2015 Game Show Turdament -- Round of 32

The next games are ready for action! On your marks, let's start... the TURDY FEUD!

Match #5

This Rosen match will guarantee that another double-digit seed will move on. Here's the #11 seed:



The Neighbors (ABC, 1975-76, Regis Philbin)

Apparently, the voters didn't really mind GSN's Mind of a Man, as they gave that show the pass with a score of 34-10.

And that plays the #14 seed:



Thousand Dollar Bee (Black Family Channel, 2004-07, Sinatra Onieyewacki)

Can you spell "upset"? #3 seed Match Game '98 did just that to this terrible kids game show, 71-17.

Match #6

Let's get a #1 seed back in that battlefield.



Temptation: The New Sale of the Century (Syn, 2007-08, Rossi Morreale)

To nobody's surprise, the bad $ale of the Century revival lost to the bad Joker's Wild revival, 79-20.

That show plays the #8 seed:



JEP! (GSN, 1997-98, Bob Bergen)

The answer is: "This kids game show lost a turd-off against Harvey Feud, 69-41." There is no question here.

Match #7

Let's review the #3 seed:



How Much Is Enough? (GSN, 2008, Corbin Bernsen)

This turdament hasn't had enough of this turd yet. It narrowly lost to Don't Forget the Lyrics! (McGrath), 48-40.

We go from "just greedy enough" to "Kock Brothers greedy" for the #6 seed:



Take It All (NBC, 2012, Howie Mandel)

The Diamond Head Game sent this primetime stinker into the volcano by a score of 58-19.

Match #8

We close with the #4 seed:



Set for Life (ABC, 2007, Jimmy Kimmel)

In the Round 1 dumb-off, Hole in the Wall was said to be "less dumb" than Set for Life. That score was 49-28.

And it has to go against this controversial #12 seed:



Without Prejudice? (GSN, 2007, Dr. Robi Ludwig)

The voters proved that this show was way more offensive than onetime "worst game show ever" titleholder Tic Tac Dough '90. And the vote wasn't even close: 45-10.

Votes are due by Thursday August 6 at 8:45 PM Eastern.

Match 1: Never seen the neighbors before but I have seen TDB so 4-2 favor of thousand dollar bee
Match 2: 10-0 favor of jep I know I am gonna get a lot of hate but I love jep and temptation was..just awful
Match 3: 10-1 favor of Take it all again call me "not a true game show fan" but I actually love prisoners dilemma except friend of foe
Match 4: 10-0 Never seen set for life but without prejudice I have one comment fro that: Obvious Judge Judy Ripoff is Obvious

And for those wondering, there is video out there of The Neighbors.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57ll6e9dsI

OK, I was busy playing Bulls**t Bingo last night. But I'm ready to reveal the results now.



In a battle between sleazy and cheesy, cheesy usually wins. Not this time, though. In the Rosen Bracket, The Neighbors moved out with a 43-34 win over Thousand Dollar Bee. Bowtie Boy and the "No Rain" reject head to the regional semifinals.



In the Wagner Bracket, there was no surprise in (the) store. JEP! won Final Jeopardy!, 71-17. Temptation cruises to the S**t Sixteen.



In the Burleson Bracket, How Much Is Enough? has finally had enough. Take It All took the 59-29 loss and the ticket to the next round.



Finally, in the Goddard Bracket, Set for Life set itself up with a 56-10 victory. Without Prejudice? is looking more and more guilty, and a possible dark horse in this turdament.



The second half of Round 2 begins next.

Been kind of busy lately, so I haven't voted in the last few sets. But now I will for these...

Match 9: Both of these shows ripped off of golden formats. One ruined the relationships of its players. The other ruined its franchise. Neither truly wins here, but one of them wins a lot less than the other. 3's a Crowd is crowded out of the turdament with 8 points to show for it, while Bullard Card Sharks will not be happy to see this 3.

Match 10: I kind of liked Who's Still Standing and thought it had potential to be better than it was. Shopper's Casino has potential too - but it's potential to be the chumpion at the end of the turdament, because boy is it a stinker. Who's Still Standing stands up for 10 points, Shopper's Casino cashes out its lonely 1.

Match 11: I've always enjoyed watching Blank Check. On the other side of the matchup, I'm always tempted to fast-forward through most of Yahtzee to get to the dice rolls, because the rest of it is rather boring and slow. Blank Check writes its way out of the turdament with 9, while Yahtzee rolls up just 2 points.

Match 12: Neither of these was particularly good, but in the battle of golden format with bad host versus crappy format that doesn't even live up to its title, the golden format has to come out on top. Rodriguez Newlywed holds up a giant card with a 7 on it, while 4 of a kind won't be enough to save Strip Poker.

We're back. Let's check out the latest results. I'm going to work backward this time.

We'll start at the Goddard Bracket and find out that The Newlywed Game (Rodriguez) divorced itself from our contest with a 49-17 win over Strip Poker. As I alluded to before, three double-digit seeds will make up the Goddard side of the S**t Sixteen.

In the Burleson Bracket, Blank Check cashed out against Yahtzee, 53-35. Yahtzee rolls on to the regionals.

In the Wagner Bracket, Who's Still Standing? dropped out of the turdament with a 70-18 victory over Shoppers Casino. Yes, we're gonna keep talking about the dirty little secret of 1980s game shows.

Finally, in the Rosen Bracket... WE HAVE A TIE! Card Sharks (Bullard) 44, 3's a Crowd (Peck) 44. For the first time in this turdament, we're going to sudden death overtime.

As stated in the rules earlier, I will give my opinions and cast the deciding 6-5 vote.

So let's start with the games themselves. Card Sharks (Bullard) shared only its name and its general high/low premise with the classic versions from the 1970s and 1980s. Everything else was changed for the sake of change. I don't have a problem with extreme changes... if the changes are good. These changes were not good. 3's a Crowd (Peck) was essentially Newlywed Game minus one couple plus three secretaries. Chuckie Baby pushed the envelope of decency too far with this premise.

Now to the hosts. If you've seen just one episode of The Joker's Wild, Second Chance, or even The Big Showdown, then you know that Jim Peck was a good host. On 3's a Crowd, Peck was just... there. Unlike Eubanks, Peck couldn't ad-lib his way out of paper bag and he couldn't seem to get emotionally involved in any of the contestants who might have been one dirty secret away from divorce. Just there to collect a check. And then there's Pat Bullard. You know what you're getting when you watch him in anything. His BS is out in the open for everybody to see. He's fake, he's smarmy, he's not funny, he's not a nice guy, and he's killed every show that he has ever been near. I am thoroughly convinced that if Pat was given The Price Is Right in 2007, our beloved show would have died a painful death in 2008. Steve Gavazzi may not be a fan of Drew Carey's hosting, but he should be damn lucky that we didn't end up with Pat.

The sets are a minor quibble, but I'll go ahead and bring them up while I'm here. The set for 3's a Crowd (Peck) was too simple, while the set for Card Sharks (Bullard) was too gaudy.

Overall, 3's a Crowd (Peck) was enjoyably bad... but Card Sharks (Bullard) was vomit-inducing bad.

I'm casting my 6-5 vote in favor of 3's a Crowd (Peck). Card Sharks (Bullard) will swim into the next round.

The final four matches of Round 2 are next.