Game Shows

These game shows set new lows for TV history.

If you've ever wanted to "come on down," here's your chance.

LaVar Burton hoped his debut as Jeopardy! guest host would go well. It did, except for this.

Pat Sajak almost blew the bonus round puzzle.

If you're lucky, and smart enough to make it onto the game show Jeopardy!, apparently you are warned in advance that there five wagers you are forbidden to make.

When it comes to entertainment, Game Shows have been a television staple for almost as long as the t.v. has been around. One new Game Show "Your Face Or Mine" could quite possibly be the most ruthless one yet! Why would anyone voluntarily put themselves through this?

The Gong Show, The Newlywed Game, The Dating Game were all products of the maniacal mind of Chuck Barris.

This is not a question that you want to bring up in mixed company. The passion for the Price Is Right TV show runs very high and very deep in this country.

This happened last Friday, and I just can't help but think his Easter weekend went very well after this.

Who knows, maybe she and her husband had already agreed the marriage was over at this point and agreed to try and at least make some cash out of it.

A couple of weeks ago, I posted on my personal Facebook page my excitement that the Game Show Network added Press Your Luck and Sale of the Century to its line-up.  The ensuing discussion in the comments to that post got me thinking about some of the game shows of yesteryear that deserve a second (or, in some cases, third) chance on the air...

This clip from the classic game show The Newlywed Game helps solidify the stereotype of the "dumb blonde". Watch and laugh along as she tries to figure out the question without looking stupid but winds up failing miserably.

I bet you think you can name this tune. You can't and you won't be able to. Give it a try.

Jeopardy! is always hosting tournaments for celebrities, former champions and of course college students. Listen as this young man from Duke University unexpectedly gets one over on the usual cool and calm Alex Trebek.

In this episode of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" the question is about mythology and the planets, the answer sounds more like a medical procedure. Oh the things we say when the cameras are rolling.

Before she got famous flipping her T's and A's on Wheel of Fortune, Vanna White was just like you and me. She wanted to hear those magical TV words, "Come On Down, You're the Next Contestant on the Price is Right" and she did. In this clip from 1980 you can see a decidely less luxurious Vanna come bounding down the aisle to take her place on contestants row...

I remember about 10 years ago when it was cool to say to someone "You are the weakest link goodbye". This was all because of the TV game show the weakest link, it had a brief run of popularity in the United States and is actually still one of Great Britain's more popular shows. I believe the reason the show didn't fare as well in this country is because of the host's dry sense of humor.

Sometimes I watch TV game shows just to remind myself that I am a little higher up the food chain than some of my fellow primates. These two contestants on Hollywood Squares sure went a long way in making all of us feel smarter. You can't help but laugh along as Gilbert Gottfried says what all of America had to be thinking, over and over again...

I love Jeopardy, maybe it's because I think I am smart and Jeopardy gives me the chance to prove that as long as no one else is in the room. I have often wondered how the human brain would compete in this battle of wits if it were to take on a computer, we are about to find out !