Forgotten Pilots

[Jamey Greek]

Here are a list of Unsold Pilots that have been hardly mentioned in the Game Show Community.

1. Banko 1986 pilot with Wink Martindale produced by Dan Enright

TV Guide refers to it in their 1986 "Fall Preview" issue as Jackpot Bingo

2. Puzzlers 1980 Pilot hosted by Pat Sajak pre-WOF (see below)

3. Press Your Luck 1970s Pilot (not the PYL we all know and love but the 1978 PYL Pilot based on the game simon produced by Ralph Edwards

4. Spellbinders 1978 Pilot hosted by Bill Anderson


and there may be more

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 24 2004, 10:31 PM\'] Here are a list of Unsold Pilots that have been hardly mentioned in the Game Show Community.

 [/quote]
 There's a reason they are left unmentioned.

[The Ol' Guy]

...and a few of us cringe over reminders of formats we sent producers who went ahead and developed them without acknowledging or contacting those who sent them..

It's the business, but one of the less nice parts of it....

[Jimmy Owen]

There was an article in the mid-70's in one of the soap opera mags (back when they used to have feature stories on game shows) about the pilot process.  They had pictures and info on a show which was to have been hosted by Julius LaRosa (of Arthur Godfrey fame) called "Noot's Game."  How the game was played I don't know.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'May 24 2004, 11:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 24 2004, 10:31 PM\'] Here are a list of Unsold Pilots that have been hardly mentioned in the Game Show Community.

 [/quote]
There's a reason they are left unmentioned. [/quote]
 Six words for you: How Do You Like Your Eggs?

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'May 24 2004, 11:49 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'May 24 2004, 11:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 24 2004, 10:31 PM\'] Here are a list of Unsold Pilots that have been hardly mentioned in the Game Show Community.

 [/quote]
There's a reason they are left unmentioned. [/quote]
Six words for you: How Do You Like Your Eggs? [/quote]
 2 of them, sunny side up, runny yolk; with wheat toast, and a side of bacon.

[Craig Karlberg]

Was the 70's PYL pilot a direct(or indirect) descendant of the 1977 show Second Chances or merely an offshoot of sorts?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 25 2004, 02:18 AM\'] Was the 70's PYL pilot a direct(or indirect) descendant of the 1977 show Second Chances or merely an offshoot of sorts? [/quote]
 Did you even freakin' read what Greek originally posted?

(Yeah, it makes my head hurt too, but I muddle through.)

No, it has NOTHING to do with the PYL you know, he said it was based on the electronic game "Simon".

Oh, and...

GEEZ!!!

[ChuckNet]

Did you even freakin' read what Greek originally posted?

I guess it was Greek to him. :-)

Chuck Donegan (The Comedic "Chuckie Baby")

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'May 25 2004, 11:53 AM\']

Did you even freakin' read what Greek originally posted?

I guess it was Greek to him. :-) [/quote]
 [throws bottles of Thousand Island dressing at Chuck]

[TwoInchQuad]

"What's the Name of That Song?" - Allen Ludden

-Kevin

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'May 25 2004, 11:34 AM\']"What's the Name of That Song?" - Allen Ludden[/quote]
Well, that did make it as "Win With the Stars"--if you want to call supermarket tie-ins making it.

[The Ol' Guy]

...and IIRC, our area Win With The Stars tied in with a gas station chain. Crystal Flash, I think.

[alfonzos]

FWIW, I witnessed the taping of WinAmerica. The game was a duplicate of the quiz game from Pitfall. The winner would then pull a random number which would determine the winner of a national lottery. Kind of a non sequitur of a bonus round.

I also remember seeing The Name Game hosted by Bob Eubanks. Two teams; each celebrity-peasant. One player of each team would compete to guess a famous name as it appeared one letter at a time. The winner would then have to describe that famous person to the partner within the time limit. The audience would then shout out answers to guessed by the winning team during the bonus round. The problem here was the audience kept shouting out the same names for both times the bonus game was played.

Predictable Pairs was a variant of To Tell the Truth. The notable thing about the pilot was Sting was a contestant. Bamboozle was also shot on the lot but I didn't witness the taping.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'May 25 2004, 10:53 AM\']

Did you even freakin' read what Greek originally posted?

I guess it was Greek to him. :-)
 [/quote]
 Heh...Donegan made a funny. :-)