This appeared to be recorded off of KSTP-5 (whose parent company Hubbard Broadcasting is mentioned in the end credits as a co-producer of Break the Bank with Blair Entertainment and Storer Communications) as Good Company (a local program on KSTP until 1994) was mentioned in the VO at the end.
Eric Warner was AKA Judge Von Eric on Play the Percentages. I suspect the $75K limit stems from the show being on WCBS NYC, a CBSO&O which it was weekdays at 9:30AM EST.(Joker from 1981-84 and Tic in 1983-84 had to abide by CBS rules because of WCBS's airing them at that time)
Play the Percentages aired every weeknight at 7:00pm on WAVE 3 in Louisville right after NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor, Tic Tac Dough aired every weeknight on WLKY and WTVQ, The Joker’s Wild aired every weeknight on WLKY, WTVQ, WLEX and WAVE 3 and Break the Bank ‘85 aired every weekday on WLKY.
0:55 &1:05 that's the same sound effect that was used on Play The Percentages when the contestants would pick the wrong answer in the bonus round and lose.
@@PIXPromosMore Although, this show was syndicated, most game shows have a "Network of Record" for the purposes of Standard & Practices. Standards & Practices deals with making sure that the game is played fairly (on all sides) and setting a winnings limit. Since this show aired on WCBS-TV, New York (a CBS owned and operated station), Break the Bank was bound by the CBS winnings limit, which had just been increased from $50,000 to $75,000 in the 1985-1986 TV season. I don't know if this couple had to return any overage like Joe Dunn had to when WCBS-TV aired The Joker's Wild a few years earlier. However, by the time of this Break the Bank airing, The Joker's Wild had moved to WOR-TV (now WWOR) Seacaucus, NJ. Type "Joe Dunn Joker's Wild" to find a video on how Jack Barry dealt with the winning limit as a syndicated show on a network owned station. th-cam.com/video/bAvOpTfOpbE/w-d-xo.html
I can remember Channel 5 in Nashville aired that same show in the late afternoon as did the aforementioned Strike It Rich,something that was Joe Garagiola’s comeback vehicle.
And Channel 32 in Louisville (referring to WLKY) carried the 1985 version of BTB every weekday at 10:30am and the 1986 version of Strike it Rich every weeknight at 1:30am. After all, WLKY is the 👑 of first-run syndicated game shows!
And KHJ channel 9 in los angeles (became KCAL when disney acquired it from RKO communications) air it as well as strike it rich and then win lose or draw, disneys enterance into the game show format.
Anybody notice Doug Barry's name in the credits? He's one of (the late) Jack Barry's sons, and tried to capitalize on the TH-cam craze (years ago) by creating an online trivia game called 'PopJax'.
Here’s another Break the Bank puzzle: Hint: Far Out 70’s TV Clues: H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Land of the Lost, ElectraWoman & DynaGirl, Wonderbug and Bigfoot & Wildboy Solution: Sid and Marty Krofft
To John Fenner, I think the only CBS O&O to carry this was WCBS in New York. KHJ (now KCAL) had it in Los Angeles, and WLS had it in Chicago. (I don't think any station in Philly, not even WCAU, carried it-- though channel 10 did carry Strike it Rich in the fall of '86.) In my market, San Francisco, KTVU (then an independent [now Fox] station) had the show, and in neighboring Sacramento, KOVR (then ABC, now CBS) aired it. (I don't believe any of the Salinas/Monterey stations had this show...)
But Storer Communications (who co-produced BTB '85 with Kline & Friends, Blair Entertainment, and Hubbard Broadcasting) owned WJBK at the time. I meant WCBS was the only CBS affiliate owned by the network (at the time) to carry the show.
@sugarbear522 Syndie game shows often had a "network of record," either because they taped at a network-owned facility or it aired principally on network O&Os. In this case, Break the Bank's network of record was CBS, therefore it was subject to the by-laws of CBS game shows, including the winnings cap.
So officially they won $75000 and had to donate $13354 to charity. And yes, it was on a CBS owned station in NYC, WCBS channel 2. But yet I think that is the most won by a couple in either of the two forms of Break The Bank.
"In accordance with network policy, no contestant may receive more than $75,000 in cash and prizes. Contestants may donate excess cash and/or prizes to an approved charity of their choice." CBS must have been the network of record.
@Marc Power it was because of the Quiz Show scandal that involved the Twenty One rigging. It was in place for quite some time (why Larson couldn't come back as champ after that run). And I thought they were allowed to keep the winnings that exceeded that limit, and only was considered retired champs.
The Liquid-Plumr commercial also showed up on the last episode of "Tic-Tac-Dough" on 5/23/86 -- which implies that this episode is from around that point. And "network policy"? $75,000 sounds like CBS.
From 4:16 to 4:31... cue in "Match Game/Hollywood Squares" theme car cue. 4:53... cue in the 1976/77 BREAK THE BANK theme. Stop at "ad break." 8:52... Stu Levin's BtB theme again.
I just figured out something -- a promo near the end mentions "the perfect gift for Mother's Day". In 1986, Mother's Day fell on May 11...so this would presumably be from the week of May 5-9.
Anyone get the feeling that by switching to the Master Puzzle, money-scoring format, Richard Kline (prima donna director that he was) wanted this to be a sort of rival show to $ale of the Century?
Here’s a Master Puzzle of my own: Clues: WWE United Kingdom Championship, NXT Tag Team Championship, NXT North American Championship, NXT Women’s Championship, Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano and NXT Championship Solution: NXT Takeover New York
The show in its initial form was dreadful. It was VASTLY improved when they tweaked the format, and I honestly think Joe Farago did a fine job hosting it. Still, this never had a chance of a long run.
In early 1986, the show was dropped from the schedule in Las Vegas, but we never got to watch the rest of the only one season on Break the Bank with now infomercial host Joe Farago who replaced the Gene Rayburn, as the bank hit a record $53,323 when they hit the right card found to Break the Bank and walk away with $88,354. But due to an accordance with network policy, not any contestant would receive more than $75,000 in cash and prizes, the rest of it totals $13,354 goes to a charity of their choice, the winnings cap was eliminated in 2006. Rights to the series 1985-86 season and all 180 episodes, now belong to Blair Entertainment successor 20th Television.
KSTP TV CHANNEL 5 in ST.PAUL MN used to be an NBC affiliated station until March 5 1979 when they switched to ABC while NBC moved to WTCN TV CHANNEL 11 which was an independent station.KMSP CHANNEL 9 which was with ABC now an independent station years before they became FOX 9!!(during my first 7 years living in St.Paul MN 1974-81 ages 2-to 9)
I still think that a couple that wins seven times should've automatically broken the bank. On their sixth win, the bonus round question would've been discarded, and the couple would've gone straight to the Prize Vault to find just two bank cards left to choose from; the bankrupt card and the bankbreaker. They would then have selected the one they thought would break the bank, but before they inserted it in the cardreader, the host would then offer a hefty sum of money to buy the card like they did back in the days of earning seconds to play games in the vault to earn bank cards.
Mother's Day in 1986 was on May 11th, as it's mentioned in one of the fee plugs, ergo this is probably from the week of May 5-9, 1986. CHuck Donegan posted the full episode this morning, taped off the CBN rerun, with updated Summer 1986 fee plugs.
Blair Entertainment was sold to 20th Century Fox Television and they also own Divorce Court which was produced by Blair Entertainment in the 80's and was brought back in 1999 as a REAL Court Show
Here are 6 words I came up with. American; Tall; Office; Skyscrapers; Twins and Manhattan. The answer is the World Trade Center. If any of the episode shows do not have this, then I already came up with them. However the World Trade Center is destroyed on September 11, 2001.
Here's mine: Hint: Kentuckiana's Childrens' Show Destination. Clues: -DuckTales -The (1977) Mickey Mouse Club -Jem -G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero -The Transformers -ThunderCats Solution: WDRB-TV Channel 41, Louisville: WHERE INDEPENDENCE IS FUN!!!!!!!! (Fireworks)
Ca. 10:05 on this clip, the V/O announcer says, "You'll find it on 5." Would this have been recorded, by any chance, from KPIX in the SanFran/Oakland market?
Nope. It was KSTP in the Twin Cities. There's a bunch of clips of BTB '85 from that station. In the SanFran/Oakland/SJ market, it wasn't on KPIX-- KTVU had it when it was still an independent. (AFAIK, the only Kline & Friends show to air on KPIX was the nighttime version of Win, Lose, or Draw-- at least when Bert Convy was host.)
Note that they didn't retire couples after breaking the bank in the Rayburn era, but did in the Farago era. One couple breaking the bank in the Farago era broke it on their first show and their winnings were only $29K and they still had to retire. Break the Bank aired on WCBS in 1985-86, so they probably did have to abide by CBS rules.
This version of Break The Bank aired on WBAL TV CH.11 here in Baltimore Md when our Ch.11 was still.with CBS before switching back to NBC 9 years later in 1995.If my memory is correct Break The Bank aired at either 9.30am or 10.30 am before The Price Is Right with then host Bob Barker.
Another clip I remember, just like the Couch Potatoes ep. I watched last spring. Also, checked an inflation calculator, and found that adjusted for inflation, they won the equivalent of over $200K today. Yikes!!
Sorry, but while Hal Hidey might have been a popular composer for Barry and Enright (and Richard S. Kline), I would've gone with Jerry Hey and his horn section for a peppy sounding theme instead.
I don't ever remember seeing this in Philadelphia. WCAU back in '86 was a CBS O&O station (it's now an NBC affiliate) and they didn't air this show. By the way, had they won today they would have earned everything and give nothing to charity since CBS no longer has any winnings limit.
And I used to watch BTB '85 in the Louisville area on WLKY-TV every weekday at 10:30am, right after The Joker's Wild and right before All-Star Blitz and later Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak. BTW, WLKY not only carried Break the Bank '85, but also Make Me Laugh, Concentration, Catch Phrase, Headline Chasers, The $128,000 Question, The Challengers, The (Nighttime) Price is Right, To Tell the Truth (Ward), What's My Line?, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, among others.
Early 1986 CBS Game Show time slots: 9:00am - Tic-Tac-Dough 9:30am - Press Your Luck 10:00am - $25,000 Pyramid 10:30am - Card Sharks 11:00am - The Price is Right
So, there's a rumor that this show might be owned by Fremantle these days, given Buzzr uploaded sister show Strike it Rich '86 to Amazon Prime. Take it with a grain of salt, of course.
Had Break the Bank been revived in 1990, three contestants would play a Jeopardy type game with the winner using seconds earned in bonus round to answer questions to earn cards. Music should be family friendly, set family friendly and appealing to small children. The $1MCOAL sirens should've sounded and confetti and balloons were dropped.
Let me get this straight. They won $88G's, but can only keep $75,000 due to "network policy"? I thought this show was syndicated. At least they donated $13,000 to charity.
This was on WCBS in New York-- which has always been a CBS O&O. That's why they could only keep up to $75K in winnings. Catch Phrase also had a $75K limit-- and it was also on WCBS.
Joe Farago wasn.t a bad host & plus I liked the very last format better then before when they used to have to the stunts to earn their bank cards plus I still loved Gene Rayburn for all his work on MATCH GAME but they should have started this last with Joe Farago because to me he was better.
So $13,354 assumedly went to charity, considering Joe mentioned they won 6 trips, that might have actually helped them to donate a couple of those, would have been tough to get all that time off from work, plus it'll ease the tax bill.
This version should lasted a least a decade or two if pushing it.Also if I had money power & connections--I.d have MY OWN NETWORK & CHANNEL!! & I.D MAKE IT A NO LIMIT TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN WIN OR NOT!!--as long as they kept winning.Finally whatever money cash & prizes they want to donate to charity should be THEIR DECISION!!--NOT THE NETWORK OR GOVERNMENT OR WHOEVER,S IN CHANGE!! But of course that,s me.
This appeared to be recorded off of KSTP-5 (whose parent company Hubbard Broadcasting is mentioned in the end credits as a co-producer of Break the Bank with Blair Entertainment and Storer Communications) as Good Company (a local program on KSTP until 1994) was mentioned in the VO at the end.
Eric Warner was AKA Judge Von Eric on Play the Percentages. I suspect the $75K limit stems from the show being on WCBS NYC, a CBSO&O which it was weekdays at 9:30AM EST.(Joker from 1981-84 and Tic in 1983-84 had to abide by CBS rules because of WCBS's airing them at that time)
Play the Percentages aired every weeknight at 7:00pm on WAVE 3 in Louisville right after NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor, Tic Tac Dough aired every weeknight on WLKY and WTVQ, The Joker’s Wild aired every weeknight on WLKY, WTVQ, WLEX and WAVE 3 and Break the Bank ‘85 aired every weekday on WLKY.
0:55 &1:05 that's the same sound effect that was used on Play The Percentages when the contestants would pick the wrong answer in the bonus round and lose.
The CBS O&Os did air this show during its original run, which explains the "network policy."
8:20 They've won $88,354. Which means they've passed the $75,000 limit, which means they get to keep the $75,000, but $13,354 goes to charity.
Which is weird, because the disclaimer @ 10:00 says it's in accordance with "Network Policy"...but wasn't this show syndicated?
@@PIXPromosMore Although, this show was syndicated, most game shows have a "Network of Record" for the purposes of Standard & Practices. Standards & Practices deals with making sure that the game is played fairly (on all sides) and setting a winnings limit. Since this show aired on WCBS-TV, New York (a CBS owned and operated station), Break the Bank was bound by the CBS winnings limit, which had just been increased from $50,000 to $75,000 in the 1985-1986 TV season.
I don't know if this couple had to return any overage like Joe Dunn had to when WCBS-TV aired The Joker's Wild a few years earlier. However, by the time of this Break the Bank airing, The Joker's Wild had moved to WOR-TV (now WWOR) Seacaucus, NJ.
Type "Joe Dunn Joker's Wild" to find a video on how Jack Barry dealt with the winning limit as a syndicated show on a network owned station.
th-cam.com/video/bAvOpTfOpbE/w-d-xo.html
I can remember Channel 5 in Nashville aired that same show in the late afternoon as did the aforementioned Strike It Rich,something that was Joe Garagiola’s comeback vehicle.
And Channel 32 in Louisville (referring to WLKY) carried the 1985 version of BTB every weekday at 10:30am and the 1986 version of Strike it Rich every weeknight at 1:30am. After all, WLKY is the 👑 of first-run syndicated game shows!
And KHJ channel 9 in los angeles (became KCAL when disney acquired it from RKO communications) air it as well as strike it rich and then win lose or draw, disneys enterance into the game show format.
And speaking of Win, Lose or Draw, that show aired in syndication on WAVE 3, WKYT and WHAS11.
Anybody notice Doug Barry's name in the credits? He's one of (the late) Jack Barry's sons, and tried to capitalize on the TH-cam craze (years ago) by creating an online trivia game called 'PopJax'.
Richard s kline and a few other producers close to jack barry broke away from dan enright to start their own company.
Here’s another Break the Bank puzzle:
Hint: Far Out 70’s TV
Clues: H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Land of the Lost, ElectraWoman & DynaGirl, Wonderbug and Bigfoot & Wildboy
Solution: Sid and Marty Krofft
To John Fenner, I think the only CBS O&O to carry this was WCBS in New York. KHJ (now KCAL) had it in Los Angeles, and WLS had it in Chicago. (I don't think any station in Philly, not even WCAU, carried it-- though channel 10 did carry Strike it Rich in the fall of '86.)
In my market, San Francisco, KTVU (then an independent [now Fox] station) had the show, and in neighboring Sacramento, KOVR (then ABC, now CBS) aired it. (I don't believe any of the Salinas/Monterey stations had this show...)
In Detroit, it was on WJBK-TV2, which was then a CBS affiliate.
But Storer Communications (who co-produced BTB '85 with Kline & Friends, Blair Entertainment, and Hubbard Broadcasting) owned WJBK at the time. I meant WCBS was the only CBS affiliate owned by the network (at the time) to carry the show.
And WLKY, which was owned by Pulitzer Broadcasting at the time (now owned by Hearst Broadcasting since 1999), carried this show.
And KHTV (now KIAH) in Houston, TX, a CW affiliate.
This was on WCBS in my neck of the woods!
This was on WLKY in Louisville and KHJ (now KCAL) in Los Angeles!
@sugarbear522 Syndie game shows often had a "network of record," either because they taped at a network-owned facility or it aired principally on network O&Os. In this case, Break the Bank's network of record was CBS, therefore it was subject to the by-laws of CBS game shows, including the winnings cap.
So officially they won $75000 and had to donate $13354 to charity. And yes, it was on a CBS owned station in NYC, WCBS channel 2. But yet I think that is the most won by a couple in either of the two forms of Break The Bank.
And BtB was on WLKY (which was an ABC affiliate at the time) every weekday at 10:30am.
It aired on KHJ (now KCAL) channel 9 in los angeles.
"In accordance with network policy, no contestant may receive more than $75,000 in cash and prizes. Contestants may donate excess cash and/or prizes to an approved charity of their choice." CBS must have been the network of record.
I could be wrong, but I think they started it after Larsen's run on PYL.
Being that BTB '85 aired on WCBS in New York (still an O&O), it made sense.
Was that end-of-show disclaimer seen in other episodes of the series?
It wouldn’t have been NBC because there was no winnings limit.
@Marc Power it was because of the Quiz Show scandal that involved the Twenty One rigging. It was in place for quite some time (why Larson couldn't come back as champ after that run). And I thought they were allowed to keep the winnings that exceeded that limit, and only was considered retired champs.
The Liquid-Plumr commercial also showed up on the last episode of "Tic-Tac-Dough" on 5/23/86 -- which implies that this episode is from around that point.
And "network policy"? $75,000 sounds like CBS.
From 4:16 to 4:31... cue in "Match Game/Hollywood Squares" theme car cue.
4:53... cue in the 1976/77 BREAK THE BANK theme. Stop at "ad break."
8:52... Stu Levin's BtB theme again.
I just figured out something -- a promo near the end mentions "the perfect gift for Mother's Day". In 1986, Mother's Day fell on May 11...so this would presumably be from the week of May 5-9.
Anyone get the feeling that by switching to the Master Puzzle, money-scoring format, Richard Kline (prima donna director that he was) wanted this to be a sort of rival show to $ale of the Century?
Another point to support this is how similarly the Bank Card rack feels like the $otC Winner's Board.
Here’s a Master Puzzle of my own:
Clues: WWE United Kingdom Championship, NXT Tag Team Championship, NXT North American Championship, NXT Women’s Championship, Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano and NXT Championship
Solution: NXT Takeover New York
I'm sure about this, but they are the biggest winner in this shows short history
The show in its initial form was dreadful. It was VASTLY improved when they tweaked the format, and I honestly think Joe Farago did a fine job hosting it. Still, this never had a chance of a long run.
It was Aired on Thursday, January 23, 1986 or on Monday, May 5, 1986.
In early 1986, the show was dropped from the schedule in Las Vegas, but we never got to watch the rest of the only one season on Break the Bank with now infomercial host Joe Farago who replaced the Gene Rayburn, as the bank hit a record $53,323 when they hit the right card found to Break the Bank and walk away with $88,354. But due to an accordance with network policy, not any contestant would receive more than $75,000 in cash and prizes, the rest of it totals $13,354 goes to a charity of their choice, the winnings cap was eliminated in 2006. Rights to the series 1985-86 season and all 180 episodes, now belong to Blair Entertainment successor 20th Television.
The show is now owned by Disney.
Well thank you Dana Long, and you're right on!! 20th Television is now wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.
@@danalong1237 Disney owns Blair Entertainment via the News Corporation sale of 20th Century (Fox)
KSTP TV CHANNEL 5 in ST.PAUL MN used to be an NBC affiliated station until March 5 1979 when they switched to ABC while NBC moved to WTCN TV CHANNEL 11 which was an independent station.KMSP CHANNEL 9 which was with ABC now an independent station years before they became FOX 9!!(during my first 7 years living in St.Paul MN 1974-81 ages 2-to 9)
Congratulations to break the bank for breaking the records
I still think that a couple that wins seven times should've automatically broken the bank. On their sixth win, the bonus round question would've been discarded, and the couple would've gone straight to the Prize Vault to find just two bank cards left to choose from; the bankrupt card and the bankbreaker. They would then have selected the one they thought would break the bank, but before they inserted it in the cardreader, the host would then offer a hefty sum of money to buy the card like they did back in the days of earning seconds to play games in the vault to earn bank cards.
Mother's Day in 1986 was on May 11th, as it's mentioned in one of the fee plugs, ergo this is probably from the week of May 5-9, 1986. CHuck Donegan posted the full episode this morning, taped off the CBN rerun, with updated Summer 1986 fee plugs.
December 30, 1987😢😅🎉😂
December 31, 1987
What happened to the Blair logo? Did it go away? This one doesn't have the Blair logo at the end, because it gives me the creeps.
Blair Entertainment was sold to 20th Century Fox Television and they also own Divorce Court which was produced by Blair Entertainment in the 80's and was brought back in 1999 as a REAL Court Show
4:45 Gene was like "THIS is the card that breaks the bank."
Here are 6 words I came up with. American; Tall; Office; Skyscrapers; Twins and Manhattan. The answer is the World Trade Center. If any of the episode shows do not have this, then I already came up with them. However the World Trade Center is destroyed on September 11, 2001.
Here's mine:
Hint: Kentuckiana's Childrens' Show Destination.
Clues:
-DuckTales
-The (1977) Mickey Mouse Club
-Jem
-G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
-The Transformers
-ThunderCats
Solution: WDRB-TV Channel 41, Louisville: WHERE INDEPENDENCE IS FUN!!!!!!!! (Fireworks)
Ca. 10:05 on this clip, the V/O announcer says, "You'll find it on 5."
Would this have been recorded, by any chance, from KPIX in the SanFran/Oakland market?
Nope. It was KSTP in the Twin Cities. There's a bunch of clips of BTB '85 from that station.
In the SanFran/Oakland/SJ market, it wasn't on KPIX-- KTVU had it when it was still an independent. (AFAIK, the only Kline & Friends show to air on KPIX was the nighttime version of Win, Lose, or Draw-- at least when Bert Convy was host.)
4:53 BREAK THE BANK!
Not a bad chunk of change in cash and prizes. About the equivalent of $190k in today's dollars.
Actually it is worth $140k in today's market value.
that susan rios painting is worth alot now saw it one these shows 5,000
Note that they didn't retire couples after breaking the bank in the Rayburn era, but did in the Farago era. One couple breaking the bank in the Farago era broke it on their first show and their winnings were only $29K and they still had to retire. Break the Bank aired on WCBS in 1985-86, so they probably did have to abide by CBS rules.
This version of Break The Bank aired on WBAL TV CH.11 here in Baltimore Md when our Ch.11 was still.with CBS before switching back to NBC 9 years later in 1995.If my memory is correct Break The Bank aired at either 9.30am or 10.30 am before The Price Is Right with then host Bob Barker.
Reminds me of Julie Meyers, giving me all those hugs.
Another clip I remember, just like the Couch Potatoes ep. I watched last spring. Also, checked an inflation calculator, and found that adjusted for inflation, they won the equivalent of over $200K today. Yikes!!
4:53 YES!!!
Sorry, but while Hal Hidey might have been a popular composer for Barry and Enright (and Richard S. Kline), I would've gone with Jerry Hey and his horn section for a peppy sounding theme instead.
I don't ever remember seeing this in Philadelphia. WCAU back in '86 was a CBS O&O station (it's now an NBC affiliate) and they didn't air this show. By the way, had they won today they would have earned everything and give nothing to charity since CBS no longer has any winnings limit.
wcau never showed break the bank. i remember because i used to watch btb out of new york city, forget what station though.
And I used to watch BTB '85 in the Louisville area on WLKY-TV every weekday at 10:30am, right after The Joker's Wild and right before All-Star Blitz and later Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak. BTW, WLKY not only carried Break the Bank '85, but also Make Me Laugh, Concentration, Catch Phrase, Headline Chasers, The $128,000 Question, The Challengers, The (Nighttime) Price is Right, To Tell the Truth (Ward), What's My Line?, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, among others.
WCBS had it in the Big Apple.
Early 1986 CBS Game Show time slots:
9:00am - Tic-Tac-Dough
9:30am - Press Your Luck
10:00am - $25,000 Pyramid
10:30am - Card Sharks
11:00am - The Price is Right
Tic Tac Dough also aired on WLKY from 1978-81 and again from 1984-86.
@sugarbear522 Jeopardy! had a similar limit.
Do you know what microphone that is on the endgame podium?
You mean that little pole that’s got the red button on the top which was used to stop the bank card randomizer?
That microphone is the same as the ones seen on the front game podiums.
Did they get to keep the money above $75,000 as it mentions giving it to charity, over "network policy"?
Nope, they get to keep $75,000 but the rest goes to a charity of their choice.
bonus round was much much much improved after Gene's dreadful carnival.
"There's less cards in there... Remember, there's less and less cards in there..." etc. It's fewer, not less. 😒
i wish rayburn's version had this! it might have made for a better show
How much of the $53,000 was cash only?
So, there's a rumor that this show might be owned by Fremantle these days, given Buzzr uploaded sister show Strike it Rich '86 to Amazon Prime. Take it with a grain of salt, of course.
Almost $90,000 for 5 days not bad
Garlic bread will not burn!!!
Had Break the Bank been revived in 1990, three contestants would play a Jeopardy type game with the winner using seconds earned in bonus round to answer questions to earn cards. Music should be family friendly, set family friendly and appealing to small children. The $1MCOAL sirens should've sounded and confetti and balloons were dropped.
Or, for that matter, the TPIR "Clang Clang Whoop Whoop" sounds would've added.
0:03 The 5th and final time.
Did You know that number computer is from the game show 21.
The unsold 1982 pilot version with Jim Lange, anyway.
8:50 see you next time on break the bank.
frist format was more enteraining
And Richard S. Kline wanted it to be "serious"... XD
Error-I meant to say CHARGE!! Sorry!
4:03 $53,000+ bank.
Let me get this straight. They won $88G's, but can only keep $75,000 due to "network policy"?
I thought this show was syndicated. At least they donated $13,000 to charity.
This was on WCBS in New York-- which has always been a CBS O&O. That's why they could only keep up to $75K in winnings.
Catch Phrase also had a $75K limit-- and it was also on WCBS.
And Break the Bank ‘85 and Catch Phrase aired every weekday on WLKY in Louisville.
@oaklandfan2k9 Why don't you?
4:51 Break the bank win!
Kkkkk
Joe Farago wasn.t a bad host & plus I liked the very last format better then before when they used to have to the stunts to earn their bank cards plus I still loved Gene Rayburn for all his work on MATCH GAME but they should have started this last with Joe Farago because to me he was better.
Old Children song.
$603,524
Break bank
$100,000
it was well at least here in the new york area and 75000 isnt excatly chump change
So $13,354 assumedly went to charity, considering Joe mentioned they won 6 trips, that might have actually helped them to donate a couple of those, would have been tough to get all that time off from work, plus it'll ease the tax bill.
10:03
This version should lasted a least a decade or two if pushing it.Also if I had money power & connections--I.d have MY OWN NETWORK & CHANNEL!! & I.D MAKE IT A NO LIMIT TO HOW MUCH THEY CAN WIN OR NOT!!--as long as they kept winning.Finally whatever money cash & prizes they want to donate to charity should be THEIR DECISION!!--NOT THE NETWORK OR GOVERNMENT OR WHOEVER,S IN CHANGE!! But of course that,s me.
$100,000