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(Classic "fiddle music" opening theme music to "The Family Feud" plays)
ANNOUNCER: It's time for "The Fanboy Feud"! Introducing Team Canada---Jonesy, Jude, Owen, Tyler, *and* LeShawna. Ready for action! And the Teen Titans--- Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, *and* Raven! On your marks... let's start---the *FANBOYYYY FEUUUUD*! With the host of "The Fanboy Feud", Richard Dawson!
(Dawson walks out, kisses LeShawna's hand. Jude sticks his hand out as well, but Dawson looks away annoyed)
JUDE: Dude, like I thought everyone got a turn at that, or somethin'.
DAWSON: Erm, *no*. Anyway, you all know how to play--- (BEAST BOY: We do? (Gets jabbed) Ow!)---so let's start with the Titans! (Titans cheer) Our category: "Name a demand or complaint by online fans about today's animated projects".
(They murmur among themselves)
ROBIN: We're going with... (glares at Beast Boy, who grins) "Not enough direct-to-video Teen Titans movies." (Mutters) This had better be right...
DAWSON: "Not enough Titans movies"... Survey *SAYS*! (Buzzer noise sounds) Oooh, sorry.... (goes to the other team) Team Canada! Your answer?
LESHAWNA (to the others): What should we pick?
OWEN: Ooh, ooh! "More Shrek projects!" I love Shrek---we have so much in common! Eating... making rude noises...
TYLER: More sports shows! Cartoon Network should *totally* re-air some basketball games from TNT! 'Cause, uh, kids like basketball... and live-action. Why else would they air my favorite movie, "Son of the Mask," so many times?
JONESY: Right... I'm sticking with "make a Wonder Woman cartoon." Because what we need... are more shows with hot babes in star-spangled bikini-costumes. (Makes growling noise; LeShawna rolls her eyes)
JUDE: Dude, we should pick "Things you find in a dumpster in New Orleans". (Others stare) What? This isn't "The $25,000 Trapezoid?"
LESHAWNA: Richard, we're going with... "a Wonder Woman cartoon."
DAWSON: "A Wonder Woman cartoon." Survey *SAYS*! (Dinging noise as it's the #1 answer; Team Canada cheers) Good job! Name one more, and you'll win!
LESHAWNA: Let's go with...
OWEN: (Interrupting) "More Chowder!"
LESHAWNA: Owen---!
DAWSON: "More Chowder"... survey SAYS! (Dinging noise as it's the #2 answer) Team Canada *WINS*! (Music plays)
OWEN: We do? (Laughs) I thought that was more of a request... (belches) 'cause I ate all the chowder being served backstage, and wanted some more.
RAVEN: (To Beast Boy) "Direct to video Teen Titans movies"? Not a chance as long as Time-Warner's myopically obsessed with you-know-who...
ROBIN: Hey, I can't help it if my partner's so popular...
CYBORG: Least you get to be on that "Young Justice" thing. All the rest of us have got is hoping DC doesn't fold, spindle or mutilate us in the *next* Titans comic book reboot---(Others try to say something) don't sugarcoat it, you *know* it's coming. It's been rebooted more times than a PC running Windows 98!
DAWSON: Our winning team gets $10,000 *and* a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco... treat. (Stares at Owen lying in a pile of empty Rice-a-Roni boxes). Um, good night, everybody!
ANNOUNCER: This is Brainatra, speaking for "The Fanboy Feud"....a Mark Goodson Television Production! Stay tuned for "The $25,000 Trapezoid" (JUDES VOICE: Aww, yeah!!), next on most of these stations...
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Pointless-but-amusing fanfiction-ish blurb above to set the mood is today's question: what're your favorite examples of game shows in animation?
To start:
- Total Drama series: what was long needed---a parody of all those awful reality shows, in this case, a low-budget show with a self-absorbed host and a bunch of oddball teenagers. Funny...
- The Simpsons: The "Springfield Squares" was a pretty funny bit (and parody of "Hollywood Squares")... plus a pile of in-the-series characters infrequently seen.
- The Flintstones: Barney did a funny turn on "The Prize is Priced", a parody of the 60s "Price is Right" primetime series. I liked the Stone Age prizes (giant seahorses as "motors" for a new boat), and the mention of a competing game show, "Beat the Sundial" (parody of "Beat the Clock" I guess)... heh.
Others?
-B.
ANNOUNCER: It's time for "The Fanboy Feud"! Introducing Team Canada---Jonesy, Jude, Owen, Tyler, *and* LeShawna. Ready for action! And the Teen Titans--- Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, *and* Raven! On your marks... let's start---the *FANBOYYYY FEUUUUD*! With the host of "The Fanboy Feud", Richard Dawson!
(Dawson walks out, kisses LeShawna's hand. Jude sticks his hand out as well, but Dawson looks away annoyed)
JUDE: Dude, like I thought everyone got a turn at that, or somethin'.
DAWSON: Erm, *no*. Anyway, you all know how to play--- (BEAST BOY: We do? (Gets jabbed) Ow!)---so let's start with the Titans! (Titans cheer) Our category: "Name a demand or complaint by online fans about today's animated projects".
(They murmur among themselves)
ROBIN: We're going with... (glares at Beast Boy, who grins) "Not enough direct-to-video Teen Titans movies." (Mutters) This had better be right...
DAWSON: "Not enough Titans movies"... Survey *SAYS*! (Buzzer noise sounds) Oooh, sorry.... (goes to the other team) Team Canada! Your answer?
LESHAWNA (to the others): What should we pick?
OWEN: Ooh, ooh! "More Shrek projects!" I love Shrek---we have so much in common! Eating... making rude noises...
TYLER: More sports shows! Cartoon Network should *totally* re-air some basketball games from TNT! 'Cause, uh, kids like basketball... and live-action. Why else would they air my favorite movie, "Son of the Mask," so many times?
JONESY: Right... I'm sticking with "make a Wonder Woman cartoon." Because what we need... are more shows with hot babes in star-spangled bikini-costumes. (Makes growling noise; LeShawna rolls her eyes)
JUDE: Dude, we should pick "Things you find in a dumpster in New Orleans". (Others stare) What? This isn't "The $25,000 Trapezoid?"
LESHAWNA: Richard, we're going with... "a Wonder Woman cartoon."
DAWSON: "A Wonder Woman cartoon." Survey *SAYS*! (Dinging noise as it's the #1 answer; Team Canada cheers) Good job! Name one more, and you'll win!
LESHAWNA: Let's go with...
OWEN: (Interrupting) "More Chowder!"
LESHAWNA: Owen---!
DAWSON: "More Chowder"... survey SAYS! (Dinging noise as it's the #2 answer) Team Canada *WINS*! (Music plays)
OWEN: We do? (Laughs) I thought that was more of a request... (belches) 'cause I ate all the chowder being served backstage, and wanted some more.
RAVEN: (To Beast Boy) "Direct to video Teen Titans movies"? Not a chance as long as Time-Warner's myopically obsessed with you-know-who...
ROBIN: Hey, I can't help it if my partner's so popular...
CYBORG: Least you get to be on that "Young Justice" thing. All the rest of us have got is hoping DC doesn't fold, spindle or mutilate us in the *next* Titans comic book reboot---(Others try to say something) don't sugarcoat it, you *know* it's coming. It's been rebooted more times than a PC running Windows 98!
DAWSON: Our winning team gets $10,000 *and* a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco... treat. (Stares at Owen lying in a pile of empty Rice-a-Roni boxes). Um, good night, everybody!
ANNOUNCER: This is Brainatra, speaking for "The Fanboy Feud"....a Mark Goodson Television Production! Stay tuned for "The $25,000 Trapezoid" (JUDES VOICE: Aww, yeah!!), next on most of these stations...
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Pointless-but-amusing fanfiction-ish blurb above to set the mood is today's question: what're your favorite examples of game shows in animation?
To start:
- Total Drama series: what was long needed---a parody of all those awful reality shows, in this case, a low-budget show with a self-absorbed host and a bunch of oddball teenagers. Funny...
- The Simpsons: The "Springfield Squares" was a pretty funny bit (and parody of "Hollywood Squares")... plus a pile of in-the-series characters infrequently seen.
- The Flintstones: Barney did a funny turn on "The Prize is Priced", a parody of the 60s "Price is Right" primetime series. I liked the Stone Age prizes (giant seahorses as "motors" for a new boat), and the mention of a competing game show, "Beat the Sundial" (parody of "Beat the Clock" I guess)... heh.
Others?
-B.