It may be a function of all the "new" Musical Chairs episodes being posted, but I do love the buzz-in sounds as players race to lock in their choices of lyrics.

Not one but 14.... the original run of Scrabble! (According to Come on Down, The Game Show Book)
1- The gameboard opening up
2- The outline of the word appearing on the screen
3 and 4- Contestant ring in
5- Plunger sound in the bonus game
6- NBC right answer bells
7- Stopper cue
8- Letter scrolling left and right
9- Letter pops into place after scrolling
10- Letters popping in as contestants drop the tiles/letters appearing in the bonus game
11- Siren sounding for the solo bonus win
12- The cue that plays as Chuck reads the clue for the first time
13- Buzzer for wrong answers/time's up in the Scrabble Sprint
14- Buzzer to indicate thinking time has expired and contestant must pick tile(s)

Quote from: Neumms on November 13, 2025, 03:43:43 PM

extravagant showcases would be good TV and good for promotion.

Yeah but not going overbudget >>> good TV and good promotion.

This is purely anecdotal, but I want to say that most times when there was a big time showcase, there was a much more modest showcase paired with it. I have assumed the logic is that the big showcase bidder will miss bigly, or at least more bigly than the other player, which means you can show the cool car while also not busting the budget.

First, "The Magnificent Marble Machine."

October 20: Jo Anne Worley & Tony Randall

I think we need to rededicate our lives to finding video of Tony Randall grappling with a pinball machine.

Rhyme & Reason's list is more interesting -- there are a ton of celebs who were really on the D-list that recurred, as well as a few who were definitely on the downhill slide (Tennessee Ernie Ford, Gale Storm, Gloria DeHaven, Sammy Shore).

Orson Bean shows up as a recurring celeb -- I thought he might have been on the outs with G-T at the time, but he seems to have still recurred on Match Game as well. And this may be the first game show where Jamie Farr appeared frequently.

The “beeee-oooop” for wrong answers on Trivia Trap and TPIR’s Pathfinder.