Joker's Wild Ending Theme - 1978

The end of The Joker's Wild, a very entertaining Jack Barry/Dan Enright game show from the Seventies. This episode comes from a Los Angeles and Albuquerque edition of 1970s TV commercials I got hold of a decade ago and am finally getting around to digitizing/uploading. Enjoy, more to come!

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Art directors are John Mula & the late Donald Roberts the first syndicated season; Mula hereafter.

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"The Joker's Jive" by Alan Thicke was the name of that theme.

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The contestant Mark is sporting a Shaun Cassidy hairstyle.....LOL

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Interesting fact, Contestant Coordinator Lila Michaels, mother of HOF sportscaster Al Michaels.

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This is from the first half of the first season. By no later than March of 1978, the fonts in the closing credits all turned red.

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KOOL !

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KHJ (KCAL) used to have Jack Barry's version?

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The contestant shown here is Mark Gluckman, the show's biggest winner from the 77-78 season. He also competed, wearing a beard by this time, in the 1980 Million Dollar Tournament.

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I think KHJ had this syndicated version, of "The Joker's Wild.

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As well KCOP.

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A long credit crawl mixed in with "Joker's Jive" can equal sadness. I still wonder what Jack Barry would think if I was a contestant and I was crying over "Joker's Jive".

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I don’t know who Mark looks like now but when he competed in the Million Dollar Tournament and grew a beard, he looked like Chuck Norris.

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Reruns of the show's 2 original incarnations, are now held by Sony Pictures Television.