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cmjb13

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What's the first game show you saw in person?
« on: August 19, 2003, 08:30:22 AM »
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zachhoran

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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2003, 09:36:48 AM »
WOF in Philly in APril 1999 followed by WWTBAM in NYC four months later were my first and only two live tapings.
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joshg

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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2003, 09:41:28 AM »
The Bill Cosby version of \"You Bet Your Life\"

(and if that doesn't count: \"The Price Is Right\")

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CliffColeclough

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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2003, 09:59:04 AM »
It was either Guess What (Robin Ward) or Definition (Jim Parry) at the CFTO studios here in Toronto back in 1986.  I saw both in a span of two or three weeks and can't remember which I saw first.
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DrBear

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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2003, 10:28:18 AM »
This is stretching...
But I was on \"Bozo's Big Top\" in Green Bay in the mid-60s. And they did play games on it (it was a local version of the Chicago Bozo show some of you may remember from WGN).
Didn't get to play any games, tho.
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bricon

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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2003, 10:38:09 AM »
Not counting peeking through a door at NBC and seeing a taping of Concentration for about a minute in 1965, it was Moneymaze , followed closely by Big Showdown, in early 1975.  And, the next was Musical Chairs, in June '75 right after school let out.  Maybe they would have all lasted longer if I hadn't gone :)
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PeterMarshallFan

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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2003, 11:04:32 AM »
Showoffs in '75. Got to see my mother rack up a cool 2 grand. Little did I know I'd be seeing announcer Wood and celeb guest Rayburn again 9 years later.... ;-)
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pyrfan

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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2003, 11:10:27 AM »
The CBS \"$25,000 Pyramid\" in August of 1987, with guests Abby Dalton and Leonard Maltin. Got to see one win live!


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tvrandywest

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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2003, 11:41:24 AM »
\"Snap Judgement\" with Ed McMahon at 30 Rock. My life changed forever.

Later, in no particular order, \"Winning Streak\", \"TTTT\", \"You're Putting Me On\", Fleming \"Jeopardy!\", \"Eye Guess\", \"Concentration\", \"WML?\" '71...

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Don Howard

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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2003, 12:03:48 PM »
Wheel Of Fortune--two daytime shows in 1985.
Pat and Vanna, host and hostess
Jack Clark, announcer--nice man and very gracious
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ChuckNet

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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2003, 12:10:00 PM »
WoF, when they came to Radio City in Oct. 1988. This was followed by:

- TPiR (Jul. 97)
- WoF (again, at the MSG theater, Oct. 99)
- HS (at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NY, Oct 00)
- History IQ (Apr. 01)

...and I'm also expecting to see WoF again when they come back to Radio City very shortly.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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cmjb13

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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2003, 12:21:26 PM »
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Aug 19 2003, 11:10 AM\']WoF, when they came to Radio City in Oct. 1988. This was followed by:

- TPiR (Jul. 97)
- WoF (again, at the MSG theater, Oct. 99)
- HS (at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NY, Oct 00)
- History IQ (Apr. 01)

...and I'm also expecting to see WoF again when they come back to Radio City very shortly.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")[/quote]
Paramount theater?
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Winkfan

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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2003, 12:24:00 PM »
My first in-person game show viewing was The $100,000 Name That Tune back in 1984; but that was when I was waiting to be a contestant. (And we know how THAT turned out!) I've also attended live tapings of Press Your Luck in 1985, Card Sharks in 1987, and Match Game in 1998.

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Tammy Warner--the 'Ruth Halsey of the Big Board!'
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Don Howard

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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2003, 12:24:41 PM »
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WoF, when they came to Radio City in Oct. 1988

You got to see Don Pardo, you lucky stiff. Did he do the warm-up or just announce? Too bad Don wasn't called up for the Jeopardy! shows from New York in 2002.
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2003, 12:37:06 PM »
Semis of \"J!\" College Tournament in Rosemont, Illinois, 1999.

In my week in LA in 1979, \"CS\" was the only game show taping and I wasn't that big on the show back then (even if I did try out to be a contestant).  And for some reason I never tried to get into the lottery shows.

I did stand far away from the taping of \"WLOD\" on Navy Pier in 1989.  All I heard from my vantage point was the audience cheering, the \"5-4-3-2-1\" of the audience and occasionally Bob Hilton's voice.  The only other things I remember were that Malcolm Jamal-Warner was one of the celebs (they also taped a Chicago-only show with local radio personalities that day) and that the contestants seemed to get to keep those artist's palette name tags, which totally surprised me.
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