The Honeymoon Game (1970)--The Joker's Wild in a former life

[bluebear1985]

Jack Barry did have a couple of attempts at hosting before The Joker's Wild. In 1969, he hosted the final weeks of a short-lived series on ABC called The Generation Gap. In 1971, he hosted The Reel Game for a few months, also on ABC. It wasn't until September 4, 1972, that The Joker's Wild would debut on CBS.

[JMK101237]

I had a wonderful time hosting Game Shows...this was a wonderful opportunity for me to work with the legendary Jack Barry. All these years later...what a good time I had with all the game shows I hosted...Jim MacKrell

[PatrioticPirate]

The sound effect for the spinning wheels was part of "The Savers." Was that used as the theme for this?

[WhatsAYak]

@PatrioticPirate - No, the theme for this pilot was recycled from the short-lived late 60s game show, Funny You Should Ask.

[Rlotpir1972]

The eggcrate scorecards were the same as from "The Newlywed Game" and "Hollywood Squares".

[gshowguy]

@Rlotpir1972 That font's called "Go", BTW. And they used that font on "Go" for the timers.

[WarioBarker88]

The format is, of course, "Joker's Wild", but the Bonus Heart feels out-of-place. And why did Barry go back to using celebrities when it's obvious that it didn't work in 1968?

Also, a pretty funny blooper at 4:34 -- "Politics, Kid Stuff, and...a big, white dot." Couldn't Jim or the Governor have worked in a snide remark to the board on that...or the Governor himself, whose category appeared in place of the dot? Or even politics *it*self?

Kind of weird, but it might have been edited out.

[BlackwoodCompany]

Do you have the rest?

[blanquepage]

Yes.