Classic(and I mean CLASSIC) Jeopardy!

[interinfinity]

10 bucks! inflation

[LedWilde]

Better host than Alex.

[vetmar41]

You will look up on IMDB.com's Jeopardy! (1964-1975) page & read the review from willibwar about the show to be put on DVD.

[zashley59]

damn this is old... but pretty goo, not so clear though, but its pretty good to wach now...

[IHaveNoLifeStudios]

Lol love the $10 bets from the 60's.

[Rachman1337]

The 70's were creepy.

[WSenator1]

Ever since I first saw Jeopardy! in the summer of 1964 (when I was getting ready to go 7th grade!) I have loved this show. When NBC took it off in 1975 (I believe), I was pissed beyond pissed! When it came back on with Alex Trebek in 1984 (the year my daughter was born), I fell in love all over again - and I've stayed that way to this day.

[justinlegend8800]

10 BUCKS!!! If only I were alive so I could go on the show and win 10 dollars for an easy question!

[Joe402]

Another victim of wiping...

[johnnyafairbanks]

And for one season in 1974-75, there was a nighttime syndicated version of Jeopardy!; it had a glammed-up set, Fleming in a tux, and a Jeopardy Jackpot Board containing prizes like $25,000, trips, or a CAR!! I dunno if any episodes of that exist.

[Koide9]

Wow, she's from Roslyn, Pennsylvania? That's 5 minutes from me!

[SuperGamer7]

Correct me If I'm wrong but, didn't Art also host an annual Quiz-Bee of some sort on PBS?

[gameshowguy2000]

The current version is also better, in that it allows Alex read the ENTIRE clue before allowing players to ring in. In Season 1, they could ring in at anytime, but from Season 2-present, they had to wait.

[DRIVEIN101]

Answer: The original, genuine DYNAMIC DUO of Jeopardy! Question: Who's Art Fleming & Don Pardo?

I was born in 1969, but I do remember watching the last few years of the original NBC run and the entire run of the short-lived 1978-79 version. Shame on NBC for wiping out a majority of the original run!

Thank you, Art Fleming, from one of your many, many friends!

[matthewp82]

whats with the horror music?

[CrisMarlowe]

Thanks for making me feel old.

[chadastanley]

wow 30 and $50 lol

[spunker88]

This is the version parodied by Weird Al.

[Hondo20132]

That song was taped only months before the Trebek version sold.

[ProfessorIgor]

hey, it's Doooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn Pardo !!!!

[Kapell1959]

Was this the contestant's copy of "Jeopardy!"? There were no VCRs. Therefore, the contestant must have used a kinetoscope. One hardly sees a color kinetoscope. Anybody for taking a trip en masse to see UCLA's collection of "Jeopardy!" tapes?

[dmine45]

There were VCRs by the early 1970s. Early Betamax machines, and other early consumer VCRs were on the market by that point.

[secondchance1977]

Like Sony CV's and Philips.

[drjackripper]

i remmeber this old stuff. the music craCKS me up

[lovercat2942]

I loved Art Fleming's personality and style back in the 60s. To me his version is the "real" Jeopardy.

[KashEzy]

$30? lol.

[N2PTF]

Alex trebek is an arrogant ass wanna-be.They had a 20th anniversary edition of Jeopardy which only recognized the Trebek era. It's as if the show didn't even exist before that !

[Jaybird1103]

May Art Fleming (God Rest His Soul) throw a lightning bolt at Alex Trebek!

[eydie57]

well i like alex trebek. i think he's awesome.

[Hondo20132]

They originally had Art Fleming for the 1984 version, but was passed for Alex for 2 reasons.

1) Art Fleming didn't like the electronic set.

2) The studio expecting a good, long run, so they needed a host that could last that long.

[Jim856796]

If Art Fleming hosted the 1984 version, it should have lasted for only 10 years.

[fredbird67]

It's my understanding that Art was originally offered the job for the current Jeopardy!, but turned it down for several reasons:

1) The electronic set, as you said.

2) Art felt that the questions were becoming too pop-culture oriented, as he preferred they focus on scholarly topics.

3) Art didn't like the rule that only the winner keeps the cash.

4) Art was already having a blast working at KMOX right here in St. Louis, where he worked from 1980-1992.

[Hondo20132]

About #3... didn't they change that rule later in the run?

[fredbird67]

Yes, they did, starting sometime in 2002, where the 2nd-place winner would receive $2,000 and the 3rd-place winner would receive $1,000. Since Jeopardy! doesn't provide airfare for contestants coming in from other parts of the country, this helps alleviate the financial burden involved for such contestants appearing on the show.

[RenoJohn78]

How Old is this game show ????

[Juliaflo]

It is soon to be 44 years old come March 30 (my birthday, incidentally, but I will NOT tell you MY age, LOL).

ENJOY.

[dmine45]

Last airing of the original Jeopardy in 1975

[hermanzoon]

I have not looked through all comments, but one time they showed behind the scenes of the two men who worked the board. Those guys had to move quickly to pull the covers off the answers.

[Kapell1959]

I remember that particular show. I thought it was one man pulling cards. However, you probably have a better memory than I.

Does anyone besides me remember what art Fleming said was his favorite "Jeopardy!" show? It was the College Tournament between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. I cannot remember what the final outcome was. However, I do remember it came down to Final Jeopardy and it was an extremely tight game.

SG

[gymnastix]

I know if I was a contestant, I would have preferred to be on the Art Fleming-hosted version of "Jeopardy," because Fleming was not full of himself like Alex Trebek, but mostly because contestants got to be seated for the game, didn't have to stand up with their hands on the clickers for a half hour.

[shindoltj]

lol, i love the family feud entrance in the 2nd half

[TheBelle007]

Damn this is old! Thanks for putting this up, I love Jeopardy =) and Fleming was very good!

[MBpictures]

MY BURNING EARS!

[torgman]

Right! I went deaf hearing this.

[azpenguin]

yeah, i'd really like to know when this was!

[iwatchyou2ube]

i love how all the money is 1/10 of what it is now XD

[ieeeeeeeeeeeee]

what date is this episode from?

[animfan1]

NBC ran this version of Jeopardy! and on another version hosted by Art Flemming. If you had the lowest score at the end of round 1, you were eliminated before Double Jeopardy!

[WillSerenity]

Wow, they let you sit down back then. How nice of them lol

[rangerron13]

Art Flemming was all class. Alex Trebek is not even in the same league with this man.

[CocoathBest]

Alex Trebek is the man you dweeb bucket!

[AlbieGray]

Indeed, Art Fleming WAS class, he was absolutely sincere and when contestants got the answer wrong, he was sincere in saying sorry. He WAS a professional! A talent that is missed. RIP Art.

[danr27]

I suppose Alex Trebek has now been doing this longer than Art Fleming, but watching this again reminds me that Art was the best--pure professionalism, with none of Trebek's pompousity.

[spxmet]

Wow. This is really cool for me to see. Really, I mean it, too. It's a treat. NBC made a HUGE mistake not picking up Jeopardy 84. Take care of these pieces of cultural history. BTW, how many eps of the original are around and why can't GSN show them?

[colBoh]

Not many. Videotape was so expensive back then the networks found it cheaper to write over old game show tapes (since not many networks found a need to re-run game shows). I don't think more than ten or twelve episodes are lying around... but there are a couple at The Page O' Clips...

[sesstreets]

Dude I love you, thanks for this, I needed it for my dads show.

[x14215469]

Art Fleming - pure class.

[amb1962]

Don Pardo too.

[kalindoscopy]

i dont watch silent films

pwned

[camilana646]

ok..........is your first name re and your last name tard?

[kalindoscopy]

...that was pathetic! your mother needs to get shot..

[Unit545]

It seems odd. But one thing I like about this Jeopardy! is that the contestant podiums light up in the credits. Something the current has never done.

[humbleradio]

Thanks for this. We all (well most of us) loved it.

[Notginger0763]

Don Pardo still going strong

[terjer01]

Art Fleming = Divine Class; Alex Trebek = Borderline Crass

[terjer01]

Let me rephrase: Art Fleming always divine; Alex Trebek at times borderline crass.

[QBCNetwork]

Always loved that DAILY DOUBLE bell! It's the same one also used on The Match Game (NBC 60's) (cue A Swingin Safari theme).

[SterlingSolomon]

Why am I here with you OMF's. I don't even remember this show! Ha.

[theschizoidman]

I guess that means you don't read books that were written before you were born? It's before my time too, but we should be able to appreciate things outside of our own miniscule time frame.

[SterlingSolomon]

No, the video tapes of the original show were all bulk erased. Can't watch them, unless someone had a VCR running like here.

[SterlingSolomon]

I would have been 8-9 years old in '78-79. I remember lots of shows from the era, just not this version of Jeopardy.

When did it first air? '65? That I couldn't possibly remember because I wasn't born yet.

[hamwinkie]

The show was great, still is but I liked it best as a kid, say 1965 or so. Nothing better than entertainment that teaches!

[someguy23475]

1964-1975.

[SterlingSolomon]

But there was a brief comeback in 78-79 I believe, correct? That's what this vid is labeled as.

[someguy23475]

Yes. That's what the second half of the clip is from.

[fredbird67]

Yes, that's exactly right, the latter clip was from a version of Jeopardy! they had in late 1978/early 1979. Unfortunately, this version only aired for five months, because most if not all people were used to the 64-75 version, and the modifications in this one just didn't go over very well with the general public (I liked it personally, but I was only 10 then).

[bmulla1560]

NO !! NO!! NO!! it was on WNBC tv at 12NOON!!

Art Flemming allways said Good Morning untill 1972 when he finally said Good Afternoon!!

[videophotog]

Thats right! I remember my dad coming home for lunch and watching it while he ate!

[lawrenceofarabia1962]

I love the beginning theme of the original Jeopardy way better than the current one!

[WVECSpirit]

Thank God that music (so-called) is gone!

[Lvanett]

Great clip, too bad the quality is so crappy POST THE WHOLE EP if available.

[mubd]

LOUD!

[fredbird67]

To me, Art Fleming will always be remembered as "Mr. Jeopardy". Alex Trebek's performance sucks by comparison. I also liked everything about the 1978 version, too. Neat color scheme, theme music, and some rather interesting gameplay variations. I wish that version of J! could have lasted longer than what it did. Art Fleming, RIP.

[vibra64]

Thank you!! When I was a kid in Brooklyn, NY, I used to come home for lunch from school. At that time, Jeopardy was on at 12 noon on WNBC, I think. Thanks for a great memory from my past!!!

[glickmam]

Actually, it aired at 12:30 p.m., not Noon. If it aired at Noon, WNBC would have preempted the show in favor of local newscasts.

[GoulashFor10]

Wrong; Jeopardy was aired at 12:00 noon on WNBC-4. At that time there were no local newscasts in New York at noon on the network-owned stations. "The Who, What of Where Game" aired at 12:30 followed by Edwin Newman and NBC News at 12:55 p.m.

[glickmam]

My mistake, I don't live in New York, so I just naturally assumed that, since "Hot Potato" was preempted, Jeopardy! was preempted as well.

[WhatsAYak]

Yeah, WNBC never pre-empted anything in the noon slot, being the network's flagship station.

[Mortosorken]

how did you find this?

[lawrenceofarabia1962]

These clips were great! Damn that NBC for destroying the original Jeopardy episodes! Does anyone have any full episodes they can post here?

[mr3urious]

I like the set of the '79 version!

[foreskin44]

I wish art hosted more gameshows

Art wasnt as boring as alex

[GoulashFor10]

The day after JEOPARDY! was cancelled, parts of the set including the board were moved to NBC Studio 8H for Steve Martin's classic JEOPARDY! 1999 sketch on "Saturday Night Live." In a really ironic twist, that SNL show was rerun the day after the failed second JEOPARDY! series was cancelled in 1979.

[bluebear1985]

Speaking of SNL, the original announcer for "Jeopardy!" from 1964-1975 was Don Pardo. You have heard him introducing the cast at the beginning of almost every episode since 1975.

[glickmam]

Well, almost every episode of "SNL." During the 1981-1982 season, he was replaced by Mel Brandt.

[GoulashFor10]

He's still going at age 87! And he was the very first announcer to say "...it can be yours if the Price is Right" 17 years before Johnny Olsen.

[GoulashFor10]

If you would like to be a contestant on JEOPARDY! or receive tickets for JEOPARDY!, write to JEOPARDY, Post Office Box 336, Radio City Station, New York, New York; and please include your telephone number.

"JEOPARDY! in color was pre-recorded. This is Don Pardo."

[SuperCruiser72]

just curious why your comments weren't put all in one post(divided into paragraphs of course). that's some nice info, by the way. thanks for that.

[GoulashFor10]

Comments are restricted to 500 characters only. Incidentally, Conan O'Brien tapes "Late Night" in JEOPARDY!'s old studio (6B). JEOPARDY! would move to the huge 8H during Tournament of Champions week. When the current show visits the Radio City Music Hall down the block, it's like JEOPARDY! coming full circle!

[GoulashFor10]

"The Encyclopedia International from Grolier Incorporated is a source authority for questions and answers used on JEOPARDY!. We'll be back Art Fleming and the Double Jeopardy! portion of our game after these messages."

[GoulashFor10]

Note Art Fleming's hair dye job on the dumbed-down 1978-79 L.A. version. This was on the orders of the soon-to-be fired daytime program director, Lin Bolen, who took only two years to destroy NBC's highly-rated lineup including re-scheduling and cancelling the original JOEPARDY!. (Replaced by "The Gong Show." Now there's a real step up in class (sarcastically speaking).

[QBCNetwork]

Jeopardy! was replaced by Jackpot in the NOON/11:00 CST time slot. The Gong Show came two years later.

[nkkptk]

This is AWESOME!

[meowfit]

This is NEAT!!!  What year is this clip from? Just curious:)

[SuperCruiser72]

'74

[GoulashFor10]

Two giveaways of the year are a) the "run-a-category jackpot" bonus that took place in from 1973-1974 and b) the opening that originally started "Now entering the studio are today's contestants..." with Don Pardo also detailing the champion's winnings and, "These three people will compete for cash prizes on...JEOPARDY!" was changed to the one on the clip.

[TalkingOrangutan]

WELL DONE indeed...the consumate pro Art Fleming looking lively as ever RIP...I wish my memory was that vast for the return in 78-79 but it's good to see what exists right here!! very well done (sidenote: can't believe Art Fleming was that tall (6'4", thanks to IMDB)

[SuperCruiser72]

>>>>>>>>"(sidenote: can't believe Art Fleming was that tall (6'4", thanks to IMDB)"

I read somewhere that he played football. I think it was for college but I'm not exactly sure. Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. :)

[AdpBalla]

what date Mouth/Day/Year when it aired

[AH3RD]

As Art would say..."WELL DONE!" ;-)

[storrs19]

I sure wish NBC had not destroyed all of these classic episodes!!! Such a shame that they will never bee seen again. Thanks so much for posting them.  I just love those dollar amounts.

[WhatsAYak]

The 78 revival's still around...in fact, GSN aired the finale about 7 yrs ago as part of a New Year's Eve "Y2Play" marathon.

[Skynet74]

Awsome piece of History. Thanks from your friends at http://www.GameShowChat.com

[supahip]

those lil pointy drinking cups ruled

[KIRK976]

I hope to see more clips like this,I hope at least a show or two of the REAL Jeopardy survives.

[blastingrod]

To show you how teevee affexts the growing young mind, I

hear this every time I think of (the Art Fleming version

of) Jeopardy. "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia is the

source for all questions and answers used on Jeopardy!"

[bainsey89]

This is a real gem. Thanks for uploading this one. Would like to see more of the original J! if you can.

[Zachattack2]

Hey - that's really cool! Glad to see there are some other game show nostalgics out there like myself.

Got any of that "bonus round" that J! used to have? Also, by any chance do you have any Now You See It or Whew! clips? ;)

Keep 'em coming.

[viddykiddy18]

I hope you can show us either one or both of those shows in the future.