Remembering Geoff Edwards
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2014
- Here are some clips of Geoff Edwards at work. Not many people could fill Monty Hall's shoes, but during an emergency, Geoff was called. His quick-wit and ability to ad lib made him a perfect choice to sub on "Let's Make a Deal". Also included are some funny moments from "The New Treasure Hunt", a telephone call only Geoff could make and Geoff battles a fire.
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Geoff Edwards, God rest his soul, was a Facebook friend of mine. I'm glad that he was. I really liked Geoff. RIP Geoff Edwards.
This is a rare collection of gems! Thank you for posting! Rest in peace, dear Geoff.
Oh Geoff...you and your fire safety. You don't blow on fire nor you hit it. We all are going to miss you!
Geoff Edwards was a super awesome game show host, R.I.P.!
Thank you for this, Mr. Martindale. You and Mr. Edwards were both big parts of my youth!
He really could interact with contestants! RIP Geoff.
He is a great guy
I saw Buddy Rich at Century Plaza. I looked out into the audience, & I saw KMPC's Geoff Edwards (also a drummer)! RIP
Rest in Peace Geoff Edwards, my host from 1974-1975, and 1989 game show JACKPOT!
The few times Geoff lost it were priceless...
Rest in peace, Geoff. Especially loved you on Starcade and Shoot For The Stars.
And Jackpot!
I wish there were more episodes of the original NBC "Jackpot!" Geoff's banter with Don Pardo. the contestants and the New York audiences at 30 Rock was always precious. It was Lin Bolen who killed the show when she insisted it drop the riddles and make it a question & answer quiz. Considering how many game shows tried to copy what "Jackpot!" did (Barry & Enright's "Blank Check" comes to mind, that should have rung the warning bell: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
I love his laughing during the Treasure Hunt clip. He was a cool guy.
Yes...I remember seeing this re-run after school and actually audio taped it...I wish the entire episode of that was available...that woman was so funny when she pushed the pie into the Witch's face...
I'd LOVE to see the TH pilot in its entirety, even though it's obvious the reactions were painfully staged since it was a pilot. You can definitely see where the idea for the "high school fight song" type music used in the actual show came from, though.
Also, am I dreaming things up or do I remember correctly that the contestants themselves occasionally got pied? It'd explain the quick (and hilarious) thinking on this contestant's part!!!
RIP Geoff.
Hope all your Troubles get Zapped.-His closing phrase on Starcade.
Geoff Edwards... One of the best!!!
RIP Geoffrey Bruce Owen (Geoff) Edwards!
That was great to watch he'll be up in gameshow heaven with Jim Lang and Gene Reyburn and of coarse Richard Dawson I bet they'll be sharing some stories I'm from Australia and thank u!!!!
God bless Geoff Edwards
I can't see any other host making a show like Treasure Hunt work, who else but Geoff Edwards?
RIP to a LA radio and game show legend. :(
Janette McClelland so do you wear hanes socks and new balance 574 sneakers?
Treasure Hunt was before my time, but I remember the reruns. This was a great show!! I wish they would bring it back, but they would prolly find a way to mess it up.
geoff you are the man you me laugh
Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards (February 13, 1931 - March 5, 2014)
That's a great clip of Treasure Hunt, I've never seen that one before (I'm assuming it's the pilot).
i love Florence going bananas when Geoff gives her $1,000 hilarious :D
ty, i couldn't hear the name well, but she was hilarious winning a new station wagon & $1,000 worth of gas money :D
Andrew Mora Yes, her name is Deloris...she is my mom! she starts at minute 2:58. I have searched RUclips high and low looking for the segment she was on, but to no avail, until now. It is only a clip, but everyone in the family is watching it. If you know where I can find more of this video, please let me know.
Thank you! it was quite a story. They took a percentage of the cost of the station wagon, $1,000 and they didn't show the his and hers golf clubs, but she also won that. My parents took all of the money and moved from Cucamonga, California (it wasn't called Rancho Cucamonga in 1974) to Benton/Hardin, Ky. They opened up the only healthfood in the tri-state area within a 200 mile radius. They moved it to Paducah, KY in 1976 or 1977. Golden Carrot Natural Foods is still there, and now their grandson, my son, is the manager. We never would have moved to KY if it had not been for the prize money. Sorry to say so much, but I just wonder how many other lives were so completely changed. Moving to KY at 15, sure changed my life! for the better.
that's so amazing :)
something happened to me on a game show back in 1993 when i was on Scrabble for a special kids week where i was SO close to winning but won my 1st car with the money i won, which was $1,500 for 2 words(got $500 bonus for the 2nd word & $1,000 for the 1st word) but i still have that car(a 1974 Ford Maverick)
That is awesome! Do you have a copy of your video? I hope so...it is especially fun as the years go by. That is incredible you still have the car! I took my driving test in '74 Maverick. You have to able to think on your feet to play Scrabble and have presence of mind in front of the TV camera....were you nervous? I don't know that I have ever watched the television show Scrabble?!
BTW, anyone has the full episode that features the "Treasure Hunt Witch" ? That looks so hilarious to see.
+meyerj75 I think it would've been funny if that was Emile Autouri underneath.
Wink, both you & Geoff go a way back in 1975 (nearly 40 years ago) when the both of you were @ KMPC in Los Angeles. Being almost 4 years apart, the both of you had a lot in common, in the game show world, even traveling & working with the greatest people, inc. Pat Finn, Bill Cullen & Bob Barker (who still ranks #1 amongst all countless game show hosts, the way I ranked Buddy Ebsen as my #1 actor in 'surrogate parenting,' on my Facebook page). Geoff had a great sense of humor, his love of hosting game shows were spectacular, and was almost being used, too. you & I will both miss him, RIP!
Does anyone remember when Geoff Edwards did Hollywood's Talking?
Yes. It was his first game show ever in 1973.
2:23-2:57 Geoff had such a bubbly, goofy, SINCERE laugh... You could just tell that he was having so much fun! I loved it! :-D
That was a good moment when the contestant hit the witch in the face with the pie and Geoff burst out laughing because he didn't expect that.
And now Emile is dead too.
I remember Geoff's many failed attempts to get him crack a smile.
The TH pilot must be from late 1972.
That "Treasure Hunt" set, which I assume is from the pilot, looks so unusual compared to what eventually went to air. It was weird when I first heard that he did a show like that, because I remember first hearing of him when he hosted "The New/$40,000 Chain Reaction", because that's what was on in Canada when we had only four channels (That version of the show was taped in Montreal). Looking at what else he has done, it looks like he had a pretty good career. RIP, Geoff.
That Treasure Hunt pilot look like a shoe store
It does. And there were cheerleaders coming out welcoming Geoff Edwards shown in the pilot.
Anyone have the full episode where the clip starts at 2:16 please.
if you write to Wink above, he may be able to help you. Give him all the info of the time and the TCR info. He helped me find and publish on RUclips, my mom's complete episode...the one right after the show you are asking about. Good Luck!
I wonder if anyone has the full pilot episode of Treasure Hunt from 1973.
I have it in my vault.
@@WinkMartindaleGames can you please upload it, ASAP,?
The vault is closed for the holidays! :D xoxo
2.30-2.33...AND TO THINK MARC SUMMERS DID RICKY RICARDO'S LAUGH FIRST!
Emile had to be laughing backstage at what happened with the witch.
Was Mind Readers a pilot or a regular episode?
0:50-2:15-- Must be the Treasure Hunt pilot from the early 70s.
What was Jeff laughing about during one of those clips?
The witch with the pie on Treasure Hunt was threatening the contestant with it. But the woman got the better of him and pushed the pie in the witch’s face. That was unexpected and Geoff lost it.
2:02 That music is sounds familiar
UzumakiPavel isn't that the theme for the U.S. Navy?
I wonder what year the "Mind Readers" pilot is from. It looks like that was a Bob Stewart produced pilot, due to the "Love Experts" theme being used for it. There was also an actual series of the same name (although this one was just one word--"Minderaders") produced by Goodson-Todman.
Tubewings That "Mind Readers" pilot does scream Bob Stewart to me... :D
BTW, I believe it was taped in 1979, right around the time the GT game was made.
BTW, was this and "$50,000 a Minute" the only game show Geoff Edwards did that had Jack Clark as announcer?
I know this is really, *really* late, but per Variety "Mind Readers" was taped 10/30/78. And yes, it was a Bob Stewart show. (Funnily enough, it was also shot for NBC.)
With "Virgo" & "Scorpio" teams, it is a '70s show if I ever saw one.
The "Mind Readers" pilot is intriguing. There would be a future game show with that same title in 1979 (as "Mindreaders") and it would a celebrity-civilian game hosted by Dick Martin. Sadly, this game would
be the last show the great pair Mark Goodson and Bill Todman would
produce together before Todman's death in 1981.
I wonder if anyone has the full TH Pilot episode.
Yes, it exists
What was that pilot Mind Readers, never heard of it.
Is LMAD, the only Fremantle game show Geoff did?
I wonder how Emile felt about Geoff's passing? I know he is still with us.
RIP Geoff Edwards. Loved him on "Play The Percentages", "Chain Reaction" and "Starcade".