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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Matt Ottinger on July 29, 2016, 10:46:02 PM
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I just found out about it, and it closed earlier tonight. Seller does a lousy job of demonstrating scale. If not for the specialty bonus cards, this would look like a standard-sized deck.
Can't tell if this was an auction or a Buy It Now, but somebody got himself a nice conversation piece.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Sharks-Actual-Cards-From-1970s-80s-Game-Show-Full-Set-RARE-/262550366387
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$315?!? That's absolutely ridiculous (that I didn't get a chance to bid on it and potentially have a lot of explaining to do to my wife later).
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That is in fact news I can use; knowing that the cards are nineteen inches tall by fourteen inches across.
/Once again: the free market is never wrong but could it please chill the eff out once in a while.
//I'm making enough pocket money selling HeroQuest figures that I could probably recoup the cost over time.
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The RED deck? Pass. Blue deck FTW.
(Interesting...those measurements indicate they are neither poker- nor bridge-sized.)
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You'd think Larry would have put up a bottle used on Jeannie or something.
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That is in fact news I can use; knowing that the cards are nineteen inches tall by fourteen inches across.
Also worth noting is that the dimensions for the CBS and NBC incarnations were different. Jim Perry's cards were one foot by two feet.
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Maybe it's the magic of TV, but I don't think I would've guessed 14"x19" for oversized cards. Then again, as a kid, I was always amazed and found those cards to be massive. :P
$300 is quite steep, but if anyone ever wanted to sell those cards individually, I'm down.
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Jim Perry's cards were one foot by two feet.
Looking at at old Perry episode, I don't know if I buy this. It's a hell of an optical illusion if that is the case, at any rate.
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Maybe they were two different peoples' feet.
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Jim Perry's cards were one foot by two feet.
Looking at at old Perry episode, I don't know if I buy this. It's a hell of an optical illusion if that is the case, at any rate.
My source is an episode where Jim explains how they shuffle the cards and that's the measurement that he gives. I'm terrible at eyeballing measurements, so I believe you, the eBay seller, and Jim equally.
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My source is an episode where Jim explains how they shuffle the cards and that's the measurement that he gives.
I remember that episode! They showed the shuffling tables and then sealing up the deck in a big-ass manila envelope. :)
Any of us could be right. But take a 3x5" index card and then slice a half-inch off of the long side. That's the aspect ratio you are claiming, and that's a lot more narrow than even a bridge card. (In fact, take a bridge card (2.25" x 3.5") and slice a half-inch off the long side. Same thing.)
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My source is an episode where Jim explains how they shuffle the cards and that's the measurement that he gives.
I remember that episode! They showed the shuffling tables and then sealing up the deck in a big-ass manila envelope. :)
Any of us could be right. But take a 3x5" index card and then slice a half-inch off of the long side. That's the aspect ratio you are claiming, and that's a lot more narrow than even a bridge card. (In fact, take a bridge card (2.25" x 3.5") and slice a half-inch off the long side. Same thing.)
Seems to me Jim was probably just rounding in an attempt to make his explanation simpler.
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That is in fact news I can use; knowing that the cards are nineteen inches tall by fourteen inches across.
Also worth noting is that the dimensions for the CBS and NBC incarnations were different. Jim Perry's cards were one foot by two feet.
Is that true? That's interesting. 1' by 2' seems....disproportionate.
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I just found out about it, and it closed earlier tonight. Seller does a lousy job of demonstrating scale. If not for the specialty bonus cards, this would look like a standard-sized deck.
Can't tell if this was an auction or a Buy It Now, but somebody got himself a nice conversation piece.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Sharks-Actual-Cards-From-1970s-80s-Game-Show-Full-Set-RARE-/262550366387
Absolutely crushed that I missed this. Would have purchased in a hot second.
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A real shame we all found out about it after the fact. And another thought: the seller would have made a lot more money selling the cards individually. You think individual cards would go for less than four bucks apiece?
If you've got money burning a hole in your wallet, Bob Boden is selling off a bunch of tickets. Nothing astonishingly rare, but some interesting stuff.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw&_sacat=0&_udlo&_udhi&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo&_sabdhi&_samilow&_samihi&_sadis=15&_stpos=91409-7151&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_fss=1&_fsradio=%26LH_SpecificSeller%3D1&_saslop=1&_sasl=tvbobme&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=100
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And another thought: the seller would have made a lot more money selling the cards individually. You think individual cards would go for less than four bucks apiece?
The shipping hassles alone would make it impractical. Dude wanted to sell one thing, not 80.
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That is in fact news I can use; knowing that the cards are nineteen inches tall by fourteen inches across.
Also worth noting is that the dimensions for the CBS and NBC incarnations were different. Jim Perry's cards were one foot by two feet.
That can't be right. Here's me holding a Crayola "Floor Pad"...
https://db.tt/FH7OwH0g
...that's only 22x16. 24x12 would be enormous.
The aspect ratio (according to photoshop) seems to be about 0.6954 not 0.5 if it's the dimensions Jim gave.
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One of those tickets looks like it was from the WLoD pilot given the tape date of 11/2/86 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/TV-ticket-1986-game-show-WIN-LOSE-OR-DRAW-CBS-Television-City-Hollywood-/162151581907?hash=item25c0fcc8d3:g:i-cAAOSwPRlXmp1A).
Also, this is the first I heard of a Gong Show pilot being shot in 1995 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/TV-ticket-1995-game-show-THE-GONG-SHOW-CBS-Television-City-Hollywood-/162150616856?hash=item25c0ee0f18:g:x94AAOSwARZXmXI5). Given how the genre was at a nadir and about to enter a "fixing what wasn't broken" phase (Dating/Newlywed Hour, the unsold MG/CS pilots), who knows what damage could've been done and if so could it have gotten Extreme Gong-level bad?
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One of those tickets looks like it was from the WLoD pilot given the tape date of 11/2/86 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/TV-ticket-1986-game-show-WIN-LOSE-OR-DRAW-CBS-Television-City-Hollywood-/162151581907?hash=item25c0fcc8d3:g:i-cAAOSwPRlXmp1A).
Also, this is the first I heard of a Gong Show pilot being shot in 1995 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/TV-ticket-1995-game-show-THE-GONG-SHOW-CBS-Television-City-Hollywood-/162150616856?hash=item25c0ee0f18:g:x94AAOSwARZXmXI5). Given how the genre was at a nadir and about to enter a "fixing what wasn't broken" phase (Dating/Newlywed Hour, the unsold MG/CS pilots), who knows what damage could've been done and if so could it have gotten Extreme Gong-level bad?
Chuck Booms, a comedian from this area who was on the rise in the mid-90s, was slated to host this. He hosted a pilot for The Gong Show around late 1995/early 1996 (very possibly the 10/95 date on the above ticket), which was to be paired with Planet Hollywood Squares, hosted by Roseanne Barr. A quick Google Groups search shows that these shows were delayed until 1997, as Sony wanted to see how The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game did in '96.
It is tempting. Booms often appears at a bar a few miles away during Browns games, maybe less this year since he lost his morning drive sports radio gig a little over a year ago.
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It is tempting. Booms often appears at a bar a few miles away during Browns games, maybe less this year since he lost his morning drive sports radio gig a little over a year ago.
I dunno, maybe that means he'll be appearing there more. Just as a customer. :)
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FWIW, Five Below sells decks of giant playing cards-maybe a little smaller than the cards from CS, but close enough-for, appropriately enough, $5. Unfortunately, they come in only one color, which might make home CS games confusing.
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Given how the genre was at a nadir and about to enter a "fixing what wasn't broken" phase (Dating/Newlywed Hour, the unsold MG/CS pilots), who knows what damage could've been done and if so could it have gotten Extreme Gong-level bad?
1) I think Dating/Newlywed absolutely fixed what was broken by giving each show an actual format.
2) Damage to Gong Show? You know that this is a show that revels in being tacky and stupid, right? It's not like Gong Show was going to win an Emmy. Pull your nose to parallel to earth there, guy.
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FWIW, Five Below sells decks of giant playing cards-maybe a little smaller than the cards from CS, but close enough-for, appropriately enough, $5. Unfortunately, they come in only one color, which might make home CS games confusing.
Slightly smaller than a sheet of paper, in fact. I can see these being very useful for home game adaptations.
https://kameamorgan.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_4048.jpg
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Slightly smaller than a sheet of paper, in fact. I can see these being very useful for home game adaptations.
https://kameamorgan.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_4048.jpg
Play all of your "favoirite"classic card games. A quality I've only come to expect from Five Below.
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Maybe I Would had won that Set of Actual Card Sharks Cards from the Eubanks/Rafferty Version I would had create new prize cards for New Prizes like the XBOX One Package, PS4 Gift Card, $1,000 Apple Gift Card (with the Apple Logo) and much more so I Can print the same size as the Prize Cards of Card Sharks at a Local Kinko's or Staples for my own version of Card Sharks, but oh well good find Mr. Ottinger!
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Maybe I Would had won that Set of Actual Card Sharks Cards from the Eubanks/Rafferty Version I would had create new prize cards for New Prizes like the XBOX One Package, PS4 Gift Card, $1,000 Apple Gift Card (with the Apple Logo) and much more so I Can print the same size as the Prize Cards of Card Sharks at a Local Kinko's or Staples for my own version of Card Sharks, but oh well good find Mr. Ottinger!
Damn, beat me by 30 seconds. +1
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Why do you Show No love for OfficeMax? They Also have a print Shop That can make half-Assed copies of playing Cards on card Stock That will look like Crap when you Try To use them.
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How did we go from Card Sharks to Word Salad ?
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Why do you Show No love for OfficeMax? They Also have a print Shop That can make half-Assed copies of playing Cards on card Stock That will look like Crap when you Try To use them.
Yeah, But can They spell Favorite on the Box the correct Way?
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That's the Venezuelan spelling of the word.
/Or the Vuvuzelian spelling.
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They're thick cardboard. Much thicker than card stock. Normal deck cards are laminated while special cards like prizes or jokers have vinyl cutouts pasted over a blank. And they're huge and heavy.
http://i.imgur.com/Y2zD7O1.jpg