Author Topic: 20 years ago today (Read 3941 times)

Winkfan · « **on:** September 19, 2003, 05:13:41 PM »

I guess I must be the first one in our stellar group to acknowledge this but.....

Twenty years ago today, CBS launches a new game show entitiled Press Your Luck. And while I've enjoyed the game itself over the years, (including first-run on CBS, and the first repeats on USA) the main reason I tuned in (or taped) when I can was Peter Tomarken! You see, this show marked an immediate 'comeback' for him after his hosting the '13-week wonder' Hit Man on NBC.

BTW, my 'Candid Caption' for this month is in celebration of 20 years of PYL!

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Michelina Martel of the Big Board!'

zachhoran · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2003, 08:43:38 PM »

Also, though not really a game show, another GSN staple premiered 20 years ago today: Love Connection(and in some markets, Syndie WOF debuted)

GS Warehouse · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2003, 10:30:35 PM »

[quote name=\'Winkfan\' date=\'Sep 19 2003, 04:13 PM\'] Twenty years ago today, CBS launches a new game show entitiled Press Your Luck. ... [/quote]
Isn't this weekend also the 20th anniversary of The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour? AFAIK, no game show hybrid had ever been attempted before, and no game show hybrid will ever be attempted again due to cross-ownership issues.

zachhoran · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2003, 10:32:51 PM »

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Sep 19 2003, 09:30 PM\']
Isn't this weekend also the 20th anniversary of The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour? AFAIK, no game show hybrid had ever been attempted before, and no game show hybrid will ever be attempted again due to cross-ownership issues. [/quote]
MGHS hour premiered on October 31st, 1983, so that anniversary is not for six weeks.

DrJWJustice · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2003, 09:51:23 PM »

Regardless as to when MG/HS Hour's anniversary is, I do wish it would air on GSN. Sadly, it is highly unlikely that it ever will.

PeterMarshallFan · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2003, 11:02:41 AM »

Wouldn't we all like to see it again. But it looks like the only way to see it is to tape trade or go to the MTR.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2003, 05:14:10 PM »

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no game show hybrid will ever be attempted again due to cross-ownership issues

There are probably many good reasons not to try a game show hybrid, but this certainly isn't one of them. Lots of companies own multiple formats and could simply combine two for which they already have the rights.

PeterMarshallFan · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2003, 05:18:17 PM »

Is it true that Goodson had actually agreed to produce a standalone HS revival in 1984, but the project fell apart when the Hour was cancelled? I wonder who he would have got to host it....

clemon79 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2003, 07:54:42 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 21 2003, 02:14 PM\'] Lots of companies own multiple formats and could simply combine two for which they already have the rights. [/quote]
That said, don't hold your breath for the debut of \"The Spinoff / Seven Keys Hour\"

Don Howard · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2003, 09:34:44 PM »

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That said, don't hold your breath for the debut of \"The Spinoff / Seven Keys Hour\"

Oh, that's too bad. Jim Lange and Jon Bauman could have hosted.

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