Video Village with Jack Narz / 1960 / Rare

[@rentslave]

When I watched this a 10 year old-in the summer and when I played hooky-I thought that the world was great and that it would never change.I hadn't realized that some people had other plans.

[@missingbitz9831]

Yes, life seemed simpler as a young person.

[@mlbrooks4066]

I was a devoted fan too. It was a fun show, especially for a kid.

[@gwenniegirl50]

The Assistant to the Mayor was introduced as Joann Copeland. She later married Johnny Carson in 1963 and became better known as Joann Carson.

[@4seeableTV]

Very cool information.

[@JJJBRICE]

Ms. Copeland drew the attention of handsome NY Giant football player Frank Gifford later while married to Carson ------Johnny Carson did not like that according to his lawyer Henry Buskin's book .

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Kenny Williams was the house announcer for Heatter-Quigley Productions (especially Hollywood Squares). In 1964-65 he was "Kenny The Cop" on the ABC Saturday Morning kids game show "Shenanigans" that starred Stubby Kaye as the "Mayor of Shenanigans" - It was basically a commercial for Milton-Bradley kids games. There is a full show on YT

[@4seeableTV]

That's interesting to know.

[@ivanmay7890]

Jack Narz did a good job hosting Video Village in the mid sixties.

[@4seeableTV]

I agree

[@bobbiwolfgang7132]

Looked this up thinking I would NEVER find it! Could never get the song outta my head. I must have been 7 or 8 years old! Wow.

[@waverly2468]

I don't remember the Milton Bradley home version of the game but I do remember a home version of "Concentration" which was a plastic box with slots for little cards that you would remove, revealing more of the picture puzzle. The picture puzzles were on a paper roll with around 50 of the puzzles. If a home game came out now it would probably be an app for your phone.

[@davidcouch6514]

I had that game I recall one of the phrases was “Great Scot” a clue was a cot.

[@jeprice08]

I've waited a long time to see an episode of this show with Jack Narz hosting and I wasn't disappointed!

[@4seeableTV]

It was a fun show.

[@luisreyes1963]

I finally get to see an episode of the 60's game show Video Village. I first knew about it from an old issue of LIFE magazine my aunt had.

[@4seeableTV]

I like leafing through those old LIFE magazines.

[@mlc3stooge1]

Thank you very much for posting this. I remember Video Village (and Kideo Village) in the early 60s. It and Concentration were my favorite game shows.

[@kpyng]

This was one of my earliest memories of TV from early childhood, and it still remains vivid today...

[@GeorgeDamon]

I think they should bring this show back as an occasional special, like they've done with other classic game shows. They could make a really cool 3-D set with lots of new, modern features and lights to mark the squares where the contestants go after their spin. Of course they'd have to up the value of the prizes, but I think modern audiences would enjoy an updated version.

[@4seeableTV]

That's a good idea.

[@luisreyes1963]

It could be updated to feature an "Online" theme that would feature prizes from leading online sites like Amazon.

[@LeroyBright]

Add them all together, and you will have something called "Techno Village"

[@marcpower4167]

There was a game show in Montreal, Canada in the early 2000s called Wizz. It had some elements of this in it. The two contestants had partners that were animated characters who traveled around a computer generated board. Didn't last long though, too expensive to produce with the animation and it frequently got pre-empted for the news. Before that there was also the Mad Dash in Canada in the 70s which again was very similar to Video Village. Very popular.

[@kitchentabletalks]

What a treat! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@markschildberg1667]

Jack Narz only appeared as host for the early New York run of VV. Red Rowe filled in for a couple of weeks after that, and then Heatter-Quigley moved west to Hollywood, where Monty Hall hosted for the rest of the show’s run.

[@tomservo56954]

Narz quit the show in an unsuccessful attempt to save his marriage, following her to.Los Angeles

[@marcpower4167]

He went through something like that when he did Beat the Clock in the early 70s. He did the first couple of seasons in New York, then production moved to Montreal, Canada and they weren't giving him any kind of a travel allowance or bump in pay, So his salary was pretty much just paying for his travel, not worth it to him so he quit and announcer Gene Wood took over, he was already in the area doing another show called "anything you can do" so it was more worthwhile to him.

[@witherblaze]

Nice to see a new episode of this!

[@JJJBRICE]

Video Village was a fun show . Better than a lot of recent game shows ,

[@dirkgates584]

Yes

[@HorneATL]

Surprised no one noted this until now. Kenny Williams later gained greater fame, serving as the announcer for “The Hollywood Squares.”

[@afr1952]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAME SHOWS AS A CHILD. I HAD THE HOME GAME VERSION ALSO.

[@4seeableTV]

I imagine your home version was a lot smaller. 🙂

[@altfactor]

Milton Bradley manufactured a box game version which was one of America's hottest selling toys between late 1960 (when it came out) and 1962.

[@4seeableTV]

That's cool.

[@hf6150]

My family had one. I was a preschooler. It eventually collected dust in the basement.

[@mlbrooks4066]

I had one!

[@bigred997]

Had one too.

[@toddwacha5108]

I have a copy of the Video Village home game. I bought it off of eBay.

[@turgityfarms3752]

The game where you're literally a pawn for advertisers. The time before "Spot Advertising" aka the modern commercial break. What a wonderful time to be alive!

[@replay7840]

Good point

[@winkprince1875]

My sister and I loved Video Village. We actually “copied” the board on a sheet of paper and played with dice and tokens from another game. Later we got a real game set. Happy memories. ❤️

[@4seeableTV]

That sounds like a good way to play the game at home.

[@chrishansen9357]

The first board game my parents bought for me.

[@LBSOfficialBear]

This is the first time I've seen this and maybe it's just me, but this might be a coincidental precursor to Canada's "The Mad Dash" from producer Sidney Cohen from 1978-1980 but without the questions asked. Very interesting!

[@4seeableTV]

Are there clips from that Canadian show on KZbin?

[@LBSOfficialBear]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnIeHSYhNWMfK8&pp=ygUWdGhlIG1hZCBkYXNoIGdhbWUgc2hvdw%3D%3D

[@ralphl.9382]

I know the pilot is on KZbin hosted by the creator of the Mad Dash, there is at least complete show hosted by Pierre (I can't think of his last name) but they are here on KZbin, hope this helps!

[@LBSOfficialBear]

@@ralphl.9382 Pierre Lalonde was his name.

[@gcfifthgear]

First time I've seen "Video Village" since it was originally aired! Amazing how excited the players were about winning five or ten dollars, much less a box of nylon stockings!

[@4seeableTV]

I suppose after the war, nylon stockings were considered a luxury since they went many years without them.

[@tomservo56954]

In the wake of the quiz show scandals, CBS was wary of having contestants win large sums of money. In fact, when a player on the nighttime version of PASSWORD two years later won $1,200 in a single episode, the network made producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman change the rules so that the same twp players couldn't compete for the entire show.

[@gwenniegirl50]

@@4seeableTVinteresting point of view. This show was produced and aired in 1960, fifteen years after WWII. Nylons weren’t a rare item anymore.

[@kingporter67]

Video Village is a good 1960 game show!!

[@4seeableTV]

Agreed!

[@garyhelton3965]

A real ground-breaking game show. I had the home game!

[@amywilson3593]

Gerry Wilson always thought Monty hall hosted this big reason I like you ube is that I learn something new everyday this reminds me a little of monopoly

[@4seeableTV]

That's true, it is a lot like Monopoly.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Monty Hall DID host later on. Narz went on to ABC and “Seven Keys.” There’s a Hall V.V. episode from 1962 (the next to the very last program of V.V.) here on KZbin, and it’s shown on videotape.

[@marcpower4167]

​@@christopherdunne7848Red Rowe hosted for a little while as a temporary sub between Jack & Monty after Jack left.

[@terencedove5047]

Jack Narz also hosted Betty White’s 50s TV show, LIFE WITH ELIZABETH. His brother, James Edward Narz, was known professionally as Tom Kennedy, who also hosted game shows such as PASSWORD PLUS, SPLIT SECOND, YOU DON’T SAY, and the nighttime version of THE PRICE IS RIGHT…

[@missingbitz9831]

Thanks for the interesting info.

[@marcpower4167]

Tom Kennedy's legal name was actually Jim Narz but he went by the stage name Tom Kennedy cause he didn't want people to think he was riding his brother's coat tails.

[@terencedove5047]

@@marcpower4167 …suffice it to say that he really did stand on his own, if you consider his body of television work…

[@gregfrank4115]

Joanne Copeland later was married to Johnny Carson.

[@4seeableTV]

Yep. Second wife.

[@tomservo56954]

​@4seeableTV Who because a good friend to Truman Capote when they both lived in the United Nations Plaza apartments. While she didn't take his advice to stick with Carson, she remained loyal to Truman as others abandoned him in the wake of revelations from excerpts of his never published novel ANSWERED PRAYERS. He would pass on in her Los Angeles home in 1984.

[@frankmerrill2366]

An I wrong in thinking I remember a children's version of this on Saturday mornings, amongst the cartoon shows and other kids' programming?

[@4seeableTV]

You're right. Video Village Junior aired on Saturday mornings from September 30, 1961, to June 16, 1962

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

There was a later children's game which had a large game board on the set in "Shenanigans", hosted by Stubby Kaye and lasted the 1964-65 season on ABC.

[@markfriedman5706]

Video Village Jr was also called Kideo Village.

[@markfriedman5706]

I watched SHENANIGANS every Saturday morning. It was less a game show and more a 30 minute commercial for Milton Bradley whose game were shamelessly promoted. (Time Bomb! would be an interesting gift to bring on a plane. ) What was truly incredible was the get a Broadway and film star the caliber of stubby Kaye to host and sing in a Network morning show was truly amazing. What a treat as he was just off starring in lLil Abner and cat Ballou.

[@bachrocktheamericahatersan5799]

The girl in the toothpaste commercial is Cindy Carol of “Gidget Goes To Rome.”

[@4seeableTV]

Cool.

[@Matthew6418]

19:40 shouldnt Pat have took a chance after sending him back?

[@4seeableTV]

I think she should've.

[@bobbiwolfgang7132]

Wish they would play this today. With a few modernizations, it would be great game show! Fun game.

[@luisreyes1963]

Did you know there was a game modeled after Video Village in the Japanese SFC version of Dragon Quest III? It was called "Pachisi" & you can only play it by obtaining tickets & finding the hidden game boards. 😁

[@marcpower4167]

Closest I can think of there was a Polish adaptation of Canada's The Mad Dash (which was very similar) called Duety do Mety (Duos to the finish line) that ran from 1998-2000. And a French Canadian show called Wizz which ran one year and had the contestants playing with animated characters.

[@traceyarnsperger4120]

Early gameshow 60's! 2:50

[@snarflatful]

Good thing she brought her purse.

[@traceyarnsperger4120]

What ever happened to Wonderama???

[@nealgordon3712]

Pretty much like the children's game " Candyland "

[@4seeableTV]

You're right.

[@Videosonyourwebsite]

...carries her purse thru the game LOL

[@4seeableTV]

I never noticed that before. Good catch.

[@kelperdude]

I could be the dice yelling guy.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

27:58 Theme

[@traceyarnsperger4120]

Remember the toothpaste VOTE???

[@christopherdunne7848]

Yup. Late 60s? Odd taste IIRC.

[@paullarue2010]

Mayor Jack Narz?

[@markschildberg1667]

That’s how the show referred to its host

[@marcpower4167]

When Red Rowe came in on a temporary basis as I recall they referred to him as the "vice mayor" until Monty Hall came in permanently

[@traceyarnsperger4120]

Shinaniganes???

[@traceyarnsperger4120]

Gameshow Shinaniganes???

[@markschildberg1667]

Shenanigans appeared on ABC in 1964-65. It was a kid’s version of Video Village, hosted by Stubby Kaye. Kenny Williams announced again, playing Kenny the Cop.

[@margemiller5503]

Seems like we had this game when I was a kid. Thought it was funny she did that whole game holding her purse. That was weird.

[@johnware9304]

I wonder why they make the women carry their purses?

[@4seeableTV]

It is kind of odd, isn't it?

[@KiddBloo86]

Use to happen semi regularly on early episodes of Price is Right too.

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Mindless. Boring Geez

[@mrcreepers]

The world of the cross dude