Aussie version of Sale of the Century 90' intro

[katebuck100]

Well thank you "GameShowManOne" for the true facts on how Temptation/Sale of the Century came to be aired in Australia - for all these years I had truly believed that Reg Grundy (Grundy Television fame) was the instigator/inventor & have even read a few magazine articles over the years here, to that effect saying how came up with the format & then following the huge success here, he licensed it out to other countries...how wrong we all have been....seems he just perfected the format!

[MrShieldsy100]

G'day Kate. Do you know what prizes you won on Sale, and what was the Cash Jackpot when you won? Also, do you have any episodes, especially the one where you won everything, from your reign as champion, and if so, could you please upload them here?

Anyway, nice to meet you.

[GameShowManOne]

Sale might be an American show by birth (created by ad-man Al Howard, who also came up with Supermarket Sweep), but the Australians PERFECTED it. They are the unchallenged masters of this format; any future incarnations of the show should be based on the Grundy model.

[katebuck100]

Re some comments below.. yes I did go on to win this show and the next six after this, with the then "World Record" prize pool winning show being taped on on 27th Sept. 1990 but not aired until 15th Oct. 1990 & then "world record" prize pool was $A471,640 . Some 18ths later, a guy called Rob (last name I can't spell - it's something like Kammerliski - though that is his nom de plume for the show, won around $A650K - $700K, the biggest prize in Sale's 20year history on Aust. tv.

[katebuck100]

"Sale" did start in Australia.!!! It was based on an an earlier Reg Grundy productions called "Temptation" & the "Great Temptation" which were on the Channel 7 network in the 1970s (with Tony Barber also as the host). In the mid 1980s iGrundy's then licenced it to other countires, with versions in the UK, USA and I think in other pats of Europe too.

[BringBackAussieSale]

@katebuck100 Nope it did come from America originally, "Temptation" on Channel 7 started in 1971, while the original Sale in the US started in 1969.

But well done on your big win back in 1990. I hope you had enough room to fit all those prizes you must have won on the show :)

[katebuck100]

Kate Buckingham here. Re some of the comments: This clip was filmed in Aug. 1990. It was shown on the Nine Network ton 5th October 1990. They taped one week's worth of shows in one day & this was the last one taped. It went to air on Fri. 5th Oct. 1990. Sale had been going for just over 10 years in Australia at this point & was shown on the Nine Network nationally, in the prime 7pm timeslot in capital cities.

[morphoist]

I love how the drum roll at the start is the same as the one used on Hey Hey....

[baysidelad1]

"Aussie version"????The show was INVENTED IN AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MeFrom07]

@baysidelad1 No it was not. I have no idea where this misconception is coming from. Sale of the Century originally came from America, Reg Grundy adopted the format just like most other game shows here.

[punji73]

so are million dollar prizes the "go" in quiz shows these days?? lol

[punji73]

this episode must have been near the end of Tony's reign and then Glen Ridge took over. I remember Glen used to work on the local tv station here in town, i saw him once doing a news report in the SPC when we were there for a school excursion back in the day lol

[MeFrom07]

I think the 1989-1999 variation of the SOTC theme is my favourite because that's the one grew up with. Although I like the closing version more because it starts off with a guitar solo.

[thesportsfreak2]

Rather excited people in the front row there...

[ruantengyi]

I really like the intro of SOTC. It sounds very exciting!

[venuecam]

Pete Smith speaking

[80sOldSkool]

Definitley 1990, that's a VQ Statesman and a Holden Apollo they are giving away there - today those cars combined would only be worth $1000!!

[MeFrom07]

Actually that's a VN Berlina and an LE Nova. But I agree with you about the value of what the 2 cars would be worth combined today.

[80sOldSkool]

Yes, correct on the LE Nova, but I reckon that we are both wrong & that is a Calais? It appears to have too much chrome on the grille for a Berlina?

[MeFrom07]

It's just because of the low quality video that makes it look like a Calais grille. At the end of this episode when it shows the car closer up, you can see it better.

[petersupertigger]

Kate Buckingham DID win the lot a week later!

[MeFrom07]

What year was this, was it around 91 or something?

[petersupertigger]

It was 1990.

[ruantengyi]

I think it is 1990, because in the clip , Tony Barber commented "it has been some exciting night over the last ten years"

[quizmaster85]

Incidentally, this ep originally aired on 5 October 1990

[thejobloshow]

Damn you Tony Barbara! You were a visionary! Million dollar prizes are all the rage (eight years ago).

[ruantengyi]

it's tony Barber. yes, Million dollar prizes do exist nowadays.

[AdrianHoliday]

Sale > Temptation

[petersupertigger]

Can this Victorian computer programmer or this school teacher from Queensland stop 26 year old John Sergent of New South Wales from winning a world record prize total of $431,604?

[ruantengyi]

i think we should watch the clip and find out!

[lilyitch]

YES!

[AdrianHoliday]

Loved those intros.

[sandman201010]

dude he won 2 new holen vechicals

hahahahahaha

i wonder if he got a turbo, lowered it, a massive blow off value and a sick sound system in it like every wanker does these days!!!

[mignonhenne]

if you drive a holden you're already a wanker.lol

[lilyitch]

Answer to the john sargent's big win question:no

[ruantengyi]

i love the intro, it sounds very exciting!

[ruantengyi]

i wish "tempation" still used the opening theme beccuase it realy sounds very exciting when you listen to it!

[byrd56]

Tony Barber's premonition of million dollar prizes on quiz shows would, of course, come true by the end of the 1990's.

[Retroman30]

If Mike Klauss reading this message of mine, my message for him is to go to hell.

[RGSJenkins]

Yeah, he made me take down my Double Dare video. Hey, check the end of my Child's Play video to see a message to him.

[TVLubber]

Answer to the announcer's question: Yes.

[lilyitch]

Why?

[TVLubber]

Hey, I saw the end of the game, he lost.

[lilyitch]

MERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP!

[TVLubber]

Who you callin' merrrrrrrrrrp?

[lilyitch]

No No... I said that because that is the losing horn from the us verson of the price is right.

[TVLubber]

That doesn't sound like that.

[lilyitch]

If you watch the price is right you may listen to that sound when contestants lose i certain pricing games or when someone goes over in the showcase.

[palmercomm]

(tuba followed by a trumpet) Br-br-br-brrrr--WAAAAAAAA!

[oldschoolnckfan8]

LOL!

[petersupertigger]

Yes, dear. He lost everything, all the prizes, even two Holden vehicles.

[palmercomm]

Are you sure? He must've left with something. Didn't he buy any Instant Bargains or win any cash for winning the main games? It's not fair that a guy who did so well should go home with nothing.

Then again, it might have served him right.

[petersupertigger]

At least he got some sports equiptment.