[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jul 29 2005, 11:55 AM\']Just curious for those who've viewed it. I know the chances of this are slim, but anything's possible. Did they happen to show the
Classic Concentration ticket plug? ...
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Gone with the wind. But something came to me: take out the commercials, contestant/ticket plugs, fee plugs, and credits, and most episodes come to less than 19 minutes running time. That's a lot more commerical time, so I can see why GSN is keeping this series on the schedule for the foreseeable future.
Anyway, those of you who are allergic to numbers* should stop reading now, because here come the statistics. In the 1987 series, 86 matches were played. The player with the advantage won 92 games, the player with the disadvantage won 80 times, and 36 matches were decided in tiebreakers. Forty-eight of the 86 Gold Runs were won, only four of which for $10,000 or more, and $298,400 in cash was given away, including Patti's $1,000 consolation prize. Sorry, but I lost track of how many Mary Ellen questions there were.
* Then again, if you're allergic to math, why are you a game show fan to begin with? Numbers are what first drew me to game shows.