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i remember loving this show when i was 4 or 5, although no one else i know remembers it... do you?
what other game shows did you like?
Pitfall
Host: Alex Trebek
Air dates: 1981-1982
Network: Syndicated
Pitfall had a horrible front-end game but one of the best bonus
rounds in game show history. The front-end game featured two contestants
trying to guess the studio audience's response to a survey question. The
host would ask a question and give four possible answers, (e.g. "Men don't
like women who wear too much what?") The audience would then vote for the
answer they liked best. Each player chose which of the four answers they
thought was the most popular. Each answer could only be chosen once, so
the players alternated guessing first. The first player to get five
points (or the leader at the end of five minutes of game play) won the
game. In the front-end game, the first, third, and fifth point was worth
a pit pass. These pit passes were very important in the bonus game. The
bonus game was played on a two-story set with a bridge spanning through
two platforms. The bridge was divided into eight sections. Each section
was really an elevator on the second floor of the set. Every time a person
answered a question right, they got to move forward one section on the
bridge. But, there was a catch. Five of the sections were "safe." But, three
of them were "pitfalls." If a contestant stepped on a pitfall, the elevator
took them from the second level of the set down to the first level. This
cost the contestant a great deal of time. First, the clock kept running
while the elevator was going down. (It took about ten seconds for the
elevator to reach the bottom level.) Once a player got to the bottom,
they had to answer a question. Only when they got a question right
would they stop the clock, bring the contestant back up to the second
level, and allow him or her to continue their journey to the other
side of the bridge. How did the contestant know which three sections
were pitfalls? Right before the bonus game, they would show the
contestant which sections were booby traps. The contestant would stand
in front of the set. They would flash a series of lights: each section
of the bridge had a lighted number on the first level. The safe sections
lit up once; the pitfalls lit up twice. The contestant was able to
choose a number of pit passes, the number determined by how many pit
passes they got in the front end game. If the contestant was able to
cross the bridge before the 100 seconds ran out, they won a prize package
worth over $5,000, which was a lot of money back then. (Many episodes
featured cars as the grand prize.)
what other game shows did you like?
Pitfall
Host: Alex Trebek
Air dates: 1981-1982
Network: Syndicated
Pitfall had a horrible front-end game but one of the best bonus
rounds in game show history. The front-end game featured two contestants
trying to guess the studio audience's response to a survey question. The
host would ask a question and give four possible answers, (e.g. "Men don't
like women who wear too much what?") The audience would then vote for the
answer they liked best. Each player chose which of the four answers they
thought was the most popular. Each answer could only be chosen once, so
the players alternated guessing first. The first player to get five
points (or the leader at the end of five minutes of game play) won the
game. In the front-end game, the first, third, and fifth point was worth
a pit pass. These pit passes were very important in the bonus game. The
bonus game was played on a two-story set with a bridge spanning through
two platforms. The bridge was divided into eight sections. Each section
was really an elevator on the second floor of the set. Every time a person
answered a question right, they got to move forward one section on the
bridge. But, there was a catch. Five of the sections were "safe." But, three
of them were "pitfalls." If a contestant stepped on a pitfall, the elevator
took them from the second level of the set down to the first level. This
cost the contestant a great deal of time. First, the clock kept running
while the elevator was going down. (It took about ten seconds for the
elevator to reach the bottom level.) Once a player got to the bottom,
they had to answer a question. Only when they got a question right
would they stop the clock, bring the contestant back up to the second
level, and allow him or her to continue their journey to the other
side of the bridge. How did the contestant know which three sections
were pitfalls? Right before the bonus game, they would show the
contestant which sections were booby traps. The contestant would stand
in front of the set. They would flash a series of lights: each section
of the bridge had a lighted number on the first level. The safe sections
lit up once; the pitfalls lit up twice. The contestant was able to
choose a number of pit passes, the number determined by how many pit
passes they got in the front end game. If the contestant was able to
cross the bridge before the 100 seconds ran out, they won a prize package
worth over $5,000, which was a lot of money back then. (Many episodes
featured cars as the grand prize.)
BUT!!! I did get to see it on some classic TV show channel about a year ago and i understand the obsession my sister had, only now... Like 15 years later 
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I know I will think of something... Karma for ya for making me thinkg at 3:14 in the morning, just cause.. lol .. ok I'm tired, so shoot me...
