Scrabble 1985 Tournament of Champions Finals - Adam's Archives

In the latest installment of Hosts at Home: Adam's Archives, we bring you the Finals of the 1985 Scrabble Tournament of Champions. Recorded off USA in 1993.
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[@coreybarnett2158]

I wish they'd bring Scrabble to Buzzer. Loved this show. Thanks for sharing!

[@hostsathome7390]

Me too! My #1 game show!

[@coreybarnett2158]

@@hostsathome7390 Fun format, great pacing, and really consistent especially towards the end of the run. I wish someone would find a way to bring this one back!

[@zachhoran]

@@coreybarnett2158 Unless Chuck Woolery's Twitter ranting might affect his shows airing in reruns. Note Lingo hasn't turned up in reruns on GSN in several years, but then again, Game TV Canada does air the 1983-84 season of Love Connection now.

[@jwgreek8606]

Do they split screen the credits like GSN does?

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Or streaming!

[@defoedude]

Original Broadcast 2/25/85. I’m friends with Al Ballard, I digitized his original broadcast copy a few months back and got a bunch of other Scrabbles as a bonus

[@thegodofpez]

Love that the commercials were kept in! Talk about a blast from the past.

[@Waduppppp]

how nice it is to watch all these wonderful games of old........

[@Tubewings]

By this point in the show, they were now using the familiar rules in the Scrabble Sprint where once a letter was chosen, the other letter went back into the shuffle.

[@prestonharper6745]

Maybe I meant, For a minute there, I thought you were uploading more "Caesars Challenge" episodes.

[@joefagan6244]

Probably Jim Perry or Summer Bartholomew stopped by the scrabble studio to give the money case to Chuck.

[@VahanNisanian]

Aired February 1985. Sale of the Century and Super Password also did Tournament of Champions that month.

[@hostsathome7390]

Thanks for the info!

[@defoedude]

2/25/85. I have this original broadcast from Al Ballard and his segment from the KFBB Nightly Report

[@prestonharper6745]

Could you find "Caesars Challenge" unannounced finale, Please?

[@richerdchikosky7558]

I think Stephen was a champion on Bullseye

[@morgan8757]

you would be right

[@QHMCQ]

29:11 Definite OOPS here as described by Charlie Tuna. Sprint round went from 5 letters to 9 to 6, and obvious edit at 26:55. I wonder if Al was brought back?

[@QHMCQ]

16:24 The Club was THE BEST INVENTION EVER.

[@zachhoran]

This show definitely aired originally on a Monday as the crossword game was straddled from the last show, and they show no words on the board when they pick up where the game left off, which IIRC was done when a game in the original Sprint format straddled from Friday into Monday

[@Jack-zd7rv]

Do you have the full tournament of this tournament of champions

[@nextbarker2702]

Rare to see Balloons on Scrabble, how often did they happen?

[@UrsusTheodorusdoesGameShows]

There may have been one other time at the end of another tournament of champions.

[@digiblader1]

The USA Lucky Day puzzle is PENNY MARSHALL, BTW.

[@zachhoran]

IIRC this aired on a MOnday originally, I'm thinking February 18th as the tourney ran for two weeks but went to 11 shows. The Trial and Error movie premiering on "Wednesday" premiered on 2/24/93, so this aired on uSA on 2/18, 2/19, 2/22 or 2/23/93

[@jwgreek8606]

I think it is from March or April.because of the Easter Hershey's Kisses commercial running. USA probably accidentally ran the world premiere promo

[@nextbarker2702]

@12:09, huh, I thought Scrabble & Sale used the same studios.

[@nextbarker2702]

Buzzr? I don't know who, or what's behind hind, but Scrabble needs to be on Buzzr, we don't care if Chuck has to do with anything, that's just bull****, we haven't had it in reruns since USA days in 1995?

[@GamingDelight]

"We don't care if Chuck has to do with anything..." Dude, you're thinking of the 1989 Now You See It revival. SMH

[@jwgreek8606]

I know it is highly unlikely at this point but I wish you could have Chuck back on hosts at home again because I never got to ask Chuck the question I have been wanting to ask him. Because by the time I could get it to him. You already wrapped up the interview. Again I know it is highly unlikely but we can wish right?

[@spwash1000]

14:34

[@jwgreek8606]

Adam, you've got any pyramid taped from USA?

[@matthewbaduria]

and also press your luck taped from USA?

[@zacheryalderton9502]

National championship

[@zachalderton2057]

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP