Ahhh I remember this episode! Tough luck on Card Game; by the way, as the seasons and episodes come and go, it’ll be interesting to come across a lot of other “Before They Were Famous” contestants. Personal note: Sort of like that one 90s movie “Can’t Hardly Wait” that I’ve seen about (or at least) 25 times where each time I watched it I learned that there was a future star that I didn’t really focus on previously.
To echo what may end up on the channel. I’m still in a never-say-never moment when it comes to if and when they ever add the first 10 seasons or if they can get GSN material that Fremantle couldn’t air because they were working off of super-outdated material or whatever the reasons are.
I too never heard anything about the show sticking with Season 11-18. I’ve followed the Social Media accounts for the channel, and several times they’ve emphasized that they plan to air everything from 1982-2007. Feels like I’ll be dead before they get close, but despite what seems like it’ll be a while before they get to the end, it’s still super early in the history of the Barker Channel.
Based on the current routine, they could reach early 1985 episodes by next February or around the winter months, and then by the end of next summer’s months, they could reach early 1986 episodes. If that holds, then we’re talking about four seasons run on the channel roughly two years removed for the December 2020 start. I think it’s okay, since that factors into keeping the early Season 11 shows in the rotation.
To be brief, each era has their pros and cons. Sure you had the team of Bob, Johnny, Janice, Dian, and Holly then Rod succeeding Johnny later on. Despite Dian & Holly’s departure, IMO, the show started to focus more on the contestants. While the cast didn’t have many iconic moments (save for Bob), you got that with the contestants in a way that you didn’t see early in the Barker Era
