From 1979. This is Randy Amasia's Last ep after he won the $25K. Then its David vs. Annelius. She's Estonian. This should be shown to all fans of Whew! and fans of Randy Amasia. Enjoy. I think this is a rare ep!
Celebrities ruin every game show, unless they are part of the original concept (Match Game, Hollywood Squares, Pyramid, Password, etc.). For example: The Weakest Link, Hot Potato, Jeopardy, and of course Whew.
This was a highly underrated game show, and with a few tweaks should absolutely be brought back. They need to even out the odds between blocking and charging, and update the bonus round animation, and other than that you’d have ratings gold. So much better than the stupid game shows of today that glorify everyone’s human interest stories, you know what nobody cares, we all could have a story to tell, just wanna see good game show action.
Human interest can be interesting but many modern shows overdo it, becoming saccharine. Depends on the show and genre too, but game shows are a different breed to drama (not as much soap opera.) It's not like people didn't create about the contestants before? Tweaking the odds might be good but the random chance also can help in that area?
You know the 9th villain; Dr. Deranged, the Mad scientist? Every time I see that villain, I think about the day I could have been sleeping in St. Gabriel's nursery eternally. Gladly, thank God I'm still living!😄😇
@@witherblaze What I meant was that I almost passed away at the same time when I was born; but the doctors at the time saved my life. To me, the creepy stare of Dr. Deranged(watch his face in the 'gauntlet of villains' round)reminds me of that day.
$26,100 was probably just enough at that time to get an advanced degree without taking out any student loans. Higher Education has far outpaced inflation since 1979.
In either 1985 or 1986, Randy was a champion on "Jeopardy!". His first episode is on RU-vid for sure, but I'm not sure how long exactly he was on the show.
This show was aired on CBS daytime Tuesday, August 28, 1979. When this was aired, it was the second complete week of three of the non-SLDC summer vacation.
And then Buzzr went and jumped somewhere else in the series today. Not only that, they butchered the episode they did show by sticking the commercial break in the middle of the first round so everything was off. What a sh*tshow.
@@steveb78 that makes sense, I know there was a "scramble" in the community to find it once it became clear Randy didn't have long left. Under the circumstances someone must have contacted Burt asking for a copy and he obliged. Sad to hear apparently the tape didn't make it in time for him to watch.
I must correct one of the bloopers: the Snuffleupagus was not visible only to Big Bird, he was never invisible nor imaginary, only nobody saw him except Big Bird and various children.
Early on the gimmick was that he kept leaving whenever big bird went to find someone so it was assumed he was big bird's imaginary friend. Snuffy interacting with kids in segments was a "breaking the 4th wall" so to speak. It wasn't until 1985 that the adults characters saw him.
Is it just me or is the the chance of success heavily skewed towards blockers on this show? Feel like of all the episodes I've watched, I can count off on one hand the number of times the charger won the round. I'm wondering, had this show lasted longer, if they would have introduced some rule patches to even it out a bit.
I agree 100%. If I had been in charge of the rules, I would have changed a few things to make the Charger's task a bit easier: 1. I would have allowed the Charger to interrupt Kennedy to give an answer. Some bloopers took as much as 5-6 seconds to read, and Kennedy occasionally stumbled when reading them, which cost the contestant valuable time. 2. I would have allowed for a Longshot to be called on the sixth level, under the following conditions: a. If the Longshot was called after the previously-placed Block was hit, the Blocker could then place a secret Block on one of the two "safe" squares, giving the Charger a 50/50 chance of finding the blooper and correcting it. b. If the Longshot was called after a blooper was revealed but not solved, then the Blocker could place a secret Block on one of the two remaining squares *only if* a Block had not been previously placed on the sixth level.
Granted, I've not watched many episodes of _Whew!_ but I think that the Longshot mechanic skews it heavily in favor of the charger. It basically says "it doesn't matter how well you do on the lower levels, you can just push the easy button at any moment and have a good shot at winning anyway."
I agree with letting the contestant interrupt Kennedy. I don’t agree with calling a longshot on the sixth level. The odds are one in three a contestant wins on a longshot, assuming the blocker placed a previous block on the sixth level. Even if they find the blooper, they still have to solve it. I’ve seen them miss at least once.
@@VectraQS The thing with the Longshot is that it's an instant loss if you hit the Blooper. If you uncover a Block on the top level through normal game-play, it's the standard 5 second penalty. Likewise, if you miss the blooper, you can pick again. That said, you don't see that too often as there's often little time left to let those scenarios I mention play out.
Today is the 17th anniversary of the Randy Amasia appearance as a contestant on the December 12, 2001 episode of Internet Game Show Celebrity Bucket Kickers.
