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Jeopardy!

  • TV Series
  • 1964–19751964–1975
  • 30m
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Art Fleming in Jeopardy! (1964)
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A quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.A quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.A quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.

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  • Creator
    • Merv Griffin
  • Stars
    • Art Fleming
    • Don Pardo
    • Mel Brooks
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  • Creator
    • Merv Griffin
  • Stars
    • Art Fleming
    • Don Pardo
    • Mel Brooks
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    • 5User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Art Fleming
    Art Fleming
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host
    40 episodes40 eps • 1964–1974
    Don Pardo
    Don Pardo
    • Self - Announceras Self - Announcer
    40 episodes40 eps • 1964–1974
    Mel Brooks
    Mel Brooks
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1972
    Anne Meara
    Anne Meara
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1973
    Gail Fisher
    Gail Fisher
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1973
    Abby Dalton
    Abby Dalton
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1973
    Wayne Morse
    • Sub-Announcer (1967)as Sub-Announcer (1967)
    Hutton Gibson
    • Self (1968)as Self (1968)
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      • Merv Griffin
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    The classic game show with a twist; the answers are revealed, but it's up to the contestants to supply the questions. Three contestants, including a returning champion, competed. Six categories are announced (e.g., Pro Football, Presidents, Science and Nature, Famous Bobs, Automobiles and Words), each having five answers ostensibly graded by difficulty, from $10 to $50. The champion chose a category and dollar amount (e.g., "Presidents for $10"), to which host Fleming reads the answer ("The Father of our country; he really didn't chop down a cherry tree"). Contestants had to respond in question form ("Who was George Washington?") ; if correct, they won the value of the question; if he/she was incorrect, failed to answer in time or phrase in the form of a question, that amount was deducted (hence, the dollar amount was "always in jeopardy") and his/her opponents could answer; having enough incorrect answers often led to negative scores. Thereafter, the contestant providing the last correct question selected next, and the process repeated. Hidden behind one of the answers was a "Daily Double" space, with the contestant selecting that space able to wager up to all his/her current winnings (or up to $50 if he/she had less) on the answer. After all 30 answers have been revealed (or sometimes, an undefined time limit expired), the game moved into "Double Jeopardy!" Gameplay was the same in "Double Jeopardy!" except six new categories were announced and the answers had values of $20 to $100 and two "Daily Double" spaces were hidden (with contestants able to wager up to $100 if they had less). At the end of the "Double Jeopardy!" round, all contestants with at least $1 were eligible to play "Final Jeopardy!"; however, anyone with $0 or a negative score was eliminated and given consolation prizes. Fleming announced a category, and the contestants (before seeing the answer) wagered up to everything they had on their ability to answer. Contestants had 30 seconds to write what they believed was the correct question. Those who were correct had the amount they wagered added to their winnings; however, any incorrect questions or failing to phrase properly lost what they wagered. Everyone kept their winnings and the contestant with the most cash (usually not more than $1,000) was champion and got to return the next day. Champions competed until they won five shows (at which point they retired undefeated) or until they were defeated. The highest-scoring contestants and all five-time champions over a period of time participated in a Tournament of Champions, the winner earning an additional $25,000; there were also college tournaments and celebrity shows conducted. —Brian Rathjen <briguy_52732@yahoo.com>
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    • Trivia
      Most episodes of this series are lost. This was due to NBC's network policy at the time where the master tapes of game shows because they saw no value in keeping the tapes intact for reruns since most game shows were not rerun after they aired. Thus, the network saw no reason to preserve the tapes. Only a small number of episodes of the show survive.
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      Featured in The 25th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1973)
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    Vote for the original (late 60's-early 70's) "Jeopardy!" to be put on DVD!
    This is the version of "Jeopardy!" I REALLY remember and enjoy.

    When I was 6 years old in 1968, I would run home from school at lunchtime just to watch "Jeopardy!" And, for some strange reason, I would always applaud whenever a contestant found a Daily Double (maybe because the audience did?). Sometimes I would also hum the "think" music, and my younger sister made up her own nonsensical lyrics. (The theme of the original "Jeopardy!" was an instrumental, not the "think" music, which featured a muted trumpet solo.)

    Another big difference between the original and current versions, in addition to adjusting for inflation in the dollar amounts of the clues and technological advancements, is that during the contestant interviews in the original, there weren't any smart-assed jokers who thought they were funny (e.g. doing idiotic impressions, playing body parts as "musical instruments," or making up stupid puns, which were most likely scripted; that kind of, to rephrase the title of one of George Carlin's monologues, "goofy crap" seems better suited for "The Gong Show" or if John Waters decides to make a "Polyester, Part 2" in Odorama - get it about the latter reference?). In the original "Jeopardy!," they were mostly ordinary people who acted and played like adults, which is more than can be said for some of today's contestants.

    If Sony was smart, they should have put THIS original version of "Jeopardy!" on DVD; after having seen a snippet of it on "American Dreams" last year, that only whetted my appetite even more. When Game Show Network reran the original "Jeopardy!" in 2001, my landlady did not have the tier that had GSN added on her satellite. Now that she since has, GSN recently told me in an e-mail they have no plans to show the original "Jeopardy!" again anytime soon, sadly.

    But, for those of us who WOULD like to see the original late 60's - early 70's version of "Jeopardy!" released on DVD, be sure to go to TV Shows on DVD.com and vote for it; the original version was added to their list three weeks ago.

    Who wants to see a DVD mostly full of Ken ("The Cheater") Jennings? I sure WOULDN'T waste my hard-earned $20 on that one! (And since they currently own the rights to the track, as well as now being a part of Sony's corporate family by virtue of Sony's purchase of BMG Music, perhaps Arista Records should re-release pop group Bob Kuban and the In-Men's 1966 Top 40 hit "The Cheater" as a CD single, put Jennings' face on the CD label, and include it as a bonus with that forthcoming DVD of "Jeopardy!" Or better yet, maybe Arista should make a music video using snippets of Jennings' "Jeopardy!" appearances with "The Cheater" as music and release that as a bonus DVD single with the DVD of "Jeopardy!" L.A. Reid, if you're reading this, and since you're now Arista's president, be aware - you're sitting on a potential goldmine!)

    However, Sony, PLEASE do all of us who would like to see the ORIGINAL late 60's - early 70's version of "Jeopardy!" with Art Fleming again a BIG favor - PUT IT ON DVD SOON!!!!

    In the meantime, anyone who would like for that to happen please be sure to go to TV Shows on DVD.com and vote for it; thus far, the original "Jeopardy!" netted only 31 paltry votes. Let's turn that number into 100 or more votes and tell Sony we want the ORIGINAL "Jeopardy!" to be released on DVD!
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    • Release date
      • March 30, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Jeopardy!
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • What's the Question?
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 8G, NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jeopardy Productions
      • Merv Griffin Entertainment
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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