Bullseye
DeacBoy98
of info on the gameshow of the early '80's called Bullseye? I barely remember
it and it's driving me crazy to find out more about it.
THANKS!
Casey
DeacBoy98
at Deac...@aol.com
Thanks millions.
casey
ROBDON33
champion and a challenger. Eight different categories are used (four in the
top two windows), with dollar amounts ranging from $100 to $400 (later
changed). The bottom window is the contract window, with numbers ranging from
1 to 4 plus a bullseye. The players stops the wheel by hitting a plunger,
selects a category and has to answer a certain amount of questions to win the
money. Each correct answer adds money to the pot and whoever completes the
contract first can take the money and give up his/her turn or keep the money in
the pot and spin again. The first to reach $1000 (later $2000) won the game
and played the bonus game.
Jeremy Rogers
> Does anyone have ANY info whatsoever (rules, wav, pic, clip) or ANY other bit
> of info on the gameshow of the early '80's called Bullseye? I barely remember
> it and it's driving me crazy to find out more about it.
Darts. Jim Bowen. Super. Keep out of the black and in the red,
there's nothing in this game for two in a bed. Smashing. Listen to
Tony. Great. One hundred and one with three darts. That's the gamble.
Look at what you could have won. There's nothing like a bit of Bully.
[Of course you might have meant a show with the same name from a
different country with a different format.]
Jez
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| Bullseye was sort of played like The Joker's Wild. Two players
| compete...a champion and a challenger. Eight different categories
| are used (four in the top two windows), with dollar amounts ranging
| from $100 to $400 (later changed).
Correction: originally it was $50 to $200, then changed to $100 to
$400. This change was made at the same time as the $1000 to $2000
change.
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In article <199811191...@zetnet.co.uk>, Jeremy Rogers
<jeremy...@zetnet.co.uk> writes:
>Darts. Jim Bowen. Super. Keep out of the black and in the red,
>there's nothing in this game for two in a bed. Smashing. Listen to
>Tony. Great. One hundred and one with three darts. That's the gamble.
>Look at what you could have won. There's nothing like a bit of Bully.
>
>[Of course you might have meant a show with the same name from a
>different country with a different format.]
>
Actually, he DID. He was referring to a show with the same name from right
here in the U.S. of A. with a COMPLETELY different format. It worked as thus:
Two contestants competed, one was a returning champion and the other a
challenger. There were three windows like on TJW EXCEPT the third one was
below the first two. Each of the top two windows had four categories inside
for a total of 8, and the bottom one had numbers ranging from 1 to 5 plus a
Bullseye; those determined how many questions the player would have to answer
in the category they selected; if the Bullseye appeared, they could answer as
many questions as they wanted to. BTW, in each of the top two windows, not
only would a category appear when the player hit his/her plunger, but also a
dollar amount which ranged from $50 to $200 (later changed to $100 to $400);
THAT determined how much each question in the category that appeared with it
would be added to a pot, the money in which the player could take once all the
questions they had to answer were answered (if they did that, though, control
went to their opponent) OR they could leave the money in the pot and take
another turn. The first player to take $1,000 (later $2,000) out of the pot
won the game and played the bonus game.
The bonus game worked as thus: The three windows now had varying amounts of
money in them, as well as Bullseyes. One window also had a bolt of lightning
which ended the game immediately if it was hit. If a Bullseye appeared, the
contestant could either freeze that window OR leave it open (in the second
season, windows were automatically frozen once Bullseyes appeared in them).
After each spin, the contestant could stop and take all the money they made up
to that point OR they could spin again, but if they got three Bullseyes prior
to getting struck by Lightning, they won a prize package plus double the money
in the pot. They could also win by spinning ten times (later reduced to 7)
without hitting the lightning bolt; THAT awarded the prizes plus $5,000 in
cash. As on virtually all Barry & Enright shows of the 80's, a five-time
winner received a new car and remained on the show until defeated.
Chris M. Dickson
<jeremy...@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>Darts. Jim Bowen. Super. Keep out of the black and in the red,
>there's nothing in this game for two in a bed. Smashing. Listen to
>Tony. Great. One hundred and one with three darts. That's the gamble.
Six. :-)
>Look at what you could have won. There's nothing like a bit of Bully.
Lovely. You can't beat a bit of Bully!
Incidentally, did Chatsworth Television ever have anything to do with
Bullseye? I'm sure they cropped up on at least some of the end credits
during some of the earliest series of the show, but it could well be my
mind playing tricks on me.
...and Bully's SPEcial prIIIIIIIze...
Chris
PS What are the chances of there existing another contemporaneous game
show from a different English-speaking country called Bullseye which has
no connection at all to either the UK or US versions?
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control of the board over to his/her opponent, he/she keeps the money
regardless of the outcome of the game.
Jeremy Rogers
> Actually, he DID. He was referring to a show with the same name from right
> here in the U.S. of A. with a COMPLETELY different format.
There was nothing in the post to indicate the country of interest.
Jez
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Jeremy Rogers
from "Chris M. Dickson" <ch...@dickson.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
> In article <199811191...@zetnet.co.uk>, Jeremy Rogers
> <jeremy...@zetnet.co.uk> writes
> >Darts. Jim Bowen. Super. Keep out of the black and in the red,
> >there's nothing in this game for two in a bed. Smashing. Listen to
> >Tony. Great. One hundred and one with three darts. That's the gamble.
> ^^^^^
> Six. :-)
Three each :)
> >Look at what you could have won. There's nothing like a bit of Bully.
> Lovely. You can't beat a bit of Bully!
> Incidentally, did Chatsworth Television ever have anything to do with
> Bullseye? I'm sure they cropped up on at least some of the end credits
> during some of the earliest series of the show, but it could well be my
> mind playing tricks on me.
I can only clearly remember the mysterious Phi Television which it
was produced in association with, but I also have a hunch that Chatsworth
might also have some kind of involvement as well. Of course the first
series was made by ATV.
Jez
--
William S. Davis
>
> Bullseye was sort of played like The Joker's Wild.
Not surprising considering it was a Barry/Enright production. :)
> Two players compete...a
> champion and a challenger. Eight different categories are used (four in the
> top two windows), with dollar amounts ranging from $100 to $400 (later
> changed). The bottom window is the contract window, with numbers ranging from
> 1 to 4 plus a bullseye.
Actually the contract window could be anything between 1 and 5. Thus,
it was theoretically possible for someone (and I think it may have
happened on at least one occasion) to start the game by spinning a
contract of 5 $200 ($400) questions which when completed would end the
game.
> The players stops the wheel by hitting a plunger,
> selects a category and has to answer a certain amount of questions to win the
> money.
I should add here -- that if the "Bullseye" came up in the contract
window, the player had an open-ended contract, i.e., he would have the
option after each question whether to stop and end it, or to go on and
risk missing the question.
> Each correct answer adds money to the pot....
but an incorrect answer or no answer turned control of the contract to
the opponent, who then had to complete it. Of course, if he missed a
question, the control would return to the first player.
> and whoever completes the
> contract first can take the money and give up his/her turn or keep the money in
> the pot and spin again.
As mentioned in another post, once you "banked" your winnings, it was
yours to take home.
> The first to reach $1000 (later $2000) won the game
> and played the bonus game.
Since the bonus game hasn't been described yet, here it is...
The champion has to "Beat the Lightning" as it were. The windows are
loaded with money and bullseyes (but one window has lightning). They
spin the windows until the plunger is hit, then the windows reveal in
turn. If money appears, it's added to the total, but if a Bullseye
appears you can freeze that window for the rest of the game. Spinning
continues until either:
1) You get three Bullseyes total -- wins prize package and
accumulated money.
2) You get three Bullseyes in the same spin -- prizes and $5000.
3) You complete 10 spins without hitting Lightning -- prizes and
money.
4) You decide to quit (which you are allowed to do at any time) --
the money.
or 5) You hit the dreaded Lightning -- we all know what happens then.
Hope this helps to clear things up...
Bill Davis
wsd...@voyager.net
ROBDON33
to 4 questions then it later became 1 to 5...probably when the show moved out
of NBC Studios in Burbank to CBS Television City in Los Angeles (yes, Bullseye
was taped at Studio 33).
Djcorydude
However, they were given 3 answers to every single question. Very often, when
the 1st celebrity missed the question, the other one took a random 50/50
chance to answer it correctly. So much for Frank Burns' knowledge of geology.
:-)
DJC
XKsyXTnnyX
Which would later be the Bob Barker Studios :)
John Sergent
XKsyXTnnyX wrote:
Which reminds me: how many games named "Bullseye" has that studio seen? I can
think of at least four, are there others?
John Sergent
Zach Horan wrote:
> >Which reminds me: how many games named "Bullseye" has that studio seen? I
> >can
> >think of at least four, are there others?
> >
> >
>
> Family Feud Challenge/1992-95 bonus round, TPIR Pricing Game, early TPIR game
> with two players a la Clock Game, and of course the Jim Lange show.
Yep, I should have listed them originally. Any others?
Djcorydude
Johnny Carson came down the hall once to say how he liked te set. It later
moved to CBS' studio.
"...hopin' everything you're going for hits that BULLSEYE..." :-)
XKsyXTnnyX
>from 1
>> >to 4 questions then it later became 1 to 5...probably when the show moved
>out
>> >of NBC Studios in Burbank to CBS Television City in Los Angeles (yes,
>> >Bullseye
>> >was taped at Studio 33).
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> Which would later be the Bob Barker Studios :)
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>can
>think of at least four, are there others?
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Well, there's a pricing game named Bullseye, there was a Bullseye game on Combs
FF, which was taped in that studio, and the B&E Game Show Bullseye, as far as I
know.