Funny thing is, I was 10 years old when the 1978 edition of Jeopardy! was on the air, and it's the first version of Jeopardy! I remember all that well. Thus, the first time I saw the Trebek version, I was expecting to see Super Jeopardy! after the Double Jeopardy! round, believe it or not.
3:05 And a little over 2 years later, Brian Henegar would be a 3-day champion on the current version of Jeopardy!, winning $68,202. How far we’ve come, huh?
👏Game Show Garbage is back!!! The '78 version was a little rocky, but it's sort of a guilty pleasure, well to me anyway. I liked the bonus game, but I agree, it just didn't fit with the show. However, the bonus game did inspire Blockbusters' Gold Run.
I was too young to remember the Art Fleming-Don Pardo New York version of "Jeopardy" so "Jeopardy "78" was the first Jeopardy I can remember. I was a little surprised about the Final Jeopardy on the current version of "Jeopardy" being there, since I didn't know about the Final Jeopardy in the New York version.
It was fun seeing Art Fleming host the show one last time but Final Jeopardy was missed. The Super Jeopardy board was unsatisfying because the viewer never knew when it was going to end. The contestant might breeze through the board leaving Art Fleming to fill until the end credits or showboat going through most of the board before ending the round. Still, the original concept of players risking the money won and their scores reflecting the amount they will take home was kept which, in my opinion, doesn’t make Jeopardy ’78 total garbage.
Oh yeah! I been waiting for those 3 magic words. Glad to see Game Show Garbage back. In the immortal words of Patrick Wayne, “YOU WIIIIIINNNNNN!!!” Lol
If you do another 26 Weeks or Less, "Just Men!" would be interesting to look at. Despite its short run on NBC, Betty White did get a Daytime Emmy out of it.
Thank you so much for bringing back Game Show Garbage! I always find your ranting against game shows that you hate informative, entertaining, and hilarious! Since you're bringing back GSG, I hope you'll induct Joy from Press Your Luck episode #219, the 1989 version of the UK "Pyramid Game", and Bruce Forsyth's "Play Your Cards Right". With that said, I must respectfully disagree with your decision to induct the 1978 version of "Jeopardy!" I know it is vastly different from the versions of "Jeopardy!" that preceded and succeeded it, but the elimination format was a great thing, IMO. It rewards the players who are playing the best, and it prevents a player who has performed so well through the first two rounds of the game from losing on one wrong answer in Final Jeopardy! to a contestant who has not performed as well. As for the Super Jeopardy! round, it requires you to know five right answers instead of one as in Final Jeopardy! To your point about "Jeopardy!" being a show about what contestants knew, the Super Jeopardy! bonus round gives the champion even more opportunity to show what he/she knows than Final Jeopardy! does. "Jeopardy! '78" does not suck, and it certainly does not suck as bad as Card Sharks 2001 or Temptation/SOTC 2007. I personally think that it is a fine and unique version of the show and one that is more fair to the players who are performing the best.
First aired at 10:30 AM ET/9:30 AM PT, then in an attempt to rekindle to the J! base, in January 1979, they moved the show to 12 Noon ET/11:00 AM PT like they did in the 1960s, unfortunately for NBC, times changed, CBS aired YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and ABC aired FAMILY FEUD in the West and $20,000 PYRAMID in the East, the audience chose the venerable shows over the tweaked vulnerable J! Did like the music btw, which was later used in WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
@@jamesklatt Yep! I liked it, but more for the sights and sounds than the game. Actually, NBC daytime in 1983 had a lot of examples: this, the aforementioned Just Men, and The New Battlestars.
I read on the game show pilot light page in the first round they gave each contestant go 60 seconds solo at the board, then played the remaining clues "normal" with all 3 contestants.
@@marcpower4167 I remembered reading about it too, but didn't have the chance to reread it until now: The introductory round might've been 30 seconds per contestant; even then, the three players in the pilot were able to pick a total of 12 clues, leaving just 18 for the real first round. Even worse, there apparently was no penalty for an incorrect response during that introductory round. Beyond that, the biggest rule-related change between that pilot and this version is that the bonus round was played against the clock in the pilot; in other words, like with the introductory round, there was no real "jeopardy".
I agree Art Fleming was a great host, he seemed interested in the game and the contestants. Alex Trebek was excellent later on as the host and it definitely became Trebek's show. I thought this 1978 version of Jeopardy had flaws but overall it really wasn't that bad.
You could see lin bolens (head of nbc daytime programming) fingernails on this show. (Along with the malfunctioning marble machine, blank check, fun factory, mindreaders, battlestars, and the david letterman show).
Ms. Bolen left the network in '76, in favor of creating her own production company--which, before the end of that year, was responsible for Stumpers! Around the time that this version of J! hit the air (and even more so when Mindreaders and the David Letterman Show debuted), Fred Silverman was the one who would've borne the responsibility. And, even he might've been gone by the time that the original Battlestars premiered.
I'd like to make a correction if I may-the original version's original time slot was 11:30 EST-following Concentration-from March '64 through September '65 when it moved to noon. Awesome site you have there.
Only thing...you need to take the GSG intro out of the preview (when you put your cursor over it, you see it in the previews) To make it a true surprise.
And Super J! makes me think of a future topic....shows that didn't need a bonus round. It can be an example where a bonus was added to the show, or a format that always had one, but you think the bonus round wasn't needed. Forgot how you felt about it, but the debate to this day over ABC Press Your Luck came to mind when you skewered SJ! As for what else...would One on One in 1980 and 1990 TTTT count as a bonus game? They weren't BAD, but I can see them having been added to seem like an end game of sorts.
There’s so much needless exposition I tuned out. Just get to the point, rather than waiting until the midpoint of the video to talk about the gameplay.
We tried something new that correlated with something from Game Show Garbage's past. If it doesn't work, then we tweak it to make it better or just don't do it anymore. We're sorry that you didn't enjoy it.
@@GameShowGumbo Don't worry you're not Nostalgia Critic bad (at its worst, the skits on the NC are really time consuming. And don't get me started on the infamous The Wall review)
@@JMFabiano Nor the Irate Gamer, where HIS long-winded expositions often had nothing to do with the games he reviewed. As seen in his abysmal "storyline" that he wanted to rush out before James Rolfe was done with the AVGN Movie... with Cyndi, her expositions at least have something to do with what she's talking about.
![Jeopardy! 11/9/1978 w/ Art Flemming [Janet, Peter, Karen]](/img/n.gif)
RIP Art Fleming and Alex Trebek
Funny thing is, I was 10 years old when the 1978 edition of Jeopardy! was on the air, and it's the first version of Jeopardy! I remember all that well. Thus, the first time I saw the Trebek version, I was expecting to see Super Jeopardy! after the Double Jeopardy! round, believe it or not.
When the original host skewers this version, you know it's bad!
3:05 And a little over 2 years later, Brian Henegar would be a 3-day champion on the current version of Jeopardy!, winning $68,202. How far we’ve come, huh?
Arthur Fleming Fazzin...you were a saint.
Coming back cause this was in my suggestions, and now we can safely say that the 1978 version is NOT the messiest moment in Jeopardy's history.
It was good to see that GSG intro again.
👏Game Show Garbage is back!!! The '78 version was a little rocky, but it's sort of a guilty pleasure, well to me anyway.
I liked the bonus game, but I agree, it just didn't fit with the show. However, the bonus game did inspire Blockbusters' Gold Run.
And the Catch Phrase bonus round
And as pointed out in the video, Trump Card's endgame.
@@andrewschroy6368 And Double Definitions in Wordplay.
I was too young to remember the Art Fleming-Don Pardo New York version of "Jeopardy" so "Jeopardy "78" was the first Jeopardy I can remember. I was a little surprised about the Final Jeopardy on the current version of "Jeopardy" being there, since I didn't know about the Final Jeopardy in the New York version.
It was fun seeing Art Fleming host the show one last time but Final Jeopardy was missed. The Super Jeopardy board was unsatisfying because the viewer never knew when it was going to end. The contestant might breeze through the board leaving Art Fleming to fill until the end credits or showboat going through most of the board before ending the round. Still, the original concept of players risking the money won and their scores reflecting the amount they will take home was kept which, in my opinion, doesn’t make Jeopardy ’78 total garbage.
Oh yeah! I been waiting for those 3 magic words. Glad to see Game Show Garbage back. In the immortal words of Patrick Wayne, “YOU WIIIIIINNNNNN!!!” Lol
If you do another 26 Weeks or Less, "Just Men!" would be interesting to look at. Despite its short run on NBC, Betty White did get a Daytime Emmy out of it.
I'd give Betty an Emmy for doing 26 seconds of work :-)
@@JMFabiano Sounds like something naughty Rayburn would say to her LOL
Thank you so much for bringing back Game Show Garbage! I always find your ranting against game shows that you hate informative, entertaining, and hilarious!
Since you're bringing back GSG, I hope you'll induct Joy from Press Your Luck episode #219, the 1989 version of the UK "Pyramid Game", and Bruce Forsyth's "Play Your Cards Right".
With that said, I must respectfully disagree with your decision to induct the 1978 version of "Jeopardy!" I know it is vastly different from the versions of "Jeopardy!" that preceded and succeeded it, but the elimination format was a great thing, IMO. It rewards the players who are playing the best, and it prevents a player who has performed so well through the first two rounds of the game from losing on one wrong answer in Final Jeopardy! to a contestant who has not performed as well. As for the Super Jeopardy! round, it requires you to know five right answers instead of one as in Final Jeopardy! To your point about "Jeopardy!" being a show about what contestants knew, the Super Jeopardy! bonus round gives the champion even more opportunity to show what he/she knows than Final Jeopardy! does.
"Jeopardy! '78" does not suck, and it certainly does not suck as bad as Card Sharks 2001 or Temptation/SOTC 2007. I personally think that it is a fine and unique version of the show and one that is more fair to the players who are performing the best.
GSG is coming back? IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! What is "God bless us, everyone!"?
HAPPY NEW YEAR CYNDI!!!!
Los Angeles: *lords over the world with their championships*
Tampa: Hold my beer.
"Jeopardy!" in the 1978-1979 version was on NBC from Monday, October 2, 1978-Friday, March 2, 1979.
6 months? Not bad run
@@Eminem200183 Five months, actually. That's a very weak run.
First aired at 10:30 AM ET/9:30 AM PT, then in an attempt to rekindle to the J! base, in January 1979, they moved the show to 12 Noon ET/11:00 AM PT like they did in the 1960s, unfortunately for NBC, times changed, CBS aired YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and ABC aired FAMILY FEUD in the West and $20,000 PYRAMID in the East, the audience chose the venerable shows over the tweaked vulnerable J! Did like the music btw, which was later used in WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Speaking of NBC daytime and 26 Weeks or Less, you should take a look at Hit Man as well.
You mean the video game themed game show that was in fact a boring memory game.
@@jamesklatt Yep! I liked it, but more for the sights and sounds than the game.
Actually, NBC daytime in 1983 had a lot of examples: this, the aforementioned Just Men, and The New Battlestars.
@@JMFabiano Go would be up there as well, I think.
the 1977 Jeopardy Pilot was shot for CBS which took a pass on the show
I read on the game show pilot light page in the first round they gave each contestant go 60 seconds solo at the board, then played the remaining clues "normal" with all 3 contestants.
@@marcpower4167 I remembered reading about it too, but didn't have the chance to reread it until now: The introductory round might've been 30 seconds per contestant; even then, the three players in the pilot were able to pick a total of 12 clues, leaving just 18 for the real first round. Even worse, there apparently was no penalty for an incorrect response during that introductory round. Beyond that, the biggest rule-related change between that pilot and this version is that the bonus round was played against the clock in the pilot; in other words, like with the introductory round, there was no real "jeopardy".
I agree Art Fleming was a great host, he seemed interested in the game and the contestants. Alex Trebek was excellent later on as the host and it definitely became Trebek's show. I thought this 1978 version of Jeopardy had flaws but overall it really wasn't that bad.
Password Plus also killed it as well
You could see lin bolens (head of nbc daytime programming) fingernails on this show. (Along with the malfunctioning marble machine, blank check, fun factory, mindreaders, battlestars, and the david letterman show).
Ms. Bolen left the network in '76, in favor of creating her own production company--which, before the end of that year, was responsible for Stumpers! Around the time that this version of J! hit the air (and even more so when Mindreaders and the David Letterman Show debuted), Fred Silverman was the one who would've borne the responsibility. And, even he might've been gone by the time that the original Battlestars premiered.
I'd like to make a correction if I may-the original version's original time slot was 11:30 EST-following Concentration-from March '64 through September '65 when it moved to noon. Awesome site you have there.
Only thing...you need to take the GSG intro out of the preview (when you put your cursor over it, you see it in the previews) To make it a true surprise.
You missed a bit on super jeopardy
If a contestant get a question wrong or pass its a STRIKE
Like baseball 3 strikes and your out
Said it just like Art said it during the ‘78 run
And Super J! makes me think of a future topic....shows that didn't need a bonus round.
It can be an example where a bonus was added to the show, or a format that always had one, but you think the bonus round wasn't needed.
Forgot how you felt about it, but the debate to this day over ABC Press Your Luck came to mind when you skewered SJ!
As for what else...would One on One in 1980 and 1990 TTTT count as a bonus game? They weren't BAD, but I can see them having been added to seem like an end game of sorts.
2:20 NERDGASM!
TIME TO THROW AWAY THE 2020 IN THE GARBAGE. BYE-BYE!
I saw it before and this version did not last long.
There’s so much needless exposition I tuned out. Just get to the point, rather than waiting until the midpoint of the video to talk about the gameplay.
We tried something new that correlated with something from Game Show Garbage's past. If it doesn't work, then we tweak it to make it better or just don't do it anymore. We're sorry that you didn't enjoy it.
@@GameShowGumbo Don't worry you're not Nostalgia Critic bad (at its worst, the skits on the NC are really time consuming. And don't get me started on the infamous The Wall review)
@@JMFabiano Nor the Irate Gamer, where HIS long-winded expositions often had nothing to do with the games he reviewed. As seen in his abysmal "storyline" that he wanted to rush out before James Rolfe was done with the AVGN Movie... with Cyndi, her expositions at least have something to do with what she's talking about.
@@andrewschroy6368 Some people may not want me to get started on the NC in general.