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Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: Jimmy Owen on October 01, 2003, 02:04:38 PM: I was born on a Thursday in 1960 at 8:30am, so \"Dough Re Mi\" was it for me.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: tommycharles on October 01, 2003, 02:15:33 PM: I'm not going to go checking the details, but August 8th, 1988 @ 12:04 AM in the UK means 5:04 PM over here but that would be a Sunday so...Blackout/Card Sharks/$25k Pyramid. One of those.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: trainman on October 01, 2003, 06:32:06 PM: I was born at 9:30 A.M. on Sunday, September 22, 1974, in Gainesville, Florida. Although I have four, soon to be five, copies of the TV Guide for that week, I don't have the local edition covering Gainesville, so I'm not sure if any of the locally available TV stations aired any syndicated game shows on Sunday.

So a little over 24 hours later, the first two shows on Monday were TJW on CBS and the Dennis James \"Name That Tune\" on NBC.
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Post by: Chelsea Thrasher on October 01, 2003, 08:49:31 PM: I was born at 6:45 PM on 8-27-86, so, more than likely, the first one I could have seen would have been WoF.
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Post by: DJDustman on October 01, 2003, 09:06:50 PM: I was born 11:30 am Saw Classic Concentration....
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: Radiofreewill on October 01, 2003, 10:04:04 PM: June 14th 1981 at 8:26pm EDT. Could someone help me out here?
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Post by: zachhoran on October 01, 2003, 10:08:17 PM: [quote name=\'Radiofreewill\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 09:04 PM\'] June 14th 1981 at 8:26pm EDT. Could someone help me out here? [/quote]
6/14/81 was a SUnday, so I guess its whatever network or Syndie show would air on Monday morning. Las Vegas Gambit aired on NBC at 10AM Eastern at the time, which was the earliest scheduled daytime GS.
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Post by: Strikerz04 on October 01, 2003, 10:14:03 PM: October 27, 1985...4:35 pm (any help?)
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: zachhoran on October 01, 2003, 10:16:30 PM: [quote name=\'Strikerz04\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 09:14 PM\'] October 27, 1985...4:35 pm (any help?) [/quote]
10/27/85 was a Sunday as well, so it's whatever Syndie or Network game show aired first on Monday AM. $25K Pyramid and Your Number's Up aired at 10AM EST on CBS and NBC respectively at the time.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: Timsterino on October 01, 2003, 10:20:36 PM: I was born on November 28, 1971, which was also a Sunday. Anyone have any ideas?

I am not good at older TV schedules.

Tim :-)
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Post by: Fedya on October 01, 2003, 10:27:19 PM: [quote name=\'Radiofreewill\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 09:04 PM\'] June 14th 1981 at 8:26pm EDT. Could someone help me out here? [/quote]
Somebody else here shares my birthday! (Although I'm nine years older. I have no idea what game shows aired in June 1972.)

ObMillionaire: Which of these famous people was NOT born on June 14?

a) Steffi Graf
b) Boy George
c) Paul McCartney
d) Donald Trump
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Post by: Don Howard on October 01, 2003, 10:36:01 PM: The $64,000 Question
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Post by: Matt Ottinger on October 01, 2003, 10:36:33 PM: I was born late Saturday night June 11, 1960, so on Sunday afternoon I watched Allen Ludden host G.E. College Bowl, where Rutgers beat Mills 265 to 40. That evening, Van Johnson was the Mystery Guest on What's My Line?

I remember them both well.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: Don Howard on October 01, 2003, 10:37:32 PM: Quote
I was born on November 28, 1971, which was also a Sunday. Anyone have any ideas?

I believe it would be Concentration starring Bob Clayton.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: Timsterino on October 01, 2003, 10:52:49 PM: [quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 10:37 PM\'] I believe it would be Concentration starring Bob Clayton. [/quote]
Thanks, Don! :-)
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Post by: MTCesquire on October 01, 2003, 11:26:34 PM: I was born July 29, 1983 (I believe it was a Friday) at 1:20 am, so the first show I could've have seen was either The New $25,000 Pyramid on CBS, or whatever syndicated game show my local affiliate had on before Pyramid (if it did have a game show).
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Post by: Dbacksfan12 on October 01, 2003, 11:32:13 PM: [quote name=\'Strikerz04\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 09:14 PM\'] October 27, 1985...4:35 pm (any help?) [/quote]
Instead of making Zach do all the research, why don't you do a little bit of your own?
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Post by: geno57 on October 01, 2003, 11:34:11 PM: I love this topic!

I was born on January 28, 1957 ... early on a Monday morning. Don't really know what games were on in early mornings back then.

To expand the topic a bit, I can tell you that the first games I remember getting into, were Video Village (I was about three-and-a-half years old, and vaguely remember Jack Narz hosting before Monty took over) ... and Concentration (I remember the original set, and what I believe was the original opening spiel and film).

By my fourth birthday, I had to have the home versions of both games. And yes, I was very good at playing them, even though the boxes suggested \"Ages 10 to adult\".
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Post by: cyberjoek on October 02, 2003, 12:36:44 AM: Thursday April 2nd 1987 at 11:58 pm so what ever game show was shown first on Friday in Chicago (TPIR? or was anything shown in the 10am hour?)
-Joe Kavanagh
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: clemon79 on October 02, 2003, 03:50:30 AM: [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 08:32 PM\'] Instead of making Zach do all the research, why don't you do a little bit of your own? [/quote]
1) Not having a basement full of TV Guides, I wouldn't have the first idea how to start, myself.

2) We have people here who not only know the sought-after information, but really like displaying the fact that they know it. I say, why not exploit them. :)

May 4, 1971. I'm guessing Concentration.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: TonicBH on October 02, 2003, 06:41:12 AM: 1/28/86, 3:42PM...

What was on at that time? It probably would've been something on CBS, assuming they had afternoon game shows still back then...
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Post by: Card Shark on October 02, 2003, 06:52:13 AM: I was born February 25, 1977 at 10:03 a.m. So, I guess I could have seen TPIR.
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Post by: zachhoran on October 02, 2003, 08:21:04 AM: [quote name=\'TonicBH\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 05:41 AM\'] 1/28/86, 3:42PM...

What was on at that time? It probably would've been something on CBS, assuming they had afternoon game shows still back then... [/quote]
PYL had the 4PM EST time slot on CBS at the time(though those stations that even did carry PYL often did so earlier in the day at the time). However, game shows after 11:50AM EST that day(The Showcase of TPIR, last segment of Scrabble, SUper Password and PYL on the networks, and probably a number of syndie shows in many cities) were preempted for coverage of the Challenger disaster.
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Post by: GS Warehouse on October 02, 2003, 10:50:54 AM: It was a Tuesday late-morning (10:45 CT) in 1975, so it could have been TPiR or WoF. Considering 1975 was one of the biggest GS years on record, maybe I was destined to be a GS junkie.

EDIT: After seeing the lineup archive at Curt the A's page, only one network had a game show at the 11:30 (10:30 CT) half-hour--NBC with The Hollywood Squares. (CBS countered with the soap opera Love of Life; ABC was out the competitive loop with repeats of The Brady Bunch. Oh, the humanity!)

ObAlliume: Man, was my link to his page out of date!
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: aaron sica on October 02, 2003, 12:32:57 PM: I was born on Thursday, 10/10/74, at around 10:30am, just as \"Gambit\" was starting on CBS, and \"Winning Streak\" on NBC.

Additionally, all of who you are wondering \"what was on when I was born?\" can go to Curt Alliaume's web page at www.curtalliaume.com and find his daytime lineups for the big three networks from their inception until now.
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Post by: Tim L on October 02, 2003, 12:40:56 PM: Born: Friday, December 6, 1957 11:55 PM Near as I can tell The first Game Show I could have watched was What's My Line (Sunday, 10:30 PM) though I will have to look into it more..

Tim Lones
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Post by: Robert Hutchinson on October 02, 2003, 04:06:37 PM: What, there's no one on this forum old enough to answer Winner Take All? :)

November 16, 1981, late Friday afternoon. Looks like I'm stuck with a syndie until the next week rolled around, and I could enjoy the beginning of the very last week of Las Vegas Gambit.
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Post by: BrandonFG on October 02, 2003, 05:13:00 PM: Thursday, November 18, 1982, 7:03 am.

Now, last I checked, WTKR didn't air $25,000 Pyramid or Child's Play, but I *think* Wheel was on at 10:30 am. If not, we'll just say TPiR or Wheel at 11 am.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: aaron sica on October 02, 2003, 05:31:12 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 04:13 PM\'] Thursday, November 18, 1982, 7:03 am.

Now, last I checked, WTKR didn't air $25,000 Pyramid or Child's Play, but I *think* Wheel was on at 10:30 am. If not, we'll just say TPiR or Wheel at 11 am. [/quote]
Wheel was still airing at 10:30 a.m. in November 1982....It moved to 11 am on 1/3/83, the day that game shows made a harmonious return to NBC's lineup with SoTC, Hit Man, and Just Men! all premiering.
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Post by: combsisthebest on October 02, 2003, 08:35:21 PM: This should be a little easier

6/22/89 8:23AM I am not sure what I could have watched first (I live on west coast, if that makes a difference).
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Post by: zachhoran on October 02, 2003, 08:43:09 PM: [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 04:13 PM\'] Thursday, November 18, 1982, 7:03 am.

Now, last I checked, WTKR didn't air $25,000 Pyramid or Child's Play, but I *think* Wheel was on at 10:30 am. If not, we'll just say TPiR or Wheel at 11 am. [/quote]
WOF was on at 10:30AM for part of 1982(from April 26-December 31, 1982) so you are correct.
It moved back to 11AM on Jan 3, 1983.
Title: What was the first game show you could have seen?
Post by: zachhoran on October 02, 2003, 08:45:23 PM: [quote name=\'combsisthebest\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 07:35 PM\']
6/22/89 8:23AM I am not sure what I could have watched first (I live on west coast, if that makes a difference). [/quote]
It was a Thursday. You could have seen Combs Feud and Scrabble at 9AM PST if the CBS and/or NBC stations carried those shows at the time in your area.
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Post by: PeterMarshallFan on October 02, 2003, 08:48:38 PM: 8/5/62, about 4pm. Fire away, Zach.....
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Post by: ITSBRY on October 02, 2003, 09:14:08 PM: Great discussions of late!!! :-D God, I'm so glad we left that \"other place\".

That's a hard question...I don't know if I know for sure actually. Since \"Price\" has been around for so long, my instinct is to go with that, but I don't have any specific memories of it really.

I remember seeing TJW, but I don't recall if it was from the original run or during the rerun years on USA that sparks the memory.

As a child of the 80s, the first vivid memory of a game show I have is PYL. I would play sick so I could stay home and watch it. My fondest memories of a game show though are Eubanks/Rafferty Card Sharks. I used to watch those with my gramma and great gramma when I would stay over in the summer. We all loved that show! We were Pyramid fiends too. I can remember watching the syndie Pyramid in the evenings. Pretty cool that GSN runs it in the early evenings now...brings back good feelings of the \"old days\".

ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com
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Post by: Gus on October 02, 2003, 10:33:12 PM: Thursday, January 15, 1987 at about 9:30 PM, EST, which would make it the earliest game show the next day. As per Curt Alliaume's schedule pages, that would've been either $25k Pyramid on CBS or $ale of the Century on NBC, both at 10 AM, Friday the 16.
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Post by: Thad Dixon on October 02, 2003, 10:43:22 PM: Tuesday, July 7, 1981 at 6:18pm ET.

For me, that would make it either nighttime Family Feud on WTKR or Tic Tac Dough on WAVY (they were both airing at 7pm weeknights at that time).
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Post by: SRIV94 on October 02, 2003, 11:07:06 PM: [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 01:04 PM\']I was born on a Thursday in 1960 at 8:30am, so \"Dough Re Mi\" was it for me.[/quote]
How lucky I was to find a website that could authenticate this--but for me following my birth at 11:22AM ET on November 11, 1965 (two days after the first big blackout of the Northeast) the first game show I could've watched was none other than Art Fleming and JEOPARDY!

Guess I should thank my lucky stars that DAYS OF OUR LIVES debuted three days earlier, which is the whole reason this webpage (http://\"http://hometown.aol.com/jason47/1965tvschedule.html\") even exists. :)

EDIT: Sorry I didn't think to look at Curt's site first, but Googling got me to the site referenced above. I hope Mr. A. is not offended.

Doug
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Post by: davemackey on October 05, 2003, 02:38:20 PM: \"Number Please\" with Bud Collyer should have premiered on the day I was born - Monday, January 30, 1961 - but it was pre-empted. Since I was born at 5:29 a.m., whatever show was on a NY station first would have been it. But I'm sure Mom was busy dealing with the reality of carrying twins that day - in those pre-sonogram days, she had no idea she was carrying two babies. (Robair was the extra added attraction.)
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Post by: WhammyPower on October 05, 2003, 04:05:23 PM: Tuesday, July 19, 1988...
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Post by: tomobrien on October 06, 2003, 09:14:29 AM: Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been \"Strike it Rich.\" Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on.
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Post by: clemon79 on October 06, 2003, 11:42:46 AM: [quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 06:14 AM\'] Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been "Strike it Rich." Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on. [/quote]
Which one? Warren Hull's, or Joe Garagiola's? I personally don't have a problem with the latter at all. Wasn't the BEST, but I can think of far greater crap to occupy a syndicated time slot.
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Post by: gaubster2 on October 06, 2003, 01:06:48 PM: I was born in 1971 (today actually!) and distinctly remember a \"brown\" New Price is Right...pre Big Wheel. I used to roll my blocks on the couch as a fan of Gambit and vaguely remember Concentration as well. Of course I also liked Match Game. So, my earliest memories were of Price is Right, Match Game, and Gambit. Come to think of it, I vaguely remember watching Joker's Wild as well....
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Post by: tomobrien on October 06, 2003, 11:57:56 PM: [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 10:42 AM\'][quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Oct 6 2003, 06:14 AM\'] Oh, man, this is depressing: my show would have been \"Strike it Rich.\" Had I known that, I would have gone back in for a few hours until something better came on. [/quote]
Which one? Warren Hull's, or Joe Garagiola's? I personally don't have a problem with the latter at all. Wasn't the BEST, but I can think of far greater crap to occupy a syndicated time slot.[/quote]
The Warren Hull version...the one that made \"Queen for a Day\" look classy.