I love the fast pace of this show. I remember reading an interview Tom Kennedy did where he said he studied Art Fleming hosting Jeopardy and tried to model his hosting in much the same way. He does a great job at keeping the pace brisk. The questions are challenging and they really enforce answering in time. As much as I want to like the GSN version, I struggle with it. The questions are a lot easier, they are a lot more lenient on how much time contestants get before answering a question, there are no special questions like the "memory buster", no prizes if only one contestant gets the question right, John Michael Higgins tries too often to crack jokes, which doesn't work on this program, no returning champions, no progressive jackpot, and no new car grand prize. And I agree with an earlier poster, John Michael Higgins looks awkward holding a tablet instead of some cards. If this was on syndication or a network, with a larger budget, and a hosting that knew this was a serious quiz show and not a comedy show, it probably would be a lot better.
The only fault of this version was the judging and I did NOT like how Bob Synes was such a real stickler to those poor contestants. Even Monty Hall felt Bob Synes was very hard on them.
yeah, was excited that GSN was bringing it back. And then I saw it, it has none of the pace of the original that Kennedy helped maintain. I hate that they are making poor Higgins have to hold up a tablet the entire time. And of course, the car component was a big deal when I watched this in the 70's as a kid and that's gone.
My problem with both the Monty Hall syndicated version as well as the new GSN version is that the question is given before the answers. In the original version as seen here, the answers came first, creating much better anticipation for viewers.
So your inferring for a show to be marketable, there has to be skill involved by the player wining it? I think the excitement of having 5 brand new cars in studio to choose from is enough to make the show salable.
Game Show Network is mounting a revival that is supposed to premiere in the spring of 2023. John Michael Higgins ("America Says") will host. In this version, they play for points but otherwise the front game is the same, with the winner getting $1,000. The bonus round eliminates the cars and luck-based mission: the player will win $10,000 for answering a number of questions against the clock.
The one big difference between the Kennedy and GSN versions is when the answers are revealed (the Kennedy version provided the answers first, then the question - GSN reads the question then provides the answers). I think the “A&Q” approach on the Kennedy version added another level of “split second judgment” (did you also guess the question correctly as well as the first answer - guessing the question incorrectly can really change game play pretty quickly just on a single question).
Nowadays, the incorrectly judged answer that provided the false victory in the Countdown Round would have been edited. The cost to stop and start productions back then was prohibitive, because you had to let tape get up to speed and the show get re-timed and all those things that would turn an eight-hour production shift into overtime.
Stumbled onto this looking up Tom Kennedy and all I can say is that hosting this must have been murder. Enjoyable, but murder. The pace lives up to the name. Oh, and this at 4:17 : Tom: Any offspring? Wayne: No Tom: All right. Sure about that? LOLOLOL
Very rare show to find on videotape as the series ended up erased somehow. All the ones on UA-cam are from people who taped them. It was a great show though!
It's a perfect example of why you give as little information as possible on game shows! (Matt Amodio on Jeopardy: Last Names Only!) (Lincoln ONLY would have won for Jeff; Thankfully he won anyway!)
@@georgemaster689 Unfortunately, this is one of the very few existing episodes of the original version. It's assumed that this run was completely wiped, and personal video recording wasn't yet really available.
It was very exciting to see if the car started. Even on days I alternated and watched the NBC competition, "The Who What or Where Game", I would switch at 12:55 to see if the car on "Split Second" started!!!
Super 1970's game show, R.I.P. Tom Kennedy, a great show host!
I love the fast pace of this show. I remember reading an interview Tom Kennedy did where he said he studied Art Fleming hosting Jeopardy and tried to model his hosting in much the same way. He does a great job at keeping the pace brisk. The questions are challenging and they really enforce answering in time.
As much as I want to like the GSN version, I struggle with it. The questions are a lot easier, they are a lot more lenient on how much time contestants get before answering a question, there are no special questions like the "memory buster", no prizes if only one contestant gets the question right, John Michael Higgins tries too often to crack jokes, which doesn't work on this program, no returning champions, no progressive jackpot, and no new car grand prize. And I agree with an earlier poster, John Michael Higgins looks awkward holding a tablet instead of some cards. If this was on syndication or a network, with a larger budget, and a hosting that knew this was a serious quiz show and not a comedy show, it probably would be a lot better.
The only fault of this version was the judging and I did NOT like how Bob Synes was such a real stickler to those poor contestants. Even Monty Hall felt Bob Synes was very hard on them.
Great episode. Love that breakaway stage!
Who watched this episode after have seen gsn version?
This version is much better than the GSN revival
yeah, was excited that GSN was bringing it back. And then I saw it, it has none of the pace of the original that Kennedy helped maintain. I hate that they are making poor Higgins have to hold up a tablet the entire time. And of course, the car component was a big deal when I watched this in the 70's as a kid and that's gone.
My problem with both the Monty Hall syndicated version as well as the new GSN version is that the question is given before the answers. In the original version as seen here, the answers came first, creating much better anticipation for viewers.
This show could use a syndicated reboot.
Preferably with a bonus round that isn't based on luck.
So your inferring for a show to be marketable, there has to be skill involved by the player wining it? I think the excitement of having 5 brand new cars in studio to choose from is enough to make the show salable.
Game Show Network is mounting a revival that is supposed to premiere in the spring of 2023. John Michael Higgins ("America Says") will host. In this version, they play for points but otherwise the front game is the same, with the winner getting $1,000. The bonus round eliminates the cars and luck-based mission: the player will win $10,000 for answering a number of questions against the clock.
@@pacdude Saw the premiere. And I have to say, not half bad.
Better than the Monty Hall run, not that it was a high bar to clear...
It was rebooted in 1986, lasted one year
The one big difference between the Kennedy and GSN versions is when the answers are revealed (the Kennedy version provided the answers first, then the question - GSN reads the question then provides the answers). I think the “A&Q” approach on the Kennedy version added another level of “split second judgment” (did you also guess the question correctly as well as the first answer - guessing the question incorrectly can really change game play pretty quickly just on a single question).
The theme, of course, would later make its way to _The All-New Let's Make a Deal_ to underscore many a car, especially the Chevy Chevette.
This is the one i remember when i was a kid my mom watched this show
From Perhaps A Thursday Morning, May of 1974!
15:07: Oh that was funny Tom. LOL
Nowadays, the incorrectly judged answer that provided the false victory in the Countdown Round would have been edited. The cost to stop and start productions back then was prohibitive, because you had to let tape get up to speed and the show get re-timed and all those things that would turn an eight-hour production shift into overtime.
I love this game, wish there was more of it
Robin is too cute!
21:35 the right car was in the other side of the stage
In Philadelphia Pennsylvania WPVI channel 6 Monday Thur Friday @ 12:30pm.
Stumbled onto this looking up Tom Kennedy and all I can say is that hosting this must have been murder. Enjoyable, but murder. The pace lives up to the name. Oh, and this at 4:17 :
Tom: Any offspring?
Wayne: No
Tom: All right. Sure about that?
LOLOLOL
I'm assuming this is colorized.
Game shows were in color in the 1970s, not black & white.
Jeff did good. 😀👍
Don't spoil it.
@@GamingDelight ok.
good Thursday morning Sam :)
OH NO! YOU MISSED IT BY 4 CARS!
Was this ABC?
Yes
Do you have any 1973 episodes of Split second with Tom Kennedy from the original ABC version
Very rare show to find on videotape as the series ended up erased somehow. All the ones on UA-cam are from people who taped them. It was a great show though!
Jeez. STRICT judging by Bob Synes this episode.
He was supposedly known for that.
They were just as strict with that on Jeopardy.
It's a perfect example of why you give as little information as possible on game shows! (Matt Amodio on Jeopardy: Last Names Only!) (Lincoln ONLY would have won for Jeff; Thankfully he won anyway!)
Are you re-uploading all your Split Second videos in color?
Yes. The reuploaded ones are undeniably better than the old uploads. I will still leave up the other ones to keep the comments and such.
@@samturner64 Are there many episodes of this show around? Monty Hall did a good job hosting Tom's show.
@@georgemaster689 Unfortunately, this is one of the very few existing episodes of the original version. It's assumed that this run was completely wiped, and personal video recording wasn't yet really available.
Dumb bonus game. They just pick one?
Okay. Let's say you're the shows creator. What would you do differently?
It was very exciting to see if the car started. Even on days I alternated and watched the NBC competition, "The Who What or Where Game", I would switch at 12:55 to see if the car on "Split Second" started!!!
IIRC if you won again, another car was eligible for winning, and so on up to the maximum of five wins and a guaranteed car.
Same bonus game format later used in 1983's "Just Men" and 1986's "The 'New' Hollywood Squares". Both shows owned by Orion/MGM.