Game$how Marathon was great tribute to old game shows. Few things: Ricki Lake's voice and style was annoying. It would have been great if there were real people and not celebrities for their own cash and prizes.
@ThePatrickinator I didn't care of Ricki Lake doing it. I would have loved it better if they got a classic game show host to do this series, especially since they were paying homage to classics. I can understand why no Richard Dawson or Ray Combs here, but why not try and see if Bob Eubanks, Chuck Woolery, Bob Barker, Alex Trebek or Wink Martindale couldn't do this special.
That set is horrible! It looks like something designed at a high school. Okay, the lights cascade outward like on the Dawson version, but this time they're hooked into one controller, where the old version had two. The trilon computer system is projected, unlike the old flip-discs from yesteryear (too expensive to replicate). The family sliding doors' lettering is too small. And I have nothing against Ricki Lake but c'mon! The list is endless!
Actually most of the Combs set was Dawson's. The set was left outside so they repainted most of the set like the board and family podiums, but as you said many things were a mock up, like the face-off podium. Who knows what happened to that stuff after Combs was fired.
Worked out great that both Kathy Najimy and Brande Roderick made it to the finals, since it gave the producers a chance to show clips of their respective earlier appearances on FF in 1981 and 2001, respectively.
Another technical flaw. The faceoff buzzers were more from the 1988-95 style (progressive like the faceoff lights) instead of the 1976-86 (flashing) and the game board lights did not move on the buzzer. (The faceoff buzzer does not flash, but the game board lights move, on the O'Hurley board.)
One side is more "flattened" (lest of a sharp curve) than the other. One the original sets, the flattened side was the bottom, where here, it's the opposite.
Note that the giant trilon was replaced by a huge plasma screen, plus they used the current time for Fast Money. Also, the survey oval was constructed upside down.
I felt it would have been more appropriate to use the Combs set for the Family Feud portion of this marathon, as well as the Bob Eubanks set for Card Sharks, since both of these versions of these shows were taped at CBS Television City and shown on CBS Daytime back in the day.
Sorry, sorry, it was $50,000 they were playing for. But still, if they did Pyramid, the set would have come out looking like a CHEAPER version of the 1991 set.
The board is a lot like the Richard Dawson set. On Match Game, Adam Corolla was in the chair Richard Dawson sat in (Betty White sat in her own chair that night)
Everything looks cheap. They didn't even put the gray trim on the front of the podiums. The faceoff lights are all wrong. Plus, they built the damn board upside down! This set was a travesty.
WELL... they should've use the set when Dawson came back in 1994. The game board, we're similar to the one on today's version & why didn't they use the original BUZZER "XXX" sound? The one they sound, doesn't last for 01 full second, like the DAWSON/COMBS/ANDERSON version.
I'm not sure if you guys know this but a long time ago a guy by the name of Todd Robinson made a presentation software version of Family Feud and he ran it for a few years before Fremantlemedia caught on to him and gave him an offer to run the big feud board on this show and at a casino stage version of family feud on the condition that he'd get rid of the software, he had no other choice but he did take both offers and now here we are.
Exactly. Who wants to see a bunch of lame fucking celebrities that almost no one gives a flying fuck about, when they can use "civilians" (everyday folk like us)...plus they can replace Ricki with someone more palatable as host, perhaps raven-symone or heck Todd Newton would be better than Ricki.
I enjoyed the whole series. Don't think Ricki Lake paid homage to the original hosts, might have been better for the original host to do it. I bet I probably could've done better, so...
Richard Dawson would've been a hoot to see for the Family Feud portion! But of course there needecto be one host for the whole marathon, I just didn't care for Ricki but it bothered me worse that dippy celebs were used as contestants. Why not normal folk who we can better relate to and we'd have more fun watching them make money than celebs who are already loaded (okay, they were playing for some charity).
I wished they could have used this set for the current John O' Hurley Version,(but with the board right side up). Keepin it ol' 'school but at the same time keepin it updated.
ricki lake???!!!.... you got to be fuckin kiddin me...... okay, got to sympathize with ray combs here, if this was before his suicide, this is definately a good reason to pull the plug........
And Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken died in early 2006, just a few months before the Marathon aired. Peter would've been GREAT not only to have hosted "Press Your Luck" on the marathon but the entire thing. Even Jeff Probst (Survivor) would be better than Ricki.
Um....dude, this happened last year dumbass. Hence "Gameshow Marathon" which was a 7 day special with each day being a different game show. They used all the old sets from Family Feud, Match Game, Press Your Luck, and others. It was actually pretty good. Sorry if you don't agree close-minded person. Perhaps doing research next time will earn you some brownie points next time you criticize something without knowing the facts. Have a nice day.
Maybe because they was using CBS's version of the theme since the Dawson version was back on ABC (Not counting the 93-94 Version that was on CBS after the Combs era)
Makes sense considering this show, as well as the ones from the Combs era, were taped at CBS Television City, so it only makes sense to dig into the music archive if the tape is still good.
That's "O'Hurley." :) And you're right. The board is upside down and everything looks too... awful. Hell, the 1994-1995 set would be better than this.
Believe it or not CBS and Fremantle Media was using Todd Robinson's Family Feud Presentation Software to run the survey board. Also could you (crinos43) post the rest of this episode please, this is the only one i missed (i screwed up the vcr recording and wound up only recording the first 5mins or so)
Changing the format on "Family Feud" is probably a bad idea. The flip over board is way better than a computer generated board, and it's best if there were still up to 12 survey answers instead of 8.
The oval gameboard and face-off podium looked too "characatured" rather than a replica. Though I like the digital rendition of Dawson's yellow survey board with the Dawson era strike "font".
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ThePatrickinator 1 month ago
Game$how Marathon was great tribute to old game shows. Few things: Ricki Lake's voice and style was annoying. It would have been great if there were real people and not celebrities for their own cash and prizes.
ThePatrickinator 1 month ago
@ThePatrickinator I agree there.
To be honest, I thought Kathy was being a douche the whole time she played. She just seemed to do everything outside the "norm."
crinos43 1 month ago
@ThePatrickinator I didn't care of Ricki Lake doing it. I would have loved it better if they got a classic game show host to do this series, especially since they were paying homage to classics. I can understand why no Richard Dawson or Ray Combs here, but why not try and see if Bob Eubanks, Chuck Woolery, Bob Barker, Alex Trebek or Wink Martindale couldn't do this special.
rickhh1 1 month ago
@rickhh1: If Game Show Hosts were in Game Show Marathon, I would probably test their knowledge about Game Show trivia.
ThePatrickinator 1 month ago
The only problem with the game board is that the side boxes that show each family's score should be lower.
godzillahulk 4 months ago
@godzillahulk The board was accidentally made upside down.
crinos43 4 months ago
The set is OK and almost looks like ABC's, but I prefer the old turn board better than a computerized one.
Retrotv 8 months ago
This is complete MOCKERY! RICKI LAKE SHOULD DIE!!!!!
WheelWatcher12345 1 year ago
The funny thing is, Rod Roddy done an ep of Family Feud in '80-'81
talladegajunkie1439 1 year ago
Isn't this announcer on "The Price is Right"?
Bus7777 2 years ago 2
It is. Rich Fields has been the announcer for "The Price is Right" for about five years now, ever since the passing of Rod Roddy.
crinos43 2 years ago
@crinos43
Price is Right has a new announcer!
bhilcu1 1 year ago
....but he was the announcer for the entire game show marathon
gsgeek540 1 year ago
I'd like to buy a vowel, Bob.
wolverine94 2 years ago
That set is horrible! It looks like something designed at a high school. Okay, the lights cascade outward like on the Dawson version, but this time they're hooked into one controller, where the old version had two. The trilon computer system is projected, unlike the old flip-discs from yesteryear (too expensive to replicate). The family sliding doors' lettering is too small. And I have nothing against Ricki Lake but c'mon! The list is endless!
cr78fan 2 years ago
Actually most of the Combs set was Dawson's. The set was left outside so they repainted most of the set like the board and family podiums, but as you said many things were a mock up, like the face-off podium. Who knows what happened to that stuff after Combs was fired.
itlnguy88 2 years ago
It would be a perfect set if the board wasnt upside down
Keon2006 2 years ago
Saying "survey says" during the regular rounds just is a complete disgrace to all Family Feud fans.
mateo096 3 years ago 12
I have to somewhat agree. It's more appropriate to Fast Money.
calhoun24 2 years ago
@mateo096: Most of the players were only celebrities.
ThePatrickinator 1 month ago
Worked out great that both Kathy Najimy and Brande Roderick made it to the finals, since it gave the producers a chance to show clips of their respective earlier appearances on FF in 1981 and 2001, respectively.
WhatsAYak 3 years ago
I don't see how the board is upside down!
They were basing it from when Richard Dawson hosted not Ray Combs.
During Richard's era the board rotates to the right after the host is introduced.
In Ray's era the board rotates to the left after the host was introduced.
The trilon is rotating the right way
tommy76tx 3 years ago 2
Not the trilon, the actual board.
supremetaco 2 years ago
Another technical flaw. The faceoff buzzers were more from the 1988-95 style (progressive like the faceoff lights) instead of the 1976-86 (flashing) and the game board lights did not move on the buzzer. (The faceoff buzzer does not flash, but the game board lights move, on the O'Hurley board.)
WhiteHatBobby 3 years ago
How is the board upside down????
reader41 3 years ago
One side is more "flattened" (lest of a sharp curve) than the other. One the original sets, the flattened side was the bottom, where here, it's the opposite.
~Why on Earth do I notice that? lmao
jjlucash 3 years ago
yeah, the bottom of the game board was in line with the bottom of each score board.
it's painfully obvious, that's how you noticed. haha
bretodom 3 years ago
@jjlucash Because you're a game show nut like all of us! Welcome to da family, bro! Lol...
gameshowluvr86 1 year ago
Wait what version is this? I'm looking forward to the new Celebrity Family Feud version. This format never gets old.
spacemonkey1284 3 years ago
This was done on GameShow Marathon back in 2006. It's supposed to be based on the old Richard Dawson version.
crinos43 3 years ago
They should be using all the original cues and sounds from the original Feud on the Celebrity Edition. This is gonna be exciting.
the69chevykid 3 years ago
Note that the giant trilon was replaced by a huge plasma screen, plus they used the current time for Fast Money. Also, the survey oval was constructed upside down.
steve01659 3 years ago
they spun the trilon in the wrong way (dumbys!)
secondchance1977 3 years ago
I felt it would have been more appropriate to use the Combs set for the Family Feud portion of this marathon, as well as the Bob Eubanks set for Card Sharks, since both of these versions of these shows were taped at CBS Television City and shown on CBS Daytime back in the day.
ejchiefsfan 3 years ago
Kathleen Ann Najimy should be proud of all she had accomplished to this series.
ClassicTVFan82 3 years ago 3
LMAO the board is upside down.
mateo096 3 years ago
If they were playing for $100,000, why didn't they just do The $100,000 Pyramid? Shit, they probably would have butchered that set too somehow.
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago
Sorry, sorry, it was $50,000 they were playing for. But still, if they did Pyramid, the set would have come out looking like a CHEAPER version of the 1991 set.
gameshowluvr86 3 years ago
@gameshowluvr86 Because GSM went for Fremantle-produced shows, and the Pyramid franchise is owned by Sony.
gshowguy 1 year ago
I thought the Combs set was a rebuild of the Dawson set.
clockmaster2010 3 years ago
It was.
supremetaco 2 years ago
This set really is crappy looking. I'm surprised since they did an incredible job on the sets for Match Game 73 and Press Your Luck.
kevinova33 4 years ago
this was based on the old show
ikespud 3 years ago
But they did, however, use the correct font on the scoreboards. (hurray)
cr78fan 4 years ago
The board is a lot like the Richard Dawson set. On Match Game, Adam Corolla was in the chair Richard Dawson sat in (Betty White sat in her own chair that night)
animfan1 4 years ago
The "Feud" podium looks so cheaply made. :P
gameshowluvr86 4 years ago
the faceoff podium i mean
gameshowluvr86 4 years ago
Well that's supposed to be the Dawson era one. Personally I liked the Combs era one much better.
therussianspy 4 years ago 3
Everything looks cheap. They didn't even put the gray trim on the front of the podiums. The faceoff lights are all wrong. Plus, they built the damn board upside down! This set was a travesty.
junkaholic95 4 years ago 2
WELL... they should've use the set when Dawson came back in 1994. The game board, we're similar to the one on today's version & why didn't they use the original BUZZER "XXX" sound? The one they sound, doesn't last for 01 full second, like the DAWSON/COMBS/ANDERSON version.
BMANBLAKNBLU 4 years ago
Anyone know what the final answer was?
cudbwrse 4 years ago
I'm not sure if you guys know this but a long time ago a guy by the name of Todd Robinson made a presentation software version of Family Feud and he ran it for a few years before Fremantlemedia caught on to him and gave him an offer to run the big feud board on this show and at a casino stage version of family feud on the condition that he'd get rid of the software, he had no other choice but he did take both offers and now here we are.
vegitoth 4 years ago
She's no Dawson,But I have to say I enjoyed this. Riki did a good job.And they should of used the 1994-1995 set that was a good set!!!!
They need to do this again,This year!!!!!!
coolwafferman 4 years ago
Unfortunately the network heads in their infinite wisdom gave us pirate master instead.
Shame. I really liked this tournament format. I hope one day they'll bring it back. But I don;t think it'll be anytime soon. Sorry...
calhoun24 4 years ago
I would lvoe to see GSM come back. So long as they use civilians instead of celebrities.
Heck, being the quaterfinals with Rich calling contestants to COME ON DOWN to play the games.
crinos43 4 years ago
Exactly. Who wants to see a bunch of lame fucking celebrities that almost no one gives a flying fuck about, when they can use "civilians" (everyday folk like us)...plus they can replace Ricki with someone more palatable as host, perhaps raven-symone or heck Todd Newton would be better than Ricki.
huggyface 4 years ago
I enjoyed the whole series. Don't think Ricki Lake paid homage to the original hosts, might have been better for the original host to do it. I bet I probably could've done better, so...
KingNess700 4 years ago
Richard Dawson would've been a hoot to see for the Family Feud portion! But of course there needecto be one host for the whole marathon, I just didn't care for Ricki but it bothered me worse that dippy celebs were used as contestants. Why not normal folk who we can better relate to and we'd have more fun watching them make money than celebs who are already loaded (okay, they were playing for some charity).
huggyface 4 years ago
What a relief to see the Dawson era set proof they could indeed use it in this day and age :)
MAinsworth0375 4 years ago
I wished they could have used this set for the current John O' Hurley Version,(but with the board right side up). Keepin it ol' 'school but at the same time keepin it updated.
Keon2006 4 years ago
ricki lake???!!!.... you got to be fuckin kiddin me...... okay, got to sympathize with ray combs here, if this was before his suicide, this is definately a good reason to pull the plug........
turdburglerl3 4 years ago 2
Dude this was way after Ray Combs' suicide. It was in like 2006
PYLFan2007 4 years ago
And Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken died in early 2006, just a few months before the Marathon aired. Peter would've been GREAT not only to have hosted "Press Your Luck" on the marathon but the entire thing. Even Jeff Probst (Survivor) would be better than Ricki.
huggyface 4 years ago
Um....dude, this happened last year dumbass. Hence "Gameshow Marathon" which was a 7 day special with each day being a different game show. They used all the old sets from Family Feud, Match Game, Press Your Luck, and others. It was actually pretty good. Sorry if you don't agree close-minded person. Perhaps doing research next time will earn you some brownie points next time you criticize something without knowing the facts. Have a nice day.
KingShuckle 4 years ago
Brande is HOTTTT
kangjins2 4 years ago
Maybe because they was using CBS's version of the theme since the Dawson version was back on ABC (Not counting the 93-94 Version that was on CBS after the Combs era)
JokaPlaya 4 years ago
you know what I noticed?
the theme music isn't from the Dawson era. It's from the Combs era!
JokaPlaya 5 years ago
Makes sense considering this show, as well as the ones from the Combs era, were taped at CBS Television City, so it only makes sense to dig into the music archive if the tape is still good.
bluebear1985 4 years ago
But you notice, they lowered the pitch a little to reflect how the theme was in 1976.
I can hardly hear the faceoff cues.
supremetaco 4 years ago
like how ricki pulls her mini Richard Dawson tribute by bowing to both "families"
pjc858 5 years ago
Rich Fields announcing for the Feud: Priceless!
hdayejr 5 years ago 3
this set looks aweful compared to the real one used in the 76-95
alderete422 5 years ago
I do agree with you. The Dawson/Combs era set was MUCH better. Hell, the current set with O'Flannery looks better than this!
JokaPlaya 5 years ago
give me the Dawson / Combs era anyday!!
okiesteveus81 4 years ago
That's "O'Hurley." :) And you're right. The board is upside down and everything looks too... awful. Hell, the 1994-1995 set would be better than this.
supremetaco 4 years ago
Would love to see the rest of this since i didnt recored it on my vcr.
bmhedgehog 5 years ago
Believe it or not CBS and Fremantle Media was using Todd Robinson's Family Feud Presentation Software to run the survey board. Also could you (crinos43) post the rest of this episode please, this is the only one i missed (i screwed up the vcr recording and wound up only recording the first 5mins or so)
bmhedgehog 5 years ago
Changing the format on "Family Feud" is probably a bad idea. The flip over board is way better than a computer generated board, and it's best if there were still up to 12 survey answers instead of 8.
steve01659 5 years ago
But 12 answers are rarely (if ever) needed. I think the only time they really needed all 12 spaces was once, on the Dawson version in the early '80s.
supremetaco 4 years ago
I agree, I don't see why they could not have had a computer flip board.
Unit545 4 years ago
I do.
crinos43 5 years ago
Did you know at the end the confetti rains down?
mjen1952 5 years ago
IMHO, other than Ricki Lake hosting it, I enjoyed this game.
crinos43 5 years ago
The oval gameboard and face-off podium looked too "characatured" rather than a replica. Though I like the digital rendition of Dawson's yellow survey board with the Dawson era strike "font".
judanmcgregor 5 years ago
Alex is adorable...
mars7678 5 years ago
The board isn't the same one. It's actually digital, and this is based on the Richard Dawson version, not the Ray Combs one.
TKnHappyNess 5 years ago