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As of January 29, 2007

Guiding Light
--1/25/07 70th anniversary show which re-enacts how the show was created and developed for radio and early TV; not entirely accurate but highly recommended

Game shows:

Beat the Clock
--1972 syndicated show hosted by Gene Wood, with guest celebrity William Shatner (GSN)

Card Sharks
---3 consecutive game show hosts shows, with appearances by Gene Rayburn (who's especially funny), Bill Cullen, Allen Ludden and Wink Martindale (and of course Jim Perry) (GSN)

Child's Play
--10/82 show w/an appearance by Mark Goodson (GSN)

Deal or No Deal
--1/7/07 the "Grease" episode, with the US introduction of the "Double or Nothing" round (w/o/c) 

Family Feud
--3 1983 shows featuring "Heavenly Hosts" (Peter Marshall, Leslie Uggams, Bert Parks, Tom Kennedy, Jim Lange) Vs. "Magnificent M.C.'s" (Betty White, Bill Cullen, Nipsey Russell, Bob Eubanks, Jim Perry) (GSN)

Match Game
'75

--three consecutive shows w/Robert Urich, BS, CNR, RD and FF; in one of the shows we get to see Earl of "Slide it, Earl!" fame (GSN)  
--Avery Schreiber, BS, CNR, Lana Wood, RD, Joyce Bulifant; this is the classic show where Avery eats his answer card and Gene fools around with the camera (GSN)
PM
--Ron Pallilo, BS, CNR, Patty Duke Astin, RD, Patti Deutsch (GSN)
--Dick Gautier, BS, CNR, Jo Anne Phlug, RD, FF (GSN)
Syndicated
--Robert Walden, BS, Bart Braverman, Connie Stevens, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace; Bill throws his chair and breaks it (GSN)

Now You See It
--typical 1974 episode with Jack Narz (GSN)

Password Plus
--1/80 show w/Betty White and Greg Morris (GSN)
--9/80 show w/guest host Tom Kennedy, Betty White and Dick Martin; Betty has a really good day in the maingames (*not* the "French/France" show but from the same week) (GSN)

To Tell the Truth (Joe Garagiola)
--w/panel BC, KC, Nipsey Russell and PC; first subject is the real-life Maria Von Trapp, subject of the musical "The Sound of Music" (GSN)

What's My Line?
--1973 ep w/host Larry Blyden and panel Soupy Sales, Henry Morgan, Sherrye Henry and AF; MG: Geoffrey Holder (GSN)

Game Show Hall of Fame: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
--1/21/07 GSN documentary w/o/c

Greatest Game Show Moments
--1/14/07 GSN special hosted by Chuck Woolery w/o/c

Top Ten TV Game Show Hosts
--1/7/07 Clip-filled GSN special...who'll be #1? Surprise: it's not Bill Cullen! w/o/c

Women Who Changed Game Shows
--1/28/07 GSN special loaded with clips and especially nice tributes to Arlene Francis and Betty White w/o/c

As of January 1, 2007

ABC's Wide World of Sports
--2/74 show w/the Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier fight; Howard Cosell calls the fight and O.J. Simpson fills in for Jim McKay (90 minutes)

Walt Disney (various incarnations)
The Wonderful World of Disney
--2/13/77 "This is Your Life, Donald Duck" (rerun from 1960)
--3/26/78 Chip and Dale in "Mixed Nuts" (rerun from 1961)

Game shows:

The Dating Game
--1967 daytime show w/then-unknown John Ritter as a bachelor (GSN)
--1967 daytime show w/then-unknown Steve Martin as a bachelor (GSN)

Identity
--12/18/06 premiere w/o/c
--12/20/06 3rd ep, with groups that include: country singer Aaron Tippin, Kareem Abdul Jabaar Jr., Erin Murphy (Tabitha of "Bewitched"), "Price is Right" model Phire Dawson and New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight w/o/c
--12/21/06 4th ep, with Stan Lee, fastest man alive Maurice Greene w/o/c
--12/22/06 5th ep, with Miss USA Tara Conner, Jerry "the Beav" Mathers, and Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner (who at one point is mistaken for a ventriloquist!) w/o/c

Password
--1/10-13/66 daytime eps w/Lucille Ball and Gary Morton; first two shows also include Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz; w/o/c on all

To Tell the Truth (w/Garry Moore)
--1970 ep w/KC, TP, PC and BC; Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee is the subject of game #2 (GSN)
--1973 w/BC, KC, Joe Garagiola, PC; second guest is none other than popcorn icon Orville Redenbacher (GSN)

What's My Line?
--1968 syndicated ep w/Soupy Sales, Phyllis Newman, Gawn Granger and AF; MG: James Brown; another guest actually made the panel's blindfolds (GSN)
--1969 syndicated ep w/Gene Rayburn, Brenda Vaccaro, Joanna Barnes and BC; MG: then-House Minority Leader Gerald Ford; another guest wrestles an alligator live on stage (classic!) (GSN)

As of December 11, 2006

All in the Family
--1/30/78 "Cousin Liz"

Cheers
--11/14/85 "2 Good 2 B Real" (fuzzy video)

The Cosby Show
--11/14/85 "Denise Drives" (fuzzy video)

Family Ties
--11/14/85 "My Tutor" (guest star: River Phoenix; fuzzy video) 

Good Times
--5/2/74 "The Checkup" (B&W kine copy)

Harry O
--10/17/74 "Eyewitness"

To the Galaxy and Beyond
--11/9/97 A&E special profiling the history of sci-fi in cinema; narrated by Mark Hamill; 2 hours

Game shows:

1 Vs. 100
--12/8/06 in the mob: Bob Eubanks, Wink Martindale, and World Series MVP David Eckstein w/o/c

The Hollywood Squares (nighttime syndicated)
--5/25/78 w/Linda Lavin, Billy Carter, Diahann Carroll, George Gobel, Jill St. John, Harvey Korman, Diana Canova, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde w/o/c from WRC, Washington DC

The Newlywed Game
--5/25/78 w/o/c

The Price is Right
--12/6/06 includes a contestant Barker claims to be the tallest ever, and another who got into a fist fight with a TPiR critic and still had some of the injuries w/o/c

To Tell the Truth
--1967 color daytime show w/Mark Goodson sitting in for Collyer, and panelists TP, PC, OB, Betsy Palmer; first subject is a very attractive female underwater stuntwoman (GSN)

To Tell the Truth (w/ Robin Ward)
--1980 show w/Pat Collins, Nipsey Russell, Margaret Trudeau, John Wade; first subject is veteran animator Chuck Jones, second is cosmetics tycoon Mary Kay Ash (GSN) 

Wheel of Fortune
--12/5/06 w/ a $100K win w/o/c

Chuck Barris: My Life on the Edge
--12/10/06 GSN documentary on the game show producer with a new interview from him, and numerous clips (w/o/c)

As of November 27, 2006

CBS Evening News
--11/9/06 Ed Bradley dies and is remembered (opening slightly upcut by local ad)

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

--10/6/68 w/Nancy Sinatra, and a performance clip by the Beatles; funny sketch making fun of the Bobby Goldsboro song "Honey"; look for future "M*A*S*H" co-star Mike Farrell in a cigarette commercial
--10/13/68 w/Barbara Feldon, Bill Medley and a performance clip by the Beatles; look for a young and unknown Steve Martin at the beginning of the show

Game shows:

Deal or No Deal
--11/17/06 w/a $2 million top prize and the two roller-skating sisters w/o/c 

I've Got a Secret
--1/11/61 w/Moore and guest panelist Johnny Carson; Patrice Munsel has a secret (GSN)

Jeopardy!
--11/8/06 Celebrity J! and first show from Radio City for 5,000th ep celebration, w/Regis Philbin, Nancy Grace, Carson Kressley; classic moment when Nancy sasses a judge w/o/c
--11/10/06 Celebrity J! "Law and Order" show w/Sam Waterston, Kathryn Erbe and Chris Meloni w/o/c

The Match Game
--1/64 w/Betty White, Joan Fontaine, Peggy Cass, Henry Morgan, Robert Q. Lewis and Bennett Cerf; fuzzy video (GSN; commercials deleted by earlier trader)
--7/28/64 w/Orson Bean and Jayne Mansfield (GSN)

Match Game 11/25/06 GSN marathon
--'74
w/Jack Narz, BS, CNR, Elaine Joyce, RD, FF; first game to ever end in a scoreless tie
w/Jack Carter, BS, CNR, Trish Stewart, RD, Kaye Stevens; Gene falls down during opening and later gets his mic cord tangled in Trish's feet, pulling her out of her chair; an especially funny show  
'79-82 syndicated
w/Bart Braverman, BS, Richard Deacon, Connie Stevens, McLean Stevenson, Debralee Scott; McLean hosts while Gene plays
'74
--w/NR, BS, CNR, Jackie Joseph, RD, Jo Anne Worley
'79
--w/Don Galloway, BS, CNR, Lee Meriwether, Bill Dailey, Patti Deutsch
PM
--w/Bill Anderson, BS, CNR, Barbara Rhoades, Bart Braverman, Joyce Bulifant

The Real Match Game Story: Behind the Blanks
--11/26/06 hour long GSN documentary w/o/c

Password
--10/1/64 w/guest host Jack Clark and players: Jimmy & Gloria Stewart and their daughters (GSN; commercials deleted by trader; slight skew at top of screen)
--4/8/65 Dorothy Collins & Wally Cox (GSN; commercials deleted by trader; skew at top of screen)

Play Your Hunch
--7/30/58 CBS daytime ep in which songwriters Jerry Leiber, Burt Bacharach and Norman Gimble are the subject of a round (GSN)
--1960 NBC ep w/Jonathan Winters as a guest (GSN)

Show Me the Money (w/William Shatner)
--11/14/06 90 minute premiere w/o/c

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
--11/7/06 Ogi Ogas starts his run up the board w/o/c
--11/8/06 Ogi makes it to the big question w/o/c

As of November 4, 2006

The Bob Hope Show
--5/22/56 season finale w/Kim Novak, Ken Murray, Pearl Bailey, Vic Damone, Leo Durocher
--10/21/56 w/James Cagney, the Deb Girls, Diana Dors, and the cast of "I Love Lucy" (what if Bob was Ricky and Desi was Fred? classic!)

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
--5/30/60 w/Phil Harris, Jonathan Winters and Patrice Monzel

The Tonight Show
--7/17/71 Rodney Dangerfield, Della Reese, Willie Stargell, Freeway
--2/6/73 Bobby Darin, Orson Bean, Seals & Crofts, Joan Embry of the San Diego Zoo; Howard Hessman and Judd Hirsch appear in commercials    

game shows:

1 Vs. 100
--10/20/06 2nd US show; Ken Jennings is eliminated from the mob w/o/c
--10/27/06 3rd US show; mob includes John Carpenter and two other "Millionaire" millionaires w/o/c

Child's Play
--9/20/82 premiere from GSN rerun

Concentration
--12/24/68 Secret Santa show; Santas turn out to be Victor Borge and Bob Clayton w/o/c (some)
--12/24/69 Secret Santa show; Santas turn out to be Hugh Downs and Joe Garagiola w/o/c

He Said She Said
--1969 show w/Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rayburn and three civilian couples; B&W kine (GSN)

It's News to Me
--7/16/54 w/ host Walter Cronkite and panel: Anna Lee, Quentin Reynolds, Nina Foch, John Henry Faulk w/o/c

Keep It in the Family
--10/12/57 premiere w/Bill Nimmo (network sustaining)

Password
--2/11/65 w/Lauren Bacall & Jack Palance (GSN)

The Rich List
--11/1/06 premiere (and possibly last?) episode w/o/c

What's My Line?
--2/65 15th Anniversary show w/AF, SA, DK, BC;  MG's Gloria Swanson, and the spouses of the panel; includes a 1953 clip of same panel (GSN)

As of October 19, 2006:

The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine
--1974 pollution-themed ep w/the Globetrotters, Rodney Allen Rippy, Avery Schreiber and guest Tom Bosley; rather dark B&W kine

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show
--1974 show; B&W kine, subpar video

Jackson 5ive
--10/71 "Drafted" b&w w/some of the commercials in color

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

--9/13/79 w/Angie Dickinson, Buck Henry, Stephane Grappelli, and the singing dog contest (dogs don't do so well this night); plus an appearance by Carnac the Magnificent w/o/c

game shows:

1 Vs. 100
--10/13/06 US premiere on NBC w/o/c

Chain Reaction (NBC daytime/Bill Cullen)
--3/18/80 w/Anita Gillette, Gina Hecht, Nipsey Russell and Fred Grandy w/o/c

Deal or No Deal
--9/19/06 previous night's deal record broken again! Kimberly Chastang sets a record for the show and prize-winning women on NBC in general; top prize up to $5 million w/o/c
--9/22/06 Michelle Falco goes all the way with her case and breaks Chastang's records of three nights earlier w/o/c
--the above two shows as they appeared 9/23/06 on CNBC

High Rollers
--3/18/80 typical show w/o/c
--6/20/80 finale, which Alex allegedly hosted under the influence (he does seem very loopy); w/o/c

It's News to Me

--8/3/52 w/John Daly and panel Anna Lee, Mel Allen, Margo Scott, Quentin Reynolds (GSN)

Jeopardy!
--10/25/04 Ken Jennings breaks the $2 million mark w/o/c
--11/3/04 Ken Jennings breaks the all time game show record!  w/o/c
--9/21/06 Sara vs. Nick vs. Cathleen; includes a category devoted to the Marshall "Hollywood Squares" (w/o/c)

The Name's the Same
--2/23/54 w/Robert Q. Lewis and panel: Basil Rathbone, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander; guest star: Mickey Rooney (GSN)

The Price is Right

--1/26/84 w/Mountain Climber, Safe Crackers, etc.; models and audience sing "Happy Birthday" to Bob!  w/o/c

That's the Question (US version w/Bob Goen)
--10/2-5/06 first four eps w/o/c from GSN; Wednesday show is the one with the infamous misspellings

Wheel of Fortune
(NBC daytime w/Chuck Woolery)
--3/18/80 typical show w/o/c
--6/20/80 Charlie O coughs while describing a prize, prompting some funny remarks from Chuck; otherwise typical show w/o/c
--11/80 Tom Kennedy plays for an audience member; w/o/c but cuts off during last commercial break, game play not affected

As of September 23, 2006:

I Love Lucy
--11/5/51 "Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Do Away with Her" (fuzzy video)
--1/19/53 "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" (fuzzy video)
--4/16/56 "Lucy's Italian Movie" (fuzzy video)
--12/24/56 "The Christmas Show" (first clip show in sitcom history; tracking issues)
--12/18/89 CBS rerun of "The Christmas Show," only the second time in history it was ever shown in its entirety (some tears near the beginning)

Kate & Allie
--1/27/86 "Too Late the Rebel" (guest star: Ben Stiller; includes a local weather crawl)
--1/30/89 "A Tree Grows on West 56th Street"

Murder, She Wrote
--2/21/88 "Murder Through the Looking Glass" w/Robert Reed, Karen Valentine, Gregory Sierra (couple of commercial breaks in second half hour missing, closing credits missing)

Roseanne
--12/6/88 "Lover's Lanes"

Days of Our Lives
--2/22/79

game shows:

$100,000 Pyramid
--Tuesday and Wednesday shows with Earl Holliman and Martha Smith; on the first show Earl makes a remark about hillbillies eating turnips and Clark is still giving him grief about it in the next show (GSN)

All Star Secrets
--5/4/79 w/**Bill Cullen**, Della Reese, John Schuck, Nannette Fabray, Arte Johnson w/o/c

Card Sharks
--10/17/79 contestant admits she smoked marijuana days earlier!  w/o/c from NBC
--3/25/80 typical show w/o/c

Deal or No Deal
--9/18/06 "It's Matty Night!"  2 hour second season opener with a $3 million top prize and a record-breaking deal  (w/o/c; one commercial break disrupted halfway through, but show itself is intact)

GE College Bowl
--5/14/66 Defending champs Rice University take on Cal State/Los Angeles (color videotape w/o/c)

High Rollers
--1979 2 typical episodes w/o/c
--3/25/80 episode with two exciting main games (one of which sets a show record in prizes) and a great "Big Numbers" round w/o/c

Hollywood Squares (NBC daytime)
--10/3/77 w/Edward Asner, Barbara Rhoades, Jim Nabors, Tom Kennedy, Paul Lynde, Joan Rivers, George Gobel, Isabel Sanford, Billy Crystal w/o/c (ending clipped)
--2/78 w/Richard Mulligan, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Marty Allen, Joan Rivers, Paul Lynde, Oscar the Grouch, George Gobel, Valerie Bertinelli, David Brenner w/o/c
--10/17/79 w/Daryl Anderson, Didi Conn, Richard Sanders, Shelley Smith, Tom Poston, Joan Rivers, George Gobel, Sydney Goldsmith, Tim Reid w/o/c (first 20 minutes only)
--12/31/79 w/Richard Sanders, Pia Zadora, James Coco, Dianne & Peggy Lennon, David Brenner, Janet & Kathy Lennon, George Gobel, Robert Mandan, Tom Poston w/o/c
--3/18/80  Earl Holliman, Rose Marie, Vicnent Price, Jimmy Brogan, Wayland & Macklehoney (center square), Lani O'Grady, George Gobel, Juliet Prowse, Tom Poston w/o/c
--3/25/80 country music week with Jim Stafford, Minnie Pearl, Mel Tillis, George Lindsey, Roy Clark (center square), Margo Smith, George Gobel, Tammy Wynette, George Jones w/o/c

Jeopardy! (w/Art Fleming)
--2/72 2000th show w/Mel Brooks as the 2,000 year old man (GSN Game of the Week) 
--4/24/74 typical show (video fair; s/m w/slate but no ads)
--1/2/75 finale w/some rare clips (one with Gene Shalit, another w/Mel Brooks), rare on-camera appearance by Don Pardo and a classy goodbye from Art (s/m no ads)

Jeopardy! (w/Alex Trebek)
--1984 premiere w/o/c

The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
--9/18/06 34th season premiere; records fall and set all over the place: biggest winning day in show's history, biggest amount won by a contestant ($147,000+) not just on "Price" but all CBS daytime games (breaking Larsen "Press Your Luck" record); lots of cars given away (w/o/c)

Seven Keys
--7/12/62 a boat and a 1962 Pontiac are among the prizes up for grabs in this videotaped ep (w/o/c w/slate)

To Tell the Truth
--4/67 w/TP, PC, OB, KC; first guest was captured by the Chinese, brainwashed and lived among them for 12 years (color videotape w/o/c)

Two for the Money
--3/23/57 w/Sam Levinson & Ed McMahon; first show of the 1957 season (GSN)

Video Village
--1960 prime time show w/Jack Narz and some great gameplay (w/o/c)
--6/2/62 w/Monty Hall, "Video Village Jr." Saturday morning version w/children (boy they really rack up some prizes) (video tape; one commercial intact, s/m with slate)
--6/14/62 w/Monty Hall, 500th--and next to last--show; videotape master; s/m w/slate

Wheel of Fortune
--3/25/80 typical show, some tracking issues near the end w/o/c

Winner Take All
--2/27/52 w/Bill Cullen, announcer Don Pardo; third NBC daytime ep of Bill's first network game show and earliest video record of his TV work (GSN)

As of September 12, 2006:

CBS Evening News
--2/5/06 first ever show with Katie Couric as anchor

Beverly Hills Buntz (Dennis Franz dramedy/"Hill Street Blues" spinoff)
--11/5/87 pilot
--"Fit to Be Tied" 1/88 airing of 11/29/87 ep (w/o/c from Canadian airing on CBC)
--12/24/87 "Sid & Randy"
--3/25/88 "Umbrella in the Water"

Going Places (ABC sitcom w/Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, Holland Taylor)
--pilot (9/21/90 orig; this is a network rerun; jumpy video)

Have Faith (ABC sitcom w/Joel Higgins, set in a parrish)
--4/18/89 pilot

Hill Street Blues
--10/18/84 "Rookie Nookie"

Perfect Strangers
--2/15/91 "Out of Sync" (an episode inspired by the Milli Vanilli scandal; possible network rerun, jumpy video)

Roseanne
--4/18/89 "Dear Mom and Dad"

St. Elsewhere
--9/21/86 "Where There's Hope There's Crosby"

The Wonder Years
--1/31/88 pilot
--2/15/89 "Hiroshima, Mon Frere"
--2/28/89 "Loosiers"
--4/18/89 "Brightwing"
--3/27/90 "Faith" (minor tracking and low audio)
--12/12/90 "A Very Cutlip Christmas"

game shows

Family Feud
--9/11/06 first show w/John O'Hurley and a new set...well one of the first, depending on what market you saw it in (w/o/c)

Jeopardy!
--9/11/06 first show in Hi-Def, and with a new set; cameo by Jeff Propst and Clue Crew goes to Moscow (w/o/c)

Password
--1967 prime time annual challenge match w/Carol Burnett and Alan King; very funny show (GSN)
--12/7/71 ultra-rare ABC ep w/Jack Klugman and Brett Somers Klugman (GSN)

The Price is Right (Bill Cullen)
--8/28/64 w/guest Audrey Meadows; prizes include a Chevy Corvair convertible...and an airplane! (s/m, no commercials) 

Split Second
--6/27/75 finale; look for a brief on-camera appearance from staffer and future "Night Court" co-star Markie Post; video quality way sub-par (w/o/c)

What's My Line?
--10/31/65 w/AF, Steve Allen, DK, BC, very funny MG appearance by Andy Griffith (w/o/c)

Wheel of Fortune
--9/11/06 first show in Hi-Def, plus has a big win

Who Do You Trust?
--9/58 show w/Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon; only a couple of commercial breaks intact--one is an ABC News promo with *John Daly*, the other is a hilarious live commercial gone awry w/Johnny

You're in the Picture
--1/20/61 w/host Jackie Gleason and panel Jan Sterling, Arthur Treacher, Pat Carroll, Pat Harrington Jr.; a one-episode wonder legendary in its pure awfulness; w/o/c; time counter on screen throughout and someone else's VCR icon on the screen briefly at the beginning 
--1/27/61 w/host Jackie Gleason taking the whole show to apologize for the "bomb" from the previous week, probably his funniest non-Honeymooners half hour ever; w/o/c, counter on screen

As of August 31,2006:

The $20,000 Pyramid
--1979 show w/Billy Crystal & Sal Viscuso; a clip of Billy's record-setting winner's circle appearance is shown and Billy plays two perfect main games in the show itself) (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

The $100,000 Pyramid
--1986 tourney ep with Shelley Smith and LeVar Burton (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Beat the Clock
--1950s "Second Chance" show, with new contestants in stunts that stumped others on earlier shows (GSN) 

The Dating Game
--1978 ep w/Andy Kaufman as Bachelor #3 (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Family Feud
--8/6/76 ep with one of the dumbest "Fast Money" contestants ever (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")
--1979 Dawson ep with a big win and a playful sound effects tech (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Get the Message
--12/25/64 finale w/host Robert Q. Lewis and celebrities Arlene Francis, Barbara Cook, Marty Ingles and Douglas Fairbanks; on this finale, Joan Fontaine, Mitch Miller, Julia Meade and Orson Bean play for charity; look out as a stagehand scurries behind Lewis at the beginning! (GSN) 

The Gong Show
--1970s NBC ep w/Arte Johnson, Jaye P. Morgan and Steve Martin, a show which rips NBC daytime veep Lin Bolen (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Let's Make a Deal
--1972 nighttime syndicated show in which the first offered prize is a Jaguar (Part of GSN's "50 Greatest")
--1976 nighttime syndicated show (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Match Game 7x
--'78 ep with Henry Morgan, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Debralee Scott, Richard Dawson, Joyce Bulifant; last ep on the original 7x set (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")
--'77 classic "school riot" ep (panel revolts against a judge's really bad call; a true television classic) w/Ed Asner, BS, CNR, Debralee Scott, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch

The Newlywed Game
--1977 "urban legend" show; listen closely, the offending remark is muted (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Password
--3/19/67 Tony Randall, Polly Bergen (Part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Press Your Luck
--1984 both Michael Larsen eps (he memorized the patterns before the show and won a record-setting $110,000+) (Part of GSN"s "50 Greatest")

What's My Line?
--12/27/64 w/ MG: Gene Kelly (GSN)
--1/17/65 w/AF, Alan King, DK, BC, MG: Ann Sothern; Minnesota Fats is successfully passed off as a regular contestant in game 1 (GSN)
--1973 w/Larry Blyden and panelists Soupy Sales, Dana Valarie, Gene Shalit, AF; this is the classic show where then-Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter appears as Mr. X; Joan Fontaine is the mystery guest in a very funny segment; part of GSN's "50 Greatest"

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

--7/11/00 David Goodman's $million win (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

GSN 50 Greatest
--8/15/06 #15-14 (includes full episodes of the CBS "Password" and the syndicated "What's My Line?" the latter featuring future president Jimmy Carter)
--8/16/06 #13 (includes both Michael Larsen eps of "Press Your Luck")
--8/17/06 #12-11 (includes a "Gong Show" that continuously rips Lin Bolen and a 1972 syndicated Marshall "Hollywood Squares")
--8/22/06 #10-9 (includes the "Dating Game" ep with Andy Kaufman and the so-called "urban legend" ep of "The Newlywed Game")
--8/23/06 #8 (includes "The $20,000 Pyramid" with Billy Crystal and Sal Vacuso from 1978, and "The $100,000 Pyramid" with Shelley Smith and LeVar Burton)
--8/24/06 #7 (includes two episodes of "Let's Make a Deal," nighttime syndies from 1972 and 1976) 
--8/29/06 #6-5 (includes stills of "Wheel of Fortune" and a million dollar win from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire")
--8/30/06 #4-3 (includes stills of the Barker "Price is Right" and two episodes of the Richard Dawson "Family Feud")
--8/31/06 #2-1 (includes stills of "Jeopardy!" and two episodes of "Match Game")

As of August 13, 2006

Barney Miller
--12/23/76 "Christmas Story"
--2/19/81 "The Librarian"

Taxi
--2/19/81 "The Costume Party"

Welcome Back Kotter
--12/23/76 "Hark the Sweatkings"

Dragnet

--11/6/52 "The Big 17"
--4/10/58 "The Big War"

Another World
--1989 show (1 hour)

The Doctors
--4/24/81 a lot of scenes set in a period disco (30 minutes)

Star Trek: the Next Generation
--6/12/93 "Timescape"

Friends
--1/9/97 "The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister"

Seinfeld
--1/9/97 "The Little Jerry"

Star Trek: Voyager
--11/27/96 "The Q and the Grey"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
--12/17/69 Tiny Tim marries Miss Vickie (Budinger); other guests include Florence Henderson, Nick Lucas (originally sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips")  and Phyllis Diller
--1/23/74 w/Jack Benny, Mel Blanc, Maria Muldaur, Jim Henson w/Kermit, Dr. Irwin M. Stillman)

The Untouchables (1993-94 version)
--6/12/93 "Atlantic City"

GSN 50 Greatest
--8/1/06 #32-29 (includes a complete "Tic Tac Dough" with Thom McKee and a complete "Card Sharks" where a contestant shoots the moon, and stills of "You Bet Your Life" and "Scrabble")
--8/2/06 #28-25 (includes complete episodes of "Win Ben Stein's Money" and "Password Plus" and stills from "The $64,000 Question" and "Deal or No Deal")
--8/3/06 #24-23 (includes complete episodes of "Win, Lose or Draw," Convy version, and "The Joker's Wild")
--8/8/06 #22-21 (includes complete episodes of "Weakest Link" George Gray version, and "I've Got a Secret" syndie remake from '72)
--8/9/06 #20-18 (includes a 1970s "To Tell the Truth" ep and a 1980s "Love Connection" ep, and stills representing "Concentration")

Card Sharks
--1978 classic where contestant "shoots the moon" for the only time ever (she even has a Texas accent!) and wins $28,800 (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Chain Reaction (2006 GSN version)
--8/1/06 premiere w/o/c

I've Got a Secret
--1972 syndie ep w/Steve Allen and panelists Pat Carroll, Alan Alda, Betty White and Richard Dawson; Milton Berle has a secret (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

The Joker's Wild
--regular syndicated ep w/Jack Barry (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Love Connection
--from 1990: first guy is a divorcee, who, when he was married, was a contestant on "The Newlywed Game" (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Match Game '7x
--'75 show w/Bert Convy, BS, Gary Burghoff, Mary Ann Mobley, RD, Betty White (Gene, Bert and Richard start hugging and kissing everyone during the Big Money)

Password Plus
--from 1979: Sarah Purcell and Bill Anderson, and contestant Rich Cronin (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Starface
--8/1/06 premiere with Danny Bonaduce; and a round devoted to "Seinfeld" w/o/c
--8/9/06 show that references Mel Gibson's arrest a week earlier

Tic Tac Dough
--1980, Thom McKee's next to last show (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

To Tell the Truth (Joe Garagiola)
--1977 ep w/Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass and Nipsey Russell; the first game involves Frank Abignale, the con man played by Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch Me If You Can" (Part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Weakest Link
--2002 show w/George Gray, and two contestants who actually manage to bank $25,000...one round after they banked $0!  (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
--3/11/01 A lousy night for phone-a-friends w/o/c
--4/4/02 Studio audience blows it for two different contestants, prompting some funny remarks from Regis w/o/c


Win Ben Stein's Money

--one where Ben gets kicked by a perfect score and shows us his underwear (part of GSN's "50 Greatest")

Win, Lose or Draw
--early ep w/Bert Convy and guests: Betty White, Annie Potts, Dom DeLuise and Burt Reynolds; Burt tells the "Fred Astaire" story about the creation of the game; this ep is part of GSN's "50 Greatest"

World Series of Pop Culture
--8/3/06 last part of the semi-finals, and the finals w/o/c from VH-1

As of July 27, 2006

CBS Evening News
--3/8/05 Dan Rather's last show

Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers
--3/8/05 look back at Rather's career (1 hour)

Everybody Loves Raymond
--5/16/05 hour-long clip show and 30 minute finale

Late Show With David Letterman
--1/31/05 Dave's tribute to Johnny Carson, including a monologue full of the jokes Johnny sent to Dave as well as some clips and memories

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
--5/21/82 w/Sylvester Stallone and a very funny Steve Martin

Donahue
--12/24/80 topic: hypnotism

One Life to Live
--1985 snowy pic because it was taken from a cheap satelittle dish; network feed, but some cool commercials and a great cliffhanger

The Today Show
--12/24/80 w/Jane Pauley, Tom Brokaw and Willard Scott; 70 minutes of a Christmas Eve show full of warm-hearted stories from the past year, w/o/c

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
--3/10/51 "Income Tax Man"
--4/12/51 "Teenage Visitor"
--5/30/52 "Space Patrol Girls"

The Jack Benny Program
--11/30/52 "Jack is Visited by Burglars"
--10/25/53 w/Humphrey Bogart
--1/17/54 w/Liberace
--1/6/57 w/Jayne Mansfield

Make Room for Daddy
--1954 "Danny's Birthday"
--2/1/55 "Children's Governess"
--4/26/55 "A Trip to Wisconsin"
--9/20/55 "Little League"

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
--"The Kappa Sigma Party" 1963 rerun of show from 10/3/56 w/newer introduction by Harriet
--10/31/56 "The Banjo Players"
--1/28/59 "Ozzie & the Space Age"

game shows:

Blockbusters
--12/24/80 Bill Cullen proclaims that particular day as his 25th wedding anniversary and delivers a personal message to his wife Anne! w/o/c from NBC; missing last 5 minutes & occasional tracking issues but show is still mostly watchable
--4/21/81 w/o/c

Card Sharks
--4/21/81 w/o/c

Dog Eat Dog
--show with especially exciting rounds involving a giant circle and the final trivia-based challenge, part of GSN's "50 Greatest"  

The Hollywood Squares
--12/24/80 "Vegas" show with Gabriel Kaplan, Pia Zadora, Patrick Wayne, Greg Morris, Paul Lynde, Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Britt Ekland, Arte Johnson; game play in first game is surprisingly good; w/o/c from WPIX New York but open is missing
--recorded off WPIX, New York on 4/21/81 but it's a syndicated rerun of an earlier NBC show (!) from the week of 3/12/79; guests are Jayne Kennedy, Mike Connors, Mary Crosby, Antonio Fargas, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, Foster Brooks, Carol Lyndley, John McCook, Paul Lynde; joined in progress at Secret Square prize plugs; w/o/c (rerun)

Password Plus
--4/21/81 w/o/c

Wheel of Fortune
--4/24/81 w/Chuck Woolery, Susan Stafford w/o/c


50 Greatest Game Shows Ever (all w/o/c from summer 2006 GSN airing)
--7/27/06 #34-33 (an entire hour-long episode of "Dog Eat Dog" and a reference to "Sale of the Century")



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