Concentration: 1968 Christmas Episode
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- In one of his last Concentration shows, this is the 1968 and final Hugh Downs hosted Christmas edition of the game show Concentration. Aired December 24, 1968, on NBC, this special edition of the game features two Santa Claus-like men playing to earn money for C.A.R.E., along with special information on what the in-game donations (and your donations) can do for the charity.
In Honor And Loving Memory of Hugh Downs 1921-2020, Rest In Peace Mr.Downs,You Will Be So Sorely Missed! Thanks For All The Wonderful Memories & Thanks For Playing & Hosting CONCENTRATION!!
R.I.P. Hugh Downs (passed away 2 July 2020) at 99
OMG! I watched this episode when it aired! I remember Victor Borg had a cold. I forgot this was the handoff show. I was very sorry to see Hugh Downs leave the show! Thanks for the memories!
Aired at the same time Frank, Jim, and Bill were orbiting the Moon in Apollo 8.
Thanks to CARE For This Christmas Episode
Love the handoff to Bob Clayton as the new host of Concentration. Hugh Downs is and was a classy guy.
The two best. Narz did OK, but Trebek was awful on this show. Very condescending.
Wrong,Mr.Trebek was as good as the rest of those hosts.
Played the board game as a Christmas gift!
RIP Hugh Downs
Hugh would be 101 years old in 2022. He was 47 years old here. My goodness.
I wish more game shows would appear on disc!
I actually remember watching this show@
Not by this time; starting in 1961 "Concentration" was videotaped in black and white for the delayed broadcast. By 1964, it was being broadcast everywhere on tape. The post-1960 "Concentration" kinescopes were made for easy storage for NBC's copyright purposes. Two-inch tape, whether color or black and white, was extremely expensive and the giant, heavy reels were a nuisance to store. By contrast, the 16mm film canisters were very easy to catalog and restore at the time.
"The following program is brought to you in 'Living Color'....on NBC."
Since this is a black and white "kinnie", the standard "NBC presents" bumper was substituted (as it was on all 16mm B/W prints of "live" and taped color shows sent out to affiliates unable to carry the show "live", for delayed broadcast).
I heard they finally broadcast Concentration in Color in 1967. Probably because RCA which developed the "Compatible Color" system where you still it watch in black white if you didn't color tv. In 1968 NBC called themselves "the full color network".
I was 8 years old when this episode aired (born July 3,1960).
Samuel Lees , my birthday is 10 days after yours, July 13,1960.
Happy belated birthday, Sam.
Thank you Pat. Better late than never.@@patbulfin5459
May have been the only time Wayne Howell announced a Hugh Downs-emceed Concentration game show.
Talk about a forgotten childhood memory...the loud "cl-click!" of the rotating numbers on the board brought it all back! (Didja notice in the more recent versions they even dumbed the board down...only 25 numbers instead of 30?)
They should bring it back with the 30-number board.
They dumb it down so the games are shorter and they can fit in more commercials.
I loved this show as a child. Unfortunately, every time Victor Borge or Groucho Marx were guests on game shows their improvisational jokes and antics always slowed things down and took the focus off of the games they were playing. In other circumstances I found them hysterical, but not while I'm trying to focus on the game.
@@JohnSmith-kz8yo I also think it was a limitation of computer graphics. A 30-space board at 640x480 would look pixelated, and squashed.
Apparently, there were cases of squares getting stuck and Hugh would have to nudge it. Hugh has even claimed the board nearly caught fire once.
I like the flipping squares
My mother was on this show , I think it was 1966 (or mid 60's). She was beaten by a man that went on to be champion of champions. She wouldn't let us stay home from school to see her. I would love to find an old tape.
there's no way it is 1966 (unless I am mistaken, the first player to retire undefeated won the 1966 championship, I could be wrong about that though,
@ I worded it like that because the winner's daughter posted on facebook that she did, and because i have no video proof.)
I remember Bob Clayton taking over, but I thought it was much later than 1968.
The old days. I was 2 years old. (1961)
7 years old! Sorry!
Under the old rules, they didn't turn the natural match because it would have revealed an uneven number of puzzle pieces. In the syndicated version as well as Classic Concentration, they revealed the natural match. In the original game, it was possible (in fact, IIRC, I've seen it happen) for a contestant to win two of the same prize off two Wild Cards.
By 1967, "Concentration" was no longer broadcast live, but on videotape (b/w tape from 1964 to 1966, color from 1968 to 1973). Since NBC owns "Concentration," the episodes on "kinney" films were made for copyright purposes, as videotape was very expensive and the huge, heavy reels were a nuisance to store. However, from late 1971 to 1973, the series switched to U-Matic videocassettes. Most, if not all, still exist.
I know this is for charity, but I still find myself screaning, "Shut up and call a number."
Is this a kinescope? Was the show still broadcast in black and white by this time?
I thought by the end of 1968, all programming on the three main networks was in colour (unlike us). Was this a home recording or were some of the cheaper shows still made in b&w?
It’s a black and white kinescope of a color episode. Concentration converted to color in late 1966.
The syndicated Goodson-Todman leased version with Jack Narz held pretty much to the original series and the natural match on the Wild Cards was not implemented until its last season. That turned most longtime "Concentration" fans against it having much of the challenge of the game removed and its ratings really tanked. Only "Classic Concentration" had that rule.
It shows it was in 1967 in late December.
Hi Chad...Do yrack ou have access to these episodes? My Grandmother was a repeat winner and won a big trip to Brazil in the 1960's. Any help to track down those episodes would help. Thanks
Unfortunately, Christopher, the vast majority of these episodes are lost. I'm sorry!
On, yes, indeed; Jack Barry had devised it that way and the series remained pretty much the same as it was during its brief Barry & Enright ownership before they were forced o sell to NBC. If there was a new car on the board in the days when a contestant would win a new car by matching the Wild Cards, and then match the two CAR cards on the board and eventually solve the puzze, the contestant could win THREE cars.
Victor Borge was drunk or something. He just didn't want to play.
He had the flu, clearly wasn't well but suffered through it for CARE.
If the two Wild Cards were matched, the contestant would then call two more numbers and whatever came up were automatic matches. Then, four parts of the puzzle were revealed. On the Goodson-Todmans syndicated version, matching "Wild Cards" were treated like ordinary matches and only two parts were revealed.
Thank you! I had forgotten about that.
They also won a bonus prize for a "double wild card" it varied from show to show. Charity shows it was usually a $500 donation.
Who played "Mr. Claus"?
this was like pulling teeth.
It depends on the conditions in which they've been stored; the quality and durability of the U-Matic tape is far above the average consumer VHS or Beta (which was adapted from the "U's") tape. There are several 1969 shows of "The Match Game" that still exist (some have been screened at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York) that are in such mint condition that they were easily converted to digital formats and look as if they could have been taped yesterday.
alex trebek?
I was 5
Take my Victor Borge please!
Does anyone know what the graphic for Merry ??
I didn't. To be honest, until the board was turned, I thought the answer was "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear."
Look at 1:58-that sure looks like Denzel Washington! Makes me wonder if they used child actors. You know they didn’t fly in kids from those “15 nations.” Or maybe they were the children of staff members.
I think the santas were hitting the sauce lol. they pick a number and not match over and over after seeing it lol. oh well it was for charity and good cause.
When your charity is guaranteed a donation by the network regardless of how you do, you can have a little fun with the game. But yes, seeing a celebrity actually play & prove themselves as a great, smart player is always refreshing.
Why... why didn't they turn the natural match for the wild cards? Could you win the same prize twice?
I know this reply is long coming, but yes indeed! There was a small square next to the prize shown-as-won on the player's prize list; that square would display a check-mark, which would mean that 2 of the same prize would be won if the puzzle was solved.
I didn't LIKE this episode! I think even the Host was getting a bit frustrated with that Santa. One of em talked so much that he even got the buzzer before he could even play
These Santas are lousy at this! LOL