CHCH Split Second promo #1, 1987

30-sec. spot for the Monty Hall version, w/series announcer Sandy Hoyt doing the VO.

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• second
• monty
• hall
• sandy
• hoyt
• game
• show
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• chch
• hamilton
• ontario
• 1987
• canada

[ckg927]

@PTH4Fun Hatos-Hall Productions currently holds the rights to this version of Split Second, as per Wikipedia.

[tyrese3745]

ABC should've done five things:

1. Brought "Split Second" back

2. Premiered it on January 6, 1986

3. Find a new host (maybe Tom Kennedy or Jim Peck or--well, whatever)

4. Made the set like the Canadian version but bigger

and

4. Used the Bonus Round w/ 5 cars and a key to start one of 'em.

[tyrese3745]

ABC should've done five things:

1. Brought "Split Second" back

2. Premiered it on January 6, 1986

3. Find a new host (maybe Tom Kennedy or Jim Peck or--well, whatever)

3. Made the set like the Canadian version but bigger

and

4. Used the Bonus Round w/ 5 cars and a key to start one of 'em.

[tyrese3745]

I like the Tom Kennedy version better.

[tbone2004]

@PTH4Fun Currently, according to Wikipedia, the company who owns the syndication rights is CBS Television Distribution, but originally, this version was syndicated by Viacom. Or as Sandy Hoyt pronounced in the closing credits: VEE-a-com.

[AaronBruceLadner]

I want to see Split Second on GSN.

[PTH4Fun]

What company of this version does "Split Second" own the rights to?

[GameShowFanMan]

I believe so! I recognize the shoes from her episodes of Split Second and if you pause it at 0:26, you can see her face and recognize her glasses. Gaye was a great champion...too bad she lost her 5th game.

[PTH4Fun]

Is that a contestant named Gaye on the pilot @ 0:26?

[erikdraven1731]

They're from the first months of the show prior to switching to the blue backgrounds. The pilot and the first week had the same car background, but instead of the $1000, had the word "showcase" which was the equivalent of the vacation or fur offered later on.