On Oct 25, 7:25 pm, allenkirsh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Oct 25, 10:46 am, Taylor <fetchwithruffruff...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Casino and Gaming Television Canada (old name)
> > Game TV (new name)
>
> >http://www.igametv.com/
>
> > ---
>
> > Game Play Underway at New TV Channel
>
> > GameTV, a newly rebranded Canadian television channel, will debut with
> > fun & gaming and contests galore.
>
> (snip)
>
> > > Among the variety of programs that are set to air on GameTV include
> > Last Comic Standing; America's Next Producer; Dog Eat Dog; The Rebel
> > Billionaire: Branson's Quest For The Best; Treasure Hunters; Beg,
> > Borrow & Deal; Acting Crazy; Game On; Joke's On Us; The Last Word;
> > Love Handle; Love Me, Love Me Not; Mad Dash; The Mole; Supermarket
> > Sweep; Test Pattern; and TimeChase.
>
> -- Interesting mix of older Canadian shows. Always thought Acting
> Crazy was decent, even with (or maybe because of) the B-list (D-list?)
> celebrities that appeared. The Joke's on Us was one of the few game
> shows I didn't like. Even for a Canadian show it was cheaply made and
> poorly staged. Love Handles was okay...probably best remembered for
> having the occasional gay couple on, something rarely seen in game
> shows today, let alone a decade ago. Hardly ever saw Love Me Love Me
> Know but hard to forget Ross Shafer, who looked like a Ken doll, with
> plastic features and nary a hair out of place. The Mad Dash = classic
> Canadian TV. A much better gig for Pierre Lalonde than when he took
> over Circus with that clown as co-host. Test Pattern? I guess the
> hairy back brothers live on in syndication. RIP Dan Gallagher.
>
> There are so many more though that weren't listed. What about
> Jackpot, Chain Reaction, Definition, Headline Hunters, the New Liar's
> Club, It's Your Move, the Next Line, Kidstreet, Just Like Mom(!),
> Second Honeymoon, Talkabout, Celebrity Talkabout, Whiz Kids, Wild
> Guess or the zillions of episodes of Reach For The Top that are
> hopefully still kicking around in the depths of the CBC archive, not
> to mention the few noted by another poster (Bumper Stumpers, Lingo)?
> They all need to see the light of day again! :-)
Plus, they get to air movies that have a competitive theme to theme,
like 'The Karate Kid II' I see (on their website). God, I thought I
was the only one that remembered 'Just Like Mom (!)'. The glory days
of 1988 as a kid after the launch of YTV. There about was this British
game show called 'Small Talk!' that aired Sunday nights on YTV about 8
or 9 years ago. Adults guess if one of 9 kids asked a specific
question by the host, would get it right or wrong. Had this Hollywood
Squares set. Not a bad show.
>
> --
> Allen Kirshner
> (the alt.music.lyrics TV theme guy)
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