El gran juego de la oca (The Big Goose Game) was a TV game show produced in Madrid, Spain from 1993 through 1995 and again in 1998 as El nuevo juego de la oca. It was a weekly show airing in a block of several hours on the Spanish channel Antena 3, and later Telecinco.Premise
Four adult contestants, two men and two women, played a giant board game based on the centuries-old children's game, Juego de la oca (Game of the Goose). As they played the game, they competed in Hollywood-type stunts in a test of mind, body, and nerve to win money and prizes.Hosts
In season one, the hosts were Emilio Aragón, Lydia Bosch, and Patricia Perez.
Hosts in season two were Pepe Navarro, Eugenia Santana and Yvonne Reyes.
The 1998 season was hosted by Andrés Caparrós, Elsa Anka and Paloma Marín.Set
The set was a 63-space game board set up at the perimeter of a large arena. In addition to the main game path, there was a stage (two in the second season), a giant cage, a circular swimming pool in the middle of the set, and several large playing floors where the elaborate stunts were set up.Object
The main object was to get to space 63 by exact count. Contestants earned money along the way, which they used to bet on how well they could perform stunts. These stunts provided a secondary object to the game, and accounted for a majority of the reason this show was popular.Gameplay
A contestant began the game with 100,000 pesetas (equivalent to roughly 800 American dollars). On a turn, he or she "rolled" the electronic "dice", and advanced the number of spaces rolled. Each space traveled was worth 10,000 pesetas (roughly 80 dollars). After landing on the designated space, the contestant was shown a stunt that he had to perform. After the host explained how to accomplish the task, the contestant wagered some or all of his money, depending on how confident he/she was that he/she could succeed. Successfully completed the stunt added the player's wager to his or her score, while a failed stunt deducted the wager.Spaces
Special spaces were distributed along the path, with the game generally getting more "dangerous" the further along a contestant moved. The special spaces included:
Ocas (Geese): Landing on an Oca resulted in that player advancing to the next Oca and rolling again. Ocas were found at spaces 5, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, and 54. (If a contestant landed on space #54, he advanced to space #63 and automatically won the game.)
: Traditionally, before a contestant takes his second roll, he and the host recite a rhyme from the board game: De oca a oca... tiro porque me toca (From Goose to Goose, I roll because it's my turn.)
- Space #7 - Dados (Dice): Dados was a special shortcut that advanced the contestant to space number 20, at which point he rolled again. Before the second roll, another poem was recited: De dado a dado... tiro porque me ha tocado. (From Die to Die, I roll because it's my turn.) This space was removed after the first season.
- Space #8 - Mud Wrestling: This space was next to a mud pit; landing here resulted in the contestant having to perform a stunt in the mud while being hindered by a female mud wrestler. For the second season, the mud pit was moved to space #31.
- Space #19 - Chinese Restaurant: In the second season, any contestant who landed on space #19 had to take a seat at the mock Chinese restaurant. The "waiter" brought out a disgusting food (such as a whole rat cooked in sweet and sour sauce), and the contestant had to take at least five full bites of it to avoid losing all his money.
- Space #31 - Watermelons: If a contestant landed here, his stunt was taking a machete and having to chop watermelons that rolled randomly out of a large tube. This was another space that was removed at the end of season 1.
- Space #34 - Body Paint: Landing here resulted in the contestant having to spin a wheel to determine which part of his or her body got the show's goose head logo painted on it. The spaces on the wheel were arm, back, chest, stomach, and bottom. This space also only appeared in the first season.
- Space #47 - Snake Den: If someone landed here, he or she had to enter a plexiglass pit filled with sand and boa constrictors. The door was locked behind the contestant, and he or she had a certain amount of time to find the key to the other side and get out. Doing so not only won the wager, but also allowed the player to stay at space #50, where the pit exited. This was moved in the second season to the entrance at #55 and the exit at #59.
- Space #51 - Castle Wall: The stunt at #51 was always scaling the adjacent castle wall in some manner and kissing the prince or princess (depending on the contestant's gender) waiting at the top.
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