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Post by aaaa on Oct 26, 2021 23:45:08 GMT -5
I could of sworn that four of the episodes from March 14 to 18, 1983 are on the Web, considering one of the episodes (March 17) had St. Patrick's Day references? There's likely data from that week regarding celebrities' faces in the Fame Game. That particular week was also hostess Lee Menning's first week on Sale. The week with Peter Marshall et. al. mentioned in the above post was the St. Patrick's Day week Fame Game stars. |
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Post by rewindium on Oct 27, 2021 0:49:00 GMT -5
Mort Kamins had posted his appearances of that week in March 1983 on the tube except for the 3rd game. It was Lee's first week as the hostess taking over from Salli
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Post by vahan on Nov 22, 2021 19:23:43 GMT -5
Zach Horan, do you remember there being two Tournament of Champions in the first year in 1983? This print ad says there would be a Tournament in September. I always thought there was just one in November?  |
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Post by aaaa on Nov 23, 2021 1:49:20 GMT -5
Zach Horan, do you remember there being two Tournament of Champions in the first year in 1983? This print ad says there would be a Tournament in September. I always thought there was just one in November? IIRC it was just one tournament spread out over four weeks, I don't think they were consecutive weeks, however. |
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Post by timg on Jan 1, 2022 8:17:48 GMT -5
So why exactly did they switch to numbers instead of celebrity faces? Did some contestant(s) have trouble identifying one or some of the celebrities before the change? This reminds me of a similar type of confusion on "Super Password" in 1984, where in the end game the password was "HERD" and the D looked almost like an O leading the celebrity to think the password was HERO. To correct the problem, the letter D in screen text was updated with serifs two episodes later, and the first password to display the updated character was, interestingly enough, ODOR. Back on topic, I like the colored numbers format in the Fame Game better. I agree, I didn't like the Famous Faces version, especially since I never had any interest in sitcoms, soaps and dramas then (and I still don't to this day). Could have been because of celebrities clearances. |
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Post by splinkynip on May 11, 2022 19:59:46 GMT -5
Watching La Rae Dillman's run that just finished airing last night on Buzzr from January of 1989, I noticed there was no mention of the $50,000 being mentioned as the final prize to play for in the WBMG. It was noted several months ago that there was no mention of it either for the champion during the show's last week in March of that year. Anyone know the last mention of it? Was it mentioned again after Rani White won it in May of 1988?
They would have been able to get rid of it easily as the Don Morrow's mention of "$50,000 in cash" in the opening was still accurate... $45,000 being available to win over 6 days in the WBMG and a minimum of $1,000 a day available over the course of a champion's stay.
Overall as I have said before, the last year of the show just came across as a shadow of the show it once was.
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Post by vahan on May 11, 2022 22:56:47 GMT -5
I think I can answer that, splinkynip . From what I remember, during the final days of the GSN Boards in 2013, one of the final champions during the Winner's Big Money Game era, Darrell Garrison, actually came on and said that he had been informed that if he won the car, he would retire undefeated. Both Don Morrow and Jay Stewart's spiels had lots of pre-recorded voiceovers; I think only the parts where the host was introduced were recorded live. And yes, it was pretty much unwatchable near the end of the run. |
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Post by aaaa on May 12, 2022 0:29:03 GMT -5
Watching La Rae Dillman's run that just finished airing last night on Buzzr from January of 1989, I noticed there was no mention of the $50,000 being mentioned as the final prize to play for in the WBMG. It was noted several months ago that there was no mention of it either for the champion during the show's last week in March of that year. Anyone know the last mention of it? Was it mentioned again after Rani White won it in May of 1988? They would have been able to get rid of it easily as the Don Morrow's mention of "$50,000 in cash" in the opening was still accurate... $45,000 being available to win over 6 days in the WBMG and a minimum of $1,000 a day available over the course of a champion's stay. Overall as I have said before, the last year of the show just came across as a shadow of the show it once was. Phil Cambry played for $50K in October 1988, but did not win it, and that was the last time the $50K was mentioned on air after the car was won. |
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Post by johnnyo on Jul 20, 2022 11:18:18 GMT -5
I have discussed certain elements of the end of SOTC's NBC run on the BUZZR schedule thread, but now that BUZZR has aired the final 7 weeks in sequence, there are some items worth noting.
On January 2, 1989, the NY Times reported that SOTC was being canceled. This was not mentioned on the show until the episode 1573. with an air date of Friday, March 3, 1989. When introducing the second "Instant Bargain" of the episode, host Jim Perry indicated the following;
- The show was ending its NBC run;
- The show would not air at all during the next two weeks (March 6-10 and March 13-17). It would be pre-empted for "Special Programming", (which turned out to be 10 episodes of Rona Barett's "At Rona") and would return after that for a final week;
- Special things were planned during the remaining 5 and half episodes;
Getting back to the game, Perry revealed the current instant bargain was a "Garage Sale" of leftover prizes (a TV, VCR, and video camera).
Looking back, it is interesting to me that only two weeks prior (the first of the final four weeks), SOTC had featured a "Brides Week". I would be curious to know of the final taping dates in relation to the cancellation announcement, and not only what was known from a production standpoint regarding the two week pre-emption, but also how that impacted issues like the decision to acknowledge the cancellation over the final 5.5 episodes.
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Post by vahan on Jul 20, 2022 11:31:55 GMT -5
Bert Convy also announced the end of Super Password on The Pat Sajak Show during that same time.
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Post by aaaa on Jul 20, 2022 13:10:18 GMT -5
I have discussed certain elements of the end of SOTC's NBC run on the BUZZR schedule thread, but now that BUZZR has aired the final 7 weeks in sequence, there are some items worth noting. On January 2, 1989, the NY Times reported that SOTC was being canceled. This was not mentioned on the show until the episode 1573. with an air date of Friday, March 3, 1989. When introducing the second "Instant Bargain" of the episode, host Jim Perry indicated the following; I remember reading about the cancellation of $ale and Super Password the week before in the newspaper, I don't remember which one. JIm did mention "call quick" coming off of a contestant plug, probably a reference to the show being cancelled, on a Jan or Feb 1989 episode, also. |
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Post by johnnyo on Aug 3, 2022 11:34:42 GMT -5
During the final week of SOTC, the biggest element that acknowledged the ending of the show was the sets used to showcase the daily prize for winning a game.
Typically, prizes had been shown in a fully built out set to resemble an actual room in a real house, like a living room, kitchen, etc. For the final week, the sets were not even built. The prizes were shown in front of unfinished walls, with various TV studio equipment visible in the background. In fact, when the bonus round was played during the last week, a large stepladder and standalone studio lights were visible on stage.
The whole vibe was, "The show is over, and were getting a head start on breaking down and packing up. After the last show, we can get out of here that much quicker."
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 1, 2022 13:37:24 GMT -5
Moved a show thread from the GSN/Buzzr board to this thread, because I think it makes more sense.
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 1, 2022 13:56:17 GMT -5
Also moved a few other posts from the GSN/Buzzr section to here.
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Post by wise4554 on Jul 13, 2023 16:20:08 GMT -5
Game Show Forum yesterday posted 2 newspaper links to Sale 2 early $95,000 lot winners Cathy Powers and Helen Darvall. Asp link to 1st lot winner Michael Todaro. In the opening of the TOC in order...Helen Darvall unknown male Maureen McGovern Row 2 is Michsel Todaro Barbara Phillips Richard Heft and bottom row is Fran Wolfe Mort Kamins and Cathy Powers. Ray Winston was after TOC
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