jakeseacrest
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Definately The Match Game. My sis bought me the DVD box set last Xmas. I also loved Let's Make a Deal...they did have alot of appliances as prizes.
Whats your favorite vintage game show?
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Major game-show aficianado here...
For some reason I liked the quiz-type shows, even though as a kid I couldn't answer many of the questions. Twenty-One and The $64,000 Question were before my time, but I well remember the original version of Jeopardy!. There was another show on about the same time with the unwieldy name of The Who, What or Where Game, which was even better. And in the early '70s there was one called Split Second which had great strategy and, true to its name, was incredibly fast. (And the odd bit about that was that it was produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall... and it was about as different from Let's Make a Deal as anything could ever be.) I agree that the original version of Password was the best; the game play was more straightforward, and I still like catching the reruns on GSN with the cool early-'60s set and the jazzy theme. Allen Ludden died much too young. Sigh.
Concentration was a favorite too, as was the original version of The Match Game (although I admit that the '70s revival was better). I remember watching the original version of TPIR but I don't recall much about it... I keep getting it confused in my mind with Supermarket Sweep, the original version of which was on about the same time. And, the only reason I was ever able to sit still through Lawrence Welk on Sunday night was because, if I sat still through it, I was allowed to stay up and watch To Tell The Truth next ("Mom, two of those men are *lying*! And they let them!")
Nowdays, it seems like the ones I like the most don't have very long runs. I liked 1 Versus 100 and Identity. I really liked GSN's revival of I've Got a Secret. It was great because they updated the show and they had fun with it, but they didn't mock the concept.
For some reason I liked the quiz-type shows, even though as a kid I couldn't answer many of the questions. Twenty-One and The $64,000 Question were before my time, but I well remember the original version of Jeopardy!. There was another show on about the same time with the unwieldy name of The Who, What or Where Game, which was even better. And in the early '70s there was one called Split Second which had great strategy and, true to its name, was incredibly fast. (And the odd bit about that was that it was produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall... and it was about as different from Let's Make a Deal as anything could ever be.) I agree that the original version of Password was the best; the game play was more straightforward, and I still like catching the reruns on GSN with the cool early-'60s set and the jazzy theme. Allen Ludden died much too young. Sigh.
Concentration was a favorite too, as was the original version of The Match Game (although I admit that the '70s revival was better). I remember watching the original version of TPIR but I don't recall much about it... I keep getting it confused in my mind with Supermarket Sweep, the original version of which was on about the same time. And, the only reason I was ever able to sit still through Lawrence Welk on Sunday night was because, if I sat still through it, I was allowed to stay up and watch To Tell The Truth next ("Mom, two of those men are *lying*! And they let them!")
Nowdays, it seems like the ones I like the most don't have very long runs. I liked 1 Versus 100 and Identity. I really liked GSN's revival of I've Got a Secret. It was great because they updated the show and they had fun with it, but they didn't mock the concept.
rinso: In the Central time zone, I think Concentration came on at 9:00 AM, so yes it was sometimes snooze-inducing. I remember how *quiet* the show always was -- there were no music cues or any such except between games, and the audience was always dead silent during a game. I remember being able to hear the squeaking sound that the trilons on the game board made when they rotated. It's funny how different the TV audience's standards were then. I've heard several game show fans that have seen tapes of the original version of TPIR comment on how painfully slow the game play was compared to the modern edition. It's funny because I don't remember it that way, but then again, back then I was a kid and we were lucky to get three channels -- when the TV was working and a storm hadn't come along and messed the antenna rotator up.
I don't recall Camoflage. When was it on?
I don't recall Camoflage. When was it on?
rinso
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Camoflage was on daily around lunchtime, somewhere between 1959 and 1961. The drawings the contestants looked at were large and had lots of squiggly lines on them. As they answered questions, layers of the drawing came off, making it easier to find the hidden object.
And yes, I remember the sound of the trilons quite well. They were three sided, and when matched, were rotated again to reveal part of the rebus puzzle.
And yes, I remember the sound of the trilons quite well. They were three sided, and when matched, were rotated again to reveal part of the rebus puzzle.
