Scrabble 1984 and 1993

[Adam Nedeff]

Every time you ask about Scrabble for the rest of the month, I will respond with this video.

One of the annotations in that video is a link offering to take me to "10 hours of Mario." I'll pass.

[Jimmy Owen]

One thing I found odd about the 93 version is that when they showed the repeats late in the run, a disclaimer card was plastered over the original video.  If you remember the disclaimer slides they used on "The Gong Show," it had a similar look.  A still photo of Chuck and a contestant on the set.  Kind of odd.  Trade mags of the time noted that Scrabble 93 and Scattergories were stop-gaps between the soap Santa Barbara (which cost a lot more to make) and the John and Leeza talk show (which wasn't quite ready), so the shows weren't meant to last. (Source: 11/18/92 issue of Variety)

[BrandonFG]

Trade mags of the time noted that Scrabble 93 and Scattergories were stop-gaps between the soap Santa Barbara (which cost a lot more to make) and the John and Leeza talk show (which wasn't quite ready), so the shows weren't meant to last. (Source: 11/18/92 issue of Variety)

I remember reading that here, but I couldn't remember whether it was true or not, and didn't want to start more idle speculation. Good to have confirmation on that, although I dunno why NBC didn't just show reruns of some of their sitcoms as a placeholder (i.e. "Fresh Prince" and "Blossom").

[Twentington]

As many game shows as I watched in the early 90s, I'm surprised Scrabble 1993 pretty much escaped my grasp. The only memory I have of it is catching a glimpse of it on a neighbor's TV while they were holding a yard sale, and pointing it out to my mom because I had remembered her telling me that when I was a baby, she'd watch the 1984 version with me in her lap.

[TLEberle]

For me, it was one of those shows that I'd watch because I enjoyed the game albeit on a shallow level because I just wasn't all that good at it (Concentration and Name That Tune would fall here as well). Watching it again fifteen years later than the USA reruns allows me to enjoy the game because I think I could have won a smallish pile of money, and it's just so damn good.