Wink Martindale's Awesome Non-Price Clips and Episodes: The Ongoing Thread

[FamilyFeud1994]

Quick question on the Whammy! pilot....do we know why Peter wasn't selected as the host for the series? I mean, if you look at most of GSN's reboots/originals back then they liked established game show hosts (Bob Eubanks, Chuck Woolery) - I'm confused why they wouldn't select the ORIGINAL Press Your Luck host to be the host of the reboot.

It's rumored they went with Todd Newton because he was younger.

[pannoni1]

It could only mean one thing on Friday: the Gambit premiere.

I also recently saw the montage of Debt, and its a shame that Sony/Columbia Tri-Star Television had saw the similarities to Jeopardy!, since while it has a similar concept, that wasn't the only game to use such a format (Let's Go Back and Make the Grade for instance).

[blozier2006]

[BRB_TheFireball]

A show called Instant Recall that didn't suck.

[SuperSweeper]

I think we're all going to like this one!

[blozier2006]

Indeed we will...

http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,25284.0.html

[SuperSweeper]

Here's another anniversary upload from Winc.

[Grand_game2004]

The end game almost looked like a pinball machine of sorts (even though it didn't have any flippers) and I loved seeing that "answer machine" as well!

[wrikent3500]

I think a better bonus game would have been this...
A mini version of the main game with no questions.
The couple stands next to  three Gambit card place holders separated slightly from each other.
A new card deck is brought out, the seal is broken and the cards cut.
The game works like the main game.
But, Hitting 21 once is $ 1,000.
Hit it twice and it's $2,500
Get 21 Three in a row, $ 10,000
But, if a couple busts on anyone hand.
They only receive $ 200 for any 21's.
Or 10 times the dollar value of the cards on the boards

[Coupon Boy]

I think a better bonus game would have been this...
A mini version of the main game with no questions.
The couple stands next to  three Gambit card place holders separated slightly from each other.
A new card deck is brought out, the seal is broken and the cards cut.
The game works like the main game.
But, Hitting 21 once is $ 1,000.
Hit it twice and it's $2,500
Get 21 Three in a row, $ 10,000
But, if a couple busts on anyone hand.
They only receive $ 200 for any 21's.
Or 10 times the dollar value of the cards on the boards

Now where have I seen that endgame?

coughCatch21cough

[jimlange]

Here's a pretty good bump.  To celebrate 10,000 likes, Wink has posted one of the last regular contestant episode of Whew! with Tom Kennedy.  Enjoy and congrats Wink!!

[goldroadfanatic]

Original airdate: October 31, 1979. The show didn't air on November 1, per what Tom said, referring to November Magazine on CBS. Part of the final civilian episode (featuring what's likely the last successful solo Gauntlet win), OAD: November 2, 1979 is here.

It's great to see this in full, complete with slate and contestant plugs.

[BRB_TheFireball]

AFAIK, that's now only the second master episode of Whew! that has been available on YouTube, and the first since Randy Amasia's $25,000 win finally saw the light of day a couple of years ago.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Original airdate: October 31, 1979. The show didn't air on November 1, per what Tom said, referring to November Magazine on CBS. Part of the final civilian episode (featuring what's likely the last successful solo Gauntlet win), OAD: November 2, 1979 is here.

It's great to see this in full, complete with slate and contestant plugs.

Steve Leblang was indeed the last contestant to win the $25,000 in the Gauntlet before the show switched to the celebrity format.

[jimlange]

In tribute to the late Jim Perry, Wink has posted 5 episodes of $ale Of The Century with the slate and fee plugs.  These are syndicated episodes 30-34.  There is another note about these episodes, but I won't spoil it for you.  Enjoy!!  RIP Jim Perry.