Split Second Rob Weller Pilot - Master Quality 

I met Robb Weller in 1981 because I was on a documentary that aired in Chicago, IL called "Young Giants" about gifted kids. When he came to my house for the taping, I recognized him from seeing him on AM Chicago. I did not know until the RU-vid days that he hosted Win Lose or Draw, and it's interesting that he did this Split Second pilot.

Robb Weller was a better host on this version of Spilt Second than what he did on Win, Lose, or Draw. It was disastrous

This should've been picked up. Very faithful to the original.

I've wanted to see this for ages, thanks so much for posting it! Split Second really is a format that has never gotten its due; the best and longest running version has been largely lost to time since it was wiped, and this didn't sell, so the only version available is the fine-but-not-great Hall version. But it's an incredibly solid quiz format and I think it deserves another shot someday.

I love the format of Split Second. I love how each contestant can score on every question, and I love that they get rewarded for being the only one correct. This one was not as good as the Tom Kennedy version. The Monte Hall version is good but doesn't seem to move along as fast paced as the Tom Kennedy version. I enjoyed this pilot but felt at times that the contestants were just actors. Don't like the fact that the bonus prize was a trip instead of a car. I still like the 70's bonus round best.

You are Amazing Wink. Thank you!

The only version with trips instead of a brand new car 🚗 Great Job Wink! Keep them coming

I swear you have every game show pilot in existence.

I never seen this gameshow before but it seems FUN. ;) Thanks for sharing. ;)

I was wondering if this would turn up after Marc Powers' latest GAMES O'CANADA episode. I shoulda guessed you had it, Wink😎

That’s Bob Hilton announcing the “Split Second” pilot.

now this is a rare treat

he was recently appeared on Entertainment Toniight in 1984

Wink, can I just say that you have the best game show content on RU-vid!!!

OMG!!! That was exciting! I love this game. I love the format, the way the trivia questions are asked and answered and the fast pace of the game play. The Countdown segment was really good. I had a hard time deciding between the three trips. Lynn chose Egypt, but I wanted Paris. And I even guessed spot 3 and I can't even see what was going on. I'm so glad she won! I would so watch this game show. Are there anymore episodes or anything? I can see, though, how a network wouldn't want this game. it could get expensive. And even so, that was excellent!!

Nothing beats the Tom Kennedy version.

I believe stu created the format while working for Monty. He undoubtedly did this with Monty’s blessing.

I was partial to the Monty Hall version on USA in the 90s.

I noticed the logo's the same as from Tom Kennedy's pilot.

Weller did pretty well with this, and I think he was better on this show than Monty Hall was. Monty is a great host, of course...but he really wasn't a fit for Split Second because he just couldn't match the frenetic pace of the game, Weller did much better with that...though Tom Kennedy was the perfect Split Second host.

This was pretty good.

Wow...Ralph Edwards and Stu Billett...couldn't see that coming! I've always known Split Second to be a Hatos-Hall production, arguably their best. Yes, the Tom Kennedy original was the best, but I liked the Monty Hall version also. Both of those versions moved more quickly. This one, not so much. I also prefer the way the other two were produced - with this version, the second and third players had to wait to ring in until told they could. On the other two, they rang in as soon as they knew and a special device indicated the ring-in order. Plus, the other two versions involved playing for a car - much better. One thing I really liked about the Kennedy version was that some questions did not involve "the board." He'd have a short list of (usually 3 to 5) items and players would have to pick one off the list. Robb Weller is affable but not as breezy a host as Kennedy, nor as sharp as Hall. Great share, Wink!!!

Actually if you count embedded squares, it's 14 for Tic Tac Toe, 55 for Bingo and 204 for Checkers.

This should've made series.....its good

I'm a little surprised this didn't sell. Sure, Robb Weller is no Tom Kennedy or Monty Hall but he probably would've gotten the job done for a revival. It might not have lasted long, but I would've watched. One thing I would've changed is the end game. I liked the car being the grand prize, not a trip.

Gee...another pilot, another bonus round winner. I guess the quiz show laws only apply once they are on the air.

Robb Weller was a fine host, based on his previous work on "Win, Lose, or Draw". The main game was exciting; true to the original. However, the bonus round was really "nothing to write home about". Overall this was an okay pilot. On a 1-10 scale... I give this show a 7

Oh. I thought it was the 1965 pilot. This is still great though!

I like this a lot!

I didn't know Edwards-Billett tried to produce this pilot. It should've gone back to Hatos-Hall.

There’s now a version on GSN with John Michael Higgins as the host.

The computer graphics looked like they were on a Commodore Amiga.

Not a bad pilot but the theme music was waaaay too cartoony. Also the bonus round being a literal shell game could be a LOT better. The B-Roll tune for that Paris trip was a bop though.

This looks like a pilot for the Usa Network

If you have any more episodes of "Split second," please post them. ;)

Nice

thank goodness Rob corrected the Superman question i would have type in wrong for the boots.

My favorite part of the ABC version was whether or not the car would start. That's missing here

Same problem like every other version, amazing main game, lackluster end game. I wish the end game would be the same format as the countdown round. The player selects one of an assortment of bonus prizes (say the trips for example). A topic is revealed with a question with three parts. Answer all of them and win. Or maybe a timed bonus round where you solve three subjects with three parts within an allotted time. Idk. Something better than this because I’ve always enjoyed split second. It’s just the end game that kills a great game.

Tom Kennedy was always the best host of Split Second!

❤I LOVE THIS GAME_WITH AN OLD SET AND A NEW SET WITH A SLOWED VERSION_IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL AND FUN ON BUZZR.

I Wish NBC Daytime Could've Picked up this show along with the 1990 Revival of Let's Make a Deal, So here's the schedule should Generations get cancelled 10:00 AM: Let's Make a Deal (Bob Hilton) 10:30 AM: Split Second (Robb Weller) 11:00 AM: Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek) 11:30 AM: To Tell The Truth (Gordon Elliott) 12:00 PM: Local News 12:30 PM: The Marsha Warfield Show

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This is Paula from PYL!! She was on Chris Kaas' 5th show!

A great game but a lousy bonus round. Here’s my idea for a Split Second bonus round: Champ is shown three subjects and and he/she chooses one, say, presidents. Three names come up, for example, Washington, Lincoln and Kennedy. Host reads series of facts over 30 seconds and champ must give correct answer out of three choices. Correct answers are worth $100 each. After time is up, champ chooses one of the three previous answers, answers one more question about that subject with a correct answer multiplying the bonus round winnings by 10. Fits with the main game and cash is alway s a better prize than even the most luxurious trip.

I think Paula was once a contestant on Wordplay.

I'd say it wasn't THAT bad. Just could've been paced better and the bonus round would have been tweaked a bit.

This pilot is not bad. At least the gameplay is closer to the original than Monty Hall's version.

Who's describing the trips? Sure doesn't sound like Bob Hilton... almost sounds like British cartoon voice actor Gary Martin for some reason.

Wasn't there another "Split Second" pilot made in 2004 with Tom Bergeron as host that ABC actually agreed to pickup, but at the last-minute decided not to because they instead gave back to local stations the 12:30-1 P.M. Eastern time half-hour that would have been the show's timeslot?

i always wondered something if something is a pilot episode how can you have a returning champion?

Overall, this is ok, but the overall cheapness of it (trip instead of a car) shows probably why it wasn't picked up. Also, never was a huge Rob Weller fan as a host. Thought he was far behind Bert Convy and Vicki Lawrence in quality when he hosted Win, Lose or Draw. I think if you got this on a network or syndication with a bigger budget, it could succeed.

Ty for this, I have a copy but the quality of mine sucks. Not bad, nice set, game play still faithful to the original, Robb does a nice job. The trips are nice but I would have preferred they kept tradition and played for a car especially since $15,000 would still get a nice car in 1990. I see why it didn't get picked up, 1990 was a rough year for game shows, overcrowded market and talk shows were becoming the latest fad. Split Second never figured out a good bonus round, just seems like a disconnect when you got a challenging fast paced quizzer followed by a game that's just luck.

I never saw SS in its original runs, as far as I can remember. If I saw Monty host it, I don't remember it, at all. All that said, I've seen Monty's version on Buzzr, and it's dull. I generally like quiz shows with elements of luck. Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, High Rollers, Sale of the Century: All fun. Monty's SS does not entertain me. So I was surprised to find that I enjoyed the game play of this pilot. I like the pace, and the variety of questions asked made the show far more interesting. The bonus game was a total dud, and I didn't find Monty's bonus game to be particularly exciting, either. But whatever the bonus game, it was a small part of the show. The main game here succeeds, at least for me.

if my memories is correct doesnt the incorrect buzzer sound like the Shop til you Drop buzzer

@13:05 - Nit-picky, but CHARLEY Weaver is misspelled

I really want to hear the entire theme to this immediately!

How about those firework special effects

Very good! With better timing and probably a different theme, bonus I'm not sure of, this could have sold.

Didn't Stephan Hatos and Monty Hall produce this? I didn't like the bonus round here. I liked the car thing better.

I'm not quite sure which buzz-in strategy I like more. The regular shows buzz-in whenever you like and they show the order... or this pilot's version of one-at-a-time buzzing. What do you think?

Given that this show comes from the 80's, why didn't the producers boost up the money?!

If this version of Split Second would have gotten the green light, imagine if it was distributed by Warner Bros. Television instead of (now-present) Fremantle.

The repetitive "eyes to the screen" reminded me of BET's version of "Triple Threat" with their "ears to the music and eyes to the board" reference.

The only problem I have is most of the time he says eyes to the screen and it gets annoying

This wasn't too bad at all! One puzzling thing though, I thought Stefan Hatos & Monty Hall owned this, so why was it a Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett production?

Think I like this better than Hall's version.

Feinstein is the double N and Sawyer is the single N.

Still a great game, but the set and logo were shabby,. Robb was surprisingly good, and I’m sure could have run things faster if it went to series. Thanks, Wink!

On these pilot shows, are they actually playing, or do they run off a script to highlight the points of the game? The winner looked like she was acting. This would have made a good show, though.

what would've happened if she picked the other 2 trips?

I think the bonus round may be a cure for insomnia.

Only watched this for 1 minute, and I already prefer the Monty Hall version better... #sorrynotsorry

Does he have the 2000 CBS pilot of The $64,000 Question with Greg Gumbel in his vault?

Interesting that a pilot episode of a game show can have a returning champion...

That bonus round ending is so cheesy...

What year this was out?

When did this air? Was it before or after the Monty Hall version?

18:05 Wrong, it’s lacrosse.

What year?

What year was this? Anyone happened to know? My guess is sometime in the mid to late ‘90s

Wink, do the winners on these pilots actually get to keep the cash and prizes?

Even Monty Hall's version is better. They wasted time buzzing in every time after a question is asked. The bonus round is horrible.

This was corny, I hate to say it. Obvious actors as contestants, Robb was nothing to write home about, the bonus round was lame & they shortened the best part of the game, the Countdown Round, so they could spend more time plugging the trips. The final straw is having to wait until a player was ruled correctly or not to buzz in. It's supposed to be Spilt Second, not Wait Your Turn.

This is possibly one of the worst bonus rounds I’ve ever seen.

This wasn't that great of a pilot - set needed major changes, better pacing and a different end game.. it's no surprise it failed to sell.

Rather bland set

Fremantle airs the original Split Second on Buzzr