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Post by 3rdpersonplural on Jun 3, 2015 16:55:09 GMT -5
This seems to be the right place to ask for some help.
Back in the early eighties I took a little test on the UCLA campus, and scored well enough to qualify as a contestant for the College Week of $ale of the Century.
I spent a whole day on the sound stage while other college kids played but I missed the cut. However, the producers asked me back for the next taping (I think my competitors were other jilted college kids) and I got to play in one game before losing.
I went home with 2 cases of Cheerios and some other forgettable items.
Now, If I could remember the taping date or the air date I trust I could find the current syndicator and secure a copy of my episode, but I can’t recall either. My best guess is that the show taped in the summer of 1983. I know it aired as I got several surprised phone calls from friends, but I can’t begin to recollect when that might have been. What I DO remember is the last question – the one that got me Cheerios instead of something grander. “Texarkana is on the border of Texas and what other State?” The guy from Texas got that one before I could.
I'd love to find out where/how I can get a dvd or vhs (if necessary) copy of 'my' episode. Can anyone help?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 8:11:23 GMT -5
How many Three-week Winner's Board champions on the Syndicated edition? It might give us a clue as to how many weeks season 2 had. I know of the following: Alan Cevednik (Failed to clear all the prizes and $50,000) Sandi (? ? ?) Lisa Munoz (Clared all the prizes and $50,000) Jerry (? ? ?) Curtis Warren (Cleared all the prizes and $50,000) Cindy (? ? ?) (Failed to clear all the prizes and $50,000) Chuck Donegan said he only recalls two contestants clearing the Winner's Board on the Syndicated show. I have every episode of Sale of the Century USA aired on videotape. Unfortunately, I am not on the trading circuit because I have not had time in the last 20 years to trade, nor have I had another device to connect to my VCR. To answer your question, three people cleared the Winner's Board. In addition to the two you mentioned, Sandi McCreary did clear the board, but missed out on the $50,000 when she spent $16 on a trip to Miami. She lost by $21. By my count of shows in my collection, the second season of syndicated Sale of the Century had 34 weeks. Salephreak, do you know if USA aired #S-016, #S-022 and #S-026? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 5:42:33 GMT -5
Folks, I have some news to share...
You know the YouTube user "Sally Walsh", who has been known for her obsessive behavior, mostly with regards to $ale of the Century and her obsessive crush on the late Jim Perry? Well, I will inform you that her account is gone!
She may have had an extensive collection of $ale episodes, most or all of which I downloaded ages ago, but the fact that she bullied and threatened two users in the last week, I think it's safe to say the game show community is better off without this troublemaker.
Hasta la vista, Sally Walsh. You will not be missed.
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Post by vahan on Apr 25, 2016 8:21:21 GMT -5
Hallelujah! This is the news I have wanted to hear!
I will never forgive her for spreading false information. She claimed Sale would be at 1984 in a new timeslot. And everyone, including Chuck Donegan and myself, fell for it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 15:59:31 GMT -5
Well, while I am hoping that her account was terminated due to $ale of the Century or Jim Perry related stuff, don't hold your breath. One of her backup channels is still active. She may still cause trouble using her other existing account.
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Post by vahan on Aug 2, 2018 11:27:55 GMT -5
I just learned from a post made by Andrew Mora on YouTube that the Syndicated episodes started airing on USA Network on May 3, 1993. Ergo, it must have been July 1988 of the NBC episodes that USA started with on September 14, 1992. USA restarted with July 1988 sometime in May 1994, before dropping the series on July 29.
Here's the funny thing: In an article in the August 31, 1992 issue of Weekly Variety Magazine, on Page 26, it stated that USA had licensed 390 off-network episodes of the show. But as this latest discovery has shown, USA had way more than 390 episodes at their disposal.
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Post by ARM103090 on Aug 2, 2018 12:09:37 GMT -5
And USA Never Aired The Final 2 Episodes of The NBC Run.
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Aug 8, 2018 5:57:37 GMT -5
I just learned from a post made by Andrew Mora on YouTube that the Syndicated episodes started airing on USA Network on May 3, 1993. Ergo, it must have been July 1988 of the NBC episodes that USA started with on September 14, 1992. USA restarted with July 1988 sometime in May 1994, before dropping the series on July 29. Here's the funny thing: In an article in the August 31, 1992 issue of Weekly Variety Magazine, on Page 26, it stated that USA had licensed 390 off-network episodes of the show. But as this latest discovery has shown, USA had way more than 390 episodes at their disposal. According to a calculation on a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, if the July 1988 start date for the USA broadcasts of NBC Sale of the Century is correct, then it's strongly possible that July 18, 1988 may have been the starting point for the USA broadcasts. Plus, I remember seeing episodes uploaded in the past, and Elaine Hobson was on the show, and her pregnancy didn't seem to show much by that point, implying these episodes were likely July 1988 episodes (Elaine's last episode was late in October 1988, according to a source). And USA Never Aired The Final 2 Episodes of The NBC Run. Thank goodness GSN did. |
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Post by Mandoli on Aug 15, 2018 22:15:18 GMT -5
Moved vahan's thread about reruns to the AP thread. |
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Post by johnnyo on Oct 22, 2018 10:18:52 GMT -5
To answer your question regarding the Cash Jackpot, ...there was no announced Jackpot on the final syndie $ale with the shopping format; in fact, none of the prizes above the level the winner could afford were even mentioned at all, for the very obvious reason that they couldn't be claimed. That player's decision to take that prize and leave or return on the next show was rendered moot by the fact he was outright given the prize he could've afforded, as compensation for not being able to win anything else—not in that format, anyway. As for the Fame Game, the randomizer was not in play at that point to the best of my knowledge. I could be totally wrong, but IIRC the Fame Game went PYL the same day the Winner's Board came in. I just watched yesterday the transition from shopping to the Winner's Board. (BUZZR episodes from 10/18/18 & 10/19/18, #'s 145 & 146). I am quoting the above post to avoid rehashing what has already been covered.
To add to the above post, Perry appeared to give 3 options to the champion of the last shopping episode. The first two were the regular options of either buying the prize and leaving, or just coming back to try for more. When he offered the champ the opportunity to claim the prize that could be bought (a $5,000 shopping spree) and to return, it was obvious that's what he would do.
In describing the winner's board, Perry said multiple times "if you have seen it" without specifying how or where the viewer may have already seen it. (The NBC show, I presume.)
The first winner's board prize was won by the returning champ, and was a $1,500 shopping spree, which seemed a bit anti-climactic, since they had just won a $5,000 spree on the prior show. Perry spent the whole episode trying to build excitement for the new end game, and the first prize it gave away was just a lesser version of a previous prize, and it felt like a disappointing step down.
Finally, on the question of when the Fame Game randomizer was first used, it was, I believe, introduced in the first episode of syndicated season 2 (#101), which was Tim Holleran's second episode.
Holleran was the last "clear the stage" winner of the shopping era, and the 37 shopping episodes that followed without a "clear the stage" winner resulted in the cash jackpot climbing to $87,000 at end of episode 144 (which presumably could have been won on episode 145, although I do not think it was possible for any of the players to earn enough to win it.)
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Post by Chameleonwhammy on Oct 22, 2018 12:10:54 GMT -5
Finally, on the question of when the Fame Game randomizer was first used, it was, I believe, introduced in the first episode of syndicated season 2 (#101), which was Tim Holleran's second episode. I believe it was the October 14, 1985 episode (Clark/Gail/David) when the randomizer was first used. |
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Post by johnnyo on Oct 22, 2018 14:36:45 GMT -5
I was just going off of memory anyway. I thought there was some kind of change in the fame game in Holleran's second episode, but maybe it was just the font of the numbers on the Money Cards...
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Nov 17, 2018 16:37:53 GMT -5
I was just going off of memory anyway. I thought there was some kind of change in the fame game in Holleran's second episode, but maybe it was just the font of the numbers on the Money Cards... That updated font appears to be the same used in the $25,000 sign on The $25,000 Pyramid. I have to admit, consistent color schemes for the updated Fame Game numbers, plus eliminating cash prizes from the Fame Game board late in Season 1 made for a boring Fame Game, though the syndicated series is still watchable. |
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Post by vahan on Nov 17, 2018 16:49:44 GMT -5
I personally prefer the "Famous Faces" version. The Aussie version always had them for the entire run (1980-2001); why not ours?
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Nov 17, 2018 16:52:53 GMT -5
I personally prefer the "Famous Faces" version. The Aussie version always had them for the entire run (1980-2001); why not ours? Regarding the Australian version, did they use only Australian celebrities/characters, or did they also include characters/celebrities from the U.S. as well? |
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