WANT LIST
We've all got one; here's mine. A very long read, I know. This is subject to change, so keep checking back. I’m not a picky person; I'm interested in virtually any show, and I've even been known to request shows I don't like. But these are what I’m especially trying to get my hands on.
-All-Star Blitz
-Boggle/Jumble/Shuffle (preferably with the interactive segments intact)
-Bargain Hunters (especially the finale, which I know a scant few traders have)
-Break The Bank '85
-Caesar's Challenge (especially Neil Bines' episode)
-Camouflage (either Morrow or Campbell)
-Catch Phrase (especially foreign episodes)
-Debt
-Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
-It’s Academic with Mac MacGarry (BIG-TIME want, especially episodes from 2000 or prior)
-Jeopardy! (especially first season episodes; I love that red neon set. I'm also looking for Dan Avila's games from 3/29/91 & 4/1/91)
-The Last Word
-Mad Libs
-Masters Of The Maze
-My Generation
-Off The Wall
-Peer Pressure/Pressure 2 (any season)
-The Price Is Right (Barker episodes pre-2002, any Cullen, Kennedy, or Davidson episode)
-Quicksilver
-Remote Control (either run)
-$ale Of The Century (especially foreign episodes)
-Scattergories
-Scrabble (either run)
-Shop Til You Drop (Lifetime, Fam, or any Finn-hosted PAX episode that GSN skipped)
-Slime Time
-Studs (Yes, really.)
-Time Machine (preferably the first format)
-Treasure Mall
-Turn It Up!
-Ultimate Fan Search
-The Video Game
-Wheel Of Fortune (Anything pre-2002. I'm especially looking for Raymond Taylor's three episodes from January 1994)
-Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego (especially episodes from '93 & '94; I'm really lacking in those two years)
-You Bet Your Life (especially Hackett or Cosby episodes)
-Your Place Or Mine (the 5 episodes I'm missing)
-Any game show with Weird Al Yankovic, Barry Gordon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, or Tiny Tim as a guest or contestant
-Any Nickelodeon airings, preferably with the ads intact
-Any local game shows, quiz bowls, lottery shows, etc.
-Any GSN original from 1994-2001 (yes, the abysmal Faux Pause included)
-Anything from GSN's WIN-TV
-Any GSN broadcast where they accidentally leave in the contestant plug or the original commercials (I know the latter happened at least twice)
-Any FAM broadcast with playbreaks/interactive segments left in
And these are a few special episodes, which will net you extra material if you're able to provide them.
The most important thing I'm trying to find is a Scrabble episode. The opening clue was "It has a swinging atmosphere", and the answer was "playground". The clue was sent in by my mother, Josephine Rinkerman of Fairfax, Virginia. According to a letter we got from Reg Grundy Productions shortly after it aired, the episode aired on December 1, 1988. If you have this, you will get twelve hours of anything I have in return.
Also important is a PAX Beat The Clock episode. It was taped on Aug. 9, 2002, and aired on Nov. 20, 2002. Red team was Julie & Adam, yellow team was Sue & Tom, & blue team was Julie Paige & Jim. I was in the audience for five episodes of BTC, and this episode is the only one I don't have on tape. This episode will get you eight hours of anything I have in return. (It doesn't matter if it's an original PAX airing or an "i" rerun; I'll accept it regardless.)
And there you have it! Hope you didn't fall asleep reading that. ;)
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