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Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: toetyper on February 19, 2010, 08:47:52 PM

what was the first show with a 5 wins=car rule? Was it strictly a barry-enright 70s creation or does it date before that?

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: BrandonFG on February 19, 2010, 08:53:10 PM

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'236199\' date=\'Feb 19 2010, 08:47 PM\']what was the first show with a 5 wins=car rule? Was it strictly a barry-enright 70s creation or does it date before that?[/quote]
I believe the primetime Hollywood Squares did so in the late-60s, or maybe the daytime run. But late-60/early-70s...

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: golden-road on February 19, 2010, 09:48:38 PM

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'236200\' date=\'Feb 19 2010, 09:53 PM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'236199\' date=\'Feb 19 2010, 08:47 PM\']what was the first show with a 5 wins=car rule? Was it strictly a barry-enright 70s creation or does it date before that?[/quote]
I believe the primetime Hollywood Squares did so in the late-60s, or maybe the daytime run. But late-60/early-70s...
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It was indeed the daytime HS, until about 1975(?). Then it became $10,000 cash & two cars (later one).

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: bandit_bobby on February 19, 2010, 10:02:41 PM

The latter HS grand prize package consisted of $10K, a car and a Trip Around the World, I do believe.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: Allstar87 on February 20, 2010, 01:26:07 AM

The 1977 Bob Stewart show Shoot for the Stars also offered a car for 5 wins. B&E first used the rule on the syndicated Joker's Wild, which debuted 9 months after SFTS.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: Craig Karlberg on February 20, 2010, 03:34:53 AM

It's a good thing Family Feud is doing the 5 wins & a car bit this season.  Otherwisem, that aspect of the game was a lost art when syndie J! changed its rules regarding returning champions from a 5-day limit to unlimited several years ago,  That was the last show before FF to do something like that.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: Don Howard on February 20, 2010, 08:07:47 AM

[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'236212\' date=\'Feb 20 2010, 01:26 AM\']B&E first used the rule on the syndicated Joker's Wild[/quote]
They also used the rule on the CBS version which preceded the syndie after getting rid of The Joker's Jackpot format.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: toetyper on February 21, 2010, 03:43:40 PM

so a full list would be

hollywood squares
jokers wild
bullseye?
tic tac dough.
jeopardy for 5? years
family feud

what else

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: BrandonFG on February 21, 2010, 04:15:55 PM

Celebrity Sweepstakes offered a car for three-day champions. An episode at the Museum of TV and Radio has one lady winning a 1976 Chevrolet Malibu.

I think Play the Percentages offered a car as well.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: That Don Guy on February 21, 2010, 10:21:44 PM

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'236275\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 01:15 PM\']Celebrity Sweepstakes offered a car for three-day champions. An episode at the Museum of TV and Radio has one lady winning a 1976 Chevrolet Malibu.

I think Play the Percentages offered a car as well.[/quote]
If you're counting "three and a car", Joe Garagiola's Memory Game did that.

If it's strictly five for the car, when Celebrity Sweepstakes switched to "retire after five days", I'm pretty sure they briefly changed the car rule to needing five wins, before going to "three and a car, retire after five".

(Also, I remember one early CS contestant winning two cars for winning six games.)

-- Don

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: Jimmy Owen on February 21, 2010, 10:57:24 PM

Split Second if you were unlucky.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: JasonA1 on February 22, 2010, 12:23:20 AM

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'236273\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 04:43 PM\']what else[/quote]

Shoot for the Stars.

-Jason

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: golden-road on February 22, 2010, 12:32:08 AM

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'236289\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 11:57 PM\']Split Second if you were unlucky.[/quote]
And in that same vein, the first two seasons of Davidson Squares.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: Don Howard on February 22, 2010, 05:13:12 AM

For the first years of the B & E syndicated shows, the announcer would describe the car. Later, he'd just say that the player would win a car. Why was this?
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'236212\' date=\'Feb 20 2010, 01:26 AM\']The 1977 Bob Stewart show Shoot for the Stars also offered a car for 5 wins.[/quote]
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'236290\' date=\'Feb 22 2010, 12:23 AM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'236273\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 04:43 PM\']what else[/quote]
Shoot for the Stars.
[/quote]
Shoot For The Stars did it, too.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: TheLastResort on February 22, 2010, 11:16:32 AM

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'236275\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 04:15 PM\']I think Play the Percentages offered a car as well.[/quote]

Yep, a fabulous 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe.

Title: 5 wins and a car
Post by: chrisholland03 on February 22, 2010, 02:35:27 PM

[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'236298\' date=\'Feb 22 2010, 10:16 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'236275\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 04:15 PM\']I think Play the Percentages offered a car as well.[/quote]

Yep, a fabulous 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe.
[/quote]

That turned down the wrong street...

LOL