MediaGuardian interviewed X Factor exec Richard Holloway the other day. A few interesting things transpired:
- He reckons adventure gameshows might be on the way back. I AM WELL EXCITED.
- He also reckons a return of The Price is Right is inevitable.
I’m a little bit in two minds about that. As far as I’m concerned, if it doesn’t have the inventiveness and vision of Vincent Lagaf’s Le Juste Prix, I’m not all that interested. Lots of versions have taken the French version off, but other than borrowing the set elements and introducing the announcer as a co-host they don’t really offer anything unusual or exciting, especially as they usually just re-use their old game set-ups.
If anyone’s interested, here’s Tuesday’s Run for Money:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDQ0Mzk3MTgw.html
Thankfully it was only a two hour show this time… Although the next one is back to three hours.
I wonder what Ultimate Run for Money will be, that the Gamemaster announces at the end? The next episode (in October) isn’t listed as “Ultimate” so we’ve got a while to wait to find out.
Thanks!
RIP Max Bygraves. 🙁
In game show terms, it’s obvious what he’ll be best remembered for… 😉
So here’s That Incident in full – complete with what he says to Bob at the end of it all. 😉