I love anything Henson...It's interesting to see that the game wasn't really...solid, but the characters were. I loved all the characters, and I thought Larry Miller did a great job hosting the show. I especially loved Cashmere Ramada. Henson has never let me down. This has hit all over it. The ads I had seen were great, and were plastered all over cable. Let's hope it got good ratings. What surprised me is that the second episode was...a rerun of the same episode? What was up with that?
This looks awesome! It's Balderdash with puppets. The feel is great and I LOVE Weasel. Anything edgy from Henson has awesome written all over it. Can't wait to see the double run at 11 tonight.
I heard one of the reasons they moved taping from Las Vegas to LA was because the Tropicana was undergoing renovations. Are they moving back to Las Vegas soon or just staying in their LA digs?
Buy a sense of humor and laugh a little. This is Henson doing edgy puppets in a game show. Heck...they tackled the variety show years ago with an edgy cast of characters. Believe it or not, the Muppets were edgy for their time. Then, sometime in the 90's, the show ended up in reruns on NICK JR!!! So, in today's standards, they are not at all edgy. These characters seem like they're edgy on today's standards. I'm really looking forward to this. Big Henson fan and hoping it's more like Jim Henson's work than John Henson's work.
This sounds...lame. I'm sorry, but it just does. It's basically master key with one more choice. Whoopie do.
I would have liked to hear mr. Goldhill's reasoning for removing the Black and White shows from the 3 AM EST hour block. By just replacing the block with more episodes of Card Sharks, it doesn't keep me watching. I used to love seeing old episodes of Password, What's My Line or To Tell the Truth. Those shows really show us how relaxed and fun those shows were back then, and how rushed and advertiser driven the genre has become today. I know most of those shows were sponsored by one advertiser, but it allowed for a much more relaxed feeling, more like a party game than a game show. The money given out on most of those shows was paltry compared to the big money shows of the day like $64,000 Question and 21. It was about the game first and foremost. I miss watching those and hope they return to the lineup soon.
This would be a great format for GSN to pick up. It could have the Inquizition feel to it with no audience, and they could lower the budget just a tad. Just make sure it's not on Saturday nights...PLEASE! This is how 20Q and The Money List got ruined. They were both well produced shows, but ended up getting dragged down by Big Saturday Night. If they were on their own on other nights, they would have survived. I think this show has the chance to work on a GSN level here in the US.
What's all this about ditching the celebrities? I know he level of game show celebs has dropped recently, but still...the celebs are what make the show work. Do you watch clips of Pyramid on Youtube for the game play? Other than tournament wins, I'm sure not many people have. I mean, how many times have you watched William Shatner go apes**t on the set or play the winner's circle by himself? How many times have you watched Vicki Lawrence walk off the set and storm out with her clothes? How many times have you watched the record setting time by Billy Crystal? The show was so good because of the celebs. Dropping them would ruin the show for me.
Ah...GSN making a mistake. Why am I not surprised?
According to the graphic on GSN today, the new season starts April 12th, not the 19th.
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