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TV's Greatest Game Shows - A Tribute to the Pioneers of Television Quiz Shows

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THERE IS ALSO A COMPANION BOOK OF THE SAME NAME THAT IS REALLY COOL WITH OLD PICTURES, TRIVIA, BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES, ETC. CHECK IT OUT AT TV's Greatest Game Shows Book - Television's Favorite Game Shows from the 50's, 60's & More! TV's Greatest Game Shows Book - Television's Favorite Game Shows from the 50's, 60's & More!What were they thinking when they came up with some of these wacky shows?? This is a great DVD that gives you a little background of some of the famous and not so famous game shows that were so widely viewed in the past. Some of the clips are really amazing!! My teenage kids even get a kick out of watching this and my Mom and Dad loved reminiscing about the shows they used to watch. Quality is good and narration is excellent. ALSO CHECK OUT TV'S GREATEST COMEDIANS DVD FOR A TRIP DOWN TV COMEDY LANE! TV's Greatest Comedians - A Tribute to the Pioneers of Television Comedy

This was a pretty good show. Some segments were too short, and others too long, but all in all it's a good journey back in time for an hour and a half.

TV's Greatest Game Shows - A Tribute to the Pioneers of Television Quiz Shows
THIS DVD IS A BLAST FROM THE PAST OF GAME SHOWS FROM THE 50'S AND 60'S WHAT A WONDERFUL DVD.
YOU FIND OUT LOTS OF FACTS ABOUT THE QUIZ SHOWS THAT YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BEFORE AND THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIKE QUIZ SHOWS FROM THE PAST.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THOSE TYPE OF SHOWS BECAUSE THAT IS HISTORY FROM YEARS GONE BY AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
I GIVE THIS DVD 5 STARS BECAUSE I LOVE ANY TYPE OF SHOWS RATHER IT BE GAME SHOWS,QUIZ SHOWS OR JUST OLD TIME TV SHOWS FROM THE PAST I JUST LOVE THAT TYPE OF HISTORY.
IF YOU LOVE OR LIKE ANY SHOWS LIKE THAT THEN THIS DVD IS FOR YOU IT'S JUST ABOUT GAME SHOWS AND QUIZ SHOWS BUT IT IS A GREAT WONDERFUL DVD TO OWN IF YOU LIKE OR LOVE STUFF LIKE THAT.
I AM SO GLAD THAT I BOUGHT THIS BECAUSE IT GAVE ME ALOT OF INSIGHT TO THE GAME SHOWS AND QUIZ SHOWS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE AND NOW I HAVE THEM TO WATCH ANYTIME I WANT.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

TV'S GREATEST GAME SHOWS is kind of a retrospective of some of the favorite game shows of the 1940s-early 1960s. The format of the disc is to discuss a certain number of shows from a particular game show format. When the show aired, what networks it was broadcasted on, how the show was played, who hosted, and usually some interesting facts about the show. That's followed by a segment (and in some cases almost an entire show) from one or two of the shows that were mentioned earlier. Some of the more memorable segments I remember from the DVD are when Salvador Dali appeared on "The Name's the Same", Harper Marx visiting Grocho on "You Bet Your Life", and the first part of the appearance of Vincent Price on "The $64,000 Challenge". Most of the video segments on the DVD can be found somewhere in the nether regions of the Internet, but only if you know exactly what you are looking for. Personally, I think it's more convenient seeing them here on this DVD because not only do you get to see the videos but you're also given some context about them. I enjoyed watching this DVD and found it both entertaining and educational.

From a different era and better than 90% of the disgusting shows on during prime time now. My grand kids of all ages love to watch it with me and ask why there aren't shows like it now.

Too bad there aren't more dvd's and shows in the set.

this is ok but we need the entire gong show dvd series with chuck barris. i have 400 episodes on vhs that i recorded years ago with no commercials. they are very very very clear but still i gotta have the dvd quality. thank you