This was actually the second pilot with Alex Trebek. The first pilot had a set that resembled a home computer of the time period and the game board used the old pull-card system that the Art Fleming versions used.
I think all they were going for in this pilot was to give station managers an idea of how gameplay would go in an effort to sell the show. The clues got to be a bit more challenging once this was picked up for the fall of 1984.
Viewers found the ring-in buzzer annoying when Alex was reading the clue, despite him telling them not to press until finished. This led to fast-fingered contestants in the first season ringing in immediately for every clue, making a mockery of the competition. Also there were situations where a contestant rings in too early for a lengthy clue, and the five second timer has already run out and the score deducted before the contestant, not able to interrupt Alex, could say a reponse. For the next season, they eliminated the buzzer to make ringing in silent. Just before Alex finishes reading the clue, the camera cuts to all three contestants. Then the game board operator illuminates a row of lights (unseen on TV), only then are the contestant buttons active, the first to press it lights the podium so we can see who done it. If a contestant presses too early before the signal light, he/she is penalized by having the button "locked out" for a fraction of a second before he/she can try pressing again. Because the contestants, if they read the clue ahead of Alex, often can formulate a response before the signal, it really becomes a test of reflexes on who rings in first, not the one who believes he comes up with the correct response the fastest.
People ringing in early happened a lot on the surviving Art Fleming episodes as well. Presumably it was the same for all 11 seasons of the original version. If only we had more episodes to make sure...but almost all were destroyed.
Just to correct you on one factoid--the ring-in buzzer was actually silenced a couple of weeks into the first season, but contestants could still ring-in while Alex was reading the clue.
I think it was taped at Metromedia Square, which was where they taped the first season. As a side note, what is now the Sony Pictures Studios was, at the time, the MGM Studios.
@@bluebear1985 And the fall of 1994 was when they made the transition from Merv Griffin Enterprises to Columbia-TriStar Television (currently Sony Pictures Television).
This was actually the second pilot with Alex Trebek. The first pilot had a set that resembled a home computer of the time period and the game board used the old pull-card system that the Art Fleming versions used.
Jay Stewart announced that one.
@@Lupton2000then we have Johnny
The energy of the contestants was awesome
Questions were pretty easy, especially Final Jeopardy. Unbelievable that one person missed it.
I think all they were going for in this pilot was to give station managers an idea of how gameplay would go in an effort to sell the show. The clues got to be a bit more challenging once this was picked up for the fall of 1984.
Viewers found the ring-in buzzer annoying when Alex was reading the clue, despite him telling them not to press until finished. This led to fast-fingered contestants in the first season ringing in immediately for every clue, making a mockery of the competition. Also there were situations where a contestant rings in too early for a lengthy clue, and the five second timer has already run out and the score deducted before the contestant, not able to interrupt Alex, could say a reponse. For the next season, they eliminated the buzzer to make ringing in silent. Just before Alex finishes reading the clue, the camera cuts to all three contestants. Then the game board operator illuminates a row of lights (unseen on TV), only then are the contestant buttons active, the first to press it lights the podium so we can see who done it. If a contestant presses too early before the signal light, he/she is penalized by having the button "locked out" for a fraction of a second before he/she can try pressing again. Because the contestants, if they read the clue ahead of Alex, often can formulate a response before the signal, it really becomes a test of reflexes on who rings in first, not the one who believes he comes up with the correct response the fastest.
People ringing in early happened a lot on the surviving Art Fleming episodes as well.
Presumably it was the same for all 11 seasons of the original version. If only we had more episodes to make sure...but almost all were destroyed.
Just to correct you on one factoid--the ring-in buzzer was actually silenced a couple of weeks into the first season, but contestants could still ring-in while Alex was reading the clue.
And the camera cuts to the contestants AFTER he reads the clue, so we viewers at home can play along.
World's largest catalog company? Sears & Roebuck. If only Marty McFly could tell them about the landscape of 2024.
Why does the thumbnail say AWKWARD
2:33 $17,600 and he's gonna get a brand new car and a trip to the Caribbean!? How the times have changed.
More than a month!😂😂😂
Cynthia seems fun
Ya can't have a pilot with a 2-time champion... wtf??
That's for concept's sake, to show how an actual show would play out.
He started with a different host.
❤😮a returning winner,,, on a Pilot, Show? Maybe he's,,, a CO‐ Pilot??¿¿❤😊
Mr Jeopardy, can we have a top 10 physics questions video?
(Also I *know* there's got to be an answer about the seven bridges of konigsberg in there, if you want to do a math one.)
@@najawin8348 Always for you, Najawin.
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Was this taped at Sony?
I think it was taped at Metromedia Square, which was where they taped the first season. As a side note, what is now the Sony Pictures Studios was, at the time, the MGM Studios.
It didn't actually move to Sony until the fall of 1994. Their sister show, Wheel of Fortune, would also move there the following year.
@@bluebear1985 And the fall of 1994 was when they made the transition from Merv Griffin Enterprises to Columbia-TriStar Television (currently Sony Pictures Television).
3:37 , answer was not in a form of a question, should have been wrong.
She said "what's"
Scale of 1-10, final was a 1.
How can you be a returning champion in a pilot?
It's merely to show how the actual show would go in a normal situation.
was this scripted? lol