Everything Old is New Again - Game Shows - Part 2
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
United States
December 7, 2025 11:55pm CST
Sorry for the loooong time between installments.
1960 - 1979
The 60s brought a couple of changes to game shows...propriety was challenged when the Newlywed Game hosted by Bob Eubanks put questions to the couples regarding "making whoopee". In the early days of game shows, the audience members, for the most part, dressed in suits for the men and dresses, heels and hats for the ladies. On programs such as Let's Make a Deal, audience members dressed in costumes...quite a change!
Some of the other game shows of the 60s were The Dating Game, Hollywood Squares, Password, Match Game and Supermarket Sweep.
The 70s brought host Richard Dawson kissing all the contestants on Family Feud. Other shows -- Bowling for Dollars, the Gong Show hosted by Chuck Barris...the winner of this wacky show won $516.32, a reboot of Name that Tune, Tattletales and the $10,000 Pyramid (rebooted in future years as the $100,000 Pyramid).
To be continued...
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
8 Dec
Not only have the game shows changed over the years but the prize money is substantially more. Seeing men and women in the audience now, dressed in suits and dresses, would be one of the biggest changes.
I remember all those game shows and actually had a friend who was on Bowling for Dollars.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
I watch the Game Show Network for hours. I've won a lot of virtual money! lol
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Dec
There have been some interesting games shows down through the years. I was a fan of Jeopardy until the host passed. Haven't seen it but a couple of times since then.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
Ken Jennings is OK; but I miss Alex Trebek.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Dec
@LindaOHio ......When Alex passed I couldn't watch it anymore. I am funny about traditions. I like the original.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
10 Dec
@celticeagle What I don't like about Ken Jennings is his voice. It's too high.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
8 Dec
I watched some of those.I almost set the house on fire once when I was home pretending to be sick from school while my mother and dad were at work. I was watching The Newlywed Game when I noticed flames shooting from the wastebasket. They came close to catching the shears under the curtains on fire.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
9 Dec
@LindaOHio I was lighting things on fire in a large ashtray. I thought everything was completely out when I threw iT in the trash, BUT apparently bot..Kids!! When m uncles were young they managed to burn the barn down. Luckily, no animals inside.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
How did a fire start in the wastebasket?!!!
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@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
12 Dec
One incredibly obscure game show I remember is Treasure Isle. It lasted one season on ABC (I think it was on opposite of Jeopardy, which explains everything) in the late 60s. The host was John Bartholomew Tucker.
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@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
13 Dec
@LindaOHio — I thought Treasure Isle was cool. Of course, I was 7, so fun like that appealed to me more than a brainy show like Jeopardy.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
13 Dec
It vaguely sounds familiar. No chance of surviving opposite Jeopardy!! lol
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec
My closest favorite is Match G but after going through all the years and the Match Game PM and now Match Game synd I need a change perhaps I will look up the old Let;s Make a Deal,
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Dec
@LindaOHio no I watch them on YouTube sometimes that network has uploaded game show on there,
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Dec
@LindaOHio Yes, they have. I don't watch game shows anymore.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
I don't know. He kissed them on the lips too! That wouldn't fly today.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
I spend a lot of time watching our Game Show Network.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
9 Dec
@LindaOHio - There were some Game Shows in Italy that I really liked.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
9 Dec
I spend a lot of time watching the Game Show Network.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Dec
I know some of those game shows. How many times was name that tune rebooted? I know they have a current reboot.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Dec
@LindaOHio I didn't know there were that many.
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