I always thought Dean had what it takes to host a game show...and yes, I caught on to Tim's joke about always seeing Dean at the beginning...it's a Disney reference😁
Thank you for sharing another rarity with us, Wink! It’s so funny how I figured this was a Carruthers Company pilot before the credit at the end. The contestant area, especially the scoreboards, remind me of the Beat the Odds pilot and the bonus cue is the same one from the Give-n-Take pilot. Dean Jones does a good job hosting but the game is kinda flat, easy to see why this was passed up.
BRBTheFireball I’m so glad I read through the comments before posting. I was thinking the exact same thing. Though I’ll take Dick Clark’s Scattergories over this show any day. 👍😁👍
wink, another great find!! this is really great for me cause the host is one of my all-time Disney favourites. especially SNOWBALL EXPRESS; the format was cool too, and Tim Conway was ALWAYS hilarious
You did it again, Wink. Dean Jones was great. Thanks. Why didn't he get more hosting gigs after that? He had what it took. By the way, JoAnn Pflug's then-husband, Chuck Woolery was mentioned. If you can, could you upload an episode of "Wheel of Fortune" from the Chuck Woolery & Susan Stafford years (1975-81)?
Did you imagine Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson in this? Their _Initial Reaction_ would be a phone call to Goodson to say “Prepare a cease and desist, just in case.” But seriously, I ❤️ this pilot.
Another nifty find there, Wink. Back in *my* day, the only _Initial Reaction_ game to speak of was this: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/898/initial-reaction
Did you know that before Family Feud began, Match Game employed a lot of Family Feud-type questions during it's game play, especially during it's 1960s incarnation? So really, it's Scattergories meets Match Game.
@@jeprice08 well yeah, Family Feud was essentially a Match Game spinoff. It's why Dawson pushed so hard to be the host. And this show here was clearly trying to rip off Match Game's format but not get sued for it. Easy to see why it wasn't picked up.
This would be especially challenging with a panel consisting of: Mae Questel, Robert Urich, Vivian Vance, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and a special mystery guest, Mr. X!
It’d be nice if the contestants had to do a little more, and judging could get hairy. But Dean was great. And Tim Conway was terrific-do you, Wink, or does anyone know why he didn’t guest on more game shows?
Wow! Seeing Dean Jones with long hair is really weird! He was great in "That Darn Cat!" The game is very strange but I enjoyed watching it. Thanks, Wink, for showing this!
This was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood, (now known as Television City Studios). But who was the shows announcer, he sounds kinda familiar???
I enjoyed watching this very much! The celebrities were fun but this game format is pretty flawed. The categories were so loose and the contestants had so little choice! Still, a great watch. Thank you, Wink!
Jonathan: I agree. There were weird answers I wouldn't have accepted, which made it difficult for the celebrities to match and meant virtually every possible point was scored. This resulted in a close match, but not an exciting one. For the "P" category, my "initial reaction" was "postmistress," but then I thought, "Naw, they'd never accept that." I guess they would have. Anyone know if it was possible for the beeping light choosing the initial to stop on the same celebrity twice, and it just didn't happen to this time? I can think of some celebrities who would be completely at sea with this format, including one who was my partner on Pyramid back in the day. She has passed away too, along with our friends on this stage from back then, Pat Harrington, Robert Reed, Tim Conway and Dean Jones. Sure miss them.
Well, Robert Reed did do the first three Password shows ("Password" - CBS, "Password" - ABC, "Password Plus"). And, Tim Conway, along with Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and guest Jim Nabors, did crash (welcomely, I might add) an episode of "Match Game '78".
It was taped in 1975. Dean mentions JoAnn and her then-husband, Chuck Woolery, were expecting. She was pregnant on her many appearances on "Match Game '75". By the way, Chuck had just started hosting "Wheel of Fortune," and Pat Harrington was months away (maybe weeks away) from his most famous role, that of Schneider on the original "One Day at a Time."
This is so sad. The show had potential but a) the theme song is absolutely terrible. Like Grade F- terrible. How can a jazzy upbeat theme song sound so confused to point that it sounds like its having a seizure by the mid-point of the show? Also, the panelists... jeez talk about cringe-worthy. It's like the panelists went out of their way to make the game hard to follow due to their creepy banter. And the game itself, well... I actually like the idea. The main game is set up to give the contestants lots of money and the end game (if not confronted with misplaced riff-raff) has something going although I would cut the insurance gimmick. it's confusing and based on the end of the pilot, it made the ending have such a buzzkill when the player when the top prize.
My answers: 1. Comes in pairs: Hands 2. Keeps you awake at night: Coffee 3. Only a woman could be: Princess 4. Goes up and down: Javelin 5. Existing country: Italy
I’d like to say something in regards to the bonus game. The outcome could’ve gone either way. Lucky for her, she picked the right celebrity in Pat Harrington otherwise the most she would’ve won would’ve been $8,000. Now, imagine if she had picked the ladies first, before or after she had picked Pat Harrington, and had revealed her insurance policy just after that. From that moment on, she would’ve been worried knowing that her fate was in the hands of the remaining celebrities. I think it was only anti-climactic based on her decisions as to which celebrity to pick and when to pick them. She also had a lot of luck on her side because any one of those celebrities could’ve matched the others the third time or had said what she said. Luckily…they didn’t.
The set looks like something out of the late 60s. The game... blah. I was never that thrilled with Scattegories either. The insurance policy... dump it. It could cost the producers too much money especially if the category is vague.
