Game Shows on Christmas Day

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 09:11 AM\'] I think "Price is Right" might have used that at least once as well.  I'm sure there are others. [/quote]
I do believe you're right, and I think it was more than once....

I also could swear I remember there being a DSW on Christmas Day....Had to be around 1980 or 1981 if TPiR aired on Christmas during those years...

[Jimmy Owen]

"Newlywed Game" went out in 1974 with "Sleigh Ride"

[gameshowguy2000]

Yep, and so did MG '7x, MG PM, and MG '90. And you're right, TPIR has used that song as well.

I think "Sleigh Ride" is the most commonly used song to end game shows on Christmas. Anyone agree with that?

I remember Wheel ended the 1996 Christmas show with a jazzy version of Jingle Bells.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 09:11 AM\'] Another thing I noticed about game shows that aired on Christmas Day is that sometimes they'd use a Christmas song as their closing theme.  I remember "Wheel of Fortune" using Leroy Anderson's version of "Sleigh Ride" as their close for a couple of Christmas shows in the late '70s.  

I think "Price is Right" might have used that at least once as well.  I'm sure there are others. [/quote]
 You're right...the last I heard TPiR use it was the late-90s. I know $otC also used "Sleigh Ride."

Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's?

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 03:14 PM\'] Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's? [/quote]
 Let's get the obvious one out of the way: Match Game 7x.

[gameshowguy2000]

And so did MG '90 and MG PM.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 12 2003, 02:29 PM\'] And so did MG '90 and MG PM. [/quote]
 You sure about MG PM?  I'd think a once-a-week syndie would go out of their way to avoid any date references, as a show intended for air first-run in December could air on another station first-run in April (not to mention the rerun later in the season).

Doug

[gameshowguy2000]

OK, then just MG '90 on my part.

[ChuckNet]

Here's another festive question: has any show ever used "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's?

It wasn't New Year's, but TTD used a small section of it at the end of the 79-80 season finale...I think then-champ Thom McKee had something to do w/it. :-)

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[gameshowguy2000]

I am officially adding "Dream House" to the list of those shows that aired on Christmas.

There's a discussion about that episode in the "Game Show Coincidences" Thread.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 13 2003, 09:06 PM\'] I am officially adding "Dream House" to the list of those shows that aired on Christmas.

 [/quote]
 Don't add it to the list, as Xmas fell on Sunday in 1983, which was the only Xmas Eubanks Dream House aired.

[gameshowguy2000]

OK, Scratch that.

In its place, I've added a new one to the list: I've Got A Secret.

The episode from the 12 Games marathon had a Christmas tree made of, listen to this: TOOTHPICKS!

Pretty creative, huh?

[pyrfan]

"The $25,000 Pyramid" definitely showed new episodes on Christmas in 1984, 1985, and 1986. (In 1987, they reran 1986's Christmas week.) The Mystery 7 prize was always a new car on Christmas episodes. In the 1986 episode, the challenger didn't win anything, but because it was Christmas, they gave him a trip. (Can't remember where right now -- Mexico, I think.) Also, "Super Password" showed new episodes on Christmas in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987.

Someone mentioned the airings of the 25K in December of 1993. I remember thinking at the time what an odd choice it was for CBS to show 10-year-old reruns of one of their former game shows. The only thing I could figure was that they were testing the waters for maybe bringing it back.


Brendan

[gameshowguy2000]

A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!

That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!

That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.

Also, after a little thinking, I'll add Beat The Clock to the list, because, as I recall, from the "12 Games and "Snow Days" Marathons, they did a special Christmas episode of the Monty Hall BTC from 1979. As to the other versions, I don't know.

I'll also add the rest of the "12 Games" shows to the list: Super Password, Tattletales, To Tell The Truth, The Dating Game, and Body Language.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 18 2003, 06:18 PM\'] A new car on Pyramid's Christmas episodes as a Mystery 7 prize? Wow!

That's one Christmas gift you can't pass up on!

That's just as good as winning $1100 on a 7-11, $5K for the tie-breaker, and $10K/$25K.
 [/quote]
 On New Year's Eve '82, the CBS Pyramid offered a car for the Mystery 7, but the team missed by one, causing a very loud groan from the audience.