From what I was able to research, the show was created in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1960s and was syndicated to other markets. In 1971, a program manager bought the Canadian rights to the show so they could air a Canadian version that featured our 5-pin bowling. So there was a Canadian version of the show, and those are the episodes I am sharing. If these episodes were American they would be bowling 10-pin since 5-pin only exists in Canada.
You are right Bert Claster developed the show in Baltimore. Originally it was called "The bowling bank.. because duckpins were more popular in Baltimore and the surrounding area compared to tenpins. That's what they bowl. Around 1967.8 they changed the name to "Duckpins and Dollars " as duckpins started to die off in the early 70s they converted 1 lane to tenpins and changed the name to "Bowling for Dollars " they had the lanes right in the studio Bert Claster then franchised the show to other markets. His wife Nancy Created the kids show " Romper Room" and it was franchised around the world
@@jerrybouchelle3718 wow thank you for sharing. I had no idea there was a duckpin version. That game is still popular in Canada, but mostly just in Quebec. Further out east we also have a game called Candlepin that is very popular out there. It's kind of like 10 pin but with a 5 pin ball. It's really fun. I didn't like duckpin as much, and that game seems to be very common to release the ball backwards, but I just rolled the ball the same as I do in 5pin.
@@C5PBN i might be wrong but i think Canadian duckpin is rubberband duckpins Maryland duckpins and other states don't have the rubberband the used to have rubberband duckpins in around Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
3 balls a frame. Strike, spare and complete or open when left standing. I can't remember the scoring bits along the lines of 10 pin except head pin is 3, 2 pins are 2 and back 2 are 1 points each. I think. My apologies if I'm wrong. Better game to play than watch.
Headpin (center) worth 5. Middle ones 3. Corner ones 2. 15 points total. Spare is 15 plus next ball (possible 30). Strike is 15 plus next 2 balls (possible 45). Perfect game 12 strikes is 450.
Really small quibble: The sound effect at the start of these videos is of a 10-pin splash. Any chance of finding a (maybe hopped up) version of a 5-pin splash?
It looks like an interesting game, but if the best you can get on your RU-vid site is 124 subscribers, I don't see it being back on tv any time soon. Sorry, but I do like the concept.
Miss the sound of the wooden 5 pins, our place used them until 1998 , I was told they were made in Ontario some where but in 1999 they were all made by Mendez Super 5 , synthetic pins
