Author Topic: Beat The Clock (Read 12364 times)

clemon79 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:33:06 AM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 20 2005, 07:26 PM\']There are clubs in San Francisco where "Beat-O" is a nightly favorite.
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Hell, there are some bedrooms occupied by members of this board where "Beat-O" is a nightly favorite...

Don Howard · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:27:32 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 21 2005, 03:33 AM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 20 2005, 07:26 PM\']There are clubs in San Francisco where "Beat-O" is a nightly favorite.
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Hell, there are some bedrooms occupied by members of this board where "Beat-O" is a nightly favorite...

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Only when The Insider is on.

Brandon Brooks · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2005, 07:06:32 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 21 2005, 03:27 PM\']Only when The Insider is on.

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With Pat O'Brien!!!

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TimK2003 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2005, 07:39:49 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Aug 8 2005, 03:32 PM\']A quick point: In the first New York season of the Narz "BTC," there was no cash board--the couples won prizes for every stunt. The cash board didn't come along until the move to Canada.
And the race stunt didn't come along until Wood replaced Narz...

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Something I vaguely remember from the Wood BTC era: If/When a contestant or couple lost (the clock beat them), Gene would lead the audience into saying one big Aww!, while they superimposed an AAAAWWWWWWwwwwww!!!! graphic on the screen.

Anybody know how long that "loser" graphic was used? Judging by how in most Gene Wood-announced shows where you can usually hear him leading the crowd in Ooohs, Ahhs, Awws and other assorted audience reactions, it sounds like that idea started during Gene's helm in Canada, no?

ChuckNet · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2005, 09:55:05 PM »

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A quick point: In the first New York season of the Narz "BTC," there was no cash board--the couples won prizes for every stunt. The cash board didn't come along until the move to Canada.

And originally, when a letter was chosen from the cash board, there wasn't a duplicate letter underneath...this was quickly changed following an ep where one of the couples chose the "L" on their first visit to the board, which left a rather R-rated phrase on the board as a result. :-D

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

irismason42 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 23, 2005, 01:12:47 PM »

And also, when the show debuted in '69, there was still curtains on the set and there were B&W kinescopes courtesy of Mark's TV Themes Page but when they moved to Canada, the celebrity of the week route was added, and the elimination of the curtains and the dots that indicate seconds remaining shows up on our screen for the first time.

uncamark · « **Reply #21 on:** September 27, 2005, 02:39:15 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Sep 23 2005, 12:12 PM\']And also, when the show debuted in '69, there was still curtains on the set and there were B&W kinescopes courtesy of Mark's TV Themes Page but when they moved to Canada, the celebrity of the week route was added, and the elimination of the curtains and the dots that indicate seconds remaining shows up on our screen for the first time.

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What it said.

To answer Tim's question, the AWWWWWWWWWWW! slide goes back to the second half of the New York season, when they were shooting at the Little/Helen Hayes Theatre while David Frost was back in London doing his British shows. The slide got keyed with some color or another, like the opening slides and the credit crawl (but they had the colors change all psychedelic and stuff--farrrrr out!).

irismason42 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2006, 10:09:56 AM »

And something tells me that the MCMLXXII(1972) never came on display until Wood took over as host even with Narz's last new episodes airing in May or June 1972 and if you see the Narz-hosted episodes examples while one market shows the Louis Nye week, the other market shows the Elizabeth Montgomery week, now that's weeks bicycling alright and the celebrity solo stunt props came in during the closing credits and also while the audience members had to try one of the episode's stunts for $5 or $10 for each repetition. This was the reason that the original '50s CBS and ABC versions straddled and this version never had returning champion couples and the latest known version(1979-80 CBS) always had returning champion couples.

DjohnsonCB · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2006, 10:29:37 AM »

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A quick point: In the first New York season of the Narz "BTC," there was no cash board--the couples won prizes for every stunt. The cash board didn't come along until the move to Canada.

And originally, when a letter was chosen from the cash board, there wasn't a duplicate letter underneath...this was quickly changed following an ep where one of the couples chose the "L" on their first visit to the board, which left a rather R-rated phrase on the board as a result. :-D

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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LOL!!!!!! Does that show still exist? I somehow doubt GSN will ever show it.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2006, 10:59:46 PM »

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LOL!!!!!! Does that show still exist? I somehow doubt GSN will ever show it.

I would think it does, but since GSN's only ever shown Narz BtCs from the 71-72 season, wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to turn up.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

aaron sica · « **Reply #25 on:** January 19, 2006, 02:03:41 PM »

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Jan 17 2006, 10:09 AM\']And something tells me that the MCMLXXII(1972) never came on display until Wood took over as host even with Narz's last new episodes airing in May or June 1972 and if you see the Narz-hosted episodes examples while one market shows the Louis Nye week, the other market shows the Elizabeth Montgomery week, now that's weeks bicycling alright and the celebrity solo stunt props came in during the closing credits and also while the audience members had to try one of the episode's stunts for $5 or $10 for each repetition. This was the reason that the original '50s CBS and ABC versions straddled and this version never had returning champion couples and the latest known version(1979-80 CBS) always had returning champion couples.

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zachhoran · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2006, 07:24:03 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 19 2006, 02:03 PM\'][quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Jan 17 2006, 10:09 AM\']

the latest known BtC (1979-80 CBS) always had returning champion couples.

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Iris has also forgotten the PAX BtC from a few years back, and the fact that the 1979-80 BtC shifted to celeb teams playing for the audience halfway through the run.