A Column Concerning a Canadian's Countless Changes

[Mike Tennant]

Here's a piece by Noel Murray about Alex Trebek and game shows in general, complete with YouTube clips that have probably already been linked here--including Malcolm!  (No mention of the Malcolm Jackpot, however.)  I found it via Jaime Weinman's blog, which also mentions that Pitfall was rerun (at least in Canada) after Trebek hit it big with Jeopardy!

[davemackey]

Didn't Channel 55 on Long Island bring back "Pitfall" about the same time it dragged out the reruns of "The $20,000 Pyramid"?

[Ian Wallis]

According to a few New York Metro TVGuides I have from the fall of 1985, "Pitfall" was no where to be seen on Ch. 55's schedule.  They started airing reruns of Cullen's "Pyramid" in Sept 1985 at 12:30 PM.  A show called "We're Cooking Now" preceded it.  The rest of the day primarily consisted of sitcom reruns, cartoons and movies.