Tic Tac Dough syndicated premiere (1978) Part One

[loutenore33]

interesting that this was shown prior to cbs dumping it

[leandar]

Boy, those bonus reveals are sure weird looking. I always remember them bigger as they were in later episodes. lol

[entertainme3000]

fact: wink Martindale had auditioned for the role of Dr. Alan Quartermaine on Abc tv's General Hospital(Douglas Marland days) the role eventually went to Stu Damon of Hammer And Rogerstein's Cinderella(Prince Charming) He was hired in early February 1977 and appeared til December 2008.

Martindale on the other hand got Tic Tac Dough, to my knowledge lasted til maybe 1985 or 86 and then appeared on a Vegas game show called High Rollers, and has done many resort commercials over the years

[pooka5472]

@entertainme3000 Well, you know something, Martindale isn't the only game show host to be involved with a soap opera. Another game show host to do this is David Ruprecht, who played Dan Ryan on "Days of our Lives" during the first two years of his run as host of "Supermarket Sweep."

[entertainme3000]

@pooka5472 and I heard Pat Sajak was once on Days of Our Lives too

[nextbarker]

The squares are hard to read.

[nextbarker]

Johnny Gilbert will be 85 in July.

[Dodgerfn5]

No frickin' way.

[storrs19]

Yep. He and Don Pardo (who is over 90) just keep on announcing. They are icons for sure and their voices are legendary. Nice to see the premiere of TTD here. This is obviously from an original broadcast or studio master as I don't recall seeing it on GSN and it certainly is not time compressed. Thanks for sharing with us all. I used to watch this and The Joker's Wild every night on our local independent station.

[pooka5472]

@storrs19 Funny you should mention Don Pardo, since, at separate times, Gilbert and Pardo both announced for "Jeopardy!", with Gilbert announcing for the current Alex Trebek version and Pardo announcing for the original Art Fleming version. In addition, both men also announced for the Bill Cullen version of "The Price is Right", with Gilbert announcing on ABC and Pardo announcing on NBC.

[johnissoevil]

Did the last CBS champion ever make an appearance on this version?

[rksncu]

Johnny Gilbert is the announcer. How cool is that?!

[pooka5472]

@rksncu Very cool, in fact both he and Wink Martindale worked on Lifetime programming, with Martindale hosting "Debt" and Gilbert announcing for "Supermarket Sweep."

[BenJabituya]

I wanna see ALL B&E Shows once again on GSN!!!!

[eci4r]

that makes two of us

[shotymeisupandcummin]

Why GSN took this off the schedule???

[secondchance1977]

Because the people at GSN are high on acid again...

[BenJabituya]

Why GSN, WHY?!!!!

[supersaver87]

It got terrible ratings...BuzzerBlog reported that fewer than 100k viewers tuned into the show. Shame...nice to see it back while it lasted.

[Hondo20132]

Good thing I recorded most of Thom McKee's run on DVD! A few I know either aren't in the trading circuit or in better quality than the copy in said circuit.

Just so you know, its timeslot was taken by Eubanks Card Sharks. I'd like it if Tic Tac Dough replaced the CS weekend spot.

And maybe they should switch one of the Match Game slots with Blockbusters; they went back to Rafferty's run.

Then again, they should replace all shows they show more than once a day. But enough about that.

[RJSchex]

Note the lockout buttons on the contestants' podiums? Those were left over from the CBS version. (The black-box "jump-in" categories.) By 1980, they were finally removed.

[nextbarker]

Is that Johnny Gilbert's voice?

[BenJabituya]

Yes it is, nextbarker.

[Hawqis1]

Which version had the jump in black boxes? I wish we could see some episodes of those black boxes

[Hondo20132]

The 1978 CBS daytime version. I know mtiller2006 has an episode, but he has a lot of other interests as of now.

[secondchance1977]

Is it posted on veoh or youtube?

[Hondo20132]

I'm not saying it's posted yet; I just happen to see it on his trading list.

[gamshwfan]

This is very strange game. It may be the syndicated premire but what happens seems to be ridiculous; to miss that many questions consectutively is bad but they still played strategically in terms of trying to secure a two option win as I call it. The players seem to be kay for a game like this; even though contestants in the 70's were nowhere near the caliber of 50's contestants. They were not exactly playing cold because the 1950's version could be frsh in people's minds. Good 1st game.

[191965]

My parents, God rest their souls, and I were at this taping of the first episode of this version of Tic-Tac-Dough back in 1978. We were on vacation at the time. It was exciting for me as a 13-year-old to see a game show in person, because I love gane shows.

[nextbarker]

Did this 1978 episode ever air on GSN?

[chrisivision07]

I'm pretty sure what you're seeing was originally recorded off GSN from its first year in 1994, before they even had the Winnie on-screen bug. I don't believe the first season has been shown again since though.

[Hondo20132]

I think it's from it's Day 1!

[Ivoryface86]

No, Johnny Gilbert was a fill-in announcer during Season 7 as well, but that was after Kit Salisbury was defeated.

[heine71]

Johnny Gilbert even was the announcer for another Barry-Enright game show: The Joker's Wild (CBS and syndie).

[megamanj2004X]

I remember Johnny Gilbert sub-announcing on the CBS TJW before but I barely remember him announcing on TTD.

[megamanj2004X]

In the 1st syndie season, Wink is carrying the smaller version of the Sony MC mic, which is a smaller version of the same mic that Bob Barker and Gene Raybrun used.

[megamanj2004X]

Was this the only season of syndie TTD where Johnny Gilbert was the announcer?

[vintagetv]

I only remember them shuffling after every turn. When did that start?  This si so awesome to see the premire ep of the syndicated run.

[BlackwoodCompany]

I know that that was put up.

[zachhoran]

The money amounts were different then, $50, $150, $250, $350, $400, and $500, as opposed to the usual $100, $150, $250, $300, $400, and $500.

[eci4r]

thanks a bunch for posting this on youtube

[oldzac87]

I believe both the CBS daytime version and syndicated version were sold simultaneously. After the CBS version crashed after only 9 weeks, affiliates who brought the syndicated version were nervous about what had happened and wished they spent their money on another program. Well come time for November, the show was a ratings smash for several years until you know which show came in and destroyed the golden-age of syndicated game shows.

[Tubewings]

Wheel...of...Fortune!