My family and I attended this taping, and I remember it well! I think this was filmed in 1965; checking on that. The audience was told to make lots of noise, and to applaud wildly.
Too bad the Lifetime and PAX versions never used real audiences but rather a paid gallery. They just didn’t look as happy with being there as we were watching the shows.
Wow, thanks for posting this! When Supermarket Sweep came to Food Fair in Livingston, NJ in 1966, they used kids - 3 boys and 3 girls - and I was one of the kids (11 years old at the time). Was approached in Food Fair prior to the show's Livingston taping, by a show representative while food shopping with my Mom. I was subsequently interviewed, and chosen to be on the show. What a thrilling memory! How sad I am to hear that the original tapes are no longer available, how I wish I could see that episode and my 11 year old self. Oh well! It was very exciting though, and I got tons of food and prizes too.
The date of this episode is March 28, 1967. Bill Malone says it's the anniversary of the 1797 patent of the washing machine in New Hampshire. According to washing machine history, "On this day, March 28, in 1797 the first United States patent for 'Clothes Washing' was granted a New Hampshire man, Nathanial Briggs." Nice to have a date for this great upload.
food fair was one of the largest grocery chain in the 1930s through 1978 (most of the stores were converted to pantry pride) when it filed bankrupsy that year. Revlon and gristedes took over the florida locations. the last store closed in 1992.
This is actually my favorite version of the three that have been on the air. I'll take Mr. Malone's affable but dignified vibe over the rather loud Leslie Jones and the mechanical David Ruprecht who said the exact same words each and every broadcast. I like hosts who can improvise a bit but still stay on track. I also loved that these shows were all taped on location but the legal industry and grocery retail corporations would likely never agree to something like this now!
thank you so much Hondo! my sister and I grew up with the Pax/Lifetime version...I was surprised to learn that there was a 60s version and really bummed when I learned that there were no surviving episodes....I literally screamed with excitement when I saw this in my subscription update, lol
Here's my opening spiel: "From Danville, Kentucky and from this Food Fair store, a part of the fastest growing food chain that features quality foods at low prices, it's time for Supermarket Sweep, the TV game show that travels to your hometown and lets you run wild through your supermarket, and now, here he is, your master of ceremonies: BILL MALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Woooooowww, the ancient days of Supermarket Sweep! :o I've only seen the second incarnation on Buzzr (I didn't even know there were three versions until I looked it up).
@@clos1203 for me, it’s alright I guess. She is a bit more excitable and hyperactive in this version, probably to make it more fun, but if I had to rate this new version, I’d give it a 7 out of 10. 🤷🏻♀️
@Tubewings This is being filmed in Wallingford, CT., near New Haven The announcer is Richard Hayes who I remember hearing late night on WCAU Radio 1210 in Philly. Though i live in SW CT, 1210 is clear channel. And I guess people could watch Supermarket Sweep on then WNHC-TV Channel 8, now WTNH.
@Hondo20132 Yes, there apparently is also an episode on file at The Paley Center For Media (formerly The Museum of TV and Radio) in New York and here in Beverly Hills. However I haven't been able to watch it for some reason when I visit it.
@Hondo20132 And portions of this were shown in the contestant call promo for the new Supermarket Sweep. But on the original version, it was a pain to lug those big cameras around the store (there were hand-held cameras back then, but the more modern, lightweight ones wouldn't arrive until the '70s).
@ChihuahuaboyDH Bill Malone passed away in the late 1990's. The series' last season saw "Supermarket Sweep" relocate to a Florida shopping mall with a revamped format and re-titled "Supermarket Sweep presents 'The Honeymoon Race.'" Newlywed couples went racing around the mall in golf carts in a hunt for merchandise. The original Food Fair chain was renamed Pantry Pride in 1970. It eventually went bankrupt in 1981 and only a handful in the south survive today. This store is gone.
One thing's for sure: they had a whole lot of spacing for them if they did use portable bleachers. They probably had to move some things around in the store to make them fit.
I'm sure those things imply roll in pretty well since supermarkets often had doorways big enough for things like putting cars in 'em (I recall that a few times).
Back then, they hired chefs for the cooking at the restaurant at large hotels. Even Jacques Pepin started at Howard Johnsons, seriously!! Hotels really were luxury, it was the much smaller motels and Mom & Pop type of places along the old 2 lane highways, much before Interstate system was fully built that people did not have a restaurant on site, no free breakfast, no grab and go foods, and hotels were not as prevalent nor as commonly located as they are today.
Thank you so much for putting this on TH-cam and please don't ever take this off! Now if only someone can put up an episode of $ale Of The Century featuring either Jack Kelly or Joe Garagiola as host...
I'll tell you what someone told me when I used that word...."factoid" actually means an inaccurate piece of information, rather than a trivial but correct one.
7:29-"Flexichrome vinyl asbestos" during Bill's plug for the Flintkote flooring...who knew then that asbestos would cause cancer and drive Flintkote out of business? And $75 average value for a weekend at a Holiday Inn, complete with gourmet dining, back in the mid-1960s. Half a century later, that $75 won't even get you a night at a Holiday Inn Express, let alone any gourmet dining.
Looking at the video, there are only 2 areas where Food Fair used to be. One would be the Kohls store is now, and either the old Star's store or where KMart used to be which is now the Super 10 Cinema in Wallingford.
I believe that despite their claim of "going all over the country", that the original "Supermarket Sweep" almost always originated from just five metropolitan areas: New York, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, the five cities where ABC had owned stations (and presumably, mobile units).
altfactor Not necessarily; back then and still now, there are several other mobile production companies crisscrossing the country (the two biggies being NEP and Game Creek Video).
Question--was the original version always played with three couples running the Sweep simultaneously? The "ever-reliable" Wikipedia had the original version with just two couples running each Sweep separately. Can someone tell me what was the true case, please? Oh, BTW, where exactly in Connecticut is this episode of "Supermarket Sweep" being held?
My error...I guess the real issue is that while it offered an alternative to ANDY GRIFFITH reruns, it apparently couldn't make a ongoing ratings dent--especially given NBC's programming turnover in the same slot. A more important one may have been the onset of color...the expense of doing a show that went from location to location, and the possibility the local ABC station might not have the capacity to send out a color feed.(some affiliates didn't have color for their own programming until the 1970's)
@@tomservo56954 Another factor might have been Talent Associates wanting to free up funds for "N.Y.P.D.", a crime drama about to premiere on ABC's 1967 fall schedule, and which starred Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, and Frank Converse, respectively, as Lt. Mike Haines, Det. Jeff Ward, and Det. Johnny Corso, in which they solved crime in New York City.
An original episode of "Supermarket Sweep" taped at an actual supermarket! I wonder if this particular supermarket in Connecticut still exists? Thanks for uploading this! Is Bill Malone still living?
I was wondering if/how/where I might be able to find out anymore information on Supermarket Sweeps videos that exist. My parents were one of the grand prize winners from Long Island and I'm trying to locate them if they exist. I know that my mother had tried to contact the station but that she didn't receive a respose back.
Someone named "eva katara" stole both parts of this Sweep episode from you. They didn't even bother to remove your watermark! This has been going on with game show vids for at least a month, and it seems to be by the same person/group, using a different alias for each series (WoF, $otC, Catch Phrase, etc.). You may want to look into this.
Wasn't the adding up of contestants' winnings (done during a commercial break while the tape was stopped) in both the 1960's and 1990's versions actually done by certified public accountants??
My family and I attended this taping, and I remember it well! I think this was filmed in 1965; checking on that. The audience was told to make lots of noise, and to applaud wildly.
I agree--- I believe 65
Wow! That is so 😎 cool!
I agree on the timeline. In 1966 the vast majority of programs went to color. So 1965 sounds more like it. If not earlier.
Too bad the Lifetime and PAX versions never used real audiences but rather a paid gallery. They just didn’t look as happy with being there as we were watching the shows.
Wow, thanks for posting this! When Supermarket Sweep came to Food Fair in Livingston, NJ in 1966, they used kids - 3 boys and 3 girls - and I was one of the kids (11 years old at the time). Was approached in Food Fair prior to the show's Livingston taping, by a show representative while food shopping with my Mom. I was subsequently interviewed, and chosen to be on the show. What a thrilling memory! How sad I am to hear that the original tapes are no longer available, how I wish I could see that episode and my 11 year old self. Oh well! It was very exciting though, and I got tons of food and prizes too.
Don't give up-- check the network
Wow! that is so 😎 cool!
Maybe the person that uploaded this clip knows where to find it?
I think it's out there... by 1967 they would have been saving most episodes - based off other shows.
Finally, an episode of the original Sweep! Thanks so much for posting this!
This is so cool to watch! Everything is worth way less money, the commercial for vinyl asbestos, real grocery stores!
The date of this episode is March 28, 1967. Bill Malone says it's the anniversary of the 1797 patent of the washing machine in New Hampshire. According to washing machine history, "On this day, March 28, in 1797 the first United States patent for 'Clothes Washing' was granted a New Hampshire man, Nathanial Briggs." Nice to have a date for this great upload.
Wow. I've never seen clips of the original show. This is neat. I think it's cool that they went to real grocery stores.
food fair was one of the largest grocery chain in the 1930s through 1978 (most of the stores were converted to pantry pride) when it filed bankrupsy that year. Revlon and gristedes took over the florida locations. the last store closed in 1992.
Food Fair originated in Philadelphia in 1932.
Yes there was one near us in the 60s when I was growing up and I have a lot of fond memories of going there,now it's a Food Lion grocery store.
My god, I got the Laundry soap price bang on! Not bad for an English bloke watching this 48 years in the future!
This is actually my favorite version of the three that have been on the air. I'll take Mr. Malone's affable but dignified vibe over the rather loud Leslie Jones and the mechanical David Ruprecht who said the exact same words each and every broadcast. I like hosts who can improvise a bit but still stay on track. I also loved that these shows were all taped on location but the legal industry and grocery retail corporations would likely never agree to something like this now!
David is my personal favorite. Leslie Jones is by far the worst
I am not missing the Leslie Jones revival. David Ruprecht had an excellent version.
Practical flexichrome vinyl asbestos.
I was gonna post this exact same thing! Crazy…
Oh my god! The Benz' were my next door neighbors. This is freaking me out.
After finding the bonuses, approximately $159 was made during the sweep (still quite a bit). This sure is an awesome rare gem to watch :-) .
thank you so much Hondo! my sister and I grew up with the Pax/Lifetime version...I was surprised to learn that there was a 60s version and really bummed when I learned that there were no surviving episodes....I literally screamed with excitement when I saw this in my subscription update, lol
Here's my opening spiel: "From Danville, Kentucky and from this Food Fair store, a part of the fastest growing food chain that features quality foods at low prices, it's time for Supermarket Sweep, the TV game show that travels to your hometown and lets you run wild through your supermarket, and now, here he is, your master of ceremonies: BILL MALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
ABC would end up making a new version of Supermarket Sweep in 2020. We've come full circle, LOL!
Took over almost 60 years.
Yeah, I think they lasted for maybe ten episodes because.it was so awful.
Bonus prize of Hollywood Butternut Candy bars!!! How I miss those!!!
How cool is this. Food fair is long gone.always wondered why
Woooooowww, the ancient days of Supermarket Sweep! :o I've only seen the second incarnation on Buzzr (I didn't even know there were three versions until I looked it up).
Thanks for this great time capsule upload.
that was one of the loudest audiences i have heard on a 60's game show
I see similarities between this version and the one hosted by David Ruprecht about a quarter century later.
There’s another new version of the show out now hosted by SNL alum Leslie Jones
raflocruz99 didn’t watch it yet how is it? I just couldn’t imagine watching a reboot of supermarket sweep without David Ruprecht.
@@clos1203 for me, it’s alright I guess. She is a bit more excitable and hyperactive in this version, probably to make it more fun, but if I had to rate this new version, I’d give it a 7 out of 10. 🤷🏻♀️
raflocruz99 okay cool I’ll check it out.
OMG! Thanks for posting this Classic Supermarket Sweep! I been looking for these classic episodes. But thanks again Honda :)
@Tubewings This is being filmed in Wallingford, CT., near New Haven The announcer is Richard Hayes who I remember hearing late night on WCAU Radio 1210 in Philly. Though i live in SW CT, 1210 is clear channel.
And I guess people could watch Supermarket Sweep on then WNHC-TV Channel 8, now WTNH.
Richard also hosted a daily syndicated show during the 1969-'70 season, "ALL ABOUT FACES".
And also the Baby Game on ABC (that show replaced Dream Girl Of 67)
I've read about this version. How awesome to find.
@Hondo20132 Yes, there apparently is also an episode on file at The Paley Center For Media (formerly The Museum of TV and Radio) in New York and here in Beverly Hills. However I haven't been able to watch it for some reason when I visit it.
@Hondo20132 And portions of this were shown in the contestant call promo for the new Supermarket Sweep. But on the original version, it was a pain to lug those big cameras around the store (there were hand-held cameras back then, but the more modern, lightweight ones wouldn't arrive until the '70s).
people looked like serial killers in those days......
@NEPatriot Thnx. I had a tough time hearing the town. Looks like it's about 15 miles north of New Haven.
And WCAU is now WPHT (just a little factoid).
@ChihuahuaboyDH Bill Malone passed away in the late 1990's. The series' last season saw "Supermarket Sweep" relocate to a Florida shopping mall with a revamped format and re-titled "Supermarket Sweep presents 'The Honeymoon Race.'" Newlywed couples went racing around the mall in golf carts in a hunt for merchandise.
The original Food Fair chain was renamed Pantry Pride in 1970. It eventually went bankrupt in 1981 and only a handful in the south survive today. This store is gone.
I was today (Monday, November 15th, 2021) years old when I found out that Supermarket Sweep existed in the Sixties.
I thought that when it came on in the 90s it was an original game show. I was in grade school like in 5th or 6th grade. Lol...
I never knew this version existed until I google the new 2020 version with Lesile Jones. This is cool!
Wow, the audience ia shoutibg out prices like our TPIR! This is epic cool!
Love how they do proper wearing suits and dresses
7:47 Got it. Pennant colored gray.
Too bad the remaining six episodes of the original version aren't on TH-cam. Unfortunately, this is the best quality copy available of this episode.
Now a brand new 2020 version to be airing soon
One thing's for sure: they had a whole lot of spacing for them if they did use portable bleachers. They probably had to move some things around in the store to make them fit.
I'm sure those things imply roll in pretty well since supermarkets often had doorways big enough for things like putting cars in 'em (I recall that a few times).
Perhaps the best example of conspicuous consumption ever seen on television...
Sale of the Century says hi.
@@bethdibartolomeo2042 Amusingly, both shows were created and executive produced by Al Howard.
Gourmet dining at a Holiday Inn? Not as I remember in the 70's when those neon signs were in vogue.
Complimentary breakfasts are considered "gourmet dining" at Holiday Inn now.
Back then, they hired chefs for the cooking at the restaurant at large hotels. Even Jacques Pepin started at Howard Johnsons, seriously!! Hotels really were luxury, it was the much smaller motels and Mom & Pop type of places along the old 2 lane highways, much before Interstate system was fully built that people did not have a restaurant on site, no free breakfast, no grab and go foods, and hotels were not as prevalent nor as commonly located as they are today.
There are also episodes at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.
Market B.C.E. before corona epidemic
Oh, OK. That makes sense. Somehow I didn't quite think that was possible.
Radioactivity was a reality back then.
Thank you so much for putting this on TH-cam and please don't ever take this off!
Now if only someone can put up an episode of $ale Of The Century featuring either Jack Kelly or Joe Garagiola as host...
The only
surviving episodes are in the UCLA film archives, the rest were mercilessly "wiped" by NBC.
I'll tell you what someone told me when I used that word...."factoid" actually means an inaccurate piece of information, rather than a trivial but correct one.
7:29-"Flexichrome vinyl asbestos" during Bill's plug for the Flintkote flooring...who knew then that asbestos would cause cancer and drive Flintkote out of business?
And $75 average value for a weekend at a Holiday Inn, complete with gourmet dining, back in the mid-1960s. Half a century later, that $75 won't even get you a night at a Holiday Inn Express, let alone any gourmet dining.
Probably brought in portable bleachers.
They did. They were set up in the front of the store, to the right of cash registers as you looked into the store.
The moment I saw the male challengers, I was reminded of Robert Chrisman (Former manager of Dig Racing Team) from Ridge Racer: Type 4!
My mom was 10 when this was on
Looking at the video, there are only 2 areas where Food Fair used to be. One would be the Kohls store is now, and either the old Star's store or where KMart used to be which is now the Super 10 Cinema in Wallingford.
This store was in the Colony Shopping Plaza, US Route 5, in Wallingford.
Amazing
I believe that despite their claim of "going all over the country", that the original "Supermarket Sweep" almost always originated from just five metropolitan areas: New York, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, the five cities where ABC had owned stations (and presumably, mobile units).
altfactor Not necessarily; back then and still now, there are several other mobile production companies crisscrossing the country (the two biggies being NEP and Game Creek Video).
During the final months of the series, it originated from Miami.
One day all the 60's version of supermarket sweep will be found. 😀👍
Waterford, Connecticut. That's not far from where I live. I remember the Crystal Mall is located there.
Wallingford, CT, along US Route 5, in the Colony Shopping Plaza.
Didnt know this was on
all I gotta say is WOW... Thanks for this post :)
This rare episode is from 1967 and it was retitled as the original “Sweepermarket Soup”, and I guess it will be in future YTP videos.
@johnnyafairbanksak Let alone going to an actual store to do this in, which I'll say was a triumph they could do so.
@cityleewolfe Interesting how these things happened.
8:15 This might not have happened with the hand-held cameras of later years.
Why would ABC have discarded the original tape of this episode and keep THIS instead?
I'm sure of that.
Damn this is so old and black and white wonder if we can watch it in color
Forget it for now. Let's all expect the unexpected for us all, okay. Come on!
Just imagine if you can get cats full of groceries for that price now...
I'm trying but I just don't see anyway to stuff a cat full of groceries.
@altfactor Well, they try.
Do you have all of the recordings from the 60's? My parents were on this show, and I would love to get a copy.
Plexichrome Vinyl Asbestos… ‘Ope 😅
Were most of the episodes wiped? My favorite part when I was a kid was the Diaper Derby.
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:30 practical flexichrome vinyl asbestos. SMH.
I'd just like to know, how in the world were they able to set up seating for the audience in that supermarket? It seems impossible to do.
Question--was the original version always played with three couples running the Sweep simultaneously? The "ever-reliable" Wikipedia had the original version with just two couples running each Sweep separately. Can someone tell me what was the true case, please?
Oh, BTW, where exactly in Connecticut is this episode of "Supermarket Sweep" being held?
Wallingford, like the announcer mentioned.
This version of the show only lasted a year and a half. It doesn't say why it was cancelled.
It was getting beaten in the ratings by HOLLYWOOD SQUARES on NBC...
How is that possible when they were airing in different time slots?
My error...I guess the real issue is that while it offered an alternative to ANDY GRIFFITH reruns, it apparently couldn't make a ongoing ratings dent--especially given NBC's programming turnover in the same slot. A more important one may have been the onset of color...the expense of doing a show that went from location to location, and the possibility the local ABC station might not have the capacity to send out a color feed.(some affiliates didn't have color for their own programming until the 1970's)
@@tomservo56954 Another factor might have been Talent Associates wanting to free up funds for "N.Y.P.D.", a crime drama about to premiere on ABC's 1967 fall schedule, and which starred Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, and Frank Converse, respectively, as Lt. Mike Haines, Det. Jeff Ward, and Det. Johnny Corso, in which they solved crime in New York City.
An original episode of "Supermarket Sweep" taped at an actual supermarket! I wonder if this particular supermarket in Connecticut still exists? Thanks for uploading this! Is Bill Malone still living?
That Food Fair store is long gone. The shopping center is still there, but the stores have changed hands many times in the last 50 years.
Bill Malone is deceased. He was killed in a car accident in the late 1990s.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Actually, Bill Malone died in 1973.
Noveltooner...I understood Bill Malone was killed in a car accident in 1973.
really sad
I was wondering if/how/where I might be able to find out anymore information on Supermarket Sweeps videos that exist.
My parents were one of the grand prize winners from Long Island and I'm trying to locate them if they exist.
I know that my mother had tried to contact the station but that she didn't receive a respose back.
Someone named "eva katara" stole both parts of this Sweep episode from you. They didn't even bother to remove your watermark!
This has been going on with game show vids for at least a month, and it seems to be by the same person/group, using a different alias for each series (WoF, $otC, Catch Phrase, etc.).
You may want to look into this.
Who is the announcer
Richard Hayes, who was the future host of "The Baby Game" (1968)
Wasn't the adding up of contestants' winnings (done during a commercial break while the tape was stopped) in both the 1960's and 1990's versions actually done by certified public accountants??
When black contestants werent allowed..
One of the contestants who was black who appeared on "You Bet Your Life" was Hall of Fame basketball legend Elgin Baylor (1958-72).
I wouldn't be too sure about that. I actually saw footage from the series on a previous TH-cam video in which there were black people in the audience.
Can't see it?!?!? Very blurry! Wierd!
Boring back then lol
The women aren’t allowed to run? Wow that’s so blatantly sexist.
No. Women did the shopping back then. They would know the prices better..and why not have your husbo run the aisle..men like to compete like that
I wish these were all available😔
Who is the announcer
Richard Hayes.