Card Sharks Pilot: Money Cards

[Joemurph10]

Hey wait a minute! I know this is a pilot, but shouldn't Jim have told him he had the right to change the 10 when he got to the next level?

[delideliver]

@Joemurph10 in the early season of this show,you could only change the first base card,changing the second and big bet cards came later,as did the push rule when you got a double on the money cards

[AABrutell]

Jim Perry did a great job!

[redrik09]

cool

[simpsonsfan2007]

He somewhat resembles the dad from "Medium".

[blozier2006]

given that this was a pilot, and as such never aired, did the player actually get what he won?

[torontonian1978]

I love their outfits! Jim Perry rocks

[wontonnoodle23]

I am pretty sure Johnny later became a contestant on Card Sharks some time in early 1979. Didn't win his match but I'm sure it didn't matter considering what happened here.

[yaywhewclips242]

I used to play CS w/ my brother and sister all the time. Y did U need the home version? All u needed was a pack of cards. Ahhhh the years B4 Wii and Gameboy how did we survive?

[billa107]

Jim Perry shows that he is and will always be Card Sharks.

[Gordaton]

It was set up to have him winning the max amount?

[nowhammies10]

rrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRIGGED?­!

[12lfme12]

lacy pemberton is smokin hot!

[MrAaronLadner]

On the NBC Version of Card Sharks, you can win $28,800. On the CBS Version, you can win $32,000.

[MrAaronLadner]

I'm such a Fan of Card Sharks, that i got a Red Deck of Cards, along with a Blue Deck of Cards.

[gameshowfreak2007]

@MrAaronLadner

oh yeah, I made my own smaller version of the money cards board and the main game board from posterboard and put them on opposite sides of a door (to simulate the turntable), add a red and a blue pack of Jumbo size cards and a couple of friends, and its a hit.

[AaronBruceLadner]

@gameshowfreak2007 I took a Giant Piece of Cardboard, and i made a Money Cards Board from the 1986 Version.

[AaronBruceLadner]

@gameshowfreak2007 I have Three Decks of Cards. 2 Red and 1 Blue. I use my Red Deck and Blue Deck for the Main Game, and i use my other Red Deck for the Money Cards.

[PsYcHoFaB]

@MrAaronLadner Where did you get them?

[MrAaronLadner]

I liked Jim Perry on Card Sharks, but i liked him better on Sale of the Century.

[MrAaronLadner]

Incidently, My Favorite Card in the Deck is the Ace.

[MrAaronLadner]

Jim Perry Hosted Card Sharks in 1978, and Sale of the Century in 1983, both were on NBC.

[yaywhewclips242]

the guy from Sale of the Century (Canadian??) was very good .one of the better 1970-80's hosts.

[mr2del]

2:23

JIM: That's 1800 dollars.

JOHNNY: No, no, no, no. That's 3600 when we win this.

=)) HA HA HA HA!!

[StukInBuf]

What CONFIDENCE on Johnny's part!

[Disneydanny]

if the -pilot was never seen on TV how did you get it?

[Hondo20132]

By extracting it from the studio.

[WhatsAYak]

@Disneydanny - There are a # of studio masters floating around the trading circuit, this among them.

[hdayejr]

I hope they payed him the money

[DBR00]

This was great!! I was rooting for him all the way--- unlike these clowns on Deal or No Deal.

[terjer01]

Jim Perry is an awesome game show host esp. on Card Sharks. His intensity on The Money Cards and the Sale of the Century lightning round is unmatched! With all due respect to Eubanks, Rafferty, and Bullard, Perry was the best CS host ever.

[StukInBuf]

I second that sentiment.

[Disneydanny]

so Norma's wasn't the first after all

[afj102979]

I think Johnny looks like neither George Benson or Tito Jackson of the Jacksons. Don't 'cha think?

[emlsox4life]

Nah,I think more along the lines of Johnny Brown from "Good Times" only a little bit skinnier than Brown.

[GarfieldnPyramid]

Could you post the rest of the pilot?

[misstee101]

Johnny Go-Rich here got this...

[RealTime88]

Johnny won $29,000!!!!!! That was soo awesome to see him win!!!! He played such a wonderful game!!!!

[iambernig]

Jim Perry has to be one of the greatest game show hosts of all time. At least #2 behind Bob Barker.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@iambernig Bob Barker - PLEASE! His ego got the best of him LONG ago!

[trent100100]

you gotta remember pilots are rigged

[WhatsAYak]

Yeah, to a degree...it's why whenever GSN runs pilots, they used to precede them w/this disclaimer:

"The following GS was taped as a 'pilot', or demonstration show. Real prizes may not have been awarded, and contestants may have been paid actors and supplied answers in advance."

[misstee101]

What a game!

[RealTime88]

Very well played!!! He had good cards though all the way!!! Even that 10!!!!

[TVLubber]

I think this player did better than Norma Brown, as he gambled with all $1,800 on a 10, which Norma never did (she only got good cards). Both players only changed their cards once, but this one is the better player.

[nwest1140]

There's a 100% Money Cards play from Card Sharks.

William.

[gameshowguy2000]

So, he was technically the first to go all the way, making Norma Brown on the series itself the second to do that (unless you don't count this one).

[TVLubber]

Yep, except this player did better. He may have changed his first card, but he risked a whole lot of money on a 10, which Norma never did, since she only got lucky. This one is the bigger gambler.

[sanfordcisco]

Notice how Jim says, "my man!" when the guy wins. Oh, Jim, you're so bad!

[StukInBuf]

Maybe Isaac Hayes should've changed the "Shaft" song a bit: "Who's the *Card Sharks* host that's a bad mother...?"

[PatrioticPirate]

I have been waiting to see this for years years YEARS- Thanks a lot!!!

[NativeMoon]

OMG - thank you SO MUCH for posting this! Ive always wanted to see the pilot and this is FANTASTIC!!!

[dudedurham]

When he approaches the (black) contestant after turning the jack, Jim shakes his hand and yells "My man!"

Awk... ward.

[patrickballoonman]

At 2:14 and 3:54 the encouragement from the audience sounds the same, don't you think?

[Kalgon1]

whats very ironic is that for the big bet here and when norma brown won the 28k and when bob eubanks version came around with a contestant that won 29k is that the card is the queen of hearts for the big bet

[eric829]

((checks all three videos)) holy crap you're right!

[MrBennetzen]

Wasn't Jack Campion in this pilot?

[ChargeMan1991]

I know there were two pilots made but I don't know which one he was in. While I'm on that topic, does anybody know if Champion was an actual contestant on a game show rather than a "fake" pilot contestant?

[TVLubber]

Jack was on the first pilot, but went bust in the Money Cards.

[TVLubber]

No, another pilot.

[knicksfan89]

and johnny also announced on card sharks in 1981 and the 28,800 win only happened twice. you know who was the second

[Theone36952s]

Sweet...I've always wanted to see the Card Sharks pilot...and Johnny Olson speaking!

Too bad, being a pilot, Johnny probably didn't actually get around $29,000

[KPCarter2000]

The Card facades boards the cards that last card next to the Queen of Hearts..behind the contestant HAS to be the Jack of Clubs. Is there a way you can be sure for me.

[PhillyV2006]

Do you have the complete first pilot episode? I'd really want to see that.

[gameshowguy2000]

What makes CS '86 better than CS '78 is the rule that you don't lose on a double in the Money Cards.

[mrceleb2006]

That's called a push.

[bluebear1985]

They did one pilot before this one (also hosted by Jim Perry). That one was a bust.

[TVLubber]

A big one!

[cjwwatson]

AWESOME!!!! SWEET!!! Johnny is the man!!! This is a rather obsure question but if you watch the very opening of the show and pay attention to the set as they close the doors, why is the money cards all covered up? Looks like a fence is covering it all up and it says "Money Cards" across the top. Any one else notice this?

[PsYcHoFaB]

I did, the opening is from the pilot. They always just clipped it onto every episode. You can tell by the way "Money Cards" is displayed, the light border (just the bulbs), and you cannot see the light reflecting off of the glittery "$" signs from the series board.

[karaokeguy88]

"he broke the bank" to quote jim

[domin8er]

AWESOME!!!

[KidsTVFan]

Didn't the contestant in this video appear on Match Game in 1975

[MichNWA]

I'm not sure if he did, but I read somewhere that he was used a couple of times by Goodson/Todman for game show pilots.

[ryanschroer]

Weird to hear Johnny and not Gene.

[Mrsuga]

Rigged

[mrmatchgame]

You are correct!!!

[tuttlemsm]

It is suspicious to say the least that during the ordinary run of the show players would average around $2000-$3000 at the most on the money cards, and that breaking the bank would only happen once more. But during the pilot, when the producers are trying to sell how exciting this show could be, a contestant just happens to break the bank?

[yuhyup]

not suspicious at all. it is common knowledge that many of the game show pilots feature actors and staged end games.

[okiesteveus81]

I'd agree with that.

[jamiahls]

could he not change the 10 on the second row?

[tsskiller]

You have to remember for the first few weeks of Card Sharks' run, the contestant could only change the first card on the bottom row. After that, it adopted its normal card changing rules.

[Tubewings]

Originally, you were only allowed to change the first card. It wasn't until a few months later that you were allowed to chance the base card on each of the three levels.

[TVLubber]

But when the CBS version came, you were allowed to change one card per line in any position.

[mtiller2006]

And with Eubanks, it was originally ANYWHERE, and then it was one card per line, with any of 3 cards on the tower next to the board

[gameshowguy2000]

And also, when the Eubanks version began, you could even change any one card THREE times all at once!

[okiesteveus81]

Eubanks, that was the CBS version. NBC was a bit different.

[Julius121081]

To the user, can you post the whole episode of the NBC Card Sharks pilot?

[KidsTVFan]

How did he do?

[piguy314159]

He won the maximum prize--$28,800!