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1978-Jeopardy:
I've heard a little about a short lived revival of LMaD taped in Canada, which ran from 1980-1981. Does GSN have the rights to air this season? Was it really as bad as people say it was?

Any information, as usual, will be appreciated. Thank you.

TV Favorites:
GSN doesn't have this version.  They have the 70's syndicated episodes and some episodes from 1980's "All New" version.

zachhoran:
THe 1980-81 version was the same old game, with cheaper prizes and big Deals averaging $4k-$5K(due to it being taped in Canada). Chuck Chandler was the new announcer, there were also a new bit of eye candy to succeed Carol Merrill. The theme song was a disco-inspired Stan Worth(IIRC) piece, the beginning to which was used for the between commercial ticket spiel of the mid 80s revival. It was done in association with Catalena Productions, which was in decent financial shape that year and they(along with Hatos-Hall) could pay the contestants their winnings and staff their salary. This was not the case with Catalena's cult classic Pitfall the next year, as Alex Trebek and some staff and contestants were not paid their salary or winnings.

tommycharles:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 18 2004, 08:10 PM\'] Big Deals averaging $4k-$5K(due to it being taped in Canada [/quote]
 Just out of curiousity (because it's mentioned a lot), why does taping in Canada = lower prize budget??

adamjk:
Anerican money, translates to less in canadian dollars.

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