Gambit was later reworked as Catch 21, although I've heard that Heatter originally did a pilot entitled "Casino," also for GSN. It was also a reworking of Gambit.
I am friends with Wink Martindale on Facebook and I have been a huge fan of the game shows he’s hosted since the early eighties. Tic Tac Dough is my number one favorite!!!!
I believe that this is the first time I have seen a man named Wink Martindale host a game show dealing with cards and couples. Elaine Stewart was magnificent as dealer. GAMBIT ran for 5 seasons on CBS and was a smash hit. Catch 21 wasn’t invented yet. Kenneth A Huang 9/18/22
I read online a long time agio where Dick Clark (RIP) was considered to host Gambit instead of Wink Martindale. Interesting to think about if The $10,000 Pyramid was originally hosted by someone else and not Dick.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 As stated above. But Garson composed all of the music for the show, Opening and Closing theme, and the incidental music you heard when a couple won a round or when Kenny Williams talked about "parting gifts" or how to get tickets.
Do you happened to know where I can listen to "Mort Garson - Merrill Heatter's Battle Stars And Other Game Show Music", I can`t find it anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Sorry, I can't help with that. I've never been able to find any of Mort's other game show music, and I grabbed this mp3 file from a game show website years ago (that site is no longer around).
The graphic shown in fact is obviously fake. Prior to 1978, Milton Bradley used a light gray stripe along the left edge of its game boxes, with the MB logo in a white box.
@@jcd1970 That board game cover was fan-made for a guy who did online game shows, Gambit being one of them. I don't think Wink had this on his Facebook page.
@@toddwacha5108 You know; you can create your own Gambit home game. Just get a deck of 52 playing cards, a deck of trivia cards (Trivial Pursuit), and a piece of cardboard that says "Freeze"; then, just grab a couple of friends and play on. For the Gambit Galaxy (or whatever they called their Bonus Game), just get slips of paper numbered 1 through 21, then 21 slips of paper of various kinds of cash and prizes, slip them underneath the numbered paper and Voila! You have your bonus game. OR, you can do like what they did on Las Vegas Gambit and use the High Rollers game. Get a pair of dice and paper slips numbered 1 through 9 and roll until you can flip over all the numbers or stop if you can't. Don't forget cardboard pieces that say "Insurance" that you earn when you roll a double and can later use if you can't eliminate more numbers. I know this sounds longwinded but it's really simple.
This has been a Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley Production.
Gambit was later reworked as Catch 21, although I've heard that Heatter originally did a pilot entitled "Casino," also for GSN. It was also a reworking of Gambit.
I love the gambit theme. Wish this show was back.
Let's bring back gambit on buzzer tv. It was a great show.
Most of the show is gone forever. What little is left is owned by MGM, whom Buzzr does not do business with.
I am friends with Wink Martindale on Facebook and I have been a huge fan of the game shows he’s hosted since the early eighties. Tic Tac Dough is my number one favorite!!!!
I follow his Facebook page as well.
Stay tuned for Now You See It, next over most of these CBS stations. Or, stay tuned for Love Of Life, next over most of these CBS stations.
I believe that this is the first time I have seen a man named Wink Martindale host a game show dealing with cards and couples.
Elaine Stewart was magnificent as dealer.
GAMBIT ran for 5 seasons on CBS and was a smash hit. Catch 21 wasn’t invented yet.
Kenneth A Huang 9/18/22
Stay tuned for Now You See It, next over most of these CBS stations. Or, stay tuned for Match Game "75, next over most of these CBS stations.
CBS had and has the best Daytime.
"Gambit," "The Joker's Wild," and "The (New) Price is Right" all premiered the same day. September 4, 1972.
I read online a long time agio where Dick Clark (RIP) was considered to host Gambit instead of Wink Martindale. Interesting to think about if The $10,000 Pyramid was originally hosted by someone else and not Dick.
This was the closing theme to the show.
Composed by Mort Garson.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 As stated above. But Garson composed all of the music for the show, Opening and Closing theme, and the incidental music you heard when a couple won a round or when Kenny Williams talked about "parting gifts" or how to get tickets.
Like the gambit theme. Wish the show would come back.
Yes, and with Wink Martindale.
@@streetcarjay Yes, a 90-year-old Wink Martindale
You and me both!
This sounds like merry go round music. But it's nice to listen to.
What's the cue that plays during prize descriptions or prospective contestant plugs?
Do you happened to know where I can listen to "Mort Garson - Merrill Heatter's Battle Stars And Other Game Show Music", I can`t find it anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Sorry, I can't help with that. I've never been able to find any of Mort's other game show music, and I grabbed this mp3 file from a game show website years ago (that site is no longer around).
Was there a board game of this released
I think so. I'm pretty sure I got that picture from Wink Martindale's Facebook page.
No board game version of Gambit was ever made. Shame, I would love to have gotten one of them had there been a Gambit home game.
The graphic shown in fact is obviously fake. Prior to 1978, Milton Bradley used a light gray stripe along the left edge of its game boxes, with the MB logo in a white box.
@@jcd1970 That board game cover was fan-made for a guy who did online game shows, Gambit being one of them. I don't think Wink had this on his Facebook page.
@@toddwacha5108 You know; you can create your own Gambit home game. Just get a deck of 52 playing cards, a deck of trivia cards (Trivial Pursuit), and a piece of cardboard that says "Freeze"; then, just grab a couple of friends and play on. For the Gambit Galaxy (or whatever they called their Bonus Game), just get slips of paper numbered 1 through 21, then 21 slips of paper of various kinds of cash and prizes, slip them underneath the numbered paper and Voila! You have your bonus game. OR, you can do like what they did on Las Vegas Gambit and use the High Rollers game. Get a pair of dice and paper slips numbered 1 through 9 and roll until you can flip over all the numbers or stop if you can't. Don't forget cardboard pieces that say "Insurance" that you earn when you roll a double and can later use if you can't eliminate more numbers. I know this sounds longwinded but it's really simple.