Spell Binders - Pilot 2

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  • Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
  • It's time to spell out the answers on this Goodson pilot...check out the end, Debralee must have had dinner plans! ;)

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  • @Golbez1991
    @Golbez1991 6 років тому +11

    Thanks for the upload WInk! Anything with Charles in it is pure gold! He always steals the show!

  • @Lupton2000
    @Lupton2000 6 років тому +7

    12:25 sound effect used for Super Password to introduce the Cashword. Also used on Wordplay as the timer on the bonus game went up. It was last used on the 2000 To Tell the Truth as the audience votes were recorded.

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 9 місяців тому +1

    DEBRA LEE AND CHARLES ---Its like being home sick from school ....YES I am that old

  • @henrymurphy3365
    @henrymurphy3365 6 років тому +7

    Cool to finally see this. Seems like the love child of Now You See It and Alex Trebek's Double Dare. I dig Score Productions' jazzy take on the ABC song though. Thanks, Wink!

    • @christophercotton9048
      @christophercotton9048 2 роки тому

      aka Twinkle Twinkle ✨️ Little Star 🌟. Same basic melody as the Alphabet Song.

    • @andrewschroy6368
      @andrewschroy6368 Рік тому

      @@christophercotton9048 Baa Baa Black Sheep uses that melody, too. As does Johnny Johnny.

  • @timglende8869
    @timglende8869 3 роки тому +2

    If this had sold, Jeopardy probably would not have come back.

  • @jesselockhart1230
    @jesselockhart1230 4 роки тому +5

    22:30 The shadow of Bill Cullen moseys along to the right.

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 6 років тому +3

    The sound effect at 20:55 where they timer was set was later used in "Wheel of Fortune" during a bonus round where a contestant can call out the puzzle to win.

    • @malicool1304
      @malicool1304 2 роки тому

      sound effect was also used on the give n take pilot

  • @johnnysama
    @johnnysama 6 років тому +4

    This, I believe, is the first usage of the 7-segment electromechanical 'vane' display on a game show. That display would be used on more game shows during the 1980s. Catchy theme song, as well.
    Thanks again, Wink! :D Cheers.

    • @herestoyoudoc
      @herestoyoudoc 9 місяців тому

      lots of Ferranti-Packard Flip-Dot displays too, like the one they had on Family Feud

  • @dakotareeves3939
    @dakotareeves3939 Рік тому

    This is the 2nd pilot episode of the American unsold game show "Spell Binders" (it didn't air on NBC) and this pilot aired in August 1978. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲

  • @terracottapie
    @terracottapie 4 роки тому +4

    9:23 -- Someone please make a gif of 1978 Charles Nelson Reilly going "L... O... L"

  • @theodorehsu5023
    @theodorehsu5023 3 роки тому +2

    Of course, Bill Anderson would also co-host "The Better Sex" with Sarah Purcell, and would host "Fandango" for The Nashville Network for 6 years in the 80s. He would also help the TNN competition show "You Can Be A Star" working to help the inner workings of the show.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 5 років тому +5

    According to a more recent interview with Bill Anderson, he claimed that this show didn't make it to air because of a number of technical problems with the computer used for the show. It looked pretty good, but it may have been a few years ahead of its time.

  • @scootover7
    @scootover7 6 років тому +6

    Maybe I'm crazy but I enjoyed the bonus round getting the audience involved. It wasn't the greatest game, but I've seen a lot worse.

  • @jaycunningham4215
    @jaycunningham4215 6 років тому +4

    This theme song is kickin’!

  • @NEPatriot
    @NEPatriot 6 років тому +1

    A few sound effects we know...the second set winning chimes from Card Sharks with Jim Perry before mid-1979; the right card prediction bell from Card Sharks as well as the miscall buzzer, and a right answer from Match Game/Hollywood Squares and even Scrabble with a "chuck buck" dealt out. And...the old timer from Wheel of Fortune pre-1989...only going 60 seconds. And even a losing horn.

    • @LittleRockElevators
      @LittleRockElevators 4 роки тому +2

      You left out one more sound effect. The buzz in sound effect was later used on Super Password when the cashword is about to be played.

    • @robertdonahoo8183
      @robertdonahoo8183 2 роки тому

      Yes, this was shot at the NBC Burbank Studios were Card Sharks, MGHS and Scrabble were produced.

  • @spwash1000
    @spwash1000 6 років тому +1

    I've never seen this pilot before and I don't how it was played. BTW thanks for uploading this rare find!

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 5 років тому +1

      Just listen to what the host says.

  • @hockeybagged
    @hockeybagged 6 років тому +3

    Thank you for posting this Wink, I've wanted to see this one for a long time :)

  • @damienchance2622
    @damienchance2622 4 роки тому +2

    I wish NBC would bring back daytime game shows

  • @TonyKanameKuran
    @TonyKanameKuran 6 років тому +1

    Before "Wheel of Fortune", the tick-tock SFX was originally used in this set of pilots for Spell Binders.

    • @LittleRockElevators
      @LittleRockElevators 4 роки тому +1

      Another game show used that same ticking sound effect called Give N Take

    • @TonyKanameKuran
      @TonyKanameKuran 6 місяців тому

      @@LittleRockElevators And (before these) that game show with Pat "Schneider" Harrington.

  • @christopherkemp8398
    @christopherkemp8398 6 років тому +1

    this is bill Anderson first game show back in late 1970's then he came back to host fandango on the THE NASHVILLE NETWORK IN THE LATE 1980'S

    • @jimlange944
      @jimlange944 6 років тому +1

      Christopher kemp Wrong. Before this he hosted The Better Sex with Sarah Purcell on ABC in 1977.

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 5 років тому +2

    I would've gotten the Lucky 7 pretty easily. Wouldn't have needed so many letters.

  • @chuckers40
    @chuckers40 6 років тому +2

    Watching this pilot, It's a cross between "Family Feud"; Now You See It (Narz); and Scrabble

    • @gamblincabbie9505
      @gamblincabbie9505 3 роки тому

      Actually closer to The Magnificent Marble Machine with the difference of spelling vs scrolling it one letter at a time.

  • @dakotareeves3939
    @dakotareeves3939 Рік тому

    On pilot episode two of Spell Binders, the two teams competing are Debralee & Jay and Charles & Sherrie.

  • @AdamJ617
    @AdamJ617 6 років тому +2

    I’m amazed by how generous you’ve been in the past few weeks. 👍 What do we owe you?

  • @tedcarey3637
    @tedcarey3637 2 роки тому

    The sexual innuendos in this are hilarious!

  • @FUGP72
    @FUGP72 День тому

    Finally a loss on a pilot.

  • @gsnman
    @gsnman Рік тому +1

    The contestants' name tags give me Family Feud vibes.

  • @stedco75
    @stedco75 6 років тому +1

    So I wonder what would have happened if one of the teams didn't reach $500 after two rounds, as two rounds took up all the time allotted for the front game. I guess the episodes might have straddled.

  • @crawford586
    @crawford586 4 роки тому +3

    That 1970's / 1980's NBC canned applause with the whistles always annoyed me.

  • @joseandresbustamante6872
    @joseandresbustamante6872 6 років тому +2

    I wanna see a pilot of puzzle roulette or The wizard of odds

  • @christopherdunne7848
    @christopherdunne7848 6 років тому +3

    The audience deal would have to be re-worked. "The woman with the striped shirt and white pants etc." was too convoluted. There would have to be some number system or something.

    • @danieltaylor9275
      @danieltaylor9275 6 років тому +1

      CHRISTOPHER DUNNE Perhaps they should've done what the Joker's Wild did: have Gene Wood call out three contestants to submit two answers of their own. The champion's celebrity partner would submit one answer and would submit another answer if they reject the audience member's answer.

  • @Jack21Spades
    @Jack21Spades 6 років тому +3

    This would make a great party game!

    • @PatrioticPirate
      @PatrioticPirate 6 років тому +5

      I think it should have sold. It's easy enough for the younger generation, so maybe it would sell today. Bill Anderson could probably host today, but nowadays people wouldn't respect him enough.

    • @christophercotton9048
      @christophercotton9048 5 років тому +2

      @@PatrioticPirate considering the Fremantlemedia North America/Fremantle USA owns the Goodson-Todman game show library they can get it to sell and air in primetime on either CBS or ABC.

  • @artytoons
    @artytoons 6 років тому +11

    The theme could have been re-used for Child's Play. Plays like a Jack Narz Now You See It or Chain Reaction letter-letter-letter game.

    • @PREGO1966
      @PREGO1966 6 років тому

      There is no resemblance between Now You See It and Chain Reaction. Unfair comparison, There were no clues in Chain Reaction. Plus you were just guessing words linked together that came out one at a time which is how it had to be played. However, yes it does look like the semi final/qualifying game of Now You See It

    • @millenniumman75
      @millenniumman75 6 років тому +1

      The original Wheel of Fortune bonus round timer sound during Lucky 7!

    • @jimlange944
      @jimlange944 6 років тому

      smashwhammy Look at when the pilot was taped and that will answer your question.

    • @jaycunningham4215
      @jaycunningham4215 6 років тому +1

      smashwhammy This was 1978 for NBC. Child’s Play came in 1982 for CBS. Many think that the “new Jeopardy” was given the nod over this.

    • @artytoons
      @artytoons 6 років тому

      Referring to the letters in the mystery word revealed one letter at a time. The clue in Chain Reaction was the revealed word above or below the mystery word at play.

  • @DocTrower1980
    @DocTrower1980 6 років тому +1

    I believe this could have worked. Granted, the whole game was basically the "Elimination Round" of "Now You See It" being played out for a half-hour, but it could have worked.
    Also, did anyone notice the name tags on the contestants? They're the same ones used on Family Feud.

    • @pbatommy
      @pbatommy Рік тому

      IMHO, the second part of the game should've been removed. Play to 7 points, with the winner winning $500 and then play the bonus game as is done here.

  • @DrakeFeatherwing
    @DrakeFeatherwing 6 років тому +1

    A lot of the shows I've seen on Wink's channel looks like they could potentially be modernized if rights were given, and with a little reworking to some of the rules... Stinks to see so many good shows done for a couple years then tossed to the wayside...

  • @JFD62780
    @JFD62780 6 років тому +5

    . . . holycrap we're hearing Oldskool Wheel's extended ten-second cue in a Goodson-Todman show...
    ...Was that really the property of NBC before Wheel went syndie?

    • @andrewschroy6368
      @andrewschroy6368 2 роки тому +1

      Not necessarily-- Give-n-Take, a CBS show, used that cue for when the red arrow slowed down.

  • @tvtimetravel
    @tvtimetravel 6 років тому +2

    Sherrie was on Match Game PM that same year. It's episode 120. Charles was her head-to-head match partner in that episode!

    • @mbclev
      @mbclev 6 років тому +1

      How could this idiot not know the card game "Hearts", given the question????

  • @nintendonerdsvideos4727
    @nintendonerdsvideos4727 6 років тому +1

    man I love card games, I proablly would of got these in 10 seconds

  • @mattcrowley8993
    @mattcrowley8993 6 років тому +3

    If this actually sold, the losing sound should have been the losing horns from TPIR.

  • @collegeslammer
    @collegeslammer 6 років тому +2

    wait a sec, does the bonus round timer sound like Wheel?

    • @LittleRockElevators
      @LittleRockElevators 4 роки тому +2

      Yes. The timer sound was also used on another game show called Give N Take hosted by Jim Lange.

  • @LordChristopherOfMidway
    @LordChristopherOfMidway 6 років тому

    I don't get why they used those levers instead of the standard button-buzzers. They just look awkward.

  • @rsb97080
    @rsb97080 4 роки тому

    I liked it.

  • @jeffboettcher2531
    @jeffboettcher2531 6 років тому +3

    Guessing that this was done after 'The Better Sex' got cancelled?

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому +1

      I think so. However. I can safely say that he had a long-running gameshow in Fandango, and the host of You can be a star on the *old* TNN.

    • @Cincinnati_Ashley
      @Cincinnati_Ashley 5 років тому

      YCBAS was hosted by Jim Ed Brown.

  • @donaldpaluga
    @donaldpaluga 6 років тому +1

    The Kung PAo BUckaroo himself Bill Anderson!

    • @gamblincabbie9505
      @gamblincabbie9505 3 роки тому +2

      He would later do decent in the Game Show hosting roll on his home away from home TNN of the 80s

  • @wnychevy09
    @wnychevy09 6 років тому +3

    Isn't that country singer Bill Anderson?

  • @markjones1184
    @markjones1184 6 років тому +2

    This should have sold

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 5 років тому +2

      I don't know. It seems kind of dumb and a recycling of Family Feud parts and Now You See It parts.

  • @hduckworthobrien9841
    @hduckworthobrien9841 6 років тому +1

    Do you have more pilots, Yet?

  • @damienchance2622
    @damienchance2622 4 роки тому

    They missing the R in star spangled banner

  • @tyrese3745
    @tyrese3745 6 років тому +1

    Might've work for NBC's Daytime Schedule.

  • @dreinternetradio5181
    @dreinternetradio5181 6 років тому +1

    A show that reminds me of the banality of the song THE QUACK earlier this year--this could not have been sold.
    Great host though.

  • @greshaminc156
    @greshaminc156 6 років тому

    America used the same bell noise in spell binders that Japanese used in their old game shows

    • @redeye_
      @redeye_ Рік тому

      i know 2 of those shows that used that sound. (quiz) time shock. & Japanese family feud (I asked 100 quizzes)

  • @garyrosato2405
    @garyrosato2405 6 років тому

    That was a weird sound during the bonus round

  • @jeprice08
    @jeprice08 6 років тому

    15:56 - 16:06 Don't listen to the audience, Debralee! They may want you to win; they might even want to hop into your shoes and go, "If I were you, I'd do that," but it's NOT their money.

    • @DocIdaho
      @DocIdaho 6 років тому +1

      Keith Evers they had nothing to lose.. if they went for it and missed, they'd lose 600 to 0 instead of 500 to 0.. but, if CNR missed it, they'd be behind 400-200

  • @andrewschroy6368
    @andrewschroy6368 6 років тому +1

    By the way, the video's not playing for me.
    EDIT: Never mind-- it's working now. :-)

  • @01chippe
    @01chippe 2 роки тому +1

    Is that the country singer?

  • @anotherguy2741
    @anotherguy2741 4 роки тому +1

    This is another example of later shows from Goodson-Todman not doing as well as newer versions of their classic shows. It might not have been a bad show but for whatever reason it didn't make it.

  • @TDog14126
    @TDog14126 4 роки тому

    Was this ever picked up? Doesn't sound familiar

  • @MitchellHang
    @MitchellHang 6 років тому +1

    5:29 If they removed the hyphen there would have been room for an extra "R".

  • @DiegoTehMexican
    @DiegoTehMexican 6 років тому

    I love Debralee but this was screaming for Brett instead. Interesting concept but definitely relying on the celebs to boost things. Not sure how I feel about Bill Anderson as a host, but nice to see him get a second chance after The Better Sex, particularly in the Goodson-Todman stable.

    • @bluebear1985
      @bluebear1985 4 роки тому +1

      His second chance for a show that actually made it to air didn't happen until cable channel The Nashville Network put "Fandango" on in 1983. Anderson would do that show for six years.

  • @andrewschroy6368
    @andrewschroy6368 5 років тому +2

    18:37 - What's with that odd (and kinda creepy) sound effect?

  • @KiddBloo86
    @KiddBloo86 6 років тому +1

    Whose the theme by?

    • @TonyKanameKuran
      @TonyKanameKuran 6 років тому +2

      Score Productions.

    • @KiddBloo86
      @KiddBloo86 2 роки тому +1

      @@TonyKanameKuran I'd love to find a clean copy

  • @MitchellHang
    @MitchellHang 6 років тому +1

    Wink, I hope you have the pilot for "Oddball" (hosted my M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr) in your archives. If yes, could you please upload it?

  • @WolfpackEntertainmentYT
    @WolfpackEntertainmentYT 4 роки тому +1

    does this show remind anyone else of Lingo?

  • @flatfingertuning727
    @flatfingertuning727 6 років тому +2

    Were those Ferranti Packard displays?

    • @poppopw5305
      @poppopw5305 5 років тому +1

      Yes, and its font was very similar to the one used on Family Feud

  • @jeprice08
    @jeprice08 6 років тому +4

    At least, Bill Anderson was a far better host here than Nipsey Russell was on Star Words.

    • @Bigstaxx3381
      @Bigstaxx3381 6 років тому +1

      Keith Evers Nipsey was a great game show panelist and they just tried to hard with him being a host

    • @someguy23475
      @someguy23475 4 роки тому +3

      Bill Anderson was a passable host both here and The Better Sex. Not great, not horrible. Nipsey Russell was a great panelist but terrible host in all of his pilots and shows.

  • @akampfer
    @akampfer 6 років тому

    Does anyone know where this was taped?

    • @tyrese3745
      @tyrese3745 4 роки тому +1

      I'm guessing NBC Studios in Burbank.

    • @robertdonahoo8183
      @robertdonahoo8183 4 роки тому +1

      @@tyrese3745 You're exactly right.

  • @andrewschroy6368
    @andrewschroy6368 6 років тому +1

    At least Bill Anderson would get a better show five years later with Fandango on TNN... :D

  • @lauragriffin6512
    @lauragriffin6512 4 роки тому

    Not surprised this one didn't last. Way overthought and too complicated

  • @drewconway7135
    @drewconway7135 5 років тому +1

    When did Conway Twitty start hosting game shows?

  • @digiblader1
    @digiblader1 6 років тому +2

    Not shocking this didn't sell--pilot's way too complex to last as a series..

    • @MTCesquire
      @MTCesquire 6 років тому +1

      Gregory Pearsoll How complex is roll the dice, play or stop? How much simpler can you get?

    • @JayJayinNYC
      @JayJayinNYC 6 років тому +1

      Agreed. It was interesting but I couldn't see this lasting and course the default standard $5,000 prize for the end game was getting a little stale at this point. It was 1978 and $5,000 wasn't what it used to be early 70s. Cheapos.

    • @DocIdaho
      @DocIdaho 6 років тому +1

      1978, average car was $4700.. so, $5000 was decent