Triple Threat (10-24-88) with John Sebastian and Fred Willard

John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful and Fred Willard are the celebrities in this episode of the pretty underrated Jim Lange game show Triple Threat.

[@jwgreek8606]

Triple Threat sure is underrated. Vastly underrated at that.

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

As usual, our mindless population supported The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune instead. Makes me wonder how Jeopardy! has survived all these years since that one REALLY requires intelligence!

[@jwgreek8606]

Not to mention the glut of talk shows like Oprah and junk

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@jwgreek8606 - Jerry Springer...there is a reason why I'm not as sympathetic over his passing.

[@michaelewing6522]

R.I.P. Jim Lange, Fred Willard, Bing Crosby, Bonnie and June Pointer

[@jwgreek8606]

And Bert Convy

[@michaelewing6522]

​@@jwgreek8606 And Anita Pointer passed away in 2022

[@molinalong3468]

Rest In Peace on win , lose or draw side = Bert Convy Rest In Peace triple threat side = Jim Lange & Fred Willard

[@Mrtv1017]

I sure wish this show would be on Buzzr

[@michaelerickson6431]

1988 was the best year in game shows like Triple Threat, Wipeout, The $100,000 pyramid and many more. I wish those shows would be on buzzr.

[@jwgreek8606]

Wipeout is another underrated game show and both Pyramids got cancelled in 1988.

[@donmccullen1973]

Paramount Global via CBS Media Ventures should have the rights to Triple Threat.

[@jwgreek8606]

Or 2929 Entertainment

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Buzzr can’t air them because the y do not own the rights to those shows

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@jonathanashbeck3740 - They could always NEGOTIATE to get them rebroadcasted, you Retro-Eagle-Tiny-Austin-Robert-Dayton!

[@user-sg9rp4wz3w]

WINNER !

[@richardhernandez4490]

Annie used to be on Name that Tune 1984

[@michaelewing6522]

Marlene was on Press Your Luck

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

I can't believe that neither Jim or (especially) Annie brought that up!

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

I thought she was

[@zymaymyn]

29:36 Former talk show host and comedian Wil Shriner co-wrote the theme. You learn something new every day.

[@jwgreek8606]

Yes and his family were really big friends with Dennis James' family

[@gameshows5973]

I think Triple Threat was the first game show to air first run episodes both on a cable station and an antenna station

[@jwgreek8606]

Actually several game shows on WOR have it beat.

[@nextbarker2702]

Wasn't Marlene on PYL in 1985?

[@VahanNisanian]

Seems there's an audio problem during the start of the Bonus Round. Great show. Love the theme song, and hey, I even hear a "Family Feud" sound effect when time is up. I think I like this version the best.

[@donmccullen1973]

That effect was used when the family won control of the game and when they won a round and the game.

[@donmccullen1973]

The buzz in sound was used on early Tattletales episodes when the offstage player buzzed in and also was the buzz in sound on Press Your Luck in the 1983 and current versions.

[@jwgreek8606]

Just finished watching the episode that Alan Hunter hosted and they used the Time's upppppppppppp! From Whew! As well as the Pyramid times-up buzzer

[@donmccullen1973]

@@jwgreek8606 The Pyramid Buzzer was always used on the TT Relay should the clock run out. But for that episode they used the villians from Whew! as the ending of the front game. Other wise they use the bell to indicate control of the game or winning the round and/or game from Family Feud.

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@jwgreek8606 - Alan Hunter was a horrible choice for a substitute host for Jim Lange! Was J.D. Roth too busy with Fun House?

[@jwgreek8606]

Fred wire looks like Darrin hell, if Bewitched was rebooted in the 80s he would have been a damn good Darrin

[@PREGO1966]

There were 2 Darrins (Dick York and Dick Sargent) and I don't see a resemblance to either

[@marcomacias3960]

Hewy Lewis didn't play the teacher in Back to the Future he played the audition manager

[@jwgreek8606]

Ben Sebastian looks like a wolf!

[@jwgreek8606]

What's with the echoes?

[@brockschul3221]

I thought triple threat was a spin off of double dare

[@cartoongameshowman]

Well, now I know studio contestants on the losing team don't get to keep their money due to what Jim said at kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKvZgXylm7qZgM0

[@bmasters1981]

That's one of the absolute worst kinds of rules that you can have on a game show-- that you have to win the overall game to win anything at all. This does not apply, however, to something like Tic Tac Dough w/Wink Martindale-- sure, one had to win the overall game to win the pot, but if one was good enough and showed great skill in answering questions and staying in the game, one could end up earning a sizable consolation prize ($250/tie), so even if one didn't win overall, he/she did end up still winning in a way. Also, two or three games were sometimes played, and sometimes, one episode could be all a match in progress, so it's not like the one game w/a beginning, middle and end took up the whole episode like it did here.

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@bmasters1981 - Ever heard of a budget? If this company had Mark Goodson money, then the losers would have gotten better consolation prizes.

[@bmasters1981]

@@psychopathyoutubeemployees280 You are absolutely right about that-- never considered that production company and budgets could have anything to do with this.