Card Sharks - First Show with Doubles Push Rule (644) - Part One

[Noveltooner]

It's funny, but with Johnny Olsen announcing with that opening I was half-expecting to hear "Take a risk! Take a chance! Take a dare! Play the game of 'Double Dare'…with the host of 'Double Dare,' Alex Trebek!"

[artytoons]

A game of cards high and low

with the great voice of Johnny O!

ooonnn "Card Sharks"

[gsparkway324]

Jim jinxed it by saying haven;t seen any/many high cards

[antonioclark1987]

They also said that, if the player guesses hi or low without freezing their card they also get $500 bonus too.

[riceboy1701e]

I always liked Jim Perry. When he was replaced, I quit watching the show. And of course, the rules and format changed. By 1986, it wasn't worth flip...

[wdm1219]

I would keep the push rule for the first 2 rows, but not allow for a push on the BIG BET, that would provide some suspense.

[BJWanlund]

Let me just say that the Doubles Push rule is my least favourite rule ever, and if they ever revive Card Sharks, I would like to see them dropping that rule, because it kills the suspense in the Money Cards.

BJ

[bmasters1981]

@BJWanlund I respect your opinion, but I strongly disagree with it. If I were playing under the original rules, I would have been very conservative, even if it was a great card, because I wouldn't have been willing to be burned on a double-ace or double-deuce if I bet everything on either. I think that the producers did a smart thing by changing from the original rules to the new rules, both here and for Eubanks/Rafferty.

[CarShark2]

@BJWanlund I would gladly trade some of that fear of double aces or deuces "suspense" for some halfway decent payouts in the Money Cards. Frankly, I think the fact that the rule took so long to be implemented is one of the reasons the first version got cancelled. When you keep saying you can win over $25,000, it's frustrating to watch contestants struggle to get 1/10 of that. Watch "The Terrible Threes" episode. THAT'S a lack of suspense. And any one of those calls could lead to the same result.

[juan833blue]

@BJWanlund I disagree, if Card Sharks gets revived, keep the Push Rule @ the Money Cards even @ the big bet, that way a player can't lose with an Ace or a 2.

[nextbarker]

How do you think Johnny Olson did announcing for Card Sharks?

[RCPlanes59]

Did you add in the TPIR losing horns?

[HoustonRules]

They were not added in--both shows used them.

[bwitz72]

Wow.. Q to K to A... that's a bad beat!

Push rule didn't help at all there!!!

[natemarroquin]

That doubles push rule carried over to CBS in '86 with Bob Eubanks.

[feudfan55]

October 20, 1980

[Noveltooner]

It's also interesting hearing Johnny O. opening this show, since a few years earlier he was announcing on CBS for a show with the same music and similar opening: "Take a risktake a chancetake a dare. Play the game of 'DOUBLE DARE'with the host of 'Double Dare,' Alex Trebek!" (By the way, the Edd Kalehoff-composed theme was actually titled "Double Dare," an indication that it was actually written for that show.)

[dragonboi77]

644, huh? I wonder why it took them 643 shows to realize that losing on a push in Money Cards wasn't fair?

[HoustonRules]

I guess they just figured it wouldn't be that big of a deal--then came the show with the four threes in a row during the Money Cards.

[JMFabianoRPL]

Great find on GSN. Any idea when was the first episode where the push rule actually worked? (Bet Bev wished it did for her!) I just skimmed through this episode, did anyone get the $500 exact guess bonus? Again if not, when was the first?

Watching this reminds me what a great talker Jim Perry was.

[mrceleb2006]

Thanks for uploading a "Card Sharks" video with Johnny Olson announcing.

[KidsTVCentral]

What got your original tsskiller account suspended?

[tsskiller08]

The response is on one of my videos here.

[funderburkebobby]

[[Mr. Olson]] Aces Are Super Two Bring A Smile But If Your Jim Perry That Gives A Style On Card Sharks And Now Here's The Host Of Card Sharks Jim Perry.

[tsskiller08]

Actually, it's:

Aces are super, Twos bring a smile,

But it's your Jim Perry that gives the game style, On.....Card Sharks!