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Post by Mario500 on Apr 13, 2015 15:43:30 GMT -5
The card dealers in the edition of "Card Sharks" the Game Show Network had in their programming today were wearing jump suits in that edition (Lacey Pemberton and Suzanna Williams were the names of the dealers).
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Post by jasonlarsen on May 4, 2015 11:27:21 GMT -5
Herman, the current champion on Card Sharks right now looks awfully familiar. Was he the last champion on Match Game with Ross Shafer?
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 17:05:25 GMT -5
The card dealers in the edition of "Card Sharks" the Game Show Network had in their programming today were wearing jump suits in that edition (Lacey Pemberton and Suzanna Williams were the names of the dealers). Jumpsuits were quite popular in 1987.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 9, 2015 5:46:17 GMT -5
Buzzr has started from the beginning with Perry CS. The premiere week wrapped up yesterday with episode #5. Contestant Royce was also on Match Game PM not too long after this. He won big with Rita Moreno.
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Post by Mario500 on Jul 6, 2015 12:51:08 GMT -5
I was reminded of a former game show host named James Narz while watching the edition of the original "Card Sharks" broadcast by the Game Show Network today because one of its constants had identified her husband in the audience by this former game show host's professional pseudonym ("Tom Kennedy").
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jul 30, 2015 9:10:37 GMT -5
Watching the Perry version right now and I can't help but feel that it's inferior to Eubank's version. No ten audience members coming on stage, no playing for a car, and losing money in the big money round when there's a "push" (same cards). Eubank's Card Sharks fixed these things and it made the game much more enjoyable in my opinion. Perry's version is alright, but still inferior in my eyes.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jul 30, 2015 20:11:23 GMT -5
I think the best years of the Perry version as far as the rules go were 1980-81. Later into 1980 the push rules were changed from counting it as a loss into the no win-no loss rule as done on the Eubanks and Rafferty eras; also the $500 bonuses started for guessing the questions exactly right.
It's speculated that this money cards round was the one that made the producers decide to change the push rules:
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Post by Mario500 on Jul 30, 2015 21:52:51 GMT -5
Watching the Perry version right now and I can't help but feel that it's inferior to Eubank's version. No ten audience members coming on stage, no playing for a car, and losing money in the big money round when there's a "push" (same cards). Eubank's Card Sharks fixed these things and it made the game much more enjoyable in my opinion. Perry's version is alright, but still inferior in my eyes. I had never felt this way about the original "Card Sharks" since I had always liked it mainly for its card games and its host (I was never a big enthusiast of its survey games; the same goes for the ones in the other "Card Sharks" programs).
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Post by carpetcrawler on Jul 30, 2015 22:10:22 GMT -5
I love both versions but I like the Eubanks version just a little bit more to a fault. I like the Eubanks version starting with the debut of the car game because at that point the show moves like a well-oiled machine and there's no slow explanation of the rules in the main game. The same goes for the Jim Perry version, once the show hits around 1980 or so the show moves at a faster pace and I love it!! The 1978/79 episodes can be a slog to get through sometimes. In general my favorite era of the Eubanks version is the one with the Mindreaders ripoff car game.
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Post by vahan on Jul 31, 2015 8:08:06 GMT -5
In general my favorite era of the Eubanks version is the one with the Mindreaders ripoff car game. Though the car was won even less with such endgame. Were they trying to conserve budget?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 13:31:43 GMT -5
In general my favorite era of the Eubanks version is the one with the Mindreaders ripoff car game. Though the car was won even less with such endgame. Were they trying to conserve budget? I am not sure if budget issues may the reason for revamping the car game. It may be claimed that the car game was won even less frequently, but if I remember correctly, the car game (for a car or a Hawaii trip) was won 33 times out of 154 playings with Version 1.0 (seven numbered cards) by May 13, 1987 (that date is where GSN's current lease as of this post cuts off at). That is roughly 21% of the playings having been won. Plus, there was a dry spell of cars not being won between January 29, 1987 and March 10, 1987 - there were 25 playings for a car that were never won (Young People's Week playings for a trip to Hawaii in February 1987 doesn't count in that period). But there should be roughly 190 playings of the Version 2.0 car game (range board), and while the car may seem like it's won less frequently, there may be a chance that the win percentage for the Version 2.0 car game may be greater than with Version 1.0. The only way we'll find out is if GSN picks up the final nine or ten months of the Bob Eubanks' series.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 9:14:17 GMT -5
There's a blizzard where i am today, and i tuned in to GSN this morning. I saw Card Sharks with Bob Eubanks just now (supposedly from the last week of January 1987), and I discovered the flashing lights on the board for winning the match were set off before Bob revealed the contestant Bill's winning card. Is it possible that someone off-camera knew the sequence of the cards?
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Post by gsnnadmin on Feb 17, 2016 10:55:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2016 17:52:15 GMT -5
And I would be among the 22.7% of all viewers under age 50 for Press Your luck (I am currently 43).
If I would have had a snow day on February 11th, I would have been among the 13.9% of the under-50 viewership for Card Sharks.
I bet this is a good sign for possibly getting more episodes down the road. Wouldn't surprise me if blizzards, winter storms, and/or cold spells in a vast number of places in the U.S. was likely to blame for the increase in viewership.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 14:33:14 GMT -5
If the average median age for Eubanks' Card Sharks is 75, I have a feeling that if GSN continues airing Eubanks' Card Sharks, the next lease may do something similar to Password Plus, and they might jump over hundreds of episodes and air the final few months of the series.
Match Game may be headed that way as well - I bet the median viewing age for that series is pretty high too, plus GSN's future leases of that series may most likely be coming from the syndicated run.
Press Your Luck is nearly at the end of its run, but it's average median viewership age is younger (65), so we'll see what happens.
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