Monopoly (August 11, 1990): Chris/Helen/Victor, Part 4

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

@Valedc03ls Thank for the info. Look what other game shows based on board games. The one game show that is board game based is "The Game of Life". It's on the Hub every weekend. "Family Game Nught" is another one on the Hub which is based on classic board games like "Monopoly", "Scrabble" and more. Both if these shows made by Hasbro Studios.

[WarioBarker88]

@HomeoftheGoodGuys I heard a lot of crap about "Life". Also, "Family Game Night" doesn't use Monopoly at all (at least, not that I'm aware of) and "Scrabble Showdown" is a separate series.

[whammy850]

@WarioBarker88 All of the games on FGN are played for "Monopoly Crazy Cash Cards" which are worth different amounts of money.

[BozoTheClown]

Just watched all 4 parts. This was pretty cool. First half pretty slow though

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

What a bad way to end this show with the worst bonus game ever made. Did Hasbro made a board game and turned into a failed game show? That lasted 12 episodes. I saw this game show since I was younger. I hope that the late Merv Griffin and Hasbro Studios doesn't care about rerunning the game show.

[Valedc03ls]

@HomeoftheGoodGuys Sadly, this happened to most board games that turned into game shows. The greatest successes were: Scrabble for seven years and High Rollers for five years (bonus game based off of Shut the Box). Scaterrgories, Yahtzee, Boggle, Trivial Pursuit, Balderdash, Pictionary, and Monopoly were not as successful. Board games do very well on paper, but how the game is executed is where the game show fails. I totally agree with the comment that it should have been an hour-long show.