And now for some garbage

Haven't checked Game Show Garbage for a while. But the trash collectors have been making inductions into the hall of shame as usual. The latest "honoree": The Reel to Reel Picture Show.

This was a short-lived 1998 dud on what was then the Pax network. (Now it's called Ion and it doesn't do game shows any more.) Adam Nedeff has posted a chunk of the show on YouTube, so you can sample it for yourself.

As is often the case with GSG's recent inductions, the show wasn't flat-out terrible. And truth to tell, the site doesn't trash the show unmercifully. They just say the project was dull and Peter Marshall looked unprepared. To be honest, I think Peter just looked aged, but GSG wants to be more polite. Anyway, the show was a simple quizzer about movies. Not awful, not great.

The production company went broke and lots of people who appeared on the show got stiffed. GSG makes a big deal about this because, once again, the show itself wasn't really that horrible. So GSG has to make a big deal about something.