One of the answers was “The Clock” as in what Bill Haley sang about rocking around. Ironically, Dick Clark had Bill Halley and the Comets on American Bandstand when he hosted
Contestant #48 was in fact Karla Jackson and this was her first of three game show appearances in nine years. Although she finished in second place on this episode of Winning Lines, her greatest success came in late 2007 when she won $45,000 on the game show Duel. What was important about this is that she achieved this on the first question of her first duel: the question was a math problem whose objective was to add the number of nights in the Chanukah holiday to the amount of reindeer associated with Santa Claus’ sleigh (8+9=17). She would ultimately lose her second duel to used car salesperson Robert Elswick II, who himself would go on to win two more duels before losing his fourth duel to a belly dancer who herself would later move out of the country. As for Karla her final game show appearance during that span was in a first season episode of a syndicated version of Deal or No Deal in late 2008 where she won $23,000.
The thing that's funny is that not once when he says "You gotta bail out or you'll lose everything,"he should've added except the $2500 won in the cutthroat round of sudden death. How much time the 49 contestants have to answer the questions,also the 6 survivors kn the sudden death round?
@@Sean-q2x Mike McKay already knew he would keep his $2500 sudden death winnings regardless of how he did on the Wonder Wall. The other five contestants kept their $1000. Contestants had roughly 10 seconds to answer the first six questions. There's no time limit on the sudden death questions but, as you saw, they're quickly answered.
regarding the pit stops, were you required to actually say "pit stop" or something to that effect when you pressed the button? (PLEASE tell me you understood that comment because it didn't come out the way i wanted it to.
To my knowledge, pressing the pit stop button was required. The contestant didn't have to say "pit stop." But if the contestant said "pit stop" without pressing the pit stop button, the pit stop wouldn't start. ** yes, I understood your comment :-) **
Also, during a pit stop, that stopped the main clock...and even if you had the answer to that point, you had to wait until the clock started up again (as seen here).
@@r.a.contrerasma8578nope CBS but his contract with CNBC forced him out of it, Geraldo did sign a guaranteed contract to host it on CBS, but thanks to CNBC, They said no
Nope CBS, he was still under contract with CNBC at the time and CNBC wouldn't allow Geraldo to host Winning Lines despite that he signed a guaranteed contract.
Dumb question. Was there any point to marks some of the values pink in the wonderwall??? I mean there's no milestones in which the money locks. If you lose you'll go back to zero...
During the Wonderwall round, the contestant must say the number of the answer before saying the answer. That's the only way the emcee (Dick Clark) can read the next question. The contestant gets two passes (the green dots at the lower left of the screen) and two pit stops (the red dots at the lower left) during the three minutes, but note that a pit stop cannot be taken with less than 15 seconds remaining. Each wrong answer is a strike, and the contestant loses all money on the third strike - there's no starting over. The contestant gets a strike if the question isn't answered within 15 seconds as counted by the 15 pink marks above the timer (the skinny upside down triangle) that disappear at one mark per second. The contestant must push the red 'bail out' button before the clock reaches zero to win the money. Bailing out can only occur within the last 15 seconds.
@@dayknight9541Late reply but I think they were asking about the moment the money tree is shown before Wonderwall is played. I think it just symbolises milestones where the rate of increase multiplies, I believe you'd still drop down to 2500 if at any point you striked or timed out (Well, technically 0, the 2500 was already won and seperate. Catherine and Mike won 502,500 and 402,500 to be precise.)
@@occono3543 You're right, the original question was about the money tree displayed at roughly 14:13. My mistake, sorry. Thanks for providing a good explanation.
I believe two or three episodes of this show never were broadcast, but word is that Stone-Stanley and the production team still paid the players on the unaired shows their winnings.
Great comment and I hope what you've said is true, Zach. Before taping began, I clearly remembered the contestant coordinators telling contestants that payment was dependent on the network (CBS) broadcasting the show. The 'Contestant Prize and Release Form' was from Funhouse Productions, Inc. Contestants contacted Promotional Considerations Inc. at Stone-Stanley's fax number.
I can't imagine they could get out of it. The game show laws passed in the 50s are pretty tight, I don't think they'd allow payouts to be dependent on the episodes airing or not
@@drewzuhosky6826 Yep. I think another reason why the show didn't last is because Dick Clark spent too much time reading the rules, and there was too little time for gameplay.
@@dayknight9541 In my opinion, yes, you are correct about his gabbing. But if he'd have saved his contestant interactions until the final, things run faster, tenser--adds to drama. I agree his talking slowed the game down. That said, sad to know this was his last, real hurrah. (I don't count the NYE gigs).
This game sort of forgot to give gravitas to how important it was to people to pass that second round. The FFF game on WWTBAM gave the winner their moment of cheering, here it's a little too sudden and chaotic and random, but it means you can win a literal thousand times more than you will if you don't pass it. Given the stakes I think it needed to allow people to freak out and run around cheering like they can if they pass FFF It's hard to explain but just turning someone's light off when they just missed a chance to earn a thousand times more, it's too inelegant
Mike's emotions seem understandably jumbled. He very rapidly won 400k but came very close to a million. Must feel like a cocktail of elation and disappointment.
@@jay-p9r6m Oh yeah I did follow that. What I meant was he was shaking the trigger for the pit stop, he forgot he had a second one to use there that could have got him the 500k or 1m if he knew for sure. That pit stop could have given him more time to think over the last few questions, I think he was kicking himself over that is what I meant
@@MrBowtie1982 No, it's Chuck Riley, his younger brother Michael Hanks was the announcer for the 1985-86 season of Kline & Friends' short-lived ''Break The Bank'' with Gene Rayburn of ''Match Game'' fame and Joe Farago who later hosting late night infomercials.
@@anwarwashington178 I believe Chuck Riley also announced on the short-lived "Trump Card", hosted by Jimmy Cefalo, during the 1990-1991 syndication season.
Why were there contestants from Scotland, and Germany in another episode? He doesn't sound Scottish here either, it's odd. I think a globally open game show would be cool, Netflix should try that as many people speak english nowadays, but I doubt this had something like that involved.
To avoid bad optics, the producers decided to show the place of birth rather than place of residence since most contestants live in southern California. (Trying out for, and appearing on, the show is at the contestant's expense. At the audition, contestants were required to fill out a form where one of the questions asked for their city of birth.)
@@dayknight9541 Ah, thank you, that makes sense! On WWTBAM they paid for people's planes and hotels for three nights in New York. I've read this really was crazy generous at the time.
@@occono3543 You're welcome! Yes I remember a TV report from the late 1990s saying WWTBAM paid contestants' airfare and hotels, too. I didn't personally experience it, however, but oh how I tried ... WWTBAM's ratings were so high for the once-per-week broadcast that the network added more episodes per week. There were too many episodes IMO and the ratings dropped off. The WWTBAM studio was so cold the contestants joked that the show should have been named "Who Wants to be a Refrigerator?" Cheers!
@@dayknight9541 I know, they did too many episodes at the peak, but for a bit it worked. Sort of a beautiful time given how much money was being won and spent on the free flights and hotels though, I kind of wished people did keep watching it 4 nights a week. I believe that about the set being cold, they definitely wanted tension, but nobody got on hypothermia like on Netflix squid games reality show. A little discomfort for the contestants for tension and entertainment value is a fair deal I think.
One of the answers was “The Clock” as in what Bill Haley sang about rocking around. Ironically, Dick Clark had Bill Halley and the Comets on American Bandstand when he hosted
1:01 if Dick did that, it'd take up the whole program
True. That was part of it. It would run better with the tension throughout. Save the contestant talk until the final. Mid game would run better too.
@@r.a.contrerasma8578a tricky game. From Joe. X
18:59 Mike bailed out with $400,000!!
19:00
19:23
Chuck is a great announcer
The answer to the passed question was 43-Coupe.
Oui
Was No. 37 Patricia Ortiz the same Patricia Ortiz from NBC's "Card Sharks" in 1978?
Yes
@jessyleppert2 Mike Mckay was the survivor of the do or die round. From Joe. X
Contestant #48 was in fact Karla Jackson and this was her first of three game show appearances in nine years. Although she finished in second place on this episode of Winning Lines, her greatest success came in late 2007 when she won $45,000 on the game show Duel. What was important about this is that she achieved this on the first question of her first duel: the question was a math problem whose objective was to add the number of nights in the Chanukah holiday to the amount of reindeer associated with Santa Claus’ sleigh (8+9=17). She would ultimately lose her second duel to used car salesperson Robert Elswick II, who himself would go on to win two more duels before losing his fourth duel to a belly dancer who herself would later move out of the country.
As for Karla her final game show appearance during that span was in a first season episode of a syndicated version of Deal or No Deal in late 2008 where she won $23,000.
The thing that's funny is that not once when he says "You gotta bail out or you'll lose everything,"he should've added except the $2500 won in the cutthroat round of sudden death. How much time the 49 contestants have to answer the questions,also the 6 survivors kn the sudden death round?
@@Sean-q2x Mike McKay already knew he would keep his $2500 sudden death winnings regardless of how he did on the Wonder Wall. The other five contestants kept their $1000. Contestants had roughly 10 seconds to answer the first six questions. There's no time limit on the sudden death questions but, as you saw, they're quickly answered.
Mike McKay of El Paso in Texas was the winner. From Joe. X
I live about an hour from Richmond
Exactly 3 years before I was born!
2003 you were born. From Joe. X
@@jay-p9r6m Yes. Yes I was
If you were playing against the Wonderwall for $1,000,000,what would be your biggest concern,bailing out before time runs out OR striking out?
regarding the pit stops, were you required to actually say "pit stop" or something to that effect when you pressed the button? (PLEASE tell me you understood that comment because it didn't come out the way i wanted it to.
To my knowledge, pressing the pit stop button was required. The contestant didn't have to say "pit stop." But if the contestant said "pit stop" without pressing the pit stop button, the pit stop wouldn't start.
** yes, I understood your comment :-) **
Also, during a pit stop, that stopped the main clock...and even if you had the answer to that point, you had to wait until the clock started up again (as seen here).
Everything ran off the buttons. To bail out, for example, vocalizing would not be enough as the clock ran out.
@@dayknight9541💯
Why did the bail out button ring sometimes when pressed and didn't ring sometimes when pressed?
Would the answer to who's the first woman to host the Oscars have been 30-Whoopi Goldberg?
@@Sean-q2x I think so. She was the first solo host in 1994. Agnes Moorehead co-hosted with Dick Powell in 1948.
3:53
I did hear that Geraldo Rivera was offered the hosting gig on Winning Lines.
On CBS?? I'd have thought FOX
@@r.a.contrerasma8578 CBS
@@r.a.contrerasma8578nope CBS but his contract with CNBC forced him out of it, Geraldo did sign a guaranteed contract to host it on CBS, but thanks to CNBC, They said no
Nope CBS, he was still under contract with CNBC at the time and CNBC wouldn't allow Geraldo to host Winning Lines despite that he signed a guaranteed contract.
Dumb question.
Was there any point to marks some of the values pink in the wonderwall???
I mean there's no milestones in which the money locks.
If you lose you'll go back to zero...
During the Wonderwall round, the contestant must say the number of the answer before saying the answer. That's the only way the emcee (Dick Clark) can read the next question.
The contestant gets two passes (the green dots at the lower left of the screen) and two pit stops (the red dots at the lower left) during the three minutes, but note that a pit stop cannot be taken with less than 15 seconds remaining.
Each wrong answer is a strike, and the contestant loses all money on the third strike - there's no starting over. The contestant gets a strike if the question isn't answered within 15 seconds as counted by the 15 pink marks above the timer (the skinny upside down triangle) that disappear at one mark per second.
The contestant must push the red 'bail out' button before the clock reaches zero to win the money. Bailing out can only occur within the last 15 seconds.
@@dayknight9541Late reply but I think they were asking about the moment the money tree is shown before Wonderwall is played. I think it just symbolises milestones where the rate of increase multiplies, I believe you'd still drop down to 2500 if at any point you striked or timed out
(Well, technically 0, the 2500 was already won and seperate. Catherine and Mike won 502,500 and 402,500 to be precise.)
@@occono3543 You're right, the original question was about the money tree displayed at roughly 14:13. My mistake, sorry. Thanks for providing a good explanation.
In addition, you cannot give the answer during a Pit Stop even if you have it to that point.
I believe two or three episodes of this show never were broadcast, but word is that Stone-Stanley and the production team still paid the players on the unaired shows their winnings.
Great comment and I hope what you've said is true, Zach. Before taping began, I clearly remembered the contestant coordinators telling contestants that payment was dependent on the network (CBS) broadcasting the show.
The 'Contestant Prize and Release Form' was from Funhouse Productions, Inc. Contestants contacted Promotional Considerations Inc. at Stone-Stanley's fax number.
I can't imagine they could get out of it. The game show laws passed in the 50s are pretty tight, I don't think they'd allow payouts to be dependent on the episodes airing or not
Did this air in 99 also, before WWTBAM premiere in Aug 99?
No. As mentioned at the start of the accompanying notes, the episode was taped on January 19, 2000, and broadcast three days later.
The show debuted on Jan. 8, 2000 and was canned after six weeks. Had the show aired on a night other than Saturday, it may have done better.
@@drewzuhosky6826 Yep. I think another reason why the show didn't last is because Dick Clark spent too much time reading the rules, and there was too little time for gameplay.
@@dayknight9541 In my opinion, yes, you are correct about his gabbing. But if he'd have saved his contestant interactions until the final, things run faster, tenser--adds to drama. I agree his talking slowed the game down. That said, sad to know this was his last, real hurrah. (I don't count the NYE gigs).
@@dayknight9541 So, why would Clark say "the biggest game in history" if WWTBAM had already premiered 5 months earlier?
This game sort of forgot to give gravitas to how important it was to people to pass that second round. The FFF game on WWTBAM gave the winner their moment of cheering, here it's a little too sudden and chaotic and random, but it means you can win a literal thousand times more than you will if you don't pass it. Given the stakes I think it needed to allow people to freak out and run around cheering like they can if they pass FFF
It's hard to explain but just turning someone's light off when they just missed a chance to earn a thousand times more, it's too inelegant
Mike's emotions seem understandably jumbled. He very rapidly won 400k but came very close to a million. Must feel like a cocktail of elation and disappointment.
@@occono35433 questions wrong would've lost him the money. From Joe. X
@@jay-p9r6m Oh yeah I did follow that. What I meant was he was shaking the trigger for the pit stop, he forgot he had a second one to use there that could have got him the 500k or 1m if he knew for sure. That pit stop could have given him more time to think over the last few questions, I think he was kicking himself over that is what I meant
Who is the announcer
Dick Clark is the emcee, but I don't know the name of the announcer who introduces him.
Chuck Kelly who was Charlie Tuna on Scrabble.
@@MrBowtie1982 No, it's Chuck Riley, his younger brother Michael Hanks was the announcer for the 1985-86 season of Kline & Friends' short-lived ''Break The Bank'' with Gene Rayburn of ''Match Game'' fame and Joe Farago who later hosting late night infomercials.
@@anwarwashington178 I believe Chuck Riley also announced on the short-lived "Trump Card", hosted by Jimmy Cefalo, during the 1990-1991 syndication season.
Riley was a CBS staff announcer in the 1990s, with the network using him on dramatic series/ movies. I can still hear him say _"Dr. Quinn,_ Saturday."
Why were there contestants from Scotland, and Germany in another episode? He doesn't sound Scottish here either, it's odd. I think a globally open game show would be cool, Netflix should try that as many people speak english nowadays, but I doubt this had something like that involved.
To avoid bad optics, the producers decided to show the place of birth rather than place of residence since most contestants live in southern California. (Trying out for, and appearing on, the show is at the contestant's expense. At the audition, contestants were required to fill out a form where one of the questions asked for their city of birth.)
@@dayknight9541 Ah, thank you, that makes sense! On WWTBAM they paid for people's planes and hotels for three nights in New York. I've read this really was crazy generous at the time.
@@occono3543 You're welcome! Yes I remember a TV report from the late 1990s saying WWTBAM paid contestants' airfare and hotels, too. I didn't personally experience it, however, but oh how I tried ...
WWTBAM's ratings were so high for the once-per-week broadcast that the network added more episodes per week. There were too many episodes IMO and the ratings dropped off.
The WWTBAM studio was so cold the contestants joked that the show should have been named "Who Wants to be a Refrigerator?" Cheers!
@@dayknight9541 I know, they did too many episodes at the peak, but for a bit it worked. Sort of a beautiful time given how much money was being won and spent on the free flights and hotels though, I kind of wished people did keep watching it 4 nights a week.
I believe that about the set being cold, they definitely wanted tension, but nobody got on hypothermia like on Netflix squid games reality show. A little discomfort for the contestants for tension and entertainment value is a fair deal I think.
$ 400,000
2/5 of £1 million dollars. From Joe. X