Supermarket Sweep/Trivia: Difference between revisions

** Wally King was one of many who guested on the American version of ''That Was The Week That Was'' (1964). He later narrated the documentary ''Blue Water, White Death'' (1971), then moved to the United Kingdom and spent some time (1981-84) as floor manager on a few shows.

** Richard Hayes hosted ABC's ''Baby Game'' (1968), a 26-week revival of ''[[Name That Tune]]'' (1970-71), and ''[[All About Faces]]'' (1971-72).

** Johnny Gilbert has held the position of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' announcer since 1984 and announced on the ABC version of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' from 1963-65. Incidentally, series creator and executive producer Al Howard previously worked for ABC himself as an account executive and advertising copywriter.

** Randy West has worked as announcer on a variety of games, and in more recent years wrote a biography of Johnny Olson.

* [[Old Shame]]: Subverted; while virtually no clips of the ABC era were seen on the Lifetime/PAX run, the rights to the ABC footage are ''not'' held by Al Howard Productions...but by [[HBO]] through their ownership of the Talent Associates library. Yes, the cable channel that brought us ''[[The Sopranos]]'' owns the original ''Supermarket Sweep''.

* [[Creator Backlash|Producer Backlash]]: Despite the fact that the ABC version saved the production company, Talent Associates, from bankruptcy, company founder and president David Susskind refused to acknowledge that he was involved with the show because he hated game shows in general, believing them to be of lower quality than other programs (particularly dramas). When Al Howard, his agent from Ashley-Famous, Sy Fischer, and Jerome Schnur were pitching the concept to ABC's vice president of daytime programming, Ed Vane, Susskind was absent. ABC president Tom Moore, on the other hand, liked the show from the beginning when test showings were done in theaters...and in fact held the opposite attitude of Susskind when it came to game shows — indeed, when he first hired Vane at ABC, Moore had something to say:

* [[Uncanceled]]: PAX revived the show on April 3, 2000 following nearly four solid years of repeats (Lifetime from 1995-98, PAX from 1999-2000). The show ran three more years in first-run, followed by another year of repeats before being removed entirely on March 26, 2004.

 

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