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	Idiot Savants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Rules: The game consists of four challengers that are on the show for the whole week.
		The Friday show had the players competing with their combined scores over the past four days.
		Instead of the Brainstorm, the two finalists are given 60 seconds to answer questions from their Savant subject for 1000 points each.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/gsjackpot/idiotsavants.html (346 words)

	Jennifer Foglia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Idiot Savant is defined as ìan offensive term for somebody who has a psychiatric disorder or a learning problem but who is exceptionally gifted in one particular area, for example, rapid mental calculation, architectural drawing, or remembering facts.
		Although autistic savants have more to offer than an autistic person, savants are still, for the most part, steered by their autistic life.
		When autistic savants are not using their talent others can only see and treat them as any typical, ìnot normalî person who happens to be autistic.
	english.montclair.edu /isaacs/Engl105Fall2001/Essays/6Foglia.html (1826 words)

	Amazon.com: The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows: Books: David Schwartz,Steve Ryan,Fred Wostbrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Encyclopedia Of TV Game Shows, is a glimpse that displays what made a definitive game show, a game show that was unique past and present.
		All in all, The Encylopedia of TV Game Shows is a real delightful purchase for any die hard fan of game shows like myself, or for those who have the feeling of classic television nostalgia.
		Included also is information on the celebrities who guest stared on the game shows, the personalities and a synopsis of their careers, airdates of the shows, what network they were on, the rules, the different versions, and even the prizes won and funny moments or bloppers that happened on the show.
	www.amazon.com /Encyclopedia-TV-Game-Shows/dp/0816038473 (1714 words)

	Between Issues: Bowl Games Better Than A Playoff System
		Typically, sports announcers are drawn from the enormous pool of self-appointed experts in every small town and big city in the US who dedicate their lives to knowing all there is to know about teams, players and recruiting.
		Like idiot savants, sports nuts are impervious to any information not related to their addiction.
		The Mountaineers of ASU and their fans would have preferred a bowl game in sunny climes with big TV bucks to a half-attended playoff final in Roanoke, Virginia during exam week.
	www.metronc.com /blog/2006/12/bowl-games-better-than-playoff-system.html (703 words)

	Game Show NewsNet - On the Buzzer
		Sometimes the payoff is greater than the wait (Idiot Savants, Millionaire) and sometimes it isn't (Friend or Foe, Twenty-One).
		When drama was in the game, and could be present when there were only a few thousand dollars on offer, and the excitement was real, not forced.
		I would welcome more game shows that have an interesting premise at the core, and don't rely on wacky stunts, voting out people, or debasing of the players.
	www.gameshownewsnet.com /buzzer/012506.html (444 words)

	Idiot Savants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This was a very unique, underrated game show that sadly didn't fit the criterion of their other programming (pure, mind-numbing idiocy).
		I also loved the giant brain and the final round, which were based upon a category selected by the contestant themselves prior to the show (kudos to the writers for catering to the guy who chose the "Fletch" movies).
		As MTV shows come and go quickly, leaving a mere brief remnant in my mind (remember SQUIRT TV, BUZZKILL or the SUPER ADVENTURE TEAM or whatever they were called), I have a surprising fondness for this one.
	www.jumptheshark.com /i/idiotsavants.htm (486 words)

	Amazon.de: The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows: English Books: David Schwartz,Schwartz David,Fred Wostbrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Appendixes list shows by start date (the first was Truth or Consequences, which debuted as a television series the day commercial television began operating); shows by network; longest-running game shows (The Price is Right tops the list); game-show personalities; and more.
		Their love for and knowledge of the game show form shows in their attention to detail.
		Sit down and take time to look back at what is the most complete book on television's hottest, brightest weirdest and worst games shows in history all packed into this 350 plus page scrapbook.
	www.amazon.de /Encyclopedia-TV-Game-Shows/dp/0816038473 (890 words)

	Autistic savant - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		An autistic savant (more commonly known as an idiot savant) is a person who expresses extraordinary mental abilities, often in the fields of numerical calculation (not to be confused with mathematics) (see also mental calculator), art, or music but usually set within the context of autism or mental retardation.
		When one has an extraordinary single skill in an otherwise unexceptional intellect, he or she may simply be described as a savant, without qualifier, although savant is usually meant to mean a person of learning, especially one of great knowledge in a particular subject, without remarking on the person's overall state of intellect.
		Autistic savantism is usually recognised during childhood and is often but not always found in autistic children.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=312662 (628 words)

	VCR Alert-Idiot Savants... - Game Show Forum
		I did see a post over at the Show Summaries section about the Battle of the Network Stars which is airing from 7-9Pm all this week on TRIO.
		In one of the interstitials leading up to the "Idiot Savants" airing (what a bland show in hindsight, BTW), Stein said as much: "Since I lost on four of the days I was there, I figure I might as well show you the one where I won." Or words to that effect.
		On a game show related note, Bill Daily of occasional is now on My Mother the Car with Jerry Van Dyke.
	gameshow.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=636 (575 words)

	Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today, Video Game and Industry News - Dan Houser
		Anyone who plays any of our games and wishes to criticize it, having played it, experienced it and thought about it, they are of course welcome to do that.
		You don't want to be limited only to 15-year-old idiot savants with incredibly good hand-eye coordination.
		People get turned off of games because repeated failures aren't appealing to them - because that's what the rest of their life is like.
	www.next-gen.biz /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1354&Itemid=2 (724 words)

	TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I have always thought that shows shouldn’t have to live by a 30 or 60 minute formula.
		Shows have to be a certain length and seasons have to contain a certain number of shows.
		But they tried to cram a 30-minute show that didn’t have commercials into a slot designed for a 30-minute show with commercials.
	www.regularguycolumn.com /110903_tv.htm (492 words)

	Idiot Savants
		The champion was given 45 seconds (later 60) to answer 10 questions in their "Savant category," which was their area of expertise (and ranged from World Geography to the movie "Back to the Future").
		In the DGSR, both players were grilled on their Savant category, with answers worth 1000 points each.
		Granted, the competition isn't exactly stiff ("Trashed" and "The Blame Game" leap into mind), but even so the format was developed to perfection.
	members.tripod.com /Loogaroo/gameshow/rules/idiot.html (467 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Columnist Lisa Ferguson: Dwyer all over the dial with hosting duties
		On the popular shows, actors, comedians and B-list celebs dole out their generally sarcastic two-cents worth on fads, fashions, music and events that marked each decade.
		Something about game shows and Dwyer (who declines to reveal his age) just seems to mesh: Prior to "Dodgeball" and "Battlebots," he also hosted "Dirty Rotten Cheaters" on cable's Pax network; and Fox Sports Network's "Ultimate Fan League." "I think I always wanted to be a game show host.
		Some details (including the new venue's seating capacity and show times) are still being finalized, though a Plaza rep says the show will continue to feature a trio of comics that rotate weekly, and will likely retain its $21.95 ticket price.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/read/2004/aug/13/517334557.html (1174 words)

	iamvego's Profile - GameSpot
		Well, since this is my first journal entry, I might as well cover some stuff that isn't immediately relevant, such as the relentless influx of first-person shooters that continue to flood the PC gaming market.
		Unfortunately, adventure games nowadays are few and far between, and even those aren't particularly jaw-dropping.
		Sega then moved on to games only, and was great to see them working with their former arch-rivals, Nintendo, creating titles such as
	www.gamespot.com /users/iamvego (599 words)

	Will Games Replace Movies?
		Yet at a time when video game budgets are becoming like Hollywood budgets, making games that can only be effectively played by fanatics makes game sales a self-limiting phenomenon.
		I'm not too sure how competitive gaming can keep the folks they have happy, and reach out, if not to Grandma, at least to rather busy Dad, but they'll have to if they're going to serious supplant movies and television.
		But for the action genres, turning movies into games and games into movies is already pretty much the norm.
	www.overclockers.com /tips00855 (436 words)

	The 2+2 Forums: Help! Input needed on $2-$5 NL cash game buy-in
		The game is full of newbies that are fish, newbies that have potential, but primarily fish that think they are players.
		I think that in a $2-5 game $100 should be a minimum buy-in (if you have a minimum) and the cap (again, if you have one) should be between $500 and $1000.
		In our game we play 2/3 with a $100 buy in and it seems to work OK. I agree that for a 2/5 game $100 is too small.
	forumserver.twoplustwo.com /showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8135466&Main=8118251 (1312 words)

	About Idiot Savants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The net is teeming with idiot savants, experts with home pages devoted to singular topics.
		There is a fascinating single-page article written by Stephen Edelson of the Center for the Study of Autism that describes idiot savants in great detail.
		On The Tick cartoon show there was a great idiot savant character called The Sea Urchin who speaks like Rain Man.
	www.idiotsavant.com /about.htm (330 words)

	Take-Two Talks
		Houser is convinced that games will eventually become the dominant form of entertainment because of the inherent immersion that comes from interactivity.
		"Games are going to take over from movies as the mainstream form of entertainment, but why is that happening?" he queried.
		People get turned off of games because repeated failures aren't appealing to them -- because that's what the rest of their life is like.
	www.businessweek.com /innovate/content/oct2005/id20051019_365351.htm (972 words)

	San Diego Source > News > EA, CryTek titles score big at Game Convention
		This is only the beginning, however, as "Spore" gives players the ability to actively determine every aspect of their creature's life through six stages of evolutionary history, which culminates in the exploration and colonization of space.
		However, this seems to be of little concern, and given the reception this game has already received, it's pretty safe to say that "Spore" is poised to make a huge splash when it is released on PC in March 2007.
		CryTek also had another good showing of its latest title, "Crysis." Published by EA and hailed by many as one of the best looking games on the horizon, this title has whipped gamers into a frenzy of anticipation at every one of its showings.
	www.sddt.com /news/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060901tbh (690 words)

	The Rules Repository
		A show with 8 or more points is very good; less than 5 points is poor.
		I should mention that much of the information regarding the show's Lifespan, Host, Announcer and Producers are derived from The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, 2nd Edition.
		One final note: we're currently in the process of moving all of these rulesheets to my new Game Show Rules Wiki.
	www.loogslair.net /gameshow/rules/rules.shtml (471 words)

	Ride, Cowboy, Ride - The Forgotten Boot Hill \| Gamegrene.com
		But as recently as the early 1990s, TSR was still quietly churning out new editions of Boot Hill, a game they originally published in 1975 as their second RPG (if you need to ask which was the first, you need a kick in the head) and released in a 2nd Edition in 1979.
		I also found that games with characters that are basically “idiot savants” are by far the most interesting.
		Characters that are fantastic knife fighters but can barely fire a gun, characters that are fast as lighting but can’t hit the side of a barn, characters that can shoot the eye out of a bird at 50 paces but can’t punch their way out of a paper bag.
	www.gamegrene.com /node/59 (5080 words)

	[ hacked by deviance ] - Idiot Savant
		After all, the book was made for idiots, it might fit me very well.
		"Savant (sometimes idiot savant): A mentally defective person with a highly developed special talent, as an ability to play music, to solve complex mathematical problems at great speed, etc." From The Complete Idiot's Guide to Improving Your Memory.
		One good (and true) example from the book is about a woman called YX (the real name is kept secret by the book to protect her true identity).
	www.cfxweb.net /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=629 (1086 words)

	Tournaments \| Guild Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Last Pride showed excellent gameplay during their games and earned themselves a well-deserved place in history with their victory.
		As the game started, iQ headed straight to the centre and then pushed for some early NPC kills.
		The second game of the match was played in LuM's guild hall, the Burning Isle, which presented a disadvantage to War Machine since their split-team strategy is difficult to execute on this map.
	eu.guildwars.com /events/tournaments/listing/gw_world_championship (1311 words)

	Raph’s Website » OK, so there IS a TV show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sanya defines all the different Betas at The WAR Herald bei Warcry Sanya is one of my favorite Community Personages, mostly because she could kill me with the power of her mind.
		One met his future wife and she wouldn’t have the risk of being self employed, let alone trying to make a game; the other took his own life after personal troubles sent him into deep depression.
		Capital Group fails; publishers want nearly completed games; angels don’t get games and we don’t have anything else to distract them with; the economy is beginning to fail again; WoW’s domination makes any investor concerned and much more.
	www.raphkoster.com /2006/07/17/ok-so-there-is-a-tv-show (1515 words)

	Recidivism.: The Cylinder of Shhh.
		Josh Saitz, Ridley Scott enthusiast and publisher of Negative Capability, posted this clip, which is from the never-aired second episode of the series.
		In his "About This Video" text, he mentions that Time columnist Joel Stein was eliminated in the first round and, thus, was sent to the Dunce Corner (as I recall, contestants suffering this fate were required to wear a conical hat advertising their duncedom).
		Note the enthusiastic arrival of the show's great co-hosts: Heather Blaze (never heard from again based on my extensive research) and Shonda Farr.
	www.recidivism.org /2006/05/the_cylinder_of_shhh.html (285 words)

	YouTube - Jøsh Saitz on Idiot Savants 1996
		In my case, it was Ridley Scott films for Joel it was the TV show Taxi, for Scott it was Madonna and Sarah chose American history, but she never made it to the savant round.
		This is the 2nd episode of the show and it never aired because the original airdate was New Year's Eve 1996 and instead of this episode, they had a countdown show.
		The show was canceled before it ever got to reruns, so this segment has never been seen.
	youtube.com /watch?v=eEJ9IvdgC78 (500 words)

	The Collection, from I-L!
		The classic G-T panel game, where whispers were key to success.
		The famous AandQ game that is one of the best shows off all time, hosted by the late Art.
		Only marginally a game show...kids bitch and bitch, and lots of anti-female comments are made.
	gscentral.net /showsil.htm (1440 words)

	Independent Weekly: Arts & Entertainment: Feature: Chain of Fools
		We were encouraged to be demonstrative, and the participants took the game show's representatives at their word.
		One Raleigh arts professional divulged the fact that she had been a stripper on the Alaskan pipeline many years ago and proceeded to shake her shimmy all the way down the aisle--much to the delight of the boys from Fort Bragg.
		Some would-be contestants showed pictures of their babies or sought extra points for being newlyweds or birthday boys, as if this would in some way mitigate a boring personality.
	www.indyweek.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:16157 (1048 words)

	YouTube - Joel Stein on Idiot Savants 1997
		Quite possibly the greatest game show format ever.
		This was the closer to the Thursday show of Idiot Savants.
		Idiot Savants 1997 Double Grand Savant Round with Josh Saitz
	youtube.com /watch?v=LnaO1aUry3o (167 words)

	Easton Town Center - Event Information
		In 2006, Greg took home his fourth Daytime Emmy for writing and producing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", and was given "The Distinguished Alumni Award" from Boston University (the youngest in 30 years to receive the honor).
		Greg is a regular performer on "The Late Show with David Letterman" "The Tonight Show", "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien", "Late Late Show w/ Craig Kilborn", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", and CNN.
		He hosted a Cable Ace Award winning game show on MTV called "Idiot Savants", and in 2001 The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen handed Greg the prestigious "Jury Award for Best Standup Comedian." He has written on such shows as "Politically Incorrect", "Cedric the Entertainer Presents", "The Man Show", and "The Emmy Awards".
	www.eastontowncenter.com /eventscalendar/eventinfo.cfm?eventid=3343 (233 words)

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