>> Elsewhere on the Oswalt front, at the MPSE (film/video editors) awards, >>> he called himself out as "the a--hole that forced you to take out a second >>> mortgage on your home" during the strikes, and delivered a zinger about >>> Daddy Zaslav... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patton-oswalt-david-zaslav-coyote-vs-acme-1235842255/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fcbcd423-dfb8-4bcc-a3db-ba702c0aa08an%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fcbcd423-dfb8-4bcc-a3db-ba702c0aa08an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F339FE46-AA51-44E3-84E5-908213AA4B89%40ellwanger.tv >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F339FE46-AA51-44E3-84E5-908213AA4B89%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_CS%2BYQ_kGP9wZtvZQP79xwEV6rr8PQL-qy_yMXGBe8MQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_CS%2BYQ_kGP9wZtvZQP79xwEV6rr8PQL-qy_yMXGBe8MQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/EF346FC1-A7DA-4EAC-9211-C1101A7E7B39%40ellwanger.tv >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/EF346FC1-A7DA-4EAC-9211-C1101A7E7B39%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-aH%2Bmn-gtv5GsFj8ZYFbp2zMciq5LO4QYgdL7SyHE2Zw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-aH%2Bmn-gtv5GsFj8ZYFbp2zMciq5LO4QYgdL7SyHE2Zw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/19CB4DC1-9239-4E70-B4CA-600992B1B618%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/19CB4DC1-9239-4E70-B4CA-600992B1B618%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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