This game show had teams of one contestant, one celebrity. Either one would sit with his back to a big game board. The other, facing the board, would give clues to the categories listed on the board; the other then tried to guess the category. The funniest episode I can remember was when, for charity, Bill Shatner played both parts, jumping back and forth between the chairs, in the final "Lightning Round"!
Any version would do. I think the Shatner episode was $100,000. (When he was giving himself the clues, he got caught up in one of the categories, giving clue after clue. Dick Clark had to tell him, "Get over there!")
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I'm not clear what your point is then. I don't think I'm much older than anyone here. I thought the whole point of this game was to stir memories ,and realize-'oh yeah-I do remember that show !' I'm
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In the "Jump the Shark" episode of Batman B&B, they go through all of the ways to JTS listed on that website, including having Ted McGinley on! :lol: George
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C) The DC/Fawcett character must be Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam. I think the show is Beat Shazam George
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"Ben Casey," then?
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yep-Ben Casey was surlier than House
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This 21st century show features a character who can hack into any computer or system, and a world-class martial artist.
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Silly me. That pretty much describes EVERY 21st century TV show. :lol:
Real mash-up to come shortly.
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Two brothers take on vampires, ghosts, hellhounds, shape-shifters, leviathans, tricksters, demons, and occasionally angels.
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Is that supernatural show called "Supernatural"?
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It is, indeed. (And the brothers are better than average fighters and marksmen, and have friends who can hack into any system...)
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WordWolf
I'll give 2 for the price of 1, since the one I WANT to use is INCREDIBLY obscure.
Answer EITHER to take this round.
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Ridiculously difficult category:
This children's show's cast included regulars like Charles Nelson Reilly and Jonathan Harris,
and had guests like Jim Nabors.
Normal category:
This show was a prime-time spinoff of a sitcom-
and had the original cast (save 1) playing their original characters,
now transplanted into a different setting.
(The word "transplanted" is not chosen to make a hidden clue.
The show format was completely different, and the original characters
were all in the new show.)
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My first thought was "Hot Dog," but that starred Woody Allen and Jonathan Winters.
Both clues seem vaguely familiar, but I may need more help.
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Human without the bean
Let me go with the Ridiculously difficult category Alex for 2000
Bozo The Clown
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No,
Bozo the Clown was a MUCH more famous show than this.
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Seriously?
*looks it up*
So it did.
Totally not the show I am after. However, it's certainly interesting.
The one you mentioned won a Peabody Award.
The one I mentioned was buried quietly-as it deserved to be.
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I'm making a correction. I read previously that Jim Nabors was on the first show.
I currently find no such reference now.
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Ridiculously difficult category:
This short-lived children's show's cast included regulars like Charles Nelson Reilly and Jonathan Harris,
and had voice actors like Kenneth "Kenny" Mars and Robert Ridgely.
(Now that I looked, I remember Ridgely for playing the hangman in Blazing Saddles and
Robin Hood:Men in Tights. However, he did a LOT of voice acting, some in roles I
can still hear the voice in-and none of them sound like the hangman.)
Normal category:
This variety show was a prime-time spinoff of a sitcom-
and had the original cast (save 1) playing their original characters,
now transplanted into a different setting.
(The word "transplanted" is not chosen to make a hidden clue.
The show format was completely different, and the original characters
were all in the new show.)
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I believe that "The Brady Bunch" spun off into a variety show. Still no idea about the kids' show, but I bet I do a
when WW reveals it.
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Bet you won't.....
Yes, the Brady Bunch ended up a variety show, with the Bradys moving and doing the show.
The obscure kids' show was "UNCLE CROC'S BLOCK."
I didn't make it up-there's websites that mention it,
and Youtube clips as well.
Another feature was that the bit characters were all spoofs of characters other
places, or people other places. They spoofed Evel Kneivel, Steve Austin,
Captain Marvel, and so on.
Go, George.
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Can't say I remember "Uncle Crock's Block." :)
This game show had teams of one contestant, one celebrity. Either one would sit with his back to a big game board. The other, facing the board, would give clues to the categories listed on the board; the other then tried to guess the category. The funniest episode I can remember was when, for charity, Bill Shatner played both parts, jumping back and forth between the chairs, in the final "Lightning Round"!
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Is it one of the PYRAMID shows?
$5000 Pyramid, $25000 Pyramid, like that?
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Any version would do. I think the Shatner episode was $100,000. (When he was giving himself the clues, he got caught up in one of the categories, giving clue after clue. Dick Clark had to tell him, "Get over there!")
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No matter what anyone says,
there were never any plans to have the 7 main characters of this show represent
the 7 deadly sins.
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No matter what anyone says now,
there were never any plans to have the 7 main characters of this well-know sitcom represent
the 7 deadly sins.
The producer heard the theory from fans decades later and endorsed it.
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Well, lets see... there are different lists of the deadly sins, but they are most commonly enumerated
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
Since WW mentions that the show is "decades" old, it would have to be at least 20 years since its airing.
It's hard to think of a sitcom with 7 stars. Most have 4 or 5. Even "Friends" only had 6.
No real idea. Could you narrow it to the appropriate decade?
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There were "seven stranded castaways" who could be viewed this way (although some are a bit strained):
Lust -- Ginger
Gluttony -- the Skipper
Greed -- Mr. Howell
Sloth -- Gilligan
Wrath -- Mrs. Howell
Envy -- Mary Ann
Pride -- the Professor
Lust and greed fit well; sloth and gluttony (and maybe envy) OK; wrath and pride, not so much (in fact, they could equally well be reversed)
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That's the show.
Opinions vary as to who would be what.
The Professor is usually Pride, Mr Howell is Greed, and Ginger is Lust.
After that, MaryAnn is generally assigned Envy, and Mrs Howell Sloth.
The Skipper is sometimes assigned both Gluttony AND Wrath-
gluttony just because he's fat, and wrath because he's always hitting
Gilligan with his hat.
Gilligan is sometimes assigned Gluttony (he could be bribed with food,
sometimes) and other times there's nothing to assign him-
he's Satan because he's in red, and they are there because of him
(he ruins their exits, it's named after him.)
None of this was planned, but after years of saying that, Sherwood
Schwartz' answers to questions began to change. Obviously, if they all
really WOULD be assigned one, then there would be little disagreement
as to who got what.
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This may be too obscure, since it only aired in syndication one year, but
This TV show was essentially "Gilligan's Island" out West.
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