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Offline jimlange

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And you'll definitely recognize one of the contestants...

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Watching that makes me want to see Jim Perry host the syndicated Price in 1994.
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And you'll definitely recognize one of the contestants...
This proves he can't be stopped :-D

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I'm surprised Jim was still working. I thought he retired after SOTC ended.

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According to Michael Burger on Wink's page, this had all but sold.  NBC made a last minute decision to not take it and told them that they were fazing themselves away from daytime game shows.

I'm not sure that's the case since this pilot is from 1985, and NBC still had Classic Concentration and Win, Lose or Draw ahead of themselves. It could have been held for a few years like Scrabble '90 was though. Is a shame since its a nice combo of Newlywed Game, Body Language's puzzle, and what would become SoTC's final bonus round unfortunately. If time was running out if each episode was self-contained, they could have easily had a speedup where each word is revealed one at a time. 1986 only had four NBC game shows on their daytime schedule after Your Number's Up was cancelled (Scrabble, SOTC, Wheel, Super Password), while 1987-early 1989 had six or even seven during I'm Telling's Run)! There was definitely room, and I'm sorry that Matchmates didn't get hooked up by the network.
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I don't know which lottery they were aiming for with Cash Tornado. California already had The Big Spin, and I don't know if either of the multi-state games were in operation then.
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Here's the sizzle reel from a 1994 lottery show pilot called Cash Tornado.  You'll recognize a lot of aspects of this one!

Even though this pilot didn't sell, it was a good thing that the general format didn't go to waste, as "Illinois' Instant Riches" hit the air a couple of years later and became successful.

And WOO!  :clipboard:
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Even though this pilot didn't sell, it was a good thing that the general format didn't go to waste, as "Illinois' Instant Riches" hit the air a couple of years months later and became successful.

And WOO!  :clipboard:
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FTFY

Wow, I forgot that "Illinois' Instant Riches" was that old.
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Here's the sizzle reel from a 1994 lottery show pilot called Cash Tornado.  You'll recognize a lot of aspects of this one!


Seeing that makes me wonder what could have been. Jim on that set, with those music pieces and the idea of it... something about it all just feels right.
I'll put this in here, but I didn't want it to overshadow the more interesting topic of specials. Earlier in the show Mike and Beth talked about Jenny McCarthy's appointment to The View and it leads to Mike talking about her appearance on Price. Mike says that he and the staff mulled over whether or not to have her on the show because of the controversy that follows her. They ultimately decided to have her because she's "a great advocate for what she believes in." Now, Mike didn't specify exactly what he meant by "what she believes in" and what "belief" of her's that he's addressing, but that could certainly be taken the wrong way.

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Not only did Illinois Instant Riches premiere shortly after this pilot, but Force Field was one of the games! I fondly remember watching both IIR and its successor, Illinois' Luckiest, when I was young.

Also, with a name like Cash Tornado, you'd think there would be a game with a cash cube blowing around money!

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Also, with a name like Cash Tornado, you'd think there would be a game with a cash cube blowing around money!

Yeah, I was waiting for a version of Whirl Win too.
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I wonder how many pilots were done on other game show sets? I would love to see how Jim would of handled The price is right he does look right on the set.

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This isn't from Wink's channel. But he did post it on his Facebook page, and it's hilarious!

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I wonder how many pilots were done on other game show sets? I would love to see how Jim would of handled The price is right he does look right on the set.
if I remember right the Brady LMAD pilot was in the TPIR set