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Paula Rhodes: Trying to film a live show from Periscope Plaza where shower scopes are sooooo passé, it's @ The Buzzr. Now here he is, the master of everything buzz, the man who is lucky enough to keep my job, Pierre.......KELLY!
Me: Hello kids & kidettes, it's @ The Buzzr. As I promised you on our FB fan page, the #LOSTNFUN promotion gimmick. The way it works is we will show you unsold pilots Buzzr has aired leading up to Family Feud's 1992 experiment. And it all begins with......
When to Keep Playing.
The 1950's was the most controversial. It was all because of the big money scandals and The Price is Right back then only had prizes and not money under Bill Cullen's version. Before all this, G-T had its first big hit.....
It was for a number of reasons, but we go to 1956 and G-T wanted to spice things up a bit. The result:
As soon as I return, we'll tell you about the 1956 unsold offering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n-1BuWSXVE
On to the Buzzr Beater question about which version of BTC did you prefer? I had to vote for the Collyer version, because it stayed true to the format. We'll have another one after we go back to Play for Keeps.
(song stops)
The opening went like this....
(Bell SFX) BENNETT: "That's the champion's bell. And this is our current champion, Mrs. Helen Trudeau. Mrs. Trudeau, how long have you been on our program?" TRUDEAU: "This is my fourth day." BENNETT: "And how much have you already won?" TRUDEAU: "$15,000."
Stop right there. $15,000. What kind of idiot would give her the money. Oh yeah, this was a pilot to see what would work. So they gave her $15,000 to play around with and the intro tells us this:
Yes, it's "Play For Keeps!", where big decisions play for big money every day of the week.
So you can imagine if all 7 days aired it on what was supposed to be CBS then....it would be interesting to see it. Now let's talk about how it all goes down.
The champion would go under the 3 factors.
1. A new challenger would arrive to see if the champion would play or not. If the champion decides not to, I don't know what was going to happen.
2. Which category you were going to defend. They were:
AMERICAN NOVELS
SHAKESPEARE
U.S. PRESIDENTS
MYSTERY STORIES
PREICOUS GEMS
MEDICINE
SILENT PICTURES
GENERAL INFORMATION
FAMOUS WIVES
POETRY
and the one that misspelled it: World Capitals, It was spelled with an O...as in Ostrich.
And finally, how much of what he/she earned to either double it or have the challenger take the wager. Best of 5 wins everything. As far as the buzzer/bell thing was concerned, it was like it came out of a comic book or something. Sonny Fox kept the players in suspense. Here's the pilot for good or bad taste.
For me, I think having money you keep would've kept the big money scandals at bay, but it was a nice quiz program nonetheless, and the "Sponsor" was just inside a bell. Keep in mind, it was a pilot. And that was Play for Keeps.
Here's a question for you: Do You Think Play for Keeps would've ruined the reputation of G-T? You have 2 weeks to do that. Go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zdskrneOPU
It's a keeper. On our next edition: Star Words. If there is any questions about the show, or would like to suggest a show or a host, please reach me on Facebook at : Pierre Jason Kelly, or @Johnny_Arcade on Twitter and we'll explain. Until then, it's PK signing off and we'll see you.....@ The.....
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