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Matt Ottinger

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #30 on: October 13, 2025, 09:51:23 AM »
Guests there:  Robert Q Lewis, Betty White and Linda Kaye Henning.  I don't recognize the celeb between the ladies.

The two to the right of Betty are Leslie Nielsen and Abbe Lane.
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Mike Tennant

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2025, 11:01:44 AM »
Guests there:  Robert Q Lewis, Betty White and Linda Kaye Henning.  I don't recognize the celeb between the ladies.
George Peppard?

(Edit: Matt O's response is probably the correct one.)
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jlgarfield

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2025, 02:49:30 PM »
Mine would be the first five years of the 1980s NBC $ale of the Century (the period between mid-July 1988 and the end in March 1989 + the 1 1/2 season-long syndie version notwithstanding and outside of the scattered amount of eps from that time period that are currently ciruclating), in addition to 1977's Second Chance, the proto-Press Your Luck.
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The Ol' Guy

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #33 on: October 13, 2025, 03:30:27 PM »
To add one more - an episode of You're Putting Me On.

Matt Ottinger

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #34 on: October 13, 2025, 06:07:27 PM »
To add one more - an episode of You're Putting Me On.

The pilot is available for viewing at the Paley Center (I watched it years ago).  It's the right set, but a desperately wrong host (Broadway vet Ron Husmann).  But yeah, that would be a great one.

And while I should be happy that seven episodes of Three on a Match are out there, including five specifically due to my own efforts, I'll never not want more.
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Clay Zambo

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #35 on: October 13, 2025, 09:05:44 PM »
Yes and-ing Matt, I will never not want to see the premiere of “Three on a Match.” I so want to hear how that game was explained for the first time.

Also, all the Kennedy “Split Second”s, please, universe.
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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #36 on: October 14, 2025, 10:42:23 PM »
I'd love to see some of the aforementioned shows myself, but also get them to the people who actually worked on them back in the day. Most of these have been assumed lost for years; you've got to think they'd be thrilled to see some of their work.

When our only series-run episode of The Moneymaze appeared five years ago, I made sure to send the YouTube link to director Arthur Forrest -- who was absolutely delighted. (Probably because his daughter's birth was announced at the top of the show.)

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #37 on: October 15, 2025, 08:39:58 PM »
I'd love to see some of the aforementioned shows myself, but also get them to the people who actually worked on them back in the day. Most of these have been assumed lost for years; you've got to think they'd be thrilled to see some of their work.

When our only series-run episode of The Moneymaze appeared five years ago, I made sure to send the YouTube link to director Arthur Forrest -- who was absolutely delighted. (Probably because his daughter's birth was announced at the top of the show.)

Curt I kinda doubt Ron Greenberg is aware of Adam ‘s latest find—feel free to reach out privately to me on FB messenger so you can have a second opportunity to brighten a seasoned pro’s day.

Adam Nedeff

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2025, 12:42:05 AM »
Yes and-ing Matt, I will never not want to see the premiere of “Three on a Match.” I so want to hear how that game was explained for the first time.
Scroll to the bottom. We have audio of what we think is the first two minutes of the premiere.

https://www.billcullen.net/three-on-a-match

Clay Zambo

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2025, 12:59:34 PM »
Scroll to the bottom. We have audio of what we think is the first two minutes of the premiere.

https://www.billcullen.net/three-on-a-match

Woh! Thanks!
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That Don Guy

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #40 on: October 22, 2025, 06:04:50 PM »
Spin-Off - It was supposedly found with CBS TJW, yet nothing more than highlight reel has surfaced

The Version I Heard Was, it had the same problem as the early TJWs - nobody has the ability to air the tapes "as is," and the conversion is quite expensive. I am assuming that nobody considered the show popular enough to pay for converting the episodes, especially as there are only something like 50-60 of them. Didn't whoever was paying for the conversion of the early TJWs stop before finishing them, presumably because they weren't getting the ratings that justified the conversion costs?
(I have a couple of related questions, but rather than hijack the thread, I'll start another thread for them.)

Ian Wallis

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Re: "I'm still hoping for (more) episodes of this to surface..."
« Reply #41 on: Today at 07:32:25 AM »
I'm delighted by what's been popping up lately.  When I think back to my first tape trade in November 1996 and compare it to today, I never dreamed some of this stuff would be available.

But, if we're going to play this game, for me it would be quite a bit from the '70s.  Off the top of my head:

Celebrity Sweepstakes
Money Maze
High Rollers - 74
Jackpot - NBC
Rhyme and Reason

As long as we're dreaming, how about some mid-'70s shows from CTV:

Anything You Can Do
He Knows, She Knows
Celebrity Dominoes
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