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Given that I hate the latest tabloid-TV
craze to hit Britain - the late-night phone-
in gameshows which claim to offer untold
worth if you can only guess the boy's
name they're thinking of - I am somewhat
embarrassed to propose an idea
encouraging them.
Nevertheless.
A man stands in
a slightly murky, ageing
studio. There's a fug of smoke visible
towards the top of the screen. He's
holding an old-fashioned mike in his hand
and as he calls the numbers, lights flash
and a phone number pings across the
bottom of the screen. It's easy. If you have
Bingo you call the number. First person to
get through shouts 'Bingo!' and wins lots
of money. All players who call are charged
a premium rate phone call.
Easy money. Please now contribute bones
so that the evil powers controlling our late
night viewing don't get the impression we
all think this is a good idea. Thanks now.
National Bingo Night
http://abc.go.com/p...ight/index?pn=index
Interactive TV Bingo [Noexit, May 04 2007]
Talking Telephone Numbers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296436/
For [imaginality], not much there though. [stilgar, May 07 2007]
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I not quite sure how it works; how do viewers get a bingo card? |
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My variation would be based on the viewers' phone numbers. The bingo show host would reveal pairs of numbers. If your phone number contains all the pairs of numbers, you call in and shout bingo. |
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This variation would be good because it would encourage viewers to involve their friends hence increase revenue ("barry, you've got to call 555-BINGO and shout bingo!"). |
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[xaviergisz], I have vague memories of a UK quiz show doing something along those lines. As I recall it was hosted by Philip Schofield and someone else, and they revealed some single digits - six or seven of them, I think. If you had all of them in your phone number you could call in to win something or take part in something. |
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[Edit: that's the one; thanks, [stilgar].] |
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I could see [cheesecake]'s idea working if the show hooks up with a tabloid. "Buy 'The Sun' on Thursday to get this week's Ring-a-Bing-Bingo bingo card!'" |
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Baked, at least here in the U.S. I didn't believe the ad when I first saw it on TV, but sure enough, it's real. Big balls too. |
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All right! I'm all for gratuitous marriages... Oh, there's more to the title... Well, since you want fishbones, here's one. |
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When I was in the Navy, our ship did something like this. Just on the ship mind you. |
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They'd sell the bingo cards for a premium price of about five dollars each, and show the balls on closed circuit TV throughout the ship. Then we'd use the ship's phones to call in. |
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I seem to recall the TV would have a tendency to black out unexpectedly for a few seconds, after which a certain chief onboardthe ship would usually be declared the winner. There would be a lot of talkabout this, since that particular chief also had started the program. |
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The guys that operated the TV system also tended to win rather often after unexpected blackouts. |
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After the recent OfCom quest to rid the world of morally bankrupt premium rate phone-ins, I doubt any broadcaster would be in the mood to touch this idea, 'bones or no 'bones. |
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