There was a USA bumper that matched the graphics for the USA Update at 0:16 - I am surprised that there hasn't been a clip of that (1989-1990 version) - I really liked the graphics and tune that went with it when each show was about to begin. It was replaced with what you see at 1:19.
In most cases, I prefer the old days of cable, but I think USA is one of the few networks whose programming actually got better over time. They have some pretty good original series now. I'll probably get thumbs-down'd for saying so, but oh well.
I didn't think I was ever gonna see this stuff again. I feel like Jed Clampett when he struck it rich with the oil and before he "packed up the truck and they all moved to Beverly(Hills!)
@DorvellTStewart Around that time, it was John Davidson, the host of such shows as That's Incredible, Time Machine, The New Hollywood Squares and The 90's version of The $100,000 Pyramid.
If you're referring to how it is today, then you're right! If you mean back in the 90's when they had stuff like the game show block, which is what made the network worth watching, then I disagree.
Yep, those were my days of glory, even though I didn't even understand the concept of most of the gameshows, their sets looked so magical and facinating and the music was fun to hear. I was 5 years old at the time. But yeah Press Your Luck had to have had awesome ratings, as a matter of fact it had to be the star gameshow of USA having been on from 1987( my birth year) to 1995 when the best of USA DIED. So yeah basically I grew up with PYL and was frickin' psyched when it first came to GSN.
wow i miss da 90s they were so great, I mean look at the commercials the jingles the music the colr everything was better about them back then, then today. The colors and old bubble letters and advertisments and songs and stuff crazy things like that were so great about the 90s and the shows themselves of course.
Exactly. I feel the same way too. If you love those old commercials, look at my channel. I wish that they still made commercials like the one from 2:43-2:59.
They were..the shows I remember on there were: $ale of the Century, Joker's Wild '90, Tic Tac Dough '90, Press Your Luck, Scrabble, $25K Pyramid and $100K Pyramid.
and before those they had Name that Tune (Jim Lange version), Face the Music, Hot Potato, Wipeout, Win, Lose or Draw, Hollywood Squares (John Davidson version), Talkabout (which aired before SotC later on USA's GS sked), Tic Tac Dough (Wink Martindale's version) and High Rollers (Wink's version, which aired after PYL at one time and before the sitcoms and dramas blocks) in addition to their own original GS's such as Bumper Stumpers and The New/$40,000 Chain Reaction.
and even from the mid-to-late '80s they had "Play the Percentages" w/ Geoff edwards, "Bullseye" w/ Jim Lange, "All-Star Blitz" w/ Peter Marshall (the latter which began re-running on USA one year after the show was cancelled by ABC) among shows.
In addition, I only remember seeing the USA Update between Scrabble and the $25,000.00 Pyramid. The only game shows I remember are TicTacDoe, Press Your Luck, Scrabble, the $25,000.00 Pyramid, and the $100,000.00 Pyramid. There were at least an hour or two's worth of game shows befor TicTacDoe and the others I mensioned. Does anyone know what they were?
Gosh, back when USA was the network to watch in the afternoons! When I was little, I would always watch the game show block. What was weird though was that although the game shows always came on in the same order, the times at which they aired seemed to very. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that please.
Oddly enough on the, USA Update it was done at KYW-TV at the time because the anchor Steve Bell was an evening anchor at that station in 1990 and with the copyright to Group W Television. They were later produced by the All News Channel (run by the Conus Communications (newsfeed) division of Hubbard Broadcasting and Viacom)
Yes, b/c Bumper Stumpers (a USA Original GS) was still around on the USA Network at that time until the very tail end on very late December 1990. Also, Scrabble didn't start re-running on the USA Network until sometime between very late December 1990 and no later than at the latest very early 1991 once "Bumper Stumpers" got cancelled.
@megamanj2004X: ironically bumper stumpers though it aired on usa network was produced in canada and aired there on canada's global network a few years before this...
Remember when that guy cheated on PRess Your Luck? Well not really cheated, he kinda figured out mathematically how the whammy landed on the board. But he won so much money, and Game Show Network did a special on him.
There was a USA bumper that matched the graphics for the USA Update at 0:16 - I am surprised that there hasn't been a clip of that (1989-1990 version) - I really liked the graphics and tune that went with it when each show was about to begin. It was replaced with what you see at 1:19.
millenniumman75 2 weeks ago
In most cases, I prefer the old days of cable, but I think USA is one of the few networks whose programming actually got better over time. They have some pretty good original series now. I'll probably get thumbs-down'd for saying so, but oh well.
skystarless 2 months ago
1:15 It keep being fucked up.
cameron20101000 3 months ago
Now this is the USA Network that I know and loved
ishotu747 11 months ago
what was the commercial with the climbing baby about
biffvonwrinkle 1 year ago
don't know how to give my family the moistest cake ever, but I do know how to give a girl a moist pie. Thanks, I'm here all week!
jayarcidiacono 1 year ago
I didn't think I was ever gonna see this stuff again. I feel like Jed Clampett when he struck it rich with the oil and before he "packed up the truck and they all moved to Beverly(Hills!)
imachildofthe80s8089 1 year ago
I used to watch USA Network every day back in the early '90s. So many classic game shows they ran. Too bad that some of them aren't reran anymore.
jakestooge34 1 year ago 2
Press Your Luck (1984), very classic game show!
MrSurferPlus 1 year ago
DO THE BART MAN!!! XD
jonnyveliky 2 years ago 2
Do The Bartman?! GOD, I miss the '90s....
gameshowluvr86 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but USA Cartoon Express was GHETTO when compared to Nickelodeon of that era.
NitekMuscle 2 years ago
who was the baby?
BatKeaton89 2 years ago
it's the a home movie of the user who posted this video
Brettfern 2 years ago
I used to watch the USA network during the day to watch the game show reruns..used to watch USA Cartoon Express every morning as a kid.
mooky9669 2 years ago
Who was the guy who hosted the game show block?
DorvellTStewart 2 years ago
@DorvellTStewart Around that time, it was John Davidson, the host of such shows as That's Incredible, Time Machine, The New Hollywood Squares and The 90's version of The $100,000 Pyramid.
Bu8956 9 months ago
USA Network is perhaps the least relevant thing on any cable system. I just never got the *premise* behind this channel.
NitekMuscle 2 years ago
If you're referring to how it is today, then you're right! If you mean back in the 90's when they had stuff like the game show block, which is what made the network worth watching, then I disagree.
DorvellTStewart 2 years ago
The cable game show block was no match to often superior offerings of syndicated programing on local affiliates.
NitekMuscle 2 years ago
0:08 made me jump!
CaptDouchebag 2 years ago 5
me to.
GarfieldnPyramid 2 years ago
good times
frankwhite432 2 years ago
Yep, those were my days of glory, even though I didn't even understand the concept of most of the gameshows, their sets looked so magical and facinating and the music was fun to hear. I was 5 years old at the time. But yeah Press Your Luck had to have had awesome ratings, as a matter of fact it had to be the star gameshow of USA having been on from 1987( my birth year) to 1995 when the best of USA DIED. So yeah basically I grew up with PYL and was frickin' psyched when it first came to GSN.
M200XL 3 years ago
Those were the days=)
Fellasluvme2 3 years ago 2
Didn't footage from Dog House appear in Billy Madison?
acceptthis01 3 years ago
Double Whammy!
Bromden75 3 years ago
That baby at the beginning was creepy!
shibbyloco 3 years ago
It was the user who posted this.
GarfieldnPyramid 2 years ago
wow i miss da 90s they were so great, I mean look at the commercials the jingles the music the colr everything was better about them back then, then today. The colors and old bubble letters and advertisments and songs and stuff crazy things like that were so great about the 90s and the shows themselves of course.
yophilly17 3 years ago
Exactly. I feel the same way too. If you love those old commercials, look at my channel. I wish that they still made commercials like the one from 2:43-2:59.
HolidaySeason4Ever 3 years ago
yea i agree, and even having da way da rest of the commercials were made would be nice.
yophilly17 3 years ago
They were..the shows I remember on there were: $ale of the Century, Joker's Wild '90, Tic Tac Dough '90, Press Your Luck, Scrabble, $25K Pyramid and $100K Pyramid.
gameshowguy2000 3 years ago
and before those they had Name that Tune (Jim Lange version), Face the Music, Hot Potato, Wipeout, Win, Lose or Draw, Hollywood Squares (John Davidson version), Talkabout (which aired before SotC later on USA's GS sked), Tic Tac Dough (Wink Martindale's version) and High Rollers (Wink's version, which aired after PYL at one time and before the sitcoms and dramas blocks) in addition to their own original GS's such as Bumper Stumpers and The New/$40,000 Chain Reaction.
megamanj2007 3 years ago
and even from the mid-to-late '80s they had "Play the Percentages" w/ Geoff edwards, "Bullseye" w/ Jim Lange, "All-Star Blitz" w/ Peter Marshall (the latter which began re-running on USA one year after the show was cancelled by ABC) among shows.
megamanj2004X 2 years ago
I remember seeing all this when I was 4 years old.
cb335 3 years ago
When in 1990 was the USA Network footage recorded?
Brettfern 3 years ago
Does anyone besides me remember seeing the USA Updates between Scrabble and the $25,000.00 Pyramid?
DorvellTStewart 3 years ago
I remember seeing them.
Brettfern 3 years ago
In addition, I only remember seeing the USA Update between Scrabble and the $25,000.00 Pyramid. The only game shows I remember are TicTacDoe, Press Your Luck, Scrabble, the $25,000.00 Pyramid, and the $100,000.00 Pyramid. There were at least an hour or two's worth of game shows befor TicTacDoe and the others I mensioned. Does anyone know what they were?
DorvellTStewart 3 years ago
Gosh, back when USA was the network to watch in the afternoons! When I was little, I would always watch the game show block. What was weird though was that although the game shows always came on in the same order, the times at which they aired seemed to very. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that please.
DorvellTStewart 3 years ago
wheres "in a minute"?? i rem those on the usa network
ilikecheetos12 3 years ago
That was fucking not good the sreen of the channel was going on and off.
boisvert593 3 years ago
Who are the celebrities in that episode of $25K Pyramid that you have on there, and what year is that episode from?
vnisanian2001 3 years ago
Anyone have 1983 eps of PYL?
nextbarker 3 years ago
Great stuff here....... I watched PRESS YOUR LUCK everyday on USA back in the early 90's..... thanks for posting
Wildcock23 3 years ago
Oddly enough on the, USA Update it was done at KYW-TV at the time because the anchor Steve Bell was an evening anchor at that station in 1990 and with the copyright to Group W Television. They were later produced by the All News Channel (run by the Conus Communications (newsfeed) division of Hubbard Broadcasting and Viacom)
james32746 3 years ago 2
It's from late 1990, not 1988, given the reference in the USA Update to "the SImpsons Sing the Blues" album and the song "Do the Bartman"
zachhoran 3 years ago
Around October 1990. This was the time. It spooks me out to see 1990's USA.
xxpandamidknightxx 2 years ago
Yes, b/c Bumper Stumpers (a USA Original GS) was still around on the USA Network at that time until the very tail end on very late December 1990. Also, Scrabble didn't start re-running on the USA Network until sometime between very late December 1990 and no later than at the latest very early 1991 once "Bumper Stumpers" got cancelled.
megamanj2004X 2 years ago
Yeah, it's sad. I miss the old stuff. Seeing that made me teary eyed. This is why I do not watch TV anymore, thanks to Paris Hilton like girls.
xxpandamidknightxx 2 years ago 8
@megamanj2004X: ironically bumper stumpers though it aired on usa network was produced in canada and aired there on canada's global network a few years before this...
domirules28 1 year ago
Thanks for posting the "USA Update" video. I do remember the theme music when they did those news updates.
DerrickLee2006 3 years ago
I bought The Simpsons Sing the Blues on cassette when I was 9 and still have that cassette today.
ndvibe 3 years ago
Remember when that guy cheated on PRess Your Luck? Well not really cheated, he kinda figured out mathematically how the whammy landed on the board. But he won so much money, and Game Show Network did a special on him.
pika23 3 years ago
You're talking about Michael Larson. Except GSN to air this on 9/14/2008.
Hondo20132 3 years ago