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Winkfan · « **on:** March 23, 2006, 06:52:43 PM »

March 23, 1950 marked the first time it was America's time to Beat the Clock! But it seems that GSN will make us BtC fans wear black come April.....

23 years later on March 23, 1973, NBC rings the curtain down on the original Concentration; thus the beginning of the end of the "glory days" for the Peacock Network's game show line-up.

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Susan Ruttan of the Big Board!'

zachhoran · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:11:19 PM »

[quote name=\'Winkfan\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 06:52 PM\']March 23, 1950 marked the first time it was America's time to Beat the Clock! But it seems that GSN will make us BtC fans wear black come April.....

23 years later on March 23, 1973, NBC rings the curtain down on the original Concentration; thus the beginning of the end of the "glory days" for the Peacock Network's game show line-up.

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Today is also the 16th anniversary of the finale of the original Scrabble on NBC.

Don Howard · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:21:09 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 07:11 PM\'][quote name=\'Winkfan\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 06:52 PM\']March 23, 1950 marked the first time it was America's time to Beat the Clock! But it seems that GSN will make us BtC fans wear black come April.....
23 years later on March 23, 1973, NBC rings the curtain down on the original Concentration; thus the beginning of the end of the "glory days" for the Peacock Network's game show line-up.

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Today is also the 16th anniversary of the finale of the original Scrabble on NBC.

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It's also the 25th anniversary of the start of the first of two $50000 tournaments on The $50,000 Pyramid.

irismason42 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:12:56 PM »

Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock originally was a 45 minute show but in 1951, Sylvania picked up the show and turned into a 30 minute show, but no episodes before August 2, 1952 has never made it to reruns but Bud Collyer was the original Numer One Clockwatcher but was subsituted by John Reed King, Frank Wayne, Win Elliott and such because of his summer vacation, the show was on CBS from 1950 to 1958 and was on ABC from 1958-61, Bud hosted the show for almost 11 years; the show revived in 1969 with Jack Narz as a new host and when he left in 1972, Gene Wood took over the hosting duties and remained until 1974; it revived again in 1979 with Monty Hall as host and went back to being seen on CBS stations but it only stayed on until 1980
Today also marked the anniversary of Joe Trela became the third contestant to win $1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and was the second-youngest contestant to win $1,000,000 on a TV Game Show.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:19:47 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM\']Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock (Ubbi-Dubbi gibberish snipped)

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Which Tammy mentioned at the very beginning of her post.

superPACMANjr · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:26:03 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM\']Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock originally was a 45 minute show but in 1951, Sylvania picked up the show and turned into a 30 minute show, but no episodes before August 2, 1952 has never made it to reruns but Bud ... ramble ramble ramble ...

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aaron sica · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:31:01 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:19 PM\'][quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM\']Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock (Ubbi-Dubbi gibberish snipped)

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Which Tammy mentioned at the very beginning of her post.

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Yeah, but he/she/it never misses an opportunity to show off knowledge..much like someone else.

Don Howard · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:36:57 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM\']Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock originally was a 45 minute show but in 1951

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For the complete grammatically-correct summary of this program's rich history, please refer to any edition of The Game Show Encyclopedia.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2006, 10:48:47 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM\']Today marked the 56th anniversary of the debut of Beat The Clock originally was a 45 minute show but in 1951...(MAHNA MAHNA)

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As a person who has two autistic brothers...the autistic community is offended...and that says something.

GS Warehouse · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2006, 03:30:12 PM »

[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Mar 23 2006, 10:48 PM\']As a person who has two autistic brothers...the autistic community is offended...and that says something.

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This autistic guy is also offended. [mutes Iris] That's the last time I buy mute buttons from Reali. They last only 10 seconds. :-)

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