The Joker's Wild 1969 second pilot - Part 1

Here's something quite interesting to see. It's the second unsold Joker's Wild pilot from Janurary 1969!

Now, this is almost exactly like the first pilot (which mtiller2006 posted quite a while ago) with Allen Ludden hosting and a different scoring format, but this time, there are no celebrities asking the questions, which honestly made the format less confusing to me for some reason. Also, this was taped in COLOR!

You can tell this is from early 1969 too; look how little the contestants know about space early on in the game!

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[NOWhammies91983]

I wonder what the "NO-CLED's" on the slate meant...

[Hondo20132]

@NOWhammies91983 Something tells me it was meant to mean "no celebrities".

[jokerswildfan1972]

I like the fact this pilot is in color, but I don't like the point system they are using. When was this taped? Interesting find,

[Hondo20132]

@jokerswildfan1972 "When was this taped?" Can't you read the slate at the beginning?

[silvbolt]

Allen did make this version of the pilot better. The celebrity panel took up too much time in the first pilot.

[NOWhammies91983]

Also, interesting to see that the production assistant holding the slate seems to be leaning on the celebrity desk from the first pilot.

[WarioBarker88]

@Hondo20132 Considering that the panelists' desk is still present (you can see parts of it in wide shots), I'd agree. Specifically, CLEB's could be pronounced "Celebs"; hence, "No Celebs".

Considering this was a dress rehearsal and "The Honeymoon Game" (1970) used the "living categories" format, it's possible that the format seen here wasn't meant to actually be the one pitched to CBS...although it certainly flowed better and ended up being slightly reworked into the one we all know.

[byrd56]

@disneyfan81 "Password" didn't go on ABC until April 1971, but while Allen was taping that "Joker's Wild" pilot, oddly enough, the producers of "Password" had been recycling that format on a gameshow they did for NBC called "Snap Judgment" with Ed McMahon.

[NOWhammies91983]

@heine71 DRESS rehearsal.

[THIRT33THR33]

500 million miles? wow.

[disneyfan81]

@PanAmPatrick Actually he was hosting the version of "Password" that was on ABC at the time.