I only recently found out about the CBS anthology series The Web, which ran for four seasons from 1950-1954. This was also produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. This completes the start and end of each line.
The rules were changed again for the 1989 version in that we only have line number and word. In the first game the first contestant to reach 1000 points won the game with the point value starting at 100 points and decreasing for every half second on the clock. Points were doubled in the second round and the winner of the game faced off against the champion in the second game which involved the first contestant reaching $1000 advancing to the bonus round. The second game was a timed duel.
@SigmaRho2922 there was a also a pilot in 1985 hosted by Jack Clark where they pretty much crossbred it with pyramid: 2 teams of 2. In the first round one player would describe the word then hit a bell which revealed the board for their partner and then they'd have to find the word, 15 seconds total to describe and find the word. Teams score 1 pt. for each second, each team played 4 words, high score got a 20 point bonus. Round 2 one player from each team played tossup words described by Jack at 20 points a pop, first team to 100 wins and plays the solo game for $5,000. 2 games played per show, highest money winners return the next day. If a team swept both games they played the 2nd solo game for a total of $10,000 regardless of how they did in the first solo game. From what I hear it didn't get picked up because Bob Stewart threatened to sue because it was too much like pyramid. But I don't know how true that is.
see 0:06 in the video also, this won't be the only time Goodson would do a mid-series rule change pilot (see the one for the 1992 changes of Family Feud to the Family Feud Challenge with the early form of the Bullseye game)
@@WinkMartindaleGames I'd call it a pilot. It may not be a true pilot in a videography sense, but it's a pilot in a legal sense because the change in rules is, in a way, a different game with potentially different in-game strategy and different preparation planning required. It just happens to have the same host, the same set, the same excellent producers, and the same awesome music.
Glad to see you are still making uploads Wink!
It's astounding that this will have hit the half-century mark in November. My god, where has all the time went?
Right down the drain.
Jack Narz was superbly funny with that comment about the Dodgers losing the World Series that year!
I like how they used cards from Match Game to write their answers.
Especially since Brett used 5x as many cards as all the other celebrities.
I love the references to other G-T shows hidden in the opening screen.
Line, Clock, Truth, Tattle, Price, Match, Password
I only recently found out about the CBS anthology series The Web, which ran for four seasons from 1950-1954. This was also produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. This completes the start and end of each line.
Awesome CBS game show!!
Good Afternoon Mr. Martindale, or i should call you "The Winkster".
GT really used that turntable on all their shows!
Question: if the VTR date was November 1974, how is this a pilot? Since the show had been on CBS since April 1974…
Do you happen to have the actual series pilot with original rules?
Not sure if Winston has it, but it is already up here.
I think she was thinking Nile and couldn't find it...
I even tried looking for "Congo" and "Niger".
The rules were changed again for the 1989 version in that we only have line number and word. In the first game the first contestant to reach 1000 points won the game with the point value starting at 100 points and decreasing for every half second on the clock. Points were doubled in the second round and the winner of the game faced off against the champion in the second game which involved the first contestant reaching $1000 advancing to the bonus round. The second game was a timed duel.
@SigmaRho2922 there was a also a pilot in 1985 hosted by Jack Clark where they pretty much crossbred it with pyramid: 2 teams of 2. In the first round one player would describe the word then hit a bell which revealed the board for their partner and then they'd have to find the word, 15 seconds total to describe and find the word. Teams score 1 pt. for each second, each team played 4 words, high score got a 20 point bonus. Round 2 one player from each team played tossup words described by Jack at 20 points a pop, first team to 100 wins and plays the solo game for $5,000. 2 games played per show, highest money winners return the next day. If a team swept both games they played the 2nd solo game for a total of $10,000 regardless of how they did in the first solo game. From what I hear it didn't get picked up because Bob Stewart threatened to sue because it was too much like pyramid. But I don't know how true that is.
Wow a $100 bonus....🙄 Not saying you need a massive prize but $100 is hardly anything to get that excited about, even in 1974.
That set just doesn't have enough neon and shag carpet. lol
@09:10, wow, that was tough, right Richard Hernandez?
I NEVER would have guessed Ubangi. Never.
Why does he keep calling them "girls"?
Wink, I don’t know why you call it a pilot because all this is seen is a regular episode with a rule change!
Well "I'm" not calling it a pilot. Goodson/Todman did. So you'll have to take it up with them! It's slated as PILOT #2 :D
see 0:06 in the video
also, this won't be the only time Goodson would do a mid-series rule change pilot (see the one for the 1992 changes of Family Feud to the Family Feud Challenge with the early form of the Bullseye game)
@@WinkMartindaleGamesIt is a pilot episode with different rules, this is pilot #2 taped on 11-27-74 as seen on the slate at the beginning.
@@WinkMartindaleGames I'd call it a pilot. It may not be a true pilot in a videography sense, but it's a pilot in a legal sense because the change in rules is, in a way, a different game with potentially different in-game strategy and different preparation planning required. It just happens to have the same host, the same set, the same excellent producers, and the same awesome music.