Favorite classic game show

[Deja Q]

[Cush]

1. Tough Call

but went with "Card Sharks", because the contestants were usually a trip

[Deja Q]

3. I should have separated "Card Sharks"

To the original 1979 version with the guy with the long microphone (forgot his name but he ruled as MC)

and

the 1988 Bob Eubanks version, where he proved what a lifeless sort of host he was and that not all remakes/revivals look better than the originals... :D (He insulted a contestant's sense of humor too...)

[Cush]

5. lol yeah

Jim Perry was the original host

Of course, I only some of these shows because of GSN (I'm only 26)

[KamaAina]

2. Press Your Luck

...and STOP -- at a whammy!

(wheeeeee-uuuuuuuh)

Think of the possibilities if they brought it back (not the cheesy Game Show Channel version):

The Whammy crashing a Segway

The Whammy crushed by the Killer Pretzel

A masked Whammy running away with a ballot box; he trips and falls, and the box flies open and spills out dozens of ballots marked "Gore"

Yikes! One more whammy and I'm out of the game! :-)

[Cush]

4. the new version isn't bad

but it should have remained the same.

[jono]

10. Did you see

the documentary about the guy who figured out that there were only six patterns to the whammy board, then went on the show and won over $100,000? Ha Ha

[Cush]

11. yup

that was insane.

[Deja Q]

13. The new version makes the identical mistake too...

I picked up the repeating pattern rather quickly, even if the tv monitors are NOT placed in a square formation... :D

[LSdemocrat]

27. Agreed

Can't beat classic Press Your Luck

[Dookus]

6. No Hollywood Squares?

Charlie Weaver, Paul Lynde, etc. etc. etc.

Loved it!

[Cush]

7. Should have included 'Scrabble' as well

[chimpymustgo]

8. $25,000 Pyramid.

Still play along on the Game Show network.

[UrbScotty]

14. Nowadays, of course, Donny Osmond hosts "Pyramid"

:eyes:

[supernova]

9. Password

was always one of my favorites.

[Skip Intro]

12. Loved Match Game (but who the hell was Brett Somers?) n/t

[SmileyBoy]

15. PRESS YOUR LUCK!!!

C'mon... bigmoneybigmoneybigmoneyluckyluckyluckyluckynowhammysnowhammysnowhammysnowhammysSTOP!!!!

YOU GOT A WHAMMY!!!!!

HAW-HAAAAW!!!!

[caledesi]

16. Jeopardy, of course. Going way back to host Art Fleming!

Yeah, I am old, but in my family Jeopardy has always been a staple.

[lpbk2713]

17. I liked Family Feud

when Louie Anderson was the host. Didn't care for Richard Dawson.

[Spirochete]

18. Where's Jeopardy

on this list? Not there?

Just for that, I'm voting for that one where people get slimed, in protest. So there!

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. "You Bet Your Life!"

Only because one of the cable channels carried reruns late at night when I was a kid. Groucho Marx...how can you top that?

[truthseeker1]

20. Jeopardy

[CandyCrim21]

21. I miss the old double dare........

LOL, and remember, You Cant Do That on Televison? I grew up with those game shows but honestly the oldest real game show in my memory is Wheel of Fourtune. I always liked to try and solve the puzzles. LOL

[onebigbadwulf]

22. No whammy no whammy no whammy NO!

~

[Feanorcurufinwe]

23. What no Jeopardy? You Bet your Life? What's My Line?

God I feel old now.

Speaking of God, here's The Time God Appeared on You Bet Your Life.

[Art_from_Ark]

24. Lots of classic game shows weren't mentioned

Of course, there's Jeopardy! (with Art Fleming), which has been mentioned already. Some of my favorites when I was a kid included Treasure Island (newlyweds hunting for prize vouchers on the beach in Palm Beach), Let's Make a Deal with Monty Hall (can you imagine trading 1000 dollars for a goat?), Sale of the Century (use your winnings to "buy" prizes), and the Who, What or Where Game.

Then there was Eye Guess, which was a memory game where contestants tried to remember the location of sets of prize blocks on a board. Prizes could be anything from a new car to a "bent cent". When a pair of prize blocks was successfully matched, they would be turned around to show parts of a rebus that would represent some famous saying. Once, some guy from Pittsburg, Kansas was on the game and matched up everything on the first try. The TV station I was watching it on was KOAM in Pittsburg, so it was pretty exciting watching a "local" guy make it big on a national game show.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

25. Password, $25,000 Pyramid

Great Shows...

[NightTrain]

26. Where's Hollywood Squares? Jeopardy? You Bet Your Life?

From what you listed, I went with "Match Game." But you really could've offered more choices, my friend!