Author Topic: Game Show Perils on eBay (Read 4726 times)

Mike Tennant · « **on:** October 18, 2004, 11:45:57 AM »

To quote Matt Ottinger's sig:

"Game Show Peril #38: Searching for Bill Cullen items on Ebay, I'm getting very tired of seeing some Irish tycoon's book about penny apples keep popping up."

Quite so.

What other interesting (or annoying) things have popped up when you were searching for game show-related items on eBay?

Tom Kennedy: an old-time comic actor and a drummer

Jack Barry: a baseball player from way back and, of course, Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (but that is our Jack Barry)

Chuck Woolery: besides finding his sunglasses and fishing lures, always be sure to search for him as "Chuck Wollery" as well

Johnny Olsen (or Olson): gay wrestling videos (!)

SamJ93 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2004, 03:52:28 PM »

I searched for "Wheel of Fortune" once, and got both excited and confused when I saw "Wheel of Fortune card game" in the listings...only to find it was something about Magic: The Gathering instead.

Also, as Matt notes on his website, there is an old game called "Dealer's Choice" which seems to pop up on eBay quite frequently, yet has nothing to do with the old casino game show of the same name--the home game for that show was called "Place Your Bets."

On an off-topic, but somewhat related note...anyone check out http://www.bobbarker.com lately?

--Sam

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 18, 2004, 05:24:30 PM »

[quote name=\'SamJ93\' date=\'Oct 18 2004, 02:52 PM\']I searched for "Wheel of Fortune" once, and got both excited and confused when I saw "Wheel of Fortune card game" in the listings...only to find it was something about Magic: The Gathering instead.

Also, as Matt notes on his website, there is an old game called "Dealer's Choice" which seems to pop up on eBay quite frequently, yet has nothing to do with the old casino game show of the same name--the home game for that show was called "Place Your Bets."

On an off-topic, but somewhat related note...anyone check out http://www.bobbarker.com lately?

--Sam

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The Ol' Guy · « **Reply #3 on:** October 18, 2004, 06:18:20 PM »

We have a restaurant practically next door to the house called Bad Guys Pizza, and they sell the actual Bob Barker prison clothes in their gift area. A big sign..later amended after dozens of questions from guys like me...says "Not a costume! Official prison wear made by Bob Barker!" with a picture of a con in a cell moaning, "No, not that Bob Barker.." I could see Bob sinking some money into a company like that as an investment...after all, ain't no chance of prisons going out of business....

ChuckNet · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2004, 08:29:21 PM »

I'm sure any GS fan who's tried to search for Randy West memorabilia on eBay can express similar sentiments. :-)

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

uncamark · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2004, 12:37:43 PM »

Speaking of Barker, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bubba's T shirt on "Survivor" yet--the Perfesser says it's from the Fun and Games live shows Barker used to do in the 70s and 80s.

Since he got voted off, we won't see it again--will he wear it on the reunion show?

cmjb13 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2004, 01:40:46 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 12:37 PM\']Speaking of Barker, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bubba's T shirt on "Survivor" yet--the Perfesser says it's from the Fun and Games live shows Barker used to do in the 70s and 80s.

Since he got voted off, we won't see it again--will he wear it on the reunion show?

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There is a photo of the Survivor cast with the Barker shirt hanging on a hallway at Television City.

Since I don't watch Survivor did he mention Barker at all during his time on the show?

uncamark · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2004, 06:13:29 PM »

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 12:40 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 19 2004, 12:37 PM\']Speaking of Barker, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bubba's T shirt on "Survivor" yet--the Perfesser says it's from the Fun and Games live shows Barker used to do in the 70s and 80s.

Since he got voted off, we won't see it again--will he wear it on the reunion show?

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There is a photo of the Survivor cast with the Barker shirt hanging on a hallway at Television City.

Since I don't watch Survivor did he mention Barker at all during his time on the show?

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Not directly--but I have missed an episode or two.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2004, 09:56:06 AM »

Going back to the original question, a search for "Peter Marshall" will yield as many references to the early 20th century religious figure as it will to the game show host and actor.