Author Topic: Video Village & Video Village Junior (Read 3542 times)

alfonzos · « **on:** June 02, 2005, 06:12:45 PM »

The only difference between the two gameboards I can remember is along Money Street was a space entitled "Penny Pile." The player was given an amount of time (thirty seconds?) to scoop as many pennies as possible into a pail. The player kept the money.

Does anybody remember any others?

TwoInchQuad · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2005, 06:30:24 PM »

On VV Jr., the kids got to fish for prizes from a pile of them located underneath the bridge, which was placed just before the main street floor tiles.

The Bank paid off in Savings Bonds.

Eileen Barton & Kenny Williams dressed in costume for VV Jr.

The winner's song that was sung by Eileen and Monty as the bus (actually, an electric cart) took the kids back to the Wonder Window had lyrics that differed from the grown-up's version.

-Kevin

DjohnsonCB · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2005, 06:59:08 PM »

One of the stores was called the Eldon Toy Shop (Eldon was a sponsor IIRC). But I am positive the actual name of the kids' version was Kideo Village.

TwoInchQuad · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2005, 07:04:05 PM »

No-- I do see references to that in various places, but the actual name was "Video Village Jr."

Or as Kenny Williams announced, "Welcome to Video Village, Junior Edition!"

-Kevin

alfonzos · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2005, 12:43:59 PM »

Was the chuck-a-luck cage still in use as a random number generator?

TwoInchQuad · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2005, 03:26:33 PM »

By the end of the run, both the adult and junior versions of V.V. used the "Video Village Visualizer Wonder Window", which was controlled by each player's elected partners. It was electronic, and displayed numbers from 1 to 6, which Kenny Williams would then call out for the benefit of Monty & Eileen, who were too far away to see it.

-Kevin