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Mike Tennant

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A Column Concerning a Canadian's Countless Changes
« on: January 13, 2009, 04:48:54 PM »
Here's a piece by Noel Murray about Alex Trebek and game shows in general, complete with YouTube clips that have probably already been linked here--including Malcolm!  (No mention of the Malcolm Jackpot, however.)  I found it via Jaime Weinman's blog, which also mentions that Pitfall was rerun (at least in Canada) after Trebek hit it big with Jeopardy!

davemackey

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A Column Concerning a Canadian's Countless Changes
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 06:40:12 AM »
Didn't Channel 55 on Long Island bring back "Pitfall" about the same time it dragged out the reruns of "The $20,000 Pyramid"?

Ian Wallis

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A Column Concerning a Canadian's Countless Changes
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 11:49:41 AM »
According to a few New York Metro TVGuides I have from the fall of 1985, "Pitfall" was no where to be seen on Ch. 55's schedule.  They started airing reruns of Cullen's "Pyramid" in Sept 1985 at 12:30 PM.  A show called "We're Cooking Now" preceded it.  The rest of the day primarily consisted of sitcom reruns, cartoons and movies.
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