Not a very good game, not a very good host (seems stiff and uncomfortable,) and a set that looks like it was made by a high school shop class on a junior high budget. But it was the 1970s. The 70s and 80s produced a plethora of pilots because daytime TV was filled with game shows, and every production company wanted theirs to be the next big hit. I've been on five game shows over the years, most recently The Price is Right (yes, I won the showcase,) but the first show I was on was a short-lived Wink Martindale show called Headline Chasers. Back then, every thought or idea could be developed into a game. Some of the game shows I've appeared on, including Headline Chasers, are uploaded to my RU-vid channel.
I was on his show in the 60s. We had a carnival and raised like $5.37. Bob Marvin is my hero
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WOW! Jake! How cool! Looking back, having grown--up around some people that didn't always have nice things to say about minorities, "Jake" from Pinwheel, and Levar Burton on Reading Rainbow, and Bill Cosby... those guys definitely played a big role in me not having some of those bad opinions I was exposed to when I was young.
I remember when QUBE cable first came to Columbus, Ohio. I also remember as a 1st grader watching the "Filippo Show" in the afternoons around 4pm on WBNS. Before he quit and switched to QUBE cable. I also remember, both my older sister's had QUBE cable in their apartments! Years, later I used to go to Ohio State University campus on the weekend, when I like 17 and hang out at the "Silver Ball" arcade on high street. When it got late and everything was closing around 1am, I would show up unannounced and uninvited. I would tell them a sad story about how the buses weren't running and I had no money for a taxi. And I was stranded. 😢 First they would yell and screen at me then they would invite. Pop olet me spend the night. After my sister would go to sleep... I would sneak downstairs to watch QUBE cable!! Great Times! 🎉😊
What’s wrong with this concept? To continue these number questions would get difficult after 10 shows. I would not envy the writers for even the Disney questions would get thin.
Mike Dann was the subject of study in a college class when I was a broadcasting major. His career in programming at CBS is documented in Les Brown's book, Televi$ion: The Business Behind The Box, which provided the text for the course. Years later, I met Mr. Dann at an event where he was keynote speaker. I was in line to ask him questions afterward. Our conversation got so much in depth that I ended up giving him a ride to the airport so we could continue talking.
The computer that polled and controlled this system was classified for its time. It was capable of polling thousands of Qube terminals in a matter of seconds. Only a few techs had access to the room it was kept in. It was a system that wAs at least 40 years before it’s time. Yes I was one of the few test customers for it test rollout. Fun times!
Hi Jon, would you be the correct person to reach out to for licensing clips from this interview, or would that be Stan Lee's estate? Thanks in advance for any info.
Sadly, or foolishly, Premium channels (10 of the 30 channels) were easy to steal. 1st gen boxes only took depressing all 5 black square 'Response' buttons at once to rig 'Premium' P1-P10 buttons [far left column of white buttons ] to appear as free 'Community' buttons [ the adjacent 10 vertical white buttons]. After Warner Qube fixed that the next ubiquitous rig that lasted 5+ years! [ and would lead to Qube's ultimate financal failure] was the outstretched paperclip pushed into the tiny hole located at the bottom of the magnetic parental key location. You'd wiggle the paperclip to short the premiums channels circuit board trace into the free 'Community' circuit board trace. It was too low of voltage/current to burn anything out. To keep the outstretched paperclip in place you'd permanently bend the opposite end around a small rubber band, which you'd stretch down and hook around any number of buttons to anchor it in place. Some people would just leave the rig permanently in place, while others kept the whole ordeal secret. I turned 12 in October 1977.
It's hard to fathom when this system introduced, there was no ESPN, CNN, MTV, and to a lesser extent, because of Pinwheel, Nickelodeon. All you really had if you were a cable subscriber was maybe HBO, WGN, and Superstation WTBS. And thanks to this system, several of the channels I previously mentioned came to be.
Truly a rollercoaster of ANYTHING, the laughs, the exaggerated acting, the uncomfortable silence all of a sudden, simply marvelous, and no I'm not joking, epic
I got to meet him in 1983 at the height of Pinwheel when I was a little boy. It was like meeting a rock star to me. He signed me an autograph but my Mom forgot to rage a photo of me with him. I rented him being really sweet and I was seriously starstruck. Glad to see he is doing well.
"Do you approve of physical force to discipline your child?" Only in self defense...because knowing my child, this will come up at some point. He will attack you.
