Double Up Pilot|Jamie Farr

[@kingporter67]

This is a very good 1987 game show and Jamie Farr was great hosting it!!

[@FewerMiles]

Game show host may be the part Jamie Farr was born to play. He's witty and amusing, he can stretch a show out if he needs to, and he seems to genuinely be rooting for the players to win.

[@DJComedyChannel]

I've been waiting for this one!

[@Rewindium]

This was the pilot that was mentioned when Farr was a player on Scrabble’s first game show hosts week in late 1987

[@ColdSnapVA]

With so many uploads now, I hope we get the Winfall pilot soon. That clip we have looked fascinating, as if Peggle were a game show.

[@AnthonyChobotdoespopcult-jz7jr]

This is awesome

[@gilwood7530]

I really like this game ...really makes you search your brain

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

I love the Pilot and Jaime Farr.

[@JayTemple]

At first I thought this must be a Bob Stewart production, but I see Dick Clark was the executive producer. It still makes sense. Bob's biggest hit by far, hosted by Dick, settled on the two games a day, with an end game after each, so you don't have straddling. He used it again on "Double Talk". Dick must have learned the same lesson.

[@port566]

Funny thing: I'd never heard of this show. I didn't know (or remember) that Jamie Farr had ever hosted a game show. But I kept looking at the set, the fashions, the lights, and listening to the music trying to guess when the show was made. About halfway through, I thought "It's got to be late '80s or may 1990. I'll guess 1987." Then I checked the credits. I guess I watch a lot of other game shows! 😁

[@ulknavcom054809]

This is another of my requests. Please do not stop!

[@M200XL]

I've been wanting to see this for a while! I feel like this could've worked with a little tweaking.

[@interactii]

Very cool Pilot! Thank you WInk!

[@juliaz12345]

Wow! Never expected it to be produced by Dick Clarke. I thought the format screamed Bob Stewart. No matter. It was an enjoyable format.

[@Uzumakipavel]

TBH it's strange that Jamie Farr was a part of Scrabble game show host week and they present him as the host of this, but Double Up was never picked up. And also that audience game with lottery tickets (strange system with numbers corresponded to numbers of the bonus round timer)

[@geniusinmathhasreturned]

I'm excited to see this pilot for quite sometime. Jamie Farr was awesome on M*A*S*H and on MadTV skit once. Hard to believe he is 90 now. He is the same age as my dad when he passed. I loved M*A*S*H. Too bad he didn't get a blazer for hosting game shows but he certainly gave it all he had. There will never ever be another Jamie Farr like him.

[@bluebear1985]

The only show he did that actually made it to air was when he sub-hosted "Wordplay" for Tom Kennedy for three episodes. He also did one other pilot called "Oddball" for Mark Goodson.

[@LogoMan7777]

It's nice to see any version of this mythical show. Do you happen to have the celebrity pilot with Dick Clark playing the game?

[@mandyzimmer1052]

Very entertaining, Wink! Would have made a great show!!

[@dougmilesmedia]

Jamie Farr would've been great as a host. Too bad he didn't get another chance at it.

[@therealbrentrolland]

Thank you for posting, Wink and co.! I’ve been curious of this one too. I thought this was a more challenging and interesting format of the “initial” and “fill in the blank” concept for game shows. Like “Finish Line” but without the poems and rhyming. The Pressure Point questions were exceptionally smart. I enjoyed it.

[@inkwormmedia]

Curious question: what happened to the celebrities who were in the teaser?

[@ulknavcom054809]

This game show, Odd-Ball, a sub for Tom Kennedy for Wordplay; Jamie Farr a game show mc. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[@marcpower4167]

I remember you posting the sizzle reel which said the show would have teams of a contestant and a celebrity, I guess they were mulling between both ideas and decided to go with the celebrity format had it gone to air.

[@kelperdude]

Once again, we have to figure out the the year for ourselves, 1987.

[@mbclev]

The answer to the last question of the second game should have been given out, as well the missed question in the second bonus round.

[@marcpower4167]

Been curious about this one. The format doesn't look like anything all that special, but Jamie Farr as a host could be interesting.

[@christophercotton9048]

He did fill in for Tom Kennedy when he was ill on Wordplay.

[@brimer735uu8]

He did first become famous for being on M*A*S*H you know.

[@marcpower4167]

​@@christophercotton9048 He also did a pilot called Oddball.

[@MMB18abel]

He was also on the movie BLACKBOARD JUNGLE billed under his real name Jamil Farra.

[@scruffytube5169]

Princess who? Hmm. Spelling error. @10:40

[@daviddavenport1485]

Hard to believe he's 90

[@kingchrisl89]

This could've sold well, with better consolation bonus round prizes, and a cash award for winning the main game.

[@TheChristianAspie892]

This is better than Oddball….

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

That first blank, "animal," was much harder than any of the other five blanks in the first round. Disadvantage automatically for the challengers. And then, "dance" and "dancing" are not the same word, are they? Why was Rick given credit? Otherwise, the premise is nice and easy to follow. Anyone can play along at home.

[@marcomacias3960]

i would like to know why did the producer of Scrabble pick Jamie Farr to compete in a game show host tournament, even though this show didn't get greenlit?

[@wisp2007]

I think that brief stint of him filling in for Tom Kennedy on Wordplay the year before may have had something to do with it

[@Chainsawslots]

He said dance not dancing

[@digiblader1]

This was the civilian pilot - as there was a celebrity format also done. Wouldn't matter - this show didn't sell. And this show could've really used Dick Clark hosting instead of producing - then maybe it would've sold, as syndicators likely didn't like Jamie Farr's work.

[@MDCSWildcats86]

Didn't Jamie Farr fill in for Tom Kennedy late in WORD PLAY's run?

[@wschmrdr]

Seeing the whole thing, this actually isn't a bad show; mostly had the unfortunate luck of coming when game shows were on the decline in the US. The bonus round could have used without the host reading the question and the contestants do that on their own; glad they allowed the shortcut of just giving the words on that second one. Wait, this was a Dick Clark show for FOX? I would have thought it was Reg Grundy given how hard it was pushed during the Scrabble celebrity shows....

[@smokingman64]

The gameshow sucks, but Jamie Farr is good.