Author Topic: Best Game Show That Aired On Your Birthdate. (Read 14002 times)

mmb5 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2010, 08:57:36 AM »

Born on a Saturday as well, but I got lucky (both good and bad). Since I was born during the NFL season, there was a College Bowl episode on that day moved from Sunday (Merrimack vs. St. Mary of the Woods). On the bad side, prime time Newlywed and Dating Games.

--Mike

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2010, 11:47:52 AM »

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Similar problem to Matt: I was born Sunday, September 22, 1974. Nothing. (I have about 20 different TV Guide editions covering the date; haven't even seen any stations running a weekly syndicated game show in a Sunday time slot.)

I can help you out. In my area, the ABC affiliate ran Dawson's Masquerade Party on Sunday evenings in fall '74 - right before the Sonny Comedy Hour (remember that?)

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:10:51 PM »

August 10, 1984--a Friday. Given what I know now, I'd have to go with The New $25,000 Pyramid. Scrabble and $ale of the Century were still finding themselves.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:26:58 PM »

Great thread, first off.

11/11/65 (Thursday)--ABC had bupkus, CBS had PASSWORD and TTTT, NBC had FRACTURED PHRASES, CONCENTRATION, J!, LET'S PLAY POST OFFICE, LMAD, YDS and MG65. Tough call between CONCENTRATION, J! and TTTT (preferred the later variants of PASSWORD and MG to those currently on at the time).

chrisholland03 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2010, 01:18:23 PM »

From 10-10:30 it was a given with the first 1/2 of The Price is Right
From 10:30-11 you could watch the second 1/2 of The Price is Right or The Hollywood Squares
From 11-11:30 it was Tattletales or Wheel of Fortune
From 11:30-12 it was Knockout or Family Feud
From 12-12:30 it was The $20000 Pyramid or To Say the Least
From 12:30-1 there was The Gong Show
Then at 4:00 -- Match Game 78

MikeK · « **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2010, 02:27:52 PM »

Born on 3/3/1975, a Monday. Bill Cullen was on The $10,000 Pyramid. I could easily enjoy that. Other than that, I could see myself keeping ABC on for most of the day--Split Second, Password, The Big ShowDown, and The Moneymaze.

cacLA8383 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2010, 02:39:20 PM »

Hmm...very interesting topic here. Looking up stuff on 8/3/1983, this would be mine:

(All times I'm putting are eastern although I live in the central time zone, of course.)

10am-10:30am The New $25,000 Pyramid

10:30am-11am: Sale of the Century (Child's Play would air here also)

11am-11:30am: Wheel (1st half of Price.)

11:30am-noon: the 2nd half of Price (Dream House also in this slot.)

noon-12:30pm: Family Feud

During this time, it was mainly the soaps galore period that ran roughshot.

Yogi007 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2010, 03:02:22 PM »

I, like Matt and Mike, was also born on a Saturday (7/4/64), so there was nothing on that night (besides the fireworks). I noticed that TPiR was on Friday night at 9:30 and WML (ep 15-038) was on Sunday night at 10:30. I still can't imagine having a game show on at that time of night. It's like finding out that the cartoons you watched growing up were actually reruns that were shown on primetime the first time around. (yeah, I'm talking to you, Fred Flintstone!)

WhirlieBird74 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2010, 04:02:57 PM »

Since I was born on Saturday, 3/16/74, I must fast forward to Monday, 3/18. Since I love game shows, period, here's what I would have watched, if I took a time portal to that day in El Cajon, CA:

10:00 The Joker's Wild
10:30 The $10,000 Pyramid
11:00 Gambit
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12:00 Password
12:30 Split Second
1:30 Let's Make a Deal
2:00 The Newlywed Game
3:00 The Price is Right
3:30 Match Game '74
4:00 Tattletales

Of course, PST times were slightly different from EST.

golden-road · « **Reply #24 on:** June 29, 2010, 04:27:46 PM »

Instead of a specific favorite, here's some of the shows that aired in Phoenix, AZ on 6/22/86:

KTVK 3 (then-ABC, now Indy):
3 PM: All-New Dating Game
3:30 PM: Jackpot Bingo (local)
6:30 PM: New Newlywed Game

KPHO 5 (then-Indy, now CBS):
N/A: Joker's Wild
N/A: Tic Tac Dough

KTSP 10 (then-CBS, now KSAZ FOX):
9 AM: $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 AM: Card Sharks
10 AM: Price
4 PM: $100,000 Pyramid
4:30 PM: Jeopardy
6:30 PM: Wheel

KPNX 12 (NBC):
9 AM: Wheel
9:30 AM: Scrabble
10 AM: Super Password
10:30 AM: $1M Chance of a Lifetime
6:30 PM: Kennedy Price

KNXV 15 (then-Indy, now ABC):

KUTP 45 (then-Indy, now MyNet):

Unknown: Headline Chasers

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #25 on:** June 29, 2010, 04:48:52 PM »

[quote name=\'Yogi007\' post=\'243287\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 03:02 PM\']I, like Matt and Mike, was also born on a Saturday (7/4/64), so there was nothing on that night (besides the fireworks). I noticed that TPiR was on Friday night at 9:30 and WML (ep 15-038) was on Sunday night at 10:30. I still can't imagine having a game show on at that time of night. It's like finding out that the cartoons you watched growing up were actually reruns that were shown on primetime the first time around. (yeah, I'm talking to you, Fred Flintstone!)[/quote]
If I watched WML, I knew it was way past my bedtime.

bscripps · « **Reply #26 on:** June 29, 2010, 04:51:27 PM »

So 1972 wasn't bad, according to the helpful link to TV Tango:

10:00am: The Joker's Wild
10:30am: Concentration, The Price Is Right
11:00am: $ale of the Century, Gambit
11:30am: The Hollywood Squares
12 Noon: Jeopardy!, Password
12:30pm: The Who, What, or Where Game, Split Second
1:30pm: Let's Make a Deal, Three on a Match
2:00pm: The Newlywed Game
2:30pm: The Dating Game

One presumes, however, that this schedule was not in effect Christmas Day of said year...

I'm torn as to which is my favorite; I like Jeopardy, but for whatever reason, not the Fleming version. Same with Password; the original could be a bit dry. And I like TPiR, but not as much as the others.

\One thing's for sure: It ain't The Dating Game...

14gameshows · « **Reply #27 on:** June 29, 2010, 05:33:36 PM »

3/5/1982

10:30am Blockbusters (NBC)
11:00am Wheel of Fortune (NBC) The Price Is Right (CBS)
11:30am Battlestars (NBC) The Price Is Right (CBS)
12:00n Password Plus (NBC) Family Feud (ABC)

syndication

The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough

The Fav goes to The Price Is Right!

ChuckNet · « **Reply #28 on:** June 29, 2010, 05:35:50 PM »

I was born May 28, 1979...though I still haven't been able to locate a 5/26/79 NY Metro TVG, I can tell you 2 of the guest lineups for that week, thanks to online celeb archiving:

P+ - Marion Ross and David Letterman
$20K Pyramid - Laurie Walters and Robert Walden

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

SRIV94 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 29, 2010, 05:36:40 PM »

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'243283\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 01:27 PM\']Born on 3/3/1975, a Monday. Bill Cullen was on The $10,000 Pyramid. I could easily enjoy that. Other than that, I could see myself keeping ABC on for most of the day--Split Second, Password, The Big ShowDown, and The Moneymaze.[/quote]
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