Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Assignment 4: I've Got A Secret

In browing for Farnsworth Stuff I stumbled on this old game show called "I've Got A Secret?" Watch this entry and tell me how TV has changed.

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  1. UnknownApril 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    First off I was struck by how stupid a show this is. It's basically 20 questions only you can ask anything not just yes or no questions. and the questions these people ask are ridiculous. Are you a dentist?? wtf kinda question is that? mice?? well besides all that silliness there is only 3 shots and no camera movement.

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  2. BertezBertezApril 4, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    That certainly is an interesting artifact. I wasn't aware of the show until you posted this. If you compare this show to say... american idol you'll notice that while american idol's presentation has all these fireworks and shiny stages and what not, I've got a secret has a very understated stage, nothing really fancy. I would guess that this is partly due to technological constraints but also because the fact that motion picture were being beamed to your television set was novel enough back then. i guess as television became less novel there was an increased need to jazz things u[

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  3. UnknownApril 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    hmm interesting point. I'd like to point out that the use of large spectacular set pieces and huge dance numbers was already heavily used in film by this time. Singing in the Rain was released 5 years before this episode of I've got a Secret, and plenty more extravagant movies were released way before that. So the use of extravagance was already a well tested and implemented idea, so I'm sorta surprised at how minimalistic this is.

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