Rare Full Episode: Pitfall (1981) with Alex Trebek (#1) 

Agreed.

Well now, he got the last laugh in the end, didn't he? 😊 Rip Alex. ❤

As he says, "the only time I got stiffed for a paycheque."

Alex said the first check he got bounced and he still had the copy of that check to remind him just how bad this show was. I don't even think the contestants were awarded their prizes

I'd like to introduce Alex to ten of the most perfidious producers that ever stood between a host and his salary....

"Whew!" has those Gauntlet of Villains", and "Pitfall" has that Pitfall round.

The Gauntlet of Villains, has 10 bad guys, Pitfall round has that elevator.

Gauntlet of Pitfalls, perhaps?

KHJ (KCAL) 9 had this game show, in Los Angeles.

@@paullarue2010 Excellent 👍

& Alex was NEVER paid

@@lisahardy9707 They shouldn't have taped it in Canada, and they should've gotten a more worthy company like Ralph Edwards Productions and shot in LA, either at CBS TV City or Metromedia Square.

Aired simultaneously in both Canadian and American syndication -- premiered on 1981/09/14. I actually had to go into digitized back issues of _New York_ Magazine to cross-check the stuff I found on Wikipedia as I'm researching New York TV schedules...

Thanks Kelly! Yes it is a fun yet short-lived show. I have one more episode from the master recording that I will post soon (it is the very next episode). I don't have a clean of the theme song but can try and find it. Please subscribe to www.bonusround.ca and support our mission of preserving and re-broadcasting classic Canadian game shows! It costs me a bunch of cash to license, digitize and run the on-demand service so I'd love to have lots of paying subscribers so we can license more and more content!

@@BonusRoundCanada I like this video. None of the other videos did the music any justice. It's clear in this one. The big question I have is about the show that proceeded this one in time. Is any of the music created for 1980-1981 Let's Make a Deal still around somewhere? Monty Hall was really smart about carrying music over into other series - 1984-1986 Let's Make a Deal used them prolifically, and even into 1986-1987 Split Second.

@@BonusRoundCanada can you upload some episodes of definition?

@@Wheeloffortunefan999 Hi there! Sorry but full episodes of Definition are only available to paid subscribers at www.bonusround.ca. $4.99/month for unlimited streaming and no commercials. Thanks.

dammit thanks anyway

Just for the record, if this show is to be rebooted, actually pay your host and ensure that the contestants get their cash and prizes.

​@foxmccloud7055 not to mention find a production company with money.

If it were done in the US, however, Rick Marotta (that was their drummer in the original song) should've simply re-recorded it as an instrumental vamp version.

I watched it on the same channel. WSMW Channel 27. It came on right after Let's Make A Deal. I'm about 50 miles away from the station though, so that was always fun trying to tune in. I think I saw more static than show. lol

Surprisingly, WOR-TV (now WWOR) Channel 9 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area carried the show, which aired at 1:30pm right after Let’s Make a Deal (the short-lived 1980-81 revival).

Something that stuck with game shows made in Canada and distributed to both Canada and the U.S. If I recall, this also affected the 1980s _Split Second_ and the 1980s _Chain Reaction._

I have one more studio master that I have digitized! It is the very next episode and is of equal quality. I will post it soon. The rest of the studio masters are likely all destroyed. Please support my efforts to digitize and re-broadcast classic Canadian game shows by subscribing to my video on demand channel at www.bonusround.ca. Thank you!

@@BonusRoundCanada I wish you had the 1980 Pitfall pilot hosted by John Barton.

During the 1985 to 86 season, KHJ-TV channel 9 in Los Angeles broadcast repeats of Pitfall. It was on at 1pm to avoid conflict with Jeopardy. I wonder if they used masters or copies. Either way, I wonder if what KHJ (now KCAL 9) broadcast still exists

Did he quit in the middle of the run? The prize at the 5th platform indicates this is later in the run

It aired at one pm follow by Break The Bank

I noticed that,too.

Hey -- We do have one more studio master tape of Pitfall. It is now on our Canadian game show streaming SVOD channel at www.bonusround.ca (subscriptions are available in the US, Canada and other countries) We will post it here on RU-vid at some point soon. Thanks.

Why so

@@js2010ish Many bad things began to happen. It began with the gruesome death of a friend, in a car accident.

@@code-52 🙏🏼

England

Considering what the contestants eventually got on this show, it's most likely getting pushed out the door to the alley behind London Drugs in downtown Vancouver.

@@MrMatteNWk Exactly. No wonder why Catalena Productions went bankrupt.

@@tyrese3745 Catalena Productions also produced the 1980-1981 syndie revival of Let's Make a Deal.

@@darrylh1971 I'm aware of that. Thank you.