Another fun fact that Matt Dorf and Maggie Brown-Schpock were on Press Your Luck from the pilot to the series. Matt Dorf was on December 23rd, 1983 and Maggie Brown-Schpock was on March 9th-12th, 1984.
Fun fact that may be in the comments already: Maggie Brown and Jack Campion were BOTH in the pilot episode of PYL and its predecessor, Second Chance. I wonder how many other pilots or test episodes of game shows they played. Are they still alive? I know Jack also did Jeopardy pilots.
Maggie Brown was also on Whew! (1979) and Wipeout (1989). Her metal shop actually made props for famous movies and TV shows. WGBH Boston recently did a video interview with her in 2019... google Maggie Schpak (her last name after she married) to see what she looks like today. She still sounds the same after all these years!
Just watched Second Chance pilot. It was very similar to the Press Your Luck pilot but the board wasn’t as busy. Of course, the Whammy’s was the secret weapon. Maggie on both shows is quite the frantic contestant. LOL!!!
I never did get to see the pilot episode. This is a great game show 👍. When they got different squares, one of them I liked was, $2000 or loose one whammy.
You're not the only one. Until GSN and Buzzr dug them out of mothballs, barely anyone saw them. Unlike comedy and drama series, game show pilots for the most part go unseen, and are different from the "season 1 premiere"
Is it me, or does the only Whammy animation in the pilot has more frames than the series’ Whammy? What I mean is, the series’ whammies were always super choppy usually about 2-3 frames that are recycled per animation. While in the pilot, the running animation seems much smoother.
I’d figure some of it comes down to the time and affordability needed to do all the animations for a 30 minute game show. It’d probably look weird having a choppy animation for the majority of the animations, yet one simple animation has a clean look and movements to it. For the pilot, they could do it because they only needed to do one ~30 minute episode to present to tv execs. They could do that one animation like that no problem With todays Press Your Luck, and everything being able to be done on a computer (which obviously blows away the tech of the 80’s), they can do the much cleaner and smoother animations than they were able to do for the regular stretch of episodes in the 80’s
Good pilot episode. It looks like they had the kinks already worked out. The only difference is the logo which was an easy fix. Also, Jack & Matt look like they were picked out of central casting. Their side hustle must have been modeling. I wonder what they like now 36 years later?!?
If you look up “Maggie Schpak” you can see she’s still active, working with an ironworks company that specializes in making metal props. Her work is most famously seen in Star Trek. As for Jack Campion, he doesn’t seem to be active online, nor does he have any leads as to what he’s up to today. We only have images from his pilot episode appearances from here, Second Chance and Jeopardy. I remember seeing a comment somewhere that he used to participate in online game show groups.
Apparently they hadn't ironed out the turn order yet; in R1 Maggie should've had to wait until Jack took his spins first, and in R2 Matt should have gone first by virtue of having fewer spins.
Actually R2 started correctly. R2 always started with lowest score -- since both Jack and Matt had $0, the person on the left rule was and still ended up being the rule; therefore that was the correct method.
How come Maggie brown wins the pilot they say she comes back tomorrow. Then the next episode 1, 3 new contestants no Maggie brown? Curious if pilot day 2? Or how many days of pilot there were before episode 1?
Pilots of game shows are generally unseen. There could have been 2 or 3 shows before the actual premiere on the air. Unseen pilots MAY but not necessarily WILL carry over a champion to the first actual telecast.
@@PREGO1966and to add, even if they only taped one episode just for the consumption of tv execs to give them an idea how the show would work, everyone involved was probably told to play and act as if there was another episode to air.
Another fun fact that Matt Dorf and Maggie Brown-Schpock were on Press Your Luck from the pilot to the series.
Matt Dorf was on December 23rd, 1983 and Maggie Brown-Schpock was on March 9th-12th, 1984.
Fun fact that may be in the comments already: Maggie Brown and Jack Campion were BOTH in the pilot episode of PYL and its predecessor, Second Chance. I wonder how many other pilots or test episodes of game shows they played. Are they still alive? I know Jack also did Jeopardy pilots.
Maggie Brown was also on Whew! (1979) and Wipeout (1989). Her metal shop actually made props for famous movies and TV shows. WGBH Boston recently did a video interview with her in 2019... google Maggie Schpak (her last name after she married) to see what she looks like today. She still sounds the same after all these years!
Jack passed away in 2016.
The theme for the series premiere is the theme song from the Press Your Luck Video Game in 2010 for the Nintendo Wii.
CBS had a choice of pilots to replace "Child's Play -- this show or "Star Words."
CBS made the right call by choosing "Press Your Luck"
The one that started it all off!
Maggie and jack were both on the Second Chance Pilot
No kidding
@@damienchance3153 not many people knew that tbh
@@jamesbond007816 oh?????
Just watched Second Chance pilot. It was very similar to the Press Your Luck pilot but the board wasn’t as busy. Of course, the Whammy’s was the secret weapon. Maggie on both shows is quite the frantic contestant. LOL!!!
It’s common knowledge.
They only use one whammy ammination in the pilot
Sound is indeed better. I'm surprised Buzzr has not aired this pilot on one of their Lost n Fun's yet
Yeah. And then this would have been totally HQ.
8:39 This May have affected the outcome of the game because Jack who had the next fewest spins would have played next.
@@chris.twentyeightt Maybe they rewrote the fewest spins first rule after the pilot to include making one with the most spins wait on passed spins.
In high definition
Pilot presentation with no ordinarily S&P rules or disclaimers to apply for this game
I never did get to see the pilot episode. This is a great game show 👍. When they got different squares, one of them I liked was, $2000 or loose one whammy.
You're not the only one. Until GSN and Buzzr dug them out of mothballs, barely anyone saw them. Unlike comedy and drama series, game show pilots for the most part go unseen, and are different from the "season 1 premiere"
There’s Jack Campion, yet again, who appeared in both Jeopardy! pilots.
And he was also on Second Chance pilot ( later revived as Press Your Luck we have today ) , Card Shark Pilot and maybe some more pilot episode too 🤪
This is Rod Roddy's 1st successful game show announcing job, before "The Price Is Right," whom he replaced his mentor, Johnny Olson.
Ehhhhhh. Whew! was first, technically, and it did last 3 seasons.
@@VidmanXX and Roddy was also the voice of Love Connection which was a different kind of game show mixed with talk.
Peter Tomarken would’ve loved the Bonus Round that they added to the ABC version
Elizabeth banks
2 legends in 2 pilots. second chance (low rated) press your luck (known by the roblox gameshow community)
11:12-11:20 $850 + $100 = $940? OK, so apparently they didn't know math very well back then... Anybody else catch that?
The only Whammy we had in the pilot was the hammer one
Maggie was on The Joker's Wild (September 19, 1972) but did not win.
I've never seen this. This is good!
"think it over jack"... Tomarken dies in a plane crash :(
He’s dead and his wife too
7:41 BANKRUPT oh no! I’m sorry
I wish they kept this logo over the one they ended up using in the show. My opinion.
I wasn't alive then but I feel like that it was already outdated in '82.
1:38
21:07 Sorry Jack.
Is it me, or does the only Whammy animation in the pilot has more frames than the series’ Whammy? What I mean is, the series’ whammies were always super choppy usually about 2-3 frames that are recycled per animation. While in the pilot, the running animation seems much smoother.
I’d figure some of it comes down to the time and affordability needed to do all the animations for a 30 minute game show. It’d probably look weird having a choppy animation for the majority of the animations, yet one simple animation has a clean look and movements to it. For the pilot, they could do it because they only needed to do one ~30 minute episode to present to tv execs. They could do that one animation like that no problem
With todays Press Your Luck, and everything being able to be done on a computer (which obviously blows away the tech of the 80’s), they can do the much cleaner and smoother animations than they were able to do for the regular stretch of episodes in the 80’s
They not have the whammie foghorn yet just the boing effect
The foghorn wouldn’t even be in the first few episodes
Sorry hes no longer with us to see it 😢😢😢
Good pilot episode. It looks like they had the kinks already worked out. The only difference is the logo which was an easy fix. Also, Jack & Matt look like they were picked out of central casting. Their side hustle must have been modeling. I wonder what they like now 36 years later?!?
If you look up “Maggie Schpak” you can see she’s still active, working with an ironworks company that specializes in making metal props. Her work is most famously seen in Star Trek.
As for Jack Campion, he doesn’t seem to be active online, nor does he have any leads as to what he’s up to today. We only have images from his pilot episode appearances from here, Second Chance and Jeopardy. I remember seeing a comment somewhere that he used to participate in online game show groups.
18:35 STOP! BANKRUPT oh no!
the spin sound was the same for a few episodes
Apparently they hadn't ironed out the turn order yet; in R1 Maggie should've had to wait until Jack took his spins first, and in R2 Matt should have gone first by virtue of having fewer spins.
Actually R2 started correctly. R2 always started with lowest score -- since both Jack and Matt had $0, the person on the left rule was and still ended up being the rule; therefore that was the correct method.
@@whammy3323 I did always wonder how games would have changed had they went with the fewest spins instead of player to my left.
Taped 1983
24:00
Sorry Jack that you got out of the game on press your luck
I wonder why they changed the theme music after the pilot? It was so similar to the final theme music.
I think the final music was the right choice and proved to be iconic as much as their mascot.
11:29
anyway. WHY WAS THERE ONLY ONE WHAMMY ANIMATION
If the show didn't get picked up, they wouldn't be out that much more money.
7:41
RIP JACK 😢
Wasn't Jack Campion on one of the Jeopardy Pilots?
_EDIT: He was on both_
Flux3on I believe he was
Was also on Card Sharks Pilot
Also second chance
Dana Pattinson and keely teslow and Joe Cooper press your luck host by peter tomarked press your luck 1983 2004
I watching whammy the all new press your luck
Jack lost a spin after the first question round.
12:01 BANKRUPT oh my god! I’m sorry
How come Maggie brown wins the pilot they say she comes back tomorrow. Then the next episode 1, 3 new contestants no Maggie brown? Curious if pilot day 2? Or how many days of pilot there were before episode 1?
Pilots of game shows are generally unseen. There could have been 2 or 3 shows before the actual premiere on the air. Unseen pilots MAY but not necessarily WILL carry over a champion to the first actual telecast.
@@PREGO1966and to add, even if they only taped one episode just for the consumption of tv execs to give them an idea how the show would work, everyone involved was probably told to play and act as if there was another episode to air.
10:25
11:29 BANKRUPT oh boy! I’m sorry
21:08 BANKRUPT 4 Strikes
4th whammy
Jack is out
The game is over
Only one animated whammy at the beginning.
Should they use a spiderman whammy?
also why use keith mansfield's flash. why not use the old PYL theme from the 80s if you care CBS
10:25 BANKRUPT oh man! I’m sorry
Whammy not bankrupt