Do The Impossible Again And Again

I've only seen one full episode of Dream House, and I believe that was even on KZbin itself, but from what I can understand, the odds of actually winning the dream house, either through the endgame or winning 5 or 6 games in a row, were incredibly slim. So, thanks to the old TV-Gameshows.com, here's a montage of several Dream House winners.

[@Kepley100]

DREAM HOUSE was awesome back in the day! The win music accompanying the siren and lights added a wonderful touch to the proceedings! "It can NOT be changed."

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

Absolutely

[@progrockfan28]

I do recall this round when younger. This was the most exciting / anxious part then, as it is today. With a more exciting front-game, I'd give this a watch if redone in a modern format. Got to give Eubanks credit where due though.....he made these wins quite exciting, even for a 4-5 yr old as I was then. Sure, i didn't get why he and the players were all excited, but the strobe lights and "NBC win siren" FX were enough to tell me what happened. Thanks for the memories.

[@RedbeardNC]

Wow - I thought Dream House was one of the most exciting game shows from that period. I used to get all anxious listening to the "door" music. LOL!

[@JonesDylan874]

Loved this show. Hopefully someone can get the NBC win sirens in the clear one day...

[@soulstunner]

I was just watching this realizing how this show at the time had the most valuable top prize to win. And they make sure you earn it.

[@supergamer7473]

Dream House is still fun to watch after all this time! I think this kind of concept should be revived!

[@ralphl.9382]

Thanks for posting this to KZbin, I was in high school when Dream House came on and it was so cool to see a couple win a house especially via entering the correct combination, years ago I was thinking about requesting some1 to send me a video tape of a couple winning a house but I heard at the time when the show ended in '84 they gave away too many houses (I kinda of remember the houses had a value of $75-85K plus up to $25K for the land) which led to the cancellation (I could be wrong).

[@timothywilliams9642]

The sad thing was that Dream aired opposite the 2nd half of the Price Is Right in most places. I will admit I did turn away from Showcases to see if the couple could win the house. It was the biggest prize offered on TV at the time.

[@parlet]

This was such a fantastic show! The excitement started when the 3rd set of lights came on around the doors since only 2 sets would light if the combination was wrong. Great stuff!!

[@MalcolmRandall]

Wtih today's housing crisis, we could sure use this game show right about now.

[@bryanracine2715]

1:39 Debi and Jim have won their 7th and final game, and that means they win their dream house.

[@supergamer7473]

It's one of the most dramatic bonus games ever, The tension and climax of each game keep you on the edge of your seat, I loved it!

[@mr2del]

On the very last Dream House, they won the house. Bob Eubanks announced that it was the last show, and he literally threw the combo billfold away. When they returned from the ad break, Bob was sitting in the audience, and they said their goodbyes. It was a wonderful show well missed by me.

[@JennieLovedoll]

Now people can win millions of dollars on TV 📺, to buy their dream houses. If I was on the season- or series finale of a million-dollar game show and 'cleaned house', so to speak, I would have either cackled loudly or cried like a little girl!!😭

[@jamesanthonygreen8233]

Yes, I greatly remember that day.

[@blindsportslover]

@@jamesanthonygreen8233 there's a video on here of that episode. I watched that and I was like oh my God!

[@nightfly776]

It's so funny to look at now. I watched this when I was a kid and loved the excitement of this final round, but to see that set expand with just a larger version of the logo behind it seems so, well, underwhelming. However, I suppose they had to show something when the doors opened. Thanks for posting this.

[@bainsey89]

The front game of Dream House wasn't all that exciting, but that end game was probably the most dramatic that game shows can get. I'm surprised that no-one has picked up on the format since.

[@user-th2gn8rl5j]

Dream house was the best tv game show of all time

[@erikdraven1731]

You answered your own question... nothing could compete against "The Price is Right" back then and many networks tried!

[@THEGAMESHOWBLOCKPARTYSPECIALED]

Actually, often in the mid-eighties- Wheel of Fortune won the first half hour VS Price (both were top 5) and Scrabble held its own at 11:30.

[@Dannymac82]

I've always wanted to see this since i was 16, Also remember hearing this show was replaced by one of my favorite game shows (SCRABBLE)

[@elchicho25]

I LOVED this show!!! and I remmebr the last one too!

[@bryanracine2715]

2:18 Jeff and Maureen have won their final game, and that means they win their dream house.

[@nightfly776]

I remember thinking this was SOOOOOO exciting when I was a kid. Thirty-plus years later, it's still kind of cool, but... "TIME RELEASE BAR???" What does that even MEAN? :D Oh and "push it hard" from Eubanks... because THAT'S going to make all the difference. Don't get me started on the "hotline switch/golden circuit breaker"... how gimmicky and hilarious.

[@marcpower4167]

Time release in the sense of medication would mean "slow acting" which makes it even funnier it's like Dr. Evil in Austin Powers saying "begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism". 😅

[@sugarbear522]

Man this clip brought back some memories (watched it on WMAQ Ch. 5 in Chicago). I bet alot of couples had to pray to the most high to get the right combination on the first try. I hope GSN do a remake of this.

[@14DaveHunter]

Who didn't cry tears of joy, when they won their house?

[@nicka727]

Yes WDIV aired Tic Tac Dough at 7:30 pm as of April 4, 1983 when this game show premiered. Probably, when the nighttime Wheel of Fortune (WDIV's mainstay syndicated game show along with Jeopardy!) premiered, WDIV moved Tic Tac Dough to 11:30 am which may or may not cause WDIV in Detroit pull the plug on Dream House midway through the run.

[@tjm3774]

Too bad this show only lasted one season on NBC; these moments vere very intense indeed!

[@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767]

Can you imagine the network having to pay to build a Winners DREAMHOUSE ...in this day and age?

[@lorddrayvon1426]

@@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 There's a major reason that this show is lost media besides the NBC style tape practices. Namely, this show had a gigantic controversy at the time where the houses won weren't actually finished being built so the "winners" had to pay thier prize money and then some to finish them. Oof.

[@marcpower4167]

@@lorddrayvon1426 the other reason is that the original tapes were apparently destroyed in a fire 😔

[@PatrioticPirate]

HOLY ____!!! THERE'S THE BIG LOGO IN THE BACK!!! I've only seen it 3 times, with the last time in 1984!!!

[@alyssabitches]

I only have the episodes we taped YEARS ago straight from the tv. they're pretty ghetto haha, but i'll download them soon! i only lived there until i was about 2. .but, i was born in 1987. and i'm pretty sure the house was built around 1982 or 83 or 84 lol. So they got a pretty good use out of it! It's funny to drive passed it now!

[@Paulywint]

I miss this game show! I used to watch it in 1984

[@SaleGuy]

If they revived the show...the big prize would be foreclosed homes valued at over $1,000,000!

[@mrmusicverse]

I don't blame you, the most difficult part of that show for me was guessing the correct combination of numbers to unlock the golden doors.

[@VVolare]

I like to imagine IF someone were to bring back this show (like they did password) what the set could be for the final round.

[@Rlotpir1972]

If "Dream House" were to be revived and rebooted today, it would be setup like a tournament between 32 families and 1 winning family plays for their dream house, 2 vehicles, furniture and appliances, lifetime home security system, and $1,000,000 in cash. The format would be similar to the one in a later game show called "$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime".

[@QBCNetwork]

And if NBC had used that siren on Just Men!, I would've thrown a fit!

[@HuusAsking]

It would definitely make for a very interesting montage to see all the house winners. There seems to be at least 11 on record. There is a page that lists ten winners, and one in the above clip (the second win by games) does not match any of them, confirming an 11th.

[@MrRemark21]

I am sorry that all the 1983-1984 “Dream House” episodes are destroyed due to high floods almost nine years ago. But all these episodes could restore by the television time machine instead.

[@tvtimetravel]

I remember watching the first winning couple won the main game by a complete shutout! How's that for incredibly lucky?

[@QBCNetwork]

Same for San Antonio station KMOL, which had Happy Days reruns instead.

[@KPCarter2000]

That siren was used on Scrabble when the contestant won 5 or 10 scrabble sprints to either wina bonus of $20,000 or $40,000 then for the $100,000 tornament then the Bonus Sprint.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Same goes with “$ale of the Century” where a contestant won big. For example, Mark DeCarlo won $50,000 with a total of over $100,000 and he was an undefeated champion.

[@gsnfan]

The first clip is definitely the show's biggest moment.

[@SparkyLT]

You've just won YOUR DREAM HOUSE...and as we open the golden doors, IT'S ON FIRE OH NO!!!!! BYE BYE DREAM HOUSE!!! Great show and the best buildup but couldn't they have the inferno one time to be like the Dream House Zonk!!!

[@kingporter67]

I did remember this Dream House episode when I was young living in beautiful, gorgeous Levittowm, Long Island, this couple completely shutout their opponent and they knockout the golden doors with the right combination and won a brand new dream home on the very first time, P.S. I do remember the very first couple to win a dream home on the very first try, however, that episode was destroyed by a flood!!

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

damn it.

[@GameShowFan6]

WXII is our Greensboro station and we get some of it here.

[@JennieLovedoll]

Rooting for the couples to win the houses on Dream House; Seeing those series of events helped me overcome my strong childhood fear of the 'WHOOP, WHOOP, WHOOOOP' sound effects from The Price Is Right.📺😀😅😄

[@blindsportslover]

You were talking about sound effects from price, when I was a kid I hated the losing horns.

[@carchavtube]

@nightfly776 Not just a GIANT LOGO, but a GIANT LOGO with strobe lights!

[@paullarue2010]

Happy couples.

[@SaleGuy]

Those dream homes are now foreclosed lol

[@nicka727]

There was not an episode of Dream House in Detroit that aired on WDIV it aired Tic Tac Dough with Wink Martindale at 11:30 am. I watched it on WTVG (then NBC) in Toledo and for one week in August 1983 when I was on Vacation in Lake Brevort on WPBN/WTOM in Northern Michigan.

[@soulstunner]

How many homes did that show give away during it's short run. I remember the show quite well and I thought it should have been on longer

[@ronfranklin3759]

By my count, 22 couples won a house.

[@jamesbonnen]

This used to air at 10:30 eastern time after WOF, Price used to beat this show

[@kidfrombrooklyn66]

Fat chance ! ! That's the reason why we dumped Concast one month after the move and to Dish Network and then DirecTV were we have far more channels then cable

[@tonygoodheart2442]

We were in Canadaigua when this happened! When they won their Dream house I went Bananas and Bill said Get the paper bag she 's Hyperventilating!!

[@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd]

I loved this show too!! I would love to see it return to tv again!! Except my version would be called Dream House & Car!! If you win your Dream House you win a Dream Car too.

[@briancurry6602]

i love gold door

[@nicka727]

Huggyface, did WXII air all the NBC game shows except Sale Of The Century? I want to know did any other NBC shows at 11:30 am et had passed on WXII during the 1980's and noon eastern had newscasts or not.

[@mcsittel]

While I'm not the original poster, I *am* the one who made the original videotape many years ago (I recognize the tracking problem at the bottom of the screen as being from my Betamax recorder). The only segments I taped were the bonus rounds, except when the couple used the Circuit Breaker for an automatic win. So I don't have any complete episodes. What I want to know is: did you grow up living *in* the Dream House your parents won? I'd love to hear about their experience on the show.

[@lorfalconswan]

I didn't grow up in the house my parents won, but we had to live with this compact kitchen we called "The Elephant" for about 10 or 11 years. I'm sad because my parents had friends that taped the show for them, they were on 4 of them, but due to my mom's hoarding, all was lost this year. She was the first wife to wear a mini-skirt on the show and to top it off it was red, white, and blue. She got a lot of whistles at the end of each show. They almost won, but my dad insisted on a wrong answer. Their names were Nancy and Fernando Serrano. I wish I could get the epis for my mom again, she's 81 years old.

[@johnnyballenatl]

lorfalconswan Sadly, all of the master tapes of Dream House were permanently wiped in a flood a few years ago.

[@Tubewings]

Does anyone have a file of either of the theme songs?

[@dannyboy34677]

A game show like this today would work on HGTV. When you consider what the land and the house was worth back in 1984, it was right about 100 grand +15 for the land. Today, you’re talking minimum 250K for house.

[@dannyboy34677]

@@ceciliamadison4386 My mistake. Thanks

[@pandafloof3887]

My mom and dad won this

[@PatrioticPirate]

STOP PLAYIN'! REALLY?!

[@SaleGuy]

Dawn & Marty?

[@witherblaze]

Win theme link please?

[@billyprince4981]

I Can't believe it

[@HuusAsking]

@HuusAsking Make that 12 house winners on record. One of the Dream House clips here is also a house win but does not match any of the wins in the aforementioned list, nor does it match the odd one out from this clip (it was combination win in the instance I'm describing).

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

This is a guess, but I am going to assume that the reason there were only 2 numbers remaining in the top row is because of the fact that even though only 1 wrong number was removed from a row when one of the questions was answered correctly, (and i'm assuming that Dawn and Marty did answer the first question correctly, this was during the time period that the money machine was used, and on there in round 2 was a "no. off" square. which gave the couple that landed on it a FREE number off automatically IF they answered the question during which it was landed on correctly, of course assuming that said couple won the game as well.) and i am guessing that they did land on the square and win that question. we already know that they won the game.

[@NEPatriot]

@progrockfan28 By the by, that siren was also used for big wins on Sale of the Century (lot wins, Car/$10,000 Winners Board) and Scrabble ($20,000/$40,000 for 5/10 Sprint wins, Bonus sprint win)

[@blindsportslover]

NEPatriot it was also used for a car win on Hollywood Squares w/John Davidson..

[@anthonycipriano3070]

What about super/mega deal wins on let's make a deal

[@blindsportslover]

Anthony Cipriano I don't think so.

[@JennieBonbons]

Ironically, NEPatriot, this siren you're describing also helped me overcome my childhood fears of the bells-and-alarms sounds on The Price Is Right.🌚

[@blindsportslover]

@@ceciliamadison4386 thank you. I fixed the mistake.

[@14DaveHunter]

Orginally, you had to win 7 games in a row. Then the producers changes it to 5 days.

[@richardhernandez4490]

Then it was changed to 6.

[@johnpat3622]

I thought they only had to win three.

[@loutenore33]

like anyone notice because it got beat up by the price is right by like a 4-1 margin

[@guilttascharged]

So how did this work? Did the winners have to buy the plot of land they built the house on or was that included in with the house?

[@14DaveHunter]

The land location was included.

[@nicka727]

Huggyface, did Detroit WDIV air Tic Tac Dough at night in 1983? I'm positive about when it moved to a new time 11:30 am on Septmeber 19, 1983. I think Detroit WDIV aired Dream House because at first there wasn't a nighttime Wheel of Fortune until that September where Tic Tac Dough ws showing.

[@erichammer8434]

Could you imagine the viewership if this was on today?

[@MrWildcat2009]

Unfortunately we’ll never know. The master tapes were reported destroyed around 2013 after a flood hit the producer’s house which stored the tapes and all production material for the show. WHAT THE HELL WAS DON REID THINKING?!

[@urbanpreppie05]

Oh please.

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

the clip at 2:30, was that during the 1st format or the 2nd format (the one with the money machine)

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

actually, i'm guessing it was the 1st one. (since i do not see the squares for the money machine.) needless to say I was NOT paying any attention at all to the clip when i originally posted that comment.)

[@SonnyBubba]

I hope the show also paid out cash, otherwise the winners would have to sell or mortgage the house to pay the taxes.

[@kgrkid]

@MrBlackSW Maybe if this was in syndication, it may have run a bit longer

[@sshuffield70]

@guilttascharged They added $15,000 to the total for land.

[@foxmccloud7055]

Before "Wheel of Fortune" started giving away homes this year.

[@blindsportslover]

And before the price is right during its first week of this season gave away a tiny house. I saw that episode and I was like what?

[@Tubewings]

Does that mean that Dream House didn't air on ANY Detroit station? Just curious.

[@QBCNetwork]

The women always did the punching of the buttons! They should've restricted the husband to answer the questions. Between Dream House opposite a DOUBLE SHOWCASE win on TPIR, it was pandamoninum.

[@JennieBonbons]

Surprisingly, this 'pandemonium' helped me to overcome my childhood fear of the 'WHOOP, WHOOP, WHOOOP!!!!' sound effects on The Price Is Right.

[@christophermarzian6608]

I think only 4 couples ever won the Dream House by doing the combination. I know several others won after winning the show 5 times.

[@nicka727]

On what station brainman214?

[@NickCMedia]

According to the October 31, 1983 episode, they had given away over $2,600,000 in cash, prizes, and houses, so there might've been MORE house winners than that before that point.

[@snowden67]

In fantasy land, there is a version of this with Bob Barker hosting and Samoans as contestants. If the Samoan wins, they pick Barker up after he can run no further away.

[@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767]

Loved this show as a teenager preteen

[@kgrkid]

All that's missing from these house wins are balloons, confetti, any (maybe) pyrotechnics!

[@lobstertexas]

24:1 shot :p

[@NickCMedia]

You could be right about the total value of each Dream House (land and all). Each Dream House was valued at over $100,000.

[@kenvr2287]

In those days in the early 80s that is a lot of money……today 100k will buy you a decent trailer.

[@louistenore2185]

This was much better than Scrabble NBC should had given this more of a chance .but i guess people thought first i ll watch Daytime Wheel Fuck this show and switch to The Price is right

[@briancurry6602]

7 8 6 you know what know I mean

[@briancurry6602]

cool

[@briancurry6602]

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[@gladfan1989]

@kgrkid If they ever did do a remake of Dream House, I could see them using balloons and confetti, but not pyro. Too much of an insurance risk.

[@Elkahatchee9]

Uh...no. I was just bored and trying to find some way to amuse myself. Sorry.

[@masternapatsakornruangtim4795]

4:01

[@KEVINPP5950]

I remember watching that show when I was a little kid. Even at the time I remember thinking this show was too far fetched. Also, that game show host is creepy. He keeps touching all of the women throughout the show… (haha)

[@JennieBonbons]

That's NOTHING, my friend. I got frightened by much worse in my childhood!!

[@pandafloof3887]

Well these definitely aren’t all the winners. My parents won this game.

[@SaleGuy]

What were their names?

[@briancurry6602]

132

[@shoredude2]

The odds weren't incredibly slim. If you removed no numbers, the odds were 1 in 64. If you answered enough questions to have only 3 numbers on each line, the odds were 1 in 27. If you had only 2 numbers on each line, the odds were down to 1 in 8.

[@briancurry6602]

786

[@Elkahatchee9]

Unfortunately, after the show, this guy broke into the show's ultra-high-tech security system, was trapped by the intricate system of booby traps, went to prison, and was repeatedly raped by a huge man named Molly. His wife went insane and burned the house down.

[@briancurry6602]

789

[@briancurry6602]

786 you know what I mean

[@JennieLovedoll]

+Brian Curry WHOOP, WHOOP, WHOOOOP!!😱😂😀😁😄😅😆

[@masternapatsakornruangtim4795]

0:51

[@briancurry6602]

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