Sonic Whammy

OK, so this question is going to be very unusual, so I apologize in advance, but I really need some creative ideas.

As I've talked about here and there, I run game show events at anime conventions. For my most popular game, Press Your Luck, I do something a little strange to tie into it. Scattered around the board are different "prizes" that the contestant can win. However, most of these are not your typical prizes that you'd see on normal game shows. Instead, I went around the anime and video game worlds to see what things and places would make good "prizes" if they existed in real life.

Some examples include:

• From Pokemon: Pokeballs, a Pokedex, and a Gyarados Sub
• From Sailor Moon: a Moon Transformation Wand, a Rainbow Crystal Pendant and a trip to Crystal Tokyo
• From One Piece: A Striker boat and a Going Merry Cruise
• From Mega Man: A Mega Buster and Roll's Maid Service for a week

For my new series of shows, I want to look into some new "prize" ideas based on more recent anime and games, as I have not updated my prize list in 12 years. I'm long overdue.

So the question is this: If any universe from all of anime and games existed IRL, what iconic items would you want to own from it? What exotic or crazy places from that universe would you want to visit on a trip?

I hope you all can offer some ideas. I thank any and all of you in advance.

Today is the 40th anniversary of my all time favorite game show, Press Your Luck.

A quick synopsis for those who have never seen the show: Three contestants answer questions to try to earn "spins". These spins are then taken to the Big Board, which has a constantly changing configuration of cash and prizes to win each time you stop the board. However, lurking on the board are the Whammies, who take away all the winnings of those unlucky to land on him.

For the past 15 years, I have been fortunate enough to be able to host PYL at anime conventions in the NY/NJ area, and sometimes beyond. Early on in the life of my run, various friends were kind enough to help add to the ambiance of the game by creating some original "Whaminations". They were inspired by the ones from the original show that have the Whammy posing as various characters and celebrities. And many times, the end result sees Whammy getting blown up, flattened, or otherwise humiliated.

So, in a fitting tribute, I wanted to share the Whanimations that I've had all these years thanks to my friends' help. Hope you like them.

WHANIMATION #1: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA - What goes around comes around

WHANIMATION #2: METROID - Overcharged

WHANIMATION #3: POKEMON - Ash catches your Moneymon!

WHANIMATION #4: INUYASHA - Kagome is not amused

WHAMINATION #5: SAILOR MOON - In the name of the Moon, your score will be punished!

WHANIMATION #6: DRAGON'S LAIR - When you hit 4 Whammies, it's game over. And nothing said "Game Over" better than this.

Here's one I made up... heh,  exactly three years ago today during a food truck festival in our town. And it's fitting for here.

Game shows. It's always been about watching and enjoying game shows. Today I'm especially into it, as today marks the 40th anniversary of my all time favorite, Press Your Luck.

I have a couple other small pursuits, but game shows have always been at the forefront.

This was a conversation between game show host legend Richard Dawson and his mom. He was a child seeing soldiers of all colors leaving from his hometown of England on D-Day in World War II, and he was trying to understand seeing people of other colors for the first time in his life.

Mom: "God. God makes people. You understand that, don't you?"

Richard: "Yes."

Mom: "Who makes a rainbow?"

Richard: "God."

Mom: "I'd never presume to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children."

Well, that all depends, what's the topic?

I'd offer as a starter (and being the resident game show guy) your thoughts on the recent death of Bob Barker.

Our little guy Oreo is going to be with us one year next Sunday. He came to us while we were still grieving from the loss of our previous dog Sally (who you also see here in the still).

57 minutes ago, KaiyaSaysHaiya said:

"I'll take a potato chip... And eat it!!"

Amusing if you're going the famous quote route.

How's this for a non-quote: "Dear Diary: I wish he would just die!"

2 hours ago, viruxx said:

How about, “I worry about my future prospects, Gene.”

Outlaw Star? (Assuming because I don't know of any other Genes. Trying to be careful about not using quotes or character names.)

3 hours ago, viruxx said:

Inuyasha

"A boy has the right to dream."

"Sit, boy!" is easy. This one I'm gonna need some help on.

A few songs come off the top of my head, all related to my wife:

• Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship)
• Dreaming Of You (Selena)
• Everytime I Close My Eyes (Babyface)

All three of these we labeled as our personal songs during our dating years, with Starship's being our wedding song. No matter how troubled our worlds are at any moment, hearing that on the radio brings us back and helps us reset.

• Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (Patty Smyth & Don Henley)
• Picture (Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow)

I love hearing my wife sing, and she's got a good ballad voice. These are our two best ballad songs to duet, thus the best chances I get her to sing in the car. She wishes there were some happier duets than these that she knew the words to, so we're open to suggestions. But we still kill these two.

1 hour ago, Digimon_Sommelier said:

Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

Also acceptable:

Now isn't the time to use that!

So a few years ago, for a couple of the game shows that I ran at conventions, I did a trivia category called "8 Words Or Less". Object, simply, was to guess the anime based on a description of no more than 8 words.

Examples:

• It's Over 9000! (DBZ)
• You've activated my Trap Card! (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Schoolgirls become the "muse" of song. (Love Live)
• Boy has girl drink coffee from his mouth. (Ouran High School Host Club)
• Fast Food Is Hell! (The Devil Is a Part-Timer)
• Parents eat like pigs. Now they ARE pigs! (Spirited Away)

It was a REALLY fun category, and in the one or two times I did it, it was always the first to go.

So let's have some fun here. Describe an anime OR game (let's open it up a little) in 8 words or less.

(FOOTNOTE: If you can help it, don't limit yourself to a quote from the show, and try not to name a character.)

I have been a huge fan of Heroquest from way back in its original run in the 80's. A couple years ago, I heard about the revival about 3 months too late, so I couldn't get involved in the crowdfunding and the new exclusive stuff, but my wife got me a copy of the original from someone local on Facebook, and ever since I've been getting all the new expansions. Just got the all new Rise of the Dread Moon a couple weeks ago, and already pre-ordered the new Path of the Wandering Monk character set that was shown off at GenCon a couple weeks ago.

Man, I haven't been to Otakon in 11 years. Used to perform the best game shows for them for four years, then my son (who's turning 10 tomorrow) was going to born just days after the 2013 campaign. I stayed back while the rest of my crew at the time kept the fun rolling. And none of us have been back since. After some discussions with a friend of mine when I heard there's NO formal game shows at Otakon anymore, I'm checking to see if next year I can fix that and finally make my return.

In the meantime, prepping for the next Puchi Con in the Poconos in late October. Gonna be a whirlwind weekend because I'll only be there on Sunday after being at my cousin's wedding the day before, and I'm not getting back from it until after midnight. But I'm ready, I've done crazier things.

Finally got a chance this summer for the first time in forever to just sit down and see OK, what's everyone saying is the best anime going right now, what's the recent best, all that stuff. It's been way too long since I watched anything period.

I've seen all 5 episodes of Zom 100 to date. Definitely not the kind of show I was expecting to get into, but I'm enjoying the suspense. It's funny how every turn, you think you're safe and the next thing you know, oh bleep, there's zombies here too. But it's working so far.

The other I started was Komi Can't Communicate. I'm only two episodes in, but I was very intrigued by the first episode that I wanted to watch it with my wife and daughter. My daughter particularly has problems in school and other social settings in recent years where she freezes up and doesn't know how to express herself, so I thought this might give her some peace of mind. Again, we're only two episodes in, but we're liking it so far.

Hey, guys, been a while, I gotta come around here more.

I can really use everyone's help. Our Puchi Con convention is going off in 2 weeks up at Camelback in the Poconos, and we are running a Celebrity Family Feud game with our voice actor guests. Please come and join us if you're in the area, but for right now, we need 100 people surveyed and we need 'em fast! So if you can help us with these surveys, you would be so awesome!

And remember, if you don't know something, CHEAT! Like anyone's gonna know you looked up something to answer one of these. 

Thanks in advance, and spread the word to anyone who can help. I promise we'll record the show so that you can see how it all went down.

Family Feud (google.com)

Big meal stuffs in the bottom part, extra solids in the middle, got it. So nothing goes in the top part? Also, what about that divider?

On 1/16/2022 at 10:36 PM, Mari Charlotte said:

As far I know. For egg rolls, rice, cherry and extra croquettes,  u need to use chopsticks. That what I know.

See, that's what I was thinking at first, because that's what you always see anytime someone breaks out a bento in the movies. But I don't want to be ignorant about it like that if doesn't have to be exactly like that. Same that I don't want to treat it like another old lunchbox and put nothing but PB&J's in it.

I know I'm probably weirdly overthinking the whole thing, but I at least want to feel in some way that I'm using these "right".

On 1/20/2022 at 1:29 PM, deaaath said:

I never enjoyed math class. Everytime I had math, it was always 1st period, that being said I always dreaded math. 
I'm a Sophomore in high school, and my schedule involves my normal geometry class the a plus math class. 

Meaning two extra math classes to go to. 

Now this makes my time in school, in my opinion, DEPRESSING. So here I am now, I didn't experience this the way you did, but I feel you on the same level.

If I can help, I promise you'll get some entertainment out of it. And oh yeah, the math, too, you'll learn the math real good.

20 hours ago, InsertComedy said:

It's been so long that i've basically forgotten about this forum my dude

Don't worry, it's been a while since I've been here myself. I just happened to run into this post getting pushed to the front page by someone else, so being a math teacher, I figured let me check in anyway.

If you or any of your friends are ever in need with the numbers, the offer is always on the table.

On 10/28/2020 at 12:42 PM, InsertComedy said:

At this point my math class is just sad because it's just watching my teacher slowly go insane at this point

I know I'm seeing this way beyond the fact, but is there anything in the math world I can help with? I promise if you think I'm insane, it's in a good way.

Mine has been pretty self-explanatory. When I first joined the net way too long ago, my newest passion, Sonic the Hedgehog (thanks to my discovery of SatAM reruns), merged with my oldest passion, Whammy from the classic game show Press Your Luck (who here remembers him). And here 25 years later, still here, still using it.

So, for Christmas, I got a set of bento boxes. I've wanted them for a long time, and now, I want to know how to use them right.

As the pic shows, these bento have a triple stack design. The top has a clear lid and I'm guessing that's a divider in there (is it?), the middle section is open and the bottom has its own solid lid.

So how exactly do I use these? Is there a rule as to what types of food go in which compartments (including the divider)? Can the food stay sitting out and for how long, or are you allowed to refrigerate and microwave with it?

Any help and education is appreciated.

On 12/20/2021 at 7:51 PM, Otaking66lives said:

You do a very good job...thank you!

Most appreciated. I'm doing what I can. Got a BUNCH of new games this Christmas, got a lot of time and videos to catch up on. Hope you enjoy when the time comes.

Also, check the channel, there's a follow up I did a couple weeks later after the creator of the game died. Watch particularly for the parts I fast forward through.

Got a set of 3 bento boxes for Christmas. Been wanting a bento for a long time.

Now... to learn how to actually use one properly. PM me if you're experienced.