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Final BuzzerBlog “Deal” Tour Stop: Netherlands

Alex Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:54:48 +0000

We couldn’t possibly end our custom Deal or No Deal world tour without going to where it all started, The Netherlands. It’s arguably the most unique version of the show still existing and one of the few primetime versions of the shows not to sell out to the American way completely. The reason why their show is so amazing is because of the gigantic spectacle it is. A 500 person audience is narrowed down to six through an extensive quiz. The six come on stage and play another buzzer oriented trivia game which narrows it to two. The two have to fight over a buy-out to leave the game or play one final question. The sole survivor of the audience plays for 5,000,000 euro. The most money won was around 1.25 million euro, which I saw and was one of the most thrilling events I’ve seen on television. It’s my personal favorite version of the show and the most amazing game show I’ve ever seen because the cases part of the show seems like what it should, a bonus game. The entire show is made into an event-like program, and it’s scheduled only six episodes every few months which gives it off well. Plus, again, they have the best music package for the show out of any country, plus one of the better hosts: Linda DeMol. Take a look. Later we will have one final Deal video: what our show should be like all the time.

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BuzzerBlog’s “Deal” World Tour: Australia

Alex Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:21:05 +0000

In our on-going weekend series, the second stop on what NBC’s Deal or No Deal world tour should have been is the Australian version. The show began in 2003 as a primetime series with a top prize of $2,000,000. The next year the show was reformatted to a half hour daily edition for $200,000. It follows the same format as ours except it’s a lot more brighter, a lot more high energy, and contestants hold the cases as they do basically everywhere else on the planet. Take a look at some videos from the Australian take on the show.

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Tom Kennedy Visits Shokus Internet Radio

Alex Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:09:23 +0000

If you’re a fan of Shokus Internet Radio and the Shu Shostak show, you might know he often has famous classic game show personalities. On Wednesday, May 14th, Tom Kennedy, host of Split Second, Name That Tune, and You Don’t Say among others, will be stopping by at 4:00PM PT. Stu will be talking with Tom about his career as well as taking questions from callers and emails. Click here to listen.

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BuzzerBlog’s “Deal or No Deal” World Tour

Alex Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:11:48 +0000

A few writers and I have been talking, and we’ve been incredibly upset with how Deal or No Deal’s world tour has gone. The Philippines episode was fun because there are enough differences to make it exciting. Plus the Dutch theme music they use blows ours out of the water. However, Estonia and South Africa look like bargain basement editions of the show. They really aren’t doing a service to the rest of the world. So with that, we decided to do our own Deal or No Deal world tour. We will be showing videos of the best three countries that give a broader perspective and history of the show. The first country we go to is England. Why England? It has the daytime format we are going to use for a bit of a preview, it shows how the game is played usually in a daytime format, and it shows a much more low key version. Take a look at a few videos.

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No News Day: Australian “Gladiators”

Nick Todor — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:40:50 +0000

With the second season of “American Gladiators” on the horizon, I figure it’s time we see how it’s done somewhere else. The Australian version has already had a gladiator ejected from a show. See the incident below:

[See post to watch Flash video]

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“Bingo America” Checks Start to Arrive

Nick Todor — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:35:37 +0000

Good news on the Bingo America front: the at-home contest is truly legit. I just got my $50 check in the mail today (I won on the premiere episode, 3/31. If only I won the next day…). If you won, too, it’s time to start looking for an envelope labeled “Promotional Consideration.”

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“The Mole” Official Website

Alex Davis — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:21:05 +0000

ABC has updated their The Mole website to actually have some content and videos. Take a look by clicking here. Can you spot any clues yet? Always be on the lookout. We’ll be having more Mole coverage, plus a little finding-the-Mole game, when the time comes.

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“American Gladiators” Season Two Preview

Alex Davis — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:56:20 +0000

Here’s something many of you will love all thanks to our urge to really amp up the videos on the site. We have a preview of three of the games from the new season of American Gladiators exclusively for you. Two new events are shown, Vertigo and Rocket Ball. Also shown is Assault, but be happy that they simplified it this year. The layout and weapon design is still the same, but no more loading your weapons or finding arrows in sand pits or anything like that.

[See post to watch Flash video]

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“Gong Show” Debut Date

Alex Davis — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:41:00 +0000

As we already know, Comedy Central has been casting for the revival of The Gong Show hosted by Dave Attell. The show now has a debut date of July 17th and is being produced by Adam Sandler’s production company Happy Madison as well as Identity’s executive producer Andrew Golder.

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Syndie “Deal or No Deal” Tapes in May

Alex Davis — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:11:19 +0000

This one went by us somehow. The syndicated version of Deal or No Deal is going to start taping for its September 2008 debut at the end of May. The first taping will be on May 29th at 2:00PM ET. Click here to get your tickets. If you can go there, be sure to tell us because we’d love to know how it goes.

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