I'm kinda delving into the old bag of tricks...with another Pat Bullard episode of Card Sharks. This is the last one from my collection. Hope you enjoy.
You’ve got to be kidding I thought this version was so obscure but they never kept any of the master tapes I mean I liked it but a lot of people didn’t
@@zachhoran That makes sense but what I’m saying is this version is so obscure because it only lasted from one season in syndication in daytime so I find it surprising that buzzer was able to find any episodes because any that I’ve seen online have come from peoples personal recorded archives
@jamesgibson5818 I get what you mean, but I don't think there's been a show so bad they destroyed just because it was that bad. I mean that's always the joke: "it was so bad they burned all the tapes." But even during wiping practices it was due to the cost of videotape not necessarily because the show was awful. And going back to what you said about liking this version. There were things about it that were okay. I didn't mind the set & theme music. The 4 player "tournament" format works. What didn't work was having both players play from the same row of cards. At the very least there should have been a rule that you can't win on your opponent's mistake (then they'd replace the card with the next one in the deck). The fact that they were only playing for stake money for the money cards (they don't get to keep it), the clip chips were tacky and brainless. Pat Bullard i do think he wanted to do a good job, but i think he knew quickly this was gonna flop and was just going through the motions.
_CASINO_ _(Card Sharks In Name Only.)_ Sadly, at age 10, this was my first exposure to _Card Sharks._ If they didn't borrow elements of _Street Smarts_ and Jaywalking, this may have worked. Another aspect that the show had working against it was the timing of its debut broadcast, having premiered the Monday right after 9/11. With the country still reeling from a heinous attack, not many people were in the mood to watch a lighthearted game show.
This version of Card Sharks really did suck. If Mark Goodson was alive, he would NOT hired Pat Bullard. Mark would probably ask Jim Perry as host, or at least got Todd Newton. The format would be the classic version with the $1K bonus for exact answer and $500 for running the board without freezing. Each game worth $500 in the best 2-out-of-3. Money Cards would play for $54K for a potential winning of $55K. If they survive 5 matches in a row, they would get a brand new car(In terms of the ‘01 version, the value would be from $13K to $19K)
@@Scottwilkie18 so basically everything about this revival went wrong. There is also a reason why Pat was never asked to host another game show after this!
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The pilot episode is scheduled to air on Buzzr this week
You’ve got to be kidding I thought this version was so obscure but they never kept any of the master tapes I mean I liked it but a lot of people didn’t
@@jamesgibson5818 Sure.
@@jamesgibson5818 By 2001, master tapes of shows were usually preserved.
@@zachhoran That makes sense but what I’m saying is this version is so obscure because it only lasted from one season in syndication in daytime so I find it surprising that buzzer was able to find any episodes because any that I’ve seen online have come from peoples personal recorded archives
@jamesgibson5818 I get what you mean, but I don't think there's been a show so bad they destroyed just because it was that bad. I mean that's always the joke: "it was so bad they burned all the tapes." But even during wiping practices it was due to the cost of videotape not necessarily because the show was awful.
And going back to what you said about liking this version. There were things about it that were okay. I didn't mind the set & theme music. The 4 player "tournament" format works. What didn't work was having both players play from the same row of cards. At the very least there should have been a rule that you can't win on your opponent's mistake (then they'd replace the card with the next one in the deck). The fact that they were only playing for stake money for the money cards (they don't get to keep it), the clip chips were tacky and brainless. Pat Bullard i do think he wanted to do a good job, but i think he knew quickly this was gonna flop and was just going through the motions.
This version bombed after one season, it never caught on and the Mchale version on ABC, never caught on. It should have stayed in the '70s and 80's.
It was pulled after three months. The show aired its last episode on Jan. 4, 2002, ending after 15 weeks.
CS should have stayed in the 80s. The McHale one was a letdown too.
_CASINO_ _(Card Sharks In Name Only.)_
Sadly, at age 10, this was my first exposure to _Card Sharks._ If they didn't borrow elements of _Street Smarts_ and Jaywalking, this may have worked.
Another aspect that the show had working against it was the timing of its debut broadcast, having premiered the Monday right after 9/11.
With the country still reeling from a heinous attack, not many people were in the mood to watch a lighthearted game show.
This version of Card Sharks really did suck. If Mark Goodson was alive, he would NOT hired Pat Bullard. Mark would probably ask Jim Perry as host, or at least got Todd Newton. The format would be the classic version with the $1K bonus for exact answer and $500 for running the board without freezing. Each game worth $500 in the best 2-out-of-3. Money Cards would play for $54K for a potential winning of $55K. If they survive 5 matches in a row, they would get a brand new car(In terms of the ‘01 version, the value would be from $13K to $19K)
What didn’t work was the hidden camera gags
A single run of cards instead of two separate hands for the contestants
And the formatting
@@Scottwilkie18 so basically everything about this revival went wrong. There is also a reason why Pat was never asked to host another game show after this!
@@ABCEasyas-- That and the fact that his hosting resume included a poorly-received FOX special, _Who Wants to Be a Princess?_ the same year.
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