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Five hour-long specials aired by [[VH-1]] from May 21-June 18, 2005 consisting of [[Game Show]] footage from the [[Fremantle Media]] archives. During each show was a "Top 5" countdown, presented by such notables as Chuck Woolery and Ed McMahon.

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* ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (the "clown-through-suit" stunt from the original series, and '''nothing else''')
* ''Blind Date'' (UK), plus the Australian ''Perfect Match''
* ''[[Blockbusters]]'' (America and UK)
* ''[[Card Sharks]]''
* ''[[Child's Play (TV series)|Child's Play]]'' (American and UK children)
* ''[[Distraction (game show)|Distraction]]'' (UK only)
* ''[[Double Dare (1976 TV Show)|Double Dare]]''
* ''[[Family Feud]]'' (America and Australia), plus the UK ''[[Family Fortunes]]''
* ''I'm With Stupid'' (unsold 2003 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] pilot taped on Richard Karn's ''Feud'' set)
* ''[[I've Got a Secret|Ive Got a Secret]]''
* ''[[Match Game]]'' (America) and the UK ''[[Blankety Blank (game show)|Blankety Blank]]''
* ''[[The Name's the Same]]'' ("A. Mattress" {October 1, 1952} and "A. Maid" {March 17, 1953})
* ''[[Password]] CBS'', ''Password Plus'', and ''Super Password''
* ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' and ''[[Whammy (TV series)|Whammy]]!''
* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' (America and Australia), plus the Mexican ''Atinale al Precio''. Notable for two clips of Dennis James' super-scarce nighttime version.
* ''Puzzlers'' (unsold pilot taped March 15, 1980 and hosted by Pat Sajak)
* ''[[Sale of the Century]]'' (America and Australia), plus the German ''Hopp oder Top''.
* ''Say When!!'' (a portion {not the whole existing clip} of the Peter Pan peanut butter incident)
* ''[[Scrabble (TV series)|Scrabble]]''
* ''Showoffs'' (clip of the 1975 pilot)
* ''[[Tattletales]]''
* ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''
* ''[[What's My Line?|What's My Line]]''
* ''Your Face Or Mine?''

Released on DVD in September 2008 by BCI, then reissued in 2010 by Mill Creek.
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* Personnel:
** [[The Announcer]]: Randy West, a well-known announcer in the genre, as 1980s toy "Mr. Game Show".
** [[Game Show Host]]: Ben Stein, [[Win Ben Stein's Money|once an emcee in the genre]].
** [[Studio Audience]]: Of which a few would play ''Family Feud'', ''Match Game'', or ''Beat The Clock'' for a cheap grocery "prize". Instead of, you know, just letting Ben and Randy co-host and '''not''' have an audience.
* [[Prize Letdown]]: The aforementioned grocery "prizes".
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads And Loads Of Game Shows]]: A staggering '''''34''''' Fremantle-owned games are seen across the five episodes, some of which are their only face time in years...or at all (and especially when the specials reran on [[GSN]]).
* [[Pilot]]: ''I'm With Stupid'' (hosted by Graham Norton), the 1990-91 ''Match Game'' (hosted by Bert Convy), ''Puzzlers'' (hosted by Pat Sajak), and ''Showoffs'' (hosted by Larry Blyden).
* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Subject of a Top 5 countdown, which culminated in Rip Taylor showing his baldness on ''Super Password''.

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