Author Topic: This Week's Game Show TV Milestones - Part 4 (Read 2986 times)

AH3RD · « **on:** September 14, 2003, 10:30:12 AM »

Continued From Part 3

Through its one-season run on CBS Daytime (September 20, 1982-September 16, 1983), Child's Play had two different endgames, with the switch being made in Spring 1983: in the \"Triple Play\" end round (9/82-5/83?) the contestant has to guess six definations, they pick one of three definations written by some of the children who appeared earlier on in the show. If incorrect, they pick a definition for the same word by another child. Getting 6 correct definitions in 45 seconds wins $5,000, if not they win $100 per correctly guessed definition. In the \"Turnabout\" end round (5/83?-9/83), an inverted version of its predecessor, the champion has to convey words to five children on stage who had previously appeared on the program in the frontgame definitions. Getting 7 right answers is worth $5,000, if not, $100 per word.

Child's Play was the first ever Mark Goodson Production without Bill Todman (who, sadly, was 3 years dead at the time; fellow CBS games The Price Is Right and TattleTales followed suit in changed names). Also, it was Bill Cullen's final game show for Goodson after 30 years emceeing games for the company (as well as his next assignment following his 1980-82 stint on rival NBC's Blockbusters).

(Sources Of Info: The \"Pyramid\" Game Show's Years In New York City; The Child's Play Page)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2003, 09:33:56 PM »

AH3RD, why didn't you click \"Add reply\" instead of making a new topic for each post???

AH3RD · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2003, 01:47:39 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Sep 14 2003, 08:33 PM\'] AH3RD, why didn't you click "Add reply" instead of making a new topic for each post??? [/quote]
Well, I wanted to include the whole thing, but this board wouldn't allow it (too many characters), hence the multiple posts.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2003, 02:57:18 PM »

Not that it makes such a huge difference, but whoserman's point was that your essay could have been part of a single thread if instead of starting a new thread for each piece, you simply added a series of replies to the original one.

Steve_Bier · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2003, 06:19:09 PM »

Not to nitpick, but Tattletales remained a \"Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production\" until its final episode. The mother's day 1984 episode bears this fact out.

TPiR did not change over until the 1984-85 season.

AH3RD · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2003, 03:00:11 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 15 2003, 01:57 PM\'] Not that it makes such a huge difference, but whoserman's point was that your essay could have been part of a single thread if instead of starting a new thread for each piece, you simply added a series of replies to the original one. [/quote]
Oh! Okay...I'll give some thought to that next time.

Don Howard · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2003, 09:42:25 PM »

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Not to nitpick, but Tattletales remained a \"Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production\" until its final episode. The mother's day 1984 episode bears this fact out.

Sorry, Steve-O. But I've an '84 Tattletales episode on tape featuring mother & daughter teams (Marla Gibbs & Daughter, Florence Henderson & Daughter, Nedra Volz & Daughter) where at the end Johnny Olson says, \"...a Mark Goodson Television Production\".