Trivia Trap - Celebrity Week (Part 1 of 4)

Special all-star episode of a Bob Eubanks hosted game show from 1984. Features Bill Cullen, Jamie Farr, Tom Poston, Betty White, Jane Meadows, and Vicki Lawrence.

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[nextbarker]

Any other game show network videos?

[mightydyckerson]

Yes, quite a lot. I'm getting into a routine of posting one or two items per week. Check back in a few days.

[palmercomm]

You can tell it was an 80s game show when you saw Betty White, Bill Cullen, and Jamie "Klinger" Farr on a celebrity episode.

[bluebear1985]

Is this the first show where the "bleep" sound effect was used? They used it on "Family Feud" as the answer reveal in the Fast Money round starting in 1988 and have been doing so ever since.

[teamguido555]

@bluebear1985 yes, that in addition to the "right answer" sound (when all three wrong ones were out,) which is the theme for the price is right's "grand game" and the rarely heard end of the "family feud" theme.

[danbarker39]

Bill Cullen was busy working on The Jokers Wild, right? by 1985?

[nicklybob]

"Hi Jamie!"

"Hiya Bob!"

[DorvellTStewart]

Thanks to Beddy White getting the Westpoint question wrong, I think I now know what the line "Where even a right answer can catch you in a trap" means. LOL!

[jsrosa1282]

@DorvellTStewart I remember when Trivia Trap was originally on because it aired at 11:00 am on weekdays, with a fading Family Feud following it at 11:30. When Trivia Trap was canceled in April 1985, ABC replaced it with another equally short-lived game show: the Heatter-produced All-Star Blitz, hosted by Peter Marshall. All three shows were annihilated in the ratings by CBS's The Price is Right, All-Star Blitz especially.

[DorvellTStewart]

Sounds to me like Trivia Trap would've lasted longer if ABC had given it a better time slott. Either that, or if it were picked up by either Cbs or Nbc instead!

[cmcb09]

Jayne/Betty had more class in their little fingers then Vickie Lawrence ever had. Dunno but Vickie just always irritated me.

[NativeTexan5843]

I had this episode on tape when gsn aired this in 2007 it is so good to watch this again because I lost the taped when I moved

[dxearlmarc]

From what I heard she had sued the doctor that treated her late husband, Steve Allen for misdiagnoses! He was the first host of the Tonight Show.

[DorvellTStewart]

Tell me about it!