Gambit (CBS) with Wink Martindale & Elaine Stewart
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- This video collage that I made is from the game show, "Gambit" that aired on CBS from September 4, 1972 to December 10, 1976.
The host was Wink Martindale.
The hostess was Elaine Stewert.
The theme song is from the 1972 version. I'm not sure if it had a title or not.
The last 7 pictures are just pictures of Elaine Stewart (3) and Wink Martindale (4) to fill up space since I couldn't find anymore pictures from this game show.
The episode status is unknown outside of one 1974 episode traded among collectors (and posted here on CZcams) and five 1973 episodes held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
In the fall of 1977, reruns of the original CBS version of Gambit aired in syndication (primarily on WPIX-TV New York and KHJ-TV Los Angeles). It is then likely that this version still exists as CBS had mostly abandoned the practice of erasing older tapes by the early 1970s; However, it has instead been lost or misplaced. - Zábava
I loved Gambit! RIP Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley, Kenny Williams, and Elaine Stewart. Also, RIP Mort Garson, who composed the themes to Gambit, Baffle/All-Star Baffle, The Amateur's Guide To Love, Runaround, The Magnificent Marble Machine, and Battlestars, all produced by Heatter-Quigley, save for Battlestars, which was produced by Merrill Heatter solo.
You have the knowledge! You know the odds! All the rest in the cards, on Gambit! A game of skill, fate, and fortune! And now, from Television City in Hollywood, your host, Wink Martindale!
rest in peace Elaine Stewart
Sounds like a video game
I found out that both Wink Martindale and Jim Caldwell from Tic Tac Dough both did game shows based on the game Blackjack, (Wink Martindale, Gambit, Jim Caldwell, Top Card).
This show premiered on September 4,1972 the same day as THE JOKERS WILD and THE NEW PRICE IS RIGHT made there debut on CBS's Daytime Schedule in the early-1970's.
Gambit, TPIR, Joker, Match Game, Tattletales...CBS owned it in the early-mid 70s with their game shows.
GAMBIT. And now from TELEVISION CITY IN HOLLYWOOD, HERE’S OUR HOST: WINK MARTINDALE!
Kenneth Huang 6/8/23.
Great job putting this together! Brings back good memories...
Brings me back to the wonderful days. Thank you for posting. :)
I went to a taping of Gambit. It was awesome.
Theme song composed by Mort Garson. He also composed the electronic moog themes for "The Amateur's Guide for Love", "Baffle", "The Magnificent Marble Machine", "Runaround", and "Battlestars" all for Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley Productions.
artytoons it’s a shame that the only thing that from show Roundaround ( US ) is that only the Music survived from that show .
this was my favorite game for the GameBoy
5-31-2010. She's havin' fun at 81. Happy Birthday, Elaine.
And I like That Show Gambit Wit Wink Martindale long time ago
After the opening orange background section(first 6 seconds), the *Card Sharks/Double Dare* theme would fit in nicely.
The story behind the 1977 reruns is true. IIRC, scattered episodes from the series' early years aired haphazardly on one station in particular. There was no pattern to the rerun cycle, just absolute chaos! Lol
The people that didn't like this must have all gone over 21 at the Gambit Board.
Call me controversial-- but arguably the best theme of the 70's after Match Game and Break the Bank
So peppy..I love it!
cute music!
Wink Martindale is the greatest game show host ever!!!
Specifically, this music was the closing theme. There was different melody Moog theme at the opening. Also, at the Paley Center in both Beverly Hills and New York, they have another episode on file that, in my opinion, is slightly better, gameplay-wise than the trading circuit one.
This was a combination of a game show and the classic casino game BlackJack (or 21, depending on what you want to call it).
Milton Bradley (since 1984, a part of Hasbro) was going to make home version board games of BOTH Gambit and Las Vegas Gambit in 1973 and 1981 respectively, but the box games were cancelled before they were released. That's odd, because Gambit was getting high ratings in its original run, and Las Vegas Gambit was doing okay in the ratings. Bummer. I would love to have gotten them had they come out.
Sounds like Nintendo music from the 80s...
R.I.P. Elaine stewart
Its odd that GSN never tried running this version of Gambit since its the only one of the two to believed to have survived 100% intact due to a syndicated rerun package in 1975.
I think that all of the episodes exist. If they do, CBS might've misplaced them. 5 more episodes have now popped up and are now in the UCLA Television & Film Archive.
That's exactly the first thing that went into my mine when I heard this theme song. In fact, at 1:01 to 1:28, the music reminds me of Dick Tracy for the NES.
I would LOVE to hear the theme from Las Vegas Gambit. Anyone know where it is, IF it's on CZcams?
Warren Ewell FOUND IT!
I kinda like it
That first photo of Elaine... wow, did she look hot! RIP.
RIP her husband, Merrill Heatter, who was also the creator and producer of Gambit and many other Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley/Merrill Heatter game shows such as Hollywood Squares, Battlestars, High Rollers,...
You're welcome! :)
Sounds more like something you'd hear coming out of a Game Gear.
Television City, Hollywood.
Video game music
Here’s a “strange but true factoid about Wink Martindale; he’s a native of Jackson, Tennessee.
I know Ms. Stewart, for the last 47 years of her life, was married to "Gambit's" co-producer Merrill Heatter, but was she in any way of any relation to another famed game show producer, Bob Stewart (especially since he and Elaine were also born with the same original surname, besides sharing the same stage surname)?
Actually, Elaine Stewart, God rest her soul, was born Elsy Steinberg. Bob Stewart, God rest his soul was born Isadore Steinberg. I don't think that the two were related, although Steinberg is a pretty common name.
NINTENDO POWER !
lol!!! it does!!! lol!!
It looks like the Jack is picking his nose.
For DECADES I thought he was giving a "thumbs up," like he was being cool or something. He's showing off his mustache. I used to do that.
@tvpirate05 The Nintendo Entertainment System is My Favorite Video Game System of All Time. NOW YOU'RE PLAYING WITH POWER!!
Sounds more like Dig Dug.
Gambit and The Joker's Wild both debuted along with one other game show on CBS on September 4, 1972. Both Gambit and The Joker's Wild are currently off the air. But that third show that's still running, what's it called? Oh yeah, The Price Is Right, now in its 50th (that's right, 50th) season on CBS.
his assistant that dealt the cards was such an airhead...lol