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zachhoran

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« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2003, 08:43:09 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 04:13 PM\'] Thursday, November 18, 1982, 7:03 am.

Now, last I checked, WTKR didn't air $25,000 Pyramid or Child's Play, but I *think* Wheel was on at 10:30 am.  If not, we'll just say TPiR or Wheel at 11 am. [/quote]
 WOF was on at 10:30AM for part of 1982(from April 26-December 31, 1982) so you are correct.
It moved back to 11AM on Jan 3, 1983.
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zachhoran

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« Reply #31 on: October 02, 2003, 08:45:23 PM »
[quote name=\'combsisthebest\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 07:35 PM\']
6/22/89 8:23AM I am not sure what I could have watched first (I live on west coast, if that makes a difference). [/quote]
 It was a Thursday. You could have seen Combs Feud and Scrabble at 9AM PST if the CBS and/or NBC stations carried those shows at the time in your area.
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« Reply #32 on: October 02, 2003, 08:48:38 PM »
8/5/62, about 4pm. Fire away, Zach.....
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ITSBRY

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« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2003, 09:14:08 PM »
Great discussions of late!!! :-D  God, I'm so glad we left that \"other place\".

That's a hard question...I don't know if I know for sure actually.  Since \"Price\" has been around for so long, my instinct is to go with that, but I don't have any specific memories of it really.

I remember seeing TJW, but I don't recall if it was from the original run or during the rerun years on USA that sparks the memory.

As a child of the 80s, the first vivid memory of a game show I have is PYL.  I would play sick so I could stay home and watch it.  My fondest memories of a game show though are Eubanks/Rafferty Card Sharks.  I used to watch those with my gramma and great gramma when I would stay over in the summer.  We all loved that show!  We were Pyramid fiends too.  I can remember watching the syndie Pyramid in the evenings.  Pretty cool that GSN runs it in the early evenings now...brings back good feelings of the \"old days\".

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Gus

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« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2003, 10:33:12 PM »
Thursday, January 15, 1987 at about 9:30 PM, EST, which would make it the earliest game show the next day. As per Curt Alliaume's schedule pages, that would've been either $25k Pyramid on CBS or $ale of the Century on NBC, both at 10 AM, Friday the 16.
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Thad Dixon

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« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2003, 10:43:22 PM »
Tuesday, July 7, 1981 at 6:18pm ET.

For me, that would make it either nighttime Family Feud on WTKR or Tic Tac Dough on WAVY (they were both airing at 7pm weeknights at that time).
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SRIV94

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« Reply #36 on: October 02, 2003, 11:07:06 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 01:04 PM\']I was born on a Thursday in 1960 at 8:30am, so \"Dough Re Mi\" was it for me.[/quote]
How lucky I was to find a website that could authenticate this--but for me following my birth at 11:22AM ET on November 11, 1965 (two days after the first big blackout of the Northeast) the first game show I could've watched was none other than Art Fleming and JEOPARDY!

Guess I should thank my lucky stars that DAYS OF OUR LIVES debuted three days earlier, which is the whole reason this webpage even exists.  :)

EDIT:  Sorry I didn't think to look at Curt's site first, but Googling got me to the site referenced above.  I hope Mr. A. is not offended.

Doug
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davemackey

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« Reply #37 on: October 05, 2003, 02:38:20 PM »
\"Number Please\" with Bud Collyer should have premiered on the day I was born - Monday, January 30, 1961 - but it was pre-empted. Since I was born at 5:29 a.m., whatever show was on a NY station first would have been it. But I'm sure Mom was busy dealing with the reality of carrying twins that day - in those pre-sonogram days, she had no idea she was carrying two babies. (Robair was the extra added attraction.)
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WhammyPower

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« Reply #38 on: October 05, 2003, 04:05:23 PM »
Tuesday, July 19, 1988...
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tomobrien

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« Reply #39 on: October 06, 2003, 09:14:29 AM »
Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been \"Strike it Rich.\"  Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on.
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« Reply #40 on: October 06, 2003, 11:42:46 AM »
[quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 06:14 AM\'] Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been "Strike it Rich."  Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on. [/quote]
 Which one? Warren Hull's, or Joe Garagiola's? I personally don't have a problem with the latter at all. Wasn't the BEST, but I can think of far greater crap to occupy a syndicated time slot.
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« Reply #41 on: October 06, 2003, 01:06:48 PM »
I was born in 1971 (today actually!) and distinctly remember a \"brown\" New Price is Right...pre Big Wheel.  I used to roll my blocks on the couch as a fan of Gambit and vaguely remember Concentration as well.  Of course I also liked Match Game.  So, my earliest memories were of Price is Right, Match Game, and Gambit.  Come to think of it, I vaguely remember watching Joker's Wild as well....
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tomobrien

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« Reply #42 on: October 06, 2003, 11:57:56 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 10:42 AM\'][quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 06:14 AM\'] Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been \"Strike it Rich.\"  Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on. [/quote]
Which one? Warren Hull's, or Joe Garagiola's? I personally don't have a problem with the latter at all. Wasn't the BEST, but I can think of far greater crap to occupy a syndicated time slot.[/quote]
The Warren Hull version...the one that made \"Queen for a Day\" look classy.
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