All I can say is what a gracious way to post such a gem from the most elusive season in the show's history. Although most of the 4th One-Bid segment is missing, we're treated to more great games, Showcases, and fabulous prizes. A trip to Mount Everest seems daunting given that so few had (or still have) climbed to its summit, and Kreig's story shows once again not just the pressure of being up on stage, but also provides an inside look at how in those early VCR "first one on the block" days, friends and neighbors could pinch in. Since the video is missing part of the opening, it's not yet known if the zooming animation on the opening titles had been introduced; 3172D still had the "flashing/rapidly zooming" titles, whereas the Season 8 premiere had the zooms. It also appears that the money win graphics had not yet been introduced to the SCSD; by the end of 1979, they were in use.