Very brown, this set. I thought browns, yellows and oranges fit the 70s better, but I digress as Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer used them when they launched the Newshour in 1983. Still, I'm happy they went with blue on air.
Well they still drew them themselves but they handed the ball to Dusty/Margaux and she read it out. CANCON regulations likely, ie. Needed a Canadian on-air personality.
A lot of American game shows filmed in Canada in the late 80s, with talented Canadians on staff to satisfy Canadian content laws (at least 35% of content produced/broadcast there must have Canadian specific features to it). Dusty Martell satisfied the law when Lingo debuted in 87. And over on Split Second, Monty Hall’s track record on LMAD didn’t make Canadian fans forget he hailed from Winnipeg, Manitoba 🇨🇦
So when the champion's total winnings are displayed on the screen, they're in a large white non-flashing Helvetica Black font (a font use on NBC game shows, but not only NBC game shows).
