FINALLY!!! -- A *FULL, UNINTERRUPTED, UNCUT NYC broadcast* of _"Bowling For Dollars"!!!_ THANK you, Steve, for sharing your memories with us, and providing some sweet memories for us in the process!
My pleasure, wish I had more of these. My Uncle was on the show as well, I was at that taping but I don’t think that one exists. But thanks again, much appreciated.
Larry Kenny hosted this show before he became the voice of Lion-O in the animated series “Thundercats” in the 1980’s. “Bowling For Dollars” ran on WOR-TV (channel 9) from the mid 70’s right up until 1979. Other stations elsewhere carried their own version of “Bowling For Dollars” in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and other cities.
Nick Perry hosted the PIttsburgh Bowling for Dollars in the 70s, but in 1980 he got busted for rigging the PA Lottery, and Bowling for Dollars ended soon after that in Pittsburgh.
Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn hosted the Los Angeles version of Bowling for Dollars from 1972 to 76 on KTLA Channel 5, which originated from their Golden West Studios. The final months on KTLA were emceed by Jim Lange. After the Lakers games moved to KHJ-TV Channel 9, Bowling For Dollars returned with Hearn as host. Running from 1978 to 79, it originated from the Grand Central Bowl in Glendale, CA.
@@thetalkingarchive4795 There were two versions of Bowling for Dollars in the DC area, the first was on WDCA Channel 20 hosted by Don Scott, either produced at a Bowl America in Arlington or Brunswick River Bowl, the second was on WTTG Channel 5 hosted by Johnny Holiday from River Bowl.
@@thetalkingarchive4795 "Bowling for Dollars" in the LA / Orange County Version hosted by Chick Hearn on Los Angeles TV Station KHJ-TV Channel 9 was from Monday, February 27 to Friday, September 15, 1978.
I would love for ABC to reboot this for their summer fun and games as CELEBRITY BOWLING FOR DOLLARS where famous people win money for a charity and for someone either at home or a present audience.
And now I know where the "Pin Pals" team name came from in The Simpsons--brilliant. This host is super good at his job, I'm more interested in his expertise than the actual bowling, which is also super fun.
Bowling for Dollars was a locally franchised show, starting in Baltimore as Duckpins and Dollars by Bert Claster productions who also produced another franchised show Romper Room. Other ones were PM Magazine or Evening Magazine.
@@ChristopherSobieniak The Evening Magazine version was on their Group W Owned TV stations like WBZ Boston, KDKA Pittsburgh and WJZ Baltimore, the syndicated version was all other stations, like WUSA in Washington, DC
In Providence Rhode Island,we had a version of this on WTEV ABC6 that ended when WTEV switched affiliation with WPRI and became a CBS affiliate and changed its call letters to WLNE.
I was 13 at the time and also this was the time of the 2nd major NYC blackout. Anyway I wished my dad could've tried out for it,he was a decent bowler.
I love the $680 jackpot won by Myron! Bowling for dollars aired from 1960s-2008 at your local station where you live because it varied across USA and in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada hosted by the locals from USA and Canada. The jackpots started at $200, $300 or $500 depending where you live in USA and Canada. Getting two strikes wins the jackpot or otherwise the jackpot increases by $15 or $20 again, depending where you live. Once the jackpot was won, the jackpot reset back to what I mentioned above depending where you live.
My dad said that one of the local affiliates here in Des Moines did this, too, and they used Merle Hay Lanes (still open today, but renamed GameDay Lanes!)…can anyone else confirm this?
Joker's Wild at that point was still CBS era reruns, which some stations were airing in 1976-77. The new syndicated episodes debuted in Sep 1977 on WOR and many other stations.
