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JMFabiano:
To respond to the above posts, Blockbusters (Cullen version) did a similar finale, as they played the last game for $5,000.  And what was described for the SP finale was also done on Password Plus.  Instead of trying to get to an Alphabetics, they just played the main game till the end, and whoever was in the lead got $5,000.  I might add that the one Alphabetics played on the PW+ finale came at the very beginning of the show ($12,000 of a $20,000 jackpot was won, BTW, because Tom Poston pantomimed using a "kite," and described "mammal" as "not fish"), so that was probably a lot of play time in the case of PW+.  

IIRC, the last TTD ended with a win in the main game, not sure if they did or didn't get to play the bonus game (I was about to say no, but somehow I do remember them getting to do so)

Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 09:32 PM\'] On MG 7X's, they made absolutely no finale concessions...the game was simply stopped in mid-play w/no further explanation, as if they expected to pick it back up on Mon. [/quote]
 Correct me if I'm wrong, but in this instance it's because they did continue it.  They had two weeks or so of shows that never aired.

SRIV94:
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 19 2003, 12:18 PM\'] Correct me if I'm wrong, but in this instance it's because they did continue it.  They had two weeks or so of shows that never aired. [/quote]
 Wasn't it more like four weeks?

Be that as it may, even the last of the unaired episodes didn't have a final resolution (the only hint of a final episode was Marcia Wallace's, "Is this the last one?" at the beginning of the episode which could also have been inferred as the final show of that day's taping).  The game ended in mid-stream, and there was no other farewell celebration.

Doug

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'gsnstooge\' date=\'Dec 17 2003, 05:25 PM\'] What happened on the last episode of a straddled game show?  For example, on the last episode of Jim's Card Sharks, $5,000 was awarded to the last winner without playing the money cards due to short time. [/quote]
Why must you guys continue to feed this guys quest for knowledge?  He never has said "thank you", and his requests always seem to be open-ended.

(end rant)

gsnstooge:
Thanks for all the info I have gotten!

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