Friday, March 6, 2009

Even more 80's game shows...

Wipeout: It aired for just one season in 1988. I should have loved this show - it had Peter Tomarken (the greatest game show host ever), it had a fun bonus round, and it just looked cool. But I rarely watched it. Click on the picture to see a clip that featured Maggie Brown as a contestant. The strange thing about this - Maggie Brown was also a contestant on the first episode of Second Chance (the predecessor to Peter Tomarken's Press Your Luck). Game show casting agents must have really loved her.

$ale Of The Century: The 80's daytime version of the show (the longest US run for this series) aired from 1983 - 1989 on NBC. I was never really a fan, as it just wasn't as exciting as some of the other game shows on opposite it. The best thing to come out of this show was the entertaining sequel Temptation in 2007. I didn't really like that at first either, but eventually it grew on me. And when that happened, naturally, it was cancelled.

Win, Lose Or Draw: Aired from 1987 - 1990 on NBC and in syndication. The game show couldn't have had better timing - it aired at the same time that this was a huge game to play at parties and family gatherings.

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