Blank Check (TV series): Difference between revisions

 

''Check'' was canned on July 4 and remained mostly forgotten until 1986, when Barry's business partner Dan Enright (apparently having gained the ''Check'' rights after Barry died in 1984) sued ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' over one of their pricing games — Blank Check, which debuted in 1981. Rather than fight it, ''Price'' removed the game for seven weeks and brought it back as Check Game.

* [[Bonus Round]]: The audience game. Up to four nice prizes for a member of the audience, and a crack at the thousands digit for the Checkwriter.

* [[Bonus Space]]: When determining the numbers, spinning a "straight" (i.e., 1-2-3-4-5) awarded the current Checkwriter a prize.

** [[Game Show Host]]: Art James.

** [[Studio Audience]]: Of which one would play a game with the Checkwriter after every three-digit check.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: A big-money NBC game show whose format amounted to little more than dumb-luck number-picking? While it may [[Deal or No Deal|sound familiar]], at least ''Blank Check'' had questions!

* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: By March 7, the rules were altered a bit.

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