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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: gameshowguy2000 on December 04, 2003, 11:44:30 PM
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Here are the shows that I know that have aired on Christmas Day, and if you have any others that you know that aired on Christmas, please contribute!
1. The Price Is Right
2. Jeopardy!
3. Wheel Of Fortune
4. Pyramid (2002 version has done this so far. Anyone know if the other versions did this?
5. Family Feud
6. Hollywood Squares
7. Card Sharks
8. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Syndicated)
9. 2-Minute Drill
10. Scrabble
11. Shop 'Til You Drop
12. Press Your Luck
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 4 2003, 11:44 PM\'] Here are the shows that I know that have aired on Christmas Day, and if you have any others that you know that aired on Christmas, please contribute!
1. The Price Is Right
2. Jeopardy!
3. Wheel Of Fortune
4. Pyramid (2002 version has done this so far. Anyone know if the other versions did this?
5. Family Feud
6. Hollywood Squares
7. Card Sharks
8. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Syndicated)
9. 2-Minute Drill
10. Scrabble
11. Shop 'Til You Drop
12. Press Your Luck [/quote]
I know that the first season of CBS $25,000 Pyramid did a Christmas ep. The only thing I saw was a wreath on Dick Clark's podium...how festive. Also add Password Plus and $ale of the Century.
As for Pyramid 2002 and syndie Millionaire, are you saying they actually had special X-mas eps., or just aired on X-mas in your area?
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Both syndie Millionaire and Pyramid aired on Xmas day in my area.
Oh, Password Plus aired on Christmas Day? Was that the one with Carol Burnett and Bert Convy from the "12 Games" Marathon on GSN?
And I don't know about the Super Password show from that same marathon.
What did the set look like on $OTC, fostergray82? What decorations were there, if any?
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There was a time, long, long ago that the networks would program a regular daytime schedule on Christmas Day, so in the 60's and 70's at least, any game show on the air would have aired on Christmas. I'll mention two from 1974, "The Big Showdown" was elaborately decorated all around the set and "The Money Maze" had a Christmas tree in the middle of the maze on top of a tower.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 12:10 AM\'] What did the set look like on $OTC, fostergray82? What decorations were there, if any? [/quote]
IIRC, it was your typical Christmas stuff; garland, wreaths, etc....artificial snow, and some X-mas trees.
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I'll mention two from 1974, "The Big Showdown" was elaborately decorated all around the set and "The Money Maze" had a Christmas tree in the middle of the maze on top of a tower.
And what made those shows somewhat unique is that they only went on the air on December 23, 1974 - so the very first week they had to decorate the set for Christmas!
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 4 2003, 11:10 PM\'] Oh, Password Plus aired on Christmas Day? Was that the one with Carol Burnett and Bert Convy from the "12 Games" Marathon on GSN?
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Yup. But the Xmas Eve episode from that week was also a treat (Convy walks off the set for the briefest moment when Burnett nails a puzzle off the first word, sending Mother McKenzie into the bales of high-pitched laughter usually reserved for HSq or GONG; also the winning contestant wears fuzzy slippers as a good-luck charm for Alphabetics).
Switching gears, I thought $otC was always pre-empted for NBC's Washington Cathedral Xmas celebration (as was any NBC show that aired in the 10AM and 10:30AM ET slots).
Doug -- soon to celebrate 200 posts
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 10:17 AM\']Switching gears, I thought $otC was always pre-empted for NBC's Washington Cathedral Xmas celebration (as was any NBC show that aired in the 10AM and 10:30AM ET slots).
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You might be right. The X-Mas $ale ep. I saw was on USA about 10 years ago, and it aired in 1988. I remember Jim Perry bringing most, if not, all the staff on stage, and gave a small speech. Looking at my comp's calendar, X-Mas was on a Saturday, so it had to be X-Mas eve that I saw.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 10:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 10:17 AM\']Switching gears, I thought $otC was always pre-empted for NBC's Washington Cathedral Xmas celebration (as was any NBC show that aired in the 10AM and 10:30AM ET slots).
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You might be right. The X-Mas $ale ep. aired in 1988. Looking at my comp's calendar, X-Mas was on a Saturday, so it had to be X-Mas eve that I saw. [/quote]
It would have been the 12/23/88 episode, as Xmas fell on Sunday in 1988.
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Both daytime Dawson and Combs FF did Christmas eps...during the latter era, Ray would usually bring his family onstage at the end, and during the first year, he actually dressed as Santa for one ep during that wk.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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And in the Dawson era, the "12 Games" episode featured Richard putting one of the red bows on his ear.
And, the Double-point winning question: Name a character from "The Christmas Carol."
1. Scrooge
2. Jacob Marley
3. Tiny Tim
4. Bob Cratchit
I think these were the answers. Anyone want to confirm this?
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 6 2003, 07:14 PM\'] Both daytime Dawson and Combs FF did Christmas eps...during the latter era, Ray would usually bring his family onstage at the end, and during the first year, he actually dressed as Santa for one ep during that wk.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
The first three or four Combs Syndie seasons had Xmas episodes IIRC. The last two Combs Syndie seasons and Dawson 1994-95 did not have Xmas episodes(though 1994-95 did have a Halloween show). I suspect the current Feud run will be in reruns at Xmastime.
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I recall watching PYL as a kid on Christmas Day and there being a special opening with Peter at his house and kids, forgetting that he had a show to do, and then rushing into the studio. I never saw this again on the USA repeats and I'm wondering if I'm just making this up. Any one else remember such a thing?
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[quote name=\'BrianFTL\' date=\'Dec 7 2003, 07:54 PM\'] I recall watching PYL as a kid on Christmas Day and there being a special opening with Peter at his house and kids, forgetting that he had a show to do, and then rushing into the studio. I never saw this again on the USA repeats and I'm wondering if I'm just making this up. Any one else remember such a thing?
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He wears a Christmas red robe that he wears in the opening on this Xmas 1985 episode, which has not been seen since its original broadcast. USA ran the 1983 Xmas shows c. 1992, and GSN aired the XMas 1984 shows this past Summer(first time aired since their original broadcasts)
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In addition, the board read MERRY across, and XMAS up and down. There is a clip of a Christmas PYL opening at gscentral.net, including a picture of it in the PYL Photo Gallery.
On another note, somewhat related, my family and I keep fighting over whether or not game shows airing on Christmas are considered special or regular.
My family says that those episodes airing during on Christmas Day are just regular episodes. They keep telling me, "They're taped. They were just slated/scheduled to air on Christmas Day."
I say that they're special episodes.
Who's right and who's wrong?
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I'd say it depends on what your definition of "special" is.
On one hand, they're in the regular time slot and have regular contestants and regular game play, so one could make the argument that they're regular episodes.
On the other hand, they have special set decorations and/or special prizes and/or special puzzles and/or whatever other special happenings they can come up with within the regular framework, so one could make the argument that they're special episodes.
So I think you and your family are both right. Now make up and watch some special regular Christmas game shows together.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 7 2003, 09:55 PM\'] My family says that those episodes airing during on Christmas Day are just regular episodes. They keep telling me, "They're taped. They were just slated/scheduled to air on Christmas Day."
I say that they're special episodes.
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Good Lord, what difference does it make?
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 6 2003, 07:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 6 2003, 07:14 PM\'] Both daytime Dawson and Combs FF did Christmas eps...during the latter era, Ray would usually bring his family onstage at the end, and during the first year, he actually dressed as Santa for one ep during that wk.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
The first three or four Combs Syndie seasons had Xmas episodes IIRC. The last two Combs Syndie seasons and Dawson 1994-95 did not have Xmas episodes(though 1994-95 did have a Halloween show). I suspect the current Feud run will be in reruns at Xmastime. [/quote]
I doubt that happened last year. I went to the Stormseeker.com Daytime page, and in the days that passed, they managed to put up a summary of that day's episode, Floyds vs. Ragusas.
In that episode the $550+ champ Floyds were dethroned by the Ragusas, who'd beat them 426-70, and in Fast Money, would win only $735.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 7 2003, 11:55 PM\'] In addition, the board read MERRY across, and XMAS up and down. There is a clip of a Christmas PYL opening at gscentral.net, including a picture of it in the PYL Photo Gallery.
On another note, somewhat related, my family and I keep fighting over whether or not game shows airing on Christmas are considered special or regular.
My family says that those episodes airing during on Christmas Day are just regular episodes. They keep telling me, "They're taped. They were just slated/scheduled to air on Christmas Day."
I say that they're special episodes.
Who's right and who's wrong? [/quote]
They had some garland on the contestant/host island in Xmas 1985 on PYL, which was not the case the first two years.
The only syndie shows these days that haved Xmas-themed episodes on Xmas week are WOF and J!. Jeopardy!'s concession to Xmastime will be a few Xmas themed categories on a board where the category names are Xmas related. Squares, MIllionaire, and Pyramid I think are in reruns, Feud might not be in reruns, but there won't be an Xmas themed episode that week. Squares is scheduled to be in reruns from 12/15-1/2, but perhaps this week will pay homage to Xmas(as Squares has paid homage to Xmas a couple times in recent years). TPIR usually does a week of Xmas shows, but in some cases they only did one new Xmas show or showed all reruns at that time.
The first syndicated game shows to pay homage to Xmas on Xmas week were IIRC Davidson Squares and Rafferty Card Sharks in 1986. Before the mid 80s, many syndie game shows were bicycled, meaning shows could air one week in one city and another week in another city, and shows were taped not knowing when they would air.
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I know that the Eubanks CS featured kids playing near Christmas time, and I'm damn near positive that Davidson Squares did too; did Rafferty CS have kids playing at Christmas too?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 11:07 AM\'] I know that the Eubanks CS featured kids playing near Christmas time, and I'm damn near positive that Davidson Squares did too; did Rafferty CS have kids playing at Christmas too? [/quote]
Eubanks CS had Kids Weeks in the SUmmers, around Eastertime(1988 anyway), and at Xmastime. Davidson Squares had a kids week in 1988(John Davidson Jr. hosted all or part of the week IIRC). Rafferty CS advertised a kids week, and was searching for players for it, but had not yet aired it by Jan 2 1987, which is when I last saw the show(WPVI Channel 6 in Philly axed Rafferty CS at that point to make room for Oprah between 4-5PM, they moved previous season J! reruns back to 11AM at that point). If they had a kids week on Rafferty's show, it aired after XMas.
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He wears a Christmas red robe that he wears in the opening on this Xmas 1985 episode, which has not been seen since its original broadcast. USA ran the 1983 Xmas shows c. 1992, and GSN aired the XMas 1984 shows this past Summer(first time aired since their original broadcasts)
USA did air the 1984 Christmas shows. There were USA copies in the trade curcuit until GSN aired them this past summer. I just hope GSN eventally gets to Christmas 1985 - I remember that show well from its original broadcast and it would certainly be a keeper if it ever comes around again!
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The Bergeron Squares did a Kids Week in 2001, during the Christmas holidays. I remember that.
And, the Perry CS also did Christmas shows, but the 12 Games episode aired 3 days before Christmas. On all of its Christmas episodes, G2-T2 was dressed as Santa Claus. There was a Christmas tree under the show's logo, and the set was decorated.
Eubanks CS did air a show on Christmas Day, and GSN aired that. Like the Perry counterpart, there were decorations, but no Christmas tree, I think. Both the front game and Money Cards boards had candy canes, very appropriate indeed.
In addition, if anyone's noticed on the Xmas PYL shows, there are Caroling Whammies. They'd pop up before commercial breaks, and even at the end of the show. They're pretty funny, I'll tell you!
BTW, USA aired only the 1983 Christmas show? Did it air the 1984 and 1985 shows as well? (I heard about GSN airing the 1984 Christmas show over the summer, but never saw it)
And, if I recall correctly, the last time TPIR aired on Christmas Day was in 1996. That episode would be repeated in 1997 and 1998, and then after that, they'd use a rerun episode for Xmas.
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In addition, if anyone's noticed on the Xmas PYL shows, there are Caroling Whammies. They'd pop up before commercial breaks, and even at the end of the show. They're pretty funny, I'll tell you!
BTW, USA aired only the 1983 Christmas show? Did it air the 1984 and 1985 shows as well? (I heard about GSN airing the 1984 Christmas show over the summer, but never saw it)
That's one reason why I enjoyed watching the show at Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas - you had seasonal whammies!
USA aired the 1983 Christmas show in December 1992. They aired the 1984 Christmas show in mid 1994. The 1985 Christmas show hasn't been seen since its original broadcast.
I wonder if part of the reason USA never ran that is because it was about that time that Peter started announcing the show's upcoming time change. If networks think viewers would get confused seeing addresses to write to for tickets and such, maybe they figured they'd confuse viewers if they aired shows announcing a time change. Just a guess...
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 09:13 AM\']
I wonder if part of the reason USA never ran that is because it was about that time that Peter started announcing the show's upcoming time change. If networks think viewers would get confused seeing addresses to write to for tickets and such, maybe they figured they'd confuse viewers if they aired shows announcing a time change. Just a guess... [/quote]
That may be true, but USA aired reruns of Scrabble from 1989 where Chuck mentioned their time change from 12:30PM EST to 10AM EST. The change from 11:30AM EST to 12:30PM EST in 1987 was announced by CHarlie Tuna when they went to commercial breaks.
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I have to add I remember seeing a syndie TJW from ~1980 but I can't remember is the set was decorated...
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:13 AM\'] I wonder if part of the reason USA never ran that is because it was about that time that Peter started announcing the show's upcoming time change. If networks think viewers would get confused seeing addresses to write to for tickets and such, maybe they figured they'd confuse viewers if they aired shows announcing a time change. Just a guess... [/quote]
Even as GSN tries to avoid showing segments that billboarded a time change, there were moments when such promotional announcements came through. I do recall Allen Ludden's reminder on P+ that they'd be on one half-hour earlier, "starting next week," got through on GSN (I think that was the Bill Cullen/Mary Tyler Moore week, if I'm not mistaken). Also, time changes/promotional announcements from GONG weren't necessarily snipped on GSN (unless they were showing a Firestone episode in which the references were deleted). I'm glad they kept them in--there was one episode from April 1978 where Chuckie promos CS and HR (between the audience clapping with him and his occasional inability to clearly read what's on the cue cards, it was one of the funnier moments of that day's episode).
Since those shows stuck around for awhile on GSN in their then-current time slots, I guess networks needn't have worried about viewer confusion.
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Doug -- celebrating 200 posts (and shooting for 201)
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Didn't The Joker's Wild air on Christmas Day too? I know there was an episode or two in which Santas and Scrooges were used instead of Jokers and Devils in the second bonus round during their CBS days.
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[quote name=\'KrisW73\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 12:31 PM\']I have to add I remember seeing a syndie TJW from ~1980 but I can't remember is the set was decorated...[/quote]
You may be right, but even a show that ran in sequence like "TJW" strove to avoid date references, since the tapes were bicycled to stations over a six-week period similar to talk shows (the largest markets getting them first). And whenever a new station picked up a B&E show, they had to start at least with the beginning of the current season (or the last season if they were paying less money). Under those circumstances, shows couldn't be dated (and WFLD in Chicago didn't run summer reruns of "TJW" in 1978 or "TTD" in 1979 *or* 1980 because their runs began at times other than September--January 1978 for "TJW," March or April 1979 for "TTD." In fact WFLD had the advantage of running Thom McKee's reign of terror uninterrupted by summer reruns (and was only a few weeks behind the rest of the major markets when McKee finally went down).
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 01:27 PM\']In fact WFLD had the advantage of running Thom McKee's reign of terror uninterrupted by summer reruns (and was only a few weeks behind the rest of the major markets when McKee finally went down).[/quote]
That's right. I was vacationing in St. Louis during the summer of 1980 (I believe it was the week Trebek sat in for Woolery on WoF) and remember seeing an airing of the TTD Seniors Tournament (Miss Bobbie Tremaine demonstrating her ability to tap-dance, which she had done on GONG four years earlier) as part of the rerun package. When WFLD ran the last episode of the 1979-80 season later that fall and Wink had announced the reruns were forthcoming, I was kinda looking forward to seeing that episode again. Alas, it was not to be, as WFLD ran the 1980-81 season premiere the following Monday (or whenever it was). It was the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES that had run the "spoiler" article about McKee's impending loss (which didn't stop me from watching anyway).
I did get to see the clip of Tremaine again during that 1987 syndicated "GameShow Biz" special (I'm a sucker for tap-dancers).
Doug -- soon to celebrate 300. . . (nah, I won't go there--yet)
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 02:27 PM\'] And whenever a new station picked up a B&E show, they had to start at least with the beginning of the current season (or the last season if they were paying less money). [/quote]
When Channel 48 WKBS in Philadelphia picked up Bullseye in Spring 1982, they started at the beginning of the show's run in Fall 1980. It only lasted a few months on that station. When WPXI in Pittsburgh picked up Bullseye in Summer 1984, some two years after the last first run shows aired, reruns from Fall 1980 aired on that station. When WCAU CHannel 10 in Philly picked up Caldwell TTD in March 1986, they aired the beginning of the season, and aired the first six months of the season through September.
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[quote name=\'WorldClassRob\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 02:22 PM\'] Didn't The Joker's Wild air on Christmas Day too? I know there was an episode or two in which Santas and Scrooges were used instead of Jokers and Devils in the second bonus round during their CBS days. [/quote]
Santas and Scrooges instead of Jokers and Devils? That's pretty nice for TJW.
And, I assume that only Scrooges would only appear on the wheels during the Face The Devil version, true?
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 07:51 PM\'] [quote name=\'WorldClassRob\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 02:22 PM\'] Didn't The Joker's Wild air on Christmas Day too? I know there was an episode or two in which Santas and Scrooges were used instead of Jokers and Devils in the second bonus round during their CBS days. [/quote]
Santas and Scrooges instead of Jokers and Devils? That's pretty nice for TJW.
And, I assume that only Scrooges would only appear on the wheels during the Face The Devil version, true? [/quote]
The Xmas 1972 TJW episode GSN aired in March 2001 had such a bonus round.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 07:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 07:51 PM\'] [quote name=\'WorldClassRob\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 02:22 PM\'] Didn't The Joker's Wild air on Christmas Day too? I know there was an episode or two in which Santas and Scrooges were used instead of Jokers and Devils in the second bonus round during their CBS days. [/quote]
Santas and Scrooges instead of Jokers and Devils? That's pretty nice for TJW.
And, I assume that only Scrooges would only appear on the wheels during the Face The Devil version, true? [/quote]
The Xmas 1972 TJW episode GSN aired in March 2001 had such a bonus round. [/quote]
No, no, no.
I was talking about the Face The Devil bonus round with money on the wheels.
I could picture Scrooges there. Did that ever happen from 1978-1986?
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For some reason, I think TTD was decorated for Xmas.
MG '70s(probably '74) had a Xmas themed show with CNR dressed as Santa. Don't know if they aired on Xmas though in the original run.
Pretty much any NBC game show would have had an Xmas themed set and an episode airing on Xmas day. Add Classic Concentration to this list as well.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:27 PM\']
No, no, no.
I was talking about the Face The Devil bonus round with money on the wheels.
I could picture Scrooges there. Did that ever happen from 1978-1986? [/quote]
By Xmas 1974, the money and devils round took effect, so maybe on that week of shows Scrooge was the Devil.
Syndie TJW, like all syndicated game shows of the period, was taped without holiday references.
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Was TJW bicycled like the G-T panel shows and MG?
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[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:29 PM\'] For some reason, I think TTD was decorated for Xmas.
MG '70s(probably '74) had a Xmas themed show with CNR dressed as Santa. Don't know if they aired on Xmas though in the original run.
Pretty much any NBC game show would have had an Xmas themed set and an episode airing on Xmas day. Add Classic Concentration to this list as well. [/quote]
Syndie TTD did not celebrate Xmas on air, as SYndie game shows back then weren't taped with holiday references as the shows could air at different times in different cities. CBS TTD aired in the SUmmer of 1978, so they'd have no Xmas references. Perhaps the 50s TTD on NBC mentioned and celebrated Xmas on air.
MG7x when on CBS did celebrate Xmas on air on most occasions(though they of course made a bigger deal about New Year's Eve/Day), though no Xmas decorations graced the set. MG90 had an Xmas decorated set.
Classic Concentration did indeed have the set decorated for Xmas all four years, but the 10-11AM EST hour, of which CC was a part in its original run(10:30AM EST) was always preempted for NBC special programming on Xmas day back then.
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[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:29 PM\'] For some reason, I think TTD was decorated for Xmas.
MG '70s(probably '74) had a Xmas themed show with CNR dressed as Santa. Don't know if they aired on Xmas though in the original run.
Pretty much any NBC game show would have had an Xmas themed set and an episode airing on Xmas day. Add Classic Concentration to this list as well. [/quote]
The CNR as Santa MG episode was from MG '73, and was part of the 12 Games marathon.
And he did a great job dressing as Santa too, I might add.
BTW, was the Classic Concentration set totally decorated with the usual Christmas trees, garland, lights and ornaments, etc., etc., and did Alex and Marjorie (the only model on the show) dress up?
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There was a Christmas special episode of Celebrity Sweepstakes during its run, with Pat Boone and Flip Wilson playing for the Boy Scouts and the American Cancer Society, respectively. (It was the first show with the white lights in the nubmers, which made it much easier to see which podiums were lit on black-and-white TVs.)
Something tells me the ending was rigged; Jim McKrell asked a relatively obvious All-or-Nothing question ("Who sang, 'Christmas, Christmas, Christmas Time is Here, Time for Love and Time for Cheer'?", and he sang it in a high squeaky voice) which all of the celebrities got right (the answer: Alvin and the Chipmunks), and during the closing credits, the announcer said that a question had been scratched in the All or Nothing round. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the two contestants picked somebody with the wrong answer, and then they decided to "scratch" it (normally, a question is scratched only if all six celebrities get it wrong).
How about network game shows on New Year's Day? Both CBS and NBC pretty much showed parades and football (back when NBC aired the Rose Bowl).
-- Don
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 10:59 PM\']
How about network game shows on New Year's Day? Both CBS and NBC pretty much showed parades and football (back when NBC aired the Rose Bowl).
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$otC aired on NBC on New Year's Day in 1985, 1987, and 1988, and Classic Concentration aired on NBC on New Year's Day in 1988. Xmas Eve and New Year's Eve 1993 saw CBS air a rerun of 80s $25K Pyramid.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 11:09 PM\'] [quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 10:59 PM\']
How about network game shows on New Year's Day? Both CBS and NBC pretty much showed parades and football (back when NBC aired the Rose Bowl).
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$otC aired on NBC on New Year's Day in 1985, 1987, and 1988, and Classic Concentration aired on NBC on New Year's Day in 1988. Xmas Eve and New Year's Eve 1993 saw CBS air a rerun of 80s $25K Pyramid. [/quote]
I thought all the major networks pre-empted their daytime programming to air the Rose Bowl Parade.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:38 PM\'][quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:29 PM\'] For some reason, I think TTD was decorated for Xmas.[/quote][/quote]
I remember on one ep. of TTD 90, Patrick Wayne noted that the female contestant was dressed in X-mas colors, green and red. Don't know if they actually did a Christmas ep., but now I want to say that they did.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 10:26 PM\'] I thought all the major networks pre-empted their daytime programming to air the Rose Bowl Parade. [/quote]
Not all the time. The Rose Parade coverage usually began at 11:30 AM ET (or in some cases 11AM), so there was time if NBC or CBS wanted to show their regular daytime shows up to that point (although CBS usually carried the Cotton Bowl Parade from Dallas, while NBC sometimes aired their usual games or possibly the Fiesta Bowl Parade--once instead they did a variety special, which was the first time I ever saw Jon "Bowser" Bauman put his Julliard training to use). ABC never bothered with the Rose Parade until they wrested the football game away from NBC (as a result, ABC's coverage of the parade is produced by ABC Sports). I do remember that both CS and J! aired on NBC 1/1/79 (the first time G2T2 had an icebag on its head).
Doug
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 12:10 AM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:38 PM\'][quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:29 PM\'] For some reason, I think TTD was decorated for Xmas.[/quote][/quote]
I remember on one ep. of TTD 90, Patrick Wayne noted that the female contestant was dressed in X-mas colors, green and red. Don't know if they actually did a Christmas ep., but now I want to say that they did. [/quote]
I'm assuming that the O's stayed Red, and the X's turned Green, right? Or did the X's stay BLUE?
HSquares2003, did the background for X-captured boxes turn green, or was it blue during the holiday season? I know for sure O-captured boxes were red.
Now, I'm assuming both sets had the usual trees and lights, etc. Right?
Does this also apply to the Classic Concentration set?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 12:10 AM\']
I remember on one ep. of TTD 90, Patrick Wayne noted that the female contestant was dressed in X-mas colors, green and red. Don't know if they actually did a Christmas ep., but now I want to say that they did. [/quote]
The last first run ep. of TTD90 aired on 12/7/90(it didn't end with the divorced couples tournament, either), so they didn't have any Xmas-themed episodes.
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How about network game shows on New Year's Day? Both CBS and NBC pretty much showed parades and football (back when NBC aired the Rose Bowl).
ABC usually aired their regular schedule on New Year's Day, so most ABC games had a New Year's episode.
CBS and NBC most years had the special programming as mentioned above.
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Xmas Eve and New Year's Eve 1993 saw CBS air a rerun of 80s $25K Pyramid.
I remember seeing that listed in TVGuide, but forgot to watch. Does anybodyknow what episodes were aired? Were they Christmas and New Year's episodes, or just random episodes?
There was a Christmas special episode of Celebrity Sweepstakes during its run, with Pat Boone and Flip Wilson playing for the Boy Scouts and the American Cancer Society, respectively. (It was the first show with the white lights in the nubmers, which made it much easier to see which podiums were lit on black-and-white TVs.)
That was Christmas 1975. I almost wonder if that show was an after-thought, because it wasn't taped at the same time as the other episodes from that week. It featured the panel of celebrities who were on during New Year's week, and it featured the white lights in the numbers (as mentioned above) which the Christmas week episodes that year did not.
"Celebrity Sweepstakes" is one show I definately wish there was more of around in the trade curcuit.
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The $25KP eps CBS showed in 1993 were repeats of two shows from a Billy Crystal-Lynn Redgrave week that originally aired the week of 1/10/83.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 08:36 AM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 12:10 AM\']
I remember on one ep. of TTD 90, Patrick Wayne noted that the female contestant was dressed in X-mas colors, green and red. Don't know if they actually did a Christmas ep., but now I want to say that they did. [/quote]
The last first run ep. of TTD90 aired on 12/7/90(it didn't end with the divorced couples tournament, either), so they didn't have any Xmas-themed episodes. [/quote]
That may be so, Zach, but I distinctly remember Patrick Wayne mentioning to that contestant's red and green outfit and how festive it was. I also remember TTD having episodes with a 1991 copyright.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 12:25 PM\']
That may be so, Zach, but I distinctly remember Patrick Wayne mentioning to that contestant's red and green outfit and how festive it was. I also remember TTD having episodes with a 1991 copyright. [/quote]
I thought it only lasted 13 weeks. Anyone who was brave enough to tape any episodes could tell if there were new episodes aired beyond December(thus having a 1991 copyright)
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:35 PM\']Was TJW bicycled like the G-T panel shows and MG?[/quote]
Not exactly like the other game shows, but similar. The bicycling pattern was similar to how talk shows like Mike Douglas and Phil Donahue were distributed. To explain:
Let's say your show is on in 150 markets. You have 30 tapes duplicated and send them to your 30 largest market stations for airing the second week of September. After the stations run them, they send the tapes on to the next 30 stations, who then air the shows the third week of September. Then the next 30 get them for the following week, and so on, and so on. At the end of the line sometime in October, the smallest market stations send the tapes back to the duplication house, who then puts them back in distribution if any stations pick up the show to start airing in November, January, March or what have you--new stations always started their runs of B&E shows with either the first show of the current season or the first show of the previous season.
Now, of course, thanks to satellite distribution all stations get the same show to air on the same day.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 02:26 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 08:35 PM\']Was TJW bicycled like the G-T panel shows and MG?[/quote]
Not exactly like the other game shows, but similar. The bicycling pattern was similar to how talk shows like Mike Douglas and Phil Donahue were distributed. To explain:
Let's say your show is on in 150 markets. You have 30 tapes duplicated and send them to your 30 largest market stations for airing the second week of September. After the stations run them, they send the tapes on to the next 30 stations, who then air the shows the third week of September. Then the next 30 get them for the following week, and so on, and so on. At the end of the line sometime in October, the smallest market stations send the tapes back to the duplication house, who then puts them back in distribution if any stations pick up the show to start airing in November, January, March or what have you--new stations always started their runs of B&E shows with either the first show of the current season or the first show of the previous season.
Now, of course, thanks to satellite distribution all stations get the same show to air on the same day. [/quote]
So then the smallest markets (assuming that this is the premire season) wouldn't actually get any shows until October sometime? That would screw with season premiers pretty badly.
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The local station in my area that picked up the last couple years of the Dawson Feud used really bad tape to record off the bird. Glitches, dropouts and rolling were commonplace. At least with bicycling, there was a nice tape to run.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 03:23 PM\']The local station in my area that picked up the last couple years of the Dawson Feud used really bad tape to record off the bird. Glitches, dropouts and rolling were commonplace. At least with bicycling, there was a nice tape to run.[/quote]
Unless, of course, the station was at the end of the chain and the tape hadn't already suffered as it made the rounds of the other stations ("Feud" was bicycled in the make-a-bunch of shows and divide them onto different lists fahsion).
And if the station engineer forgets to tape the feed, unless there are emergency shows on file, the syndicator today is SOL. But the guarantee that the show will air everywhere in the country on the same day trumps any possible quality control issues.
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I thought it only lasted 13 weeks. Anyone who was brave enough to tape any episodes could tell if there were new episodes aired beyond December(thus having a 1991 copyright)
The ol' EOTVGS says it was on from September until March. I didn't actually count, but that's gotta be more than 13 weeks.
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I think MG '90 did Christmas shows, just like the 70's version.
The set was decorated with the usual, but I assume CNR didn't dress up like Santa on the 90's version, did he?
I know he dressed up as Santa on all the versions of Classic MG's.
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I thought it only lasted 13 weeks. Anyone who was brave enough to tape any episodes could tell if there were new episodes aired beyond December(thus having a 1991 copyright)
Never saw a Wayne TTD ep on USA w/a copyright date other than 1990, so I'd say it was canned by year's end.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ilb4ever2000\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 03:47 PM\']
The ol' EOTVGS says it was on from September until March. I didn't actually count, but that's gotta be more than 13 weeks. [/quote]
They say it lasted 26 weeks, but they didn't say it was 13 weeks of first run followed by 13 weeks of reruns(WNBC pulled the plug after December 28th, 1990). USA cycled through the whole run five times in 15 months they aired it.
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Another thing I noticed about game shows that aired on Christmas Day is that sometimes they'd use a Christmas song as their closing theme. I remember "Wheel of Fortune" using Leroy Anderson's version of "Sleigh Ride" as their close for a couple of Christmas shows in the late '70s.
I think "Price is Right" might have used that at least once as well. I'm sure there are others.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 09:11 AM\'] I think "Price is Right" might have used that at least once as well. I'm sure there are others. [/quote]
I do believe you're right, and I think it was more than once....
I also could swear I remember there being a DSW on Christmas Day....Had to be around 1980 or 1981 if TPiR aired on Christmas during those years...
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"Newlywed Game" went out in 1974 with "Sleigh Ride"
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Yep, and so did MG '7x, MG PM, and MG '90. And you're right, TPIR has used that song as well.
I think "Sleigh Ride" is the most commonly used song to end game shows on Christmas. Anyone agree with that?
I remember Wheel ended the 1996 Christmas show with a jazzy version of Jingle Bells.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 09:11 AM\'] Another thing I noticed about game shows that aired on Christmas Day is that sometimes they'd use a Christmas song as their closing theme. I remember "Wheel of Fortune" using Leroy Anderson's version of "Sleigh Ride" as their close for a couple of Christmas shows in the late '70s.
I think "Price is Right" might have used that at least once as well. I'm sure there are others. [/quote]
You're right...the last I heard TPiR use it was the late-90s. I know $otC also used "Sleigh Ride."
Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 03:14 PM\'] Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's? [/quote]
Let's get the obvious one out of the way: Match Game 7x.
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And so did MG '90 and MG PM.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 02:29 PM\'] And so did MG '90 and MG PM. [/quote]
You sure about MG PM? I'd think a once-a-week syndie would go out of their way to avoid any date references, as a show intended for air first-run in December could air on another station first-run in April (not to mention the rerun later in the season).
Doug
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OK, then just MG '90 on my part.
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Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's?
It wasn't New Year's, but TTD used a small section of it at the end of the 79-80 season finale...I think then-champ Thom McKee had something to do w/it. :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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I am officially adding "Dream House" to the list of those shows that aired on Christmas.
There's a discussion about that episode in the "Game Show Coincidences" Thread.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 13 2003, 09:06 PM\'] I am officially adding "Dream House" to the list of those shows that aired on Christmas.
[/quote]
Don't add it to the list, as Xmas fell on Sunday in 1983, which was the only Xmas Eubanks Dream House aired.
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OK, Scratch that.
In its place, I've added a new one to the list: I've Got A Secret.
The episode from the 12 Games marathon had a Christmas tree made of, listen to this: TOOTHPICKS!
Pretty creative, huh?
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"The $25,000 Pyramid" definitely showed new episodes on Christmas in 1984, 1985, and 1986. (In 1987, they reran 1986's Christmas week.) The Mystery 7 prize was always a new car on Christmas episodes. In the 1986 episode, the challenger didn't win anything, but because it was Christmas, they gave him a trip. (Can't remember where right now -- Mexico, I think.) Also, "Super Password" showed new episodes on Christmas in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987.
Someone mentioned the airings of the 25K in December of 1993. I remember thinking at the time what an odd choice it was for CBS to show 10-year-old reruns of one of their former game shows. The only thing I could figure was that they were testing the waters for maybe bringing it back.
Brendan
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A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
Also, after a little thinking, I'll add Beat The Clock to the list, because, as I recall, from the "12 Games and "Snow Days" Marathons, they did a special Christmas episode of the Monty Hall BTC from 1979. As to the other versions, I don't know.
I'll also add the rest of the "12 Games" shows to the list: Super Password, Tattletales, To Tell The Truth, The Dating Game, and Body Language.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 06:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
[/quote]
On New Year's Eve '82, the CBS Pyramid offered a car for the Mystery 7, but the team missed by one, causing a very loud groan from the audience.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 04:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
[/quote]
Not if I don't particularly need a car.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 07:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 04:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
[/quote]
Not if I don't particularly need a car. [/quote]
Unless of course you needed a car but didn't want a less-than-stellar 80s econobox, which is often what cars were given away in the M7(though the $100K gave away a $10K Pontiac Fiero, the econobox of sports cars, on a couple occasions)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 07:18 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 07:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 04:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
[/quote]
Not if I don't particularly need a car. [/quote]
Unless of course you needed a car but didn't want a less-than-stellar 80s econobox, which is often what cars were given away in the M7(though the $100K gave away a $10K Pontiac Fiero, the econobox of sports cars, on a couple occasions) [/quote]
On the other hand, if you were like me, and just lost your source of transportation, you'd take the free car (+ taxes), econobox or not.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 06:03 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 06:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!
That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!
That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
[/quote]
On New Year's Eve '82, the CBS Pyramid offered a car for the Mystery 7, but the team missed by one, causing a very loud groan from the audience. [/quote]
Oh, that sucked. They missed by ONE. Just ONE. Oh, the agony. I probably would've kicked myself.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 07:40 PM\']
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On New Year's Eve '82, the CBS Pyramid offered a car for the Mystery 7, but the team missed by one, causing a very loud groan from the audience. [/QUOTE]
[/quote]
And a very loud cheer from Bob Stewart :)
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Oh, that sucked. They missed by ONE. Just ONE. Oh, the agony. I probably would've kicked myself.
I recall a similar situation in Dave Wagner's TV GS Contestant Guidebook...Billy Crystal was giving clues for a Mystery 7 that offered a Greek cruise. As in the situation described further up, they didn't get it...and Crystal felt so bad, he paid for the contestant to go on the trip w/his own money.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 07:25 PM\']On the other hand, if you were like me, and just lost your source of transportation, you'd take the free car (+ taxes), econobox or not.[/quote]
I snipped all the quotes for sanity's sake, but since the original comparison was basically "as good as winning over $30,000", I think I'd rather take the cash and buy myself a car.
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I recall on the Christmas PYL shows that they offered a Christmas Tree worth $541. Was it ever won?
Also, I gotta admit, when I saw the "12 Games" episode of Body Language (which I HAVE added to the list), I got a good laugh out of Richard Simmons's Candy-Cane colored shorts. Pretty neat, I should say, huh?
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Looks like Pyramid is doing at least one Holiday show this year(the promo had snowflakes decorating the set). According to my Time Warner cable box listings, new episodes are scheduled all week long(though no celeb. names appear in the listings)
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Saw the promos for Pyramid's holiday week.
Saw snowflakes, and some poinsettias and candles, and even Donny Osmond managed to sing some Christmas carols.
So, I was right about the 2002 Pyramid airing on Christmas.
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OK, I thought about it, and decided that Blockbusters should go on the list.
Who could remember the board being used as a "tree", when Bill mentioned that the set couldn't be decorated in time for Christmas?
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 02:04 AM\'] OK, I thought about it, and decided that Blockbusters should go on the list.
Who could remember the board being used as a "tree", when Bill mentioned that the set couldn't be decorated in time for Christmas? [/quote]
That was for Xmas 1980, did they have decorations for Xmas 1981(since it's quite possible GSN will axe Blockbusters on weekends before they get through 1981). I didn't see much of Blockbusters in its original Cullen run(KYW in Philly didn't air it at all, and WTAF CHannel 29(now Fox WTXF) aired a couple of months of it and LV Gambit in 1981). WMGM CHannel 40(NBC in the Atlantic City area) was still not programming pre-Noon until mid-1982.
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So, they managed to put decorations on the set, like CS '78 did? That's good.
Speaking of Christmas on CS '78, I found out that G2-T2 was dressed as Santa Claus. Pretty neat, huh?
And, one of the funniest Christmas-related survey questions came from the "12 Games" episode, and it was:
"As a child, did you ever unwrapped your Christmas gifts, and then re-wrapped them, so that your parents wouldn't know that YOU opened them?"
That got a pretty good laugh out of everyone! I laughed so hard the moment he finished reading the question!
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Looks like Pyramid is doing at least one Holiday show this year(the promo had snowflakes decorating the set). According to my Time Warner cable box listings, new episodes are scheduled all week long(though no celeb. names appear in the listings)
The Christmas ep should be airing today (12/24), since both Steve Schirippa and Debra Jo Rupp can clearly be seen in the brief clip of Donny singing during the promo.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Yep, and the summary/spoiler is in the Summaries/Spoilers forum.
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Hopefully, tomorrow, Santa's bag of Christmas-themed game shows won't rain on anybody's plans!
Tomorrow: GSN's Holiday Marathon (5 hours of FF, and then Christmas-themed episodes of Weakest Link, TTTT, Lingo, Russian Roulette, and Friend Or Foe, and the Match Game Merry-Blank-A-Thon, featuring Charles Nelson Reilly as JOLLY OLD SAINT NICK!), Family Feud (Karn version), Pyramid, H2, Jeopardy, and Wheel Of Fortune, and Shop 'Til You Drop.
I saw today's FF, and it was Engleharts vs. Griffiths, and the Griffiths swept the first Triple Round question, which was: Name a place where you could see Santa Claus BEFORE Christmas.
I hope you guys managed to shout the following answers to your screen:
1. Malls
2. Shops
3. Corners
4. Parades
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 10:03 AM\'] I also could swear I remember there being a DSW on Christmas Day....Had to be around 1980 or 1981 if TPiR aired on Christmas during those years... [/quote]
I think Christmas Eve was TPIR's "big event day" back in the early 1980s. I definitely remember somebody winning a $32,000 showcase including an airplane (not an "ultralight" - I think they did give away one of those the following year - but the kind you need lessons (they threw in 100 hours' worth) and a license for) on a Christmas Eve around 1981 or '82, but I don't recall a DSW. (Then again, it could have been in the late '70s, during one of San Francisco's "dark periods" when none of the independent stations would pick it up after the CBS affiliate decided to show a local morning program instead.)
-- Don (and how long has it been since TPIR didn't have a tree as the first IUFB on its last new show of the Christmas season?)
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 09:05 PM\'] (and how long has it been since TPIR didn't have a tree as the first IUFB on its last new show of the Christmas season?) [/quote]
Oh. Does that mean it's a rerun maņana?
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 10:35 PM\'] [quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 09:05 PM\'] (and how long has it been since TPIR didn't have a tree as the first IUFB on its last new show of the Christmas season?) [/quote]
Oh. Does that mean it's a rerun maņana?
Doug [/quote]
It'll be reruns from tomorrow through next Wed(12/31). Friday 1/2 will be the first new show of 2004. TPIR's last first run show on XMas Day was in 1996, and that episode was rerun the next two Xmas days.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 09:41 PM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 10:35 PM\'] [quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Dec 24 2003, 09:05 PM\'] (and how long has it been since TPIR didn't have a tree as the first IUFB on its last new show of the Christmas season?) [/quote]
Oh. Does that mean it's a rerun maņana?
Doug [/quote]
It'll be reruns from tomorrow through next Wed(12/31). Friday 1/2 will be the first new show of 2004. TPIR's last first run show on XMas Day was in 1996, and that episode was rerun the next two Xmas days. [/quote]
Six minutes? Zach, you're slipping. :) And happy sixth night of Hanukkah, while I'm at it.
Doug -- soon to overtake John C. for 19th place on the all-time posts list (not that I'm keeping track or anything), that is until he overtakes me right back
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(and how long has it been since TPIR didn't have a tree as the first IUFB on its last new show of the Christmas season?)
Usually w/an instrumental version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town as the accompanying cue, as well.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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And, of course, nowadays, we all know that the cue for the tree and the animated Santa and Mrs. Claus, is the repeating chorus of Jingle Bells, with sleigh bells in the background.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 10:25 PM\']And, of course, nowadays, we all know that the cue for the tree and the animated Santa and Mrs. Claus, is the repeating chorus of Jingle Bells, with sleigh bells in the background.[/quote]
Because "Jingle Bells" is public domain and "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" isn't. Either Barker or Syd Vinnedge must make it very clear to Stan that they don't want to pay royalties (which made the renditions of "Happy Birthday" on the birthday shows particularly interesting, because I thought the song was still under copyright).
I still remember Barker talking to a "T or C" contestant who said that he was a singer: "Could you do something for us? Sing 'Happy Birthday'--no, don't sing 'Happy Birthday.' We have to pay for it."
Besides, between "T or C" and the Jack LaLanne reruns that ESPN Classic has started airing early in the morning, I am convinced that Dave Bacal didn't know *any* music under copyright.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 08:18 PM\']I still remember Barker talking to a "T or C" contestant who said that he was a singer: "Could you do something for us? Sing 'Happy Birthday'--no, don't sing 'Happy Birthday.' We have to pay for it."[/quote]
This dilemma is actually a blessing on Jeopardy!, as it often prevents Trebek from singing.