25k in prizes? LOL, I guess they had to scale that down big time if they were going to stay in production
@jh69254 жыл бұрын
Usually when it comes to pilot episodes they give away a lot more.but yeah my opinion that's a little too much especially for kids
@DAMGoodEntertainment13 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for this! I remember watching this when I was a kid. Fun House was definitely a great kids game.
@alexanderpytko53943 жыл бұрын
The runners up received a Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) which was a nice consolation prize to walk away with back then. I remember it being such a big item back then.
@forexhamster69974 жыл бұрын
Holy Crap !!! The pilot had expensive nice prizes !!
@jh69254 жыл бұрын
They should have kept with this format. of course the bonus round it usually in pilot episodes always have a lot more than when it finally goes into production.
@pikapal9174612 жыл бұрын
Screen shots of this episode were used on the board game. Also notice that JD stands to the other side of the contestants. And in the Grand Prix they don't have token pouches. If you watch some of the earlier episodes with the familiar format you'll notice that some of the prize tags still have the bar codes on the back of them.
@TBONE_200410 жыл бұрын
"Fun House is a Ron Greenberg production, in association with Lorimar-Telepictures!"
@alexanderpytko53943 жыл бұрын
There were 2 Nickelodeon shows with a big place for the kids to go through, "Finders Keepers" 1987 and "Legends of the Hidden Temple" 1993.
@kevinbarton90526 жыл бұрын
I love the cheerleaders Jacqueline and Samantha. I think of them as fantasy girlfriends.
@BLAB-it5un Жыл бұрын
Amazing to see this pilot. I recall watching this show in its original run and it is stunning to see how the actual show couldn't generate anywhere near the level of prizes the original show concept hoped to do. $27,000 for one episode of a kids' show? The actual run was lucky to give away $2000.
@erikdraven173113 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this for a long time! TYVM!
@sheilagallagher35299 жыл бұрын
That girl answering "Leah Thompson" on the Back to the Future question deserved the $25 in my opinion. That was the actress who played Marty McFly's mother.
@junajunzaemyn85535 ай бұрын
This is early episodes? They only can take 2 prize
@user-rn6nr8iv7k Жыл бұрын
Jd roth was the host on the game show endurance seasons 1-5
@brockschul3221 Жыл бұрын
Fun house is like a combination of double dare & finders keepers.
@nathanielcruz8872 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact the company who made it stone Stanley productions (or stone television production) also made legends of the hidden temple
@donutreligion29793 жыл бұрын
Good God, those prizes are by far the best I've seen in a children's game show. The Australian version gives you a coloring book and a calculator as a prize.
@brockschul32212 жыл бұрын
I think you meant the UK version
@squarepeg44353 жыл бұрын
I went to a taping of this show when I was a kid in the summer of 1988. I never saw the episode broadcast. They studio audience kids get a lot of camera time so I’ve always wanted to see little kid me on film but no luck.
@arhsmacdude13 жыл бұрын
The hub should get fun house uk and USA, and possibly revive the fun house. That would be one sweet station if they ever did!
@tiffanymorgan65624 жыл бұрын
Oh man! Back when game shows were all the rage and actually worth watching!!!! Check out J.D. Roth's mullet! I want my #80s back!
@alexanderpytko53943 жыл бұрын
We all want the 80s back!
@foxmccloud7055 Жыл бұрын
Buzzr needs to get their hands on this show.
@johnnyballenatl8 ай бұрын
Warner Bros. owns Fun House (and its weekly spinoff College Mad House), so no.
@dagdogg13 жыл бұрын
2:54 The timer starts before J.D. says "Go".
@NickCMedia13 жыл бұрын
@greenwater735 In reruns AND a revival. I agree.
@aegisofhonor13 жыл бұрын
Wow, those were some incredible prizes; really ups the excitement to see kids get such great stuff. Too bad they scaled back on the big prizes after this.
@KayleighNatasha13 жыл бұрын
That Bobbing for Bagels game is exactly like the 1989 UK game Dunking For Doughnuts except for one thing in the UK version is they didn't wear goggles
@ericmodzelesky48107 жыл бұрын
If Nickelodeon should revive Fun House.
@alexanderpytko5394 Жыл бұрын
Nickelodeon did 2 other shows that were similar to "Fun House." In 1987, they made "Finders Keepers," were 2 teams would find hidden objects in pictures and trash rooms in a big house(set) to find other hidden objects and doing so they received cash and prizes. The winning team would go through the rooms in the house to find clues and received prizes for every room. In 1993, they made "Legends of The Hidden Temple" which in a way was like an archeological version of "Fun House." It started out with 6 teams, then 4, then 2 and then just 1. The winning team would get to go into the temple and try to retrieve a treasure in just 3 minutes. There was no money given to teams, just prizes. The team would get a prize for getting into the temple, they'd receive another prize if they could grab the treasure before time was up and another prize if they could get the treasure out of the temple in time. The other 5 teams received consolation prizes. All in all, to me, "Finders Keepers" would be my #1 choice but "Fun House" would be the runner up. "Legends of the Hidden Temple," was good but I hated the idea of the first 4 teams hardly getting to play after coming all that way. To me that's unacceptable. With "FH" and "FK", both teams got play almost the whole show which is what the experience should really be.
@LogoMan77776 жыл бұрын
Douglas Emerson would come back for the first episode of "Fox's Fun House" as a celebrity (representing Beverly Hills, 90210).
@jwavada2 жыл бұрын
I think they should have kept the area where you hit the button and win bonus money.
@NickCMedia13 жыл бұрын
@rodney1279 Most of it is in prizes. Besides, Family Game Night offers tons of money, too.
@GCBlues4512 жыл бұрын
@arhsmacdude, They have to get JD Roth and someone else permition to do it.
@greenwater73513 жыл бұрын
@Digifan23 I agree with you Fun House should be on TheHub network.
@TimothyMischka8 жыл бұрын
Nope, that's Brian Cummings- he had previously been the announcer/sidekick for the first season of The All-New Let's Make A Deal, also a Telepictures show (pre-Lorimar). And- to be blunt, it's like they were trying to copy BtB 85's Stunt-era Prize Vault for the Fun House: The announcer describes the rooms, there are Bank Cards- I mean tags, there's the Number Jumb- er the Bang the Button room, and one tag will Break the ban- er, be the Power Prize.
@andrewschroy63686 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough, in the San Francisco market, KTVU carried both BTB '85 and FH. Same thing with WSBK in Boston.
@DarkKirby89766 жыл бұрын
Such good memories
@LogoMan777712 жыл бұрын
Because it's hard for a young adult like J.D. to use a 60+-year-old man as a sidekick.
@Rlotpir19726 жыл бұрын
The 'eggcrate' scoreboards were slightly changed for the first season.
@gameshow41875 жыл бұрын
Do you have more Funhouse episodes? I have many fun house clips from both the United Kingdom and the US
@thewhammy835 жыл бұрын
Just a pilot, a local premiere special, and a UK one.
@funhousecollector5874 жыл бұрын
@@thewhammy83 what season is the uk?
@ericmodzelesky48107 жыл бұрын
Is there another fun house pilot episode?
@andrewschroy63686 жыл бұрын
J.D. was only 19 when he did the pilot, correct?
@LittleRockElevators5 жыл бұрын
He was the youngest game show host in the United States to host a game show. Currently, he behind the scenes and have his own company.
@andrewschroy63684 жыл бұрын
@@LittleRockElevators There were hosts even younger than JD doing game shows-- Hal Sparks was only 18 when he did Treasure Mall, the hosts of the original Wild and Crazy Kids were at least 15, and Maria Sansone was only 13 when she co-hosted Gladiators 2000 with a pre-American Idol Ryan Seacrest.
@tvman3234 жыл бұрын
Yes & the twin cheerleaders were 20.
@brockschul32212 жыл бұрын
I imagine myself as the new host of fun house. But with the guy who played uncle beano as the announcer taking place of tiny & mc. And kissing the cheerleaders on the cheek for good luck
@devansafer43459 жыл бұрын
Some may accuse me of blasphemy for saying this, but I liked Fun House much more than double dare
@bigwillietheb9 жыл бұрын
Devan Safer I agree , cause they only give you 1 minute to do the obsticle course, at least fun house they gave you 2 minutes & I always liked the grand prix race & also you answered questions & did stunts , not like double dare naswer the question or take the physical challenge which they always pererred but then if your challenge didn't succeed the other team won the money
@mardy3416 жыл бұрын
They're both good,can't decide.
@johnnyballenatl6 жыл бұрын
William B While on its adult counterpart College Mad House, each team member had 30 seconds to grab as many tags as they could; getting all 13 would win them a vacation. But on Family Double Dare, completing the obstacle course in less than a minute would win the family a new car!!! (one of the obstacles on the Fox version would also feature a cash bonus)
@Dim43232 жыл бұрын
Uk: hold my beer
@kgrkid9 жыл бұрын
The announcer sounds like Jim Thornton from Wheel of Fortune
@brockschul32212 жыл бұрын
I'm serious. Sammi & Jackie are 54 & JD is 53.
@KayleighNatasha9 жыл бұрын
Wish the US version aired in the UK
@namk197 жыл бұрын
Why? The UK version is way much better than the US version
@johnnyballenatl6 жыл бұрын
Kyle Wheeler Except that if you got the Power Prize tag, you didn’t win it right away; you’d then had to answer a question correctly at home base in order to do so.
@KayleighNatasha5 жыл бұрын
I have to say that is quite true
@jh69254 жыл бұрын
Have to admit the UK version was pretty awesome
@KayleighNatasha2 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyballenatl And the kids couldn't win money on the UK version
@GCBlues4512 жыл бұрын
Jacki & Samantha, Jd did not say Twin Cheerleaders.
@rodney1279TheFlip13 жыл бұрын
$25,000 for a kid is a lot of money for a kid on fun house.
@arturomcneil59193 жыл бұрын
It’s time for Fun House sponsored by British Knights get off on the right foot get off in BK for guys gals and kids too British Knights the right move for you
@justinbryant94195 жыл бұрын
How old where the twin cheerleaders back in 1988 on fun house Thewhammy 83
@tvman3234 жыл бұрын
I believe they were 20.
@tvman3234 жыл бұрын
And Jd was 19.
@tvman3234 жыл бұрын
The twins were born in the fall of 1967 & JD was born in the spring of 1968.
@PTH4Fun13 жыл бұрын
Is that the same SFX from "The Krypton Factor"?
@jackape17 жыл бұрын
yes it is
@tvman3239 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they didn't choose Rod Roddy to be the announcer on Fun House?
@Rlotpir19726 жыл бұрын
Rod was busy announcing "The Price is Right".
@NickCMedia6 жыл бұрын
Brock Schul Because he had his hands full with TPIR.
@brothergaryii12 жыл бұрын
Why did Fun House needed to have an announcer with on-camera exposure, like John "Tiny" Hurley, not Johnny Gilbert, despite the fact that he has announced nearly every single show from Lorimar-Telepictures?
@drummingdanny8413 жыл бұрын
@Digifan23 You can forget about GSN. GSN is wack! TheHub sounds like a possibility.
@tsukune00711 жыл бұрын
when did the pool come into the fun house
@nintendonerdsvideos47278 жыл бұрын
Season 2
@Tubewings13 жыл бұрын
@MrLogoman007 IT IS!!!
@puppyshoes28 жыл бұрын
I believe that's Bob Hilton.
@NickCMedia6 жыл бұрын
Linda Gimbert Not even close. It was Brian Cummings.