- The New Treasure Hunt and Treasure Hunt '81: if I could acquire the whole series of the original, I would. Geoff was an ace in both versions and it's definitely my favorite Barris product
Nowadays: Recording Break the Bank from GameTV and watching the episodes back-to-back on Saturday or Sunday.
I'm with you on that one. I think late '70s
Dating Game might just be my favorite Barris show (at least it was when I was a kid), but I have a special fondness for
The New Treasure Hunt. It was aired Saturday nights at 7:30 in my area for most of its run. The '80s version was never seen in my area, but when I saw episodes on GSN, I thought it just wasn't up to par with the 73-77 version. Too bad GSN couldn't have run more of that version.
For me, I might add in
Break the Bank and even
Whew!, but part of that could be because they were rare shows until recently. Maybe it's the excitement of the unearthing of a rare gem that would skew our "bingeable" lists.