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[[Game Show]] created by Don Reid in which two couples competed to win a new house by answering questions. The original ran on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime from 1968 to 1970 (and in nighttime for six months in 1968) and was hosted by Mike Darrow; in it, two couples competed in a game of quick recall. The first player to buzz-in got to answer first, with a correct answer scoring five points. If s/he was wrong, the other couple could try to answer for 10 points. When a player gave a correct answer, s/he was locked out of the next question.
Two minutes before the end of the game, which lasted from four to five minutes, the [[Double the Dollars|point values doubled]], and at the end was the "Catch-Up Round" in which the trailing couple could choose one last question from 10 to 50 points (if they answered correctly, the other couple got one last shot). The winning couple won a room of furniture, and seven rooms (four on the nighttime show) won a new house worth over $40,000, plus $7,000 cash to purchase land.
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In early 1984, the rules changed: The couple in control had to hit a plunger to determine the questions' value via the Money Machine, a light that stopped on $50, $100, $150, Prize, Turnover {gave control to the other team} or Number Off (a correct answer eliminated a digit in the [[Bonus Round]] if that couple won). Winning by a margin of $500–$950 awarded a prize (later reduced to $500), and a victory margin of $1,000 or more awarded a new car.
This version ended in June 1984, replaced the following Monday by ''[[Scrabble (TV series)|Scrabble]]''.
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* [[Big Win Sirens]]: The stock "NBC Sirens" sounded if a couple was successful at the--
* [[Bonus Round]]: Eubanks' version had the Golden Doors.
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** [[Game Show Host]]: Mike Darrow on ABC, Bob Eubanks on NBC.
* [[Progressive Jackpot]]: Subverted; instead of adding to the grand prize, a couple making a return trip to the bonus round received an additional number off the combination per day returning.
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▲* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Bob Eubanks is, of course, most famous as the host of ''[[The Newlywed Game]]''.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The original series is gone, with only one daytime show existing from August 1968. About 10 episodes of the Eubanks run circulate.
* [[Luck
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