Card Sharks FIRST BIG WIN in 1978! | BUZZR

[@bluebear1985]

2:05 After that last card was turned over, I imagine someone in the control room was saying "Looks like the staff Halloween party is cancelled.", given that this episode originally aired on Halloween 1978.😁

[@markblackmore521]

The genuine enthusiasm shown for Norma by Jim Perry is in a class by itself. A wonderful man and game show host.

[@tarot_esoterica_with_erin]

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[@SomeGuyInNevada24]

I just realized after watching the video so many times, she says “10s havent been a very good card for me” and then the last card that causes her to win $28,800 is a 10. Poetic.

[@gameshowguy2000]

Halloween 1978: No tricks, just a Huge Money Cards treat!

[@epaddon]

And remember she did this before the "Push" rule was implemented which means a double on any of those turns would have busted her, which makes it all the more remarkable.

[@JMFabiano]

Didn't this happen in her second MC?

[@epaddon]

@@JMFabiano Yes, she busted earlier in the show. This happened at the end of the show.

[@NDW85]

I'll tell you one thing, which is, since this was a couple of years before the push rule was added to the money cards, I don't think that I would have had the guts to do what Norma did.

[@marcpower4167]

​@JMFabiano she won her next game, at the money cards, she busted on the first level but had a perfect run from there on and added another $3,200. She lost match 3 so she left with $32,200....not too shabby. 😁

[@marcpower4167]

​@@NDW85I definitely wouldn't have gone all in on the jack, and maybe at the big bet held back maybe $5,000 just in case.

[@scootover7]

This is the show as a kid that started my love for game shows.

[@KentB3]

Norma was perhaps THE most memorable contestant on Card Sharks EVER!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

​@@KentB3 I agree, there was another lady in the Jim Perry Era almost went to SHOOT THE MAX, she had $7200 and when a 6 popped up bet $500 which was smart, but ended up with $15,400 also, in the Bob Eubanks Era, 2 ladies came close from hitting the max of $32,000 One of which was Faith who won $29,000, she saved $1000 on a King and got a Queen and saved $1000 on a Queen and got a Jack, she was afraid to bet it all because an Ace beats a King and an Ace & a King beats a Queen and there was another contestant named Lisa who had $16,000 and changed the card before the Big Bet and got a 9, yet bet ½ and got $24,000 and Susanna showed the last spare was an Ace, comes to show you that you never know what's behind the cards In the Joel McHale Era, a contestant named Heidi won $200,000 which is most money ever given away on Card Sharks, but all in all, no one did it better than Norma Brown

[@fable9159]

Someone else won over $300,000 when Joel McHale was hosting

[@Pyrotech56]

It’s gotta be super fun as a game show host when you get to see something truly rare!

[@johnfahey8817]

RIP Jim Perry

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Yes, R.I.P. to Jim Perry, Lois Areno, Gene Wood and Card Dealer turned actress Markie Post also, R.I.P. to Bill Rafferty who hosted the syndicated version during the 86/87 season God Bless'em All

[@chuckers40]

Can you imagine the current version: "NOTHING OR $640,000" says current host Joel McHale.

[@Agent_1701-D]

If it were still on, and that happened, everyone would have lost their minds!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

@@Agent_1701-D I agree, Question: I wonder how Jim Perry, Bob Eubanks, Bill Rafferty or Joel McHale would reacted to that? I wonder how Lacey, Susanna, Alexis & Jerry along with Janice, Ann, Lois and Markie Post react to something like if that were to happen?

[@JennieLovedoll]

📺If I had "broken the bank" in a similar game show presentation on TV, I would have been screaming like a little girl on a high-speed roller coaster; giggle!🤭

[@stephenho5272]

$29K in 1978 equals to about $124K in 2022, WOW!

[@PureAzure11]

Jim Perry was the best host

[@misstee101]

No one can replace Jim Perry! No one, not even Joel McHale! (Sorry Joel)

[@georgemaster689]

@@misstee101 I soooo agree! Too bad he had Sale Of The Century in the USA and Definition in Canada.I would have loved to seen him at his old show.Bob did great, though!

[@PieFights]

I agree Jim Perry gave the game show excitement even during the Money Cards round something the Bob Eubanks never had in my option

[@tarot_esoterica_with_erin]

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[@scootover7]

When I was a kid, my grandpa built me a Card Sharks board, and I would act like I was Jim Perry, he's my favorite host of Card Sharks, and I love the opening music of this version the best too.

[@jeremypulley5611]

SHE BROKE THE BANK!!!

[@stickworldmayor]

my fav game show ever tied with tic tac dough

[@JonesDylan874]

$28,800! Now, imagine that, in 1978... SET FOR LIFE, or at least for a good amount of years.

[@marcpower4167]

The equivalent of about $140,000 in 2024. 🙂

[@KiddBloo86]

Other than the 2nd pilot, this was the only time the full prize was given away. Also to note, both these times featured the queen of hearts as the big bet's base card.

[@NEPatriot]

When playing Money Cards when doubles meant you lose, the three remaining queens would've been deadly, not to mention the 3 kings and 3 aces left in the deck. I always like to mention a "Danger Level." That's the number of cards that could bust someone if they go all in. In Norma's case, that danger level was "9."

[@blindsportslover]

And I've seen busts where the dreaded ace of spades was drawn after a king or another ace.

[@bencalebrod]

The fact a max win happened once in about five pilots and once in over 1,000 actual money cards rounds shows how much harder it is to bet everything and shoot for the max win when you're playing for actual money!

[@anandguruji83]

NORMA BROWN'S $28,800 MONEY CARDS WIN 0:26 0:36 0:43 0:53 1:07 1:30 1:41 2:04

[@anandguruji83]

NORMA BROWN'S $28,800 MONEY CARDS WIN 0:26 0:36 0:43 0:53 1:07 1:30 1:41 2:04

[@kingporter67]

WOW, Norma really breaks the bank and gets the perfect $28,800 on the money cards!!

[@JMFabiano]

Another amazing fact you may not have noticed before...Norma's Money Cards forms a royal straight, as well as a three-card straight in 2-3-4.

[@tonyharris5533]

This episode is on right now.

[@BeastSports02]

Just watched the 1230 version of this and I lost my mind holy cow

[@jaredjdigirolamo7686]

My god that was insane she did break the bank wow wow wow

[@crlaw75]

Wow! What a play!

[@seanvogt221]

2:22 -“That’s the first time it’s been done.” THAT’S THE ONLY TIME IT HAS BEEN DONE.

[@somerandomgameranimator4481]

No, it was also done in Pilot #2

[@epaddon]

@@somerandomgameranimator4481 That doesn't count. The pilot one was clearly rigged as a way of demonstrating the potential of what could happen (considering how the other pilot showed a bust at the MC to give us the other extreme)

[@ronflatter1235]

@@somerandomgameranimator4481 Pilots are legally rigged. The contestants are hired guns who get a paid scale.

[@georgemaster689]

On the Bob Eubanks version, someone almost did the same thing,betting wise, except that $300 wasn't in the original Big Bet.

[@onnapnewo]

Considering it was early in the show’s run how would Jim Perry have known it wouldn’t happen again?

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

Technically, there was a second pilot when a contestant also won the maximum amount like Norma did.

[@epaddon]

Yes, but that outcome was clearly scripted to demonstrate in the pilot pitch what "could" happen. Norma's win was the only time it was the real deal.

[@gameshowguy2000]

@@epaddon Aren't game shows unscripted now, with Standards and Practices?

[@ronflatter1235]

@@gameshowguy2000 Not pilots.

[@RaginRonic]

@@gameshowguy2000 Core gameplay? No...that function of a game show must ALWAYS have S&P present in each and every step of production to make sure there's equal odds for wins and losses. S&P can also cause players to come back if there's ever a screw-up in terms of misunderstood clues, questions, technical errors, et al. There's a clip here on KZbin, for example, that shows the giant decks of cards used on the show being shuffled, and that there was an S&P person standing beside the table to ensure total randomness was indeed carried out on the shuffle. o.o

[@ChuckD79]

​@RaginRonic Yes, but it's different for pilots, since (usually) no actual cash/prizes are awarded and they're merely intended to show how the game works...in fact, when GSN showed a marathon of unsold pilots ("GS Turkeys") for Thanksgiving 1998, they aired a disclaimer before each one which stated: "The following game show was taped as a 'pilot', or demonstration show. Real prizes may not have been awarded, and contestants may have been paid actors and may have been supplied answers in advance."

[@scottnikolai64]

She gives new meaning to the phrase "Lady Luck."

[@nicka727]

Norma Brown maxed out in the money cards round won $28,800. Another occasion with maxed out money cards round happened in the pilot episode.

[@elijahmoses5675]

OAD: October 31, 1978.

[@richardleandro4508]

Foi Domingo de Emocionante na Tupi 1978

[@FLOGAN222]

3:12-3:59 An item that the other network wouldn't air...........

[@tsukune007]

the only time in the shows history that it's been done there was a close one during the Eubanks run but that was a 29K win

[@NEPatriot]

The first and so far ONLY time in Card Sharks history anyone, in any version including the recent revival and not counting Pat Bullard's Card "GUPPIES" in 2001 has anyone won the top amount at the Money Cards. Therefore this is what I would call "pulling a Norma Brown" which would mean on the Joel McHale version winning $640,000.

[@gameshowguy2000]

What about the pilot?

[@nolancain8792]

@@gameshowguy2000 pilots are rigged to show what could happen.

[@bencalebrod]

​@@nolancain8792And even if it wasn't rigged the fact he wasn't playing for actual money made it a LOT easier for that contestant to go all in on every card for the fun of it.

[@ronflatter1235]

That original set quivered more than Jell-O.

[@RobyMyers-x7s]

This would be just as amazing as on The Price Is Right, a contestant would become a Double Showcase Winner with a PERFECT BID, which didn't quite happen when Bob Barker was the host. I'm sure Bob Barker would have liked it " A PERFECT BID...YOU WIN BOTH SHOWCASES, UNBELIEVABLE, AN HISTORIC MOMENT, this is the first time in Price Is Right History that a contestant bid perfectly on the showcase. You win both showcases, you won a total of $32, 664 in prizes, WOW, what a way to end the show, a Double Showcase Winner with a BID EXACTLY RIGHT.

[@game-km1cm]

What'd he say at 1:44?

[@AnthonySmith-ty7ij]

Norma you are on the brink, I don't know. You have a 4, you must bet at least 7200. Nothing or $28,800.

[@brandonpowe4416]

Norma said lower, so Jim said lower and it was. $28,800 and that's why Jim said she broke the bank!

[@kennethhuang371]

IN 1 GAME, NORMA BROWN PILED UP A TOTAL OF EXACTLY $29,000! I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DID THE FOLLOWING DAY, BUT I THINK IT’S ONE “ MONEY CARDS” MOMENT I WOULD NEVER FORGET. Kenneth Huang 3/23/23.

[@brockschul3221]

That's 1 gutsy woman.

[@misstee101]

2:03

[@foxmccloud7055]

Note that if this occurred on CBS in 1978, Norma Brown would have had to retire because of the $25,000 limit on winnings. NBC limited the amount of days or times a contestant could be on a show ( Note that this is the reason why Barbara Phillips is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the first in daytime television to win over $100,000 in a single day and left with $151,689 and this includes the cash jackpot of $68,000). ABC started with a $20,000 limit and in 1982 raised the limit to $50,000. CBS had various limits to winnings seen here: 1972-1978: $25,000 1978-1982: $25,000-$35,000 1982-1984: $25,000-$50,000 1984-1986: $50,000-$75,000* (* denotes hard cap implemented after Michael Larson took CBS and "Press Your Luck" for $110,237. CBS also implemented a five day limit on top of the winnings limit with "Body Language" imposing a six day limit.) 1986-1992: $75,000-$100,000* 1992-2006: $125,000* Since 2006 there's no hard cap on winnings.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

I love those winning limits. The reasons CBS and ABC posed the winning limits was because of the 1950s quiz scandals such as Tic-Tac-Dough, the $64,000 question and twenty-one which was created by Dan Enright and Jack Barry.

[@RaginRonic]

I think that those winnings caps would not have applied if CBS had Tournaments of Champions, where that's a whole different deal. o.o

[@KLONE72]

1:57

[@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg]

I wonder if Norma is still alive,and I wonder if she saw her two shows.

[@JohnSmith-gf4bv]

She is.

[@fable9159]

How do you know?

[@JennieBonbons]

$29,000. was HUGE money back in 1978!🤑 I wish it were me!💋❤️

[@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd]

If this were my show,Norma would have won double the $28,800 plus a $100,000 bonus.On the very next show if she were to go all the way a 2nd with the money cards--she would win $1,000,000 & a new car 🚙 & automatically be retired as champion!!

[@alextorres9832]

Oh wow $28,800 congratulations 👏💖😄❤💕

[@BullitenBoard7654]

Well it was a lot of money then now it’s worth about 116000 dollars

[@tiaramccoy7585]

That's the biggest money i ever seen

[@psalm37v4]

I wonder how much she got after taxes...

[@BM-ru7ef]

I imagine an amount she was satisfied with

[@michaelmichael5341]

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