Dawson Family Feud

[adamjk]

When the original Family Feud with Richard Dawson aired its' 2000th episode, was anything special done for the occasion?

[aaron sica]

I could swear one of the episodes deviated from normal gameplay in which they either played an abbreviated game or wound up not playing the game at all. Was this the episode?

[whewfan]

I could swear one of the episodes deviated from normal gameplay in which they either played an abbreviated game or wound up not playing the game at all. Was this the episode?

I know one of Dawson's birthday eps. was abbreviated. At the time, Richard's son Mark was residing in England, and Richard hadn't seen him in a while. Well, Howard made arrangements to fly Mark to LA to surprise Richard. (This was sometime between '78-'79)

The intro had Cathy and Gary standing at one podium, with the other family at the other podium. Richard, of course, doesn't know what's going on, and asks. Gary wishes his father a happy birthday, and then the door slides open and Mark comes out. Richard was so overcome with emotion, he looks at Howard and said "I'm sorry, I cannot do the show now", and took up a lot of time to thank his staff and explain what was going on. As a result, they played 2 regular rounds and 2 Fast Money rounds. Both families were of course brought back on the next show since a regular game couldn't be played.

[ChuckNet]

When the original Family Feud with Richard Dawson aired its' 2000th episode, was anything special done for the occasion?

Mark Goodson appeared via videotape and read one of his bad poems.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[AH3RD]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Oct 7 2004, 06:24 PM\']

When the original Family Feud with Richard Dawson aired its' 2000th episode, was anything special done for the occasion?

Mark Goodson appeared via videotape and read one of his bad poems.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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Also, the dot-matrix Family Feud sign read "HAPPY 2000" instead of "FAMILY FEUD."

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'AH3RD\' date=\'Oct 8 2004, 11:42 AM\']Also, the dot-matrix Family Feud sign read "HAPPY 2000" instead of "FAMILY FEUD."

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Unless I'm mistaken, isn't it Ferranti-Packer?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 8 2004, 08:46 AM\'][quote name=\'AH3RD\' date=\'Oct 8 2004, 11:42 AM\']Also, the dot-matrix Family Feud sign read "HAPPY 2000" instead of "FAMILY FEUD."

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Unless I'm mistaken, isn't it Ferranti-Packer?

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Depends on how much you want to show off, I think. Two ways of describing the same thing, ultimately. One's just being game-show-geek technical, and the other gets the point across. Nothing WRONG with being a game-show-geek, mind you, we're in good company.

[AH3RD]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 8 2004, 10:46 AM\']Unless I'm mistaken, isn't it Ferranti-Packer?

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Thanx, Aaron. Wasn't sure about that.

Dawson commented on and praised his staff and said "95% of what you watch, they're responsible for, and I love 'em all." I guess it's obvious who made up the remaining 5%, isn't it?

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'AH3RD\' date=\'Oct 15 2004, 08:30 AM\']I guess it's obvious who made up the remaining 5%, isn't it?
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Yep.

The contestants.