Personally, I think this is a game show that deserves a revival. I thought this was a pretty cool game show. And with high-speed computers being the way some game shows are played (like "Whammy: The All-New Press Your Luck), it could make things interesting.
This show might have lasted longer if they'd gotten one of the networks to air it first (this was a purely syndicated show and was never on a network). Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild were, of course, on CBS, and I tend to think the prior network exposure helped them to do well in syndication, too.
I don't understand why it only lasted 2 years, its one of my top 5 faves of all time, the gameplay. The theme especially was awesome!! Wished maybe someone would do a remake of it. Great show let go waaaaaaaaay too early
@bambam2124 I totally agree with you,this game show was one of the best ever! The theme music,game set,and gameplay was rockin'!! Loved this show when I was a kid! The gameboard was the best feature of the show however,the sound effects on it and the way it works is awesome! :)
I wonder if someone was crazy enough to ride the bonus island to the side of the board? Has anybody noticed that in the celebrity edition of Bullseye that everytime the Bonus Island goes to the board's side it always bumps into the wall and lightning strikes just to make it funny? I've this a few times watching it from back in the day.
BULLSEYE is my all-time favorie game show! Is there anyway anybody out there that can find more episodes of Bullseye with contestants and celebs either knocking up 3 bullseyes,getting nailed by lightning, or just plain chickening out on the bonus island? By the way, it hurts like heck when the odds are in your favor with 2 bullseyes on what I consider the coolest gameboard in game show history and then that vicious lightning bolt comes up on ya! But lightning strikes on the 1st spin? That sucks!
I suppose they might have given the two players a berth on Joker or Tic Tac to make up for the abrupt end of their championship/challengership. It would seem to me that those shows would look for much of the same qualities in their contestants.
The ep that aired as a Faux Pause Pick in the summer of 98 ended in the middle of the bonus round. We'll probably never know how that particular contestant did.
Tic Tac Dough straddled the bonus round on a few occasions circa 1981-82. That was odder than this. I don't remember Joker's Wild doing this. Hot POtato straddled a bonus round once.
The thing is they switched to Celebrity Bullseye because they want to boost ratings, which they thought weren't too good at the time. The game stayed the same, they just wanted more ratings, of course it didn't pan out the way they wanted to.
Personally, I think this is a game show that deserves a revival. I thought this was a pretty cool game show. And with high-speed computers being the way some game shows are played (like "Whammy: The All-New Press Your Luck), it could make things interesting.
crich812 5 months ago
Wemkea...hard to forget a name like that.
She also appeared on TTD around 1985 or so.
supersaver87 9 months ago
someone needs to get all the episodes and remaster them to put on DVD! I think that kind of boxset would definitely sell but maybe that's just me :)
Amisbro 1 year ago 3
@Amisbro I am with you,man! Plus,this game along with Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough for the Wii,DS,XBOX,& PlayStation!
emlsox4life 11 months ago
RIP Charlie O' Donnell.
shotymeisupandcummin 1 year ago 2
liked this game a total rip off of Joker's wild, but from JW's same producers. U could say Tic Tac Dough is similar also.
yaywhewclips242 1 year ago
This show might have lasted longer if they'd gotten one of the networks to air it first (this was a purely syndicated show and was never on a network). Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild were, of course, on CBS, and I tend to think the prior network exposure helped them to do well in syndication, too.
fredbird67 1 year ago
@fredbird67 Not so sure about that in TTD's case. The CBS version of Tic Tac bombed badly. The syndicated version did great in its own right.
johnissoevil 7 months ago
I don't understand why it only lasted 2 years, its one of my top 5 faves of all time, the gameplay. The theme especially was awesome!! Wished maybe someone would do a remake of it. Great show let go waaaaaaaaay too early
bambam2124 1 year ago 7
@bambam2124 I totally agree with you,this game show was one of the best ever! The theme music,game set,and gameplay was rockin'!! Loved this show when I was a kid! The gameboard was the best feature of the show however,the sound effects on it and the way it works is awesome! :)
emlsox4life 1 year ago
From the episodes I've seen, it looks like Wink Martindale was always loaning his pun book to Jim.
johnissoevil 1 year ago
My favorite part besides the binus game is when the categories & contracts started to flip around before the swirls cover them up.
emlsox4life 1 year ago
It would have been appropriate if the first Celebrity players were Henry Winkler and Ted McGinley...
JMFabianoRPL 1 year ago
@JMFabianoRPL (laughs) I get it!
Tubewings 1 year ago
The music theme and cues, the set, the intro, "Bullseye" was one of the more underrated game shows indeed.
terjer01 1 year ago 4
The music theme and cues, the set, the intro, "Bullseye" was one of the more underrated game shows indeed.
terjer01 1 year ago 10
Were Barry & Enright that curious about how Break the Bank would've done had ABC not cancelled it that they had to start having celebs on Bullseye?
johnissoevil 2 years ago
I started this on the trading circuit 8 years ago.
BriSchwa82 2 years ago 2
they do have an online version but it sucks
jDink2101 2 years ago
I loved this show, I remember coming home from school to watch. Wish they
had an online version.
CadillacL 2 years ago
where do u be gettin the shows at man?
jDink2101 2 years ago
It must have been a pain in the ass to push Bonus Island back to its original spot between tapings.
rwboa22 2 years ago 3
It wasn't bad. The island had guide cables, to pull it to the right side of the gameboard, and back to it's starting position.
gameshowtalkandfun 2 years ago
I wonder if someone was crazy enough to ride the bonus island to the side of the board? Has anybody noticed that in the celebrity edition of Bullseye that everytime the Bonus Island goes to the board's side it always bumps into the wall and lightning strikes just to make it funny? I've this a few times watching it from back in the day.
emlsox4life 2 years ago
BULLSEYE is my all-time favorie game show! Is there anyway anybody out there that can find more episodes of Bullseye with contestants and celebs either knocking up 3 bullseyes,getting nailed by lightning, or just plain chickening out on the bonus island? By the way, it hurts like heck when the odds are in your favor with 2 bullseyes on what I consider the coolest gameboard in game show history and then that vicious lightning bolt comes up on ya! But lightning strikes on the 1st spin? That sucks!
limanator77 2 years ago 2
I suppose they might have given the two players a berth on Joker or Tic Tac to make up for the abrupt end of their championship/challengership. It would seem to me that those shows would look for much of the same qualities in their contestants.
zachhoran 2 years ago
It's odd how they started right in the middle of the bonus round.
ieeeeeeeeeeeee 2 years ago
The ep that aired as a Faux Pause Pick in the summer of 98 ended in the middle of the bonus round. We'll probably never know how that particular contestant did.
johnissoevil 2 years ago
Tic Tac Dough straddled the bonus round on a few occasions circa 1981-82. That was odder than this. I don't remember Joker's Wild doing this. Hot POtato straddled a bonus round once.
zachhoran 2 years ago
Anyone find it weird to start in the middle of the bonus game?
Hondo20132 2 years ago 2
I love the music on this show; I know when I went to Disneyland everyone was pretty friendly.
Nickle98499 2 years ago
Yeah that and.. "starting with our next show we will be switching to Celebrity Bullseye", talk about double bad luck.
Nickle98499 2 years ago
That's called fixing a great game that was never broken in the first place.
robdon33 2 years ago
The thing is they switched to Celebrity Bullseye because they want to boost ratings, which they thought weren't too good at the time. The game stayed the same, they just wanted more ratings, of course it didn't pan out the way they wanted to.
SuperGamer7 2 years ago
Also weird, actually starting the show in the middle of a bonus game. Rare.
SuperGamer7 2 years ago
What a way to start off the show...
Tubewings 2 years ago