1966 - GE College Bowl - Part 1 of 3

[chaseyoung1800]

is K gerreald...blind?

[chaseyoung1800]

wow this is like..It's Academic.

[cheesesickle]

I'm a scottie of '10. I love watching this, partly just to see an ASC team win against Princeton. Also, I love how Ms. Snow says "Rome, Georgia".

[jsteptoe36]

Spent many a Sunday afternoon, watching this!!! Thanks!!!

[brabon1]

i wonder if anyone has ever done a followup on the contestants to see where they ended up

would be great if someone like pbs or one of the cable stations brought this back

used to watch at my grandma's house...didnt know a single answer

[irish89055]

never heard of Agnes Scott college.. women against men? Princeton against Podunk.?? Before the age of dumbing down..

[CentralValley100]

anyone know which studio at NBC NY was used

[nanlisa]

You said it. Daytime TV today is nothing but junk! Maury, Jerry Springer, and Steve Wilkos and their "Who's My Baby's Daddy?" and "I Need a Lie Detector Test. Is My Fiance Cheating on Me?" shows.

[nanlisa]

Lovethoseclips: June 9 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Allen Ludden; the same day that Natalie Portman was born.

[surfflow1]

Reply to Samuel Riv: Yes, Karen G is blind, one of the best students I ever had, took a PhD in English at Harvard (which watched this program when considering her application) and a law degree at Yale. Eleanor Hutchens Correction: law degree was from Duke.

[surfflow1]

Reply to Samuel Riv: Yes, Karen G is blind, one of the best students I ever had, took a PhD in English at Harvard (which watched this program when considering her application) and a law degree at Yale.  Eleanor Hutchens

[MusicManSamwise]

A $1500 scholarship as the grand prize...that would pay for maybe 1/4 of a single class at Princeton today.

[cag1970]

One of the greatest upsets in the history of this great series. I was proud to be part of College Bowl, even though I got involved long after the show was off the air. It's a shame that they've suspended operations.

[luvthoseclips]

I'm now 55 yrs. old, & I REMEMBER when this show used to air on TV each Sunday afternoon. I especially like & remember the theme music to this show, brings back fond memories. And the questions being asked to the contestants on this show, I can honestly say, "OMG", how can these young people answer such questions correctly, that I I can't can't come close to answering at age 55. According to dpsinfo.com, Robert Earl is STILL alive today, but Allen Ludden passed away in the late 1970s.

[mmeador22]

I got to know the host, Bob Earle, at our flying club party last weekend. He's still charming and vibrant - now pursing his long-postponed dream of taking flying lessons!

[kagiso3741]

talk about smart!

[puck613]

*singing to the tune of 'Wramblin' Wreck from GT...*

I'm a twiddley-twat from Agnes Scott and a hell of a bowler, too..

[LisaDoss63]

Heat and serve baby food dish!!! Hell we just feed it to them at room temp in the 2000's!!!

[kstand4]

is that the same steve chernicoff who did well in the jeopardy ultimate tournament of champions?

[ekrewer]

Yes, it is the same guy.

[howilu]

It's great to see a College Bowl episode that hasn't been seen in years. In this era of reality TV, it's a show that should be revived on network TV. Even though the questions are very tough, it would be a thrill watching these very bright students representing their school.

[798389]

This brings back great memories.

[JacksonPerdue]

LOVE IT!! What a flashback! Used to watch this as a kid in the 60's on the weekend. Thanks 4 the memories!

[svrandall]

A man named Kimberly?!

[abcmouse]

Yes, those were the days...

[tsukune007]

we need shows like this back on the air. i would love to see what the colleges and univeristes are teaching, and what the kids are learning.

[33Mark221]

Thank you so much for posting this! I love seeing timepieces from the mid-1960s! I was only one when this ran!

[Stratman78]

Whoa!!!! Where did you find this? And what is the GE College Bowl's status of the CBS & NBC episodes from 1959 to 1970? Does anybody know?

[gymnastix]

By the way--a wonderful upload, "hmmmmmmmmm2," and I truly wish more Tubers would do it your way--complete episodes with o/c, just as it appeared on broadcast TV! Many are catching on to the "complete-but-in-segments" part, but some forget we also care about the credits & commercials too. Someone like you should work at GSN or TV Land!

[Twifty1]

PLEASE!! if you have or someone has the 1965 College Bowl could you put it up here!!! My cousin was on and won that year...

[kes1963]

I remember in the late 70's or early 80's, CBS had a radio version with Art Fleming as host

[ThatDonGuy]

It was on radio from the fall of 1979 to the spring of 1982. The semi-finals and finals of the first two national championship tournaments (1978 and 1979) were also on TV in syndication. Art Fleming hosted all of these episodes.

[Lampshade51]

I'll tell you how much of a geek I was back then....I used to get mad when The GE College Bowl was pre-empted by football!

A smart, bright show. GE should bring this back on the GSN.

[ctmale1956]

I am now 51 years old and when I was a young boy -- my brother and I watched this show. Gee --- it was GREAT!

[DrWalkerpercy]

I was the coach of the Agnes Scott team, and I'm prouder than ever of its members as I watch this. It was a glorious victory!

Eleanor Hutchens

[Noveltooner]

My congratulations to you all these years later. I only wish you could coach all of the youth in our country today; education is in such a sad state today. I heard someone make a comment regarding the TV and education five years ago. She saw a correlation between the end of "College Bowl," the original "Jeopardy!" and the original "Password" from the airways in the 70's and growing lack of educational incentive in the U.S. Given the influence of TV, I wonder if there's some truth there.

[Noveltooner]

While so many called this show a "great upset," I think the truth was that Agnes Scott was severely underestimated because of the old, Ivy League fame of Princeton (as well as its association with Einstein). If few people around the nation were aware of Agnes Scott College and its striving for academic and life-building excellence, they certainly discovered it on this show.

[aharoldcampbell]

@DrWalkerpercy I'm glad I was born in the hometown of your captain!

[SamuelRiv]

@DrWalkerpercy My mother was wondering, is Gearreald blind?

[ThatDonGuy]

NBC aired the last question of this game when they aired the finals of the 1984 national championship tournament (the last time CB was on network TV, although the 1987 tournament was on Disney Channel).

This may be the only complete episode in color; the Museum of TV and Radio in New York has one (Temple v. UCSB, 9/22/63), but it's a black and white kinescope.

[hazelwitchcat]

This is so bizarre...I didn't believe my 18thC Lit teacher at first, but I went and looked this up on YouTube...Malinda Snow (Agnes Scott) is now a professor at my school, Georgia State University. So bizarre to see her this young.

[ebf1957]

I'm surprised that College Bowl isn't on GSN as well. BTW, in the movie "Diner" there's a scene which Kevin Bacon is watching "College Bowl"

[luvthoseclips]

I remember this show when I was a young kid, even back to the earlier days of Allen Ludden. Wonder why with 11 seasons worth of shows that have been broadcast, why it's not being seen on Game Show Network?

[pynchonfan]

URGENT!! Does anyone have access to the show that aired the following week? Agnes Scott went up against Marietta College. I am in search of this because my late father, a professor of English at Marietta College, coached Marietta College's team. (I barely remember it, since I was not quite three at the time.) Please touch base with me if you can help.

[dnm728]

Grammar gaffe: host Robert Earle said "the runner-ups will receives a $500 scholarship grant" where he should have said "The runners-up will receive a $500 scholarship grang." This, on a quiz show for college students! LOL

[KissZsizsi]

Go, Scotties! What fun to see Agnes Scott beat Princeton. But the questions sure were tough...

[bittersweetgigs]

Rock on, Scotties!

[badadjust]

Thanks for posting these.. especially with the commercials included

[gary777777]

That baby dish warmer would still sell today.Although today's model would be made in China.These are tough questions.Are we now dumber?

[fromthesidelines]

A correction- at the time this was first telecast, "COLLEGE BOWL" was on NBC's Sunday afternoon schedule at 5:30pm(et), opposite "TED MACK'S ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR" on CBS. I admit watching that, during that period, more than the students!

[gymnastix]

Yes, I watched Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" Sunday afternoons/evenings too, although even that title was a misnomer. For by the time Mack hosted it, the program was not the "original," which was hosed by Major Bowes on radio with Mack as his assistant. The announcer on the TV version was veteran boxing & game show emcee Dennis James.

I also recall the last year of "Mister ED" airing Sunday late afternoons on CBS.

[gymnastix]

But the absence of shows such as "College Bowl" and "Amateur Hour" from Sunday afternoon TV, along with the loss of network dramas, films, cultural programs such as "Omnibus" and public affairs shows such as "Issues & Answers" (and the relegation of "Meet The Press" and "Face The Nation" to mornings) has made broadcast TV on Sunday afternoons a wasteland of sports and infomercials.

[gymnastix]

And of course weekday daytime TV may be even worse, with its Oprahfication and Springerization of talk shows and lousy, redundant judge shows, and sex-obsessed soap operas featuring mannequins who cannot act. Were it not for "Price Is Right" and the syndicated "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?," daytime TV would be a complete washout too. No more Merv, Mike, Cavett or "December Bride" and "Andy Griffith Show" reruns.

[gymnastix]

And Saturday mornings have lame cartoons (with all the social engineering and no commercials featuring toys or cereals with sugar), and kiddie sitcoms that wouldn't even be good enough for ABC's old TGIF format. No more "Fury," Roy Rogers, Beany & Cecil, Bugs Bunny, Three Stooges, Shari Lewis or "Dennis The Menace" reruns.

[gymnastix]

I only keep a TV around as a means by which to view my DVD's, and for important news & weather that may occur in between & around the "breaking news" of car chases & "Amber Alerts." As TV Land & GSN have all but abandoned their original philosophies, for the one or so hour of GSN I don't get by having no cable, I reimburse a friend to record classic game shows for me & download what I can (like this video here) from the Web. My livingroom has better programming than any network or cable channel!

[fromthesidelines]

A TRUE rarity! Try to find a color videotape of this program anywhere else. Who could forget "G.E. COLLEGE BOWL" every Sunday night at 6:00pm(et)? I watched this instead of CBS' "THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" at the same time! Even the G.E. commercials are "wonderful"!

[WaltGekko]

@fromthesidelines Of course, today that would never air in the afternoon on Sundays because of that 800-pound gorilla known as the NFL (which was not nearly as big in 1966).

I seem to remember ESPN reviving this somewhat with a sports version that aired circa 1990 or so that Chris Berman hosted from the short-lived Boardwalk & Baseball complex (that was at the time the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals as I remember).

[michaeledwardmorris]

Gawd -- those questions are tough! FYI, emcee Robert Earle was a voiceover guy for many years in TV commercials (his voice should sound familiar); he was more-than-likely chosen to host "GE College Bowl" due to the fact he closely resembles its first host, Allen Ludden. Earle began his TV career as a news anchor in Utica, New York alongside a young kid named Dick Clay. He later went on to greater things under his real name, Dick Clark.

[LeoTheBoy]

Right on. Agnes Scott wins in a squeaker.

[Ariamaluum]

I wonder if those contestants know that a video is available on "you tube".

[hmmmmmmmmm2]

If you know any of them, be sure to tell them! The only one I actually recognize is Steve Chernicoff who went on to appear on the Jeopardy tournament of Champions in the 1990's and again last year. He also contributed to the specification manual of the original Apple Macintosh in 1982. Even he is elusive to contact -- I've tried. He currently works wiith Sun Microsystems.

[Anonnynonny]

Steve Chernicoff has heard about it. He was pleased. Thank you SO very much for putting it up, hmmmmmmm2.  A legendary game of a trivia legend! Until now, I've only HEARD about it.

[Anonnynonny]

Steve Chernicoff: "you had to be AT THE STUDIO at 5:30 Sunday evening for the live broadcast." It was his FIRST VIEWING of this game due to the fact that it was a live broadcast, pre videotape. Isn't that neat?

[heelsdrool]

Too bad, Princeton looked like they could be the next LaFayette. Oh well, at least Katherine is a hottie.

I scored -460, but at least I knew Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star once I heard it.