Game show follies: Tomfoolery

Monday, March 30, 2015

Tomfoolery

Oh, those foolish folks at CBS daytime. Not content with bringing Bob Barker back to The Price is Right on April Fools Day, they're sending Drew Carey and Plinko to Let's Make a Deal.

Gotta admit, it's a cute stunt. In a bit of video LMAD shows Wayne Brady intoning that he's Drew as he conducts a lucky contestant to the big board. The nice lady at Let's Make a Deal also sent me a still of Drew Carey on the show, which you can see here. Drew looks like he dressed down for the occasion.

This crossover recalls the Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy stunt when Pat and Alex switched hosting duties on April Fools Day, 1997. On a blog called Game Show Follies, who am I to complain about such foolishness? And if it nudges the numbers a little, that's a nice bonus.

At least Plinko had a day out on another show. He (it) probably liked the change.

UNRELATED UPDATE: In a faux tweet I said I would review Monopoly Millionaires Club tomorrow after watching it on GSN. Only for some reason the show won't be on GSN tomorrow. There was a last-minute preemption. Don't know why. Sooner or later I'll get around to watching and reviewing the show. In other GSN news, the network's gaming subsidiary GSN Games acquires casino game developer Idle Gaming.

2 comments:

dth1971March 30, 2015 at 9:54 PM
I bet GSN may pull the plug on Monopoly Millionaires Club and by April start to burn off the rest of the current The Chase season. Too bad the now cancelled Bill Bellamy Let's Ask America episodes never got a chance on GSN.
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Casey AbellMarch 31, 2015 at 6:29 AM
I don't know what's going on with Monopoly Millionaires Club. We'll see if it ever shows up on GSN.
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