Talk:Smush

okay, i'm really not sure on some of the numerical facts in the show, particularly the scoring system (i think what i have is right), the time limit in the bonus round, and the prize when the bonus round is failed. anyone else remember this show that could help out? Art Begotti 01:34, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Origins
So far as I can tell I came up with the germ of this game show, while playing party word games with fellow linguists in the late 1990's. In 2001 at the Santa Barbara LSA (Linguistic Society of America) I must have told dozens of folks about it. Then suddenly the game show appears.

Other linguists I've spoken with tell me others had this idea too in the past, but the timing and placement (Hollywood) doesn't seem coincidental. I didn't protect this idea as intellectual property (and if the linguists are correct it was public domain anyway, up to a point where 'improvement' comes in), but it would have been nice to have been given the nod by the producer (who was himself kind of bitter about the cancellation of the show when I finally got contact info and said hello). Personally I feel that the juice-bar setting ruined the ambiance, but that's just my opinion. Also one should have played the game inebriated to some extent, to level the playing field. Juice won't cut it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.117.192 (talk) 13:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's what I call reliable information (not). We hae lovely parting gifts for you backstage ,and thanks for playing our game.
 * Realkyhick (talk) 18:31, 26 April 2022 (UTC)