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Yesterday, thirty-six years ago, an out of work ice cream truck salesman, who was very intelligent, very calculating, yet very greedy for money and power, came along to a 1980s game show. That game show was Press Your Luck, the person in question was the late Michael Larson, and his actions, as the above video shows, literally changed the game and affected the game show world. As a young man,…

BUZZR is Going Back to School During“Spring Break College Week”!

Pop quiz… What is the hottest destination for Spring Break this year? If you guessed “My Living Room”, you get an A+! Because BUZZR is bringing all the fun and entertainment anyone could ever ask for right to you!  So, put away that suitcase, forget about those midterms, and enjoy back-to-back college week episodes from Classic Concentration, Family Feud and more, featuring students competing from some of the nation’s top universities.

WOW.

This show was awesome, and complicated, and hilarious, and awesome. The Gauntlet was such a great bonus game. Ten of the most cantankerous criminals to ever come between a contestant and their money.

But more than that was the unique format of the questions, a facet of gameshows that get largely ignored.  The question was a statement, one highlighted word or phrase of which was incorrect, and in order to answer question, you had to correct that portion.   Example "JRR Tolkien wrote The Lord of the _Bananas_"

I interviewed Jason Mathes about syndicated game shows and his 4-point plan to improve any game show concept. He’s coming for you, Supermarket Sweep.