I had the 1988 DOS game of Card Sharks,. I played the game for years as a kid, and this youtube video is the very fist time I saw the TV show! I can't imagine the suspense in real life. I would sweat over hitting the Enter key on a bet!
I did, the opening is from the pilot. They always just clipped it onto every episode. You can tell by the way "Money Cards" is displayed, the light border (just the bulbs), and you cannot see the light reflecting off of the glittery "$" signs from the series board.
Yeah, I noticed that the Money Cards board had a strange looking logo at the beginning of every episode, so I searched for this pilot on here and voilà - mystery solved!
whats very ironic is that for the big bet here and when norma brown won the 28k and when bob eubanks version came around with a contestant that won 29k is that the card is the queen of hearts for the big bet
The Card facades boards the cards that last card next to the Queen of Hearts..behind the contestant HAS to be the Jack of Clubs. Is there a way you can be sure for me.
I am pretty sure Johnny later became a contestant on Card Sharks some time in early 1979. Didn't win his match but I'm sure it didn't matter considering what happened here.
@MrAaronLadner oh yeah, I made my own smaller version of the money cards board and the main game board from posterboard and put them on opposite sides of a door (to simulate the turntable), add a red and a blue pack of Jumbo size cards and a couple of friends, and its a hit.
This show needs to be revived, with the opening theme from this version, and the gameplay more like Eubanks or Raffety version and not the awful Pat Bullard version.
I used to play CS w/ my brother and sister all the time. Y did U need the home version? All u needed was a pack of cards. Ahhhh the years B4 Wii and Gameboy how did we survive?
@gameshowfreak2007 I have Three Decks of Cards. 2 Red and 1 Blue. I use my Red Deck and Blue Deck for the Main Game, and i use my other Red Deck for the Money Cards.
Originally, you were only allowed to change the first card. It wasn't until a few months later that you were allowed to chance the base card on each of the three levels.
But this contestant was far better. Though both contestants changed only their first card, this one was a bigger gambler, betting the whole thing on a 10, something Norma would never have done.
It is suspicious to say the least that during the ordinary run of the show players would average around $2000-$3000 at the most on the money cards, and that breaking the bank would only happen once more. But during the pilot, when the producers are trying to sell how exciting this show could be, a contestant just happens to break the bank?
In the pilot episodes and the first season, only the base card on the bottom level could be changed. Season 2 changed the rules to allow the base card at all three levels to be changed.
Jim Perry did a Killer Job on Card Sharks. He did an Equally Good Job on Sale of the Century.
Jim Perry shows that he is and will always be Card Sharks.
Exact,y he should have remained with Card Sharks instead of Eubanks and Bill Rafferty in the 80s
2:23
JIM: That's 1800 dollars.
JOHNNY: No, no, no, no. That's 3600 when we win this.
=)) HA HA HA HA!!
The way this was played, as well as the board design, sure changed after the pilot.
I had the 1988 DOS game of Card Sharks,. I played the game for years as a kid, and this youtube video is the very fist time I saw the TV show! I can't imagine the suspense in real life. I would sweat over hitting the Enter key on a bet!
What makes CS '86 better than CS '78 is the rule that you don't lose on a double in the Money Cards.
I have been waiting to see this for years years YEARS- Thanks a lot!!!
R.I.P., Jim Perry and Johnny Olson!!!
I love their outfits! Jim Perry rocks
Even Norma wouldn't have bet it all on a 10.
I did, the opening is from the pilot. They always just clipped it onto every episode. You can tell by the way "Money Cards" is displayed, the light border (just the bulbs), and you cannot see the light reflecting off of the glittery "$" signs from the series board.
Yeah, I noticed that the Money Cards board had a strange looking logo at the beginning of every episode, so I searched for this pilot on here and voilà - mystery solved!
Jim Perry did a great job!
whats very ironic is that for the big bet here and when norma brown won the 28k and when bob eubanks version came around with a contestant that won 29k is that the card is the queen of hearts for the big bet
Killer outfit, Johnny. You could easily have been Shaft.
You Broke The Bank!!!!
he broke the bank everything even i went nuts seeing this
Throwback Thursday Card Sharks on NBC
OMG - thank you SO MUCH for posting this! Ive always wanted to see the pilot and this is FANTASTIC!!!
And with Eubanks, it was originally ANYWHERE, and then it was one card per line, with any of 3 cards on the tower next to the board
Very well played!!! He had good cards though all the way!!! Even that 10!!!!
The other Card Sharks episode Norma Brown also got the perfect $28,800.
+Dream Big Productions and used the same strategy (alternating between higher and lower)
Except this was a pilot; they only get an appearance fee. Norma get her money.
I don’t think Norma would’ve shot it all if she had his set up of money cards
@@wschmrdr What difference does that make?
RIP, Jimmy.
The Card facades boards the cards that last card next to the Queen of Hearts..behind the contestant HAS to be the Jack of Clubs. Is there a way you can be sure for me.
And also, when the Eubanks version began, you could even change any one card THREE times all at once!
Maybe Isaac Hayes should've changed the "Shaft" song a bit: "Who's the *Card Sharks* host that's a bad mother...?"
Do you have the complete first pilot episode? I'd really want to see that.
I am pretty sure Johnny later became a contestant on Card Sharks some time in early 1979. Didn't win his match but I'm sure it didn't matter considering what happened here.
Can't believe he bet that 10. That took some guts
They did one pilot before this one (also hosted by Jim Perry). That one was a bust.
Lot Of Money!!!
Acey, Deucy, King or Tray;
With the right cards it may be your lucky DAY!!
@MrAaronLadner
oh yeah, I made my own smaller version of the money cards board and the main game board from posterboard and put them on opposite sides of a door (to simulate the turntable), add a red and a blue pack of Jumbo size cards and a couple of friends, and its a hit.
I second that sentiment.
the guy from Sale of the Century (Canadian??) was very good .one of the better 1970-80's hosts.
Jim Perry was born in Camden, New Jersey.
YAY!!!
Lucky Cards!!!!
2:53, My Favorite Card
Johnny Go-Rich here got this...
An Ace!!!!!
This show needs to be revived, with the opening theme from this version, and the gameplay more like Eubanks or Raffety version and not the awful Pat Bullard version.
I'm not sure if he did, but I read somewhere that he was used a couple of times by Goodson/Todman for game show pilots.
I used to play CS w/ my brother and sister all the time. Y did U need the home version? All u needed was a pack of cards. Ahhhh the years B4 Wii and Gameboy how did we survive?
You are correct!!!
1:09 You wanna play that or change it?
@gameshowfreak2007 I have Three Decks of Cards. 2 Red and 1 Blue. I use my Red Deck and Blue Deck for the Main Game, and i use my other Red Deck for the Money Cards.
Weird to hear Johnny and not Gene.
I think Johnny looks like neither George Benson or Tito Jackson of the Jacksons. Don't 'cha think?
@MrAaronLadner Where did you get them?
given that this was a pilot, and as such never aired, did the player actually get what he won?
$28,800!!!
I hope they payed him the money
could he not change the 10 on the second row?
Unbelievable!!!
Nah,I think more along the lines of Johnny Brown from "Good Times" only a little bit skinnier than Brown.
This was great!! I was rooting for him all the way--- unlike these clowns on Deal or No Deal.
Oh Yeah!!!!
I figured there was only one maximum winner haha.
There was only one legitimate one; this was a pilot to sell the show, so Johnny only got an appearance fee as essentially a paid actor.
@gameshowfreak2007 I took a Giant Piece of Cardboard, and i made a Money Cards Board from the 1986 Version.
rrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRIGGED?!
It's A JACK!!!!!!!
((checks all three videos)) holy crap you're right!
Jim Perry has to be one of the greatest game show hosts of all time. At least #2 behind Bob Barker.
Originally, you were only allowed to change the first card. It wasn't until a few months later that you were allowed to chance the base card on each of the three levels.
and johnny also announced on card sharks in 1981 and the 28,800 win only happened twice. you know who was the second
He ain't no jive turkey.
hawaiidispenser morning
So, he was technically the first to go all the way, making Norma Brown on the series itself the second to do that (unless you don't count this one).
But this contestant was far better. Though both contestants changed only their first card, this one was a bigger gambler, betting the whole thing on a 10, something Norma would never have done.
Wow!!!!
What CONFIDENCE on Johnny's part!
What a game!
Johnny won $29,000!!!!!! That was soo awesome to see him win!!!! He played such a wonderful game!!!!
When he approaches the (black) contestant after turning the jack, Jim shakes his hand and yells "My man!"
Awk... ward.
It is suspicious to say the least that during the ordinary run of the show players would average around $2000-$3000 at the most on the money cards, and that breaking the bank would only happen once more. But during the pilot, when the producers are trying to sell how exciting this show could be, a contestant just happens to break the bank?
Hey wait a minute! I know this is a pilot, but shouldn't Jim have told him he had the right to change the 10 when he got to the next level?
In the pilot episodes and the first season, only the base card on the bottom level could be changed. Season 2 changed the rules to allow the base card at all three levels to be changed.
$28,800!!!!!
Is a Jack 4:12
At 2:14 and 3:54 the encouragement from the audience sounds the same, don't you think?
6,7,8,9,10 are considered bad cards
@iambernig Bob Barker - PLEASE! His ego got the best of him LONG ago!
This had one of the worst-looking sets of all the G-T shows.