Card Sharks | Pilot #1 (widescreen)

*PRESENTED IN GST WIDESCREEN*

Taped on March 17th, 1978, the first of two pilots is taped for Card Sharks, the game of decisions and judging of human nature, where you can win a fortune on the turn of a single card. The designated champion is pilot man himself, Jack Campion, with $4,000 (assumingly). He faces off against Pam in this pilot. The only difference from the pilot and the show is that the tiebreaker used 4 cards instead of the 3 it used when the show was launched. Jim Perry hosts, Johnny Olson announces

(c) 1978 Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions. All copyrights of the show are herein acknowledged, no challenge of ownership is implied or intended. These episodes are posted for non-profit, entertainment purposes only, and to help keep the memories of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman alive

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Entertainment

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• Card
• Sharks
• 1978
• pilot
• Jim
• Perry
• game
• show
• Jack
• Campion

[tvtimetravel]

It was spelled Johnny 'Olson'.

[gameshowtemple]

@tvtimetravel Oh, did I spell it wrong? Thanks for the correction, it's hard to spell it the right way sometimes

[usa02]

@32rodrick No, Jim Perry's version was taped at NBC Studios in Burbank. Bob Eubanks and Bill Rafferty's version was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood.

[teamguido555]

Michael, I seriously give you my biggest thanks for uploading this. May I please just ask where on Earth you found it?

[bluebear1985]

Since the middle of last month, I don't think I'll ever watch television the same way again, because I'm in a college broadcasting program, and things such as camera angles and lighting have me studying shows more closely now.

[32rodrick]

From Television City in Hollywood...

[bduddy55555]

One of the possible reasons they changed the tiebreaker from 4 cards to 3: It's theoretically possible for someone to run out of cards with 4 cards in the tiebreaker...

[gameshowtemple]

@masonben2011 I do plan to. But when this was originally up, someone told me they can only access this through cellphone. So, I will still upload fullscreen in addition to widescreen for the benefit of those who can't have widescreen

[zachhoran]

NBC picked this show up pretty darn fast as it was on the schedule just about five weeks later. I guess To Say the Least or Knockout was really not getting good ratings or clearance.