the reason it was canceled is simple; it's much MUCH cheaper and less risky to just buy the rights to a cartoon then produce an in-house live action game show with so many moving parts. No matter how good the ratings were for Fun House, FOX was only interested in dollars and an already made cartoon cost far less money for FOX then Fun House and could make more money with half or even a third the ratings. A similar thing happened a few years later with Animaniacs when it was canceled for Pokemon (which was basically free for them outside of a small cut of ad revenue).
The same company that produced the show after getting cancelled by FOX created another kids game show that many considered to be the best kids game show of all time: Legends of the Hidden Temple.
The only version of Fun House that my sisters and I like is the UK Version, presented by Pat Sharp, Melanine and Martina Grant and the voice of Gary King, my Favourite episode is Series 1 Episode 2 (aka “The Bunson Burners Episode”, T.X. March 3rd 1989)
the reason it was canceled is simple; it's much MUCH cheaper and less risky to just buy the rights to a cartoon then produce an in-house live action game show with so many moving parts. No matter how good the ratings were for Fun House, FOX was only interested in dollars and an already made cartoon cost far less money for FOX then Fun House and could make more money with half or even a third the ratings. A similar thing happened a few years later with Animaniacs when it was canceled for Pokemon (which was basically free for them outside of a small cut of ad revenue).
The same company that produced the show after getting cancelled by FOX created another kids game show that many considered to be the best kids game show of all time: Legends of the Hidden Temple.
I can’t believe this has never been in reruns on Any network, and I don’t know why.
Crazy to think that this is where JD Roth got his start as a game show host and we all know how it turned out.😉
I want this show to be revived in the uk so badly the theme tune was better than the whole show
I found out about this show through its NES game in high school. The copyright information tipped me off about it.
The uk version was grate. The house was much eaiser to navigate but no cash tickets.
The only version of Fun House that my sisters and I like is the UK Version, presented by Pat Sharp, Melanine and Martina Grant and the voice of Gary King, my Favourite episode is Series 1 Episode 2 (aka “The Bunson Burners Episode”, T.X. March 3rd 1989)
I used to love the UK version
4:11, September 1988
Nice catch, never caught that until now. I had 1988 in the script, easy slip 😅
@@RealityTVHistory haha, no problem!
@FHfan731 Hi, I'm a game show clip collector, would you like to exchange fun house clips? I have many clips that are not currently online
@@funhousecollector587 Hi, what do you have? I have at least 2 hrs. worth of clips. Just want to make sure there wouldn't be any overlap. Thanks!
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send me an email to mistergameshow1989@gmail.com we'll talk there better
Barely a mention of the twin cheerleaders? That was the ONLY reason to watch.
Reminds me of "uh oh"
You said 1998 but I think you meant 1988
Are you going to talk about Nickelodeon figure it out or nickelodeon brain surge
The uk version was far better