Blankety Blanks, pt. 1

With Anne Meara and William (Bill) Shatner.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Blankety
• Blanks
• game
• show
• Bill
• Cullen
• Anne
• Meara
• William
• Shatner

[johnissoevil]

Mr. Cullen was da man when it came to game shows.

[meyerj75]

That is because both shows were taped in the Elysee Theater off W58th Street #202 just two blocks away from Central Park.

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

@bjhughesFL (cont.)

One player communicates a series of answers to their partner by forming a question. When they finish forming that question, they must hit the bell signaling their partner to answer. Only one guess is permitted for each answer. The player would get $100 for each correct answer and $5,000 for 10 correct answers in 60 seconds. What would you think about that as a bonus round for Blankety Blanks?

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

@bjhughesFL If it had a bonus round, seeing what Bob Stewart liked to do, I would say a good bonus round would be like a 2-player version of the bonus round that would later be used on Chain Reaction.

[bjhughesFL]

I remember Bill Cullen saying that he really liked this show, but no one really gave it a chance to work.

Also, with regards to what was "missing", this show never really had a defined bonus round, which was common among the more popular shows at the time. It isn't really exciting if nobody can win $5K or $10K in one pop.

[BARNEYFATSWALT]

The GOD of Gameshow Hosts! BILL CULLEN

[playsbass1969]

dean of the emcees

[storrs19]

Thanks so much. I've never seen an episode and I know there are not many around as they were erased by the network. Nice to see Bill Cullen and hear Bob Clayton announcing. Not a bad show.

[Rlotpir1972]

@gameshowluvr86 This is a Bob Stewart game show, no doubt.

[MrBennetzen]

Even though some of the shows were horrific for one reason or another Bill had a way of understanding it.

[TheKid965]

Just to note for the historical record, the show did not keep this format for its entire run.

Later on, the Strikes were dropped and the game became a race, with points won for solving puzzles added to each team's bank. The first team to bank $2,000 or more won the game and tried to double their bank by solving the Blankety Blank.

I dunno, myself... the game is fine, but I just can't help but think it's *missing* something, somewhere along the way - even after the format changed...