The Jokers Wild: Jack Gives away the answer

[rickhh1]

Sounds like Jack was one syllable away from giving away the previous answer too.

[BatmanFan1966]

Amusing

[smashwhammy]

*cues the TPIR loser horns*

[meyerj75]

Is Jack Barry really a Tom Jones fan? Maybe he's been listening to too much "She's A Lady" at that time.

[gameshowguy2000]

In addition, Pete Townshend and The Who are also responsible for the theme songs in the CSI series on CBS.

[SailorCallie]

Isn't Tom Jones Welsh and not British?

[bwitz72]

Um.. Great Britian is comprised of England, Wales (where Welsh comes from), Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

[lowellriggsiam]

This was probably my favorite gameshow in the 70's.

[heine71]

Tom Jones on a bad night???

[rwboa22]

It could be worse. The guy in the yellow turtleneck and nerdy Coke-bottle glasses looks almost like Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon (and whose sister, Jane, went out with Paul McCartney in the 1960's).

[tasha40701]

Okay.

[gameshowguy2000]

Wait, this had to have been from the CBS version, hence the red neon lights. The syndie version had the category illustrations behind the host as he described them.

[Jnelson09Returns]

I believe it was.

[rwboa22]

It is from the CBS era (1972-1975). Besides the red lights (the "blue" set was not used until the '80s), the contestant actually SAT at their podiums like a real Vegas or AC slot machine, thus giving a more relaxed atmosphere. Also the FTD wheel (back then known as the "Jokers and Devils" round) did not have the "Penny Ante" light effects, as they were added shortly after TJW went syndie (and with a girl breaking the handle of the wheel, it thrusted TJW into TV blooper history).

[megamanj2007]

and by the 1978-79 TV season, TJW had the same set from the CBS version and 1st syndie season version, only w/ more smaller lights added to the set (notably on the contestant entrance area, the category board behind Jack and the Joker Machine) and the backwall behind the Joker Machine going from sunset-orange to blue permanently.

[MulliganBloom]

I couldn't stop looking at the stud in the yellow sweater with a the nice set of breasts, I'm sure Jack was distracted, too. Especially after tipping a few.

[getchasumm]

Jack Barry should have been used to giving away answers. In the 1950's/60's, he was a central figure in the big game show scandal, where the answers were "fed" to the contestants. Dont tell me that wasnt going thru his head as he held up that card !!

[mrmatchgame]

Jack did not have any part in the quiz show scandals, he was only guilty by association with his TV partner Dan Enright.

[diamonddog13]

Given that Jack was Enright's partner, and that lower level producers like Freedman and Felsher were in on it, I find it hard to believe that Jack had his hands completely clean - or that he didn't know that Dan was doing something. Why else would he ever again collaborate with Enright?

[mrmatchgame]

I believe that Jack was guilty by association, it was on record in TV Guide that Jack never knew about it.

[diamonddog13]

If that's the case then Jack was a. very naive about what was going on around him in a production company bearing his name, and b. much more forgiving than I would ever be for wanting to work with Enright again after having been blacklisted because of him.

[johnissoevil]

At the time of this episode, Enright had no involvement with TJW. That didn't come until 2 years later, during the final CBS season. But you do make a good point, nonetheless.

[Mycroft616]

Actually, Jack was kept out of the loop for a while in the beginning, but he eventually figured it out for himself one way or another. Following that, he did help cover up the rigging, but he had no actual part in the rigging itself. Not for a single moment in his career did Jack ever know what was going to happen on stage before it happened. My guess is Jack wanted his reactions to be genuine to help hide the truth.

[Jnelson09Returns]

Those things happen. Just ask Bert Convy.

[baconhead2008]

We can't ask Bert Convy. He died.

[Jnelson09Returns]

I know that, it's a figure of speech.

[fredbird67]

D'OH!

[dim432]

lol he should've not gave that away

[AarHan3]

Wotta coinkeydink... :-P

[vintagetv]

I've been wondering if anyone has any clips on a guy named Joe Dunn from the 1980's? I was also wondering why he was forced to retire after winning over $50,000? Good clip though. I always enjoyed The Joker's Wild with Jack Barry.

[Jnelson09Returns]

In the early 1980s, The Joker's Wild was forced to institute a winnings limit. I'm not sure how, but I know CBS was behind this somehow.

[mrmatchgame]

No, by that time they were no longer with CBS and was in Syndication, Barry & Enright set the limit, not CBS.

[shoredude2]

@mrmatchgame Actually CBS did pull a limit. Since TJW appeared on many CBS O&O's, if B&E wanted the show to stay syndicated on those stations, CBS required that they needed a limit. Since CBS stations were, at the time, generally the best performing stations in many markets, they had to give in to stay on those stations.

[rwboa22]

CBS had a $50k winnings limit at the time, with any money won over the limit going to charity. After going into syndication in 1975, B&E tried to lift the limit, but was forced to keep the limit in place because most of the affiliates who showed TJW were CBS affiliates, thus forcing B&E to sign up as many NBC (and even ABC, as this aired on WPVI-TV in the 1980's) affiliates as possible, thus allowing them to scrap the winnings cap.

[gameshowguy2000]

I thought CBS's winning limit was $25K at the time (hence why there were so many retired chammps on PYL), and then bumped it to $50K by fall of 1984.

[tvtimetravel]

Is this is before or after the "Otter Day" incident from the Annual Events category?

[mrmatchgame]

after

[WadeSimMiser]

Oopsie.

:-D I could use a pick-me-up like that first thing in the morning.