Eventually three of Trivia Trap's sound effects would be used on 1987's "Classic Concentration", 1988's "Family Feud" and 1987's "The Price is Right's Pathfinder".
Nice one to close out this one with a BANG!!! This was the one that GSN should've ran the final episode of "Trivia Trap" . Many of the episodes of this show was on GSN during its rotation. I love the sound where you got it wrong was also used in "Pathfinder" on the "Price is Right" where a contestant step on a wrong number, but that was cool.
Even though this is the show's final episode, Bob Eubanks didn't announced the game show (All-Star Blitz) and Bob Hilton did not do the contestant plug for that game show that's replace it.
Which, in turn, was replaced by Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak, and later, Double Talk, then Bargain Hunters and finally, ABC's final daytime game show to date, Match Game!
Trivia Trap in the Ames/Des Moines, IA area was on Channel 5 WOI-TV, I'm not sure if it was in 1985, I don't have an Iowa edition TV Guide from 1985. I have one from 1984, I'll have to look and see. Thanks for the upload!
I actually like the first Trivia Trap format better. Yeah, I know there were some people out there didn't like it, but that's what made TT so different from other game shows, as you had to pick the wrong answers as opposed to the right ones. When they changed the format, it became just another game show.
after seeing bobs good byes from newlywed game oringnal version and card sharks he seemed to compse himself more here and on dream house or is it just me
After this, Mark Goodson would not try another unique format until he pitched TKO to ABC in 1989. It's a shame that one didn't sell; from what I've read, the format was a combination of Blockbusters, Jeopardy!, and Hit Man.
The biggest problem I have with the show was the panto-like audience, hollering or booing at every question. Very annoying, sometimes leads the contestants to the wrong answer, and just felt like those trash talk shows.
