The Game Show Forum is an active forum for discussing game shows, past and present. Chris Clementson and Matt Ottinger created the board in December 2002 as a successor to the spam-infested alt.tv.game-shows. David Zinkin was a co-moderator of the board from 2004 until his death in August 2008. It was housed on Ezboard from December 2002 to June 2003 and then was housed on Invision Power Boards from June 2003 through December 2013. In December 2013, it moved to its current home on Simple Machines. Chris Clementson, Kevin Nagle,and Robert Searcy have been the moderation team since then, as Matt Ottinger left his moderator post at that point. They have accepted new members by invitation only since December 2013.
The forums[]
As of August 2008, there are eight forums. Anonymous users can only view three of the forums (Big Board, Show Summaries, GSN).
The Big Board[]
The Big Board is a general discussion forum for game shows.
Video and Audio Clips[]
This forum is for posting video and audio clips. The forum originated in late 2007 as a result of the closure of the "Internet Game Show Finds" thread, which contained clips in posts dating back to February 2006.
Show Summaries[]
This forum is for discussing shows that have recently aired (either in first-run, rerun, or on GSN)
GSN and Game Show Streaming Channels[]
This forum was originally for discussing the schedules and operations of GSN. Discussion of Buzzr TV schedules were also added shortly after that network's launch in 2015, and other streaming channels like Pluto's Barker Price is Right channel are discussed.
Let's Meet Our Players![]
This is a forum for users to post more about themselves. The reply function is disabled in this forum.
Archives[]
Useful threads are moved here. This forum is locked.
Behind the Scenes[]
This forum discusses the boards in general.
Celebrity Birthdays and Obits[]
In this forum, users post celebrity birthdays and deaths.
Other points of interest[]
In contrast to the unmoderated alt.tv.game-shows, the Game Show Forum is more strictly moderated. The forum administrators must confirm new accounts. New users, as well as some punished users, must additionally have all their posts moderated by forum staff. The moderators also have the power to suspend or terminate any account.
A post by former Game Show Forum member Zach Horan on June 9, 2006 called "The Password is 'Bucket'" about the 25th anniversary of the death of Allen Ludden is believed to have led to the now famous Horan troll posts, starting with Whitney Houston in February 2012, about those famous passing away becoming contestants on Celebrity Bucket Kickers. He has continued these on some YouTube video comments sections as well as on his own channel. (FYI, the term "kick the bucket" is a slang term for to "pass away".)
Random fact about the board: JFIBFGSF. As are several others. This because they prefer idiots to infest the board. Two examples being Statler and Waldorf(Chris Lemon and Travis Eberle). Had Horan not made tasteless jokes, he'd still be on the board getting away with bullshit as well.