Sale of the Century (1983)

[@tirmyta]

Thank you. I always enjoy seeing an early episode of Sale (even a partial one).

[@DavidDickstein]

July 12, 1983. Thanks for viewing and asking.

[@DavidDickstein]

If/when I redub the show with better audio synch I'll post the full episode.

[@JustinInAtlanta]

Thanks for posting this. I wish they had kept the rainbow buzzers throughout the whole show's run. When the changed the bonus game, it kind of defeated the point of SOTC. The winner's big monery board was one thing, but the final format was ridiculous and complelely contrary to the concept of the game!

[@mixon270]

Rest In Peace Jim Perry

[@LogoMan7777]

Just so you know, the 1985 syndicated version of $ale is on GSN. Just finished running 8 episodes of it this morning.

[@disneydanny2]

did they get both Daytime and Syndicated episodes (I forget which version Alic e "i'm not buying Anything" Conkright was on

[@LogoMan7777]

Alice was on the syndicated version (and Mark DeCarlo was winning during her run on the daytime version).

[@disneydanny2]

oh wow. that's cool

[@jcunninghamsts]

Allen Ludden had passed away long before NBC started doing these versions of the Network ID bumpers

[@DavidDickstein]

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, had to keep things to 10 minutes, and I went up in flames near the end. Richard went on a tear and was helped by judges who gave him credit for what I thought was a wrong answer. I wrote to NBC afterward and they said since Richard won by about 30 my protest was moot. I'm sure he would have won anyway, but at the time of the controversy I was still very much in the game, down by just a couple or so questions. No sour grapes. Richard was impressive.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Lee Menning: March 1983 to December 1984. When Summer Bartholomew initially joined, only one day remained of 1984 before it became 1985.

[@DavidDickstein]

Yes, I have the original tape. Are you asking because you think I should try again on a DVD which will have better-synched audio? For Richard, $510 is what he needed to win the $81K and he ended my show with $483. Didn't hear of any magical $600 goal.

[@a.b.s_productions]

Dorothy Lyman was on AMC and Mama's Family by 1983.

[@allnewtpir]

For those who know their NBC, how long was it before they switched from "Just Watch Us Now" to "Be There"?

[@megamanj2004X]

This is a nice quality video of a 1983 episode of Sale of the Century!

[@M200XL]

I swear I have seen the rainbow buzzer eps usa. Everyone says the syndicated version only ran on there but sandy's car win had the USA logo at the bottom and I vaguely remember the early buzzers being on TV and I was born in 1987 so it had to be in reruns.

[@blozier2006]

Jon McCaleb Well, Sandy's car win was a syndicated episode...

[@rebelwrest]

If you want to, you probably can. Maybe you ought to start with the last conversion that has the audio in sync. Just suggestions. I was asking because I wasn't born in 1983 but love the $ale, and $600 was the next logical step ($335 for the boat, $420 for the car, $510 for the cash jackpot, $600? for everything)

[@SaleGuy]

The dulcet tones of Danny Dark in the beginning of this vid!

[@Nickle98499]

No problem, most of the info I shared is available online and it's pretty much common knowledge among game show fanatics. I myself like watching game shows but I'm not really a fanatic, I don't do tape trading or anything like that.

[@allanfisch]

I loved this show...

[@sha11235]

Here the buzzer thing was different. They changed it in the second season. I don't know why.

[@DavidDickstein]

Thanks for the info, nickle!

[@spxmet]

Dadicks, do you perhaps have an episode of SOtC with Warren Cheung/Chung? One of the local morning shows (Drew and Mike in the Morning) uses the SOtC theme and Jay Stewart saying "One of these contestants could win a large-screen TV, a Roswell lithograph, an emerald ring, or a trip to Puerto Rico!" Hopefully GSN and Mr. Moonves can come to logical conclusions and air Scrabble and $ale! God bless America and Deutschland uber Alles!

[@DavidDickstein]

Good idea. I'll try again when I find a guy who can do this on the cheap.

[@dalabaso428]

Please let me know if that episode of SALE OF THE CENTURY would be airing on GSN [Game Show Network] which is coming in Mid-July of 2010.

[@Nickle98499]

Sorry about that, I didn't mean to do anything like that.

[@tvpirate05]

This was always one of my favorite shows as a kid, and it's great to see an early episode! Just curious, when in 1983 did this air?

[@djkeet]

the competor dave dickstein was just on a video as the youngest contestant on Name That Tune

[@rebelwrest]

David, thanks for providing us one of the rare 1983 episodes of $ale. Do you have the original tape this was originally recorded on? Also, for this version was it $600 that bought all of the prizes and the cash jackpot?

[@DavidDickstein]

Got dinged by KZbin after the SOTC lawyers had it pulled. Bummer. Thanks for asking.

[@DavidDickstein]

Thanks for your comments, brainman!

[@marchoffman6017]

I liked this show.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Only if FremantleMedia Australia's share of the series reverts back to Hasbro, too (in the case of Scrabble).

[@bv3713]

ooph. Really wanted to watch this but that out of sync audio drives me nuts!

[@shellbelli-martinez257]

Go Richard Hefe!

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

What happened to the full version of this episode you posted some time back?

[@Pafuts]

My parents had that juicer.

[@rangerdave1973]

largest collection of business cards? who collects those?

[@Nickle98499]

Um I can say with 100 percent that Sale of the Century will NOT be airing on GSN any time soon; Freemantle Media which owns the episodes of this show and Scrabble has always had the asking price for GSN to rerun both shows(even a season) too high or GSN just hasn't wanted to negotiate with them(I've heard and read both reasons as to why Sale has never run on GSN). Anyway, I would seriously doubt that Sale is going to be on GSN any time soon.

[@jsrosa1282]

Hey where's Sally Julian (the original hostess)?

[@Tubewings]

Well, even when the show debuts, there still might be a few bugs with the format (like only one money card in the Fame Game, the final three questions, Sally Julian). Other times, the producers want to shake the game up a bit (like Sale Surprises, the Winners Board, Instant Cash, etc.).

[@Tubewings]

@jsrosa1282 Sally was gone by March of 1983 (Thank every deity in the universe).

[@AaronBruceLadner]

@SaleGuy Danny Dark was the Voice of Superman on the Many Seasons of "SuperFriends".

[@Numbers832]

Can you upload the whole episode?

[@loutenore33]

why so many format changes with the show anyway

[@CraigFoye80]

Can you please do something about the entire episode of "$ale of the Century"??

[@marchoffman6017]

Sale of the century

[@Tubewings]

Was Richard Heft the first player to win the Cash Jackpot, or did somebody win it before him? If he was the first, I can pinpoint when exactly they started using the Cash Jackpot on "Sale".

[@Tubewings]

Anybody know when they had the buzzers moved to the top of the podium as seen here?

[@bigblue9996]

That's Allen Ludden's voice at the beginning.

[@pyramidfan90]

Why did u block me???

[@jeprice08]

You still have that "collection" of yours? If they're worth enough of money, you could retire off of them.

[@tpir1972]

fORGET IT, IF nbc DOES THAT, THEN THEY'D have to air CC and you know how they with that after 21 years,

[@Tubewings]

Fame Game Network Guide ABC--Joyce DeWitt & Dorthy Lyman CBS--Gary Burghoff (even though he had left M*A*S*H, I still consider him CBS) & Donna Mills NBC--Daniel J. Travanti, Tommy John (I put him here because NBC had the All-Star Game, which was played around this time), Deidre Hall, Roger Mudd, Skip Stephenson

[@Tubewings]

@wyo20 I wouldn't exactly call a 1983 Cadillac Eldorado a piece of junk. Now, a 1983 Cadillac Cimarron on the other hand...THAT'S a piece of junk.

[@PittsburghPenguin]

Did you win?

[@DavidDickstein]

Jay Pagliaro Lost to a multi-day champion who eventually won the jackpot. Came in second though. :-)

[@PittsburghPenguin]

David Dickstein No shame in that!

[@blozier2006]

Well, you'll get your wish April 1, 2013

[@wyo20]

26,000 for a big ole piece of junk!!!!

[@marchoffman6017]

Ae.

[@marchoffman6017]

Sale of the century