Twenty-One (2000) Premiere Part I

[001GenLee]

All Maury has now is " Who your baby daddy? " :( Sucks, Really Really Sucks!! >:( When the 2000's first came about, the TV shows & game shows weren't bad, now, they've all gone down the tube totally! :( Yeah, the background music while they were thinking was Great! ...So was that "mystery" music they played when they gave the person extra time to think of the answer on Tic Tac Dough. Legendary stuff! lol

[Druidiee]

Maury: Everyone this is Jenny! Welcome Jenny to the show! (Applause)

Maury: Now Jenny is angry because this man named Roy Rankin (Boo). So let's bring him out here!

*Screaming* THE RESULTS ARE IN!

Maury: You are NOT the father!

*Jenny goes screaming off stage*

Wait a minute... wrong show.

[cgsilverscreen2020]

I remember that when I saw this show as a 9-year-old in 2000, my first statement was, "HEY! THEY STOLE THEIR THEME FROM BOWSER IN THE DARK WORLD!"

[iluvthecompanioncube]

Ooh, good music, good set. Deserved more of a chance, this did.

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

The two stage assistants on Twenty One were Mercedes Cornett and Melissa Busby. I often call them "The Two Ms".

[darkrage6]

Hey, does anyone where I can find a video the short-lived FOX game show "It's Your Chance Of A Lifetime"

[Lupton2000]

Could someone post the unacknowledged last show?

[dondonp12004]

I remeber that game show, which was among the games shows that have live background music played by an orchestra. Thanks for the upload!

[tpir1972]

How do you think Maury did as a game show host then a DNA answerer.

[themurph2000]

@tpir1972 A lot better, but that's more about how bad his talk show is than how he did on this.

[GameShowUploader]

@tpir1972 -- He did better, but he did have his share of mistakes. For example, in this video, after the woman answered the 7-point question, when Maury asked the guy how many points he wanted to go for, and the guy replied "7 points", Maury said "Another 7-point question", thereby accidentally telling the guy that the girl had already gone for 7 points.

[bduddy55555]

6:21 Bad mistake by Maury...

[syeshasucks]

maury povitch.. bad choice.

[tktru]

@syeshasucks At least for this show people took Maury a lot seriously.

[FutureNewsAnchor]

Why do they offer the same question at the same point value to each contestant? You'd think that they would swap the first question out and replace it with a different question worth the same amount of points.

[themurph2000]

@FutureNewsAnchor Because they can. That's the idea. The other contestant has no idea the question that was just asked of their opponent. That way, it's impossible to say one person got a more fair question than the other for the same points.

[timbabcock]

It was a real bummer that it didn't get as popular as Millionaire. I think they should try it again.

[GenghisWanghis]

where is GERITOL?

[themurph2000]

@GenghisWanghis It's not a "where", it's a "what." It's a vitamin tablet people used to take, and in the 50's they made an elixir that was supposed to give you a boost of energy, kind of like taking a Red Bull nowadays.

[GenghisWanghis]

@themurph2000 i was saying it more sarcastically, like, "this isn't really 21, geritol isn't plastered over all angles of it." i suppose i should have said "where are the geritol ads?"

[iluvthecompanioncube]

@themurph2000 I believe what he was humorously suggesting that they should have had Geritol sponsor the show.

[themurph2000]

@iluvthecompanioncube Probably right.

[bduddy55555]

@GenghisWanghis It was the primary sponsor for a lot of old game shows, and I think the original Twenty-One was among them.

[OrangeKing35]

Who composed the new Theme-Music of this version of "Twenty-One" ?

[Hectorson3]

@OrangeKing35

I'd like to know too, that would be a great Ring tone.

[jonnyboy383]

Wait, how far did Jenny get in the True/False questions? It cuts off after Bill Gates/Bill Clinton question.

[DrPhilMusic]

man i loved this show greatly. Maury hosting this was epic. i miss it.

[MrBlackSW]

I absolutely LOVED the theme music of this show!!! The first couple of shows had a live orchestra play the theme as the players go to the isolation booths. I loved it!

[SuperWillHatch]

@MrBlackSW

Me too. 

[001GenLee]

One good thing Maury Povich did, was this game show! His TV show SUCKS! It's the same show every freakin' day. Bring Back Twenty One Please!!

[kantotv]

Amen

[DiscoverPeace]

Blimey...What a nice lady.

[Hondo20132]

There seems to be a video edit in 8:15.

[themurph2000]

It was just a glitch in the video off the DVD.

[themurph2000]

I tried out for the show. (probably was at the Chicago tryout the same day as the guy, Roy.) I was surprised I passed the written test, then I won my practice game, which only lasted 2 rounds. I guess I didn't look enthusiastic enough or something. That or they figured they didn't need two very large guys from Chicago, and Roy photographs better.

[tennisracket28]

for the second question when the guy says, "I want a 7 point question" the host says, "Oh, another seven..uhh I mean a seven point question"...cuz the girl had also wanted a 7 pt. question

interesting, eh?

[Hondo20132]

First day jitters is my guess.

[Austinbit]

The thing is, he gave away what the girl was going for.

[Hondo20132]

Sad news: chalk another show away from GSN's regular schedule.

[BlackwoodCompany]

Mean this?

[Hondo20132]

Yes, and many other shows were since the time I posted that message, but they were all replaced by others we like. :)

[phoenixx1]

I dont get why he didnt get to answer the last question. He had 13, couldnt he have chosen an 8 point question to get 21?

[themurph2000]

He could have but didn't. He didn't know she already reached 21. That's the idea of the show: you have to decide whether to risk the "harder" question or not.

[Hondo20132]

He must've said 6, but then Povich told him that its not enough.

[GenghisWanghis]

@Hondo20132 i rewound it a bunch, he didn't even ask him what he's wager, he just said that she had 21 points... maybe there's a rule, than if someone is t 21, and you aren't at least within 6 points at that time, then you lose, otherwise i have no clue

[gameshowguy2000]

Exactly..you don't know who the other's player score is.

[themurph2000]

No, it's just like they described. When you're on a stage and the lights shine on you, you can't see anybody behind the lights. They probably do something like that during those Texas Hold-em poker tournaments they have on ESPN.

[faysal21adigun]

If they can't see the audience,aren't the viewers seeing the contestant through some kind of LCD screen or something of that nature?

[Boom12]

Though the one thing that bothers me of Twenty One is that the whole rule change thing during the season, since it's NBC's habit of changing the rules midway like on 1 vs. 100. But all in all, it's once of the best.

[themurph2000]

Yeah, but it was only about how much money you made. It wasn't like they changed the rules of the game. (other than stopping the game after round 2, but that was supposed to be in there from the get-go.)

[MrBlackSW]

One of the great game show themes. Very underrated.

[Hondo20132]

I think this entire show is underrated.

[supersaver87]

I think you are correct. :)

From what I heard, it did very well in the ratings...but NBC cancelled it anyway, because it wasn't good enough to beat Millionaire. :P TV execs can be so stupid sometimes.

[barber747]

I strongly agree w/ u!!!

At least this show was more thrilling than Millionaire, because though I don't mind Millionaire much, it's starting to get boring, esp. considering that GSN is over-promoting it.

And on top of that, Twenty-One is a head to head competition show, and that made it even more exciting/thrilling.

[barber747]

Wait...so that's why they cancelled it? what type of BS is that?

[Hondo20132]

This deserves a revival. I don't want it to take 41 years again!

[BlackwoodCompany]

I think that I could do it almost like the pilot with point values from 1-11.

[stvsafiria]

@Hondo20132 I agree. NBC should have brought back Twenty-One instead of "A Minute to Make a Fool of Yourself".

[MrBlackSW]

@Hondo20132

And bring back this music to the revival. This music was great. Dramatic and epic.

[themurph2000]

Well, that's the idea with the booths. You don't know your opponent's score. It happened several times in the original and the remake.

[Hondo20132]

And that's, like, the point of the show.

[gameshowguy2000]

And the difference between the remake and the original, was that in the remake..NOBODY, not even Maury, has any advance knowledge of the questions..and unlike the other million-dollar quiz shows, there are no computer screens to display the questions or info.

[CharlieGProductions]

I don't get it. Why didn't they offer him an eight point question in round three to tie her?

Also, it's weird they didn't give them the chance to stop the game after round two.

[setheriah]

i think there was a skip in the video

[themurph2000]

Nope, no skip. For whatever reason, they didn't do it that first episode.

[Hondo20132]

They put that format back in like the 4th episode or whatever.

[gameshowguy2000]

That's the thing here...you don't know the other player's score. You're only armed with the knowledge of the category in each round.