Forgotten Game Shows of TV History

[dddrum]

Awright, awready. Third time's the charm, eh? Aw, gerroff, dagblangit.

This one can really be great, depending on what we bring to it. The idea is that a rift in the space-time continuum (oh, those pesky rifts) caused a big ol' glob o' great television programming to be swept into an alternate past, and out of our collective memories. Once I mention some titles, though, I'll bet you they'll come rushing back like a pitcher of Margaritas after a ride on the Scrambler. Take these game shows and quiz programs, for instance. You remember them, don't you? Surrrrre you do. The hosts, the rules, the tone, the sets, the celebrity panelists... hell, even the theme songs. Just you wait.

I've organized these lost classics by decade, because surely each was its own grand and distinctive era in a genre that could only have existed on TeeVee.

The 50's - What Do You Know?
...............Thousandaires

The 60's - Rock-O ("Everybody's favorite game of geological deduction!")
...............Don't Fall Over

The 70's - Blankety Blank ("That Euphemism Game")
..............Celebrity Socks

The 80's - Treasure Hunters
...............Collapse

The 90's - Z-z-z-zip! (hosted by Monica Lewinsky)
...............Who Wants To Be The Winner?

The 00's - Over The Top
...............Duration ("The Endurance Game")


These are, of course, just a few. A mere sprinkling. Does anybody remember one of these shows, and if so, might I persuade you to describe it to us, and perhaps share what it meant to you and your family? Maybe some of you out there remember shows that might still be eluding me. If this catches fire, maybe we could resurrect some of the great lost sitcoms. Cop shows? Westerns? Entire genres we may have forgotten completely... like Afternoon Greek Tragedies???

"Hmm," he hmmed.


Yrs.,
DDD