Author Topic: Best Game Show That Aired On Your Birthdate. (Read 11358 times)

TimK2003 · « **on:** June 28, 2010, 10:01:30 PM »

Here is an interesting challenge...

1) If possible, take a look at your local TV guide on the exact day you were born (you might be able to find it on line via http://www.tvtango.com, or in a newspaper/library archives).
2) Look for all the Game Shows that aired on that day.
3) Out of those game shows which aired on your birth date, choose the one that you ultimately liked the most.
4) Share your answer with the class.

If, for some reason there were no shows that aired on your actual birth date (due to it being a weekend, holiday, or pre-emptions), use the next available day with shows.

Example: If you were born on, say, (Monday) April 28th, 1969...

On ABC: Newlywed Game, Dating Game, Dream House, Let's Make A Deal.
On NBC: It Takes Two, Jeopardy, Eye Guess, Concentration, Personality, Hidden Faces, You Don't Say, The Match Game, Hollywood Squares
On CBS: Nothing
On Local/Syndicated TV: Truth Or Consequences.

...your favorite game show of the bunch could be The Newlywed Game, Eye Guess or any other game which aired on that day.

Have fun!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2010, 10:12:26 PM »

"You Bet Your Life" at 10pm on NBC on 10/27/60. Groucho was great!

Clay Zambo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2010, 10:17:26 PM »

Doesn't look like there were any prime-time games on my natal day, but it's vaguely possible that Mom had the TV tuned to NBC from 11 AM-noon, in which case she'd've encountered a pretty damn fine pairing: "The Price is Right" and "Concentration."

/CBS, are you listening?

J.R. · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2010, 10:45:41 PM »

What is now my FOX station had a block of TJW/TTD at 7:00 PM on my birth date, that might've been cool to watch.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:11:30 PM »

11/18/1982

In this market, I'm pretty sure we never got my first choice, The New $25,000 Pyramid, so I'll go with either Wheel of Fortune at 10:30am, or TPiR at 11.

This reminds me of a feature someone used to do back in the ATGS era called "What Would You Watch?" The OP would give a date, then list two shows competing in the same timeslot, before asking the title question.

Lirodon · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:22:24 PM »

[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'243245\' date=\'Jun 28 2010, 09:45 PM\']What is now my FOX station had a block of TJW/TTD at 7:00 PM on my birth date, that might've been cool to watch.[/quote]

Unless those were the 1990's versions of course.

Tim L · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:43:37 PM »

December 6, 1957 (Wasnt born till 11:55 PM-Movies were on Channel 3-KYW and 8-WJW and 5 WEWS had Jack Paar..)

If I had been born earlier in the day, I might have watched..

9AM Tom Haley's Cash on The Line-Game wrapped around a Movie (Friends and Lovers-1931) on Channel 3

11AM Price Is Right Channel 3
3PM Big Payoff Channel 8
3:30 Who Do You Trust (Johnny Carson) Channel 5
5:30 Beat The Clock (Daytime-Tape Delay)-Channel 8

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:57:08 PM »

Well, this is sad.

Best as I can tell, there wasn't a single game show that aired the day I was born. June 11, 1960 was a Saturday. If it was Sunday, I'd at least have College Bowl and What's My Line?, and of course a weekday would have given me all sorts of options, including the Cullen-Downs combo Clay mentioned earlier. (Actually, according to the TV Guide I have from that date, Art James was subbing for Downs on Monday the 13th.) But on that Saturday, I've got nothing.

trainman · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:11:43 AM »

Similar problem to Matt: I was born Sunday, September 22, 1974. Nothing. (I have about 20 different TV Guide editions covering the date; haven't even seen any stations running a weekly syndicated game show in a Sunday time slot.)

Phil V · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:40:08 AM »

Friday, January 15, 1988

At this point, Pyramid had been blacked-out by...well, you finish the pun here.

I'd have to go with either TPiR or Scrabble on this one. $ale of the Century was good, but I enjoyed word games more.

/For the record, I've never seen an episode of Blackout. Having read the description on imdb, I don't believe I'm missing anything. But feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

TLEberle · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:40:55 AM »

Tuesday, 25 August 1980 was a really good day. The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Password Plus, Card Sharks and Family Feud, all in one day.

J.R. · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2010, 01:17:39 AM »

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'243250\' date=\'Jun 28 2010, 10:22 PM\']Unless those were the 1990's versions of course.[/quote]
Well, since I was born on January 15, 1985.... thankfully, no.

(Well, I actually liked TJW90, but that's another topic.)

/Waves "hi" to fellow 1/15er phvHounds2010

Kniwt · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2010, 01:43:50 AM »

[quote name=\'phvHounds2010\' post=\'243259\' date=\'Jun 28 2010, 09:40 PM\']/For the record, I've never seen an episode of Blackout.[/quote]

Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLvjjES8Cn0

geno57 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2010, 02:04:35 AM »

January 28, 1957 ... a frigid Monday in Chicago.

WNBQ (NBC) had Twenty-One at 8PM.

The NBC daytime schedule also carried The Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences, and Tic Tac Dough.

Of that bunch, my fave was T or C, hosted by Bob Barker.

But the classic I ended up loving the best of all, would not make its debut until a little over a year-and-a-half after I did. I'm talkin' Concentration here.

DrBear · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2010, 06:43:22 AM »

Let's see...2-11-57.

Fair pickins ... Twenty-One at night, THe Big Payoff, The Price is Right during the day, as well as It Could Be You and Tic Tac Dough. I'd have to give the nod to Truth (BUZZ) or Consequences, a favorite of mine when I was younger.

Nowadays, what I'd really give anything to see is the morning Garry Moore Show.