Despite its low budget, this was a fun show...lots of suspense and excitement, great hosting/announcing by Pierre and Nick, the mini-games were enjoyable and it had some cool sound effects (the duck call when a penalty square was hit, the "Change Places" warble, etc). Wish there was more out there, but am glad that about three dozen episodes still exist!
Indeed it does. Looks like it ran on CTV from 1978 to 1981. Also, looking at a documentary about Canadian game shows when they talked about this show, it mentioned a version of this show that aired on a TV network in Poland for a couple of years in the late 90s.
@@pbatommyand with the Goodson-Todman library being handled by Fremantle I think it would be a good idea they negotiate with Sidney Cohen to get the rights for the USA to do the show here.
I remember those mini dash questions and how easy they were, even when I was only 12 years old at the time! $50 was a lot of money to me back then! One of the easiest questions I ever heard on a game show was this one: 2 or 3. How many sides does a triangle have? I thought, wow, those are *really* hard, LOL
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More likely it would've been done at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. Goodson-Todman would've done it stateside. Nick Hollenrache announced for Goodson-Todman in the past.
@@christophercotton9048 Thanks for explaining I don;t think we got a chance to see this show in the US ,though we did get Beat the Clock which was tapped in Montreal for about 4 or 5 years .
People who lived in a few states by the border were able to pick up the signal of the CTV station that was closest to them at the time, so some Americans did see it.
@@christophercotton9048 This show was revived in a later year, but nowhere in North America. In Poland, they produced a version of this show under the title "Duety do Mety". It was like this, except it had a bigger budget in terms of both the set and prizes. It aired from 1998 to 2000.
Well, in the first ten minutes he made sexist jokes, heterosexist assumptions, condescended when wrong answers were given, and got the contestants' names wrong as he swept them off stage. So... yeah, you're right, he's still better than Alex Trebek.
Despite its low budget, this was a fun show...lots of suspense and excitement, great hosting/announcing by Pierre and Nick, the mini-games were enjoyable and it had some cool sound effects (the duck call when a penalty square was hit, the "Change Places" warble, etc). Wish there was more out there, but am glad that about three dozen episodes still exist!
I enjoy the unique format of the questions; it's perfect for confusing contestants!
This show needed a bonus round, for bigger prizes.
That was fun! Pierre was a great host. RIP
i already told you no credit
Finally a new episode!
Yeah. I understand that this game show, was in Canada.
Looks like a fun show!
Indeed it does. Looks like it ran on CTV from 1978 to 1981. Also, looking at a documentary about Canadian game shows when they talked about this show, it mentioned a version of this show that aired on a TV network in Poland for a couple of years in the late 90s.
I'm honestly shocked no one in America has given this a shot here. Feel like it could work.
The only place where this format has been imported to is Poland. It lasted there for a couple of years in the late 90s.
Goodson-Todman tried to get the rights to the show in the USA. Announcer Nick Hollenrache worked for Goodson Todman in the 1970s on Beat the Clock.
We had something like this in the early 60s called Video Village. There was also a kids game show in '64 called Shenanigans.
@@witherblaze I've seen episode of Video Village with Monty hall. Wish there were more episodes intact.
@@pbatommyand with the Goodson-Todman library being handled by Fremantle I think it would be a good idea they negotiate with Sidney Cohen to get the rights for the USA to do the show here.
I used to love this show when I was a kid.
I remember those mini dash questions and how easy they were, even when I was only 12 years old at the time! $50 was a lot of money to me back then!
One of the easiest questions I ever heard on a game show was this one:
2 or 3. How many sides does a triangle have?
I thought, wow, those are *really* hard, LOL
Yeah, you could tell they REALLY wanted those audience members to win w/e prize they were playing for! 😅
Wow! This is a fun little game show!!!
"Video Village" meets "High Rollers". Great game.
Nice job thank u,what a memories
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nice
Something got muted that we could not hear the question.
Music used in the question is subject to copyright per TH-cam so had to be muted! 🤷
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Is that Sidney M. Cohen, creator of The Mad Dash in the front row at 3:59?
2:02, Steve must have time traveled and watched a lot of modern day anime shows!
Bless Steve's little homosexual heart.
Yeah. Sweet of his mother to go on the show with him. I really hope he got to meet Burl after the show.
Canadian game show.
Nobody ran on this episode !
Barkley looks like a close relation to Randy Bachman.
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If it were done in America, here's where the ideal spot should've been: CBS Television City. It just had the "look" to it.
More likely it would've been done at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. Goodson-Todman would've done it stateside. Nick Hollenrache announced for Goodson-Todman in the past.
@@thedriver4038 My ideal host and announcer: Jack Narz and Rod Roddy.
we did get something similar to this in the US: Video Village
@@RedStrikerBeetleborg But that was before this happened.
@@jnadle1 i know
how did they get people from Los Angles they likely never see her herd of the show
I think they were vacationing in Montreal, QC/PQ at the time.
@@christophercotton9048 Thanks for explaining I don;t think we got a chance to see this show in the US ,though we did get Beat the Clock which was tapped in Montreal for about 4 or 5 years .
@@louistenore2185 but this show would be worth reviving here in the USA 🇺🇸 but with better prizes and lots of bigger cash rewards.
People who lived in a few states by the border were able to pick up the signal of the CTV station that was closest to them at the time, so some Americans did see it.
@@christophercotton9048 This show was revived in a later year, but nowhere in North America. In Poland, they produced a version of this show under the title "Duety do Mety". It was like this, except it had a bigger budget in terms of both the set and prizes. It aired from 1998 to 2000.
Blonde chick was hot
Her pants were too tight. It was extremely annoying.
Pierre Lalonde was wayyy better than Alex Trebek!!
Well, in the first ten minutes he made sexist jokes, heterosexist assumptions, condescended when wrong answers were given, and got the contestants' names wrong as he swept them off stage. So... yeah, you're right, he's still better than Alex Trebek.
Disney song
OMG this show was baaaad!!! Probably only survived from the Canadian content rules imposed by the crtc.
My gosh, you Canadians are extremely dull. Nothing "dash"ing about this show. It moves at a snail's pace.
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