Bumping this for BIG news: Sale of the Century is coming to GSN!!! And no, it's not an early April fool's joke despite the premiere date.

http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-acquires-new-series-sale-century-and-new-episodes-press-your-luck-launch-april-1

WHOA, I NEVER expected this to happen at ALL, given how it was said for years that the rights were too expensive for it to make it to GSN. Talk about Hell freezing over. Adding Scrabble would just be icing on the cake.

Also: YAY! Super Password is back!

ETA: NEW episodes of Press Your Luck? Are there 80s episodes they've never aired?

Edited March 23, 201312 yr by MissLlanviewPA

GSN, as far as I know, has always cycled only a portion of PYL's episodes. Originally, the Michael Larsen episodes weren't reran as part of the package, but they eventually rotated them in. I can remember back in 2000-2001 that it was another show that everyone said GSN would *never* air because of rights issues, then it ended up being picked up (along with $1.98 Beauty Show -- let's revive THAT [!@#$%^&*] immediately!).

There are other shows that they've only aired partially for one reason or another. The 80s Pyramids for sure (25K at least).

Carl, I'd love some direction toward some old UK game shows! I've only ever really watched Family Fortunes, mainly because they'd show so many clips of it in those awesome compilation specials that were constantly on TV a few years ago.

Also: YAY! Super Password is back!

Super Password (and Password Plus) has been back since last April, actually. They just acquired more episodes.

Edited March 23, 201312 yr by DAYSfreak1987

This channel has a number of episodes of UK game shows. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb_70B1nwAo

Super Password (and Password Plus) has been back since last April, actually. They just acquired more episodes.

They have? What time are they on, now? I haven't seen them in a long time.

Password Plus is on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9 am ET. SuperPassword is on during the week at 11 am ET.

I have set my DVR for Sale Of The Century. I use to watch it when it was on the air back in the day. I have been watching Press Your Luck and Super Password. It will be nice to see some fresh episodes from those two.

I wish they would get some more Dick Clark Pyramid shows. It seems like every week I see the same old episodes with Charlie Seibert, Nipsey Russell or Earl Holliman. They made a career out of just doing these shows.

Speaking of Pyramid, how many of you have seen these?

Part 1 of 9:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx2J8KHbA3k

October 1974 TV Radio Mirror

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I like the picture of the classic Pyramid set. In my opinion, the main reason why the Donny Osmond version failed was because the set looked so radically different.

Match Game 98--a weird incident where a certain answer had to be bleeped completely--even though it was a match all around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JenbnP1RBv0

One of 5 pilots done for Match Game 90, this one hosted by Bert Convy. He didn't wind up hosting the show due to his developing a brain tumor (Seattle-based comedian Ross Shafer wound up with the job--there's actually some interesting stuff on him if you want me to post it here), but he wound dying AFTER the show was already cancelled in the summer of 1991.

This includes the infamous "bobbing for balls" incident with Teri Copley.

Trivia: the Michelle in this episode is the same one from the last episode of Super Password, also hosted by Convy.

I always liked this version of Match Game. It should've lasted longer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4fQZC3U3zw

Edited April 21, 201312 yr by MissLlanviewPA

The final episode of Super Password, as referenced above:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CrnK8dJfZw

Somebody actually won $100,000 on TPIR last week playing Pay the Rent (one of the show's newest and most difficult pricing games). This was the first time Pay the Rent was ever won.

 

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Edited April 28, 201312 yr by Max

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