FULL GAME SHOW EPISODE: Super Pay Cards with Art James!

[@williamdunphy352]

This was also shown in the United States as well. Distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation (which is now Fox).

[@winstontk]

Art James had such an incredible voice.

[@maryyoung4046]

Nice to see this game show again.

[@altfactor]

Although taped in Canada, it was hosted by an American (Art James) and the contestants' hometowns weren't mentioned so this show could by syndicated to American TV stations and to viewers, it would appear to have been taped in New York or Hollywood.

[@ChristopherHagee]

U S. sta. which showed that Canadian-based "Super Pay Cards" revival series in early-1980s was Ch. 65-TV, Vineland, N.J. (l'ctd about 40 mi. from Phila., Penna., 110 mi. from City, Balto., Md./125 mi. from N.Y. City, N.Y.)

[@ChironAce]

This was shown in Atlanta in the early 80's on WATL 36.

[@williambone5678]

Love this upbeat music!

[@willmack5909]

It sounds like a combination of the main theme of "Gone With The Wind" and Jim Perry's Card Sharks a little bit.

[@troyschwarz3965]

Someone needs to buy this program from Canada and install it in the USA....they would blow out Nelson!

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

This is a hard game

[@dougghiz8339]

R.I.P. Art James

[@bugpadzero]

Great theme music 🙂

[@2005dave]

Nick Nicholson remixed the theme from Spin-Off into the Super Pay Cards theme.

[@suzannesstud]

I’ve been wondering if this theme is out there somewhere. I know it and the show is likely harder to come by, but this theme really fits, and I enjoy any episodes of the show I can find.

[@AsianSignGuy]

@@suzannesstud oh i kno ive been looking for this theme too!!

[@damienchance2622]

Why this reminds me of classic concentration

[@witherblaze]

The memory factor

[@Noveltooner]

@@witherblaze E. Roger Muir took over as the executive producer of "Concentration" when Jack Barry and Dan Enright were forced to sell their properties to NBC after the "Twenty-One" and nighttime "Tic-Tac-Dough" rigging scandals. Nick Nicholson was also at NBC as executive producer of "Howdy Doody Time." When they first partnered, they pitched a concept for a game involving newlywed couples and how well the spouses knew each other. It didn't sell and they gave up on it, selling it for a nominal fee to Chuck Barris. Barris developed it further and it became "The Newlywed Game." To his credit, Barris never took credit for anything that he did not create, so even though Nicholson and Muir had nothing to do with it, included in "The Newlywed Game's" credits was "Created by Nick Nicholson and Roger Muir." Nicholson and Muir did try a modified version of their original concept with the syndicated "Matches 'n' Mates" that tanked. When Nicholson-Muir Productions was created, Muir left NBC and "Concentration." "Pay Cards!" was easily their most successful production. It was a winning formula, a game show that came out of Nicholson's love for poker and Muir's days with "Concentration." Originally, a contestant could reject a pair on his/her initial pair instead of keeping them if he/she felt that there were higher pairs in the deck; that changed a month into the the rule that if a contestant called a pair, he/she had to keep those cards. Unfortunately, with the David Frost Show coming in and then the eventual return of Merv Griffin to Metromedia from CBS, "Pay Cards!" was squeezed out after only a single season. However, Whitman Publishing did very well with its two editions of the home version. Around the same time that CBS had picked up Nicholson-Muir's Yahtzee/poker combo game "Spin-Off," the original "Pay Cards" was rerun by CTV long after it had left the air, they approached Nicholson-Muir about bringing back an updated version of the game, hence, "Super Pay Cards!" Metromedia packaged its American run.

[@witherblaze]

@@Noveltooner I like my answer better. Simpler to understand.

[@ChristopherHagee]

This was early-1980s Canadian-based revival, late-1960s U S.-based original "Pay Cards" series which late Art James also hosted

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Why doesn't Canada do game shows anymore aside from Quebec?

[@tonyparrish1978]

This show is one of 2 Games Shows Art James Hosted The other was The Magnificent Pinball Machine which was on NBC.

[@willmack5909]

Oh he hosted other shows too besides the original Pay Cards from 1968 and the Magnificent Marble Machine from 1975. He was a host of Concentration back in the early days of the series, The Who, What Or Where Game on NBC, Say When, also the syndicated Catch Phrase which sadly did not last very long, and Blank Check.

[@witherblaze]

@@willmack5909 And It's Academic. Also he was a sub host on Concentration.

[@seanmontgomery801]

Don't forget "Catch Phrase ".

[@badhairdye]

He hosted Camouflage as well, late '50's, I think.

[@mikeh66]

If you haven't seen the original 60's version, check it out! Also, go to Ebay and find a home game(60's)!

[@pl5624]

The audience participation segment was not shown in later syndication.mary Lou had a very precise voice..very clear.

[@BRadfrommalibu74]

The AP game was only done in the Canadian version to comply with Canadian law.

[@williamdunphy352]

12:33 What the American viewers didn't see.

[@Quartzquiz333]

One of the toughest bonus rounds in game show history.

[@Tiqerboy]

One of the very rare all-skill and very little luck bonus rounds too!

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

It's brutal when there's multiple of the same number and you have to remember suit!

[@williambone5678]

Didn't know this show was Canadian, especially when this show was syndicated here in the U.S..

[@Gator11srq]

Some Canadian game shows aired on USA in the 80s - Jackpot (the game of riddles) and Bumper Stumpers Anyone remember those? FYI, they were produced in Toronto instead of NYC or LA

[@mysticgirl916]

TV shows and movies are cheaper to film in Canada than it is in the United States. Under CanCon laws, any show filmed in Canada, even with an American host, had to have at least one Canadian on camera at any given time

[@rayizard5687]

Its the offspring of Card Sharks and Concentration...

[@damienchance2622]

I wonder if they have any more episodes of this show

[@WolfpackEntertainmentYT]

id like to know too

[@nicka727]

Did not air in Detroit not even CBET 9.

[@denelson83]

Well, it was a CTV show.

[@domosautomotive1929]

Isn't the home game just a deck of cards?

[@canoeman1961]

You had to go up to Canada for the Big Bucks ! Or maybe, if you got lucky, you would get the Samsonite luggage.

[@witherblaze]

Does anyone have any information on the hostess here? I can't seem to find anything else about her.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Her name is Mary Lou Basaraba. A search should find info on her.

[@witherblaze]

@@christopherdunne7848 I found nothing on her.

[@jdmcknight41]

Do that guy arnold remind you of mark hamill... ( Use the force luke ) lol...

[@WolfpackEntertainmentYT]

*Does not do.

[@maryyoung4046]

He does seem like him come to think of it.

[@curtisphillips1013]

"Good luck....I think you'll need it."

[@janismadalynswift]

my name is janis, but hers was spelled differently.

[@what-uc]

Arnold Fox became a real estate broker with Colliers in Montreal

[@tonybonfiglio872]

Any relation to Bud Fox on Wall Street

[@zachhoran]

Janice v. Arnold is the episode and its already on KZbin

[@StFidjnr]

arts vs science

[@Tiqerboy]

I hope Janice's art future played out better than her card sense. She played that first hand horribly.

[@zachhoran]

@@Tiqerboy Not everyone studies the game before they come on the show, and the lights get to some players on game shows....

[@paullarue2010]

Canadian game show.

[@StFidjnr]

arts vs science episode

[@AliveScripturesOfGrace]

They pay you $300 for 5 of a kind?!! What kind of poker are they playin?! Welp, where I'm from that's the udead man's hand.. and he or she gets no money for doing that very thang!!! Hahahahaha, just kidding, this game show is pretty good reminds me of card sharks.