Three for the Money with Dick Enberg (1975) Pt. 2

[altfactor]

Lava Lamp.....the ultimate mid-1970's game show consolation prize!

I'm also surprised the winning contestants won Camaros. Most 1970's game show winners who got cars got Chevrolet Vega's!

[PatrioticPirate]

This is one of the first game shows I ever watched. Fantastic! People can't do this nowadays, and that's one of the main reasons why game shows aren't around like they used to be.

[chrisbox51]

IMO, had this game show run for 30 minutes, instead of 25, round two would have been played similarly to round one instead of being the Catch-up Round; with Barbara's team making the challenges with three new categories. The first round played about 5 minutes long so it was doable.

The Catch-up Round would then follow, as the equivalent of Split Second's Countdown Round, to determine the winner. Then the bonus game.

This show not only deserved a longer run, but screams for revival.

[Sonic3000]

This bonus round is sorta simular to the Scrabble sprint round, isn't it?

[viddykiddy18]

Zapped out by John Dillinger.

[staytunedfor]

Thanks for posting ... I wasn't terribly fond of this when it was on (I think I didn't like having the same contestants all week and the cheesy matching sweaters) but it's great to see it again. The eggcrate clueboard seemed kind of useless since they couldn't always fit the whole clue on the board (but I suppose it was cheaper and easier than the art dept. doing them ala Split Second).

[WhatsAYak]

Too bad they had to run in a 25-minute time slot...wasn't as noticable on shows w/straddled formats like Whew, Blank Check, etc, but a self-contained show like 3FtM meant they pretty much had to rush through the whole thing.

[gameshowfreak2007]

such an underrated show, lots of strategy and knowledge and the bonus game is possibly the msot intense thing I've ever seen, you could hear a pin drop as the clock counted down.

[cr78fan]

Now, all I need to see is Enberg on "Baffle" and I'll just pass out! Thanks for posting this gem. BTW, whoever was operating the clue board must have had one too many before/during the show -- note the typos!

[JohnSmoltz29]

Oh, my!!

[sugarbear522]

What network was this on?

[tvpirate05]

NBC.

[megamanj2004X]

this was also the second or third of Dick Enberg's GS's he hosted while simultaneously hosting "Sports Challenge."

He also hosted another NBC GS in "Baffle," which was the very show that replaced the long-running "Concentration."

[BlackwoodCompany]

I saw two timeouts.  Now why was that?

[someguy23475]

The lead changed hands.

[gameshowfreak2007]

@BlackwoodCompany everytime the lead changed hands, the team that was trailing got control and an automatic timeout.

[tvpirate05]

Fun little game show...looks like it at least deserved a longer shelf life.

You can tell the losing team (won't say who) was pretty annoyed lol...