Have you ever been up early on a Saturday morning and just felt like going back in time to when you were a kid by watching some cartoons? Sure you have, we all have. The problem, at least for us, is that one, there are hardly any cartoons on anymore, and two, the ones that are on, suck.
Now granted kids today may like them but this is probably because they don’t know any different. When we were growing up, cartoons were awesome and on all the time regardless of day (okay maybe Sunday sucked).
That got us putting on our old person hat and thinking back to when we watched cartoons in the morning and what ones were the best and most anticipated each and every day.
Here is what we came up with in no particular order.
1. Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
2. Super Friends
3. He-Man
4. Inspector Gadget
5. Dungeons and Dragons
6. Hercules
7. Scooby Doo
8. The Flintstones
9. G.I. Joe
10. Transformers
Others that were good: Hulk Hogan’s Rockin’ Wrestling, The Legend of Zelda, ThunderCats, Voltron.
What were some of your favourite and most memorable cartoons growing up? We know we missed quite a few, so don’t hold it against us. We started watching sports at an early age and that probably has poisoned our brains.
Source: http://www.toptenz.net | Game shows are as American as homemade apple pie. They are a testament of time, in the televised broadcasting world, where the first such shows appeared in the thirties. With the overall components that are compiled to make a game show function, the finished product is always great to watch. Everything from the hosts, contestants, props, and prizes, these shows have something for all. Game shows have evolved during the times – they have deeper competition ideas and higher prize money to obtain. Since the nineties, GSN, a game show channel, has had a number of personally created game shows, such as Catch 21 and Bingo America, and have also aired some classic game shows like Family Feud and The $100,000 Pyramid. Here is a top ten list of the best game shows that have come across our screens over the years. (**and, a rogue editor’s corresponding videos of the worst moments in game show history)
10. Wheel…of…FORTUNE!
The number ten spot goes to the game show known around the globe as Wheel of Fortune. It is a game show that shows a phrase to the contestants, which they then have to guess the letters to until they can solve the puzzle. It is hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White. Best Moment? The best moment of the series came in 2008, when Michelle Lowenstein was the first player to win the top prize of one million dollars. All the requirements of winning the highest prize had to be matched in order to win the million. This included winning the million dollar spot during the normal round of the game, spinning the bonus wheel and picking the correct envelope, and correctly solving the final puzzle. She did all of these things.
And FAIL:
9. Is That Your Final Answer? Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?
Who Wants to be a Millionaire is a completely solid concept of a game show, and deserves a spot among the top ten greatest game shows. Contestants would play a fast fingered question to try and earn a spot in the hot seat. This contestant would then try to answer trivia questions one at a time, until reaching the million dollar question. The show is famous for the tagline, “Is that your final answer?” Who Wants to be a Millionaire also has three lifelines that the contestant can use at any time during the game. They are, ask the audience, phone a friend, and fifty-fifty (where two of the four choices to a question was eliminated). Best Moment? The game show was a major part of the plot in the Academy Award winning film, Slumdog Millionaire. The crown jewel of moments in the game show was when the first million dollar winner had all his lifelines still in tack, and wanted to call his parents, to let them know he just won the million dollars, as he knew the answer to the final question.
and…some bloopers:
8. The Secret Password Is…
Password makes the list at number eight. It was a show where players had to guess a word that was known as the secret password, after hearing only a single clue about that word. Correct answers would result in a cash prize. Best Moment? The moment of moments in the show was when Betty White and Allen Ludden showed the audience they were together when doing their sendoff on one of the episodes. ED note: This actually happened on Match Game. But here are some nice Password Betty White clips:
7. Let’s Make a Deal!
Decision-making at its finest, Let’s Make a Deal is a game show that was first hosted by Monty Hall, and is now hosted by Wayne Brady. Contestants would have to decide which deal to take – the deal behind door number one, door number two, and door number three. The prize could be cash or a car, or a booby prize. The Big Deal is the final prize portion of the game. Best Moment? In the old days Monty Hall would shout out the names of random items. If an audience member happened to have that item with them (red lipstick, a wooden nickle, etc.) Monty would give them some cold hard cash.
And a blooper or two:
6. Match Game
Match Game comes in at number six, on the list. This game had a fill in the blank format where the contestants had to match the answers that the celebrity panelists would write down. The winning player would then try to match a single panelist to win a cash prize. The show was mainly hosted by Gene Rayburn. A familiar running tagline from the show was the audience asking Gene, “How dumb was he?” after he would begin a questions of relevant context. Best moment? The show’s funniest moment was when Gene Rayburn and Richard Dawson made a bet of a dollar on the number one answer to a question, and Richard Dawson won.
Dawson has a not-so-good moment:
Deal or No Deal?
The concept of merely picking numbers and then walking away with a whole lot of money is the main reason why this game show, hosted by Howie Mandel, made the list. The rules are simple. Pick an initial case. Pick more cases. Listen to bank offers, and then press a button. The contestant would be accompanied by a group of friends and family who would discuss an offer throughout the game. Best Moment? The greatest moment was when the first contestant won the top prize of one million dollars.
Bad moment:
4. Two Families Enter. One Family Stays. Family Fued
Family Feud is a game show that puts two families up against one another. They are asked a survey question and are expected to give the most popular answers. Whichever family wins the main three rounds of the game gets to stay to play the Fast Money portion, where there is a chance of winning $20,000.00. “Survey Says?” Best Moment? A great episode was when the superstars and divas of the WWE came for a week to battle it out.
Not so good:
3. Come on Down! The Price is Right
This classic game show has contestants guessing the price of an item to win prizes. It was created in the fifties but became a classic hit in the seventies with lovable host Bob Barker. Some of the popular games played on the show are Cliff Hangers, Clock Game, and Plinko. Two contestants would make their way to play the Showcase Showdown, where they could win the ultimate prize package. Today, the show is hosted by Drew Carey. Best Moment? One of the greatest moments of The Price is Right, according to most, is when a female had a certain wardrobe malfunction while running from the studio audience to Contestant’s Row.
Like we need a “bad moment” after that?
2. Pyramid
At first it was the $10,000 Pyramid. Eventually it was the $100,000 Pyramid. In its heyday it was hosted by Dick Clark. The concept was like playing a vocal version of charades, or like playing a game of Catchphrase, but with celebrities. Two contestants would be paired up with two guest celebrities. The celebrities would try to win the game for their respective contestant and make their way to the Winner’s Circle round, where they tried to help their contestant win the grand prize. Best Moment? The show had some great moments, but two were the very best. In the first great moment, the two teams had completed their sets of words in the same amount of time, resulting in a tie breaker round. That lead to a second tie breaker round. That had never happened before! In the second great moment, albeit unfortunate, was when a contestant thought he he had won, but after the commercial break was informed that he hadn’t. Dick Clark even broke out a dictionary to prove it.
And a not so good Pyramid Moment:
1. This. Is. Jeopardy!
Jeopardy is a trivia game show, established in the sixties. Currently, it is hosted by Alex Trebek. The game is played by three contestants, with the return of a previous winner, and a group of categories of answers that are given for their respective questions made by the contestants. The show has won their share of daytime Emmys, with eleven. The show is a pop culture icon, appearing in a number of films. Bill Murray in the film Groundhog Day, knew the answers to the episode they were watching, because he was living the same day over and over. In White Men Can’t Jump, Rosie Perez’s character wanted to appear on the show, and eventually did. Joe Pesci and Danny Glover’s characters in Gone Fishin’ tried to answer the questions, only to get them wrong. And the most memorable movie to equate Jeopardy with itself was in the film, Men in Black, when Will Smith’s character said sarcastically, “Uh…wait, that was on Final Jeopardy last night.” Best Moment? The best moment on Jeopardy! came when returning contestant Ken Jennings continued to return to the game, seventy four times, to win the most cash prize on the show. This simple trivia concept game show takes the number one spot.
Source: http://totallytop10.com | Reality has become something of a subjective concept in the world today. Many of us spend hours online or on the couch watching life go by. However, in early modern times television came up with something to make us feel like we have a life: shows about other people’s lives. And we bought it. So here are your Top 10 Reality Shows of the 2000s:
10. Survivor
Do we really need to write a synopsis for this one? On the off chance you’ve not been on planet Earth in the last decade here it goes. A group of strangers are placed in a remote area and have to survive on what they can scrounge up on their own. As an added challenge, there are contests with another group of strangers who are going through the same thing. And people are voted off the island. This is considered great fun for the rest of us, because we have beer in the fridge and can laugh at the starving people trying to win a million dollars.
Survivor Best Moments & Highlights
9. The Bachelor
This is another type of Survivor. Women line up and try to impress a guy who could be anyone really, but for the sake of the show is a successful princely entrepreneur with pearly white teeth and a cleft chin. The women of course are out to win one on one time with our bachelor and steal him away. The seasons come and go and someone’s always won, but interesting enough, no one’s ever actually gotten married. The premise spawned a lot of copycat programming though such as number 8…..
8. Flavor of Love
It’s insane, and I don’t particularly understand it, but this show threw out some serious numbers. 4.9 million tuned in. It’s mind boggling, but like a train wreck a lot of people couldn’t stop watching it. But still, I suppose with the amount of child support Flav has to pay, he had to do something.
Best Girl Fights in Flavor of Love
7. The Apprentice
There are those who say that it’s a jungle in the work place. It’s tougher than that when you’re trying to get a job with Donald Trump. The man’s image of being a really nice guy and regular fella was irreparably damaged with the first “Your Fired” and never will come back. Yet somehow people like him better now.
Best Omarosa Fights of The Apprentice
6. America’s Next Top Model
Silly, self-indulgent and shallow; this is reality competition at its best! Model wannabes compete in a competition to be AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. The only problem is none of the winners have really done anything afterwards. Still, this is inspirational to all of us because “like, they’re soooo pretty and like, you know, making the world better with their prettiness.”
Funniest moments of ANTM
5. Extreme Makeover
Extreme Makeover gave even ugly people a chance at shallowness, but somehow didn’t catch on as well as America’s Next Top Model. But it gets points for being daring and for the spinoff not mentioned in this list; Extreme Home Makeover, which is slowly becoming an American icon.
4. The Biggest Loser
People share with us the sad stories of how they got too fat, and we, the public buy it and send them tons of mail, and tune in every week to see how much weight they’ve lost. The irony is in 11 million people tuning in every week and seeing who has lost weight… while eating snack food. If we were really going to support them, we’d be doing reps with them down at the gym.
Biggest Loser Best Moments
3. The Amazing Race
This is a $1 million grand prize for the team that arrives before all the rest in the final leg of long journey around the world. Since the teams of two consist of people who entered the competition together and already have a functional (or sometimes dysfunctional) relationship, there’s little chance for the cattiness and backstabbing but then again, if someone doesn’t turn left when they’re supposed to.
The Amazing Race Winners
2. The Hills
Lauren Conrad graduated high school and took to the Hollywood Hills to gain more teenage girl ratings and because she couldn’t yet turn loose of her fans from the real OC. This is a prettier show than most of the reality TV out there, and no, not because of the girls. It this case, it’s more like in spite of the girls.
The Hills Season 1-4 Best Moments
1. Jon & Kate Plus 8
The kids were cute, the stories seemed a little staged, but overall the reality series itself wasn’t that bad. It’s the reality behind the reality that makes this one so interesting. After the show ends, it’s the divorce and law suits and “those poor children” that’s kept us wondering “whatever happened…?” Check out the best moments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieeSmk4Ex28
And as an added bonus… Our own take on a reality show storyline
Two teams of four guys and four girls have to give each other makeovers in the Hollywood Hills while racing from Mulholland to Rodeo Drive. The first girl and first guy that arrive have to decide which of their teammates must marry an overweight person. The remaining six contestants will then have a knife fight, the winner of which will appear on America’s Next Top Convict, which will explore the country’s penal system on a day to day basis. Your host? Hulk Hogan of course!
