I grew up in Boulder City, NV and in 1975 I worked as a cable puller for the "Almost Anything Goes" production. It was a wonderful experience for a high school kid in a small town! I had a great time and still have fond memories of those few days in show business.
I thought the show itself was a lot of fun to watch, and having gotten some experience behind the scenes I gained a lot of respect for just how much work goes into putting something like that together. I hoped that there would be other episodes and that they might even make a return trip to Boulder City but that never happened.
Compared to the "reality" game shows so popular today this one was pretty light hearted. That's not to say that the competition wasn't just as fierce, the contestants played hard; but it was all about having some fun and entertaining the audience, rather than about exploiting personal drama.
Sometimes you want to watch something that educates and enlightens and other times you just want to be entertained for a few minutes. For those times, this show is a good choice. There are no demands placed on the viewer and the only expectation is that you'll be grinning when it's all over.
I thought the show itself was a lot of fun to watch, and having gotten some experience behind the scenes I gained a lot of respect for just how much work goes into putting something like that together. I hoped that there would be other episodes and that they might even make a return trip to Boulder City but that never happened.
Compared to the "reality" game shows so popular today this one was pretty light hearted. That's not to say that the competition wasn't just as fierce, the contestants played hard; but it was all about having some fun and entertaining the audience, rather than about exploiting personal drama.
Sometimes you want to watch something that educates and enlightens and other times you just want to be entertained for a few minutes. For those times, this show is a good choice. There are no demands placed on the viewer and the only expectation is that you'll be grinning when it's all over.