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Post by bmhedgehog on Nov 18, 2004 15:21:10 GMT -5
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Post by FrankieV on Nov 18, 2004 18:22:05 GMT -5
Pretty much everything they needed for that day question was back there. All the answers to the question, all the slide cards with numbers on them, the single, dubble and triple signs, the family feud sign at the beginning of the show and i believe there was only ONE tech. person working the board loading the answers and turning it. The board sat on a white platform and had wheels on it ( the type of wheels that would be at a buttom of a push dolly) so it really shouldnt of been hard to turn. I also remember that if the lighting was just right i would see a chair up there i would guess would be used by the tech to load the board instead of having to kneel.
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Post by bmhedgehog on Nov 19, 2004 0:28:22 GMT -5
ya know youd think that the board rotation was done by a simple push of a button, but to have that kind of "technology" would be non exsistant (or somethin).
Wonder if there was a file cabinet back there where the answers and points for the answers were kept?
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 19, 2004 7:31:07 GMT -5
FrankieV, thanks for posting that. You gave me more information regarding the game board than I knew! I had taken a guess in my mind that there were some wheels used to banance and guide the trilon board as it rotates. On another side note, back in late '76 and early '77, they spun the board around VERY fast...I always wondered if the support was something more than just a simple shaft in the middle. The spun it so fast that the board tilted in a weeble-wooble fashion as it was finishing turning around.
I have and episode on a DVD I created that shows the chair you speak of. It actually looked more like a ladder. We'll talk about it when I post the pic.
Something, either the DOUBLE/TRIPLE signs or the game's opening logo panel, were once visible as the board was turning around for a question in the middle of the game. It was leaning against the left side of the trilon board out of view. As the board turned, you can see the objects being knocked around.
I wonder how much lower the white floor is than the lower opening for the rotating game board?
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 19, 2004 7:34:17 GMT -5
ya know youd think that the board rotation was done by a simple push of a button, but to have that kind of "technology" would be non exsistant (or somethin). Wonder if there was a file cabinet back there where the answers and points for the answers were kept? I would think it'd be much cheaper to build the game board to be rotated manually. The technology did exist at the time. Just think about the turntables used in Price is Right and Match Game 7x. It could have been done. I don't know how they sorted the answer slides. We'll probably never know the answers to these questions unless we find someone who used to work for the show itself. |
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Post by FrankieV on Nov 19, 2004 7:54:54 GMT -5
I wonder how much lower the white floor is than the lower opening for the rotating game board? The White floor is just below the opening for the rotating board. I have an show on tape that was a military special and they shot the set from differnt angles. One shot was a side veiw of the big board as it was turing showing all that i said. I have been trying to find that show on tape so i can get pictures of it and post here but have not been lucky lately. Ill try again going threw all my tapes I have and when I find it I will let you know. |
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Post by FrankieV on Nov 19, 2004 8:02:40 GMT -5
Wonder if there was a file cabinet back there where the answers and points for the answers were kept? All graphic cards are stored in the prop room. Below is a link to a picture of THE PRICE IS RIGHT prop room. www.golden-road.net/modules.php?set_albumName=album04&id=plinkochip&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.phpThere would be nothing stored behind the set because every week it would be struck down for another show. Price is right tapes Monday threw Thursday, Hollywood Sqaures taped there on Saturdays. And if im not mistaken Family Feud taped Fridays. So nothing for anyshow is stored on stage since everything will change every few days. |
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 19, 2004 10:17:01 GMT -5
That's interesting information. FrankieV, if you look for your episode, I'll look for mine. :-)
My curiousity about the height of the floor below the game board stems from an '88 episode (and some '76 episodes) where a panel wouldn't flip and someone from inside the trilon board itself would tap it to turn over. On the tape, you can see a silhoutte of a person's arm tapping panel #5 to finish turning it over. It looks like the arm is coming from someone inside of the large trilon board. I was picturing someone back there having the ability to freely move from the inside of the trilon board by a floor lower than the opening for the board. Hmm....since that's not the case, maybe that hand was someone reaching over the game board or someone actually inside the board itself (which seems awful wasteful)? I have no idea.
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Post by binsbin96 on Nov 19, 2004 23:35:38 GMT -5
That's interesting information. FrankieV, if you look for your episode, I'll look for mine. :-) My curiousity about the height of the floor below the game board stems from an '88 episode (and some '76 episodes) where a panel wouldn't flip and someone from inside the trilon board itself would tap it to turn over. On the tape, you can see a silhoutte of a person's arm tapping panel #5 to finish turning it over. It looks like the arm is coming from someone inside of the large trilon board. I was picturing someone back there having the ability to freely move from the inside of the trilon board by a floor lower than the opening for the board. Hmm....since that's not the case, maybe that hand was someone reaching over the game board or someone actually inside the board itself (which seems awful wasteful)? I have no idea. I know you said It's not the case but I'm sure of it since it has to be hallow so in case of mech failure somone can flip it by hand . My therory |
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Post by bmhedgehog on Nov 22, 2004 1:19:25 GMT -5
I would think it'd be much cheaper to build the game board to be rotated manually. The technology did exist at the time. Just think about the turntables used in Price is Right and Match Game 7x. It could have been done. I don't know how they sorted the answer slides. We'll probably never know the answers to these questions unless we find someone who used to work for the show itself. Intreseting, but i thought the turntable on price worked in the same function as the contestant island on PYL, which if im not mistaken was done by hand and crank (though I could be wrong). Im glad i started this thread ;D |
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 22, 2004 6:57:53 GMT -5
I know you said It's not the case but I'm sure of it since it has to be hallow so in case of mech failure somone can flip it by hand . My therory Oh yeah, you can tell it hollow from the TV really well at times. When the panels flipped over on the Dawson Feud set, it would allow stage lighting to pass through the opening and shine on other parts of the inside of the board. While you couldn't make out any details, you could see it's definitely hollow. |
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