Blackout | Finale, pt. 3

The final bonus round for a possible $10,000, and Bob Goen talks of how much the Clue Screen had given away in the past two weeks. After the last bonus round, Bob Goen says good-bye to Blackout for the last time, as The $25,000 Pyramid, the show that was replaced by Blackout, would be returning in its place the following Monday. I don't think Blackout was given a fair chance.

*Not only did we say good-bye to Blackout, but there was a double good-bye in the process. Jay Stewart was filling in for an ill Johnny Gilbert the last two weeks of Blackout, and it was his last announcing position before his suicidal death on September 17th, 1989*

(c) 1988 Jay Wolpert Productions. No challenge of copyright is intended, as these episodes are posted for entertainment purposes only

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[jhzenor61481]

Check out Ken's reaction when Bob said that

[mtiller2006]

@jhzenor61481 I know...he was on such a roll, too

[BatmanFan1966]

I always thought (and still do) that Goen would have made a sensational host for a "Password" revival, one that didn't have a "Million Dollar" tag slapped on it.

[trivia212005]

Is that the familiar Pathfinder bell for the win?

[SP84Fanatic]

Auld Lang Syne is a song sung on the occasion of the end of something, it's not just limited to New Year's Eve. The final episode of $ale of the Century in '89 used the song as background music to one of the instant bargains.

[nicka727]

It replaced with the return of $25,000 Pyramid Monday. Detroit WJBK went to syndicated status when Blackout got cancelled after the first 13 weeks in 1988 and when Monday came, WJBK got the morning filled courtroom shows such as People's Court at 10am. Why did they sing Auld Lang Syne when the show aired on April 1, 1988?

[WastedPo]

It's too bad this show didn't last longer. From what I've seen of it, kt had a pretty fun premise.

[Lupton2000]

I heard that Family Feud was the show that was going to replace Blackout. But it wasn't ready then, so they brought back Pyramid until Feud was ready.

[gameshowfreak2007]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I never thought blackout was that bad a show, its jsut pyramid was so popular and blackout was shunned since it replaced pyramid.

[FBCDJ1620am]

this could have be a syndicated show

[WillWatchAnything]

Bob Goen also hosted another short lived syndicated show called "Perfect Mtach" produced by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986.

[viddykiddy18]

BTW, since Johnny Gilbert was out due to the fact that he was ill, I was wondering, did anybody fill-in for Johnny on Jeopardy!?