Sale of the Century

Description: Sale of the century: September 29, 1969 - July 13, 1973, NBC Daytime Game Show, Hosts: Jack Kelly & Joe Garagiola. ... more

Sale of the Century ... Announcer: Bill Wendell. Models: Barbara Lyon & Kit Dougherty.

Newest Review: ... your points. The contestant with the most points at the end of the quiz goes through to the Sale of the Century, where big prizes are on offer. You can choose to win what your points total can bu y, or you can gamble to come back next time to try for a bigger prize, but you have to win that edition to go through ... more

... to the big prizes! Therein lies the risk. The ultimate jackpot prize was normally a holiday, a caravan or a car. The show ran for years and years. It was eventually dropped from the schedules (it was, apparently, not 'modern' enough). It was r...more

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Sale of the Century: And now, from Dooyoo, it's the Op of the Week! (933 words)
by - written on 29/07/01 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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Gameshows... don't you just love 'em? And I'm not talking about what we get on our telly screens nowadays. I mean, it takes a specific kind of extrovert to be willing to live on a remote island (and I don't mean the Isle of Sheppey!) or to be couped up with a bunch of starngers in a house in deepest, darkest London, defecating, masticating, and maybe even fornicating in front of an omniscient, omnipresent television camera. The kind of show that I am referring to is the show that has Joe Public as a contestant, like a builder from Catford, or a cuddly granny from Barrow in Furness, and which does not promise life changing amounts of money to the winner. ... Read the complete review

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