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Dream scenario: You are provided a VCR, TV set...and a lounger in the GSN vault. The secruity guard informs you that he needs to take a "break" for 2 hours, and is entrusting you with the vault. As soon as he walks out...you dash down the many aisles of tapes.
What do you pick?
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I would pick a random episode of TTD (from the Wink Martindale era), a random episode of Bullseye, and an episode of TPiR with the home viewer showcase back in probably 1980.
This is assuming TPiR is still in the vault, it's just that GSN can't show them..
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If I had 2 hours in that vault, here's what I would check out(in no particular order for the 1st hour):
Tne 1st BTB'76 episode
The Yolanda incident fron TPIR
The 2-part Larsen PYL episode
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An Eye Guess, a Three On A Match, and two Narz Now You See Its. :)
(I have a fascination with NYSI, because it COMPLETELY escaped my four-year-old radar in 1975. Even flippin' Spinoff didn't do that.)
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I would watch as many of these that I can find.
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Some rarities for sure:
--last episode of '76 "Break the Bank", and the actual pilot (if they have it)
--first ep. of Jeff MacGregor's "Dating Game"
--an ep. of "Fun Factory" (besides the two that have aired)
--an ep. of '70s "Treasure Hunt" with a $25,000 win
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-TTD, maybe the one where McKee breaks the all-time game show record
-$20,000 Pyramid with a win
-syndie TJW
-first season ep. of Trebek J!
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I'd go for a coupla Dennis James TPiRs, along w/2 from the Barker syndie era.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Two hours should be enough time to rent a U-haul and get a wheelbarrow. They'll never miss "Trivia Trap," "Bullseye," or "Go!" anyway...Randy, would you be persuaded to come out to Culver City to call the sweep?
Oh! You meant two hours to watch? That's a far less interesting question.
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Without commercials, I should be able to take in 3 color CBS TTTTs from the 67-68 season in one hour and one NYSI with the alt. theme, a $20KP with the 1980 carpeting, and one segment of a Robin Ward TTTT with Bill Cullen on the panel in the second hour
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I'll go for some dark era shows I still haven't seen to this day:
Barris Camouflage
Diamond Head
and two shows that are single episode faint memories:
Dealer's Choice
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and if I could time compress, I'd add Perfect Match (Enberg)
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 08:19 PM\']and if I could time compress, I'd add Perfect Match (Enberg)
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The ONLY reason I can think of to watch this is because you've never had the chance to see it and you're curious. Because I've seen it. Ho-lee.
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Since it'll be commercial-free, I presume choosing five shows will keep me in the allotted time. The five shows are:
* The 2000th episode of Jeopardy! starring Art Fleming
* The final episode of the 1964-75 run of Jeopardy!
* Any episode of the ABC run of the 1976 version of Break The Bank
* A Bill Rafferty-hosted episode of Blockbusters
* An episode of The New Treasure Hunt
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Any four Tattletales episodes in which the Winkster appeared with his wife. So everyone can see why I'm so jealous of her!
Or.....four Joker's Wild episodes hosted by a certain former Marquette University dean!
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Becky Price of the Big Board!'
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Exactly, Mr. L - in fact, a couple of those I would expect to be somewhat made ill over (especially if the Choice episode had Bob Hastings). Having the Hasbro/NBC Mating Game in my collection that I understand was based on the show, I'm curious as to how close it was...along with watching a relic.
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 04:05 AM\']Exactly, Mr. L - in fact, a couple of those I would expect to be somewhat made ill over (especially if the Choice episode had Bob Hastings). Having the Hasbro/NBC Mating Game in my collection that I understand was based on the show, I'm curious as to how close it was...along with watching a relic.
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You, sir, have a strong stomach. I will leave it at that. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 10:38 PM\'][quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 08:19 PM\']and if I could time compress, I'd add Perfect Match (Enberg)
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The ONLY reason I can think of to watch this is because you've never had the chance to see it and you're curious. Because I've seen it. Ho-lee.
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I kinda had the same feeling about Camouflage, until I saw the clip on Mike Klauss' site. Still haven't gotten over my stomach virus. :-P
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[quote name=\'Winkfan\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 12:07 AM\']Any four Tattletales episodes in which the Winkster appeared with his wife. So everyone can see why I'm so jealous of her!
Or.....four Joker's Wild episodes hosted by a certain former Marquette University dean!
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Becky Price of the Big Board!'
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I never Mr. Finn was a Dean. I always thought he was a Pat. :) :)
As for Wink, you should have seen him with Sandy a few months back on TBN.
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Might as well add my choices:
1. An episode from the 1980 TTD Senior Tournament, featuring Miss Bobbie Tremaine tap-dancing (as she had on GONG four years earlier)--you might recall the clip of her dancing in the 1987 syndie special (the name of which escapes me--five brownie points if someone can beat Horan in giving me the title [meaning you better hurry]).
2. The "Lucky Fuzzies" episode of P+ (12/24/79).
3. A 11/77 episode of GONG with Pat Paulsen, Jaye P. Morgan and Pat McCormick (Friday ep--one of two eps that week that GSN never cleared for air, but they have it because portions of which were shown on AS SEEN ON).
4. The 1975 or 1976 HSq syndie episode featuring the Marshall "Seattle Jew" blooper.
And if there's still time. . .
5. The TWISTERS pilot.
Then I'd rub the magic lamp and wish for two more hours. :)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1000 continues
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 10:38 AM\']1. An episode from the 1980 TTD Senior Tournament, featuring Miss Bobbie Tremaine tap-dancing (as she had on GONG four years earlier)--you might recall the clip of her dancing in the 1987 syndie special (the name of which escapes me--five brownie points if someone can beat Horan in giving me the title [meaning you better hurry]).
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I first stumbled upon that TTD Over 80 tournament in 1996, when I got DISH Network and GSN for the first time (ahh...what memories). It was very depressing watching that tournament because I concluded that most, if not all, of those participants had probably died by that point....And if not by that point, probably now...
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 10:38 AM\']
1. An episode from the 1980 TTD Senior Tournament, featuring Miss Bobbie Tremaine tap-dancing (as she had on GONG four years earlier)--you might recall the clip of her dancing in the 1987 syndie special
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Probably the Wink-hosted The Game SHow Biz documentary.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 09:44 AM\']I first stumbled upon that TTD Over 80 tournament in 1996, when I got DISH Network and GSN for the first time (ahh...what memories). It was very depressing watching that tournament because I concluded that most, if not all, of those participants had probably died by that point....And if not by that point, probably now...
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It is a sobering thought, but it's not that much different than watching a show with celebrities who are no longer with us, or any of the shows in B&WO. Shouldn't hamper your enjoyment.
And dang, people, Horan gave you six extra minutes. :)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1000 continues
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A lot of you seem to be picking things they've already aired. Whether you saw them the first time or not, you could probably find someone today perfectly willing to help you live your dream right now.
I'd immediately go to the shelf marked "pilots". My hope is that for every one of the Bob Stewart or Chuck Barris "turkeys" that they HAVE aired (Riddlers and the like) they have others that were so bad or so dull that they didn't bother. I've given up hopes of them having G-T pilots but there are still a few things -- including a couple of Cullen efforts -- I still haven't been able to locate.
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My plan in the vault:
1) Get my hands on a master catalog of the full contents of the vault.
2) Read the catalog to determine what they have that would truly be an interesting rarity. (Odds are, this will involve visits to the pilot and pre-1970 collections.)
3) Watch said rarities.
4) Get out paper and pen, and take notes as to the catalog contents, in order to resolve certain questions about GSN holdings.
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Did GSN ever air the Stewart pilot of Caught In The Act - with the "capture the celebs" format?
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 06:37 PM\']Did GSN ever air the Stewart pilot of Caught In The Act - with the "capture the celebs" format?
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They've not aired either of the Caught in the Act pilots.