Back in My Day

I was thinking about what topic I wanted to write about on here for a few days. During those days I saw numerous commercials for the most ridiculous shows that I guess would be considered in the game show genre. I started thinking about how I loved to watch game shows when I was a kid while I was home all summer from school. I would watch Family Feud and The Price is Right almost every day. When I wasn’t out playing sports or causing mischief, I would sit in and watch shows like Press Your Luck, Hollywood Squares and the $10,000 Pyramid. You could say Wink Martindale and me were good friends. So as a child I would cheer when I got to see a whammy or laugh when I saw a big X on the screen following a stupid answer from somebody’s elderly uncle on the Family Feud. After seeing the commercials for these new game shows I couldn’t help but realize that a genre of television I once cherished had changed into one that I ignored or despised. So I’ve decided to blog about the history of game shows and try to understand whether game shows have changed, whether I have changed, or just maybe I think my era of game shows was the best and view current shows with a bias. I think current music is terrible so maybe I’m like my dad criticizing my musical selection when I look down at current game shows. Well I hope you enjoy reading about my little evaluation of game shows and encourage you to respond and tell me what you think.