[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'146345\' date=\'Feb 19 2007, 02:01 PM\']
I just recently made a deal for a 16mm color film of a game show called You Owe It To Yourself with Allen Ludden. It's not transferred to a viewable format yet, so I haven't even seen the show for myself.
I don't know when I'll get it transferred and I'm just overcome with curiosity.
Does anyone remember this show or know any information behind it?
The only thing I know about it is, according to accompanying documentation, it's a show in which married couples answer questions related to finance. When did this air? Was it even broadcast nationally?[/quote]
It was televised at least regionally through the Eastern Educational Network, which was a bicycling network, not an actual landline network. It's now known as American Public Television, the secondary programming service behind "The Nightly Business Report," BBC newscasts, "America's Test Kitchen" and the Lawrence Welk reruns, among other programs.
I know for sure that it was not a one-shot, but I can't remember the exact number of programs.
From what I remember, two couples competed for points by writing down answers to questions or switching cards with magnets on the back on a board. A panel of financial experts explained the answers and the winning couple received what Ludden called "a pocket computer," or a calculator, which was about $150 back then.
