Classic Concentration US 1990

[eljan81]

I can't believe how old 1990 looks. Ugh!!!

[uofmrules1]

VW Fox, eh?  One of the most bare bones cars you could buy back then. You couldn't get anything on that car.

[JonSea31]

Marjorie Goodson-Cutt, when she modeled the car the contestant won, appeared to do it super slow and not as energetic. I wonder if she was pregnant at the time?

And the copyright date said MCMXC. This means 1990. This meant there were only a few more months of first-run episodes remaining.

[stone85]

do you think now with game shows past & Present that are now on the wii do you think this show will make to the wii & i remember playing the PC version & NES too

[MrKebabMalta]

This car is faster than a bugatti!

She is sooo lucky!!!!!!!!!!

[Fartingbellybutton]

I think this was Christmas of 1989.

[Webberjo]

Damn nice car!

[Disneydanny]

i wonder why they made the base time 35 seconds. considering they have to match 7 cars to win it's impossible to do it that fast

[TyVulpine]

I think it was done a few times in that time.

[Tubewings]

@Disneydanny It is possible to match seven cars in 35 seconds. You just have to CONCENTRATE (sorry, I had to say that).

Plus, when you think about it, the base time makes sense.

[CommonSence2008]

I would like to see a newer version of Classic Concentration with all of the modern day game shows either on local television or GSN.

[GameShowNetwork]

No "This is Gene Wood Speaking for Classic Concentration...!"

[TVLubber]

Karen did what the last 2-4 contestants could NOT do during the week in the bonus round.

[TVLubber]

$36,805 in cash and prizes. What a way for Karen to end her run.

[superrandy69]

idunno if they have this on the game show network but if not they should bring it back its a classic

[bluebear1985]

They don't have it on GSN. The reason they couldn't get this with the rest of the Goodson-Todman library is because NBC still holds the rights to this show and were supposedly asking too high a price for these episodes.  The only place to see these is on the internet.

[generalbullmoose]

Wow...that's a pretty good sized model. Not that it bothers me or anything.... ;-)

[bobmartin3]

Jeff & Mark Got Strike One! For Answering It Incorrectly! Now Vanna White Will Help Out!

[notdonebaking]

Karyn When You Know What We Have An Idea

[jdohe]

With a minimum time of 35 seconds, the contestant should still be able to win every time if they practiced 30 minutes of strategy. I would go down the columns. Pick 1 4 7 10 and REMEMBER THEM. Don't try to remember any others until you have exposed the remaining 11 tiles and matched them with the 4 you remembered. At that point there are 7 or 8 tiles left, then just remember 3 and do the same thing. Time is taken up by trying to think. Use brute force instead with just the FEW you remembered.

[jdohe]

Instead of 15 selections, and getting the one car without a match, they should have 16 selections so the contestant could potentially have any of the 8 cars instead of the one without a match.

[chemweapon]

You get the car that you match last, not the one that is left over.

[TVLubber]

That's not a good one. It's much more challenging the way it is with 15 squares, and only 7 matches.

[TVLubber]

Bad idea. It's better with 15 numbered squares, 7 cars that match, and only 1 car that does NOT have one, and that one car should only be there for a challenge. But if I were to change this bonus round, the only change I'd make is give the player $500 for each match if they don't win the car.

[jdohe]

This lady had no clue on how to play. 55 seconds with 15 selections and she STILL managed to come 1 second from losing.

[speed114]

I think the part where Alex says "Women are so beautiful when they shed tears of joy" was touching.

[sprinter82]

Ahhhhh, Goodson...the mark of quality.

[RedNekLvr22]

I wouldn't take most of the cars they had offered on that show. They were bottom rung stripped cars, most of them didn't even have A\C! They can keep 'em! I'd like to see those producers try driving a car without air.

[jemerson722]

I think they had Cadillacs, Lincolns, and other luxury cars to offer during a tournament if I'm not mistaken.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

speaking of the tournaments, does anybody have a clip of some1 winning a car during the tournament? (i know the rules for the tournament were that no matter how long it took, the player's time was recorded, with a second car actually being awarded if the board was cleared in 35 seconds or less, and the player with the best time overall won a car. (did any1 ever actually manage to win a car in the tournament by clearing the board in 35 seconds?) again, i mean IN THE TOURNAMENT

[Jnelson09Returns]

Wait a minute... Did they not have the "This is Gene Wood speaking..." thing?

[luvthoseclips]

I want to relive the old shows when Hugh Downs hosted Concentration...I remember that so well back in my childhood days.

[musicalcaptain]

Hearing Alex Trebek, say "yep" when the lady matched the car she won, was pricless

[NDW85]

The versions of Concentration that Game Show Network should air, if the people at NBC would stop being a bunch of assholes, are the Jack Narz version and the Alex Trebek.

[bluebear1985]

The Jack Narz version aired in syndication, although I'm not sure if people would want to see it. It was kind of cheap. There were no returning champions considering that some markets only aired the show once a week. Plus, who knows how many episodes have good enough quality to even air on digital cable? Although I agree the Trebek version should air in the USA again.

[gameshowluvr86]

oh, AMEN!!

[TVLubber]

Just Classic Concentration will do.

[shaunna28]

i wonder if they'll put it on GSN?

[TVLubber]

Well, if NBC would stop being greedy, they should put CC on GSN! GSN doesn't need the '58-'73 version or the Narz version, just this version of Concentration!

[shaunna28]

i agree! :D

[NDW85]

With only one second left on the clock. I didn't think she would win.

[THFD]

AM, FM and cassette???? WOW!!!  LOL

[JonSea31]

@THFD Especially when today's cars now come equipped with MP3 players, DVD players, and satellite radio. Man, how technology has changed so much in 20 years!

[tjustman]

That car is a prize? Hate to see what they give losers.

[DrLove0378]

I know what you mean, but she could have done worse by winning the Mitsubishi Precis, worth only about $6,300. That Ford Escort LX 5-door hatchback, sitting to the left of the VW Fox, was probably the most valuable car this episode -- another episode valued it at $10,200. Too bad it was the "odd" car this time around, that didn't match anything.

[JRaygor]

Sorry to nitpick, but I think this originally aired here in 1989 as there is clearly a black bar covering up what should say "MCMLXXXIX"

[fauxuser416]

I think I might have asked this already, but are they actually airing CC in England right now?

[wrestlegameshow]

Do you any more Classic Concentration?

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I missed that show so much. By the way, the beep sound you just heard when the clock was ticking was taken from "Password Plus", "Super Password" and "Blockbusters".

[fauxuser416]

Yeah, it was the same beep effect, but on BB and PW, the pitch is higher.

[megamanj2004]

This is some bullshit! How come that schmuck asshole Jeff Zucker and NBC is letting other countries see Concentration but we can't see reruns here in the states???

[booboo900]

y would u want 2 c a clip with a loss?

[hdayejr]

There's a lot of stuff that GSN could show but THEY ARE TOO CHEAP! Why do you think TPIR hasn't been on there in 7 years?

[pjc858]

its not GSN, NBC owns the rights to concentration not Fremantle, and NBC is being stingy about it. and im pretty sure CBS is the same way with TPiR

[starsfan23]

TPIR is because of the network head, Les Moonves. He's too worried that if classic TPIR is aired, it'll tarnish the image of the current crop of episodes.

[fauxuser416]

Ha! In my mind, classic TPiR is far superior to the current show, just because Rod Roddy and Johnny Olson are both irreplaceable, God rest their souls. I heard Bob Barker had something to do with the decision to keep vintage TPiR in the vault as well. I'm guessing it was after he became vegetarian and began his work with animal rights that he didn't want those episodes where they gave away clothing made with real animal fur to be shown, or something like that, unless I'm mistaken?

[starsfan23]

Right on the money with that! (Which sadly includes the 1st episode.

[fauxuser416]

Yeah, there couldn't have been a more perfect way to start off the first-ever TPiR--the first contestant in that show's history winning a new car playing the Any Number game!

[TVLubber]

FremantleMedia has the rights to Classic Concentration (the series), as it's a Goodson-Todman show. It's the format that NBC has the rights to. The '58-'73 version is the only version of Concentration that NBC has the full rights to (show, format, all).

[gymnastix]

And sadly it is that '58-'73 version (hosted by Hugh Downs, Ed McMahon & Bob Clayton) of which there are scant few episodes in existence, save for a few kinescopes. Because in those days the networks re-used videotapes, especially of their daily shows (gameshows & soap operas), believing they were to be shown once & were disposable. How short-sighted they were!

[megamanj2004]

It's because all these Corporate Nazis (Viacom, Sony, CBS/Paramount, Les Moonves, Tom Freston, NBC, etc.) care more about the dollars than about the people that pay to see great shows they air.

[TVLubber]

You know, they don't give a HOOT about the fans of their shows. It's just money, money, money, money! They should stop caring about money and start caring about fans, like I do!

[JonSea31]

@megamanj2004 And some cable network may be trying to negotiate a deal to air reruns of Classic Concentration at some point in the future. That cable network might be GSN (wishful thinking for now), but if GSN is negotiating to pick up Classic Concentration, that may be because of all the revenue GSN picked up from Baggage, Newlywed Game, 1 vs. 100, and Deal or No Deal, and eventually Drew Carey's new show debuting on GSN in March 2011.

[nextbarker]

How'd NBC show this to Sky One in the UK, but not GSN in USA?

[JonSea31]

@nextbarker SkyOne likely had the revenue that GSN didn't. I don't want to keep everyone's hopes up, but that may change because I heard rumor of a certain cable station that may pick up Classic Concentration reruns at some point this year. Not saying it may be GSN, but it would be nice if GSN did pick up the rights to the show. It's just that NBC's price for CC is very high, and maybe GSN's revenue may be enough to afford it. But always take this rumor with a grain of salt.

[nextbarker]

Tell this to NBC, they're the ones that can't let GSN air it. 14 years they've got it

[TVLubber]

Aren't there any clips of the main game (aside from the quick solves)?

[redjacket97]

What is the point of GSN if they can't show game shows like this?

I used to watch Sky One when I lived in Germany back in the day. Their programming has improved.

[DrLove0378]

Always nice to see someone win! Though I'd probably sell that Volkswagen Fox if I won it -- it didn't have air conditioning, and that would purely suck. You have to wonder where that car is now...

[TeshawnEdmonds]

With authority and time to spare too (54"429 elapsed/-00"577 remaining)

[TVLubber]

That's enough already!

[JimmySand9]

It's one thing for this to be aired in the UK, but on SKY?!

[Disneydanny]

This is being aired in Britain???? We're being shafted in the US I tell ya! GSN should be able to show this!

[blaqice88]

You right! If they can show "Super Password", "Family Feud", and "Match Game", they can show this!

[JonSea31]

@Disneydanny SkyOne in the UK aired this show in the late 1990s. It likely isn't being shown in the UK right now.

[PJade]

Hold on... when and how did this air in the UK?

[SLJ83]

Wow, that was a good win! At first, I was not sure if she was going to win, but she did, with 1 second left.

[TVLubber]

She has a great advantage with 55 seconds.

[namk19]

i thought she was gonna lose for a second

[booboo900]

i didn't know this was aired in the uk!!!