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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:12 am
Hello, everyone. AnimusHelixRebirth here of the Mermaid Princess RP Guild!

Here is a PSA about the characters explaining about Shop Til You Drop. The Final Show on Pax TV before becoming Ion Television.

This is for those who are unfamiliar with the Lifetime/Freeform/Pax TV Show that ran from 1991 to 2001, its has players compete in Double Dare like stunts but without the mess as they compete inside a Shopping Mall for a Vacation Trip

This section is also outside the main IC for the guild.

PSA OOC Time: Jun 21, 2021

PSA Segments:
Shop Til You Drop

In Progress Visits:
Aedelyn & Sirpa
Eldin & Aulona
Dranor & Ariane
Drenden & Nilima

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:46 am
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[Player's Room]
The Guild Owner watches an Episode of Shop Till You Drop on his computer as he back in and we see Eldin & his friends use the Gate Spell to enter the Player's Room with Aulona and her friends & speaks to the viewers.

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Guild Owner: Hello again, what's up? I got something to tell you. Last time, I talked about Supermarket Sweep which was a Game built in a Supermarket when it first aired on Lifetime in 1990. So, Lifetime made another Game, but this time, it was centered on a Shopping Mall. The end result was a Double Dare like game. Have a seat and I will tell you more about it, as its another show that I grew up with... The Guild Owner players the clip.
Computer: How would you like to win a shopping trip of a lifetime? To a fabulous city like Rome, Paris, New York or London? Well, that's what our players will be playing for on the wildest shopping game ever, Shop Til You Drop!

Guild Owner: Shop Til You Drop made the scene in 1991. The players are introduced inside a 2-Story Shopping Mall set which is meant to recreate a Shopping Mall. It has a nice view as the pairs of teams run down to their podiums. There are 3 Classic Incarnations of this game, all hosted by Pat Finn. The First Incarnation was on the Lifetime Channel. Each player brings along a friend to be his or her teammate.

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*Rounds 1-2: Stunt Challenges*
Guild Owner: The First two Rounds contain Stunt Challenges. As they don't have a theme or relation to them for each show. They were similar to the 1950s Game Beat the Clock or Double Dare's Psychical Challenges but more cleaner. As there's almost too many to go through. A team can choose to Play the Stunt or Pass it to the other team. However, should that team Pass the Stunt to the other team, that team who Passed on a Stunt must play the next Stunt following the current one.
Here's some examples...
One Stunt could be placing the Disney Princess Pictures, which includes Fox Princess Pictures now Disney Princess Pictures in Movie Release Order as shown... 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997. Matching them to their animated movies where the team needs to get 4 out of 7 correct.
A second Stunt could be Popping balloons to find price tags and place the price tag that matches onf of the 5 the items but the actual price would not be revealed until after the stunt to see if a team is Right or Wrong, or Pop Again to advance to the next balloon where the team needs to get 3 out 5 items matched correctly.
Or something like that of the sort but these Stunts are randomly chosen for each show.
Round 1 Stunts are worth 100 Points while Round 2 Stunts are worth 200 Points. Winning the Stunt not only earns but the team gets to select a prize from one of the stores in the Mall of their choosing via first & second floors. This also had a Bonus Challenge as one of the Stores contains a Shopper's Special. Selecting that Store grants the Team a Bonus Vacation Trip along with the prize. These prizes are guaranteed regardless of the outcome, win or lose. During this, the team would pick the store, not the actual prize. The Prizes were themed to each store. But in a fandom, that prize could be random or something of that sort.
One example of this is that the Art Attack Store would have Paintings or Art Related Items.


Drenden whispered to Nilima. How many stores are used in this so called Shop Til You Drop and how many stores are in this Shopping Mall set?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:24 am
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"How many stores are there?"

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:51 am
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*Part 1-2*
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Guild Owner: The Lifetime Era from 1991 to 1994 has 14 Stores per show.
The Family Era from 1996 to 1997, which later became Freeform decades later, has 14 Stores per show.
The Pax Era from 2000 to 2001, the Mall has 14 Stores per show.
The Lifetime Era from 1991 to 1994 has 30 Stores overall.
The Family & Freeform Era from 1996 to 1997 has 18 Stores overall.
The Pax Era from 2000 to 2001 has 23 Stores overall.
That's 71 Different Stores total.
These stores are as follows...
= Lifetime Era
24 Karats
Art Attack (Later Andrea's Art Attack)
Baby Land
Back to Nature
The Book Nook
Brendlinger's Bed & Bath (Later Birkeland's Bed & Bath)
Circuit Center
Decorator's Showcase
Food Gloria's Food
Fun & Games
Gadgets & Gizmos
Gifts Galore
Good Sports (Renamed from The Locker Room from the Pilot)
The Green House
Harris' Bootery (Renamed from The Shoe Tree from the Pilot)
Harry's House of Music & Video (Renamed from Leaning Tower of Pisa Records and Videos from the Pilot)
Heidi's Hair Hunt
Heidi's Healthy Living
Jerome's Leather & Luggage Goods
Justin Time
Lotions & Potions (Renamed from Good Scents from the Pilot)
Melanie's Fashion Fair (Renamed from Fashion Fair from the Pilot)
The Pet Shop
S&S Clothiers
Shutter Bug
Sweet Sensations
Tania's Beauty Secrets
Top Chef Kitchen Accessories
Von Schiffendecker's Furniture
= Family/Freeform Era
24 Karats
Andrea's Art Mart
Beauty Secrets by Tania
Bob's Camera Shop
Chuck's Department Store
Circuit Center
Dave's Home Furnishings
Downtown Designs
Gifts Galore
The Greenery
Heidi's Housewares
J&B Sports of All Sorts
JJ's Fashion Fair
Mister Gadget
RCA/BMG Music & Video Store (sometimes just RCA Music & Video Store)
Scotty's Luggage Rack (later renamed Leather & Luggage Rack)
Sleep On It
World of Discovery
= Pax Era
24 Karats
Andrea's Art Attack (reusing the classic name from 1991)
Bob & Steve's Camera Shop
Brighten Up!
Chez Gourmet
Cosmetics Plus
Decker Marcus Department Store
Gary's Gadgets
Gifts Galore
Global Wonders
Good Time Charli's Clocks
The Greenery
Heidi's Housewares
J&B Sports of All Sorts
JJ's Fashion Fair
Kanthony's Furniture Mart
Leslie's House of Music (sometimes just House of Music)
Leather & Luggage Rack
Outdoor Explorer (Later Levy's Outdoor Explorer)
Sally's Bedding & Beyond
Sue's Book Nook (renamed from The Book Nook in 1991)
Von Schiffendecker's Furniture (was replaced by Kanthony's Furniture Mart in the second season of the first generation PAX run)


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*Round 3: Shoppers' Challenge Gameplay*
Guild Owner: Round 3 is the Shoppers Challenge which is a Question Round. Where Host would read General Knowledge Questions. The team that rings in and answers correctly, gets 50 Points and the team switches with his or her teammate after each question. An Incorrect answer would give the other team a free guess to steal the points. The winning Team is crowned Champion and goes to the Final Round. In the Event of a Tie Score, a Sudden Death question would be asked, the team that rings in and answers correctly advances to the Final Round while an incorrect guess has the other team win by Default.

OOC: Sorry if this Post ended incomplete. My thumb hurts at the moment. So this Post is going to be a 2-Parter

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:01 am
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*Part 2-2*
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*Round 4: Shop Til You Drop Round Gameplay*
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Guild Owner: The Final Round is called the Shop Til You Drop Round and this is where the Champion Team is seen. The Reason why there's a 2-Story Mall is this, another Stunt Round but as a Bonus Round and this is where things get crazy just like Supermarket Sweep did. The Goal of the Bonus Round would be to gather a total of $1,000 and later, $2,500 in Gift Items. The Champion Team has 6 Gift Boxes with 2 roles. One Player would be the Shopper and the teammate would be the Runner.
When the Bonus Round began, the Shopper would open the presents one at a time to reveal what the Prize is and if its worth keeping or exchanging. All 14 Stores in the Mall has 1 Gift to exchange from. If the Shopper decides to keep it, the runner would run over to the table to place it on and ring in to confirm. However, if the Shopper decides to exchange it, the runner must then, take the item to one of the stores to exchange it with then take the new gift to the table and ring in to confirm. The Store's Gift would still be wrapped while the Shopper just stands there to watch the Runner as the Shopper gives instructions to cheer the Runner on because that Shopper could not open the next gift until the Runner got the gift on the far side of the table then hit the bell podium to ring in and confirm that's next to the Prize Table.
That's 6 Gifts to keep or exchange. Its possible to win the Vacation Trip by taking all 6 Original Gifts to the Prize Table to keep without exchanging every single one of them, but its a Rare Occurrence should that happen on the television show.
One by one at the end of the Round, the Gifts are opened up to see what the value is and are guarantied to the Champion Team, win or lose, no matter the outcome.


*Lifetime Era 1991-1994: Shop Til You Drop*
Guild Owner: The First Incarnation of Shop Til You Drop first appeared on the Lifetime Channel from 1991 to 1994, alongside Supermarket Sweep. Until Lifetime finished airing Shop Til You Drop. The show had reruns until 1996.

*Family Era 1996-1997: New Shop Til You Drop*
Guild Owner: After it finished airing on Lifetime, Shop Til You Drop moved to the Family Channel in 1996. The Family Channel is still around to this day but under a different name which goes by the name of Freeform nowadays. After Shop Til You Drop moved to the Family Channel, its Second Incarnation was called the New Shop Til You Drop until it finished airing on Family Channel but aired reruns as Lifetime did.

*Pax TV Era 2000 to 2002: Shop Til You Drop*
Guild Owner: After airing on Family Channel, it was moved to Pax TV, where it aired side by side with Supermarket Sweep once again. The Pat Finn Era of the show finally closed its doors in 2002 where Pax TV continued to air reruns until 2003 until it got an Overhaul...

*Pax TV Era 2003 to 2005: Shop Til You Drop JD Roberto Era*
Guild Owner: Shop Til You Drop returned once again in 2003 as it uses a Department Store Motif instead of a Shopping Mall. The Stunt Rounds were removed entirely in this Fourth Incarnation & replaced with Questions that the teams answer. Instead, after earning the Points, a player would run into the store's isles and pick a prize. The Shopper's Challenge was unchanged but the Shop Til You Drop Round was changed to in which the Shopper and Runner roles would be swapped during gameplay. The Fourth Incarnation of Shop Til You Drop was from 2003 to 2005 and reruns continued until Pax TV became Ion Television.
I do not have any memory of seeing this Fourth Incarnation as a kid nor do I remember it.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:15 am
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The girls listened confused to what was said.

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"Sirpa"
"Ariane"
"Nilima"
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:28 am
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[Player's Room]
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Guild Owner: Well, I guess that's everything I can remember from that show. Other than in the Lifetime Era, it was filmed at Universal Studios Hollywood. Another thing about the Stunts from the Finn Era, is that some guest characters appear in a stunt.

Eldin whispered That sounds like a fun game. Maybe we can give this OOC Game a shot.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:05 am
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Aulona nodded. "Yeah."


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"Nilima"
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:21 am
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[Player's Room]
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Guild Owner: I'll think it over. Anyway, thanks for your time.

Anytime. Ready to head back, everyone?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:27 am
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The girls nodded, ready to head back.

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(( the color-codes;
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"Sirpa"
"Ariane"
"Nilima"
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:08 pm
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[Player's Room]
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Guild Owner: See you later.

Eldin uses the Gate Spell so he and his friends can return to the IC.

*End of PSA*

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