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  • This is the closing theme to the 1984 Barry & Enright game show "Hot Potato", which aired on NBC daytime, as well as the USA Network, and was hosted by Bill Cullen. The music is composed by Hal Hidey.
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  • @brianschwartz6826
    @brianschwartz6826 3 роки тому +15

    rest in peace Bill Cullen, I love this game show and he was a great host

  • @moofushu
    @moofushu 8 років тому +32

    I'm feelin' the disco in this one. Boogie wonderland!

  • @stephanierushing6566
    @stephanierushing6566 6 років тому +6

    Here are our champions, they're three of a kind. They're here to play HOT (steam cue) POTATO! Here to toss the Hot Potato is our host Bill Cullen!

  • @Timelytube1178
    @Timelytube1178 8 років тому +17

    I felt the earth move with Hal Hidey piece

  • @richmiller8615
    @richmiller8615 4 роки тому +11

    This was one of the nicest and best sets of any game show I've ever seen! Too bad this show didn't last longer than it did.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому

      I bet Bill Cullen was heartbroken 💔 and shattered when Hot Potato was canceled.

    • @Goomlahexpress
      @Goomlahexpress 11 місяців тому +2

      This was a game that was really good and ahead of it's time. Maybe too much so

  • @jolt6346
    @jolt6346 10 років тому +18

    Gotta love how the epic and tense building music was entirely ignored by the show (except for the long credits roll) in favor of the basically unrelated to the rest of the song quote in the first five seconds.

  • @johnmiller8338
    @johnmiller8338 4 роки тому +4

    "R. I. P. Professor yes n no himself bill-cullen (1920-1990) the 2nd wittiest-man on television"🇮🇪🇺🇸🙏👼.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 13 років тому +4

    RIP Bill Cullin you was 1 good Game Show Host with the oringal Price is Right,Hot Potato,Chain Reaction,Joker's Wild, and many others.

  • @MTheChequeGuy
    @MTheChequeGuy 15 років тому +4

    I always liked this show... the music was enjoyable and it had REAL people on it playing against each other. I would have been six years old the time this show ran, but I still remember it due to the music. :-)

  • @Valedc03ls
    @Valedc03ls 16 років тому +4

    Same here. I was born in October of 1984 :) . This show started on January 23, 1984 and went to June 29, 1984. Yeah, it sounds quite the disco feel to it, which is why disco music is one of my all-time favorite genres of music ;) .

  • @MelissaHash
    @MelissaHash 14 днів тому

    Geez! Another of my favorite game shows celebrating an anniversary! #Happie40th Hawt Potato!!!

  • @drummingdanny84
    @drummingdanny84 16 років тому +11

    The show was from my birthyear (1984), but the theme sounds like it was from 1977 or '78.

  • @Fatality84
    @Fatality84 8 років тому +12

    Good poplocking music!

  • @transitny
    @transitny 9 років тому +21

    I kind of remember Bill Cullen coming on at the beginning of one show and waving his handkerchief at smoke that had floated down from the sign!

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 9 років тому +1

      That smoke was billowing out, before Bill Cullen did that wave.

    • @Jack21Spades
      @Jack21Spades 7 років тому +3

      I remember that. That was funny as allgetout!

    • @JMFabiano
      @JMFabiano 7 років тому +2

      Not as funny as him tossing a potato at the contestants.

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 7 років тому +1

      James Fabiano That would hurt.

    • @Timelytube1178
      @Timelytube1178 7 років тому +2

      Did you see him do that in person? TV?

  • @Shellinois
    @Shellinois 3 роки тому +6

    In hindsight this theme has a disco feel, but it was actually quite contemporary at the time in relation to the dramatic and bouncy nature of the show. One of Hal Hidey's greatest themes from his work with Barry & Enright. This was B&E's final network game show.

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 15 років тому +13

    I think all of the current B&E game shows on network and syndication TV would have lasted longer if Jack Barry survived that heart attack. He was able to reconcile with NBC after the quiz show scandals of the 1950's (they aired Hot Potato on the NBC O&O's, my station, KYW-TV, was an Group W-owned NBC affiliate at that time, and did not show it). Dan Enright was the main contributer to B&E's demise, forcing them to go to Canada with "Bumper Stumpers" after Barry's death.

    • @steve760
      @steve760 2 роки тому

      Was that B&E? I thought it was Wink Martindale's company, co-producing with a company in Canada.

    • @zachhoran
      @zachhoran Рік тому

      @@steve760 Wink Martindale Enterprises in association with Global and Barry and Enright packaged Bumper Sumpers.

    • @wecantfightgravity
      @wecantfightgravity Рік тому

      He was responsible for TTD's and TJW's cancellations in 1986 and the mediocre short-lived version of TTD in 1990.

    • @zachhoran
      @zachhoran Рік тому

      @@wecantfightgravity The domination of Wheel and Jeopardy in the ratings would still have happened even if Jack hadn't died. Wheel was starting to cut into Tic and Joker's ratings the year he died.

    • @JohnathanWilliamson849
      @JohnathanWilliamson849 10 місяців тому

      @@zachhoran I imagine if Jim Peck actually did become the host of The Joker's Wild it would have only lasted for at most another season. This along with Tic-Tac-Dough and Family Feud just felt tired and old by the time Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy came.

  • @zachhoran
    @zachhoran 17 днів тому +1

    Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of Hot Potato's appearance as a contestant on the June 29, 1984 episode of NBC daytime Bucket Kickers.

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 5 років тому +9

    As I remember it, this game show was on NBC.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      It was on NBC.

    • @BenJabituya
      @BenJabituya 6 місяців тому +1

      @@jimmydeanpatterson1422 That's right, I used to see this on KYW-TV 3 (then an NBC Station, prior to switching to CBS on 9/10/1995).

    • @jamesklatt
      @jamesklatt 3 місяці тому

      It replaced go then was replaced by different strokes reruns. Super Password would take the time slot in the 1984-85 season.

  • @Troggle84
    @Troggle84 16 років тому +2

    They sort of did back around 2000 or so. One of the rounds on the syndicated show Sex Wars was essentially based on the main game of Hot Potato.

  • @JennieBonbons
    @JennieBonbons 3 роки тому +3

    😋The game show's title makes me feel hungry for loaded baked potatoes!!😋

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 6 років тому +15

    "HOT Potato" is a Barry and Enright Production.

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 5 років тому +1

      Yeah.

    • @pinedelgado4743
      @pinedelgado4743 4 роки тому +3

      And "WHO CARES??" is a Pine Delgado Production!! LOL!! ;) ;)

    • @MrMatteNWk
      @MrMatteNWk 4 роки тому +3

      Or as was heard on the GSN reruns: "HOTTTTTTTT Potato i-- *Columbia-Tri-Star Television theme*"

    • @GCBlues45
      @GCBlues45 4 роки тому

      HOT Potato is a Barry & Barry production

    • @spacemanmonster23
      @spacemanmonster23 4 роки тому +1

      Hissss

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 16 років тому +11

    This was one show I liked watching on USA of course it was reruns at the time but the show was cool as they had to guess 7 answer to a question or a survey. I also rermember Bill hated when the smoke came up when they started a show with the bonus round.

    • @hdayejr
      @hdayejr 6 років тому +2

      GCRams2 even though he had a 3 pack a day habit lol

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +1

      He blew the smoke, with his handkerchief

    • @knightrdrx
      @knightrdrx 4 роки тому

      A had a mix of this and cartoon express as a kid

    • @JMFabiano
      @JMFabiano 3 роки тому +1

      No it was played when Bill Cullen tossed a potato at the contestants. It was a funny ;-)

    • @artytoons
      @artytoons 2 роки тому

      The smell of the smoke was reportedly not too appealng.

  • @kaseywestbrook8564
    @kaseywestbrook8564 9 років тому +11

    That's all the time we have, the flight attendants have won $25,500 so far and will face a new opponent on our next show. Remember, we will not be on Thursday or Friday due to Thanksgiving, but we'll be back the following Monday. Until then, goodbye from Hot Potato, take care.

    • @drummingdanny84
      @drummingdanny84 3 роки тому +1

      If the show premiered in September 1983 rather than January 1984.

  • @larrylollis5875
    @larrylollis5875 2 роки тому +3

    They need to bring that game show back

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому +1

      The show failed after a 1/2 season. The show was a cross between Family Feud and Play the Percentages.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      Bill Cullen, you are missed. He died of lung cancer in 1990.

  • @MrRadiostationman
    @MrRadiostationman 5 років тому +4

    I love the hot potato theme music

    • @jasonbeard4713
      @jasonbeard4713 2 роки тому +1

      I do too, and I hadn't heard the entire piece until today, 5/7/22.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      And many people love the legendary Bill Cullen.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 16 років тому +2

    it was played with 2 teams of 3 people, they ansswer a servey question that was given out like top movies of the 90's. The team who has control can answer or pass to one the oppenents. If the person on the other team gets the answer right the person that challenged them will go to the pently bench if they are wrong they go to the bench. If you get all 7 answers or elemanat all the members of the other team you win the round. The first team to win 2 out of 3 rounds will play the bonus round.

  • @Vansbaseball
    @Vansbaseball 3 роки тому +3

    As someone whom loves the more "Short Lived" game shows and their themes this is one of my favorites right here. I remember the CBN block well and I am pretty sure we got this on there. I'd LOVE for Buzzr to get this (or heck Lange's Bullseye) but that is what the "UA-cam Game Show Community" is for I guess...big ups to this community for even keeping the themes around

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 3 роки тому

      If by a movement of heaven and earth Fremantle buys out GSN, and the Sony Libraries outright, we're not gonna see these on Buzzr, or Game Show Central (sony owned).

    • @unknown-kh7dg
      @unknown-kh7dg Рік тому

      @@newstarcadefan Anything's possible. Buzzr got the reruns rights to the 1996-1999 versions of the Sony Pictures Television owned of "The Newlywed Game" back in 2021.

  • @millenniumman75
    @millenniumman75 12 років тому +4

    1:30 - a shot of Vanessa Williams, reigning Miss America 1983. She was the first African-American Miss America, but would have to relinquish her crown after Penthouse released nude photos of her. The last seven weeks of her reign went to runner-up Suzette Charles who was also African-American.

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 2 роки тому +3

    This theme song gave me those Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” vibes.

    • @operator35
      @operator35  2 роки тому

      If I’m not mistaken that’s what they used on the pilot show as the closing theme. If so, that explains where Hal Hidey got the idea for his version of the closing.

    • @ADCY1987
      @ADCY1987 10 місяців тому

      Is it kinda similar to Sylvester song!

    • @thewhammy83
      @thewhammy83 21 день тому

      It is. They did.

  • @socalltd
    @socalltd 15 років тому +6

    i hear "giorgio" in the first 10 seconds. then some good disco, sylvester style, for the rest of this tight track..

    • @CalebMartinMusicMedia
      @CalebMartinMusicMedia 3 роки тому +2

      The production company used Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel" as the closing theme for Hot Potato's unaired pilot, so it's not surprising the theme they commissioned has strong Sylvester vibes too

    • @socalltd
      @socalltd 3 роки тому +1

      @@CalebMartinMusicMedia wow. . that explains my first thought. .

    • @rg8152
      @rg8152 Рік тому +1

      The first ten seconds + the opening theme of the show was based off of “Stop Look & Listen” by Donna Summer-also used in the pilot

    • @socalltd
      @socalltd Рік тому +1

      @@rg8152 Interesting. . still good work on the music
      inspired by what was current in the late 70's

  • @Valedc03ls
    @Valedc03ls 16 років тому +4

    Same here. Personally, the bonus round probably needs tweaking because it had nothing to do with the main game. Yet this show had a cool unique progressive jackpot only for the returning champs to get a shot at.

  • @megamanj2004X
    @megamanj2004X 14 років тому +9

    Charlie O'Donnell: "Hot...(pfsssssst) Potato! Is a Jack Barry and Dan Enright Production!"

    • @Ian16545
      @Ian16545 6 років тому +1

      Only when GSN aired the show, as soon as Charlie O announced the title at the end, they always cut right to the Columbia-TriStar TV logo afterwards (being the self-promoting, history-oblivious blowhards that they are).

    • @paullarue2010
      @paullarue2010 4 роки тому

      I remember smoke came out, of the letters.

    • @GCBlues45
      @GCBlues45 4 роки тому

      At my fun job this show is back & its now a Barry & Barry Production

    • @MelissaHash
      @MelissaHash 4 роки тому +1

      #RIP to both the immensely talented Charlie O' Donnell & of course, one of my favorite game show emcees, the funny & debonair Bill Cullen! 😭😭😭

    • @MrMatteNWk
      @MrMatteNWk 3 роки тому +1

      Charlie O': "Because an incorrect answer was accepted in the second round, the round was replayed and the program edited."

  • @Alina-mp1bv
    @Alina-mp1bv 7 років тому +2

    Der Text hat mich sehr inspiriert und zu Tränen gerührt :'(

  • @zachhoran
    @zachhoran 7 днів тому

    Today is the 34th anniversary of the Bill Cullen appearance as a contestant on the July 7, 1990 episode of Celebrity Bucket Kickers,

    • @operator35
      @operator35  6 днів тому

      Wasn't amusing on alt.tv.game-shows and remains not amusing.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 10 років тому +20

    Well here are some more facts for ya:
    When Hot Potato Debut, Hulk Hogan won his 1st WWE Heavyweight Championship against The Iron Sheik and Airwolf Debut in the Winter of 1984 as well But also, during the 83/84 Season, Rebecca Holden joined the cast of Season 2 of Knight Rider as Chief Mechanic April Curtis, Happy Days was in its 11th and Final Season on abc, Soul Train Theme was performed by O'Bryan and Ruby-Spears gave us Alvin and the Chipmunks, Rubik The Amazing Cube, Mr. T and Saturday Supercade

    • @ProfessorBMedia
      @ProfessorBMedia 8 років тому +4

      Also that year in 1984 it was Magic Johnson and Larry Bird both Lakers and Celtics played in what be their first of three NBA Finals that year.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 8 років тому +3

      Right you are and good job on your part
      Plus, the 83/84 Season was all about the Bird, McHale and Parrish that season

    • @ProfessorBMedia
      @ProfessorBMedia 8 років тому +4

      And Magic, Kareem, Cooper and Worthy as well.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 7 років тому +2

      Right you are, I was more of a Magic Johnson Fan, wasn't too much a Celtics fan, but they did change the face of the NBA during the 80's just like Jordan changed the face of the NBA during the 90's and the Bad Boys known as the Detroit Pistons also changed the face of the NBA during the course of 1989 and 1990

    • @binhkhoiluuuc1718
      @binhkhoiluuuc1718 4 роки тому +3

      Family Feud was still on ABC at this time. Wheel Of Fortune was still on NBC at this time.

  • @richzito
    @richzito 7 років тому +4

    pretty good music

  • @brettbousman5070
    @brettbousman5070 9 місяців тому

    I think they spontaneously came up with the tune. It follows no order whatsoever

  • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
    @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +2

    William Lawrence Francis Cullen 1920-1990.

  • @MelissaHash
    @MelissaHash 14 років тому +13

    Hot Potato had some bitchin' theme music....plus it was an awesome game show!

    • @marcusphilpot1376
      @marcusphilpot1376 6 років тому +4

      I use to went into the website that had all of the themes of hot potato. The opening theme the commercial theme. The first and second win. The bonus round theme. I lost it all. I want all of it.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      And it had a great host, the late, great legendary Mr. Bill Cullen.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 16 років тому +3

    I agree.
    I don't know what the heck Barry & Enright were thinking.
    That's the format that killed Bullseye.

    • @JMFabiano
      @JMFabiano Місяць тому

      I'm shocked they didn't do it to Play the Percentages too.

  • @EricLimasTPLEra77
    @EricLimasTPLEra77 13 років тому +7

    This the only game show without a "Beat-The-Bad-Guy" bonus round.

    • @andrewschroy6368
      @andrewschroy6368 6 років тому +5

      You mean only Barry and Enright game show without a "beat the bad guy" bonus round?
      Either way, no. Hollywood Connection and Pictionary '89 are also B&E shows that didn't have this type of endgame.

    • @EricLimasTPLEra77
      @EricLimasTPLEra77 5 років тому +2

      Ah,ok.

    • @zachhoran
      @zachhoran 5 років тому +3

      Bumper Stumpers had a skill based bonus round in seasons two and three.

    • @zachhoran
      @zachhoran Рік тому

      @@andrewschroy6368 Play the Percentages bonus round had contestant pick the answers given in a survey, so while it had a "avoid the bad guy"format, i.e. the zero, it wasn't luck based.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 Рік тому

      The bonus game was one of those 50-50 choice answers.

  • @eakradio
    @eakradio 8 років тому +4

    Too damn funky!!

  • @ClassiCole
    @ClassiCole 2 місяці тому +1

    This theme gives me Hoyt Curtin vibes! This sounds like this theme would have been a Hanna-Barbera theme.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 10 років тому +5

    Well just so you all know: Hot Potato is one of my favorite B&E Game Shows and I use to watch it on NBC and then it went into reruns on Pat Robertson's CBN (now abc family), USA (now the home to RAW & Law & Order: SVU & CI) and GSN (now the Network for Games) CBN reran only 3 B&E Game Shows Tic Tac Dough, Bullseye and Hot Potato while USA reran Tic Tac Dough, Hot Potato, Bullseye, Play the Percentages and Cullen's Joker's Wild and GSN reran lots of B&E shows. Hot Potato was so cool.

    • @jasonbertalotto4296
      @jasonbertalotto4296 9 років тому +2

      T-Bone Hubbard I laugh and jump for joy at those bonus round wins on B&E.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 7 років тому +1

      Jason Bertalotto Me, too
      Whenever someone Beats the Devil on The Joker's Wild Face the Devil Bonus Game even when they get a Natural Triple and also, I like the Joker's & Devils Game from the CBS Years as well
      I even like the Beat the Dragon Bonus Game on Tic Tac Dough from the CBS Years with X's and O's and the Dragon and the syndicated one, but also, I 💜 the Bonus Island Game from my favorite, the awesome BULLSEYE and even when a player gets 3 BULLSEYES in one spin
      The Big Bonus Round from Hot Potato, I enjoyed the Waitresses winning $20,000 WOW, talk about getting a great tip
      Now, as for Break the Bank '76, I like the Tom Kennedy Version over the Jack Barry Version b/c Tom could interact with the celebs unlike Barry, but I don't care for the Bonus Game from Barry's Version, plus I 💜 it whenever somebody Breaks the Bank and the Wild Box is like a Joker and a BULLSEYE

    • @danalong1237
      @danalong1237 7 років тому +3

      In other words, each and every B&E game show has an enemy to defeat:
      1. Break the Bank-reach $2000 which augments the winnings to $5000 without finding the BUST card.
      2. The Joker's Wild-reach $1000 or more which wins the money and the prize package without seeing the devil.
      3. Tic Tac Dough (CBS)-complete a Tic Tac Dough line with either symbol to win the money and the prize package without finding the dragon.
      4. Tic Tac Dough (first syndicated run)-reach $1000 or more or find the TIC and the TAC without finding the dragon to win the money and the prize package.
      5. Tic Tac Dough (second syndicated run)-complete a Tic Tac Dough line with a chosen symbol only or find the Dragonslayer to win the money and the prize package without finding the dragon.
      6. Play the Percentages (1st bonus game)-reach 100 points without choosing an answer that has 0 to win $2500 or choose an answer that matches a target percentage to win a jackpot that started at $25,000 and grew by $1000 until won.
      7. Play the Percentages (2nd bonus game)-same as 1st bonus game, but with the target percentage removed because of a malfunction and a couple choosing a second most popular answer; $2500 was still awarded to the couple who reached 100 points or more, but the jackpot was moved from the endgame to the front game.
      8. Play the Percentages (3rd bonus game)-choose the five of the six answers that have percentages other than 0 to win a prize package worth approximately $2500.
      9. Bullseye-to avoid getting struck by lightning, get 3 bullseyes on all three windows to double the pot, survive 7 (originally 10) spins or get 3 bullseyes in a single spin (which gives the champion $10,000 and the prizes) to win the money and the prize package.
      10. Hot Potato-answer five questions correctly without getting one wrong to win a jackpot which starts at $5000 and grows by that amount until won; if new champions are crowned or if the jackpot is won, the jackpot resets to $5000.
      11. Bumper Stumpers (first season version 2.0)-solve up to 7 restrictor plates correctly to automatically win $2000 or reach $1000 without finding the STOP sign (which cost the team everything) to win $2000.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 7 років тому +1

      Hey, let's not forget about the CBS Version of The Joker's Wild
      Beginning with the third week, the wheels contained only jokers and devils. The contestant was given up to three spins, and each time three jokers came up, a different prize was won, increasing in value with each spin taken. If a devil appeared, the contestant lost it all. Originally the winning contestant received four spins, with the last spin being worth a larger prize such as a car or trip. For a brief period, the prize was not told until after the reels had been spun. In 1973, to avoid confusion between the category wheels and the bonus game reels, the jokers featured on the wheels in this format were marked with the word "Joker" instead of the word "Wild".and they also had the Face the Devil Bonus Game as well
      also, the Face the Devil Bonus Game, if they get a Natural Triple in the Face the Devil Bonus Game, they would automatically win
      Plus, in Bumper Stumpers, if they find the WIN Card later on in the run, they would automatically go to $2000

  • @Bluetailvappy
    @Bluetailvappy 3 місяці тому

    This song sounds like it would be more at home on CHiPs than a game show.

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 4 роки тому +2

    "HOT...Potato" is a Sony Pictures Television Production.

  • @johnmiller8338
    @johnmiller8338 4 роки тому +2

    "William lawrence francis cullen the first host of the price is right the legendary game-show host & panelist professor yes no himself the 2nd wittiest-man on television".

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 16 років тому +1

    And it sounded so cool when Charlie O'Donnell (currently the "Wheel of Fortune" announcer, but was the main announcer for all of the B&E gameshows of the 1980's) would say, "Hhhhhotttt (psssst.) Potato!!!" Too bad this did not air, because KYW-TV Channel 3 (then a Group W-owned, NBC afflilate, now a CBS O&O as "CBS-3") did not air "Hot Potato," instead, it aired "Eyewitness News" at noon and "Jeopardy!" at 12:30. I only saw this on USA Network.

    • @fredmckinney8933
      @fredmckinney8933 6 років тому +1

      It never aired over KYTV, channel 3 (aka "KY3"), the NBC affiliate in Springfield, MO, either. Thankfully, a then-independent station (now the ABC affiliate for the Ozarks) that had first signed on the previous year, KSPR, channel 33, aired Hot Potato starting about a week or two into the show's run.

  • @telebambam
    @telebambam 16 років тому +2

    Game shows themes were always 5 - 10 years behind the times.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 15 років тому +2

    Don't forget it was also Enright fault for the game show scandle in the 50's with the oringinal 21,but they also blamed Jack but, he had no idea what was going on what he was going on. What the movie Quizshow and you find out Jack had nothing to do with the scandle.

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya Рік тому

    "HOT....POTATO" is a Sony Pictures Television Production. This is Rohan Padiyar speaking.

  • @tompeterson6090
    @tompeterson6090 Рік тому +1

    s❤ i miss bill cullen

  • @michaelgiannettojr.1056
    @michaelgiannettojr.1056 11 років тому +2

    summertime music

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 6 років тому +10

    The 11 people who disliked this felt that the potato was getting too hot for them!

  • @drummingdanny84
    @drummingdanny84 16 років тому +1

    Yeah. Cuz of the bassline gives it a disco feel to it. The should've used more synthesizers like "$ale of the Century" or its predecessor "Scrabble".

  • @misstee101
    @misstee101 6 років тому +1

    I was 2 years old when this show premiered

    • @Vansbaseball
      @Vansbaseball 5 років тому +1

      This is one of my faves from back in the day and I had to see it in reruns on CBN because the show had long since been cancelled.
      This ,Martindale's TTD and Bullseye were 3 of my favorite shows from that period. Also loved Mike Darrow's Jackpot
      Ahhh good game shows...well they all aren't gone cos when I get to catch it I'm gonna watch Brady's LMAD for sure cos I love the clips now but yeah this is some good stuff

    • @WizardOfWor
      @WizardOfWor 4 роки тому

      Me too.

  • @brockschul3221
    @brockschul3221 Рік тому +1

    I thought Jim Lange was the host of hot potato & the announcer was John Harlan. But it turned out to be Bill Cullen & Charlie O'Donnell

  • @Rlotpir1972
    @Rlotpir1972 7 років тому +7

    It was also aired on CBN just after the show was cancelled.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 7 років тому +1

      You are correct, I remember that as well and CBN aired reruns of 2 Bill Cullen Game Shows one of them being Blockbusters and Hot Potato and right in between was Face the Music w/Former Tarzan Ron Ely and Lisa Donavan, The NEW Tic Tac Dough w/The Winker and The Original Card Sharks w/the late great Jim Perry
      IMO, Jim Perry brought enthusiasm, suspense, intensity and excitement to Card Sharks than Bob Eubanks did

    • @michaelglickman1300
      @michaelglickman1300 6 років тому +1

      Amusingly, former B&E announcer Jay Stewart actually worked for CBN for a brief time after leaving the company but before he joined Reg Grundy Productions.

    • @stephanierushing6566
      @stephanierushing6566 6 років тому +2

      CBN would evolve into today's FREEFORM.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      I bet Bill Cullen cried when Hot Potato was canceled.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 14 років тому +1

    @johnissoevil You are so right, it was used on The Joker's Wild, Play the Percentages, Tic Tac Dough, Hot Potato, Bumper Stumpers, the Pilot 21 w/Jim Lange and of course, the AWESOME Bullseye.

  • @mgsnv2
    @mgsnv2 15 років тому +1

    I thought the demise of the show b/c it was in the death 12noon time slot and most stations had their local news.

    • @ericandy88
      @ericandy88 5 років тому +1

      There was that. But also when it changed to a celebrity format for its final 2 months (always an ill-advised move, as viewers like the occasional celebrity week once in a while, just not EVERY week; like eating your favorite food every day for an extended period of time).

    • @michaelglickman1300
      @michaelglickman1300 5 років тому +2

      Yup, Brandon Tartikoff really dropped the ball by not trying to find the show a better time slot.

  • @Valedc03ls
    @Valedc03ls 16 років тому +3

    Yes, it sadly did. He died of lung cancer in 1990.

  • @ClassiCole
    @ClassiCole 4 місяці тому

    Hot (pfsssssst) Potato is a Jack Barry-Dan Enright Production.

  • @megamanj2004X
    @megamanj2004X 14 років тому +2

    @Naterussell and also to B-E's earlier '80s game show "Bullseye," the 1971-75 ABC version of "Password" when they changed it to "Password All-Stars" (though by the time they went back to civvie players, it was a little too late for ABC PW), and ABC "Millionaire" when they did too many celebrity editions, coupled with the overexposure of the show.

  • @gospelclassix
    @gospelclassix 13 років тому +1

    @mgsnv2 That was part of it, but the main reason was because after Jack Barry died, Dan Enright took over as boss. He and NBC had some kind of falling out or other (he was not the easiest person in the world to get along with at all), and NBC responded by canceling the show. Even though I always liked this show and anything else Jack Barry and Dan Enright came out with, I can't say that I blame them.

    • @jamesklatt
      @jamesklatt 4 роки тому

      Check dan enrights post barry productions like hold everything, all about the opposite sex, and of course the disastrous reboot of tic tac dough (part which was patrick wayne couldnt host to save his life)

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому

      And when it was canceled, Bill Cullen was out of work.

  • @fatmanfiftythousand
    @fatmanfiftythousand 14 років тому +1

    @GCRams2 Quiz Show took a lot of liberties. Barry didn't know originally but he participated in the coverup once he found out.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 12 років тому +3

    You know its all cause Dan Enright & the Quiz Show scandel that rocked NBC in the 50's that they made a movie about. Really it was Dan's doing not Jack's. Jack had no clue what was going on.

  • @wcwbulldog1701
    @wcwbulldog1701 2 роки тому

    In the last clip, everyone looks at the contestant that walks away!!!! Awwwww!!!

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому +1

    I wouldn't toss that hot potato. I could burn my hands.

    • @JMFabiano
      @JMFabiano Місяць тому

      But that wouldn't be uh funi!

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 9 років тому +5

    Well, folks we ran out of time for today's show & with Tomorrow being Thanksgiving we will not be on, Also we will not be on cause of some football games so we will be back Monday & we will play game 2 between our 2 teams. Until then Dirk saying good bye from Hot Potato So Long. Parding Contestents will get. A $500 Toys "R" Us Gift card & can be used at any R" us location, & supply of Arm & Hammer baking soda see what more with Arm & Hammer. A member of stuido audiance will get a new Kitchenair range with 4 gas burners & Deluex over find out why Kitchenair is top in the world. This Shadow Stevens for Hot Potato is Jon Berry/Mike Miller Production in assatation with Femantle Media TV.

  • @zekepig
    @zekepig 16 років тому +4

    Sure he hated that smoke effect, but didn't his cigarette habit finally get to him years later?

    • @JennieBonbons
      @JennieBonbons 3 роки тому

      I don't know. But speaking of smoke, I heard Roger Mooking on the Cooking Channel tell us all not to smoke...unless it's barbecue!!🌚

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      Yes, the cigarette habit finally got him. He did die of lung cancer.

  • @KiddBloo86
    @KiddBloo86 Рік тому +2

    Dan Quayle was turned down as a contestant.

  • @sugarbear522
    @sugarbear522 9 років тому +4

    I can see Kanye or Madlib sampling this track.

  • @johnissoevil
    @johnissoevil 14 років тому +1

    If I recall the closing spiel correctly, only their last names were used, with the B&E logo on a red or blue background.

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 16 років тому +2

    I can see this on PS3 (imagine bringing Bill Cullen back from the dead?), but on the XBOX Live, it might never happen as the post-quiz show scandal Barry & Enright library (Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dought, Bullseye, Play the Percentages, and Bumper Stumpers) is owned by Sony Entertainment. I don't think Microsoft is willing to shell out the money for the rights of putting the B&E library on the 360.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 2 роки тому

      Bumper Stumpers was from Canada.

    • @BenJabituya
      @BenJabituya 6 місяців тому

      I agree. UbiSoft should publish these games for PlayStation 5, XBOX SERIES S/X and Nintendo Switch. (In partnership with Sony Pictures Consumer Products)

  • @Valedc03ls
    @Valedc03ls 16 років тому +1

    It does seem that this is the Family Feud knock-off. However, Hot Potato did have some noticeable differences (e.g., progressive jackpots, the option to pass the "hot potato" over to the other team at any time, the answers to the surveys had no true rankings, etc.)

  • @gameshowfreak2007
    @gameshowfreak2007 16 років тому +1

    doubt it'll happen with just hot potato, there's no market for it, but if they did a game with a bunch of game shows on it, maybe.
    and FYI, they wanted to bring Jack barry back from the dead for the CD-i version of the Joker's Wild but the audio they had of him was bad apparently

  • @eduardoramirezalfaro758
    @eduardoramirezalfaro758 7 місяців тому

    1:31
    La parte más hermosa de la música

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 6 років тому +1

    1:24 - "Higitus Figitus Migitus Mum, Prestidigitonium".

  • @dougghiz8339
    @dougghiz8339 4 роки тому

    R.I.P. Bill Cullen

  • @willow19460
    @willow19460 8 років тому +6

    Definitely Hal Hidey-esque. I think his Tic Tac Dough was better than this one.

    • @tnawcwvictoria
      @tnawcwvictoria 7 років тому +3

      I like BULLSEYE, that theme from Hal Hidey was AWESOME!

  • @Amisbro
    @Amisbro 13 років тому +5

    does anyone know the reason that GSN took the drastic change that it did going away from the classic games shows mostly in favor of the newer stuff? I miss the days of "Match Game" ,"Password" and when they used to run the Peter Marshall Hollywood Squares. Hell I wouldn't mind seeing any of the "Break the Bank" shows that we get posted on here on there but I wonder what gives with them.
    Anyone know?

    • @jamesklatt
      @jamesklatt 4 роки тому

      GSN has been unwatchable in the last year or so.

  • @dmoppins1980
    @dmoppins1980 16 років тому +3

    Celebrity Hot Potato was the worst though.

  • @tvtimetravel
    @tvtimetravel 13 років тому +2

    Do you have the opening theme of Hot Potato?

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому

    Smoke was in that word "Hot", and "Potato" was cool.

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 4 роки тому

    No wonder Bill Cullen wipe that smoke, with his hankercheif.

  • @RicksTravelogue
    @RicksTravelogue 13 років тому +2

    @GCRams2 - Small correction - Oxy Clean. ;)

  • @ABCEasyas--
    @ABCEasyas-- 2 роки тому +1

    Did Bill Cullen toss potatoes at contestants? That would be funny!

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 2 роки тому

    I wonder if Hal Hidey got some inspiration from Hoyt Curtin, because I can clearly hear this at the closing credits of a Hanna-Barbera series.

  • @tnawcwvictoria
    @tnawcwvictoria 14 років тому +1

    @megamanj2004X on Hot Potato only Charlie said A Barry & Enright Production instead of saying the usual Jack Barry & Dan Enright Production on other shows like The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough and of course Bullseye.

  • @mgsnv2
    @mgsnv2 16 років тому +1

    Since the ratings were not good, producers throw celebrities in trying to save the show. It didn't work.

    • @JMFabiano
      @JMFabiano 5 років тому +1

      They should have had Bil Kulin throw a hat putato at the celebrities!

    • @jamesklatt
      @jamesklatt 4 роки тому

      And the fact it competed against family feud (abc) in many markets.

    • @jimmydeanpatterson1422
      @jimmydeanpatterson1422 11 місяців тому +1

      In 1990 Bill Cullen died of lung cancer after years of heavy smoking.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 12 років тому +2

    you mean 3 of a kind or was this for the Celberity edition.

  • @GCBlues45
    @GCBlues45 13 років тому +2

    Sorry, we ran out of time and when we do the next show we play game number 2 between our 2 teams until Monday good bye everyone. Parding contestents will receive. Lee's Press on Nails "want good looking nails in a snap get some Lee's Press on Nails, and a a gift certifaget form KFC "at KFC we do chicken right". Close Captioning paid for by Ocy Clean "just don't clean it Ocy Clean it today" comerical consideration paid for by StarKiss Tuna teast the goodness of StarKiss Tuna.

  • @JeopardyandWheelFan
    @JeopardyandWheelFan 12 років тому +2

    @MrTroydninja You owe me the biggest apology of your lifetime RIGHT NOW!!!

  • @AlbieGray
    @AlbieGray 16 років тому +1

    A grand show, that should have been given more of a chance. THey should bring this show, or a show like it, back on the air. :)

    • @hdayejr
      @hdayejr 6 років тому +1

      AlbieGray hi Horan lol

  • @larrylollis5875
    @larrylollis5875 2 роки тому

    They to bring it back on bzzzr

  • @knightrdrx
    @knightrdrx 5 місяців тому

    We need travolta

  • @paullarue2010
    @paullarue2010 Рік тому

    NBC game show.

  • @steve760
    @steve760 2 роки тому

    Although there were other very talented people composing and performing game show theme songs in the 70s and 80s, the two GOATs are unquestionably Edd Kalehoff and Hal Hidey. Hal Hidey was truly a musical genius. Hot Potato, "Crazy Fun" (Tic Tac Dough), the Bullseye theme, and his reworking of "The Savers" (The Joker's Wild) - four iconic pieces of music! And thank god he covered "The Savers." The original SUCKS.

    • @JohnathanWilliamson849
      @JohnathanWilliamson849 10 місяців тому

      Merv Griffin also made some good game show music as well, alongside Alan Thicke. Bob Cobert is massively overrated though.

    • @steve760
      @steve760 10 місяців тому

      @@JohnathanWilliamson849You have that backwards. Merv's replacement for Alan Thicke's "Big Wheels" is unimaginative and boring. And Jeopardy's theme music may be iconic, but it is also complete crap. Merv Griffin had a lot of talents, but songwriting was absolutely not one of those talents.
      Bob Cobert was pretty amazing. The theme for the CBS Pyramid reboot was, stylistically, very close to Ken Aldin's "Tuning Up," but was a fresh new take on the song... and the CBS (1963-1967) Password theme is one of my all-time favorite pieces of television music. I'll agree that the Blockbusters theme is meh.

    • @JohnathanWilliamson849
      @JohnathanWilliamson849 10 місяців тому +1

      @@steve760 The Pyramid theme is garbage and is massively overrated. Not only was it annoying as hell It felt more like a 70s theme than an 80s theme because he had no clue how to make 80s music.

  • @willjarmon
    @willjarmon 14 років тому +1

    I think there could have been a better theme for Hot Potato and its an unlikely thing but look up Twilight In Paris (instrumental version) from Jem (Cartoon) and tell me what you think

  • @drummingdanny84
    @drummingdanny84 13 років тому +1

    @tnawcwvictoria Sorry, I was trying to toggle to make a comment, NOT vote down. I wasn't disagreeing with your comment.