Second Chance Pilot: Part 1 of 3

[TheGrungeGamer2]

4:43

Muscle Man's mom

[crazyclimber80]

Maggie's hairstyle here makes her look older than she did in later game shows she appeared in!

[crazyclimber80]

Jim Peck still sounds and look great on his "I Remember" show in Milwaukee.

[bigbadrich08]

speaking of Press Your Luck wasn't the first contestant a former champion on Press Your Luck? Maggie?

[TheMidknightryder13]

Not to speak ill of Peter Tomarken -- but I thought Second Chance was the far superior version of the game. Better theme, better logo, better open (having the board 'split' apart was just too cool) -- just plain better!

[robcas123]

@TheMidknightryder13 it was pretty good, but no press your luck.

second chance to me was the blueprint for the show that would air 6 years later.

[HerecomestheCalavera]

This is a good show but this Second Chance didn't predict Muammar Gaddafi's death!

[kief0120]

jack champion was a gameshow whore

[ALoserIsFred]

Hopefully some people out there were able to record some episodes with their VCR when this show was still airing.

[mathewbailey08]

Looks like I found a predecessor to Second Chance called Winning Streak. Search on here for winning streak bill cullen

[Angie2343]

The music is SOOOOO 1970s. XD

[tyrese3745]

6:37 - Stop at $600

6:48 - Stop at the Devil

[deemo77a]

5:36 emusic.com had an album of TV themes called "Australian TV's Greatest Hits", and the theme to the Australian "Family Feud" sounds a lot like the theme to "Second Chance." Are they in fact the same music?

[MrBennetzen]

Would this come full circle if ABC revived Press Your Luck?

[veggieman81]

I was on this show at the tender age of 18. Got "deviled" out. Lovely parting gifts included 3 boxes of 5th avenue candy bars, a sterling silver plated serving tray, a Hoover canister vacuum, and a Brother stereo with turntable and 8 track. I was soooo nervous! I wish I could find a tape of the episode I was on...just to remember what it's like to have hair on my head again.

[Angie2343]

@veggieman81 YOU were on this show! Oh how time flies! What about Press Your Luck?

[veggieman81]

@Angie2343 This was the first and last game show I ever tried for. I've thought about it many times though.

[Angie2343]

@veggieman81 Wow....

[ALoserIsFred]

@veggieman81 I hope you can. I'd love to see it. 

[jhillst]

It's actually quite easy to hit the top-dollar spot on this board. If you look closely at the board while it's spinning, you'll notice that at one point, Square #4 lights up once, then lights up twice in a row quickly, then lights up a fourth time a split second later. If you can memorize this "rhythm," you can hit the top spot every time with a little practice.

There's a rumor that one contestant actually did this and went on mini-Larson run, but sadly there's no way to verify it.

[matchgame79]

I wish that Michael Larson was able to go against this board!!

[DWolf2k2]

Actually...alma mater means 'Nourishing Mother' so even if they said 'foster mother' they would be WRONG!

[a7xfan66611]

this looks much harder than press your luck, the board spins faster.

lets see get 110,000 on THIS!

[TheFrankenstein72]

@a7xfan66611 Michael Larson would have never won this game the way the board moved. He would have hit some devils in there. Also, there are no money plus a spin.

[tdickensheets]

Is this like Press Your Luck.

[smashwhammy]

@tdickensheets yes, in fact, it's from the same company

[DorvellTStewart]

Big bucks! No devils! and, STOP!

LOL!

[MPL029]

Used to think Jim Perry was soooo hot!!!!

[pnyc1969]

I used to watch this everyday during my lunch break from school. Brings back memories of the wonderful 70s...

[Niels827]

$1095 for that dinky little color television...and that's in 1977 dollars. That's amazing...

[jimbo2346]

Crazy how much of the set of this show resembles the set of Press Your Luck. They reused more ideas than just the games concept when they made Press Ypur Luck, it seems.

[Headbanger142]

So...this was like a pre-Press Your Luck?

[smashwhammy]

@Headbanger142 yep

[TheRaker55]

@Headbanger142 I think it was.

[Rlotpir1972]

@Headbanger142 Yes...however this version WAS ahead of its time in 1977, despite the lack of cartoons when they get a 'devil'. Produced by the same staff as "Press Your Luck".

[KenSantarelli]

LOL!!!

"You're going to avoid that question and take another spin."

[saj8]

I remember this back in the day.

[usa02]

The announcer on the "Second Chance" Pilot episode was Joe Seiter.

[briansky10]

I think the energy level of the contestants was better in PRESS YOUR LUCK. Here they're so formal and quiet with their spins. Man I haven't seen this since I was six years old and living in Arizona. Today is the very first time I've ever seen this show. Thanks for posting it!!

[MrBennetzen]

How was Second Chance and Press Your Luck different?

[devares2006]

@MrBennetzen Second Chance had the devil instead of the whammy.

[patrickballoonman]

@devares2006 Also SC's Big Board didn't have shuffling slides.

[pylfan8386]

Remember bac in those days game shows were wiped in favor of other shows So this is a very possible reason why hardly any episodes of this show even exists. Who has the full pilot of Press Your Luck?

[WarioBarker88]

1) Agreed. They were seen as disposable programming, since networks failed to realize that people might want to see something they missed. Their stance was much like "Wheel of Fortune" and their championship policy -- one and done.

2) I have the PYL pilot. Why?

[secondchance1977]

The PIlot used to be on YT, but the user "removed" it.

[CoreyD1086]

It is a shame they did not put more effort into this show. But at least they did better with PRESS YOUR LUCK. I wonder why they destroyed all the episodes of this show.

[c3section]

The Better Sex lasted 13 weeks. Second Chance lasted 19 weeks. Those other 30 episodes were either erased or taped by what other show?

[rats9001]

What is this a "Press Your Luck" spinoff

[AussieEvil]

No, its predescessor.

[smashwhammy]

@rats9001 more like a prototype

[djcchs2004]

LOL My Mom.

[sugarbear522]

I wonder if the prizes in those gift box spaces were in rotation....

[Hondo20132]

Did this replace Hot Seat or something?

[RJSchex]

It replaced the short-lived "Don Ho Show", which aired on ABC at noon Eastern from October, 1976 to March, 1977. Don Ho Show was what replaced Hot Seat.

[RJSchex]

The commercial cue definitely has a Score Productions sound to it. It begins with a bass/synth melody similar to the 1973 "Concentration" theme, followed by a "Showoffs"-type horn melody. After that (as heard at the show's end), appears an organ melody, similar to that in the "Match Game" theme.

[badbobbyhughes]

two of these three contestants were also on the PYL pilot, interesting..

[CoreyD1086]

I think Jack and Maggie were on every single gameshow possible together. It is kind of weird

[smashwhammy]

@badbobbyhughes and one was on an aired episode of PYL

[gamshwfan]

Luck is something we always look at as something that really runs our lives. Good luck and bad luck seem very divided. On the appropriately named Second Chance, their is a lot of luck involved but great strategy too. The question round is a very good round and fits well with the name as I said, very strategic. The bonus board looks glitzy and not so colorful but it can produce a very exciting game. The format my be weak and it doesn look like it's being stretched out. Fascinating.

[will76tsw]

How great that they took the good parts and stream lined it into Press Your Luck

[anonymousent]

THIS SUCKED - BIG TIME !!!! ......

Anyone notice - TOO MUCH TALKIN' ..... glad they took the good points & made PRESS YOUR LUCK & got Peter as the new host ........ even that early 2000s WHAMMY couldn't touch PYL .......

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

you....SUCK! anonymousent! Second Chance was a classic and it was great!

[anonymousent]

And your point ???? ..... I might "suck" - but this show did too ..... THE PROOF - it lasted ONE SEASON with this host & the board was PRIMITIVE ...... the writers / creators went back to the drawing board & and scrapped every SUCK AZZ element of this show and created PRESS YOUR LUCK ...... which was TEN TIMES BETTER .... THIS WAS A BORING ASS SHOW .... it needed REVAMPED ...... IT SUCKED - GET OVER IT !!!!! I HAVE !!!!!!

[secondchance1977]

The only reason it lasted one season is because of Mark Goodson and the heads of ABC at the time

[Rlotpir1972]

@secondchance1977 "Family Feud" and "The $20,000 Pyramid" were the top game shows of ABC at the time.

[crazyclimber80]

I really like the music leading into the commercial and at the end of the game.

The devils used to really scare me when I was 6 years old watching the show in its regular run in 1977.

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

I think I may have the Into Commericals music somewhere....I think it's in my flash drive...I'll check and let you know

[crazyclimber80]

Wow.. thanks Shadow!

[quiznationrules]

Ah so many octagons!

[LeothePatrioticLion]

Jack Camion spent so much time on game show pilots I don't think he ever convinced us he was really an attorney!

[mpontheair2]

Jim Peck said it first and best at 5:59 :

...and all you have do to is say STOP!!!!

[Darkwingfan2008]

Thanks for uploading this rare game in full......I read somewhere that this game was completely destroyed except for the pilot episode.

[kidfrombrooklyn66]

Unfortunate, many game shows of the 70's were deleted to save on video tape. Some of them were very good ones - like "Art Flemming's Jeopardy!"

[Hondo20132]

There's only 1 'm'.

But really, at least 4 regular ep.s exist for trade.

[LeothePatrioticLion]

ABC unfortunately destroyed most of their 70s shows.

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

Where can you find them for trade?

[Rlotpir1972]

@kidfrombrooklyn66 Thank god some people could afford Betamaxes (VCRs) back in te 1970's and videotape them and upload them to Youtube.

[Mrtv1017]

I've never seen this game show before so I'm hoping if GSN would air it as possible

[mrmatchgame]

This is the only copy of this game show and GSN will not air this episode at all.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

What is the website that shows the slates?

[mrmatchgame]

I don't know and forgot the website name

[GarfieldnPyramid]

I can swear I saw this on GSN one time and one time only. (AND NO I am not mistakeing it for Press Your Luck. or whammy.

[fanofangela89]

How long ago was that?

[GarfieldnPyramid]

I don't remember but the set and spin displays look familer to someing I saw if they did show it I was very young when they did. I wish I could have recorded it.

[devares2006]

You might have. They use to have a "Game of the Week" every Saturday Night in the early part of the 2000s.

[Rlotpir1972]

@GarfieldnPyramid (BUZZER)....Wrong. GSN never had that episode.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

It filled in a time slot on ABC until Better Sex was ready to air and used the SC tapes to rec Better Sex.

[mrmatchgame]

I'll take a gift card from best buy

[GarfieldnPyramid]

A video sale? What are you selling? Any rare game shows?

[Hondo20132]

No. Nothing related.

[secondchance1977]

Second Chance ran for 19 weeks. The Better sex ran for only 13 Weeks.

[Hondo20132]

Probably sexism was why the Better Sex was even more short-lived.

[ACcountryFan]

actually, NEWLYWED GAME had long been charged with certain degree's of sexism and that show had a long life on the network and in syndication from the 1960's through the 1980's and I believe there was a 3 year run in the 1990's as well.

Sexism may have been the scape-goat for THE BETTER SEX but if that were the real reason it was canceled, the NEWLYWED GAME would have been kicked off the air years sooner because it was seen as sexist and juvenile by critics.

[ACcountryFan]

I think the simple fact of ratings did THE BETTER SEX in...not the sexism or anything. If the series had huge ratings I don't think it would've left the air. This was the era of double-entendre game shows don't forget and sitcoms...like THREE'S COMPANY, SOAP, NEWLYWED GAME and MATCH GAME...so, in my view, THE BETTER SEX was no different than those programs when it came to men vs women and innuendo enriched language.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

If second Chance ran for 19 weeks and better sex ran 13 weeks would there be 6 weeks of second chance left over or were they record over by other shows?

[secondchance1977]

Probably recorded over.

[Hondo20132]

Family Feud, probably. It was their star show!

[GarfieldnPyramid]

Family Feud also recorded over the episodes of password.

[bluebear1985]

In my opinion, this show was a good idea. It was just a little ahead of its time. It would explain why "Press Your Luck" would last a little longer in the 80s.

[smashwhammy]

And the "devil" was not animated

[ToonKid2008]

But the foghorn for the devil is what makes it funny at the time, especially the 4th Devil Foghorn, the original exists somewhere...But i don't know where.

[Rlotpir1972]

@smashwhammy That's too bad. It was overlooked when they did this show. "Press Your Luck" had the animations and lasted three years.

[robcas123]

too bad only the pilot exits today

[Rlotpir1972]

Thank you.

[robcas123]

press your luck replaced the write in answer with a buzz in answer& that version ran smoothly for 3 seasons. second chance answering system was handicapped at best.

[mrmatchgame]

This was mainly due to the limitation of technology at the time. PYL was able to use the system of buzz in with an answer was simply becasue they were able to use a machine called a Chyron Machine or Character Generator. It was similar to a computer and was able to type in words onto the screen. In the late 70's they were used mostly by Television Station for their news programs.

[supersaver87]

Thank you for uploading this. :) This is one show I'd love to see more of...even if it's just another pilot...

[Hondo20132]

What I find wrong about this questioning format, is that if your answer isn't any of the second chance ones, you know you're not right and you just HAVE to change it.

[Hondo20132]

Take a look at the first question for example. Both Maggie and Jack wrote down Minnesota and Lynn wrote Kansas. Jim said that at least 1 is wrong.

Now, Minnesota was one of the second chance answers and Kansas wasn't. Thus, Lynn couldn't have been right, so she HAD to change the answer.

And if Jim said that at least 1 is RIGHT, then it would've been an even worse problem. But figure that out for yourself.

[Hondo20132]

We SO needed this! Thanks, thanks, thanks! And Happy New Year, too!

I have Maggie's 2 PYL 1984 apperances, if you want me to show them. But please tell me how to do video capture, too.

[piscesrising2006]

i had never heard of 'alma mater' referring to a 'mother' before.. i always heard of it as referring to one's university they attended..

[piscesrising2006]

wow i had no idea press your luck had a predecessor.

[nexttomarken]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[palmercomm]

So was Maggie Brown. She played Jack again in the PYL pilot.

I'd like to be a professional pilot contestant.

[palmercomm]

That wasn't Mark Goodson, that was Bill Carruthers.

[secondchance1977]

Bill Carrutheres didnt want to cancel this show, he said in an interview. But, he had a meeting with ABC and Mark Goodson, and M-G payed bigger money to air his show that Bil Carruthers could, thus his show was cancelled.

[palmercomm]

But Bill had support from Warner Bros. Television (meaning that TimeWarner owns PYL).

[smashwhammy]

@secondchance1977 but of course, it didn't stay down

[quizmaster85]

4:12 - I bet his "falldown" is ten times better than his singing...

[secondchance1977]

I think hes trying to tell you about how much space your taking up.

[mrmatchgame]

???

[BlackwoodCompany]

Incredible.  Thank you for this response.

[secondchance1977]

You can blame Mark Goodson. ABC used this as "filler" before The Better Sex was ready to air. When it was ready, they gave this show the pink slip, erased the tapes, and used them to record for The Better Sex (probably)

[canbac21]

Just a correction, I think it was 6 months :D But anyway, yeah, I think it should've ran MUCH longer. This was a great show.

[secondchance1977]

:D Good Quality!

[Hondo20132]

The trading circuit had 2 copies. This is the better one; the other had a slate.

[mrmatchgame]

Not only this is the better one, this one has the slate attached as well. I don't attach slates with my uploads.

[Hondo20132]

Well, would you please tell me which site you got this in a trade from?

[mrmatchgame]

I don't remember, and I have the tape still in my collection. I haven't traded only becasue of time and my DVD Recorded died. If you want to work something out, let me know via PM.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

Could you upload the slate I think it would be very interesting to see.

[mrmatchgame]

I ripped the video from VHS to DVD then from the computer over 7 months ago and didn't include the video slate, I found no reason to include it.

[mrmatchgame]

"You've the 2nd-best video collection here! " Well thanks.

"Well, could you at least show a pic of it?"

No, sorry, I don't feel a need, there is a website that show game show slates.

"And why haven't you been uploading anything lately?"

Mon-Thurs are full 14 hour days and with school, work and other commitments, I have no time to do anything, plus I have a dead DVD Drive and DVD Recorder, anybody willing to buy me any of the two please PM me, other then that... Just wait.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

What is the website that shows the slates?

[GarfieldnPyramid]

I found a website that has a picture of the SC slate.

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

What's a SC Slate?

[GarfieldnPyramid]

It's short for Second Chance slate.

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

what's a slate?

[GarfieldnPyramid]

A slate is a slide at the very begining of the show. It has all the information on it.

Date filmed dated aired etc.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

What is the tradeing circuit? I have not heard of it.

[Hondo20132]

It's like this set of websites created by some random guys to trade with some people for their huge video collection.

[whammy3323]

That comment was most inappropriate...I'm sure you are an obsessed moron in some other way...

[nextbarker]

Who was the announcer?

[scottof83]

Cool, I get to see the whole thing for the first time ever. Thanks a bunch.

[pylprincess]

PYL is WAYYYYYY better!!!!!

[johnissoevil]

I agree on that. But this show was OK for what it was, definitely underrated.

[johnissoevil]

Thank you for uploading this. This is much appreciated.