The Paley Center for Media in NYC

[William A. Padron]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'173302\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 10:52 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173294\' date=\'Dec 27 2007, 10:45 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'173291\' date=\'Dec 27 2007, 07:33 PM\']
The only thing I'm not sure about was the wild cards; the episode I have has no such occurrence in the bonus game.[/quote]
Honestly, I'm not thrilled about that part either; I know the car was a singleton, but I'm not at all sure about the two Wild cards, or if they were Wild cards or Win cards or what. Or if there were even two; there could have been one and then an Everything card or something. Some corroboration / correction would be most welcome.
[/quote]

I dug up the tape of that Narz "Concentration" ep.

Contestant Linda picks the car and 2 different prize packages, at which moment Jack tells her that "she could be playing for one of those 3 or all 3 depending on what she picked next".

So, at some point, could it have been that you played for everything you revealed if you revealed the car and one of each prize package?
[/quote]

If the contestant had next picked the number that had revealed the Wild Card afterward, then he/she played for everything that was shown on the Double Play game board at that point.  If the next number called was a prize that now matched, then it is just for one prize that was paired only.

[davemackey]

There was an assumption back there that "play for this matched prize" was the original bonus format. Believe me, it was not. In the first two or three seasons of the show, you played for the car every time and it was possible for you to win two cars in the same show. The bonus round (and its fitting "Starcrossed" music shamelessly stolen from the TPIR library) was added later.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'173301\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 07:17 AM\']
On the 9-square Double Play board, there were three prize packages, the new car and one Wild Card. [/quote]
Right. That's eight. We're wondering what the ninth was.

/and hopefully won't have to read another novel to find out
//not holding his breath

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'173313\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 01:40 PM\']
There was an assumption back there that "play for this matched prize" was the original bonus format. Believe me, it was not. In the first two or three seasons of the show, you played for the car every time and it was possible for you to win two cars in the same show. The bonus round (and its fitting "Starcrossed" music shamelessly stolen from the TPIR library) was added later.
[/quote]
Right. Two puzzles, 10 seconds. First puzzle got you $100. Second got you the car. Thats the bonus version  on tape at the Paley (Hey! I got us back on topic!)

And....

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173318\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 02:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'173301\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 07:17 AM\']
On the 9-square Double Play board, there were three prize packages, the new car and one Wild Card. [/quote]
Right. That's eight. We're wondering what the ninth was.

/and hopefully won't have to read another novel to find out
//not holding his breath
[/quote]

I appreciate this topic, really I do. This is my favorite game show of all time, and I've wondered about the 9-Square bonus format for a long time. I didn't know this would go into a long winded discussion, but thank you, nevertheless.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'173320\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 12:06 PM\']
I didn't know this would go into a long winded discussion[/quote]
In one post, even!

/is *always* willing to talk Narz Concentration

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173318\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 01:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'173301\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 07:17 AM\']
On the 9-square Double Play board, there were three prize packages, the new car and one Wild Card. [/quote]
Right. That's eight. We're wondering what the ninth was.

/and hopefully won't have to read another novel to find out
//not holding his breath
[/quote]
Is it possible (TTBOMK, Narz CONCENTRATION didn't air in my market, so I am admittedly speaking ex-rectum, but hey it's worth a shot in the dark) that the car was also a pair?

So you have three rotating prize packages (six squares), the car (two squares) and the Wild Card (one square).

[William A. Padron]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'173322\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 03:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173318\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 01:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'173301\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 07:17 AM\']
On the 9-square Double Play board, there were three prize packages, the new car and one Wild Card. [/quote]
Right. That's eight. We're wondering what the ninth was.

/and hopefully won't have to read another novel to find out
//not holding his breath
[/quote]
Is it possible (TTBOMK, Narz CONCENTRATION didn't air in my market, so I am admittedly speaking ex-rectum, but hey it's worth a shot in the dark) that the car was also a pair?

So you have three rotating prize packages (six squares), the car (two squares) and the Wild Card (one square).
[/quote]

I will give a quasi-example what the Double Play 9-square board could contain (note: this is not from any particular episode at all)...

1 = Stereo; 2 = "For Her"; 3 = New Car;
4 = Living Room; 5 = Stereo; 6 = "Wild Card";
7 = "For Her"; 8 = New Car; 9 = Living Room.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'173324\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 03:51 PM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'173322\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 03:21 PM\']
Is it possible (TTBOMK, Narz CONCENTRATION didn't air in my market, so I am admittedly speaking ex-rectum, but hey it's worth a shot in the dark) that the car was also a pair?
[/quote]
I will give a quasi-example what the Double Play 9-square board could contain (note: this is not from any particular episode at all)...

1 = Stereo; 2 = "For Her"; 3 = New Car;
4 = Living Room; 5 = Stereo; 6 = "Wild Card";
7 = "For Her"; 8 = New Car; 9 = Living Room.
[/quote]
In other words, the answer to Doug's question was "yes."

No novel, no quasi-example needed.

[tvwxman]

But then....what had to happen to play for all the prizes on the board?

[tpirfan28]

You had to reveal one of each of the three prizes plus one car card before revealing the Wild Card.  In the example given, revealing 1, 2, 3, 4, then 6 in that order would allow you to play for all the loot.

/at least that's what I've gathered.

[clemon79]

Wait, so the car DID have a natural match?

Fair enough. I could swear it didn't, but I could easily have been crossing my recollection with the $otC Winnar's Board, too.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'173327\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 04:08 PM\']
/at least that's what I've gathered.
[/quote]
Can we avoid this please? I'd like to determine the answer on fact, not idle speculation.

[comicus]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'169783\' date=\'Nov 17 2007, 06:00 PM\']
[quote name=\'Steve_Bier\' post=\'169671\' date=\'Nov 16 2007, 10:42 AM\']
I know there's an episode (or two) of Jackpot! (74-75), as well as a 1983 episode of "Dream House" in their collection.....
[/quote]

The episode of Jackpot! at the Paley Center is the one that aired the day before the episode on the trading circuit.
[/quote]
Anyone remember who was the first among us to determine this?  I have a vague recollection, but it may be wrong.

[DoorNumberFour]

Was it JD Hernandez?

'Cause that's who I heard it from first.

[comicus]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'173460\' date=\'Dec 30 2007, 05:15 PM\']
Was it JD Hernandez?

'Cause that's who I heard it from first.
[/quote]
Yeah, that's who I thought it was... couldn't trust my own memory, though.