There are various reasons why I love all three versions:
Marshall:
1. The rarity of it, in that it was long thought destroyed but for a precious few.
2. When the "Tacky Buzzer" always came in at the most inoppertune moments.
3. One episode always stood out to me, in that the female player rode her bike to NBC Burbank, won the car at the end of the show, and almost mauled Peter Marshall.
Davidson:
1. The first version I ever saw.
2. The opening sequence, especially when they went to New York.
3. The visual questions; yes they ate up a lot of time, but they also broke up the monotony.
4. When (in the first 2 seasons) a player went 5-and-out and guarenteed themselves a car.
5. When someone actually wins a car.
Bergeron:
1. The host, just as good as Peter Marshall.
2. Both theme songs (I never heard of Teena Marie until she did "Hollywood Square Biz", and other then "Sister Act", who knew Whoopi Goldberg could sing?).
3. One player named Tarek Tolba, who during the show's week in New York, went 5-and-out, didn't let his opponents win a game, and wound up winning three cars and total winnings of $154,521. He was also 2nd Runner-Up in the 2001 ToC.
4. All-Time champ Jenny Thomas, with $196,175.
5. All three endgames. I know a lot of people trash "Double-or-Nothing", but I remember one Valentine's Week 2002 show, in which the champ earned $30K, declared "No Guts, No Glory", and wound up winning $60,000. Also, I love during the Seasons 5 & 6 endgame when someone ran the board for an automatic win.
Those are the reasons I love HS. BTW...
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'220380\' date=\'Jul 17 2009, 06:38 PM\']/also a geek for the 5/4 metered open on 80s HS[/quote]
What does that mean?