@@donmccullen1973 I DISAGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY! You obviously can't tell the difference between a very humble and intelligent person and one that's selfish and arrogant like you are. 😡🤮👎
+Tubewings Oh, I guess they changed it in the later episodes, so the contestant didn't have to remember. Like the contestant had enough shit on his mind.
And it seems that Alex is STILL ticked off about that one. Thanks, Wink for putting BOTH videos up. I've always wanted to hear the full story of the Pitfall debacle. And now I know The Rest Of the Story...
At 13:38: Holy smokes! I did not know 2015's Chain Reaction was based on a previous iteration of the show, I thought it was a GSN original! It's absolutely amazing just how many different, creative game shows have been broadcast through the decades! Great videos by the way, Wink, thank you so much for sharing!
+CrimsonID4 : CHAIN REACTION started on NBC in 1980 hosted by Bill Cullen, created by Bob Stewart (PASSWORD/PYRAMID) and like those shows, it was Celebrity/Civilian.
Also don't forget Classic Concentration on NBC along with Jeopardy! Wish he could do that again. That would be awesome. Super Concentration on NBC with the car prizes being a Lexus, Fiat, Chevy Impala, Jeep Wrangler, Ford Mustang, Nissan Pathfinder, Honda Civic, and Kia Optima.
Happy 75 to Alex Trebek, the man that has hosted many Game Shows like The Wizard of Odds, High Rollers, Double Dare, Pitfall, Battlestars/The NEW Battlestars, Classic Concentration, To Tell the Truth and of course, JEOPARDY! as well as the spin-off Super JEOPARDY! God Bless You Mr. Trebek and Keep on Quizzin'
Taped at the Panorama TV Studios in Vancouver, the same venue as the 1980 revival of 'Let's Make a Deal'. Catalena Productions was responsible for both of these shows, which ceased to exist in 1982.
Apparently almost none of the contestants got their prizes when the show went bankrupt and Alex didn't get paid for a season. Too bad, I loved this show and would watch it again if it were on.
Alex Trebek's experience should be a cautionary tale to all aspiring artists...no matter how big of a name you become, there's always someone out there looking to screw you over.
Alex also made reference to this in an episode about him of a CBC biography series called "Life & Times", which profiled notable Canadians. He even pointed out the bad check on his wall that he received from Catalena.
I wonder if the contestants got stiffed...I remember thinking I would have preferred $800 then to get some of their crappy prizes lol (stay on elevator 8 and just keep guessing incorrectly).
"Pitfall," "Definition" with Jim Perry, and "The Mad Dash" with Pierre Lalonde all should have been massive hits here in the U.S. but they weren't and there isn't a clear-cut reason as to why in any of those three situations.
In this particular episode, Alex broke a couple of rules: 1) He commented/made predictions about where the pitfalls were before the game was complete. 2) In the second bonus round, he prompted the contestant to give him the pit passes.
+MountainHawkPYL It doesn't matter him mentioning where they are during the game. See, at that point, the player has already made the choices for pit passes, so the players cannot go back and change them.
Odds was deleted per NBC standards. May 20 episode exists (the UCLA Film & Television Archive). Some 1974 High Roller episodes can be found on youtube.
Wait, if she had a pit pass, then they shouldn't have had her go down on 1. They should've stopped the clock, brought her up, reset the clock a few seconds, then have her move on to 2.
Another problem with that sorry excuse of a human being known as Ian MacLennan. His sorry bunch of workers don't research their material well, unlike a Jack Barry and Merrill Heater.
@@JoeyLamontagne - You forgot that she missed too many questions anyway to the point that the poorly researched trivia, and falling down pit 1, despite having the pass was not going to make a difference.
Was thinking of how I enjoyed watching this as a kid when I heard about Alex’s pancreatic cancer. What a loss that would be. Jeopardy could never be hosted by anyone else.
I enjoyed seeing this show back then. The concept is good; sadly the powers-that-be that put it together, not so much. If someone picked it up today, and did it correctly, they might have a good thing going.
In 1985, a new television station from Riverhead, Long Island, New York, briefly showed episodes of "Pitfall". That station was WLIG, Channel 55. At the time, I worked at the advertising agency that designed the station's printed promotions and newspaper advertisements.
+Robert Lopresti Trebek also hosted Battlestars on NBC during this time and this game was produced in Canada. How did Alex Trebek get to Canada to host Pitfall while he hosts Battlestars on NBC in Burbank.
You are correct. Watch, when the announcer starts reading network promos ("Wednesday,…"), you can see Alex and the champion walk in front of the #8 elevator before it has cleared the top platform.
I feel like the pit pass shouldn't have just let you skip over that question completely; rather, just let you stand there and answer the question safely without falling.
I think that was one of the show's gimmicks, I've seen an episode where they asked "how many periods in a baseball game?" the answer: none (they're called innings)
