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WHAT'S MY LINE? (Syn./Wally Bruner, 1968-72) [2 episodes]
What does this person do for a living? The only one of the three panel show "siblings" that hasn't come back within the past ~50 years, albeit not from lack of trying. (All below taped from GSN.)
Season 2 (1969-70)
* Taped 8/28/69: GENE RAYBURN, Brenda Viccaro, Joanna Barnes, Bennett Cerf. Players: Phyllis Buckman, Jackie Willie, Gerald Ford. "Honest Answers" is played! 2002 repeat. [D-24.3 or D-32.3]
* Taped 10/16/69: Soupy Sales, Dina Merrill, Mark Russell, Arlene Francis. Players: Selita Sue Smith, Arthur Murphy, HUGH DOWNS. 2002 repeat, low audio during parts of Game 2. [D-32.4]
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WHO DO YOU TRUST? (Johnny Carson, 1957-62) [1 episode]
Low-stakes You Bet Your Life-esque game that's fun to watch. Doesn't hurt that Carson's present.
* September 9, 1958: John & Lorraine Burns (going for $2,500) vs. Carl Koffell? & Lucille Rivers, with the winners facing either Art & Pauline Wexler or Sylvia Compton? & Nicki Hishcrin?. A player gets locked in an isolation booth! Has a Contestant Plug! [D-34.6]
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (Meredith Vieira, 2002-13) [25 episodes]
Started out well, fell down with the Clock format, fell harder with the Shuffle era, and then Meredith left after Season 11. (All episodes taped from WPEC unless otherwise noted.)
Season 3 (2004-05)
* November 26, 2004: Begins with EDDIE TIMANUS (who hits on Meredith!) at $50,000. WPLG repeat from 4/1/05, with commercials. [2.4]
Season 5 (2006-07)
* September 11, 2006 (Season Premiere): Begins with Nishi St. John at $100. WSVN repeat from 9/10/07 with commercials, about 20 seconds of Nishi's interview missing. [40.5]
* March 5, 2007 (Al Roker hosts, Day 1): Begins with Pam Murray at $100. TWO contestants get embarrassed by Ask the Audience! Original commercials, not-so-good video. [21.1]
* March 6, 2007 (Al Roker hosts, Day 2): Begins with Dave Lattimer at $8,000. More embarrassing uses of Ask the Audience! Original commercials, audio/video almost nonexistent for first 13 minutes. [21.2]
* March 7, 2007 (Al Roker hosts, Day 3): Begins with Kingslea Bueltel at $25,000. A contestant insults Al while answering a question! Original commercials. [21.3]
* March 9, 2007 (Al Roker hosts, Finale): Begins with Lisa Gray at $4,000. Original commercials. [21.4]
* May 15, 2007 (Tom Bergeron hosts, Day 2): Begins with Rob Wright at $8,000. Tom reveals how he got to host the show, and the second contestant has some strange stories to tell! Original commercials, slightly grainy-but-watchable video. [31.1]
* May 18, 2007 (Tom Bergeron hosts, Finale): Begins with Valerie McFarland at $4,000. Two pretty bad players today, and Tom says goodbye after the last commercial break! Original commercials, slightly grainy-but-watchable video with some quality problems at points (a storm occurred while I was recording this). [31.4]
* June 25, 2007 (Tim Vincent hosts, Day 1): Begins with Barbee Callander at $100. Even more fun with Ask the Audience! Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [36.1]
* June 26, 2007 (Tim Vincent hosts, Day 2): Begins with Ashley Myers at $4,000. Second contestant is REALLY energetic! Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [36.2]
* June 27, 2007 (Tim Vincent hosts, Day 3): Begins with Alan Templeton (who gives Tim a vial of crude oil!) at $100. Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [36.3]
* June 28, 2007 (Tim Vincent hosts, Day 4): Begins with Pony Winterhart at $4,000. Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [36.7]
* June 29, 2007 (Tim Vincent hosts, Finale): Begins with Jen MacNeil at $4,000. Second contestant offers to give Tim pointers on how to host the show (bit late for that). Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [36.10]
Season Six (2007-08; last pre-Clock season)
* September 10, 2007 (Season Premiere): Begins with Peggy Rees at $100. Taped from WSVN with commercials, first minute or so missing. [40.4]
* September 28, 2007: Begins with Cynthia Robbins at $50,000. Original commercials, several portions (intro, first three questions or so, and end of show) missing due mainly to local Breaking News reports. [44.1]
* November 5, 2007 (Grand Giveaway, Day 1): Begins with Gabe Castellanos at $2,000. Taped Message: Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa, after which Meredith talks a bit about her time on Celebrity Millionaire. Taped from WSVN, with commercials. [49.12]
* November 6, 2007 (Grand Giveaway, Day 2): Begins with Rachel Watson at $4,000. Second contestant is REALLY bad! Taped Message: The cast of All My Children. Original commercials. [50.2]
* November 7, 2007 (Grand Giveaway, Day 3): Begins with Andre Boustani at $50,000. Taped Message: The cast of The View. Original commercials. [50.5]
* November 8, 2007 (Grand Giveaway, Day 4): Begins with Wayne Scott at $16,000. Next player wants to dispel a myth that seniors aren't that smart. Taped Message: Kelly Monaco of General Hospital. Original commercials, VERY grainy-but-watchable video (ends when the second contestant comes out) that screws up at times. [50.8]
* November 9, 2007 (Grand Giveaway, Finale): Begins with Alison McBain at $4,000. Taped Message: The Radio City Rockettes. Cast and crew celebrate the 1,000th episode with a special cake! Original commercials. [50.12]
* January 30, 2008: Begins with Julia Webb at $100. Original commercials, video screws up at times. [56.1]
* March 4, 2008 (Dave Price hosts, Day 2): Begins with Nate Jones at $2,000. Original commercials, grainy-but-watchable video that screws up at times. [56.14]
* March 5, 2008 (Dave Price hosts, Day 3): Begins with Tamiko Bell-Bacchus at $500. Dave makes fun of the seemingly un-random randomness of the 50:50 - which may be why it was ousted after this season! Original commercials, pretty grainy-but-watchable video that screws up for about 80% of the episode. [57.1]
* March 6, 2008 (Dave Price hosts, Day 4): Begins with Chris Keating at $4,000. Original commercials, slightly grainy-but-watchable video that screws up occasionally, video goes to static and makes a sound 16 times at the beginning of next-to-last segment. [57.3]
* March 7, 2008 (Dave Price hosts, Finale): Begins with Charlie Esser at $50,000. Original commercials, slightly grainy-but-watchable video that screws up occasionally. [57.5]
WINTUITION [1 clip]
Great GSN series with grade-appropriate questions and a $50,000 top payoff! And come on, it's Marc Summers!
* December 26, 2002: Matt/Shana/Kenneth. 3/20/03 repeat, ends after 5th Grade question. [34.3]
WIPEOUT (Syndication, 1988-89) [1 episode]
One of Peter Tomarken's last games before GSN launched. Lasted just a year in the States, but went on to success elsewhere.
"Returning Champs" Format
* October 31, 1988: Pamela/Lisa/Mark. WCBS repeat from 12/88 with one commercial (for syndie Win, Lose or Draw) and a Ticket Plug, low audio at times, part of Challenge Round #2 missing, ends during credits. [D-29.1]
WORDPLAY [4 episodes]
Tom Kennedy's last aired game show, basically an Oh My Word/Take My Word For It revamp with a "meatier" format.
* January 16, 1987: Stephen Furst, Roseanne Barr, Ned Beatty. Ayofemi (Day 3 - $15,750) vs. Mary. Has a Contestant Plug, first two seconds missing, slightly muffled audio. [D-26.4]
* January 26, 1987: Marc Price, LeAnne Henley, Christopher Hewitt. Barry (Day 2 - $1,075) vs. Janet. Has a "Car-Azy February" promo! Taped from WOWT with a Contestant Plug, low/muffled audio throughout. [D-26.3]
* September 2, 1987: Jimmy Aleck, Marsha Warfield, Jamie Farr. Carrie (Day 2 - $2,200) vs. Lori. Taped from WAVE, with a New Newlywed Game promo! [D-26.1]
* September 4, 1987 (Finale/"There's an audience out there!"): Jimmy Aleck, Marsha Warfield, Jamie Farr. John (REALLY stupid) vs. Elizabeth. A great way to finish out the series! Taped from some Channel 13 with two commercials, including a Scrabble promo! [D-26.2]
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