Dick Enberg calling the clips on the show was icing on one of my favorite shows as a kid. I lived during a time in San Diego where LA broadcasts were on local TV, so I heard Dick Enberg, Vin Scully, Chick Hearn all week long...then this fantastic show and NBC's game of the week with Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek...the 70's were the best...later came WGN and Turner Broadcasting....
Thank you for posting this football historic clip. I used to watch the show on ESPN classics, but I think they discontinued it. Thanks for the memories! :-)
They used to show this in New York on Saturday afternoons on channel 4 before the NBC Baseball Game of the Week. Some duds on Jim Kiick. A hippie football player.
All in the numbers when the Philadelphia 76ers take on the San Francisco 49ers, right here on the New Sports Challenge! And now, the star of the New Sports Challenge, Chris Berman!
The opening spiel for the FS1 Sports Challenge goes like this: Barry Williams: "This former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and UFC Hall of Famer will be the subject of our bonus biography round on... SPORTS CHALLENGE!!!!!! (cue "Get Back" by Patrick Williams) Last week's champions the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty: Scottie Pippen, John Paxson and Michael Jordan meet the challenge of the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series Champions: Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar and Pedro Martinez! And now, here's the star of Sports Challenge and your host: CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!" Christopher Knight: "Thank you! Thank you, Barry Williams/Mike Goldberg/Rich Brennan! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome fans, from coast-to-coast and around the world to Sports Challenge."
He did do more game shows over the years. The Perfect Match (1967-68), Baffle/All-Star Baffle, which was a revival of an earlier show PDQ, Three for the Money.
Dick Enberg isn't a good host, dropping hints (like when he said "Paul do you want to take a guess?" when the DiMaggio middle name answer was Paul, or the Gehrig answer being "close but not close enough"), the point format is wacky (points are doubled for the other team if the original team answers incorrectly/doesn't answer), the prizes are shit...Voit stuff was/is garbage, and the highlights/questions are about the panelists...just not very genuine on the whole.
