The New Treasure Hunt - Confessions of a Game Show Contestant
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2015
- When Geoff Edwards passed away, I posted a short compilation of clips to honor my friend and colleague. When the clip about a lady who went crazy after winning was included in the video, I would have no idea what would happen next. Debbie Speed is that "crazy lady's" daughter and she was overjoyed when she spotted her Mom in that clip. She contacted me and we began chatting. I told Debbie that her Mom, Deloris Marler, was chosen because out of all of the clips we had from "The New Treasure Hunt", her reaction to Geoff was so pure and honest. A really great contestant.
I am happy to report Deloris is now 77 years old and she was gracious enough to give us a little insight about her experience as a "New Treasure Hunt" contestant. I think you'll find her story very interesting. Thank you Deloris and Debbie for sharing this with us! - The Winker
"Confessions of a Game Show Contestant" by Deloris Marler
My friends were all going to see a taping of a new show called, "The New Treasure Hunt" and asked me if I wanted to join. I said I would love to. On the way there, my friends said even if they got picked, they wouldn't win. But I said I WAS GOING TO WIN!
I was so excited, and a little bit nervous when I thought of what it would be like to go onstage. But as soon as I opened my box and saw I had a number, I ran onstage forgetting all about the TV cameras were rolling.
Geoff Edwards was so nice and he put me at ease. As you'll see in the clip, I risked the money and thought I had been Klunked. I was sad, but I tried not to show it. As I was walking back to my seat, Geoff called me back on to the stage and began to tell me I had actually won a great prize. I couldn't believe it! Then he started counting out the money in my hand. Those tears are real!
I think it was a miracle of God that I got to be on the show. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity "The New Treasure Hunt" gave me and my family. Winning close to $8,000 in cash and prizes in 1973 was a big deal...it's roughly the equivalent to winning over $40,000 today.
I ended up taking cash for the car and golf clubs and it allowed us to pay off all of our bills and move from California to Kentucky, where we eventually opened the first health food store in a 200 mile radius. The store moved to a larger town after a short time, and our grandson (coincidentally named Geoff) now manages the store forty years after that first store opened. Just think, it really started with "The New Treasure Hunt!"
I wonder how many other lives were touched by appearing on this show or other game shows? Maybe some of the people that read this will have a story to tell, too. I think it would be exciting to hear their stories! Thank you Wink for bringing this clip to me and my family and for allowing me to share this story. I really had a lot of fun reliving that time and reminiscing. Deloris Marler 
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I loved this as a kid in the 70s...😊😊😊
Thank you, Wink! I will never get tired of watching my mom. :-)
+polskikoobis OMG! I LOVED it! Your mom totally captured all of the thrills, suspense, fantasy, excitement, and fun of T.V. game shows!! 8:40-9:05, I was literally bawling tears of joy (I know, I'm a big softie... lol...) I just love to see wonderful things happen to wonderful people; even if it's 35+ years ago! Does my heart good!
Blessings! :-) #Godisgood
Thank you. Our family has really enjoyed reliving the moment, too. :-)
polskikoobis C'mon, keep it real... THAT'S YOUR MOMMA?! That is fantastic! I LOVE this video!
PatrioticPirate :-) Yup!
Great that your mom was able to do something good out of those winnings after paying the taxes on it. Maybe that was why she took cash for it?
Wink, I absolutely LOVE this backstory from the contestant!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
One of the best "surprise" endings I've seen. Geoff's play along factor until the revealing of the final prize is fantastic. One of Barris's best shows.
What I know from another comment was that each box had a specific skit Geoff had to do unless the contestant went for the box and it was the grand prize, then there was no skit and Geoff would play it out
WOW !!! I Really enjoyed that alot !! wish they remade Treasure Hunt !
Love Treasure Hunt!
I used to love this show. Nice to see it back here
This was such a fun show. Chuck Barris was a true game show guru. Geoff Edwards was a great host for the show as well. Great upload, Wink.
Just pretend he didn't do the Camouflage revival in the early 80s or 3's a Crowd
I loved Treasure Hunt so much. Geoff Edwards was the best.
I loved how they thought they got klunked and winds up winning a new car
We all miss you Geoff.
The late Geoff Edwards is my favorite game show host of all time. NOBODY was better fit to do this show than Geoff. I loved him on Chain Reaction and Starcade (I was of the age where that show appealed to me immensely).
Someone needs to do a compilation video entitled "The Best of Emile Autouri." Next to seeing the very lovely Jan Speck in the 1980's run, Geoff was a master at attempting to get a reaction out of him, and Emile was a pro at keeping character (except for that one time).
I enjoyed this show. It used to be shown in NY on Fridays at 7:30. Geoff Edwards was great at building the drama.
Geoff Edwards has a great "POKER FACE" & was hard to tell if the contents of the box was a klunk or the $25K
He is what made the show work so well. And don't forget he had to memorize a whole ton of skits for the boxes with klunks and other stuff.
I've always thought how cool it would be to see where the contestants from former classic game shows are now, and how being on that particular game show changed their lives. Particularly, I would love to hear about contestants from "Match Game", and Bob Barker's "The Price Is Right", from the 70's and 80's.
Good for her. She was a great contestant. Edwards deserved a medal for surviving such physical contestants. He did an admirable job of stretching a two-minute format into a half-hour.
Alfonzo Smith The other thing was that there were no cue cards so he had to memorize all the different sketches for each box. During the break, they would tell him which one it was, but he still had to memorize everything.
+sha11235 There never was a sketch for the grand prize box so he had free play there
Yeah, but he would milk it a bit anyway.
Wow! I would have been worried about her passing out.
Patrick Joseph Yeah, they would need to call Emile out there since he was a security guard who probably knew how to handle this.
If you want to see the store, do a search on Google for her and Kentucky. It's really neat she turned it into something great like that
Poor girl thought she got klunked!! That's what you call suspense!!
Deloris, to really crunch the numbers...what you won, $7,917.79 in cash and prizes would be the equivalent to according to the Inflation Calculator...$41,857.65! And winning $25,000 would be like winning $132,163.29.
Awesome win!
Thanx, Wink! Winston, that is.
So Chuck Barris did change the world in a good way after all. How 'bout that.
Oh, the confession is in the ad here. Thought it was taped on the video. Great to read it.
Wink, from what I heard, this show could've went on for a lot longer but Chuck wanted Geoff to make the contestants worry more even longer to the point of almost having a heart attack & Geoff refused so Chuck just gave up on the show. BTW, Geoff was a great host on every game show he was on, especially "Jackpot".
A new Caddy Deville valued at under $10k. Oh how times have changed.
I thought she was going to start flying away! ✈️😆😂🤣😂🤣 Her arms where shaking and moving soooo fast! Zoom!!! 🙌🏼✈️✈️✈️
They highlighted one of the prizes as a cruise around the world for 100 days. 100 days? Did people have jobs back then? I can see it, "Ok boss, I'll put in for 100 of my 150 days vacation I get this year."
doubleot And then the boss would go, "Aw, hell, with it. Take as long as you want because YOU ARE FIRED!!!!!"
What’s funny is that sedan still costs the same used, today.
I wonder if Deloris (sic?) had to pay gift tax.
And btw Wink, if you have any more eps of Treasure Hunt I'm sure we would all love to see them!!
+L. V.E. Yeah, there were taxes on the income there. All game show winnings are taxable income.
I figured as much. I've heard so many stories of how people had to forfeit their prizes because the taxes were just too high. Makes me wonder how many people realize that *before* they go on a game show.
Well, there is no way to lessen the tax on cash prizes. The thing is with other prizes, the amount they say on the show it is is always higher than what you can get for it in a regular store, so what happens is they tax you on the amount they say it is. However, you can find the same item discounted in a regular store and get the storekeeper to sign a declaration verifying this price, and then declare it on the income tax form at a lower price. So that is good news. And yes, you are allowed to forfeit a prize if you prefer not to pay taxes on it.
So glad to hear this! I wonder if any contestants are alive that actually kept their cars? (From any game show?)
combine the sketch acting with shopping spree's and you got something going on
Sometimes someone would get a klunk and it stayed a klunk. Sometimes someone would get a klunk and it turned into a good prize. What happens here - you’ll have to see.
$20,000 around the world cruise? not bad for, what year is this, 1974?
Considering the station wagon (the closest thing the 70’s had to an SUV) was about 1/3 the cost of the cruise….
This version is a little different, with the pop up surprise and three contestants with 3 numbers in boxes rather than balloons with stars.
Emil O'Tourre? Wasn't that the name of the bonded security agent who hid the check.
Emile Auotori was his name. He died a year after Geoff, in January 2017.
Jane "The model who had MORE than just her face and her legs going for her" Nelson! Whatever happened to her? Jane's the one who grabbed the box that the contestant picked and sent it over to Geoff.
What I read last, Jane Nelson was a producer and hostess of a children's
show.
Is that real cash Geoff is giving out to the contestant?
Yes, but they take it back, and cut a check that you receive around the time the show airs.
@@polskikoobis How do you know this?
@@sha11235 She knows because that is her mother in the clip.
Yes it is. I am a numismatist, and even at a young age during the 1970's run it was an absolute thrill to see him dole out $500 and $1,000-dollar bills.
So she almost got back the same amount if she had kept the cash.
$19,000 to sail on a container ship no thanks
Lol. Even if it was a luxury cruise by that era’s standards, who in the world has enough vacation time take a 100 day cruise all at once?
she need some calm down pills
She took the cash for the stuff? You can do that? Well, maybe she didn't need the car if she already had one. I would've kept the car.
Still have to pay the taxes on it. At least with cash, you can use the winnings to pay the taxes.
@@wschmrdr Yeah, but how often do you win a new car? And yes, all game show winnings are taxable.
@@wschmrdr True, although there is no way around the tax bite with a cash prize as with other prizes. The car would be a higher amount anyway (they always do that) so just find the car at a dealership and see how much less it is and get the dealer to sign a document attesting to that amount, and you can declare it on the tax form at the lower price.
Why was Treasure Hunt always having female contestants?
Chuck Barris was concerned that men might become violent what with all the pranks the show played.
It was purposely made that way. It was decided not to ever have male contestants because their reactions and emotions would not been favorable for the show due to Geoff Edwards drawing out the suspense.