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Title: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: TimK2003 on April 23, 2020, 01:07:31 AM
...It can be a sign, display, prop, etc... BUT it had to have been regularly lowered/raised/hanging from the rafters. 

I would snatch the Perry-era flashing Card Sharks sign.

And you???

Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Bryce L. on April 23, 2020, 01:16:43 AM
Either the Scrabble logo sign (from the 1984-1990 run), or the prop they used on Sale of the Century (Perry run) for keeping track of the cash jackpot's value.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: PYLdude on April 23, 2020, 01:38:26 AM
The big $25,000 sign from Wheel.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on April 23, 2020, 01:45:34 AM
I'd like the green $25,000 sign from WoF.  If my memory has failed me and that wasn't lowered, I'd take the duck from YBYL.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: BrandonFG on April 23, 2020, 08:33:06 AM
The futuristic TPIR price tag from the mid-80s.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: BillCullen1 on April 23, 2020, 09:02:38 AM
I'll take the "Match Game '77" sign. The rest of you can fight over the other years. :)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: aaron sica on April 23, 2020, 09:23:30 AM
I'll take the MG Star Wheel.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: tvmitch on April 23, 2020, 09:56:50 AM
I'd take the versatile and unnecessary large screen from Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak that showed the team's winnings after the bonus round.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Mike Tennant on April 23, 2020, 09:59:18 AM
Put me down for a giant TPIR price tag, preferably the glittery one.

Anyone want to claim the original Alphabetics board?
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: MikeK on April 23, 2020, 10:01:10 AM
Since Mitch took my first choice, I'll take the giant Whew! logo.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: rstrata on April 23, 2020, 10:58:18 AM
......whatever diamond jewelry TPIR has on the IUFB.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: urbanpreppie05 on April 23, 2020, 12:23:38 PM
The Cash Jackpot sign from Sale of the Century!
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: calliaume on April 23, 2020, 12:43:49 PM
The "birthday cake" button used on the endgame for The Money Maze.

The original standing button to hit after running The $10,000 Dash was replaced several weeks into the show's run--I assume there was a problem with someone knocking it down in their haste to hit the button, as it was pretty light--with a much wider standing mechanism with chase lights. It looked somewhat like a multitiered birthday or wedding cake; it was referred to as that for the remainder of the show's run.

I assume it's either long destroyed or sitting in Don Lipp's basement.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Strikerz04 on April 23, 2020, 01:17:51 PM
Going with the neon Scrabble cube. Doesn’t matter if it rotates or not, just plug it in...
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: mystery7 on April 23, 2020, 01:26:17 PM
I'll take the MG Star Wheel.
Rayburn's or Shaffer's?
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: aaron sica on April 23, 2020, 01:59:12 PM
I'll take the MG Star Wheel.
Rayburn's or Shaffer's?
Rayburn's. I'd rather spin the wheel than a pointer. :)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on April 23, 2020, 02:22:43 PM
Going with the neon Scrabble cube. Doesn’t matter if it rotates or not, just plug it in...
They lowered the cube from the rafters?

I'll take the OG Alphabetics board.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: byrd62 on April 23, 2020, 02:51:47 PM
The "birthday cake" button used on the endgame for The Money Maze.

The original standing button to hit after running The $10,000 Dash was replaced several weeks into the show's run--I assume there was a problem with someone knocking it down in their haste to hit the button, as it was pretty light--with a much wider standing mechanism with chase lights. It looked somewhat like a multitiered birthday or wedding cake; it was referred to as that for the remainder of the show's run.

I assume it's either long destroyed or sitting in Don Lipp's basement.

Never mind that Mr. Lipp himself passed away in 2009.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: bulldog_06 on April 23, 2020, 03:22:34 PM
I would take the clock from Super Sloppy Double Dare...the one that rotated when it was time for a physical challenge.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: MSTieScott on April 23, 2020, 03:23:42 PM
Um... the Benchmark Carpet Mills wall from The All-New Let's Make a Deal?

Ah, crap. I'm terrible at making decisions under pressure.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Joe Mello on April 23, 2020, 03:26:16 PM
I'll take the MG Star Wheel.
Rayburn's or Shaffer's?
Rayburn's. I'd rather spin the wheel than a pointer. :)
Good, that leaves Shafer's for me :)

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Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: TLEberle on April 23, 2020, 04:27:34 PM
One F.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: chrisholland03 on April 23, 2020, 05:20:46 PM
It's Schaefer's when you're having more than one
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Joe Mello on April 23, 2020, 05:38:47 PM
One F.
Sorry, I don't have any to give you.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: BrandonFG on April 23, 2020, 06:42:48 PM
Gold stars on the last four posts. I see what you all did there.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: TLEberle on April 23, 2020, 08:45:37 PM
That was pretty great--everyone is entitled to a star sticker.

/At last count Ross was getting forty bucks each time GSN ran through the entirety of Match Game '90.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: jcs290 on April 23, 2020, 10:01:49 PM
The Caesars Challenge giant letter ball cage.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: geno57 on April 23, 2020, 11:08:08 PM
The logo sign from the original 1960s NBC Match Game.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: bulldog_06 on April 23, 2020, 11:47:47 PM
The Caesars Challenge giant letter ball cage.

Now that's a good one. Plus the letter balls to go with it.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Otm Shank on April 24, 2020, 12:57:46 AM
Crap! I get here late and all that's left is the Race Game curtain, the rotating jewelry platter that lowers in front of Contestants' Row, and a cheap "All-Star Super Password Special" sign.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Strikerz04 on April 24, 2020, 02:02:58 AM
Going with the neon Scrabble cube. Doesn’t matter if it rotates or not, just plug it in...
They lowered the cube from the rafters?

I'll take the OG Alphabetics board.


You win this round.


Going with the OG $ale Cash Jackpot in a Cube... (https://tenor.com/3Mmv.gif)
(https://tenor.com/3Mmv.gif)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Kevin Prather on April 24, 2020, 02:28:16 AM
Ooh, no takers for the isolation booth on England's $64,000 Question? Dibs!

https://youtu.be/6X8K2EcMEh8
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: SuperMatch93 on April 24, 2020, 10:34:14 AM
I'll take the $100,000 Pay the Rent sign.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: WhammyPower on April 24, 2020, 04:30:43 PM
I'll claim the second Match Game 78 sign, since I can easily change it (https://youtu.be/Q31yo1HjhrU?t=1110) to "79" or "PM" (or neither of them). :-)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: GameShowFan on April 24, 2020, 08:08:06 PM
I can’t believe these lasted so long: The Classic Concentration and Password Plus signs.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: ChrisLambert! on April 24, 2020, 08:29:57 PM
Groucho’s duck.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Neumms on April 25, 2020, 12:04:44 AM
The Newlywed Game sign would look lovely in my dining room. Or the Tic Tac Dough sign behind the audience if that was suspended.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Loogaroo on April 25, 2020, 02:46:42 AM
I'll take the $100,000 Pay the Rent sign.

Good thinking. They may not play it anymore if you swipe the sign.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: PYLdude on April 25, 2020, 06:48:29 AM
I can’t believe these lasted so long: The Classic Concentration and Password Plus signs.

Well, of course. Who has the room for that monstrosity known as the Password Plus sign?
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Fedya on April 25, 2020, 08:43:02 AM
I assume PYLdude gets all the stuff that fell on the contestants' heads from the Double Whammies on Whammy.  :-p
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: clemon79 on April 26, 2020, 12:40:27 AM
Groucho’s duck.

Here's a post you do NOT want to read too fast.

/at least he took it out every once in a while
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: TheInquisitiveOne on April 26, 2020, 08:31:45 PM
I’d take either the cash jackpot tracker from Perry $otC or the classic neon green $25,000 sign from Wheel of Fortune. Gimme all the snazz!

The Inquisitive One
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: PYLdude on April 26, 2020, 08:36:59 PM
I assume PYLdude gets all the stuff that fell on the contestants' heads from the Double Whammies on Whammy.  :-p

Well, if nobody else wanted it...

Where I would keep it though is another story.

(He said, knowing full well he couldn't fit the big flashy $25k wheel sign anywhere either)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: chrisholland03 on April 27, 2020, 08:50:14 AM
I want the 70s 'Name that Tune' logo lamp for my dining room.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Chief-O on April 27, 2020, 11:33:45 AM
I want the 70s 'Name that Tune' logo lamp for my dining room.

On that note, I'll take the "Liars Club" lamp. I'm a sucker for Tiffany anyway.

It's Schaefer's when you're having more than one

Approves (http://"https://youtu.be/2ZhVNq9ZcNs")
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Clay Zambo on April 27, 2020, 12:00:46 PM
Since the Alphabetics board and Star Wheel are taken, I'll go back to very early TPiR and pick a *prize* I wanted at the time but Mom and Dad said was impractical - a game board carpet that was a frequent Showcase prize. I can't find an image of the original one, but here's the contemporary version.
https://www.rtrkidsrugs.com/Joy-Games-Rug-p/jcx10xx.htm (https://www.rtrkidsrugs.com/Joy-Games-Rug-p/jcx10xx.htm)
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Sodboy13 on April 27, 2020, 12:14:29 PM
The Kay-Bee Toys at Lincoln Mall in Matteson had that carpet throught the store in the '80s, and that's the memory that comes flooding back every time I see that carpet on the Fame Game board or behind a door on LMAD.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: BrandonFG on April 27, 2020, 12:21:09 PM
I want the 70s 'Name that Tune' logo lamp for my dining room.

On that note, I'll take the "Liars Club" lamp. I'm a sucker for Tiffany anyway.
Both of these are great selections. Whenever I finally get a pool table for the man cave, that would be a great (obviously hypothetical) addition!
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: joelvanderveen on April 27, 2020, 01:07:48 PM
Groucho’s duck.

Here's a post you do NOT want to read too fast.

/at least he took it out every once in a while

What it was doing hanging from the rafters, I'll never know.
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Mr. Armadillo on April 28, 2020, 02:29:36 PM
......whatever diamond jewelry TPIR has on the IUFB.
I'd rather have the gold bars they used to have.

In fact, once when I was at a TPiR taping, a guy who had been sitting next to me was actually in Contestant's Row when the gold bars came down, and since I had read the financial section of the newspaper that morning, he *did* go home with those gold bars.

/figuratively, of course
Title: Re: If You Could Own Any Game Show Prop That Came Down From The Rafters....
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on April 28, 2020, 03:04:58 PM
The Kay-Bee Toys at Lincoln Mall in Matteson had that carpet throught the store in the '80s, and that's the memory that comes flooding back every time I see that carpet on the Fame Game board or behind a door on LMAD.
Wait- I grew up in Matteson! We might know each other!