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Most obscure game shows
beatlefreak84:
--- Quote from: jmangin on July 01, 2011, 08:52:33 AM ---I remember catching Inspiration, Please! on a religious channel in the early 1990s. Not being a religious person I didn't watch it more than once or twice, but I think the bonus prize was a trip to a holy site.
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Oh, yeah; I remember that show...it was on the Oddysey Channel back in the '90s (I remember seeing it in 1997, but only once at my grandma's house). Its prize was a trip to the "Holy Land" (i.e., Jerusalem), but that was the grand prize. You had to win a tournament in order to get it, and I can't remember if you got anything for winning one of the earlier rounds. But, you're right; very religious-themed.
The definition of "obscure" definitely has been blurred for me thanks to this group, GSN, and YouTube, but I thought the old PBS game show Think Twice fit here nicely. A very nice quiz game, but it only had 13 episodes, and I think was PBS' only attempt at a non-kids game show. The only way I saw it was my PBS station reran it for a very short time during the day right after Carmen Sandiego.
Anthony
tomobrien:
Ah, the joys of being really, really old...I can remember watching Alumni Fun with Clifton (or Kip to his close friends) Fadiman in '64, and Make a Face was a big fave during 1st grade lunchtime in '61.
Jimmy Owen:
--- Quote from: tomobrien on July 01, 2011, 10:54:28 AM ---Ah, the joys of being really, really old...I can remember watching Alumni Fun with Clifton (or Kip to his close friends) Fadiman in '64, and Make a Face was a big fave during 1st grade lunchtime in '61.
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I saw a show while on vacation in Washington DC. All I remember was that it was sponsored by American Cyanamid. Could that have been Alumni Fun?
tomobrien:
--- Quote from: Jimmy Owen on July 01, 2011, 11:05:41 AM --- I saw a show while on vacation in Washington DC. All I remember was that it was sponsored by American Cyanamid. Could that have been Alumni Fun?
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Very good! It was indeed sponsored by Cyanamid, as I recall, and also had a really silly animated opening and theme. I think there were two panels of three celebrities, and each panel was made up of alumni of the same university.
clemon79:
--- Quote from: jmangin on July 01, 2011, 08:52:33 AM ---I remember catching Inspiration, Please! on a religious channel in the early 1990s. Not being a religious person I didn't watch it more than once or twice, but I think the bonus prize was a trip to a holy site.
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Guessing it wasn't Mecca. :)
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