Make sure to watch the ones with the original host
Who you might Recognize as Richard O'Brien, AKA, the guy who wrote Rocky Horror, and Played Riff Raff in the film. Also, the best part of Crystal Maze - Watching him be super skeevy while hitting on the female contestants pretty much constantly.
Match Game was probably my favorite game show as a kid. Runner up: The Liar's Club. Similar set-up to Match Game, in that it worked so well because the comedians had most of the screen time.
Does anyone remember this show? Wikipedia says it was only on for a few months, but when I as 6 or 7 years old, I swear I watched every episode. The most striking memory was the game where they would launch people covered in velcro onto the fabric wall.
Does anyone remember this show? Wikipedia says it was only on for a few months, but when I as 6 or 7 years old, I swear I watched every episode. The most striking memory was the game where they would launch people covered in velcro onto the fabric wall.
Look at the info on the right, under broadcast. Original airing: 1991
How about the worst game show? Card Sharks was pretty lame.
I was never a big fan of Friend or Foe, which was basically The Prisoner's Dilemma: The Game. There was a minor trivia aspect to it, but it mostly came down to Prisoner's Dilemma in the end.
Off the top of my head, I do recall Classic Concentration from the late 80's-early 90's with Trebek. I even owned the home version for that matter. I was into rebus puzzles a lot back then. Another interesting show was "Now You See It" from the mid 70's, where you see the answers in a word grid, you just have to find them. It sounds like Spot-It with words but you have to know the answer THEN scan for it and point it out. (or in the case of the bonus round, you circle it)
Personally, the more memorable parts of a game show is the music, and after that definitely the host. Edd Kalehoff and Score Productions did a bunch of the Goodson-Todman game shows during the 70's and 80's, including The Price Is Right. My favorite is the booming brass (plus wah-wah pedal) that makes up the theme to Blockbusters (1980): But the host, Bill Cullen, was definitely something else; I liked his humor better than other hosts, bad jokes and all. And now, a consolation prize: our flying, crashing board game!
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Make sure to watch the ones with the original host, the second guy wasn't as good.
EDIT: Oh whoops, I completely misread your post.
Another interesting show was "Now You See It" from the mid 70's, where you see the answers in a word grid, you just have to find them. It sounds like Spot-It with words but you have to know the answer THEN scan for it and point it out. (or in the case of the bonus round, you circle it)
Personally, the more memorable parts of a game show is the music, and after that definitely the host.
Edd Kalehoff and Score Productions did a bunch of the Goodson-Todman game shows during the 70's and 80's, including The Price Is Right.
My favorite is the booming brass (plus wah-wah pedal) that makes up the theme to Blockbusters (1980):
But the host, Bill Cullen, was definitely something else; I liked his humor better than other hosts, bad jokes and all.
And now, a consolation prize: our flying, crashing board game!
a) The perverted TMNT thing.
b) Scott and Rym complaining that they need Thursday shows: Still not happened.