Masters of the Maze
Masters of the Maze is a children's television game show that aired on the Family Channel from August 29, 1994 to September 22, 1996. The first season was hosted by J. D. Roth, and the second season was hosted by Mario Lopez.
Broadcast and production history
A few years before Masters of the Maze first aired, Australian Fenton Rosewarne created a puzzle called "Fenton's Maze," which Janet Weeks said "combined elements of Trivial Pursuit and Rubik's Cube." Hal Berger, designer of the Power Glove, through his company IMAGE design and entertainment turned Fenton's Maze into an electronic game, licensed the product to Tiger Electronics, and then sold the game show concept to the Family Channel.
Masters of the Maze, a two time Emmy-nominated (1995 and 1996) game show for kids, was taped in a 67-by-89 foot studio (Studio 56) at CBS Television City. The second season consisted of 40 shows, taped five per day. According to co-executive producer Richard Kline, the concept of the show is "to allow viewers at home to get inside the video game." The opening sequence was created by CBS Digital.
Masters of the Maze (novel)
Masters of the Maze is a 1965 science fiction novel by Avram Davidson, originally published by Pyramid Books with a cover by John Schoenherr. A Dutch translation, Wachters Van Het Web, appeared in 1967 in the M=SF range and a French translation, Les maîtres du labyrinthe, appeared in 1975. The first UK edition, the only hardcover to date, was issued by White Lion in 1974. An American paperback reprint followed from Manor Books in 1976. Ebook editions appeared in 2012, from both Prologue Books and SF Gateway. The novel presents historical and fictional characters as "Guardians" of a maze which malignant, insect-like aliens are seeking to traverse in order to subjugate Earth.
Reception
Algis Budrys praised the novel as "a very fine piece of light reading" despite having "marks of the short story writer all over it"; he declared that "no one but Davidson could have made of this wreck-save-the-world plot a thing of such polished beauty. It wafts of the incense of scholarship for its own sake . . . ".Judith Merril praised "Davidson's incredible ear for dialogue, his sharp eye for detail, and his resulting deft touch with a wide range of characterizations", but noted that the story "falls apart" in its closing sections, losing its "almost Carrollian" quality.P. Schuyler Miller described the novel as "rich", saying "This one has everything in it. . . . It has monsters. It has freemasonry. It has innumerable worlds. It has fully portrayed characters -- including a couple of monsters -- who pop up and vanish. It has a rather feckless hero who gets involved and blunders into all the feck he needs".
Maze (disambiguation)
A maze is a type of puzzle that consists of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. See also: Celtic maze.
Maze or The Maze may also refer to:
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List of Miami Vice episodes
The following is an episode list for the 1980s' undercover cop television series Miami Vice. In the United States, the show was aired on NBC. The first episode of the series premiered on September 16, 1984 with the series concluding on May 21, 1989 after five seasons. Though the series concluded on May 21, 1989, NBC aired three more episodes after the series finale, and USA Network aired a fourth post-series finale episode, thus concluding the series on January 25, 1990. There are a total of 111 episodes, spanning five years (1984–1989) of the show's run. The individual seasons are available on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1: 1984–1985
Season one of Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with the two hour pilot premiere on NBC and concluded on May 10, 1985, after 22 episodes. Regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Gregory Sierra, Michael Talbott, John Diehl, Olivia Brown, and Edward James Olmos.
The Maze (album)
The Maze is the fifth studio album by guitarist Vinnie Moore, released on March 23, 1999 through Shrapnel Records. On some import versions of the album, the final two tracks, "In the Healing Garden" and "Fear and Trepidation", are printed in reverse order on the back cover.
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All songs written and composed by Vinnie Moore.
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Masters of the Maze
Three contestants of three teams, all dressed up from the beginning of their powersuits, compete to win prizes. Host Roth shows an out of focus picture (e.g., person, place, thing or a T.V. show), every time the contestant buzzes in with the right identification to the picture earned 10 points and the same contestant was asked a multiple-choice question about the picture (e.g., pop culture, storybook, spelling words, places, etc.), worth 5 points. The first team who ended the game with 50 points was able to run inside the maze with the help of his/her partner, after a decision has been made (whether if he/she will go first or second). Then, after the first team won, the remaining two contestants went right into the speed round where each correct picture was still 10 points and host Roth will no longer have to ask anymore questions. An incorrect guess on a picture meant that Roth would read a clue to what that picture is without revealing anymore of it. The second team with 50 points went right inside the maze. In earler episodes of Season 1 is that the 3 contestants have 10 seconds to buzz in and correctly identify the picture to win whatever point value was awarded on the clock, and then the contestant can answer the question correctly in order to double their points. If time runs out or if all 3 contestants gets the picture wrong, then no points was awarded at that time, and the 1st 2 teams who ended the game with more than 50 points went into the maze. In the maze, after all the kids have been dressed up, the contestants' partner uses the joystick to connect with their partner (in any direction his/her partner chooses), before winning the game, in the fastest time. In the Mirror Maze, the contestants' partner must navigate the contestant to the Mirror-Man (who eventually took over their path), and the contestant must answer a question correctly posed by Roth in order to proceed. If at anytime, the contestant answers the question correctly, then they are free to go, but if they get it wrong or can't come up with an answer, then host Roth will automatically ask another question, 3 incorrect answers and/or passes the contestant has already made will force the contestant to wait for 5 more, until the runner is told to go. While finding 2 Power Sticks, the contestants' partner would have him/her go to the Honeycomb Maze, where the contestants' visor had to come down and his/her partner would have to direct him in the appropriate area of the contestant of where he/she is supposed to go, into the Chamber of Knowledge. After the contestant was told to put his/her visor up, then he/she entered the chamber to answer all 3 true/false questions from three of the six guardians. If the contestant gets 1 right from a guardian, then the door automatically opened, if the contestant gets it wrong, then one of the 5 guardians asked another question. 3 incorrect answers automatically opened the door with excessive time. If the contestant gets all 3 correct answers, then he/she took a short trip to the jar to stop the contestants' time. Then, its team #2 turn to do the same, to see if the contestant can beat the contestants' time (e.g., 1:56 (best time ever), 1:57, 2:40, 4:30, etc.), and if the contestant does this even quicker, then the contestant went on to the Prize Mountain. If not, then their opponents automatically went on to Prize Mountain. In Prize Mountain, there were 5 monitors, (e.g., both of them flashing PRIZE/NO PRIZE), after their partner locks in on the monitor, the contestants' job is to point their lazer, aim and (shout fire very often). If the contestant fired in on 3 "PRIZE" monitors before locking in on 3 "NO PRIZE" monitors, then the contestant went home with a grand prize (e.g., a $500 shopping spree at Sharper Image at Beverly Hills). In the fall of 1995, Roth was replaced by actor/heartthrob, Mario Lopez, and the rules stay the same, but the buzzers were replaced by laser podiums and there was a "Bonus Picture" worth 15 points, and once again, 2 teams who ended the game with 50 points went into the maze to see which teammates has the fastest time.
Cast
The Maze
Cold
You're freezing
It's cold
Your will to live never shows
Your grin is pathetic
The shadows are climbing on the massive
green walls (in the labyrinth)
I do you like you did to me
I do you like you did to me
I do you ....like you did ....to me
In the maze you will pay
The circle is shut
In the maze you will pay
I got my revenge, right or wrong
You paid in the maze !!
Never, ever again
Never ever
Will you come to me
I will visit you
Ever, ever again, ever ever
