September 29, 1969 - July 13, 1973
NBC Daytime Game Show
Hosts:
Jack Kelly
Joe Garagiola
Announcer:
Bill Wendell
Models:
Barbara Lyon
Kit Dougherty
Three contestants competed to answer a rapid-fire
series of questions worth $5, $10, and $15. During
the game, the players were offered a series of
"instant bargains," which could be purchased with
the contestant's accumulated cash total. The player
with the highest cash total shopped at the "Sale of
the Century," where it was possible to purchase
luxury items with his or her day's winnings.
Sportscaster Joe Garagiola replaced Maverick star
Jack Kelly as host on August 23, 1971. The series
also ran in syndication 1973-1974.
January 3, 1983 - March 24, 1989
NBC Daytime Game Show
Host:
Jim Perry
Announcers:
Jay Stewart
Don Morrow
Hostesses:
Sally Julian
Lee Menning
Summer Bartholomew
In this updated version players again competed in a
question-and-answer game. Each player started the
game with $20 and received $5 for correct answers
and lost $5 for wrong answers. From time to time
during the game, the player with the most money
was offered an "instant bargain" which had to be paid
for with part of their earnings. A new feature was
"The Fame Game," where the first player to solve
a "Who Am I?" question selected one number from a
board of nine. Behind some of the numbers were
merchandise prizes while others were money cards
which were added to the player's score. The game
ended with a 60 second speed round and the player
with the most money at the end of this round
won the game.
Several changes were made to the game during this
version's six-year run. In the main game, an
"Instant Cash" feature was added, where the player
in the lead could purchase a chance to win a cash
jackpot (a minimum of $1000 plus $1000 for each
day it was not won). The player was given a chance
to purchase one of three boxes, two of which contained
$100, and the third the jackpot. The price of this
chance was the amount of the player's lead over the
second-place opponent. The bonus game also changed.
By 1987, instead of purchasing prizes with their
winnings, the winning contestant played a prize
matching game. Using a board of twenty numbered
squares, the player called out numbers one at a
time, and the player won the first prize that matched.
The bonus game changed again in 1988 with the winning
contestant playing for a cash jackpot by trying to
solve four "six-clue puzzles" in twenty seconds.
This version of the series also ran in syndication
1985-1986 and repeats were shown on the USA
Network 1992-1994.
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