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Best Game Show Finales – Your Picks?
wdm1219inpenna:
Back in March 1989 I worked full time but my hours were from noon until 830pm. This afforded me the chance to be able to watch much of the NBC Daytime lineup.
Sadly, the finale of NBC'S Sale was interrupted by a news bulletin, some sort of speech by President George H.W. Bush which irritated me to no end, so I did not get to see the end of that episode originally.
The Joker's Wild finale in 1975 was one that had crossed my mind, but I figured I'd see if anybody else came up with it here and by golly, somebody did!
Also the Art Fleming NBC Jeopardy! from January 3rd 1975 ranks up there as well. Watching that finale and hearing the theme song "Smile" playing at the end gets me so very wistful for my childhood, for in 1975, I still was so young (only 8) and all of my loved ones were still alive and in my life, I feel tremendous angst each and every time I watch that Jeopardy! finale.
TLEberle:
Research indicates the speech pertained to the Exxon Valdez split.
rebelwrest:
--- Quote from: Eric Paddon on January 04, 2025, 08:35:52 PM ---Dawson may not have had her in mind, but his sentiments explain why I always found Patti Deutsch the most insufferable of the semi-regulars because she was always trying to come up with a punchline.
--- End quote ---
Patti only did that in round one. In round two she made the attempt to match. There is a video out there when she was picked for the head-to-head match and won the contestant $5,000.
/When Patti's face appeared during the "next time we get together" collage, I said the exact same words each time: "The Weirdo Lady"
NickintheATL:
Oddly enough I did a stream of final episodes on my Twitch channel last Monday. Fitting for my last stream of 2024.
Here is what I picked to be among my favorites:
Super Password #1151 (3/24/89 OC)
Jeopardy (1/3/75 - 50th anniversary of it the following Friday)
Password (6/27/75 OC)
Split Second #115-SPS-75 (6/27/75 OC)
The Gong Show #D500 (7/21/78 OC)
The $20,000 Pyramid (6/27/80)
Match Game #81-35-5 (Final Syndicated ep - airing from 12/31/99 Y2Play GSN marathon)
Lots of these shows already noted in previous posts, so I am very much on the same wavelengths.
Neumms:
--- Quote from: rebelwrest on January 05, 2025, 02:31:38 PM ---Patti only did that in round one. In round two she made the attempt to match. There is a video out there when she was picked for the head-to-head match and won the contestant $5,000.
--- End quote ---
This. Patti’s weird answers were funny, often witty. Joyce Bullifant, on the other hand, gave stupid answers that weren’t funny and was annoying while she gave them.
I have to think Jonathan Winters did both versions of Squares. Daytime games could straddle, so his leisurely pace wouldn’t have impacted the contestants’ winnings.
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