Gambit 12-7-1976 

OMG! I am 54 years old now and remember Gambit well! The CBS morning game block of shows when I was home sick from school. Those days will never come back, unfortunately. Thanks, Wink !! This is a treasure!

I don't care how many times I heard "Dicker & Dicker of Beverly Hills" when I was a kid... I laughed every single time.

I love Elaine's segments with her talking directly to the viewer.

Wow, even the commercials are intact! Fantastic!

"Gambit" may have had the smallest set of any Heatter-Quigley. They thought BIG!!! Think "Video Village," "Shenanigans," "The Hollywood Squares, "Temptation" and "The Magnificent Marble Machine. "Video Village" had originated from the same CBS New York studio that hosted the original "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella." It had been the largest set ever built for any game show and, although it looked roomy on TV, it was really squeezed into that theater (I hope none of the backstage crew suffered from claustrophobia). When it moved out to CBS Television City, I wouldn't be surprised if Merrill Heatter had told them "Okay, you can exhale now."

Another set of classics jumps the charts! You, Wink, just made my week.

Thanks Wink loved the show when I was a kid (10) Great health to you.

I still remember those scale model cars on the turntables!

Loving it, Wink! In your own words " *YOU GOT IT, BROTHER!* "

Thanks for the commercials. This is only saved because somebody recorded it at home on a VCR.

Fresh "Gambit." Always a treat! Thanks!

Thank you so much for this Wink! I was just barely old enough to watch this on our huge B&W television back then. They showed reruns shortly after the series ended, at odd hours of the night/morning. My folks let me catch those on weekends. That weird giant deck made me wish I had one.

Thank you, Wink!

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole "mini diorama" biz when the car's being described. At that, whenever a Vega was on the line it was a die-cast scale model; all other cars were stand-up cutouts!

Wow. The original commercials.

Swap the crystal for a $3500 fur coat would offend Bob Barker

5:25 and 23:28 Love how the big prize is a Matchbox

Keep up the good work, Winker!

(As Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures) One more thing! (Normal voice) After watching some episodes of Break the Bank '85 w/ Gene Rayburn, I noticed the "win w/ 21" fanfare here was among the few randomly thrown in while Bank Cards were being tested at the end of the show. What was Kline thinking including them in the 1st place?

Wish they would return this show on buzzr.

Strange that only three shows remained, yet there was still a contestant plug nonetheless. (On a side note, I just love Joyce Lakin's hair! She looks very much like the late Lee Chamberlin did during the 71-72 season.)

The cardboard car is hilarious but I love the show!

Las Vegas Gambit only lasted from 1980-81,but this Gambit series was on CBS from 1972-76.Wonder why?

Fantastic half hour! I had to laugh at Kenny still giving the contestant plug, though... this is the last week, you guys had to know you were going off the air! lol

Hi Wink! Here's hoping you can find and post more of the original 70's Gambit shows onnn RU-vid!!! :-D No matter how cheesy and ugly those furs seem, I still love the excitement going on in that studio in those days!!! :-)

Wink, I learned Romain Johnston was the set designer for the show. Did he want the set to have a home style feel? That's what it felt like to me.

Does anyone have a clean copy of "Gambit"'s theme and / or win sting music?

Tuesday December 7 1976 I was in 2nd grade Pennsylvania I am 55 now

Keep em comin, Winston

When they first showed Jack, I thought he was Dick Gautier for several seconds.

5:12 -- what's this prize description cue? I've been searching all over but can't find it.

When the Contestant plug is shown, am I hearing the Director Track? I faintly here someone calling for Music.

Always thought this was the best Gambit format. Las Vegas Gamit was OK. Recently discovered the 1990 pilot on RU-vid and wasn't surprised it didn't sell. They made too many changes to the format, and having Bob Eubanks as host didn't help things.

So this is a weird question, but does anyone know how I can track down an episode of Gambit that featured my dad, Jack Warren? He and my mom were on it in the 70s, and it would literally be the only video footage of my father(who died when I was 2) in the world. Any help would be incredibly appreciated.

From pgrm.'s swan song wk. on CBS-TV N'twrk in Dec., 1976. Now this pgrm. could've run till Dec. 31, 1976 (Fri.-New Yr.'s Eve)

They traded the Fostoria Crystal--my grandfather worked there.

I remember seeing clips of GAMBIT in the tv movie "A Circle of Children". An autistic boy kept repeating words he heard on GAMBIT, but no one could figure out what he was saying for a long time. I wonder why CBS was still running the plug for contestants when the show was in its last week on the air.

Do you have anymore episodes of Gambit? Thank you!

Love ya Elaine

Is this MH/BQ'S only network show for CBS?

UCLA needs to digitize and upload their specimens!!!! Collection says "non viewable on archive machinery" means what...?

I love Gambit. It would be a good reboot with single players and big money and prizes. Have Rachael Reynolds as dealer!

the commericals are so Classic

Yes, daytime commercials were even fantastic. Now daytime ads R all 🚑 chaser lawyer ads. And those hooky days in 6-9 grades and watching game shows and another world/all my kids.

How long did the swap cards exist on the Gambit Board?

THis show became the SWAP shop towards the end of its run with all of those swap cards on the gambit board.

Why did the dude still cough after he swallowed some formula 44? Does the stuff work or doesn't it?!?

Sailboats were such a common prize in older game shows. It just occurred to me why as i was watching this. It sounds like a presumably glamorous vehicle if someone just says "sailboat" but they come in different sizes. Its probably not a significant boat like with a cabin and a motor that you see people living in and traveling around the country in for years on end, but could be like the boat in Tommy Boy that Farley barely fit in. A dinky little ten foot +/- boat that isn't safe for anyplace aside from canals or creeks and doesn't come with a motor, but just a dinky one mast sail that only propels it if your perfectly upwind of a good breeze.

I Remember this Game show very Well I always Liked Elaine Stewart The Lady who Handels the Cards and she is very Atrractive.

They swapped “the Crystal” twice and should have started with trading the $100 not the “Vegas trip” How did no one on the show’s production not realize this?! Let a lone anyone else commenting?😂🤦🏻‍♂️

That whole SWAP card thing really confused me. What would have helped me was if they covered up the SWAP cards that had already been used and prizes that had already been swapped out. And speaking of prizes, that Orange Bowl game would have Colorado of the then-Big 8 facing Ohio State of the Big Ten. The Buckeyes would beat the Buffaloes, 27-10. Oh, BTW, Beatty would not end up playing Howard Hughes in the TV movie that aired in 1977. That role would be played by a then-little-known actor named Tommy Lee Jones. AND WHY WOULD THERE BE A CONTESTANT PLUG FOR "GAMBIT" WHEN THE SHOW WOULD BE OFF THE AIR IN THREE DAYS?!

I'm not a huge fan of finales! Don't like to see things end!