Scrabble with Chuck Woolery Long Close

[rwdragons]

man u made me cry this is the last game show music that my brother heard b4 he died and he loved game shows ending music w/o gameshow network interupting the credits and the music thank you so much

[M200XL]

This show is SOOO much fun to play along with and I've played downloadable pc versions of it which sadly are no longer available online. If only somehow a network now a days could gain the rights to it.

[samsticka]

It's too bad they didn't have the cube rotate around or have any flashing animations in the 1993 version.

[superrandy69]

scrabble is the greatest game show ever

[DorvellTStewart]

If all this was taped, ya should've included the USA Update, the commercial that followed it, the bumper, and the Pyramid Intro!

[DorvellTStewart]

I remember getting super excited by this time during the Game Show Block! I always loved the Pyramid!

[SoulThing1981]

Chuck Woolery's wardrobe is Furnished by Pierre Cardin... very stylish ...!! how awesome I haven't heard the name Pierre Cardin in forever!! God I Miss this show and Chuck and his stylish Suits.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

Don't forget his fancy watch that was displayed when Chuck handed out his famous 'Chuck Bucks' for winning the $500 & $1,000 squares!

[gsfan99]

Can you post the rest of the episode please? Thanks!! :-)

[darkpowrjd]

Hmm...near the end of the show, the cube swiveled around to the crossword board. Were they getting ready to film another show after that show finished filming? I didn't usually see that happen during the closes, so I'm curious if that was a goof-up of the producers to show that or if that usually happened from time to time to see it suddenly turn like that.

[darkpowrjd]

Should mention that I'm talking about at 1:01.

[megamanj2004X]

well it depends on where they're at when the show closes out. On some eps. (this is all during the July 1984-spring '86 straddled eps.) if the show ends during the Crossword round, they'll just leave the cube at the crossword round side of it. Other than that, they usually like to swivel the cube from being at the Sprint round's side to the Crossword round's side to let viewers know that the RG logo was coming.

[godgundam10]

BTW, if GSN or another channel got the rights to air Scrabble, the Fremantle logo would be shown after the video faded to black, right?

[rickhh1]

Does Fremantle have the rights?

If GSN got the rights to Scrabble, most likely, no. They don't show the Fremantle logo on old Goodson-Todman productions (Match Game, Family Feud, Password Plus, etc) -- it's all removed by the Credit Crunch.

[ShaDeed329]

Um, you're wrong. Some shows by G-T still has the G-T and Mark Goodson logos shown and intact on the credit crunch. Such as "Match Game 77" and "Password". Even sometimes on Dawson's version of "Family Feud" during the 80s.

Another thing, FremantleMedia North America does own this game show. But the Reg Grundy game shows weren't included in the package because Grundy wasn't bought by Pearson Television until 1995.

[rickhh1]

okay... I deserved that for the way I phrased it.

Because of the credit crunches, *MOST* times the G-T logo wouldn't get to be shown. In the rare event they let the credits role long enough, I assume they'd let it remain the old RG logo.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

@godgundam10 Or maybe they should put Hasbro Studios on there after the Reg Grundy logo. Hasbro is the best toy company ever to put "Scrabble" on the map. Hasbro made toys along with "GI Joe", "The Transformers", "My Little Pony", "Mr. Potato Head" and many others as part of the Hasbro franchise. "Scrabble" is part of the Hasbro bandwagon. I hope if Hasbro gets it right, they will get reruns of the classic game show on any station like the Hub where they run "Family Game Night".

[mittdawson]

fyi, this Reg Grundy logo was a brass casting about 3 feet across, swiveling on a platform, it was very heavy!.....we later switched to an animated version when the technology was available.

[palmercomm]

That's strange. Why didn't you use the Grundy Trapezoid (used in Australia)?

[palmercomm]

BTW, would you please add this boatload of information to the respective Wikipedia pages?

[mittdawson]

actually the Australian Grundy TV logo is an icosahedron, I'm totally serious....so there!..:)

[palmercomm]

OK. So, do you know where they're keeping all the Scrabble tapes? Maybe they can finally go to GSN.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

@palmercomm Or maybe the Hub would get the rights to air the 1980's version of "Scrabble", maybe Hasbro Studios will be a distribution to the classic 80's cartoon shows like "GI Joe", "The Transformers" and "My Little Pony & Friends". All three shows are produced by Hasbro Productions, Sunbow and Marvel Productions. "Scrabble" is from Reg Grundy Productions and distributed by Hasbro, and Hasbro is the makers of "Scrabble". That would be four shows made by Hasbro.

[Spidey301]

Scrabble starring Chuck Woolery is produced in

association with Exposure Unlimited this

program is based on the Scrabble brand crossword game this is Jay Stewart speaking.

[Brettfern]

When was this video clip recorded off of USA Network?

[vnisanian2001]

Looks to me like this clip, along with other ones that he posted, are from 1992.

[coreyprkr2005]

same here, i remember

[megamanj2004X]

I loved how during those July 1984 - Spring/Summer 1986 eps. how they darkened up the set prior to starting the closing credits.

[dwiller1]

Wow, lot of time left at the end of that show. Wonder if it was mistimed. Great to see full credits. Nowadays that is all shrunk back in tiny font that runs at hyperspeed so you can't read it anyway.

[TomFoolerys]

Interesting observation dwiller1, but I wouldn't be so quick to blame mistiming on a producer. There are lots of variables on how quickly or slowly a game show can move along.

[megamanj2004X]

and also most GS's usually always had at least one full credit roll per week.

[vnisanian2001]

Really cool seeing Chuck chat with the contestants in the sprint set.

[gameshowluvr86]

I totally remember that voiceover promo for The $25,000 Pyramid! Takes me back, man...

[vnisanian2001]

Wouldn't surprise if that's Alan Kalter (currently the announcer of "The Late Show with David Letterman", and even did "Pyramid" in New York City shortly after Bob Clayton died).

[mittdawson]

it's Jay Stewart

[megamanj2004X]

Yep, b/c I remember Press Your Luck airing before Scrabble and then the $25,000 Pyramid airing right after Scrabble.

The good ol' days of the old USA GS sked!!!

[coreyprkr2005]

same here bro

[DorvellTStewart]

Count me in!

[mittdawson]

the voice you're hearing is that of the late Jay Stewart, from Let's Make a Deal and Sale of the Century. Charlie Tuna took over after him for the rest of the Scrabble run.

[vnisanian2001]

No, I meant that USA Network voiceover.

[mittdawson]

oh sorry, I dunno then, you may be right, that just might be Alan Kalter, that would be kinda cool...:)

[megamanj2004X]

from July 1984 until sometime in 1986, Jay Stewart was your announcer on Scrabble. Charlie Tuna was a sub-announcer in 1985 before he permanently became the announcer from sometime in 1986 until March 1990 and for the '93 revival.

[DorvellTStewart]

Who was the guy doing that promo? Do you know?