7:42 Dick: "Read the first name on the list she gives you." (she hands off list) Tom: (sets the list down, picks up a completely separate piece of paper) "It's Gene Rayburn!"
I think this was one of the earlier attempts of experimenting with cable TV. It was from a channel in Columbus, OH. Somewhere around here there's a couple of episodes of an interactive show they tried called "How Do You Like Your Eggs?". They managed to get Bill Cullen to host the few episodes produced of it.
bluebear1985 it was a test run for the Qube system which didnt take off, a primitive attempt at interactive TV, these days we can all just use our cell phones. There were actually a few different shows, pass or play, how do you like your eggs, across the board.
Actually Jackson was nicknamed because his division held firm when other confederates ran away during the early stages of Bull Run. Someone had said "look there's Jackson with his Virginians standing like a stone wall"
Probably, more, the failure of that whole "play at home" technology and the like they had in mind for a number of these shows. That was all the rage at one point.
Very funny stuff in a way. Dick Librator as a host’s name....really? It’s a good thing he changed his name as he probably got tired of being called Dick “Liberator”.
Yeesh. Pretty rough show. I love how the five people in the "audience" applauding that are actually present turn into hundreds through the magic of "canning".
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.
I'd assume there probably are at least a couple of Gene Rayburns in the world somewhere, but goodness knows how many were rich enough to possess a Qube system and sufficiently bored enough to play along right then. It does make for an interesting headcanon to imagine the Match Game stalwart being part of this madness.
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.
