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Game Shows on Christmas Day
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 11:07 AM\'] I know that the Eubanks CS featured kids playing near Christmas time, and I'm damn near positive that Davidson Squares did too; did Rafferty CS have kids playing at Christmas too? [/quote]
Eubanks CS had Kids Weeks in the SUmmers, around Eastertime(1988 anyway), and at Xmastime. Davidson Squares had a kids week in 1988(John Davidson Jr. hosted all or part of the week IIRC). Rafferty CS advertised a kids week, and was searching for players for it, but had not yet aired it by Jan 2 1987, which is when I last saw the show(WPVI Channel 6 in Philly axed Rafferty CS at that point to make room for Oprah between 4-5PM, they moved previous season J! reruns back to 11AM at that point). If they had a kids week on Rafferty's show, it aired after XMas.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---He wears a Christmas red robe that he wears in the opening on this Xmas 1985 episode, which has not been seen since its original broadcast. USA ran the 1983 Xmas shows c. 1992, and GSN aired the XMas 1984 shows this past Summer(first time aired since their original broadcasts)
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USA did air the 1984 Christmas shows. There were USA copies in the trade curcuit until GSN aired them this past summer. I just hope GSN eventally gets to Christmas 1985 - I remember that show well from its original broadcast and it would certainly be a keeper if it ever comes around again!
gameshowguy2000:
The Bergeron Squares did a Kids Week in 2001, during the Christmas holidays. I remember that.
And, the Perry CS also did Christmas shows, but the 12 Games episode aired 3 days before Christmas. On all of its Christmas episodes, G2-T2 was dressed as Santa Claus. There was a Christmas tree under the show's logo, and the set was decorated.
Eubanks CS did air a show on Christmas Day, and GSN aired that. Like the Perry counterpart, there were decorations, but no Christmas tree, I think. Both the front game and Money Cards boards had candy canes, very appropriate indeed.
In addition, if anyone's noticed on the Xmas PYL shows, there are Caroling Whammies. They'd pop up before commercial breaks, and even at the end of the show. They're pretty funny, I'll tell you!
BTW, USA aired only the 1983 Christmas show? Did it air the 1984 and 1985 shows as well? (I heard about GSN airing the 1984 Christmas show over the summer, but never saw it)
And, if I recall correctly, the last time TPIR aired on Christmas Day was in 1996. That episode would be repeated in 1997 and 1998, and then after that, they'd use a rerun episode for Xmas.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---In addition, if anyone's noticed on the Xmas PYL shows, there are Caroling Whammies. They'd pop up before commercial breaks, and even at the end of the show. They're pretty funny, I'll tell you!
BTW, USA aired only the 1983 Christmas show? Did it air the 1984 and 1985 shows as well? (I heard about GSN airing the 1984 Christmas show over the summer, but never saw it)
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That's one reason why I enjoyed watching the show at Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas - you had seasonal whammies!
USA aired the 1983 Christmas show in December 1992. They aired the 1984 Christmas show in mid 1994. The 1985 Christmas show hasn't been seen since its original broadcast.
I wonder if part of the reason USA never ran that is because it was about that time that Peter started announcing the show's upcoming time change. If networks think viewers would get confused seeing addresses to write to for tickets and such, maybe they figured they'd confuse viewers if they aired shows announcing a time change. Just a guess...
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 09:13 AM\']
I wonder if part of the reason USA never ran that is because it was about that time that Peter started announcing the show's upcoming time change. If networks think viewers would get confused seeing addresses to write to for tickets and such, maybe they figured they'd confuse viewers if they aired shows announcing a time change. Just a guess... [/quote]
That may be true, but USA aired reruns of Scrabble from 1989 where Chuck mentioned their time change from 12:30PM EST to 10AM EST. The change from 11:30AM EST to 12:30PM EST in 1987 was announced by CHarlie Tuna when they went to commercial breaks.
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