RIP Alex Trebek - thanks for all the entertainment over the years.
@tyrondavis67273 жыл бұрын
RIP Alex Trebek 1940-2020😢 Thank you for the game show.🇺🇸🍁👑
@MTPromices3 жыл бұрын
Word
@tonyarceneaux2862 жыл бұрын
Wink Martindale hosted the show too.
@geoffreybovey34823 жыл бұрын
Alex, you were and are a quiet, soothing BADASS example to all of us on how to be strong, kind, dedicated, and hard working. Thank you for all you did. May you Rest In Peace, my Canadian Hero but brother to all.
@geoffreybovey34823 жыл бұрын
Oh, one more thing: thank you to whomever went to the trouble of posting this. KZbinrs like you provide an invaluable service to those of us craving sweet reminders of our childhoods. Thank you, seriously.
@craigsmith31823 жыл бұрын
Ray might have lost at High Rollers but he managed to win 2 Super Bowl rings later in life
@miccal998 ай бұрын
I think we'd all prefer that outcome in life
@streetcarjay3 жыл бұрын
Rest peacefully Alex Trebek. Sudbury's favorite son.
@Joannec953 жыл бұрын
He is one of them.
@jeffandbike45033 жыл бұрын
Well miss you Alex. Have great memories watching this as a little boy. Rest in peace. 1940-2020
@deecee47023 жыл бұрын
Today Nov. 8th, 2020. R.I.P. Mr. Trebek. You were certainly a class act. You were also one of the best game show hosts ever! Now that you are in a better place make sure all the saints answer you in the form of a question! You will be missed!
@unputer Жыл бұрын
What a legend. I'll never forget Ray Wersching winning numerous games for the 49ers as a youth ;)
@WaltGekko6 ай бұрын
Yep. And it was not uncommon then for players in pro sports to be contestants on game shows.
@raymondgallardo5763 жыл бұрын
You know the theme song that opens this episode, for the first few seconds, it started out jazzy, then it became danceable like if we could hear some early disco, and it finishes jazzy. Groovy baby!
@Tubewings8 жыл бұрын
After watching a full episode of the original version, I have to say the 1978 revival was unquestionably the best version of the show.
@willmack59093 ай бұрын
The only thing I disliked about the 1978 revision was the "BIG" Numbers were no bigger than the regular match play numbers as they used the same game board for both. Outside of that one thing, I agree.
@Tubewings3 ай бұрын
@@willmack5909 You do have a point there.
@ericsamuelson565615 күн бұрын
The 80s version with Wink Martindale combined the 1978-80 regulation board and the 1974-76 Big Numbers round seen here
@andthepoetliftshispen57522 жыл бұрын
High Rollers and Split Second were my favorite 70's game shows.
@bmasters19813 жыл бұрын
Alex was only 34 at the time of this broadcast on NBC on Independence Day '75 (wouldn't be long until he turned 35)!
@tyrese37453 жыл бұрын
My friends, we and much of the Providence of Canada are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Alex Trebek, the host and former producer of the 1980s successful revival of "Jeopardy!". Trebek died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 this morning. In his 57 year career in both Canadian & American television, he hosted the NBC 1974-76 and 1978-80 versions of High Rollers, Double Dare on CBS from 1976 to 1977, the second syndicated season of The $128,000 Question, the 1981-82 and 1983 versions of Battlestars, and, of course, the 1987-91 NBC Daytime revival of Concentration, namely "Classic Concentration". He also was a spokesman for the Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company, appearing in many commercials for the company. He is survived by former wife Elaine Kares (a businesswoman), currently widowed wife Jean Currivan (a real estate manager), their two children, Matthew and Emily and an adopted daughter Nicky from his first marriage. RIP George Alexander "Alex" Trebek (1940-2020). You will forever be missed but always remembered in our hearts and memories.
@bmasters19813 жыл бұрын
He was also on the early-90s To Tell The Truth for a time as well.
@johnpat362211 ай бұрын
The "Providence of Canada" ?
@tyrese374511 ай бұрын
@@johnpat3622 Google it
@Musicradio77Network3 жыл бұрын
RIP: Alex Trebek (1940-2020) 😢
@misstee1013 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Alex Trebek. Thank you for entertaining us after all these years!
@grapplergirl102 жыл бұрын
Alex and Ruta were both class acts ❤️
@Tmanaz4803 жыл бұрын
1975 was the precise year of maximum lapel and tie width.
@WaltGekko4 жыл бұрын
This episode is notable as one of the contestants was Ray Wersching, then a placekicker in the NFL for the then-San Diego (originally and since 2017 currently) Los Angeles Chargers. He would be there through early in 1977 season when (I believe) he was cut and moved on to the San Francisco 49ers, where he would eventually be part of two Super Bowl winning teams when the 49ers took Super Bowl XVI in January 1982 (end of 1981 season) over the Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl XIX in January 1985 (end of 1984 season) over the Miami Dolphins (there is video of his first game with the 49ers against the New York Giants from early in the 1977 season on KZbin). It was not uncommon back then for professional athletes to appear as contestants on game shows as they were not paid anywhere resembling what they are now (even with inflation factored in) as a rule.
@Loogaroo14 жыл бұрын
And most ironic of all: the man who replaced Wersching as kicker for the Chargers in 1977 was none other than future Wheel of Fortune host Rolf Benirschke.
@WaltGekko4 жыл бұрын
@@Loogaroo1 I don't think many people even remember Rolf Benirschke replacing Pat Sajak on the daytime version of "Wheel of Fortune" for its final few months on NBC (January-June 1989) before NBC canceled that version and it went to CBS where Bob Goen replaced Benirschke (Pat Sajak has been host of the nighttime version for its entire run dating back to 1983).
@marcpower41674 жыл бұрын
I did some research the average NFL salary at the time was about $23,000. Or about $120,000 in today's dollars. After Ray retired he had an insurance business, he and his partner were indicted for embezzlement, his partner went to jail, he was later exonerated but lost the business.
@victorkreitner7542 жыл бұрын
One of Rays future coaches who was on Bill Walsh' staff and later coached Cincinnatti to a SB was Sam Wyche who appeared once on Match Game with Gene Rayburn in the 70s.
@WaltGekko11 ай бұрын
@@victorkreitner754Brian Billock (Ravens Head Coach when they won Super Bowl XXXV in 2001) also was a contestant on Match Game in 1978.
@Lava19643 жыл бұрын
Wow--this was a slice of my childhood. Thanks for posting this gem!
This is awesome. I'm watching Perry Mason with my son. Ruta Lee has been on a few times. I'm telling my son about this time on this game show. I feel a little bad about it now, but back then, we all in my family found Ruta annoying and wished the light would hit her on the head. It was stunning and hilarious when it happened. It's like having a (mild) evil wish that comes true. I had completely forgotten that Alex was the host at this time. He sure looked groovy then. This really brings me back.
@ValleyoftheRogue3 жыл бұрын
RIP, Mr. Trebek.
@ordinaryk3 жыл бұрын
RIP Alex 😥
@riceboy1701e3 жыл бұрын
So long, Alex. Thank you for so many memories.
@dgray90203 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Mr Alex Trebek.
@tyrondavis67273 жыл бұрын
RIP George Alexander "Alex" Trebek 1940-2020🌈❤️💙🤍🏔️🦅🇺🇸💎 You are a true game host gem. High Roller 1975 game show says it all. Thank you for the game show video.
@ZacRitnerAnimeFan934 жыл бұрын
45 years ago. Happy 4th of July.
@Zoomer302 жыл бұрын
This set was so much better than what they did in the late 70s run.
@gaipontiff2Ай бұрын
This game show was my first memory of Alex Trebek. RIP.
@briansheil97633 жыл бұрын
1:01-BANG! Right on the noggin. I’m glad Ruta Lee was okay.
@meathead1772 жыл бұрын
I was laughing
@chuckers403 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. to a legendary game show host. Alex, you will be missed.
@zacsz3 жыл бұрын
RIP Alex
@Fishie_Bug3 жыл бұрын
Rest well, Alex Trebek
@MSP10julia3 жыл бұрын
Alex Trebek (1940-2020)
@SUPERxSEXYSHAWTY3 жыл бұрын
RIP ALEX TREBEK TRUE CLASS ACT
@gsnfan3 жыл бұрын
RIP Alex Trebek
@jerryvan-hees71303 жыл бұрын
Forgot all about this game show. Didn't agnowledge that ruta Lee was a hostess on this show. I was to young.
@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg8 ай бұрын
Alex's star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame is on the corner of Hollywood and Wilcox.
@Eduardo-lt2op3 жыл бұрын
In memory of Alex Trebek. (R.I.P.)🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐
@ThunderFist19783 жыл бұрын
I was only familiar with the Wink Martindale run until now.
@user-ty6do8yz4l2 жыл бұрын
When "we" were young, it was easy to tell OLD stuff, as it was Black and white film/pictures. Now, something almost 50 years old doesn't seem that old. The 70s were obviously the peak of America, and human happiness, all things considered. There were bad times, but the good outweighed them. No longer true now. It felt like 1987, was when the scales began to tip towards more evil, not sure why ...
@drewski15354 жыл бұрын
Oh wow Look at Alex with an Afro even his mustache was thick what great game show host he has been for a longtime no matter what may come of him while he is in a brave battle against cancer he will always be remembered for his amazing game show hosting skills but will always be remembered for Jeopardy
@NBrew8083 жыл бұрын
The champion on this episode is a former SF 49ers kicker.
@markyboughter10873 жыл бұрын
Happy 4th of July Alex trebek we miss you forever
@Zoomer302 жыл бұрын
1000 gals of gas in 1975 was a lot of money.
@chuckers4011 ай бұрын
it's still a lot of money.
@ronn19633 жыл бұрын
Thought I heard the contestant say “oh sh*t” at 10:15 mark when she lost at the big numbers! Was it just me?
@roysorgo3 жыл бұрын
She sure did. Nice catch.
@charlesallan-ks6gq6 ай бұрын
Stay tuned for The Hollywood Squares next on NBC
@user-us3dc7nb7u5 ай бұрын
Pat Parelli is also known as Patricia Russo Caparelli. She graduated from Malden High School in 1963 and she got married later that year. She is 79 now.
@glennpoch47423 жыл бұрын
Alex got an invitation to the NAACP awards one year because of his afro and tan. People legitimately thought he was black, lol.
@joanneclark60443 жыл бұрын
Alex I'm compelled to call my dad of your passing (however he passed in 2016) he never missed an episode of Jeopardy. You my friend will be missed
@100aceswid3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace. This is the first game show that I seen him in.
@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg4 ай бұрын
Now if only the nighttime syndicated version would pop up with Elaine Stewart as the dice roller.
@tracyisbest3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't think that Ray Wersching would be the 2nd leading scorer in 49ers history behind Jerry Rice would you? He would have been 1st but Rice was a freak. Kickers are usually the leading scorers all-time on a football team: a point for each try after TD and 3 points for every field goal adds up over a decade on a team.
@jamesqualls8125Ай бұрын
Yikes, that would have been a major game show blooper. Watch out for ceiling lights
@tubelover103 жыл бұрын
#RIPAlexTrebek Thanks for the amazing game show memories
@starshipcaptain47533 жыл бұрын
Like the show, I think I remember this or a slightly revised newer version. But if I was a contestant I would want to stand not sit and I would won't to roll my self. RIP AT
@thefirespecialist90073 жыл бұрын
Need to bring back this show with Alex... oh wait 😔
@jeopardy606113 жыл бұрын
This game is a little different from how I remember it. I remember the main game numbers being in a 3x3 grid with prizes accumulating in each column, the main game had insurance markers for doubles, and the contestants rolled the dice rather than the model.
@chuckers403 жыл бұрын
that was the second incarnation of High Rollers on NBC (1978-1980)
@ardythshaw17783 жыл бұрын
I was a contestant on High Rollers in 1974 and won $17,000 in cash and prizes. I'd like to know who to contact to see if I can find a tape of that show. I'll be 80 in February.
@vitomcsween9743 жыл бұрын
Who was watching this game show on KZbin way before Alex died May he rest in peace
@brodie2005thegamer3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Alex's 2nd wife was 12 years old at that time!
@marcpower41679 ай бұрын
He said in an interview not long before his passing, that his one regret in life is that he didn't meet his wife sooner. Said something like "I would say, I wish I knew her in my 20s but then when I think about it, she wasn't even alive then..."
@Salvatore12683 жыл бұрын
Pat is absolutely positively gorgeous Never knew ray wersching was on a game show Sip alex Ruta lee was cool
@blindsportslover4 жыл бұрын
A couple of things. Would you rather have a person roll the dice for you or you roll them your self, and which board did you like better? A prize behind each number or the board with the three columns?
@marcpower41679 ай бұрын
Definitely prefer to roll the dice myself, as far prizes under each number or each column....I think I prefer the columns, a little more strategy involved
@johndistefano703711 ай бұрын
I loved High Rollers
@TroyGoodwin3 жыл бұрын
Gene Shalit’s long lost son.
@jeffreylong39636 ай бұрын
July 4, 1975 (Independence Day 1975)
@soylentteal3 жыл бұрын
Wersching was on the show...just for kicks.
@DaddyDave77473 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't Game Show Network still play these classics? When they first came on, it was Beat the Clock from the 50's (Sponsored by Winston...)The host handed the teams two children a carton of smokes each for "mom and dad"! What's my Line, Password, Concentration, Card Sharks, Family Feud with Richard Dawson (best host imo) etc. Garbage now.
@herestoyoudoc9 ай бұрын
With few exceptions, most 1970s game shows no longer exist. Videotape was expensive and studios wiped them to reuse them. Mark Goodson was the only producer with the foresight (or maybe the narcissism?) to save either a kinescope or a videotape of every episode, which is why GSN shows mostly Goodson shows. The fact that we have any episodes of HQ shows like "High Rollers" is a miracle; usually taped by a viewer or maybe a media school.
@Tekken90Fan2 жыл бұрын
Ruta Lee is definitely a funny and classy lady, She's definitely the perfect choice of being the hostess of High Rollers :)
@stevejones62474 жыл бұрын
oh my God you killed Kenny
@deadpan804 жыл бұрын
I didnt know Gabe Kaplan hosted a game show!!
@stantonrogers20 күн бұрын
Are there anymore High Rollers episodes with Alex Trebek or Wheel of Fortune with Chuck Woolery & Susan Stafford, please?
@jehobden3 жыл бұрын
RIP, Alex
@foxmccloud70553 жыл бұрын
Having to choose between having the dice lady rolling the dice and having the contestants roll the dice themselves? I would have the contestants roll the dice themselves.
@massapower2 ай бұрын
RUTA LEE on There's Company 😛👍🏻
@animemangafan19873 жыл бұрын
#RIPAlexTrebek 😢😭
@kristinnace710311 ай бұрын
what did i just say! no credit to alex trebek 1940-2020
@ericsamuelson56563 жыл бұрын
ABC needs to replace The View in favor of High Rollers so it will air opposite The Price is Right with Drew Carey (I'm WAY too picky with present day TV). Set the main game like its seen here (with insurance markers for doubles) and contestants to roll for themselves. If the contestant wins, announcer Rich Fields will read the list of prizes on their board. Hire Chris Harrison to be the emcee & Camille Kostek to model the prizes. It will air at 11am weekdays right before Daytime Wheel of Fortune or Snap Judgment (whichever ABC will pick) at 11:30.
@yaywhewclips2423 жыл бұрын
She didn't get an insurance marker for rolling double four. Early episodes, that came later.
@stevejones62474 жыл бұрын
I remember watching that look how big Alex hair is
@georgemaster6893 жыл бұрын
Why did Ruta Lee not return for the 1978-80 version?
@GameShowManOne3 жыл бұрын
2:34 Ruta reacting to Ray's answer like she'd been slugged in the gut. Jeez.
@mixon2703 жыл бұрын
a fun board game too
@johnpat362211 ай бұрын
0:28 The Dice Man Cometh.
@povertyspec96513 жыл бұрын
Ray won the only things the Chargers have ever won!
@davidfearis73354 жыл бұрын
1:00 LMAO!!!
@meathead1772 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@Dim432311 ай бұрын
Why cant the contestants role the dice like the Orginal?
@Tubewings6 ай бұрын
This version IS the original.
@jerryvan-hees71303 жыл бұрын
So long alex.
@user-ty6do8yz4l2 жыл бұрын
Just in case you thought Alex was never cool!
@drewconway71352 жыл бұрын
10:01 She should have taken the 9 and the 2. Instead she picked the 8 and the 3, which made 4 a bad roll. And so of course the next roll cooked her goose.
@gm125513 жыл бұрын
2:10 when you could kiss someone in the 70’s and it be socially acceptable
@samueljimson98373 жыл бұрын
He has a fro
@jamesmoss34243 жыл бұрын
Pattie did good. 😀👍
@RobRVA2 жыл бұрын
Poor Ruta was almost decapitated!
@notmyrealname25924 жыл бұрын
Alex looks like Gene Shalit's illegitimate son.
@pip121113 жыл бұрын
More like Avery Schreiber
@jeromehoward12492 ай бұрын
I like aussie women! ❤😊
@mikeferguson59353 жыл бұрын
Except for the trips all the prizes are junk.
@pip121113 жыл бұрын
Miss Lee looks like Margaret Thatcher
@raymondhetes97832 жыл бұрын
Double vision cause Ruta, was buzzed,,a bit tipsy???
@jonnyvase93483 жыл бұрын
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@devares20065 жыл бұрын
Alex Trebek with an afro. I bet Sean Connery would've had a field day back then.
@riceboy1701e3 жыл бұрын
They just greeted each other.
@sikwilly453 жыл бұрын
"I see your curtains match your mother's carpet, Trebek."