The Who What or Where Game (Part 3 or 3)

The Who What or Where Game hosted by Art James. This 1970s game show was a precursor to The Challengers.

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[TotallyShifty]

No, YOU should post some, PTH4Fun. You have no right to whine about how many videos people post when you yourself have none to your credit.

[Noveltooner]

It was indeed George David Weiss; he composed both the original and the second themes for the series (the Pot Luck theme was retained throughout). Weiss also had a hit Broadway musical running at the time called "Maggie Flynn" that starred Shirley Jones and her then-husband, the late Jack Cassidy.

[juan833blue]

RIP Art James.

[40onTheBlue]

@Noveltooner You honour me by sharing your knowledge. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my many queries and for your patience. :)

One wonders how an auction would've played out if a tie bet on a question had been made in the Pot Limit round. Did that ever happen? Also, the IMDB page for the 3W's lists a all celeb episode very late in the run. Were there many of these or champions tournaments? And is this the only episode that was spared from erasure or could there be others extant?

[ccie12933]

Loved the home version of this, I still have mine. :) It had slips of paper that slid through the board to reflect the changing odds, a nice little touch.

[johnissoevil]

@TotallyShifty *raises hand* Ooh, ooh! May I whine about certain shows not being posted to YouTube? Hey, at least I'm asking permission. LOL, just kidding. :-)

[40onTheBlue]

As to the idea of a revival, if GSN had the will to stage one, you'd think it would be fairly easy - points instead of dollars, a cash jackpot or a high-end prize given to the winner, etc. What they'd really need to stress, IMHO, is the cerebral aspect of the game and not dumb it down. Sadly, such a thing will likely never happen. And even if by some miracle the original series wasn't wiped and the master tapes did exist in broadcast quality, GSN probably wouldn't be interested in airing it. :(

[calliaume]

"Stumpers" aired on NBC in 1976; Fred Silverman didn't start at NBC until 1978 - he was programming ABC at that point.

[Noveltooner]

@40onTheBlue The short-lived game show "Stumpers," hosted by Allen Ludden, was one of her productions, and is considered by many to be Lin Bolen's best among a number of flops. In fairness, Fred Silverman never gave it a chance (he hated game shows), and, just as he did with Ludden's "Password" on CBS, he cancelled it. Ms. Bolen later married successful film and TV director Paul Wendkos; she was widowed when he passed away in 2009. In spite of her problems at NBC, she broke the glass ceiling.

[Noveltooner]

@40onTheBlue My ubderstanding was that it was actually game creator and producer Ron Greenberg himself who came up with the later speed alterations, not NBC itself. However, there's little doubt that it was indeed in response to the success of "Split Second," and the new changes worked really well. (The Quick Round concept was later adapted to the Ron Greenberg/Dick Clark game "The Challengers.") As for Lin Bolen, she started her own production company; its shows pretty much tanked.

[40onTheBlue]

@Noveltooner Was speeding up the game in response to the competition from "Split Second"? (A much faster game that aired in the same time slot over on ABC, for those who don't know.) The Wikipedia article about the 3 W's also mentions something about a 60-second "quick round" introduced later in the run with rapid fire questions the contestants had to buzz in for. Did this appear at the same time? And seriously, whatever happened to Lin Bolen after NBC gave her the boot?