The Joker's Wild | First 1969 pilot, pt. 5

The final and closing parts of the second game and credits of The Joker's Wild first pilot in 1969.

*The Joker's Wild was not picked up because the format of points were too confusing and all. Allen Ludden was among many hosts for CBS to look up on The Joker's Wild, because they didn't quite trust Jack Barry because of his involvement with the Quiz Show Scandals in the 1950s. Another unsold TJW-like pilot called The Honeymoon Game with host Jim Mackreel did not get picked up, nor did the second Joker's Wild pilot with host Allen Ludden this time asking the questions with the same point format. We would be introduced to The Joker's Wild in 1972 with Jack Barry at the helm, with the same theme of "The Savers" as the main theme*

This posting of The Joker's Wild is held in memory of Jack Barry, Dan Enright, and Allen Ludden. *I do apologize for the jumpy quality. 1969 was almost 40 years ago, which may explain the quality*

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[Hondo20132]

Anyone surprised that Jack produced this pilot.

And what was with all the skipping?

[mtiller2006]

The tape must've been old from the trade or something like that.

[Hondo20132]

Most 40 year old tapes even aren't this jumpy. Must've been a bad videotape the trader got.

[Noveltooner]

This pilot and the 2nd were the re-teaming of Allen Ludden and his last "Password" announcer on CBS, Lee Vines. Actually, when the final and classic version of "The Joker's Wild" was finally picked up by CBS, both Barry and CBS wanted Ludden to host the series, but by that time he was at ABC with the continuation (it was never reffered to as a "revival") of "Password." So, the man from here in Lindenhurst, New York took the helm himself. Note much of his old "Concentration" staff on the credits.

[smashwhammy]

@vintagetv Joker's Jive was the original end theme

[smashwhammy]

@pooka5472 plus if Wink got this show, who'd host Tic Tac Dough

[pooka5472]

Two other first choices for the job were Tom Kennedy and Wink Martindale, but both men were also already committed to other projects. (Kennedy hosting "Split Second" and Martindale hosting "Gambit.")

[GarfieldnPyramid]

lol at :53

[gamshwfan]

Sandra ansd Richard battled it out grat under a format only attempted one other occasion after this one. It was dramatic all the way to the end although Sandra could have had a bonus question if Richard missed the intended final question. I guess somebody was going to win a bassinet one of these times; I hope Richard has a small child. This pilot needed some retooling badly; Allen was good but was too mechanical here. The clebrities needed to go to. I give it 2.5 stars; a good work in progress.

[vintagetv]

The only thing I liked about the original pilot was The Savers. I like that theme over Joker's Jive. Unfortunately I am glad this didn't get picked up. The rules sounded too confusing.