Break the Bank 1976 - Dan Avila plays

Over 20 years before his heartbreaking encounter with tuna on "Greed," Dan Avila plays Tom Kennedy's short-lived "Hollywood Squares" variant. And this episode even has a "You fool!" variant.

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• bank
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• kennedy
• game
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[KPCarter2000]

who would have thought to be a contestant...before Greed! 30 yrs...man

[tjhornikel]

How can one disagree with Joey Bishop? C'mon! He's got Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy watching his back!!!

[robg5555]

@gameshowguy2000 oh yeah youre right, its just that most people remember him as the guy who almost won 2.2M, not as the guy who gambled away 200K

[gameshowguy2000]

@robg5555

He didn't lose $2.2 million. That's how much he was going for. He risked $200,000 to go for $2.2 million, and ended up losing that $200,000.

[robg5555]

@gameshowguy2000 actually it was 1/22 of his 2.2M loss

[gshowguy]

I wouldn't call it a variation on "You Fool!" I'd call it the predecessor. :-)

Still, funny moment, nevertheless. :-D

[gameshowluvr86]

LOL! Joey Bishop was such a douche... Awesome...

[MrGameshowfan]

Dan was a one day champion on Jeopardy! in 1991 picking up $5,300 and a few consolation prizes including a Nintendo Entertainment System with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! home games.

[WhatsAYak]

Dan also appeared on the CBS version of TJW, but lost...guy just couldn't get a break until his Millionaire appearance!

[Nickle98499]

Hmm, wasn't there an episode with this panel that wasn't aired on ABC because they were testing a new box rule?

[wschmrdr]

He was a contestant on a LOT of game shows.

[Ivoryface86]

If you don't know about this episode with Dan Avila in it, if you think Greed was the only series that we saw Dan Avila in reruns on GSN, think again, this BtB episode here has appeared on GSN only once and that was during the 'Dark Period'.