I noticed that back when the show was rerun on USA Network. Made me wonder if the show was on NBC, until Geoff himself told me "all 1,000 versions were syndicated." Edwards has that sense of humor, I tell ya!
@ChuckD795 жыл бұрын
Even Bob Hilton, when asked about Pt% in a 1999 phone chat, first responded "Which format?"...LOL
@johnissoevil17 жыл бұрын
Wow, first Feud '94, now this gem. Thank you!
@danalong123710 жыл бұрын
4:19, the "Wah-Wah" guitar sound!
@jesseleelong8 жыл бұрын
+Dana Long Like the one Eric Clapton used in "Tales of Brave Ulysses." BTW, Eric is 70! Happy Birthday Eric!
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
Actually, Eric Clapton is 73 years old.
@stevejones62476 жыл бұрын
i kinda remember this game
@bpot2217 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, Geoff Edwards is my hero of all game show host.
@Dannymac8217 жыл бұрын
Jack Barry and Dan Enright produced some of my favorite game shows and this is one of the shows I liked the best
@rwboa2216 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to see this show be revived--especially with the bonus game being a combination of both the original bonus game (using the hydraulic game board) and the single question with six answers (five correct, one wrong).
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
Or better yet, reboot the show with the original couples format (without the main game jackpot and with returning champions, who continue until 😕, with a 🚗 awarded for every five wins) and the original bonus game (using the 💻-generated hydraulic game board and the "questions which were posed to people everywhere with three possible answers" thang and the "whatever answer you select, we'll give you its percentage points" thang and the "accumulate 💯 points and you win $5000 in 💰, match any answer with the 🎯 percentage number other than zero and you'll win the grand and glorious jackpot (of 💵 and prizes) and select an answer that has zero and you'll lose everything and the bonus game is over" thang, the original recording of the show's theme song and cues, host Andy Samberg and announcer Jason Sudeikis! In addition, the player closer to the percentage-whether high, low or in between-wins those percentage points! Now, that would be fun, wouldn’t it?!
@lilwill2kold17 жыл бұрын
this is also similar to family feud as far as families going head to head and the scoring of 300 points.
@ericandy885 жыл бұрын
And Barry/Enright would go back to the Feud well for Hot Potato, making it just different enough to be their own.
@danalong123710 жыл бұрын
According to the show's IMDB page, the show was taped at Metromedia Square in Hollywood, where many Norman Lear shows were taped there.
@jesseleelong8 жыл бұрын
+Dana Long Long before that studio was demolished to make room for a church; That old studio is now on the lot of 20th Century Fox.
@danalong12378 жыл бұрын
The reason PtP was taped at Metromedia was because the John C. Mula-designed set was too big to fit the KCOP-TV studios (the same went for another B&E show Bullseye).
@DougTrovinger14 жыл бұрын
I love this - so many puns and they were all great :)
@thaivong6620 Жыл бұрын
Karla and John also appeared on the pilot of Play the Percentages.
@danalong12374 жыл бұрын
Happy 40th Anniversary, Pac-Man and Play the Percentages!
@supergamer747317 жыл бұрын
Yay! Play The Percentages! One of the short-lived shows ever made. Oh, if only B&E didn't change the format so many times. Do you have more episodes? Maybe the one where a couple won $36,000, perhaps?
@ChuckD795 жыл бұрын
That episode was posted elsewhere on YT, by "Million Colors of Light".
@nightfly77617 жыл бұрын
I never understood why Barry & Enright had to jack with the format of this delightful game show. It had the potential to be a very great show, but was tampered with before it could really take off. A fun game, ice set, top shelf host, good production value, and the couples aspect gave it a Newlywed Game fe.
@marchoffman68783 жыл бұрын
i liked this show.
@kenman92315 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that. Geoff Edwards was actually considered for the original Family Feud before Richard Dawson was offered the show.
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
And through the years, Family Feud has had six hosts: Dawson, Ray Combs (my favorite Family Feud host), Louie Anderson, Richard Karn (my other favorite Family Feud host), John O’Hurley and currently Steve Harvey.
@ericandy885 жыл бұрын
I believe Geoff had gotten an inaccurate description of how Family Feud worked & turned it down. Not sure if he regretted it afterwards, but given the hell Richard gave the show's staff, they might have had a better time of it with Geoff.
@ChihuahuaboyDH13 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember this game show, but don't remember the format. R.I.P. Jay Stewart (announcer)...1918-1989. You are not forgotten!
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
And RIP Geoff Edwards. You are not forgotten either!
@bpot2217 жыл бұрын
I would like to meet him in person.
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
3:28, “Let’s Play the Percentages!”-Geoff Edwards.
@Chris77817 жыл бұрын
I Knew The First Question Right Off The Bat, The Capital Of Canada, But Then Again Im from Canada So Of Course It Would Be Easy For Me
@DBR0016 жыл бұрын
I loved this show!
@Tubewings17 жыл бұрын
Does anyone notice that the thingy concealing the "correct percentage" display kind of looks like the current NBC logo?
@ryan82119824 жыл бұрын
Tubewings yes, that looked resemble to the current NBC peacock logo which was introduced six years later.
@torchkit13 жыл бұрын
The only game show I've seen where a contestant names "sex" as a hobby during their intro.
@danbarker485710 жыл бұрын
We just lost Geoff, RIP, you'll be missed.
@howtube617 жыл бұрын
I remember the original format of Play the Percentages and to me it did have an element of Card Sharks when two couples guest how what percentage of people surveyed knew the answer to a question. It was astounding that only 27% knew that Ottawa was the capitol of Canada. Unfortunately, the show would undergo a format change and become a straight Q&A show like the other shows Barry-Enright produced (Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough and Bullseye) and that's why it had a short run. Geoff Edwards was outstanding as host and it's a shame he's gone.
@danalong12377 жыл бұрын
And it was also outstanding that 100% knew that WAVE 3 in Louisville carried the show every weeknight at 7:00pm, replacing the Jim Peck-hosted 3's a Crowd, before being replaced by Face the Music in the same timeslot.
@sha112358 жыл бұрын
She should've signed Emile Autouri's line, "Yes, I did."
@roysanders20808 жыл бұрын
I was 1 1/2 years old when this episode aired its debut on Monday, January 7, 1980 on CBN.
@danalong12377 жыл бұрын
And when the show debuted on WAVE 3 on January 14, 1980, replacing 3's a Crowd, my son wasn't even born yet!
@GandSAfan16 жыл бұрын
Geoff ISN'T a pervert! Suffice to say though, he is a hit with the ladies. I remember him from the original JACKPOT, when he wore open-necked shirts & turtlenecks.....and I was just 11, at the time!
@ericandy885 жыл бұрын
It WAS the '70s, after all. But glad to see the casual look did not last past maybe the latter half of the decade & suits that were not leisure were back in with game show hosts. When you had Bill Cullen in an open collar on Winning Streak, something was wrong with that picture. The old guard just did not look right in the new fashions.
@marchoffman68783 жыл бұрын
play the percentages
@mitchellries2563 жыл бұрын
Geoff Edwards said he would never work for Jack Barry again after a dispute the two had on Hollywood's Talking but obviously those two must've worked out there differences because here he is again.
@paullarue20109 ай бұрын
Barry and Enright get show.
@Rlotpir197216 жыл бұрын
It's actually all of the above. The problem with this game is that there were too many versions. I assume that the people from Barry/Enright Productions were avoiding possible lawsuits with Goodson/Todman Productions.
@nightfly77616 жыл бұрын
In 1980, NBC was using a MUCH different looking peacock design than the one of present. Not at all similar or coincidental... but a nice design nonetheless.
@danalong12377 жыл бұрын
And speaking of NBC, NBC affiliate WAVE 3 carried the show every weeknight at 7:00pm right after NBC Nightly News, replacing the Jim Peck-hosted 3's a Crowd, before it was replaced by the Ron Ely-hosted Face the Music on September 15 of the same year after rival station WHAS carried FtM for 9 months!
@someguy2347515 жыл бұрын
The couples format wasn't bad. Changing it to Twenty One with survey questions killed a watchable show.
@ericandy885 жыл бұрын
Not sure why they changed it, but yes. The couples version was unique enough to stand out. Format changes are a touchy thing & it is hard to accomplish one without alienating your audience.
@ChuckD795 жыл бұрын
I agree, although the saving grace of the solo format was Geoff's banter with "Judge Von Erik".
@danalong123710 жыл бұрын
GSN should air this show full-time, or better yet, have some other network air it!
@jesseleelong8 жыл бұрын
+Dana Long My then-3-year-old son used to watch that show all the time, long before he started his first day of his 13 years at school.
@dmoppins198017 жыл бұрын
This show rocks! Even though it's a cult classic, PTP could be revived today.
@streetcarjay12 жыл бұрын
The Ottawa-Hull area. The St. Lawrence Seaway.
@70s80s17 жыл бұрын
OMG, I can't believe I'm watching this!
@BenJabituya6 жыл бұрын
This game show reminds me of “Card Sharks”.
@sommerssmith16 жыл бұрын
Tip: Never ask anybody you're not familar how old they are. You can tell them your age if you want.
@streetcarjay17 жыл бұрын
Answer: OTTAWA!!
@whirliebird7413 жыл бұрын
@Rlotpir1972 Especially the poll questions, ripped off from Card Sharks.
@zachhoran8 жыл бұрын
Brian Smith was on $25K Pyramid on the 11/30/82 episode and least the 12/1/82 episode after that, as his appearance aired on GSN today. He won $150 in the WC, his opponent won $100.
@kevinhoward95936 жыл бұрын
it didn't last long.
@danalong12376 жыл бұрын
But I remember watching it first-run every weeknight at 🕖 on WAVE 3 in Louisville and in reruns on USA Network in the late 80’s.