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Celebs

One of the strongest myths on the game show Interwebs is that celebrity versions of game shows are inevitable flops.

One older-is-better guy put it this way: Goodson-Todman learned nothing from Beat the Clock '79 and Password All-Stars. Heatter-Quigley learned nothing from Celebrity Baffle and The All-Star Magnificent Marble Machine. And Barry-Enright learned nothing from Celebrity Bullseye and Celebrity Hot Potato.

And it looks like this poster has learned nothing from Celebrity Family Feud, which just happens to be the most successful game show currently in broadcast prime time. Only I doubt that this poster cares much about any game show from the last thirty years.

My guess is that the strength of the format and the ability of the host count for much more in a game show's success than whether celebs or civvies are playing for the points. Hip Hop Squares has gone to an essentially all-celeb format, and it's done just fine on VH1. (I personally think that civvie contestants should play the game, but that's just my opinion.)

By the way, I really doubt that the oldies boards care much about Hip Hop Squares.

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