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Most obscure game shows
rockinricky:
--- Quote from: The Ol' Guy on July 10, 2011, 01:44:19 AM ---RockinRicky - could the PBS show have been You Owe It To Yourself with Allen Ludden? It sure would fit the realm of obscurities.
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That may be it, I can't find anything on Google or Wikipedia about it. All I get from Google are references to songs with that title and stuff about "You owe it to yourself to eat right/see this movie/read this book/etc". Of course, I only checked 14 pages of Google results. Nothing.
Fedya:
I did a search on "you owe it to yourself" plus Allen Ludden, and the first link I got was some obscure internet discussion board. ;-)
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: Fedya on July 10, 2011, 04:27:11 PM ---I did a search on "you owe it to yourself" plus Allen Ludden, and the first link I got was some obscure internet discussion board. ;-)
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Awesome.
knagl:
One that pops into my head from my yute was called, Time Out for Trivia, and I remember watching it with my dad in what would have been the early to mid 1980s in Shelburne, Vermont (a suburb of Burlington, VT). If memory serves, the show was a live call-in show where there was a host on TV who would ask trivia questions (for some reason, I think it was mostly sports trivia, but I could be wrong), and would invite callers to call in with their guesses. I don't know if there were prizes for every question or not, but I do know that one designated caller per 30-minute (I'm guessing) episode would be eligible to win a (bigger?) prize if they got their question correct. I remember one time my dad called in and he was the designated caller, but failed to answer the question correctly and didn't win the $50 gift certificate to Radio Shack, or whatever the prize was.
About the only other thing I remember is the host would constantly ask, "Who's playing Time Out for Trivia?" as his way of answering the phone for the next caller, who would identify themselves and then attempt to answer the trivia question.
Edit: Heh, so for kicks I Googled the phrase, "Who's playing Time Out for Trivia" and found a Sports Illustrated article from 1988 about the show (here). It was broadcast nationwide on cable -- anyone else remember the show?
tvwxman:
--- Quote from: knagl on July 11, 2011, 05:02:59 AM ---
Edit: Heh, so for kicks I Googled the phrase, "Who's playing Time Out for Trivia" and found a Sports Illustrated article from 1988 about the show (here). It was broadcast nationwide on cable -- anyone else remember the show?
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The old FNN (financial news net - a precursor to CNBC) aired it, no? My only knowledge from it comes from TV Game Show magazine doing a write-up on it.
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