This, if many of you have read my previous reviews, is my all-time favorite game shows.
It just doesn't seem like almost 50 years ago that this had been broadcast...but it has, come 2023. We have seen all the cast pass away, with the exception of Sivi Aberg. Jan Murray, who created the original game show back in the 1950s, proved yet again that cruel humor works and tense moments of suspense are very key in the elements of surprise. It's shown here in its glory, and for four great years between 1973 and 1977, it came to fruition. Chuck Barris himself had a lot to do with the gags here; it just took the right element and timing of the late Geoff Edwards to time them perfectly. There is no doubt that the whole production crew, including Walt Case and John Dorsey, could not hold back the same suspense and laughter. The concept was brilliant, and the show likely would have kept going, but Edwards wanted more involvement in the contestants but Barris wanted more suspense. Was not 30 surprise boxes not enough? Enter 1981 and now 64 boxes. That's when the show lost its luster, to me.
So much more can be said for the 1973-1977 run, and that is why it will be my forever number one game show of all time...50 years later.
You guys were all great! Thank you Geoff, Walt, John, Sivi, Nomi, Jane, Emile...and especially Chuck - who made it all possible. It was the best.
It just doesn't seem like almost 50 years ago that this had been broadcast...but it has, come 2023. We have seen all the cast pass away, with the exception of Sivi Aberg. Jan Murray, who created the original game show back in the 1950s, proved yet again that cruel humor works and tense moments of suspense are very key in the elements of surprise. It's shown here in its glory, and for four great years between 1973 and 1977, it came to fruition. Chuck Barris himself had a lot to do with the gags here; it just took the right element and timing of the late Geoff Edwards to time them perfectly. There is no doubt that the whole production crew, including Walt Case and John Dorsey, could not hold back the same suspense and laughter. The concept was brilliant, and the show likely would have kept going, but Edwards wanted more involvement in the contestants but Barris wanted more suspense. Was not 30 surprise boxes not enough? Enter 1981 and now 64 boxes. That's when the show lost its luster, to me.
So much more can be said for the 1973-1977 run, and that is why it will be my forever number one game show of all time...50 years later.
You guys were all great! Thank you Geoff, Walt, John, Sivi, Nomi, Jane, Emile...and especially Chuck - who made it all possible. It was the best.