As you have said on your site, this is the show that proves once and for all that Bill Cullen was a complete pro. I mean. Columbus, Ohio? But you know. Bill LOVED technology so it makes sense...
@cottagechskitty I can believe it that he loved technology. I remember seeing an episode from a brief run of "I've Got a Secret" that he hosted in 1976. One thing that was featured on there was an early version of the video game Pong.
the main problem with this hsow was the lack of technology slowing the game down, These days it could work through the magic of the internet or text messaging but it would still have to be done live.
Adam, you come up with some wonderful gems here. I never even KNEW that this game had existed, perhaps due to it being a local show, but man, Bill Cullen did it. He pulled it off rather well!
Great post! This is just further proof that Bill Cullen was simply the master of game shows! Gosh! They could just dig him out of the grave now and host that hellacious "Moment of Truth" and make it a runaway Peabody Award winner.
It wasn't PBS, it was cable. The show's producer (who later moved to NY and became producer for "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?") went to a "To Tell the Truth" taping, made his way backstage, and name-dropped a former NBC exec that Bill had worked with. Bill agreed to do the show because of that and god-knows-how-much-money.
Oh, so it was cable access. drr. i should have known that from when he held the box. its amazing that you know that. I thought i knew alot about game shows.
According to Matt Ottinger's great Bill Cullen Website, Bill received a gift of a "Pong" game for coming down and doing this show..He was forver playing it on breaks in production..
@burr1aj doesn't look like it, but the technology changed the world. This is literally communication research done using television and wireless inter connected computer networks....ie...THE INTERNET
From my hometown of Columbus!
simpsonsfan2007 3 weeks ago
The sound effects are extremely annoying.
bradgandy02 1 month ago
I love this theme music for this show.. how 70s can you get!
abqwriter 1 year ago
As you have said on your site, this is the show that proves once and for all that Bill Cullen was a complete pro. I mean. Columbus, Ohio? But you know. Bill LOVED technology so it makes sense...
cottagechskitty 1 year ago
@cottagechskitty I can believe it that he loved technology. I remember seeing an episode from a brief run of "I've Got a Secret" that he hosted in 1976. One thing that was featured on there was an early version of the video game Pong.
bluebear1985 1 year ago
@cottagechskitty It could've been Toledo, OH for all I care!
RetroToledo 4 months ago
I like the theme song!
PatrioticPirate 1 year ago
Obvious why this show never made it...slow..boring...
MPL029 2 years ago
This just goes to show Mr. Cullen could take rotten eggs and make eggs benedict out of it.
JAldridge86 2 years ago 2
the main problem with this hsow was the lack of technology slowing the game down, These days it could work through the magic of the internet or text messaging but it would still have to be done live.
gameshowfreak2007 2 years ago
The guy at 9:18 reminds me of the Bruce guy ("Oh no!") from Family Guy.
MrMatteNWk 2 years ago
dont like eggs?
16MrMusicMan 2 years ago
weirdest name for a game show ever!!!!!!!!!
robcas123 2 years ago 7
I bet he likes more than hard yolks.
gpciie 3 years ago
Kind of like an interactive Family Feud...
joebradio 3 years ago
You know, that opening bit in which the host speaks to us before the show started, was also used in the Let's Make a Deal pilot.
viddykiddy18 3 years ago
The music played when the audience is voting is just creepy.
howard90 3 years ago
Adam, you come up with some wonderful gems here. I never even KNEW that this game had existed, perhaps due to it being a local show, but man, Bill Cullen did it. He pulled it off rather well!
AlbieGray 3 years ago
Of course there's a good concept in here. Opinion panels, find the most popular answer... sounds like a Richard Dawson special to me...
eljefereal 3 years ago 2
Great post! This is just further proof that Bill Cullen was simply the master of game shows! Gosh! They could just dig him out of the grave now and host that hellacious "Moment of Truth" and make it a runaway Peabody Award winner.
terjer01 4 years ago 5
Maybe so, but any good game show fan knows that there will never be another Bill Cullen.
bluebear1985 3 years ago 2
Wow. Just...wow.
quincyhughes 4 years ago
Would this show beat the old "Playmania" on GSN? lol
Bill did amazing well for a local cable show.
UNCJerry77 4 years ago
Weiiiiiiird.
I read about this on Adam's site. And I agree that Bill Cullen handled this well, for someone in a strange situation like this.
And no, I'm not related to Sue & Barry.
Jnelson09Returns 4 years ago
GEEZ--what DIDN'T Bill Cullen host??? He could do almost anything!!!!!
meowfit 4 years ago 2
I like mine scrambled with cheese, vegetables, and spices in an omelet, thank you. :p
Love you site, love your vids Adam, keep it up.
SuperGamer7 4 years ago
Did this get picked up?
burr1aj 4 years ago
Oh, good heavens, no.
AdamNedeff 4 years ago
one more question. If this was a local (PBS) TV show, how did they get Cullen to host this show?
burr1aj 4 years ago
It wasn't PBS, it was cable. The show's producer (who later moved to NY and became producer for "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?") went to a "To Tell the Truth" taping, made his way backstage, and name-dropped a former NBC exec that Bill had worked with. Bill agreed to do the show because of that and god-knows-how-much-money.
AdamNedeff 4 years ago
Oh, so it was cable access. drr. i should have known that from when he held the box. its amazing that you know that. I thought i knew alot about game shows.
burr1aj 4 years ago
No, not cable access. Just cable. Warner Cable produced this series for their QUBE system.
AdamNedeff 4 years ago
According to Matt Ottinger's great Bill Cullen Website, Bill received a gift of a "Pong" game for coming down and doing this show..He was forver playing it on breaks in production..
TimL2005 4 years ago
On a sort of related subject, I believe one of those Pong games was featured on an episode of "I've Got a Secret" he hosted in 1976.
bluebear1985 3 years ago
@AdamNedeff It was basically the first use of "Interactive TV" for it's time.
RetroToledo 4 months ago
@burr1aj doesn't look like it, but the technology changed the world. This is literally communication research done using television and wireless inter connected computer networks....ie...THE INTERNET
halmurawnik 1 month ago
I remember reading about QUBE here in the old Cleveland Press. I envied Columbus for getting such a clever interactive form of television.
tjhornikel 4 years ago
oh man I'm loving it!!!
TalkingOrangutan 4 years ago