Review of girls dressing game::My Little Pony Games?
Review of girls dressing game::My Little Pony Games?
Perhaps you have seen the ABC show Wipeout, or have had occasion to watch an episode or two of MXC on the Spike Channel or whatever that network is called this month. A bunch of crazy contestants engaged in even crazier stunts all for the purpose of winning a game. One might well assume these types of Japanese or Japanese-inspired game shows are just another manifestation of the reality show craze that has, let's face it, worn out its welcome now by about nine years. In fact, way back in 1975 there was an immensely popular ABC series that captivated the imagination of kids across the country. Adults weren't exactly immune to its distinct charms. That precursor of today's reality game shows was called Almost Anything Goes. Almost Anything Goes earned a place in the history of American television long before it could be considered the granddaddy of reality game shows. What many remember and many more never knew was that the fall season of 1975 saw the premiere of not one, but two television shows with the words Saturday Night in their titles. One of them was the ridiculously hyped attempt to turn Howard Cosell into the next Ed Sullivan. The other was some late night sketch show featuring a bunch of no-name improv actors. The first show was called Saturday Night Live; the second show would add the Live part to their title later. The biggest contribution to pop culture history of Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was the American debut of what was supposed to be the Beatles of the 1970s: the Bay City Rollers. Almost as soon as the strains of the Rollers' catchy pop footnote that was titled, you guessed it, "Saturday Night" faded away, Howard Cosell's show was canceled and he went back to the sports beat that he had come to already despise by that point in his career. ABC fielded a low-cost game show as the replacement for the variety show that had been seen as the network's primetime anchor for its weekend lineup. Almost Anything Goes was an Americanized version of a British show called It's a Knockout. This was a period of American television history when many of the most popular shows had been important and Americanized from England: All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Three's Company, etc. The show might best be described as Battle of the Network Stars' Viewers by virtue of the fact that it was essentially a series of wacky stunts performed by a team of regular Joes and Joelenes. (Of course, none of this will make much sense if you aren't already familiar with Battle of the Network Stars.) What kind of wacky stunts? Well, things like dressing up in a gorilla suit and storming the gates of a tropical paradise or carrying something across a greased pole. And much, much messier fare. The contestants worked as teams and allegedly represented their own small towns. It was all tremendous fun to watch because at the time there really hadn't been that many shows that featured firemen and teachers and bank clerks and gas station attendants humiliating themselves on the tube for the benefit of all us. Such was the unbelievable success that a celebrity version evolved. If my memory serves correctly, I think the cast of Little House on the Prairie went up against the cast of the Waltons, though I don't remember who won. The highlight of celebrity Almost Anything Goes, however, was a match between the Brady Bunch kids and a singing group that was popular among girls aged 10-12 years old at the time, the DeFranco Family. God, how I hated hearing that lovebeat is a heartbeat song! The DeFranco Family actually managed to beat the Brady Bunch kids but my theory is this only happened because that fake Jan from the Brady Bunch variety show was involved. The Brady Bunch kids must have had a hunch this was the case as well because they demanded, and received, a rematch. If you are wondering why ABC has never forwarded an updated version of Almost Anything Goes you are not alone. The fact is, of course, that the suits at ABC are madder than Mad Jack McMad, winner of last year's Mr. Madman Competition. Those of us in our forties and fifties who can even vaguely recall Almost Anything Goes remember it quite fondly. It did not last long in its original incarnation, but in this era of such an extraordinary number of dreadfully offensive knockoffs, the sweetness of Almost Anything Goes rings nostalgically loud. It would be cheap to produce and doesn't rely on no-talent judges behaving obnoxiously. Oh wait, that is perhaps exactly the reason why we haven't yet seen its renaissance. |
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