Author Topic: Triple Threat (Read 4970 times)

Jamey Greek · « **on:** May 09, 2004, 09:10:27 PM »

Does anyone remember a Game Show called Triple Threat? It was on WGN in 1988-1989, and it was hosted by Jim Lange, and MTV VJ Alan Hunter, and It tested contestants' knowledge on Music, Movies, and TV. There was a revival of that show in 1992 for BET, and Good Morning America's Spencer Christian was the host, It was announced by the announcer of Alex Trebek's first American Game Show, The Wizard of Odds, and was produced by Star Search creator Al Massini.

zachhoran · « **Reply #1 on:** May 09, 2004, 09:13:42 PM »

[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 9 2004, 08:10 PM\'] Does anyone remember a Game Show called Triple Threat? It was on WGN in 1988-1989, and it was hosted by Jim Lange, and MTV VJ Alan Hunter, and It tested contestants' knowledge on Music, Movies, and TV. There was a revival of that show in 1992 for BET, and Good Morning America's Spencer Christian was the host, It was announced by the announcer of Alex Trebek's first American Game Show, The Wizard of Odds, and was produced by Star Search creator Al Massini. [/quote]
It was an all music-based Q&A show(save for the endgame on the episode hosted by ALan Hunter, where the players had to match actors to movies, rather than songs to artists)

sshuffield70 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2004, 11:10:20 PM »

"Triple Threat" (Lange) was in sydication. It aired in Dallas on Saturday mornings at 11.

brianhenke · « **Reply #3 on:** May 09, 2004, 11:18:58 PM »

..and there was a week when the Lange Triple Threat was on Mon-Fri.

Brian

100 plus 100 equals 600?

We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2004, 02:32:47 AM »

Owen Spann announced "Triple Threat"??!!??

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2004, 03:41:54 AM »

[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 9 2004, 08:10 PM\'] Does anyone remember a Game Show called Triple Threat? It was on WGN in 1988-1989, and it was hosted by Jim Lange, and MTV VJ Alan Hunter, and It tested contestants' knowledge on Music, Movies, and TV. There was a revival of that show in 1992 for BET, and Good Morning America's Spencer Christian was the host, It was announced by the announcer of Alex Trebek's first American Game Show, The Wizard of Odds, and was produced by Star Search creator Al Massini. [/quote]
Do you pick random shows out of the GSE to post about? You would have been 2 when "Triple Threat" debuted.

byrd62 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2004, 06:45:10 AM »

[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 9 2004, 08:10 PM\']Does anyone remember a Game Show called Triple Threat? It was on WGN in 1988-1989, and it was hosted by Jim Lange, and MTV VJ Alan Hunter, and It tested contestants' knowledge on Music, Movies, and TV. There was a revival of that show in 1992 for BET, and Good Morning America's Spencer Christian was the host, It was announced by the announcer of Alex Trebek's first American Game Show, The Wizard of Odds, and was produced by Star Search creator Al Massini.[/quote]
Sam Riddle, who worked as a Los Angeles radio DJ during the 1960's, announced Wizard of Odds in 1973. [Yeah, him and then some guy named Charlie O'Donnell.

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By the late 1980's, his voice can be heard on Triple Threat as well as Star Search, both of which he also served as supervising producer.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2004, 10:18:31 PM »

Here in NY, we originally got TT Sun. nights at 10:30 on WPIX (Ch. 11), but it soon moved to Sun. morn at 11:30 on WWOR (Ch. 9), which is where I remember watching it when I was 10.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

JacksonBrowne1980 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2004, 10:24:32 PM »

i saw it when i was 8 chuck; cool game show; there were 2 eras.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2004, 10:30:24 PM »

[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 9 2004, 08:10 PM\'] Does anyone remember a Game Show called Triple Threat? It was on WGN in 1988-1989, and it was hosted by Jim Lange, and MTV VJ Alan Hunter, and It tested contestants' knowledge on Music, Movies, and TV. There was a revival of that show in 1992 for BET, and Good Morning America's Spencer Christian was the host, It was announced by the announcer of Alex Trebek's first American Game Show, The Wizard of Odds, and was produced by Star Search creator Al Massini. [/quote]
Vaguely remember the 1988 version...all I remember is that it aired on Sunday afternoons on WVEC in Norfolk. Always tried to watch the BET version, and wanted to be on as a contestant with relatives.

JacksonBrowne1980 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2004, 10:36:21 PM »

does anyone know what kind of font TT used as a score displey?

tyshaun1 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2004, 11:11:12 PM »

[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'May 10 2004, 09:36 PM\'] does anyone know what kind of font TT used as a score displey? [/quote]
One that displayed numbers.

Tyshaun

melman1 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2004, 11:17:42 PM »

[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' date=\'May 10 2004, 07:36 PM\'] does anyone know what kind of font TT used as a score displey? [/quote]
I bet it was cool.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2004, 09:29:25 AM »

I'm pretty sure that "Triple Threat" was the last syndicated game show that was on only once a week. This was a common practice in the '70s, but by the early '80s most syndicated games were five a week (or a "strip") format. I remember being surprised at the time that it was only a once-a-week show.

zachhoran · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2004, 09:33:45 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'May 11 2004, 08:29 AM\'] I'm pretty sure that "Triple Threat" was the last syndicated game show that was on only once a week [/quote]
That was 1988-89. In 1989-90, two more ill fated syndie once a weekers came along: College Mad House and a syndicated version of Remote COntrol. The early 90s saw four more clunkers: Krypton Factor, Pick Your Brain, Scramble, and Sports Snapshot(the latter three from the 1993-94 season). So Triple Threat wasn't the last.