[GS LIST] Game Show Origins Revision 2.0
flea
> Family Feud (various 1990 episodes)
> The Joker's Wild (9/14/90 episode)
> The Price Is Right (various episodes)
> Quiz Kids' Challenge (9/14/90 episode)
> Tic Tac Dough (9/14/90 episode)
> WVEC 13 (???, Norfolk, VA)
> Celebrity Jeopardy! (1993-94 tournament)
> Celebrity Jeopardy! (1994-95 tournament)
> Match Game '90 (various episodes)
> Trump Card (Karen/Brian/Jeff w/bonus win)
> Trump Card (all final week shows but Tues.)
> The Challengers (7/3/91 episode)
> The Challengers (7/5/91 episode)
>
These came from me (except J! & MG '90), so I should tell you that WTKR Channel 3
is a CBS affiliate, and WVEC Channel 13 is an ABC affiliate. I also have one
addition: 50 Grand Slam premiere, KNBC 4 Los Angeles.
Paul "The Flea"
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JFabiano77
compiled by James Fabiano
Created 11/11/1998
Last Updated 11/25/1998
<< INTRODUCTION >>
I originally got the idea for this list from an old thread on
alt.tv.game-shows where someone asked if certain game show episodes on the
trading circuit came from Game Show Network. Somehow, the discussion went from
just asking about GSN to asking where the many copies of original broadcasts
came from, and we started naming stations mentioned on the tapes (by
commercials, station IDs, etc.). So I thought it would be a good idea to start
a list for the newsgroup that names the known origins of shows in our tape
collections, especially the ones that came from networks, independent channels,
studio masters, or cable reruns.
The list is arranged by station call letters, each of which contains the
names of the shows along with any notable facts about the episode(s). I mostly
want to classify the non-GSN tapes we have, but if GSN reruns come from a
notable occasion (a special marathon, a Wide World of Games, etc.) I may want
to mention that. I will also accept origins for audio-only tapes and cable
reruns.
Any comments, suggestions, additions, and/or corrections can be made to
either JFabi...@aol.com, Rutge...@aol.com or jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu. If
you wish to include the list on your website, just ask!
<< KEY>>
CALL LETTERS Station Number (Affiliation, City/State/Region)
Show Name (facts on episode)
<<THE GAME SHOW ORIGINS>>
CHCH 11 (Indy, Hamilton, Ont.)
Hollywood Squares (random episode with Phyllis Diller in CS)
Super Pay Cards (various episodes)
CITY 57 (Toronto)
Dating Game (1987 episode, Nancy Renee first contestant)
Press Your Luck (1985 episode with Add-a-One's debut)
KABC 7 (ABC, Los Angeles)
Split Second (1975 finale)
KCMO ?? (???, Kansas City)
It's Your Bet (3/29/71 episode, audio only)
KCPQ 13 (FOX, Seattle)
Card Sharks (1989 episode w/Chippendales panel)
Family Feud (1989 Young and the Restless vs. Bold and the Beautiful
episode)
KDFW 4 (CBS, Dallas-Fort Worth)
Family Feud (second Ray Combs episode)
KGLO ?? (CBS, Mason City, Iowa)
Spin-Off (Labor Day 1975 episode, audio only)
KING 5 (NBC, Seattle)
Classic Concentration (1989 "Love Week" episode)
Classic Concentration (1989 ToC episode)
Sale of the Century (1989 "Brides' Week" episode)
Scrabble (1989 "Love Week" episode)
Super Password (1989 episode w/Betty White and McLean Stevenson)
KIRO 7 (CBS, Seattle)
The Price is Right (1989 perfect show episode)
KNBC 4 (NBC, Los Angeles)
$100,000 Name That Tune (2/23/78 episode)
Las Vegas Gambit (premiere)
The New Battlestars (premiere)
To Say the Least (2/23/78 episode)
KNXT/KCBS 2 (CBS, Los Angeles)
$25,000 Pyramid (sole Bill Cullen episode in collections)
Press Your Luck (Michael Larsen episode)
KOMO 4 (ABC, Seattle)
Family Feud (1988 - Funny Men vs. Funny Women)
Family Feud (1989 episode w/ Ray Combs silly questions)
KPIX 5 (CBS, San Fransisco)
Press Your Luck (premiere)
KRON 4 (NBC, San Francisco)
Hitman (TV commercials/W.R. Hearst)
Hitman (American Bandstand/Custer's Last Stand)
Hitman (Marlon Brando/U.S. Presidents)
Hitman (final episode)
Sale of the Century (typical episode with Lee Menning)
Scrabble (1984 premiere)
KTVE 10 (NBC, Monroe, Louisiana/El Dorado, Ark.)
Wheel of Fortune (1983 daytime episode from Mother's Day week)
Wheel of Fortune (1983 Teen Week daytime episode, features weather warning)
KXAS ?? (NBC, Fort Worth, TX)
High Rollers (Wink Martindale premiere)
Scrabble (finale)
KYW 3 (NBC, Philadelphia)
$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime (random second season episode)
STUDIO MASTERS
$20,000 Pyramid (finale)
Double Dare (1976 episode with "The Devil" spoiler category)
Match Game 79 (David Doyle, BS, CNR, Loretta Swit, ???, FF; features slate,
ticket plug, and stage directions in opening)
USA (National cable network)
Press Your Luck ($0-$0-$0 tie)
WABC 7 (ABC, New York)
$20,000 Pyramid (finale)
WAVE ?? (NBC, Louisville)
$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime (first $1M win)
WBNX 55 (Indy, Cleveland-Akron)
Crosswits (David Sparks run; game show hosts episode)
WCBS 2 (CBS, New York)
$10,000 Pyramid (sole episode in our collections)
Family Feud (first Ray Combs episode)
The Price is Right (Johnny Olson's last episode)
WDAF 4 (NBC, Kansas City)
Sale of the Century (episode the day after the Lee Menning episode
from KRON)
WDBJ 7 (CBS, Roanoke, VA)
Blackout (various episodes)
Family Feud (various 1988 episodes)
WHLL ?? (Indy, Worcester, MA)
Match Game '90 (premiere OB)
WIVB 4 (CBS, Buffalo, NY)
Press Your Luck (Michael Larsen episode)
Press Your Luck (Michael Larsen episode)
WJW 8 (CBS, Cleveland)
Press Your Luck (2/28/85 episode with Rod Roddy Poem)
Press Your Luck (with Mabel's $0 win)
WKYC 43 (NBC, Cleveland)
Wordplay (finale)
WNBC 4 (NBC, New York)
Battlestars (last ep. of original run)
Celebrity Hot Potato (premiere)
Celebrity Hot Potato (finale)
Chain Reaction (Bill Cullen, Finale)
Dream House (Bob Eubanks, premiere)
High Rollers (Alex Trebek, Finale)
Hollywood Squares (1976 syndie episode)
Hollywood Squares (1976 syndie episode)
Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall run finale)
Las Vegas Gambit (premiere)
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (premiere)
The New Battlestars (premiere)
The New Battlestars (finale)
Ruckus (I'm pretty sure there were a few episodes out there before
the GSN run, and if so, they all came from WNBC because it was a
local show)
Wheel of Fortune (Chuck Woolery hosted episode)
WOR 9 (Indy, Secaucus, NJ/NYC)
The Joker's Wild (Bill Cullen's first episode)
The Joker's Wild (finale)
Tic Tac Dough (7th season premiere)
Tic Tac Dough (finale)
WPTV 5 (NBC, West Palm Beach)
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (Arsenio Hall, Chuck Woolery,
McLean Stevenson, etc. Also features Scrabble promo)
WROC ?? (NBC, Rochester, NY)
Truth or Consequences (1987 episode, begins with Sherlock Holmes
stunt)
Yahtzee (all known episodes on trading circuit)
WSB ?? (ABC, Atlanta)
All-Star Blitz (Peter Scolari, etc.)
WSLS 10 (NBC, Roanoke, VA)
Wordplay (various episodes)
WSVN 7 (NBC, Miami)
Card Sharks (Jim Perry run finale)
WTAE ?? (ABC, Pittsburgh)
What's My Line? (1973 episode)
WTAF 29 (Indy, Philadephia)
Your Number's Up (premiere)
WTHR ?? (NBC, Indianapolis)
Wordplay (premiere)
WTKR 3 (???, Norfolk, VA)
Family Feud (various 1990 episodes)
The Joker's Wild (9/14/90 episode)
The Price Is Right (various episodes)
Quiz Kids' Challenge (9/14/90 episode)
Tic Tac Dough (9/14/90 episode)
WTOL 11 (CBS, Toledo)
Blackout (finale)
WTVA 9 (NBC, Mississippi)
Password Plus (finale)
WTVJ 4 (CBS, Miami)
Card Sharks (1988 episode with two car wins)
WUAB 43 (Indy, Lorain-Cleveland)
$50,000 Pyramid (details unknown)
WVEC 13 (???, Norfolk, VA)
Celebrity Jeopardy! (1993-94 tournament)
Celebrity Jeopardy! (1994-95 tournament)
Match Game '90 (various episodes)
Trump Card (Karen/Brian/Jeff w/bonus win)
Trump Card (all final week shows but Tues.)
The Challengers (7/3/91 episode)
The Challengers (7/5/91 episode)
WXII 12 (NCB, Winston-Salem)
Wordplay (various episodes)
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circuit that originated from MASTER copies??
Here's a few to start with:
WHEW! (final episode)
BLANKETY BLANKS (premiere)
THREE ON A MATCH (3/15/73 ep)
CROSS WITS (11/24/75 ep)
YOU DON'T SAY (10/31/75 ep)
CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES (pilot)
WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (pilot - filmed)
THE BIG SHOWDOWN (both the pilot and the famous falldown eps)
T. Jay
You can't spell Enright without the word RIG!!!
Jeremy Soria
>Anybody wish to start a definitive listing of all gs's in the trading
>circuit that originated from MASTER copies??
>
>Here's a few to start with:
>
>WHEW! (final episode)
>BLANKETY BLANKS (premiere)
>THREE ON A MATCH (3/15/73 ep)
>CROSS WITS (11/24/75 ep)
>YOU DON'T SAY (10/31/75 ep)
>CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES (pilot)
>WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (pilot - filmed)
>THE BIG SHOWDOWN (both the pilot and the famous falldown eps)
MATCH GAME '79 (3/16/79 ep: From Charlie's Angels - David Doyle, BS, CNR, From
M*A*S*H - Loretta Swit, Scoey Mitchell, and FF *clap clap clap clap clap* and FF
*clap clap clap clap clap* and FF *clap clap clap clap clap* and FF *clap clap
clap clap clap*)
- Jeremy If you think Reggie White is a jackass, gimme a HELL YEAH~!
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Chuck Donegan
>
> Anybody wish to start a definitive listing of all gs's in the trading
> circuit that originated from MASTER copies??
>
> Here's a few to start with:
>
> WHEW! (final episode)
> BLANKETY BLANKS (premiere)
> THREE ON A MATCH (3/15/73 ep)
> CROSS WITS (11/24/75 ep)
> YOU DON'T SAY (10/31/75 ep)
> CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES (pilot)
> WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (pilot - filmed)
> THE BIG SHOWDOWN (both the pilot and the famous falldown eps)
And here's all the SMs from my collection which haven't been mentioned:
BLOCKBUSTERS (Cullen premiere, taped 10/25/80)
BREAK THE BANK (Barry premiere, taped 7/17/76)
BULLSEYE (Premiere, taped 7/15/80)
CARD SHARKS (Perry premiere, taped 4/13/78)
EVERY SECOND COUNTS (1985 ep, taped 3/1/85)
GIVE 'N TAKE (taped 9/19/75)
THE GONG SHOW (Gary Owens premiere, taped 8/1/76)
THE HOLLYWOOD GAME (Peter Allen pilot, taped 5/14/91)
HOLLYWOOD'S TALKING (Premiere, taped 3/18/73)
JACKPOT! (The 1974 ep w/the $38,750 Super Jackpot win)
LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT (Pilot, taped 12/20/85)
MATCH GAME (Syndie premiere, taped 6/30/79)
TPIR:
2nd ep (taped 8/21/72)
3rd ep (taped 8/26/72)
4th ep (taped 8/20/72)
5th ep (taped 8/21/72)
First hour-long ep (taped 10/20/75)
Syndie finale (taped 2/12/80)
25th Anniversary Special (taped 7/24/96)
Dennis James' last(?) ep (taped 3/2/76)
THE $20,000 PYRAMID:
JoAnne Worley & Tony Randall (taped 6/25/76)
Rita Moreno & Robert Walden (taped 6/25/78)
Didi Conn & Bart Braverman (taped 8/15/79)
Terry Davis & Daryl Anderson (taped 8/22/79)
That "Junior Partner Pyramid" ep (taped 9/15/79)
TATTLETALES: Two eps w/Patty Duke Astin & John Astin, Scoey Mitchlll,
and Miti McCall and Charlie Brill (taped 6/7/74)
TTTT: Robin Ward ep w/John Wade, Susan Lucci, Bill Cullen, and Polly
Bergen (taped 7/31/80)
THE NEW TREASURE HUNT (Premiere, taped 8/12/73)
WIPEOUT (Pilot, taped 9/2/87)
Unsold pilots:
GET RICH QUICK (taped 10/30/77)
KING OF THE HILL (taped 2/7/75)
LUCKY NUMBERS (2 pilots, taped 5/18/85)
M'AMA, NON M'AMA (2 pilots, taped 12/7/84)
NOW YOU SEE IT (Pilot #2, taped 10/19/85)
TALKING PICTURES (taped 2/25/68)
TEMPTATION (taped 8/15/81)
TOP SECRET (Pilot #3, taped 3/4/88)
YOU BET YOUR LIFE (Pilot #3, taped 8/3/88)
Yeah, I know it's not much...<VBG>
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")