Card Sharks | Perry's finale, pt. 2

[masoudfun1996]

The overall total money given away on the NBC run of Card Sharks is $3,218,550.

[JerryG918]

Gotta love the classic podium jounce in the Money Card round. Jim Perry: definitely the best CS host ever IMHO.

[Dodgerfn5]

That's the slowest I've ever seen credits roll on a game show. You could read every person who worked on that show. Kudos!

[tnawcwvictoria]

Well guys, 1981 was the year that NBC cancelled Card Sharks w/Jim Perry and Chuck Woolery Exits the Wheel of Fortune, but both Jim and Chuck would return to NBC working for Reg Grundy Productions

Jim would host $ale of the Century for NBC and syndication from 1983-1989 while Chuck would host SCRABBLE from 1984-1990 and again in 1993 when it was paired w/Scattergories w/TV Icon Dick Clark

and Card Dealer Markie Post found great success after CS w/The Fall Guy on abc and Night Court on NBC

[skater32567]

you know it. i love card sharks

[artytoons]

Only the director Breslow and the poor guys manning the cameras and operating the rolling credits didn't get to go up on stage.

[pooka5472]

@artytoons Don't feel too bad, artytoons. Mark Goodson himself didn't go up on stage either.

[Luigifan1091]

finally a game show ending that isn't commercial crunched. this is the way it should be.

[6repsol9]

Jim Perry's Finale On Card Sharks Aired On Game Show Network

[mr2del]

:14 It was the last Money Cards.

[Permaglo]

Wow, what a crappy final Money Cards.

[megamanj2004X]

on Bob Eubank's finale, they also had a crappy Money Cards round there as well.

[jhzenor61481]

@megamanj2004X on Bill Rafferty's finale, they had a car win.

[gameshowfreak2007]

@megamanj2004X it was better than this one though, as I recall she won about $2,000.

[tree4]

This show should not have been cancelled, only three and a half years what a shame!

[ahoneanatwo]

NBC cancelling Card Sharks....worst programming decision EVER

When it comes to aces, deuces, polls and money cards, nobody did it better than Jim

[mtiller2006]

I was told it was the time changes that killed Card Sharks

[gamshwfan]

Not only that, NBC regretted cancelling Hollywood Squares so they were going to put on any show Merrill Heatter came up with and that was BATTLESTARS.

[mr2del]

You got that part right. Nobody turned cards, or made the audiences come alive like Jim. An era ended when they canned it. WBZ Boston re-aired CS long after it ended in 1981. So time changes must have hurt the magnificent show.=((

[tyrese3745]

Mr. Perry would be back to NBC Daytime some 15 months later to host a new game show. Anybody wanna guess what it was???

[StukInBuf]

Sale of the Century came about January 3, 1983. It would run til Good Friday 1989.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@StukInBuf As would "Super Password" with Bert Convy.

[mr2del]

@tyrese3745 Sale of the Century

[HoustonRules]

It may have been new to Jim Perry, but Sale of the Century was NOT a new show--just a new version of it. The original version of it was on NBC in the early '70s--hosted by Joe Garagiola. How do I know this? My mother was the big winner on one episode--and she was VERY pregnant with me at the time (I'm 38 now).

[efrem1]

@HoustonRules Joe was a replacement for Jack Kelly of Maverick fame. I remember seeing it when I was a kid, but I think all of the episodes are lost.

[HoustonRules]

@efrem1 That's a shame. I would love to see the episode that my mom was in.

[shawnkquinn]

@efrem1 No, they aren't lost, producer Burt Sugarman has them, they just have not been reran since the original broadcast.

[pooka5472]

@shawnkquinn Burt Sugarman didn't produce "Sale of the Century." The show was actually created and produced by Al Howard, who also created and produced "Supermarket Sweep."

[shawnkquinn]

@pooka5472 I was referring to Whew! in that comment, not SOTC.

[pooka5472]

@shawnkquinn Well, the conversation was about "Sale of the Century", not "Whew!".

[shawnkquinn]

@pooka5472 The comment *I* was replying to was about "Whew!". Sorry if you got confused.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I haven't seen it since I was a kid. I remember that when it was usually shown on USA back in the 80's. Great ending to a good game show. I wonder if the ending credits to the show like the way "Sale of the Century" did back in 1989, it should say "Card Sharks - The End" or the Looney Tunes version that I made, it should day "Card Sharks - That's all folks!" This should be a good idea for a Looney Tunes version of the final show.

[JonSea31]

And at the end, Jim Perry walked off stage leaving the crew behind. At least he did it in a more appropriate fashion, unlike what Ray Combs did on Family Feud 13 years later.

[CardSharksRocks]

Too bad GSN didn't get this far in the run this time around. :(

[StFidjnr]

@ 6.03 from now on from this episode.

[bdaddyn678]

I only wish GSN can do full, uncrunched credits, like in the early days when it was called GAME SHOW NETWORK. Ideally, it should also include product/fee plugs and less voiceover (ie, GSN using that time to promote upcoming shows) during the credits.

[bdaddyn678]

Great theme. Almost reminds me of the theme to Double Dare (The CBS Version with Alex Trebek).

[mtiller2006]

It IS the same theme!

[pooka5472]

mtiller2006, you took the words right out of my mouth.

[mr2del]

@bdaddyn678 He's right. I've seen an opening to Double Dare. Ironically it was on YT.

[gameshowguy2000]

And how appropriate..full credits on the final show. As it should be.

[MrEd30]

This version of Card Sharks with Jim Perry was the best. Anything that had Jim Perry in it was great. An amazing man with a wonderful personality and voice. He was made for television!

[nomoremokracek]

Watch out Jim, Bob Eubanks and Bill Rafferty are both after your job.

[calhoun24]

Why not? They're resurrecting "Let's Make a Deal". "Press Your Luck" is coming to the Next Gen gaming consoles and PC.

Seems like it's high time for a lot of formats to come back.

[gameshowfreak2007]

I heard when they canceled Guiding light, some of the other shows they considered were pyramid, card sharks and press your luck.

[Hondo20132]

They never considered PYL or Card Sharks. They were however considering Dating Game and Let's Make a Deal with Pyramid. However, Let's Make a Deal will be the only one being revived.

[SuperGamer7]

Pyramid could replace "As The World turns," we'll see.

[HoustonRules]

As great as "Card Sharks" was, I'd love to see CBS bring back "Whew!" That one was my all-time favorite. In fact, during that one season (1979-1980), that was the best two-hour block of game shows ever. 10am ET--Card Sharks on NBC; 10:30am ET--Whew! on CBS; 11am ET--Price is Right on CBS.

[nextbarker]

$3,218,550 NOT BAD FOR 3 YEARS.

[megamanj2004X]

The following Monday, a Hollywood Squares-knock-off show called "Battlestars" w/ Alex Trebek replaced this run of "Card Sharks."

[9409312]

This verison later come back in january 1986 with host Bob Eubanks

[BlackwoodCompany]

But it would be on CBS. However, this version was better.