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Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: gsfan85 on April 06, 2013, 03:17:13 PM

Hey everyone...as I\'ve been watching $ale this week on GSN, it got me thinking.  Did they ever show the turntable moving between the Fame Game board and an Instant Bargain/Instant Cash?  Guessing it was a 3-sided turntable.


 


Would be intrigued to see it in use!


 


Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on April 06, 2013, 04:00:27 PM
Not here in the USA, but it did happen daily on the Australian version during Tony Barber\'s tenure. The hostess comes off it as she\'s being intro\'d at the top of the show.


EDIT: Jump to the 1:00 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxjbrhBSWGU


I always thought it would be neat if the turntable rotated the instant bargain offstage if the contestant didn\'t buy, similar to the way the big doors close on Price when the contestant loses the car on Ten Chances.
Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: PYLdude on April 06, 2013, 04:23:32 PM
Well, there was the one time the turntable started moving before it should have from \'85...
Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: Bryce L. on April 06, 2013, 09:06:59 PM

Just curious... if one side shows the Fame Game board, one side displays Instant Bargains, what does the third side show?


Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: TLEberle on April 06, 2013, 10:11:46 PM
Old movies?
Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: gsfan85 on April 07, 2013, 12:01:37 AM
Well, there was the one time the turntable started moving before it should have from \'85...

Is there a clip from this somewhere?  

Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: PYLdude on April 07, 2013, 01:31:41 AM

It\'s the one where Jim Perry has to get away from the turntable because they started spinning it too early and then has to grab the Sale Surprise from behind the wall because of it.


 


http://youtu.be/2pjEVEsQGMk


 


Fast forward to about 4:00, that\'s when the whole debacle starts. Still don\'t get why it makes me chuckle but it does. :)


 


(Yes, I edited to add the clip. It was a lot tougher to find than I had originally thought.)


Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: gsfan85 on April 07, 2013, 09:51:34 AM
It\'s the one where Jim Perry has to get away from the turntable because they started spinning it too early and then has to grab the Sale Surprise from behind the wall because of it.

 


http://youtu.be/2pjEVEsQGMk


 


Fast forward to about 4:00, that\'s when the whole debacle starts. Still don\'t get why it makes me chuckle but it does. :)


 


(Yes, I edited to add the clip. It was a lot tougher to find than I had originally thought.)


 


Love it...thanks for finding and posting!

Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: BrandonFG on April 07, 2013, 02:08:21 PM

Looks like it was only two sides to the turntable, the Fame Game board, and behind it the setting for whatever skit they had in place. Looks like an L-shaped partition that sat directly behind the board,


Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: gsfan85 on April 08, 2013, 06:08:30 PM
Looks like it was only two sides to the turntable, the Fame Game board, and behind it the setting for whatever skit they had in place. Looks like an L-shaped partition that sat directly behind the board,

 


Wow...stagehands must have worked quick if they had to change it out for every Instant Bargain!

Title: $ale of the Century Turntable
Post by: JasonA1 on April 08, 2013, 06:10:42 PM
In the most common format of acts & commercial breaks, they always had a break between Instant Bargains.

-Jason