New to Buzzr - Q1, 2022

[SRIV94]

March 7 to 14 is up on the schedule page...

* Now You See It is still fresh.
* The 1pm hour of Classic Concentration continues onward, and hits the start of 1990.
* Not sure when, but Ludden Password Plus loops back to November 1979.

1.  Last fresh NYSI is 3/18 (#165), cycles back to 88 on 3/21.
2.  Last fresh CC is 3/17 (12N ET, #680), cycles back to 618 at 12:30 ET.
3.  P+ loops back tomorrow.  The Sunday run we get the first day of Betty White/Dick Martin (the week that would culminate with France/French) at 8PM ET on 3/13, then we loop back to 480 (first Kennedy civilian ep).  However, France/French will air on 3/19 as part of Buzzr's "Let's Laugh Day" short marathon (also, the SP where Bert first breaks the Magic Toaster will air immediately following).

[SRIV94]

Brilliant detective work! Keep it up!

So did we completely miss it?  Doesn't appear any ep was skipped, and they're full-tilt into the celebrity run now with Didi Conn and John Schuck.

[Bryce L.]

Brilliant detective work! Keep it up!

So did we completely miss it?  Doesn't appear any ep was skipped, and they're full-tilt into the celebrity run now with Didi Conn and John Schuck.

No skips, but no Stephen either.

[JMFabiano]

Brilliant detective work! Keep it up!

So did we completely miss it?  Doesn't appear any ep was skipped, and they're full-tilt into the celebrity run now with Didi Conn and John Schuck.

No skips, but no Stephen either.

I was wrong about my guess as to when Stephen would appear so it's all good. 

As I said someone apparently remembered Stephen being told he would play with a celebrity partner if he lost the Gauntlet. 

[TimK2003]

I know I saw Stephen's return to the Gauntlet while at home on Christmas break (or an off chance we had a snow day or two when it aired). What is the airdate we are up to now?  We gotta be getting close.

[Bryce L.]

I know I saw Stephen's return to the Gauntlet while at home on Christmas break (or an off chance we had a snow day or two when it aired). What is the airdate we are up to now?  We gotta be getting close.

Day after December 5th (and I'm wording it that way since at the end of 12/5, Tom never said anything about being preempted for December Magazine, so I don't know if today was Thursday 12/6 or Friday 12/7). Celebs are Didi Conn and John Schuck.

[gridlockjoe]

Day after December 5th (and I'm wording it that way since at the end of 12/5, Tom never said anything about being preempted for December Magazine, so I don't know if today was Thursday 12/6 or Friday 12/7). Celebs are Didi Conn and John Schuck.

It was 12/7. Magazine aired every first Thursday throughout Whew's run, confirmed by contemporary TV Guides.

[Bryce L.]

OK, there's something screwy going on then, between BUZZR's numbers and the episode guide on the Wiki...

BUZZR label... presumed CBS airdate... celebrity guests
79_0154... 12/5/79... Didi Conn & John Schuck
79_0155... 12/7/79... Didi Conn & John Schuck
79_0156... 12/10/79... Didi Conn & John Schuck
79_0157... 12/11/79... Didi Conn & John Schuck
79_0158... 12/12/79... Didi Conn & John Schuck

79_0159... 12/13/79... Rita Moreno & Richard Kline
79_0160... 12/14/79... Rita Moreno & Richard Kline
79_0161... 12/17/79... Rita Moreno & Richard Kline
79_0162... 12/18/79... Rita Moreno & Richard Kline
79_0163... 12/19/79... Rita Moreno & Richard Kline

79_0164... 12/20/79... Trish Stewart & Gary Collins
79_0165... 12/21/79... Trish Stewart & Gary Collins
79_0166... 12/24/79... Trish Stewart & Gary Collins
79_0167... 12/25/79... Trish Stewart & Gary Collins
79_0168... 12/26/79... Trish Stewart & Gary Collins

79_0169... 12/27/79... Robert Mandan & Michael Young
80_0170... 12/28/79... Robert Mandan & Michael Young
80_0171... 12/31/79... Robert Mandan & Michael Young
80_0172... 1/2/80... Robert Mandan & Michael Young
80_0173... 1/4/80... Robert Mandan & Michael Young

What's wrong with this picture?

[MikeK]

The Schuck/Conn week started on a Wednesday and the Mandan/Young week will end on a Friday, normalizing the show to a M-F week for each pair of celebs?

[gridlockjoe]

There are two pre-emptions in early January.

154   Wednesday, December 5, 1979   Didi Conn, John Schuck
   Thursday, December 6, 1979   MAGAZINE   
155   Friday, December 7, 1979   Didi Conn, John Schuck
156   Monday, December 10, 1979   Didi Conn, John Schuck
157   Tuesday, December 11, 1979      Didi Conn, John Schuck
158   Wednesday, December 12, 1979      Didi Conn, John Schuck
159   Thursday, December 13, 1979      Richard Kline, Rita Moreno
160   Friday, December 14, 1979      Richard Kline, Rita Moreno
161   Monday, December 17, 1979      Richard Kline, Rita Moreno
162   Tuesday, December 18, 1979      Richard Kline, Rita Moreno
163   Wednesday, December 19, 1979      Richard Kline, Rita Moreno
164   Thursday, December 20, 1979      Gary Collins, Trish Stewart
165   Friday, December 21, 1979      Gary Collins, Trish Stewart
166   Monday, December 24, 1979      Gary Collins, Trish Stewart
167   Tuesday, December 25, 1979      Gary Collins, Trish Stewart
168   Wednesday, December 26, 1979      Gary Collins, Trish Stewart
169   Thursday, December 27, 1979      Robert Mandan, Michael Young
170   Friday, December 28, 1979      Robert Mandan, Michael Young
171   Monday, December 31, 1979      Robert Mandan, Michael Young
   Tuesday, January 1, 1980   COTTON BOWL PARADE   
172   Wednesday, January 2, 1980      Robert Mandan, Michael Young
   Thursday, January 3, 1980   MAGAZINE   
173   Friday, January 4, 1980      Robert Mandan, Michael Young

[MikeK]

New to BUZZR Concentrations start on March 28 with #1315, skipping 3 episodes since the last fresh show.

If Stephen Matthews' return to Whew! happened during Christmastime 1979, his show should air in the next two weeks; there are no skipped episodes coming up and today's show is from Monday 12/17/79, which sounds like a good time to start a winter break from school.

[Bryce L.]

New to BUZZR Concentrations start on March 28 with #1315, skipping 3 episodes since the last fresh show.

Actually it starts at #1312, with no skips.

[MikeK]

New to BUZZR Concentrations start on March 28 with #1315, skipping 3 episodes since the last fresh show.

Actually it starts at #1312, with no skips.

Unless the schedule got changed near the dead of night, my old eyes must be playing tricks on me.  That is correct.

[Bryce L.]

If Stephen Matthews' return to Whew! happened during Christmastime 1979, his show should air in the next two weeks; there are no skipped episodes coming up and today's show is from Monday 12/17/79, which sounds like a good time to start a winter break from school.

Complete speculation on my part, but I'd be willing to bet that Stephen shows up in the next segment following a contestant losing their fifth and final Gauntlet, so as not to "interrupt" someone else's run. And considering that tomorrow's show starts with current champion Leonard Bernstein going into his fifth match, if my theory is right, we ought to be seeing Stephen either tomorrow in Act 4, or at the top of episode 163 (assuming Leonard wins the match and ends up joining Alan Emrich and Raymond Frear as a five-time turkey).

[gridlockjoe]

Complete speculation on my part, but I'd be willing to bet that Stephen shows up in the next segment following a contestant losing their fifth and final Gauntlet, so as not to "interrupt" someone else's run.

Or after someone wins the Gauntlet.