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The Game Show Pilot Light is a site where the idea of the game show is celebrated if not its execution. Every year, many pilots are made whose makers are hoping will make it to the air and bring in the steady profits that a game show can make. A good number of these pilots never make it for one reason or another � the game is too much like another game, the concept could not work day in/day out, the game is too dull or the audience for the game would be too limited. Jim McKrell, the patron saint of the game show pilot. This site showcases both the successful pilots and the failed ones. Even a successful pilot will show differences between it and the game that eventually makes it to air. The first pilot for The Joker's Wild, a successful game for more than ten years, started out as a celebrity-based game. Or, a failed pilot will become a successful one after retooling. The pilot for Celebrity Doubletalk was a failure for Bob Stewart in the mid-60's, but the end game eventually became the main game of The $10,000 Pyramid in the early-70's. I currently have 149 pilots that I have seen and reviewed. I generally have six sources for pilots:
I hope you have as much fun reading this site as I've had putting it together. --Mike This pilot has been viewed 19028 times since October 6, 2008 and was last modified on Dec 20, 2009 14:54 ET |