Television Scrabble (17 February 1984)

Television Scrabble (C4, 17 February 1984)

[@James-mdnght]

You played this game all your life but never quite as dull as this! 😣

[@willmack5909]

ROFL

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I didn't know there was a television version of the classic word game Scrabble. I was born in the UK in July 1984.

[@anewfuture]

I have never seen this version of scrabble, but I like it. Both teams get the same rack and have to find the best score. That actually sounds like a fun variant to play.

[@LogoMan7777]

Still won't beat the Chuck Woolery version.

[@austinl169]

This is the REAL Scrabble game. In the US, "TV Scrabble" was a game where contestants solved suggestive crossword puzzle-style clues written by the writing staff, with positions placed on a replica Scrabble board. There were no values given to individual letters; scoring was done by the whole word only. It was nothing like the more faithful rendition this UK version did, but was popular for a number of years on the NBC television network because it was dumbed down for the viewers, and had massive cash prizes by comparison. Amazingly, Selchow & Righter, who created the original Scrabble board game, never objected to the American version, but would have loved the UK adaptation!

[@HappySnoutHour]

I find it fascinating that both the UK and the US had Scrabble on the same period yet both are completely different game wise (except the set colors). While this version is a more traditional version of the board game, the US version was a then modern update to Crosswits which was cancelled about a few years before the revamped Scrabble premiered. The only thing that stayed the same were the blue and pink spaces which became money if an clue was correctly answered correctly instead of doubling or tripling points. Worth watching if you are a Crosswits fan.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Jozxyqk

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

The British Television Version of the Crossword Game You've Played All Your Life!

[@JoeyLamontagne]

But absolutely quite like this!!!

[@hugoboss5895]

This is something my Nan would have been asleep in front of 😂

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

When My Folks and I Play SCRABBLE, We Play the Chuck Woolery Version

[@ABCEasyas--]

And this is why the American TV game show adaptation of the board game Scrabble had a much different format.

[@Tubewings]

Thankfully, there would be a much better TV Scrabble debuting in America a few months later.

[@LogoMan7777]

Which, remarkably, was nothing like Scrabble in actual gameplay.

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

anpanman!

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

2:33, Let's Go to the Board

[@wez4517]

1984 TV Scrabble Champions yet at 3:52 try to spell the word "REMARK" even though they haven't got the correct letters!?!

[@Lupton2000]

I would have gone to sleep watching this (you can do this game with your folks).

[@slobodanreka1088]

Great memories!

[@roberthorwat6747]

Hardly anyone will have watched this. We would all have been out at work.

[@roberthorwat6747]

@@analogueavenue A) your memory is in error B) it was on weeknights at 16:45 sometimes 17:00 C) which means I was definitely still at work D) mostly everyone else was on their way home, so hardly anyone would be watching anyway E) I was not, am not now or ever have been a bouncer F) as for concussion, see 'E' above. G) yes I googled it.

[@eclectica1]

Not me. I was of school age and watched it regularly at the time.

[@roberthorwat6747]

@@eclectica1 do you remember watching Password? Presented by Esther Rantzen around that time

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

yakisoba!

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

A TV show worse than watching paint dry.

[@mabbamix]

It's slightly better than Countdown

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

@@mabbamix Pushing a broken pencil up my arse SIDEWAYS is better than Countdown

[@ABCEasyas--]

And this is why the American TV game show adaptation of the board game Scrabble had a much different format.

[@ABCEasyas--]

@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206And don’t get me started on Countdown. We never got that show in America. There was an unsold pilot which got rid of the math rounds.