Pass the Buck premiere (4/3/78) w/supplementary text Pt. 1

Proof that I have too much time on my hands. When I originally watched this I thought it'd be helpful if they added Hot Potato-esque chyron to keep track of all the answers but it's not really necessary. This is just a one-off experiment.

As far as the show goes, this was my favorite during GSN's "dark period." An easy to play along game that allowed Cullen (who was still at his absolute prime at the time) to interject humor without hurting the gameplay. Controversial rulings were common but that added to the fun of the proceedings and gave Bill more things to poke fun at!

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• Pass
• the
• Buck
• Bill
• Cullen
• premiere

[TLEberle]

There's no apostrophe in "Famous Johns". Johns isn't a possessive, it is descriptive.

[chrisivision07]

You are correct. I better mind my p's and q's in the future, otherwise I'll never get 100's on english tests again.

[butchboy13]

I LOVE this game, it should've lasted much longer. It was the perfect kind of game for Mr. Cullen's great talent as a host.

[WheelWatcher12345]

This game didn't deserve to receive low ratings. This show has a great concept.

[catholicpriest1]

Bill is 58 here.

[catholicpriest1]

Taped in the Ed Sullivan Theater.

[bluebear1985]

The last shows before "Power of 10" were both in 1981, "To Tell the Truth", and "The $50,000 Pyramid".

[gluecement]

According to Wiki, this was the last game show taped in NYC until 2006 with "Power of 10"

[bluebear1985]

If this was already in 1978, then this was probably the last show that Bill hosted that was taped in New York. His next show, Chain Reaction, was in 1980 and was taped at NBC in Burbank.

[pannoni1]

Just a little late on "Twist" in the dance category.

[pannoni1]

This show was fairly similar to Hot Potato (1984) in gameplay, but is solo-based and front game money is more important here.

[Hondo20132]

They probably aired this because they ran out of other shows to air.