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[Chief-O]

That Don Guy, on 14 May 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

Didn't NBC-era Jackpot! also start with a dark set?

[checks a few YT videos]

Partially dark, but yes. So did Darrow's. ETA: Edwards' return, yes. Darrow's, no.

[aaron sica]

Not so much an opening to a show, per se, but I always liked the "Trip down Main Street" showcase when they would start out with the crawl lights on the big doors..

[PYLdude]

I would think the current Jeopardy would be an example, although it wasn't until the second season (I think) that they started dimming the whole set.

[TimK2003]

Add to the "dark open" mix:

• Jack Clark's version of Cross Wits
• Stumpers
• Hit Man

[Craig Karlberg]

Not only did Break the Bank '76 started in the dark, but it also ended that way too.  That's the only one I remember that does that on a regular basis.  When the CBS version of The Joker's Wiled ended, the whole set gradually got darker untill it was completely dark.  A true example of a show saying its fond farewell.

Not sure if Pitfall opened in the dark or not, I do however remember seeing the set being partially darkened before the bonus round.  That's where the player has to watch the sequence of lights on the bridge to locate where the 3 pirfalls are because they always flashed twuce.

[alfonzos]

Jack Barry's Twenty One, Concentration's Challenge of Champions, The $64,000 Challenge,Winning Streak, and (possibly) 100 Grand.

[Kevin Prather]

alfonzos, on 15 May 2012 - 04:51 PM, said:

Jack Barry's Twenty One

The Povich Twenty One also, IIRC.