31Oct2008
BuzzerBlog’s “Return of the Living Dead” Marathon
Happy Halloween everybody. We’re going to try to have a spooky marathon of clips for you today! It’s all shows that were so crappy that the pilots never sold! Scary! Ahh!!! Or they just might be pilots that didn’t sell for some weird reason. Regardless, unsold pilots. It’s also scary how we stole this idea from Game Show Network from a while back! Terrifying! We’ll start with one show that’s a glutton for punishment around the game show community. It’s Malcom hosted by the porn director moustache sporting Alex Trebek.
I actually saw this clip on YouTube before you posted it . . . yeah, the actual mechanics of *this* game stink, but I think the basic principle–players who aren’t on teams but still need to work together–is actually a pretty good one, and I’d love to see someone make it work.
The “Malcolm” clips always give me a laugh when I see them!
The game, in the form seen above, COULD have worked if the contestants were children. It makes sense if “Malcolm” interacts with contestants in, say, the 8-13 range. You could have easily seen a show like this on a network’s Saturday morning schedule in the late 70s/early 80s.
Ahhhh, Malcolm. *gag* :p
The concept was good, but the execution wasn’t, and Malcolm was….well…..
I, like most of the other people on here saw it on YouTube. Not bad, but it was more like a kids show than something that would come on in the daytime. I also read somewhere that it was suppose to have been Family Feud’s replacement but ABC decided not to pick it up (it gave the Feud a reprieve for about 6 months).
Well, the game was based on two-word answers, so here’s two words for this show:
Train.
Wreck.
It might’ve worked without the cartoon character, actually…
really devares? wow Alex is damn lucky, this show would have ruined his career.
I laughed at the end credits when Malcolm got the hook, as that’s exactly what he deserved. (And rightfully got!)
Thank heavens this didn’t make the airwaves, else we might never have put Alex Trebek into Jeopardy!.
Worst. Piece. Of. Garbage. E-V-E-R. :-)
I don’t believe that this was that bad because I actually liked it and I can not imagine this as something that’s only for kids.
Last time I saw this, it wasn’t half bad to me. Then again, last time I saw this, I was like 12. Now… eh, not so great. I still do like the bonus round though.
Change the concept (for a bit), eliminate that character, add a fourth contestant, and change the name to “Double Play”, it could have worked.