FULL EPISODE: "The Mad Dash" from 1980!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Enjoy this full episode of a CLASSIC Canadian game show, The Mad Dash, hosted by Pierre Lalonde!
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The Mad Dash is a television game show created by Sidney M. Cohen which first appeared in 1978 on Canada's CTV network and ran until 1985. The series proved to be a family favourite based on Canada's BBM ratings, and was also popular in parts of the northern United States, where CTV affiliates were available to Americans living near the Canada-United States border, both over the air and via cable. Pierre Lalonde was the MC, and Nick Hollinrake was the announcer for the show, which was taped at the studios of CFCF-TV in Montreal. This classic series is included in the collection of Canadian icons in the 2006 feature film Souvenir of Canada based on the book by Douglas Coupland. The series was later rerun on GameTV in Canada, from 2007 to 2010.
Only a handful of episodes still exist, due to the then common practice known as wiping.
I grew up in Niagara Falls, New York, and we got the Canadian stations. I don’t remember watching this very much, but I did watch some of the other Canadian game shows like Bumper Stumpers, Definition, and Super Pay Cards. This is very similar to Video Village from the 1960s.
I remember watching this show when I was 4 years old! This is literally my first time watching this show in colour because my family never got a colour TV until 1984.
No colour t.v till 1984....wow did you grow up in tuktayjuktuk?
Being able to take an entire loss off for landing on one space is so hilariously, ridiculously overpowered. I love it!
I like how they made the rival contestants hold hands on the way to the board
best bit is the guy backstage with a doorbell going mad when they win the 7th dash 😂
Also the person ringing the bell seems to be having a blast!
Union bell ringer
Wow - this show was crazy wonderful. Disco-esque opening, board game elements, questionable prizes, wacky rules and an overly-excited bell-dinging guy. This may be one of the best game shows of the late 70's/early 80's.
It''s nice to go through all these TV Game Shows during these tough times, it's like looking at a world with fewer troubles. Sure the 80s had problems, but it wasn't that bad.
The only difference is shit was way more fun in the 80s. All the problems were the same.
Problems were more hidden , it wasn't in your face all the time
Just the looming threat of Nuclear War
And a "ME TOO" because the Bus company male dispatcher married the female bus driver.
sad that they had to cut out a clip to avoid a copyright strike from a song that's 50-plus years old.
They took out The Byrds but left in The Zombies.
We lived (1970-79) about a 10 minute drive to CFCF12 studios situated on Ogilvy avenue in Park Extension It was next to the Park avenue train station. My dad was a losing contestant on a few of these local game shows and my older sister attended the weekend dance/music show. Thanks 👌✌
Couple got screwed on first mad Dash. Clearly landed on "hotel for two" not "change places". Fun game show from my youth.
Never seen or heard of this before!
Dude! Thank you so much for posting this! I've never felt more Canadian than watching this. Pierre was truly an awesome host (RIP).
Really glad you enjoyed, Dave! The Mad Dash is a Canadian treasure and we'll talk all about it on our show.
@@CanadasGameShows Since I am from your neighboring country to the south (the U.S. of A.) & am not familiar with many Canadian game shows, I hope you won't mind me if I ask who the announcer was on this show?
@@tinamarie86 The announcer was Nick Hollinrake. He also did the final two seasons of the early 70s version of "Beat the Clock" when it taped in Montreal. It's possible it was done in the same studio as this show.
For those who asked for the title of the theme music. The theme was called "Intercity" performed by Orchestra Werner Drexler. From his "Don't Stop Now" album. Also on the "Sounds of the 70s" compilation album.
This show needs a revival!
Wow! Blast from the past. I watched this show when I was a kid.
This is something an 8 year old would think up.
What a great theme song. I love it when the theme goes to the end, ala WOF & J!
I loved watching this show when I was a kid, now I feel so old and I'm only 47....lol. Whould be nice to bring it back.
It's a shame that no toy and game company in Canada made a home game version of The Mad Dash. Not that I recall, though. It would have been a HUGE seller had a The Mad Dash home game been made. I would have bought one of it if it were on eBay.
this is ringing a bell from when i was a kid
So sad very few episodes exist. This is a simple, yet fun show. Nick Holenreich’s (or is it Hollinrake... I’ve seen both) announcing doesn’t get enough praise. He’s almost in Johnny Olson territory.
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In the early 1970s, "Beat the Clock" taped in Montreal, and he became the announcer for its last two seasons when his predecessor in that position, Gene Wood, took over as host.
More episodes please if you have them.
The Mad Dash is one of my favorite game shows. It was super fun and entertaining despite it's small budget.
if we can get 'em. Most of the episodes sadly were wiped.
There's always a chance that the episodes were saved. I read somewhere online that there are 14 surviving episodes.
I grew up watching this show. I made my own makeshift board and used my Rubik’s cube with taped on numbers as my die/dice! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Que de beau souvenirs.. Merci
I used to watch this on cable in Seattle. It was pretty popular. The money prizes were lower than American games but $100 in Canada in 1980 is about $328.13 in 2020
This show was so entertaining and fun, mainly for ironic reasons. A true win
Too bad we in America didn't have a version of this fun & awesome show.
In the 50s (i think) there was a similar show called video village.
@@marcpower4167 60's, actually.
Cheers to the production team of CFCF, channel 12 in Anglo Montreal
Used to watch this every lunch time
I saw this first run when I was in Ontario in 1981!
The host implied that the winning potential was unlimited.
Little known fact: Gilles went on to win $174 billion CDN, and they ended up having to give Canada to him. This is why on older maps, it still says "Gilles Yard" instead of Canada.
thank's canada`s game shows for the awesome episodes of these game shows 👏😁👍😉
This host has an Ambien Pat Sajak vibe to him.
Hahaha! Gold.
I was looking for this after a year ago I saw a random episode thank God I found it
But, I thought the 80s didn't come to Canada until 1993...
😂
@@XJIcequeen Yeah these are still the seventies.
No it's the United States that is slow to progress.
Watching this from PEI in 2022. I live about 25 miles from Bedeque......lol
The Canadians are not afraid to do the whoops and horns. Nice!
Such a stupid comment. Definitely American.
@@sweiland75 I did not mean that in a bad way. I was complementing them.
The Canadian version of "Video Village."
Definition next!! thanks for this great upload!
My, Mr. Lalonde has a strong head of hair!
barely remember this show was only like 11or12 when it was on tv
Great audience
these game shows seems like there way before my time lol but i f***ing loves them!!!
So a second set of encyclopedia (they already won one), the worlds ugliest chair, a piece of technology that was out of date within a year or two of the show, and a sewing machine. Yup, Canadian game show grand prizes just as I remember them.
Does anybody know the name of the theme song? I know the opening bars to the Percy Faith number "El Bimbo" contribute to the win cue.
The whole show is a show I wish we Americans had, but we didn't. Those who lived near the border were able to watch it if they got lucky.
I love board games as well, so naturally this is my favorite Canadian game show.
It's such a fun show!
"Beware the Ides of May" 🙄
Maybe she was thinking of her cousin Ida Mae!
@12:10 - for a while I literally thought the sideways dollar sign was a 69. I was like "do I want to know what happens when they roll a 69"
Would be awesome if Sidney Cohen could release the show's music in the clear or perhaps look into getting them donated to the Television Production Music Museum.
Cohen directed Inside the Box ua-cam.com/video/FbVE_CjUGcg/v-deo.html
This is fun ...never saw it before
my mom was a contestant on this.
That one couple got screwed on that 2 second dash. She totally made it to the corner. It must haunt them to this day, when they think about the 40 dollars they could have had, and the hair on that dude.
That's my dad, I'll ask him
perhaps he had to use the hair cut $ money added to other $ money to pay for airplane ticket to go for the show
Did they win
$ 8000.oo cash or in prices ?
I understand the copyright mute; however, my only question is "what were the first two choices for Mr. Tambourine Man?" I forget!
You all have me hooked on "The Maaaaadddd DASH!" ❤😁❤😁❤😁
I think it was just a "the byrds" or "the bees" question.
Loved this show!
Much better than 1990 Monopoly on ABC
oh i get it now, the lucky 7 jackpot contained all the prizes that went unclaimed in the games that were played correct? (aside from the dinners for two) (or was it 1 randomly selected prize from each game?)
This is the Montreal-Based game show on The Mad Dash (1978-84) series
Instant subscription and I'm so glad you showed up in my recommended. I'm a huge game show fan but I must admit a lot of these Canadian game shows I have not seen. I'm american and you have just opened up a whole new box of goodies for me to watch. And is Udo a common Canadian name?
Did you watch the video? Homeboy said he's from Germany!
@@SaucyMcfoodlefist No but thanks for letting me know.
Check out the Canadian fame show "Pitfall" hosted by Alex Trebek. At the time it was the most expensive game show set ever made and the only job Trebek never got paid for. None of the contestants ever got their prizes because the ratings were poor. Still a pretty cool game idea IMO.
@@falloutman1843 I'm going to check that out now thanks.
@@TombstoneChris there are lots of good Canadian game shows. I didn't realize there were so many. Some I remember, others no.
The memories!!
I Loved this show...
I remember this show was on CKCO at around 7 a.m. I wasn't able to watch it often, because the channel didn't always come through clearly. And then I was miffed because they replaced it with "Canada A.M."
Being from the "Lower 48," I find this show to be so "Canadian"; prizes like" dinner for two" would be considered consolation or throwaway prizes jere; not intended to be a sli we've had our share of cheesy/campy game shows over the years here, too. By American standards, "THE MAD DASH" is like a version of two game shows we had from in the early to mid 1960s "VIDEO VILLAGE" and a derivative that was a game show for kids called "SHENANEGINS" - both are on UA-cam.
That guy looks like All Boreland
I don’t think so, Tim.
Well that was cool! I've never seen that before
NICK GREAT ANNOUNCER
12:09 LUCKY 7 JACKPOT!
GREAT AUDIENCE
If you wonder where Dinner for 2 prize was at, it was The Spaghetti House in Montreal
Fun game. Bet this could be Americanized for our TV audience.
Goodson-Todman would've made an awesome American version of the show, had they gotten the rights. They'd even get Nick Hollenrache to announce it.
never heard this game
I would love to see a revival of The Mad Dash.
Goodson-Todman should've gotten the USA rights to this show.
@@thedriver4038 I think Bob Stewart would've gotten the US rights since Champlain produced the Canadian revival of Chain Reaction. It would've been nice if ABC or CBS revived the show in the '80s.
If this gets a revival in Canada, I would Philippe Bond to host. He previously hosted the Canadian version of The Price is Right called “Price is Right: À Vous de Jouer!”
@@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176 That is a great idea.
@@newsman9539 Thanks! Or should I say, "Merci?"
Somewhat similar to Video Village
I thought I was the only one here who would have remembered that show.
I would love to see this show revived here in America with either Marc Summers or Tom Bergeron hosting with more spaces on the game board and higher money amounts and better prizes.
I'd have Rich Fields as host with George Gray as announcer. Goodson-Todman/Fremantle should produce it.
I thought Canadian game shows were CHEAP(they still are to be perfectly honest)! Not today! :P
Disco video village!
The general prizes & cash on this show were low-value, but they were all tax-free, unlike gameshows in the USA.
Nice game show. The tossup questions format reminded me of the one on "Your Numbers' Up" or "Twisters"* plus a 3rd option. The only improvement I'd make to this show is more illustration as to what the spots were (possibly include an overhead camera shot of the "trail" and show the spots more often). Too bad this show wasn't picked up by a United States producer (or produced in the US) and shown here. Could've made good being on a morning game show block on one of the networks. Some good US hosting candidates might have been Jim Perry, Nipsey Russell, Art James, Jim Lange & others. I could see Johnny Gilbert announcing on this show.
If the show is revived as part of ABC’s resurrected Daytime Fun & Games block, airing at 2:30, Raven-Symone could host it and Anneliese van der Pol could be her announcer/sidekick!
@@danalong1237God no!! Get a real host!
In poland it was called "duety do mety"
2 to the finish!
@@KiddBloo86 More like "Duos to the finish line"
the guy looks Rupert Holmes
Interesting
0:11 what is the point of this opening I don't get it
That is a "beautiful" recliner?
Well you got to remember this was 1980.
What kind of game show is this?
How's IT Going eh?
What are the rules
Baddeck Village is on Cape Breton Island part of Nova Scotia. There is no Baddeck in P.E.I. how stupid is betty not to know where she lives? My grandfather was from Baddeck and I spent many summers there. It is also home to the Alexander Graham Bell museum.
Geography lesson headed your way. Betty is from Bedeque P E I and you're welcome.
Plants for a day!
How come they're called hosers?
Nick Hollinreich sounds a hell of a lot like Rod Roddy....
Pierre Lalonde was soooo much better than Alex Trebek!!!!
I think the announcer is the same one from beat the clock or am i wrong
You're right, Nick Holenreich took the announcer's chair when Gene Wood moved to hosting it.
@@SamHodkin23 so my ears did not deceive me ,I do recall gene hosting beat the clock more towards the end of the show;s run
Oh man! They blotted out "Mr. Tambourine Man" during the first question. Copyright snafu?
Unfortunately!
@@CanadasGameShows Do you have the tape still? What's the full question on the song? I get the byrds and the bees, but was there a 3rd choice?
@@Brendan_Keyport-WA7BMK I thought he said the Beatles?
9:40 CHANGE THE PLACES
Best audience member at 15:44!
She was not on change places
was the l7 jackpot progressive?
Sign of the 70s: the dreaded VPL (visible panty lines) on Lynne's grey polyester slacks.
😂
0:22
Super cheese!!!
Lucky 7? Lucky number it is.