Make A Match - Game Shows Sales Pitch
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- So back in the day, syndication companies had what they called, insurance policies. They would entice stations to buy a new show with the understanding that if the show didn't perform, they would replace it immediately mid-run with a brand new show. This was the case here...check it out, it's a fascinating look into the industry.
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I seem to remember that Telepictures first offered the insurance policy in 1983 after Ralph Edwards and Stu Billet's "So You Think You Got Troubles!?" bombed after 13 weeks. The first show they offered the policy with was a show that they didn't need to invoke the policy--"Love Connection." I assume that they offered the policy on "The All-New Let's Make a Deal" but didn't have to worry about that one Unfortunately for "Catch Phrase," they invoked it--and I assume that most stations ran it in worse time slots than "Catch Phrase" had (WFLD in Chicago ran "CP" in ptime time--"Perfect Match" ran either at 2 a.m. or in other daytime slots.) Telepictures never offered the insurance policy again--and neither has any other syndicator, as far as I know.
if you dont know.. this is the pilot of perfect match
This is really awesome! I love seeing this behind the scenes stuff!
Well this is different. Telepictures was distributing Love Connection to syndication since 1983 at the point this sales pitch and pilot was taped. They had a minor hit with the Let's Make a Deal reboot. I remember catching (no-pun-intended) Catch Phrase early afternoons between 1985-early 1986 as a kid. (Aside: An absolute CRYING shame the latter blew it here in the U.S. I found out later online in the late 1990s that it was a smash over in the U.K. )
Not surprised that I sense a huge 'Perfect Match' vibe here on this pilot.....this was Lorimar's crack at 'Love Connection', just prior to their merge with Telepictures to syndication. Obviously Love Connection w/ Woolery was going to win this battle, both shows under the same company by Spring / Summer of 1986.
Love these unearthed gems none-the-less.
Huzzah for the U-Matic tape machine in the background during the pitch!
I'm not too keen about the Hollywood Connection-style of questioning (the "all about you" questions with a display of answers) But I do however, like the Who, What or Where-style of the scoreboards. Perhaps if they swapped positions (teams' answers above and the scores below & upfront) it would have been okay. Either way works.
TOO Newlywed Game-ish for me... but I'd put it on with Jim Lange as host! He handles the format very well!
The show ("Perfect Match") would later be hosted by Jim Lange's protegee, Bob Goen, who worked not too far from his mentor's (Lange) studio on the show: "The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime." They were the 1st 2 shows ever to be distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures, after the meeting took place, towards the end of 1985.
Yup and of course Lorimar would go on to produce much if not all of the TGIF lineup (Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, etc)
darkman060 don’t forget The Walton’s, Dallas, knots landing etc.... and yes I know it’s pre Lorimar merger.
@@darkman060 and earlier the waltons, falcon crest, knots landing and especially dallas.
This is a very interesting look at how the TV industry worked backed then. Do TV producers/packagers still offer these "Insurance policies?"
Not really. These days it's if it fails, it fails. Though some syndie programming is kept by stations as time filler until they can get a good show (Fear Factor was a prime example of this), or as an emergency tape in case scheduled programming is messed up (For example, my ABC affiliate in 2009 aired an episode of coach due to technical difficulties for the 6 p.m. news.
1:50 he said "reality based programming". I didn't think people used that term in the 1980s.
Catch Phrase was much better than $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime and Perfect Match.
I agree. They gave up on Catch Phrase way too soon and too easily-especially considering how successful it was in the UK. "We're not in the business of waiting". Yeah, no kidding.
Honestly, Catch Phrase is one of those shows that deserved a better fate. However, it's not what some 3-year-old in a sub-100 market thinks. It's what the folks in the top ten think. It's skewed, but that's how it goes.
@@newstarcadefan Catch Phrase is an awesome show, just too ahead for its time.
@@davidlewis7267 Pretty much if you weren't Goodson, the programmer didn't give you much of a chance. Especially with Catch Phrase being Pasetta's first show.
Well I can tell you this... the guy was right about one thing; it was the audience's fault that we lost Catch Phrase to Perfect Match and to England; although Radosh & Pasetta probably wanted to sell this to England no matter what! Nonetheless, if it weren't for that shady insurance policy trick and if more people watched the show, it would still be on the air today. And by this time, they would have changed the scoring format to the one used in England, like Wheel changed to offering cash prizes and Jeopardy doubled the dollars. But then again, audiences may have grown tired of it or the producers (ala Monty Hall with The All New Let's Make a Deal in 1986) after a while. And not only that, the computer graphics used on the show were too primitive like the ones on the "soon to be" outgoing Tic Tac Dough (heck, even the Strike it Rich 1986 bandit and the road signs on the Bumper Stumpers game board looked great) and the general public (at least in America) just isn't ready for that kind of program yet.
At least The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime did better (sorry someguy23475, but you were only half right, IMHO) and furthermore, not all states replaced Catch Phrase with The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime; I outta know, The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime aired on a different channel in my state (WNUV 54 to be precise, the other show aired on WJZ 13), right after The $100,000 Pyramid. In fact, 1mCoaL & Catch Phrase would have been a great pairing for most markets like Wheel & Jeopardy, IMHO.
One last thing... Card Sharks 2001 was more deserving than Catch Phrase.
As did both "The All New Let's Make A Deal" and "Perfect Match," too. Deal got canceled due to Monty Hall moving onto other things and chose not to comeback and Match got canceled (absolutely) because the show got sued by Chuck Barris, realizing it would resemble that of "The Newlywed Game."
R.I.P. Jim Lange
"Jim Lange is in the pilot but we're gonna keep the REAL host a secret...."
I would've just aired Cheers reruns in Catch Phrase's timeslot out of spite. What kind of shady mess is that? You call that "insurance"?
I would assume that Bob Goen hadn't signed the contract yet, but you never know... Of course, if Goen was firmed up for the show Robertson would've been talking about "an exciting new personality that your audiences will love immediately," etc., etc.
@@markjeffries3684 That's what I'm thinking. They couldn't afford Lange and they didn't have anyone lined up yet. Still....shady as hell.
@@MTCesquire They had already hired Jim for "The $1MCOAL" so they likely hadn't hired a host for this show yet.
RIP, Jim Lange.
Oooh...
A little too hasty covering up the logo with the vault transition.
I noticed that they're using sound effects from the Lucky Numbers pilot, too.
at 4:26 is the first couples answer inserted like if its chroma keyed?
The host would be Bob Goen.
What would later become Perfect Match.
Yet another "Newlywed Game" ripoff.
Chuck Barris thought the same thing--so much that he sued Telepictures for $5M in 1986. It seems to me that the suit was about as successful as the one he made against DIC and Haim Saban over "I'm Telling!"--as in unsuccessful.
I just please give
It almost looks like The Newlywed Game
Chuck barris productions said the same thing and they sued them.
Was this the game show that chuck barris sued the producers because it was too simular to the newlywed game.
If they had kept the game board and displays, it would've worked better for me. The final product was meh
Wink, I have a question. Did you have a Break the Bank 76 episode? If so, please reupload it! I love the show!
This is the finished product with Bob Gown: czcams.com/video/UOs4Kfs-pS0/video.html
1:51 “Love Connections”?
Oohhhh... is this the pilot to Perfect Match w/Bob Goen back from 1986?
That is the pilot, but it wasn't hosted by Bob Goen, at the time. It was hosted by Jim Lange, who went on to do "The $1 Chance of a Lifetime," also distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures, where the show was hosted 1st, then, when "Catch Phrase," was canceled due to poor ratings, "Perfect Match" would take over.
Perfect Match clearly wasn't a charmer, for a snake or anyone else
So just how big is this vault of yours Wink?
In time towin money with that, The Unsold Pilot and short lived We Got Your Number. and moreon Wink's Vault.