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The Big Board / Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Last post by Stackertosh on December 02, 2025, 03:06:26 PM »
If anyone has $1200 laying around, someone is selling Plinko Chips from the show.

https://ebay.us/m/iZXwfN
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by parliboy on December 02, 2025, 02:55:26 PM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on December 02, 2025, 01:48:17 PM
This all brings up an interesting possibility about Allen's final months. He had left Password Plus in October of 1980, and even though he almost certainly wasn't up to hosting the entire telethon in March of 81, contemporary newspaper stories identify him as one of the galaxy of starts that would make an appearance over the course of the show.  If that happened (and there are logical reasons to believe that it may not have), then the 1981 Stop Arthritis Telethon would almost certainly have been his final TV appearance.

I suspect that the logical reasons are the prevailing reasons.  That said, apparently Tom Kennedy didn't just take over Password Plus duties.  He also hosted the 1981 telethon (source: Orange County Post)
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on December 02, 2025, 01:48:17 PM »
This all brings up an interesting possibility about Allen's final months. He had left Password Plus in October of 1980, and even though he almost certainly wasn't up to hosting the entire telethon in March of 81, contemporary newspaper stories identify him as one of the galaxy of starts that would make an appearance over the course of the show.  If that happened (and there are logical reasons to believe that it may not have), then the 1981 Stop Arthritis Telethon would almost certainly have been his final TV appearance.
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The Big Board / Re: Pass The Buck
« Last post by Blanquepage on December 02, 2025, 01:46:46 PM »
Spoiler-free observations:
- Bill's own erudition really shined through, I like how he often threw in tidbits of his own knowledge to justify seemingly obscure answers
- I can understand why the "say the secret answer" bonus was so short-lived, didn't add much to the game's enjoyment for me
- I lost track of how many times I exclaimed iteration of "are you kidding me" or "oh come ON", at both the judge's main game rulings and at ridiculously odd Fast Bucks answers that there was just no way the contestant would've said ;D
 
Back to Bill, he was naturally the main reason why I found so much joy in watching this one. You could tell he had genuine fun with it, especially when kidding around with the players.
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The Big Board / Re: Pass The Buck
« Last post by KrisW73 on December 02, 2025, 11:45:37 AM »
Quote from: Ian Wallis on December 02, 2025, 09:52:42 AM
The final episode ended mid-way through a game with $575 in the jackpot and two players left.  I expected Bill to say that they were splitting the money evenly between the final two contestants but he never did.  It seemed that they made the bonus round quite hard on the last few episodes.  All four players on the last shows won at least four-digit sums even though they couldn't win the bonus.  They had already been on for several shows.

Watching the finale bonus rounds I found myself saying "WHAT??" to the monitor in regards to the bonus round difficulty each round - but then maybe it was done on purpose to keep the same crew on so they could make some decent money and not have to worry about a group getting a "one and done" game at the very end with no money won.
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The Big Board / Pass The Buck
« Last post by Ian Wallis on December 02, 2025, 09:52:42 AM »
Now that GameTV has completed the run of Pass The Buck, some comments on the series.

It's a neat little show that had some funny game play from time to time.  It really challenged your memory skills especially when it came to not repeating an answer. 

The bonus was interesting that all four contestants remained on the show until someone won, then that person stayed to face three new competitors.  I think in some ways that was a bit of a flaw.  There were times where the same people were on the show for five or six straight days because nobody could win the bonus, where other times contestants came on and got to play one quick game only.  I can imagine future contestants waiting to get on where thinking "when I am going to get my chance" - especially on the last taping day.

The final episode ended mid-way through a game with $575 in the jackpot and two players left.  I expected Bill to say that they were splitting the money evenly between the final two contestants but he never did.  It seemed that they made the bonus round quite hard on the last few episodes.  All four players on the last shows won at least four-digit sums even though they couldn't win the bonus.  They had already been on for several shows.

That's two series Game TV has completed that GSN never did - Tom Kennedy's Break the Bank and this.  Hopefully there's more to come.  I'd still like to see more of the Jack Barry Break the Bank.
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by parliboy on December 02, 2025, 08:19:07 AM »
Quote from: thomas_meighan on December 01, 2025, 09:10:14 PM
Looking through newspapers.com, Allen Ludden hosted these “Stop Arthritis” telethons every year from 1976 to 1980 in late January or early February. Wayne Rogers was a regular participant as well. The only year when Susan Blakely was mentioned was 1977 (LA Times, 2-5-1977, page 27). If that’s the correct year, Rosalind Russell’s photos were there to memorialize her; she had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis in her later years and advocated for research and funding.

What's in Getty Images seems to track all of that.  They have a selection of images from the 1977 telethon.  They don't have Susan on set, but they do have her there, and they do have the same set, and they do have Allen in the same suit.  (And I think they have Susan in the same shirt.)
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by thomas_meighan on December 01, 2025, 09:10:14 PM »
Looking through newspapers.com, Allen Ludden hosted these “Stop Arthritis” telethons every year from 1976 to 1980 in late January or early February. Wayne Rogers was a regular participant as well. The only year when Susan Blakely was mentioned was 1977 (LA Times, 2-5-1977, page 27). If that’s the correct year, Rosalind Russell’s photos were there to memorialize her; she had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis in her later years and advocated for research and funding.
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by BrandonFG on December 01, 2025, 02:18:17 PM »
Quote from: parliboy on December 01, 2025, 12:57:12 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on December 01, 2025, 11:23:31 AM
Who’s the lady in the middle? At first glance I thought it was Elizabeth Montgomery.

My money's on Susan Blakely.
The more I look, the more I believe you're right.
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The Big Board / Re: eBay Fail
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on December 01, 2025, 02:10:37 PM »
BTW, I should have pointed out that this is actually a "Getty Fail" and also discourage you from buying from this seller for anything.  This Australian seller merely steals the smaller, un-watermarked images off the Getty Images pages and sells them as his own.  So what you would receive is, in the first place, blatantly ripped off, and in the second place, an 8x10 blowup of a relatively small jpg, so you can just imagine the quality.  Even in the listing you can see how low-res his copy is.

But anyway, it's a Getty Fail because that's how Getty identifies the two stars  The seller just copied that information too. 
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