Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows

 

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

On the Road: Pasadena Toy Expo Part 3: The BSG game

One of my finds at that toy show I attended recently is this vintage Battlestar Galactica board game, in great condition and complete:

We have not been able to play this game yet, but here are my first impressions: This looks so generic that I can't help but think there was an existing structure that Parker Brothers altered to "fit" BSG. I doubt this is much fun to play (though I want to play it)!

Yet the box is cool. It is an officially licensed product. It's unfortunate that no images of the show's characters appear anywhere in the packaging, components, or game board, but at least there are Vipers and Cylon Raiders.

Next up: The continuation of my quest for an elusive Galactica 1980 game.

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

Video playlist for Fame Game #1 is now available!

After you hear our latest bonus episode and play along as Mike tries to identify ???, head on over here and check out the accompanying playlist celebrating the career of ??? and including some of the work referenced in the Fame Game.

Remember, this list contains SPOILERS and gives away the identity of ???. If you don't want to spoil the game, make sure you listen to the podcast first. Do be sure to check this out, though, because there is some great footage of ???. And feel free to poke around our YouTube page for more episode-specific playlists!

The Fame Game 1

In The Fame Game, Rick puts Mike on the hot seat and challenges him to identify a BOTNS-era celebrity based on a series of clues. Will Mike rise to the challenge or fail miserably? Find out in The Fame Game!

Check out this episode!

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

Tomorrow On Battle of the Network Shows...

TV Guide Game Ephemera: Game Shows Edition

In our recent Game Shows episode, we also played another round of "The TV Guide Game." This time, we looked at Saturday morning, October 27, 1984, from the October 27-November 2 1984 edition of TV Guide.

Brooke caught herself
a Burgess Meredith (Cameron from Search)!

Great art one, plus the great David Morse
and Valerie Bertinelli.

Great art two!

Great art three!

Most of the schedule we used.

Not made up.

What good is a T.J. Hooker ad
without Shatner?

We mentioned this Lynda Carter/Loni Anderson
vehicle in our Wonder Woman episode.

1984 in music!

Ghosts of episodes past and possibly fu-CHA.

Did someone call Matt Houston
a cut-rate Magnum?

File under What We'd Like To See!

Rick's been watching this show recently...
strictly for research...TV research.
Listen. An episode featured Burt, OK?
Give the guy a break.

Possibly the greatest sentence ever written.

Mork & Mindy...the Game

I recently had the chance to play the vintage Mork & Mindy board game with friends of the show Amy, Dann, and Tina (and June watching)*. We had a good time playing this silly and slightly complicated game--or complicated till we got a handle on its rules and oddities (like 6-sided dice labeled with 1, 2, and 3), and it offered ample opportunity to utter, "shazbot," and other Orkan words, so who can complain?

*Tina donated this game to Amy's collection, which includes a number of TV-related games, and we also played a 1970s game about the sinking of the Titanic. Really.

Check out some pictures and minor commentary below!

The full board. Lots of Morks, fewer Mindys.

"Na-no, na-no"? We think not!

Grebbles equal money, but money seems very un-Orkan.

I'm not a Nimnul! I'm not!

"Gleek"? I thought this was about Mork and Mindy,
not the Wonder Twins.

So cheerful and so pink!

"SHAZBOT!=NUTS!"? Kayooooooooooooo.