"High Rollers" (1974) TV series 1974-1988

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

1 July 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show

Plot:

Game show which involved luck and a pair of REALLY big dice. Hosted by Alex Trebek, before he got popular and famous from Jeopardy.

Plot Keywords:

Quiz Show | Partially Lost TV Series | Non Fiction

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Alex Trebek	...	Himself - Host (1 episode, 1974-1980)
Kenny Williams	...	Himself - Announcer (1 episode, 1974-1980)
Becky Price	...	Herself - Model (1 episode, 1978-1980)
Linda Hooks	...	Herself - Model (1 episode, 1980)
Dan Campbell	...	Contestant (1 episode, 1987)

Also Known As:

"The New High Rollers" (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

30 min (465 episodes 1974-76/520 episodes 1978-80)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Century Towers Productions

Trivia:

Most master tapes of this series were erased to cut costs.

The only show to offer a $10,000 antique fishbowl.

The fishbowl that I mentioned above was one of the prizes offered on the infamous series finale of the late 1970s version of High Rollers. I say "infamous" because it is rumored that Alex Trebek was either drunk or high while making said series finale. Among the zany things Alex said in this episode was "Stayin' alive with the Bee Gees" (most likely referring to a good roll of the dice), "Many moon come...a niner" (most likely referring to a roll of 9 on the dice), "We're gonna add something to it...fish" (referring to the fishbowl), "You lost the fishbowl" (once again referring to the fishbowl), and the classic "Seven-ahhh!!!" (most likely referring to a roll of 7 on the dice).

Overall the show itself was pretty good, but the series finale gives it a kind of cult status.