There was a period, after UKGSC/BB Poll Hall of Shamer Tipping Point became successful, where format developers were looking into arcade machines as the basis of the next big hit format.
Ladies and Gents, I present to you, filming on August 7th at TVC, Rollin’ In It with Stephen Mulhern. A pilot for a quiz based around coin rollers. The object is to land a coin completely on the white lines, not touching the black.
It’s surprisingly difficult to find examples of these on Youtube, so here’s footage of an app:
Speaking of Stephen Mulhern, where’s In For A Penny got to? Big Star’s Little Star will start going out on Saturday nights from this weekend.
Christ. I genuinely can’t begin to understand how Mr. Mulhern keeps getting shows. Surely there can’t be a person in the world who feels the tiniest twinge of excitement at seeing his face.
I’d think a giant version of Pop-A-Ball would work well for a GS…
https://youtu.be/FLQpALxH2Bs
and you’d wouldn’t have to use poker hands per se; use it as a bingo-type game like this (and it combines a pop-a-ball with shuffleboard)
https://youtu.be/d3sqPmVnC-s
I’m now going down a rabbit hole looking for old-style coin-ops you could make a format out of.
Granted you have the wall, but wouldn’t the old style penny arcade plinko/pachinko machines work well, as you dictate the speed of the ball travelling up to the end?
Or just bring back Superball from TPIR :-p
Apropos of nothing, this clip has a BRILLIANT set-up gag:
https://youtu.be/LHRyMoXpcw0
I remember that happening at the time and thought it was funny, only seeing it 30 years later do I realise it was entirely a set-up. Incredible.
Sorry for taking you down that rabbit hole, but here’s another: Number Roll (basically rolling blackjack)
https://youtu.be/HLtLS6VQCIg
I’m hearing some gossip that in for a penny will be going out in Jan to act for a bumper for Sat night Takeaway, if it returns.
I’m not sure what I’ve done to have YouTube Recommendations keep finding me these beautifully surreal gems, but there’s a wackily-edited Tipping Point here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qSDgPPgBc
Channel, also including a similar edit of The Chase: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxpARjres6BJHxr3l9ZErAQ/videos
Thanks for sharing; the whole channel is superb! Maybe it’s a gag that won’t last forever, but you’ll get a few good tens of minutes out of it. I’m on a bit of a Vic and Bob kick at the moment, and this tickles some of the same funny bones very nicely indeed.
“Schlag Den Star” tomorrow night (Thursday) on ProSieben between Pietro Lombardi (DSDS Singer [Pop Idol]) and Gil Ofarim (Singer and Strictly Come Dancing winner)!
Cheers Gyro!
While on the subject of Coin Ops to turn into gameshows…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBIIQULe4w
Because why not?
They should make a game show that’s based on those weird Japanese panchinko machine things.