http://tvgameshows.net/column.htm

Interesting article.


[But just LOOK at that picture....especially the guy on the right....is that him?!]

Link is broken.

EDIT: Well, second time is the charm. It's working now.

EDIT #2: Yes, the picture of the guy on the right with the lack of hair is him. Pretty good article. Nice read.

Not to knock a show that has had such longevity, but Steve points out a flaw in the show that the strategy of running out the clock and just sitting there doing nothing could lead to a win.

QUOTE (whampyl03 @ Aug 24 2003, 08:57 PM)

EDIT #2: Yes, the picture of the guy on the right with the lack of hair is him. Pretty good article. Nice read.

No, no, no. That's not what the post was asking. But the answer is the same; that is him on the right in the black & white picture.

Brandon Brooks

We had an "It's Academic" show in the Buffalo area too... but I don't think it was quite the same show as Mr. Perfesser describes. I was on it circa 1980, which was a few years before home VCR's became common. I wonder if the station kept the tapes?

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No, no, no. That's not what the post was asking. But the answer is the same; that is him on the right in the black & white picture.

OH, he was talking about the B&W picture... So he did have hair...

(I know I shoulden't be so mean, I'll probably lose all of mine in 20 years.)

Steve, Schmeve. It's all about him.

Hey, when's he gonna interview the Amazing Race winners?

It's Academic aired in Cincinnati , first on WLWT and then on public TV station WCET into the 1980s.

Brian

The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?

We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!

QUOTE (davemackey @ Aug 25 2003, 06:10 AM)

Steve, Schmeve. It's all about him. Hey, when's he gonna interview the Amazing Race winners?

LOL!

Not to get into a debate over gay marriage, but Chip and Reichen certainly bickered like a married couple. :-)

Just a minor nitpick, but when y'all put up a post about Steve Beverly's site, could you come up with a better title than "SB's Latest Column" or things like that. There's been at least 5 or 6 threads named something like this before and I often skip them thinking I have already read them. Maybe something like "SB and It's Academic" or "SB recalls his game show loss".

OB-Game Show: So, when will Chip and Reichen get their own show on Bravo? (Oh, I was watching "Inside Edition" this morning -rerun from Friday- and it said that TAR was coming back next summer!)

QUOTE (PeterMarshallFan @ Aug 24 2003, 08:53 PM)

http://tvgameshows.net/column.htm Interesting article. [But just LOOK at that picture....especially the guy on the right....is that him?!]

That article's a crock. Everyone knows Quizbusters is the longest-running HS quiz bowl in the country!

QUOTE (inturnaround @ Aug 25 2003, 07:22 AM)

Maybe something like "SB and It's Academic" or "SB recalls his game show loss".

Or "SB Talks About Himself."

No, that doesn's work either....

QUOTE (davemackey @ Aug 25 2003, 06:10 AM)

Steve, Schmeve. It's all about him. Hey, when's he gonna interview the Amazing Race winners?

Not until they finish making the plastic bubble for him to sit in while interviewing the Chippendales. :)

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We had an "It's Academic" show in the Buffalo area too... but I don't think it was quite the same show as Mr. Perfesser describes. I was on it circa 1980, which was a few years before home VCR's became common. I wonder if the station kept the tapes?

I rememeber the Buffalo version - it was on Channel 4 every Saturday night for many years (right before "Treasure Hunt" in the '70s). It featured three local area high school teams answering educational questions. Had a catchy theme too - I wonder if the theme was the same for every version of the show. I know the "Bowling for Dollars" cartoon opening and theme were the same everywhere.

As for the station saving tapes, I don't know for sure but I'd venture to guess it's unlikely. The station I worked at for three years didn't save any in-house production for more than about three months - and that was in the late '80s. In fact, one time for an anniversary special they had to ask employees if they saved any tapes of original broadcasts from previous years that they could use on the show!

QUOTE (Ian Wallis @ Aug 25 2003, 11:55 AM)

I rememeber the Buffalo version - it was on Channel 4 every Saturday night for many years (right before "Treasure Hunt" in the '70s). It featured three local area high school teams answering educational questions.

Yes, that's it. I think we were on it in 1980 and 1981. Unlike Mr. Perfesser, I do not remember anything about it... other than in '80 we won our match and qualified for a playoff match that we lost, and in '81 we also won but didn't make the playoffs.

Our advisor had a trash bag full of index cards, representing every question that had been asked for several years. Mostly titles and authors to books we'd never seen, and to this day haven't read. And someone (the shop teacher?) built a set of three panel boxes with buttons, lights and buzzer.

Not exactly the coolest activity in the school, but it only took up one or two hours every week and it got us on TV.

Sorry if I didn't use enough "I"'s and "me"'s. I'll try harder next time.

QUOTE (melman1 @ Aug 25 2003, 05:42 PM)

QUOTE (Ian Wallis @ Aug 25 2003, 11:55 AM) I rememeber the Buffalo version - it was on Channel 4 every Saturday night for many years (right before "Treasure Hunt" in the '70s).  It featured three local area high school teams answering educational questions. Yes, that's it. I think we were on it in 1980 and 1981. Unlike Mr. Perfesser, I do not remember anything about it... other than in '80 we won our match and qualified for a playoff match that we lost, and in '81 we also won but didn't make the playoffs. Our advisor had a trash bag full of index cards, representing every question that had been asked for several years. Mostly titles and authors to books we'd never seen, and to this day haven't read. And someone (the shop teacher?) built a set of three panel boxes with buttons, lights and buzzer. Not exactly the coolest activity in the school, but it only took up one or two hours every week and it got us on TV. Sorry if I didn't use enough "I"'s and "me"'s. I'll try harder next time.

No, our school made sure it was cool when I participated in my school's quiz program. We never aspired to be anything more than a significa club, not having the funding to compete on an interscholastic level, but I enjoyed writing the questions and watching the kids brows furrow when I moderated. Yep, students were given the chance to moderate in our school and we used the classic College Bowl format with three teams rather than two. And it didn't hurt matters that we gave everything a slick game show feel since there were more than a few game nuts in there.

Reminds me of a picture I saw of Tim Allen in a '94 Time magazine.

Hey, I rather enjoyed the Prof's columnostalgia.

QUOTE (DrBear @ Aug 26 2003, 04:55 PM)

... columnostalgia.

Reason A. Goodwin would be rolling in his grave if he knew about all of these [Allen Ludden]coined words[/AL].

QUOTE (GS Warehouse @ Aug 26 2003, 06:19 PM)

QUOTE (DrBear @ Aug 26 2003, 04:55 PM) ... columnostalgia. Reason A. Goodwin would be rolling in his grave if he knew about all of these [Allen Ludden]coined words[/AL].

Probably right.

And the creators of "Blind Date '49" are probably upending over these docudatergameries.