 This is the SF Productions podcast network People used to tape shows. Let me see. There's a tape already in here. Let me hook this up here. Let me see what we got Back with us to the 60s and 70s dwelling place of the lost generation an era whose heroes role models and very lives were molded and formed by weekly installments of favorite television programs Welcome to the place your parents didn't understand. Welcome to the vast wasteland welcome home And you want to write to us just write to 2014 11 I'm not gonna do this another voice for the rest of the show Before we get into the big show, let's uh, we dip into the big vast wasteland mailbag and it's just One Mr. Bart Davis from Dublin, Ohio writes Dear vast wasteland. Hi, my name is Bart Davis, and I'm 24 years old several years ago while channel flipping I came across your TV program on Wednesday at 10 p.m. I found it to be several weeks ago, but right okay I found to be quite interesting and humorous. You guys crack me up You're so laid-back and funny. There should be more TV shows where people just act themselves and he goes on for a while And then he says Every once in a while they show the Adams family on TBS, and I tried a program of ECR to record as many episodes as possible I think the humor on the show is great a little dry and the character is wonderful I've always been a fan of Charles Adams cartoons used to draw for New York magazine Do you think you guys can help me find any info on the Adams family? and he wants to know about books or magazines available and And where where it's on if he can find it. Well, let's see I suppose with the big big screen Adams family coming up. There's they're probably gonna be another Wave or the show again, I would say probably problem, but for It was on TBS. I know and and this is absolutely useless to people who have cable and are actually watching the show But you can get it on channel eight once in a while Channel eight It's gone. Well, I'm so much for that well I watched it so yeah, that was that that was a great source for it, but Other than that that's that's about your only source for Adams family I don't think they've put out Adams family the collectors edition yet The Cheers collectors edition, but I don't know basically There's no book that we know of but there's a darn good chance. We'll see a book about the time the movie comes out I would think easily so so be combing your your bookstores and local public libraries about that. So Now and and there is a book where you can find a little bit information about it etch Read more about it The Library of Congress They do indeed have a section in there on the Adams family where they give some trivia a little bit of history on the show A little bit of things some things about the characters and But mind you it's like four pages. So but there's a lot of But there it is and I'm sure we'll be able to You can pick it up at your local public library you can you really can that's right and It's a it's a fine fine book. So anyways Sorry, we couldn't help you anymore Bart, but you know how it is there's pretty Adams family is Kind of kind of a cult show really I would I would call it a show just it It's not that popular in syndication because it's black and white and a lot of syndication people don't like black and white Yeah, we haven't seen of course. We saw that horrible new Adams family The black and white stuff or the color stuff Anyways Longs in black and white that's right, and I think it doesn't go over big because a lot of people don't catch the humor It is it is really, you know, as he says dry Dry dry dry humor. Well, anyways, I'd like that But we thank you Bart Davis and for writing into bass wasteland you receive The girl of knowing that your letter was read on our show and at least parts of it. That's right Some letters edited for space reasons anyways Let's move on to tonight's exciting episode about game show game show Certainly a fixture ever since the beginning of television and back back into radio because it was really cheap A true staple of the entertainment industry. I'd say yeah there's no question and question My game shows were full of questions Answers big first questions you ask the question. Well, they you supply the question that's to the answer that was given The ruler of all game shows yes the top game show Especially as far as your intellectual level of having to get in there. I mean you got to be, you know You got to be like That was funny Well, that's the top right and it was even good back when And it was like cheap and those things like Let's go to double jeopardy But it's cool with the interest of Anyways Well, I suppose that's a game show you're really Pushing the boundaries of the game show because it's Chuck Barris was kind of behind quite a few game show Oh, yeah, a lot of bad games. Well, it shows nonetheless. Yeah, that's right Bad game shows isn't that kind of like saying the same thing? They're true I think one of the ones I really liked it was on in the afternoons after school was match game with What's his name that Jean guy? Rayburn and Jack Clugman's ex-wife was on there all the time with Charles Nelson right? Well, no, that's the second that's the second match game actually because there was a match game way way before then Better the first match had had integrity at least Actually, there was a they just put out they brought match came out again Anybody It's exactly the same show. I mean, there's absolutely no difference Oh, yeah The original match game aired on daytime as a series on NBC from 1962 to 1969 and then went to CBS from 1973 to 1979 and it was revived again as the match game Hollywood Squares our oh my goodness Together the people just got up off of one Celebrities on the way but There was match game Sounds like a People on there are anymore and that's the trouble. That's really what ended the show It was just Why bother and Charlie and Charlie weaver down here Stocks the celebrities on Hollywood Square and they had what his name. What's his name was the host? Not the guy that Peter Marshall Depending on your definition of death, it's Wally Wally coxious to be on there. Yeah My goodness, okay mad Hollywood Square from January 12th 1968 to wow This was quick September 12 They're only talking about the night time. That's true. That's true. Yeah, that's that's the deal. Yeah, but it's been on forever One of the really cheesy ones that was like on in the evening to truth With everyone's favorite game show host Bob Parker, please have your animals paid or neutered I What is that kind of kind of this dramatic note at the end of every episode Well, that's that's all I want to see on all the prices, right? Letters he stopped doing the the hair coloring thing because that's cruel animals to or something. I don't know He decided to be himself. That's right, but the price is right. Let's talk about a game show the price is right Yeah, golly. Oh, that must hurt Right. Well, we got here Yeah Anybody that could get up there that crazy that's how I heard that's how they really really chose the people to be on the show The one that ran them. It's just like hey that guy looks like he'd be good Could act the craziest when we call their name and they just jump The thing that always got me was nobody ever fell down getting out of that aisle I mean if somebody's really jumping around like that, they're gonna fall over the person in front of them And they're never gonna get up walking on the people in that Like 20 contestants and only Only Dimension to what they call the names people have to jump in a pit of mud and wrestle for the right to play the game What are you like that one time? That was Anything could happen on beat the clock that was it was worse than truth or They were on like one right after the other one yeah in some market with the resurgence with the war and everything The big thing on truth or consequences was always they had like military people and their wives would be there You know, someone's gonna pull up truth or consequences again with the big now We've had the golf board now with these veterans running around now Try to revive it once it just didn't I'm convinced they're consequence within a year you're gonna see Probably not Bob Barker. It'll be some That Roy Coombs or whatever his name is it's doing family feud John John Davidson Gotta be you know one of those professor John Davidson's doing the Hollywood Square. Oh, is that what's happened to that? Okay, then Tim Conway Tim Conway Lawrence has become the Missedness game show. She's not playing them. She's running them or something. I see her on a lot of game shows Quite a few. Wow And let's talk about game show host names, what do we have here? Are they born with these names? Flimming with art-flimming or that's a that's a possible Jean Rayburn, maybe you know, and it might have been changed Maybe not Chuck Barris. Well, who can say? Wink Martindale There's a name and well now how many others are there? There's just names and names Go along here. Let's let's just think about Well, let's move on if we don't have any other okay, I mean that was just one that stuck out Let's say about really bad show I mean I mean the worst of the worst of the 70s game shows where there seemed to be this big thing toward Big sets for some reason. I remember the magnificent pinball machine Remember this? This is like mid 70s and they had this enormous I mean to the point that the actual pinball was like a bowling ball Okay, and you had like a contestant with At the plunger pulling back and then you had two celebrities at the paddles on the side That's comparable to the great big thing on the Joker's wild. Yeah, for some reason oversized props are big on game shows It's a carryover from the it has to be like a carryover from the stage time to say you know where everything is So you can see it. That's right. And but it got the giant cards on what is the what what? Card sharks or whatever. You got the giant cards. You've got your giant pinball Machine you've got your giant. Oh, that's the giant One-armed bandage. You've got your just giant. Well, Hollywood Squares is a giant tic-tac-toe game There was a thief there was a show I remember was Again like mid 70s ABC money maize who remembers money maize The idea was Husband and wife or celebrity of course all show all game shows when they start going bad become all-star But at the beginning it was like a husband and wife and the husband's up in this boot above this giant maize He has to tell his wife with and she's blindfolded or something They kept changing the rules And she had to go around and find valuable prizes that were in the maze And he had to direct her somehow, but it wasn't they changed the rules every week as it didn't work And I was there was a maze that they had this The because obviously you they couldn't have the maze the same every time so every day They somehow had some movable walls that they could change Well, it's basically like a giant office, you know How about treasure hunt it's like on the treasure we had to get these big boxes Oh Was that the one that was our my think of treasure Island that was actually done in on little islands this was like No, no, no, no, no, no treasure hunt with No, no, no, no, it's not Chuck Wollery. There's another No, no, no, I can't remember the guy's name see if we can find it reference to treasure hunt But this is They were like there was a contestant and they did this whole dopey thing at the beginning just to Build up the excitement of they were gonna pick one of the boxes They had to go up and get it and then it could be absolutely nothing or something dumb or Okay, here's treasure hunt Can't be that one. No, no, no the later there was a later treasure Jeff Edwards The new treasure hunt, okay, all I remember was There was like a football theme for the beginning was like it was like a March theme New treasure hunt ran from 73 to 76. That's right And let's see there was no quiz only an opportunity for two contestants to pick a treasure chest with the $25,000 It played to the advantage of the emotions of the contestants and Barris Barris Barris not Chuckie baby Barris Oh, yeah, probably so you had to be it had to be yep My golly. Well, he bought the title of the rights to it in 59 after the old treasure hunt Then the other the other and probably the best for making people look really super super super super super stupid Let's make a deal With TV's big trader money hall and a lovely Carol Merrill And J And J that the TV tray shlepper, you know The lovable sidekick, but Carol Merrill basically You know was with the archetype for all that came after her Glamorous hostess, you know Hey girl, what's in that box today? It's a brand new car And then they always said like the people would have People would come in like in turkey costumes or big giant fruit and things And they they would okay and money would come out Bags and bags of stuff Took out of the house, you know, they go to garage sales and pull stuff out, you know, you happen to have it in nineteen forty-three Grandfather clock This curtain And they pick what's my door to read it I Be all sad and he says oh, you can trade it away for was behind this one and they traded away And he said oh, but you should have looked in here because there's Boy, I just wanted to be on that show They just they just tried to bring that back again. Let's make a deal and they and Monty Hall said I absolutely will not do it He we said he would be executive producer, but he refused to actually host And it didn't work and they like pleaded with Monty. He said, okay I will temporarily do it until you get another hose It was like And it didn't I guess it didn't work, but I think the ratings boosted a little bit when Monty came back out You see people coming in now. They're like they're like they gone to the Rick Baker school make up for their Costume Money on the costume that they did on the ticket to get there But I okay, I remember a show now it's I guess neither of you do but it's called it was something like Treasure Island And they had these Actual little sand islands there and they had water around them and the people would have to go on the island They'd have to it's like Whatever that thing is on Nickelodeon where they had to get the flags They had to go through the things to get there. It's like double-deer except Except it was there were islands and they had to dig in the sand to find the flag And they had to go to another island No, this was on in the afternoons. It was on like around lunchtime I'd be eating a peanut butter sandwich watching this thing watching these people to see if they're gonna get through those islands If they gather up enough of them they can go and try to find a big treasure chest, and it's got something in it and it was just great That's where Betty And then what what else was there? That was back when game shows still had integrity right, but they brought it back That's same feather bow on and her hair still sitting out there like a Eyes are just going squintier and squintier though pretty soon. She won't they won't be Tell the truth That's the one with kitty car lot and and Peggy cast which to be on there There were too many she had too many amputations things put on back on there like an arm and a leg Well that was right when Things like I got a secret and tell the truth and and what's my line all came out after the big game show? Scandals of the 50s because all of a sudden you couldn't have big prizes. So you had to have Celebrities yes, and since big celebrities didn't do television. You had little celebrities Kitty Carlisle Who became a big celebrity? Yeah, sir. Oh, Bennett sir. Mr. Mr. Family circle gallon And Bill Cullen seemed to be there all the time Bill Cullen was around for a long Bill Cullen was like the even hosted some shows Oh, the original price is right. Yeah, and he I mean do the 70s It was just like any time that it was like there was like there must be like a game show It's clearing house. I'm assuming in Hollywood like a union And anytime that anybody got sick, you knew there's Bill Cullen being the substitute host He could just drop into any show You know You down and again, that's back that's back. Yeah classic concentrate Alex Trebek as if he doesn't have enough shows He does like the good game show. We are currently I believe this is this was a situation a couple months ago on NBC They actually had Alex Trebek with classic concentration followed by to tell the truth with Alex Trebek It was like he ran between studios Man We can't talk about um, we can't talk about game shows without mentioning two at least two that were some of the Well, they're they're bad ones because they were Chuck Barris the dating game Which was usually followed by the newlywed game You see what he does now he actually goes out to like fairs and stuff Yeah, they've had it they've had it well, I'm sure they have they've had it a couple a few times It was it was just great, but I tell you that's that was just Of course we kind of have a dating game now, but it's called Worry And they didn't come on Really what game I'll tell you one of my favorite ones had to be they had this lady come out there And I said, okay, okay, tell us what your husband's favorite rodent is Well, come on we need an answer There you go, then you get the people out there to a start by what you mean Okay It looks like we're out of here next time it's gonna be the big Batman rerun show The beginning of the pilot for the show actually The pilot for our show and you'll get to see it next time on I remember have your pets paid or neutered. 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