Game Show Moments Gone Bananas was a television series on VH1. The first of five hour-long episodes aired on May 21, 2005, with the last first-run episode airing on June 18. Each episode aired for the first time on Saturday mornings at 11:30 ET, but "officially" premiered at 10 p.m. ET that night. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ...

Basic Idea

Ben Stein shows a studio audience classically hilarious game show moments ranging from the 1950s through the present. Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is an American lawyer, economist, law professor, actor, comedian, and former White House speechwriter. ... This article is about the television genre. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ...

"Characters" and Themes

• Ben Stein- host
• Mr. Game Show- A puppet tribute to Don Pardo, who introduces the lousy prizes won by audience members. The puppet Mr. Game Show is part of an electronic toy game from the late 1980s. Randy West provides the voice for Mr. Game Show.
• Top 5- a countdown of the Top 5 of something in game shows, presented by a television personality that is somehow related to the countdown
• Bananas- seen throughout the show
• Moment Re-enactments- Members of the studio audience reenact the classic moments featured on shows such as Family Feud and Beat the Clock to win a low-quality prize (a grocery product) such as a bottle of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia or a box of Little Debbie Honey Buns.

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Shows Featured

• Beat the Clock
• Blind Date (British and Australian versions (called "Perfect Match" in Australia))
• Blockbusters (American and British versions)
• Card Sharks
• Child's Play - includes kids from both American and British versions
• Distraction (British version)
• Double Dare (CBS version)
• Family Feud and its British counterpart, Family Fortunes, plus its Australian counterpart
• I'm With Stupid, an unsold 2003 ABC pilot hosted by Graham Norton that took place on the Richard Karn-era Family Feud set
• I've Got a Secret
• Match Game and its British counterpart, Blankety Blank
• The Name's the Same
• Password
• Password Plus
• Press Your Luck
• The Price is Right and its Australian counterpart and Mexican counterpart, Atinale al Precio
• Puzzlers (unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak before he hosted Wheel of Fortune)
• Sale of the Century (Australian and German versions)
• Scrabble
• Showoffs
• Super Password
• Tattletales
• To Tell the Truth
• Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
• What's My Line?
• Your Face or Mine?

Since FremantleMedia produces the show, all clips are from programs that they produce or own the rights to, including all Mark Goodson-Bill Todman and Reg Grundy productions. Thus, programs like The Newlywed Game and Hollywood Squares, which have been featured on similar game show retrospectives, are not featured. The Price Is Right, which has been absent from other shows, is featured. For other uses, see Beat the Clock (disambiguation). ... Blind Date was a British dating game show. ... A game in progress on the British Bob Holness-hosted version of Blockbusters. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... The Childs Play logo. ... Distraction is a British game show shown on Channel 4. ... Double Dare was an American television game show that ran from December 13, 1976, to April 29, 1977, on CBS. Alex Trebek of Jeopardy! hosted this Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production; Johnny Olson and Gene Wood took turns announcing. ... It has been suggested that Family Feud Broadcast History (United States), Family Feud in popular culture, Family Feud rules and production, Family Feud around the world be merged into this article or section. ... Family Fortunes is a long-running British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Richard Karn, former host of Family Feud Richard Karn Wilson (Born February 17, 1956, in Seattle, Washington) is an American television actor. ... Ive Got a Secret (abbreviated as IGAS) was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television and was created by Allan Sherman as essentially a knockoff of Whats My Line?. The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Blankety Blank was a British game show based on the American game show Match Game. ... The Names the Same was a gameshow produced in the black and white era, whose premise was simliar to Whats My Line?, but the panelists here had to guess the name of the person, which also described something (e. ... Allen Ludden Password was a long-running American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. ... Allen Ludden Password was a long-running American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. ... Press Your Luck was a popular American television game show during the 1980s where contestants collected spins by answering trivia questions, and then used the spins on an 18-space gameboard full of cash and prizes. ... The Price Is Rights US 35th season logo. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The daytime Wheel of Fortune aired on NBC from January 6, 1975 to June 30, 1989. ... Countries which have their own version Sale of the Century is an international television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. ... Scrabble was an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. ... Showoffs was a Goodson-Todman game show that aired on ABC for six months in 1975 from June 30 - December 26, with Bobby Van as the host and Gene Wood as the announcer. ... Allen Ludden Password was a long-running American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. ... Tattletales was a game show which first aired on the CBS daytime schedule on February 18, 1974, replacing long-running soap opera The Secret Storm. ... To Tell the Truth is an American television game show that has been seen in various forms on and off since 1956. ... Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck is an updated version of the American television game show Press Your Luck. ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... FremantleMedia (formerly All-American Television and Pearson Television) is a division of RTL Group which holds the rights to the Goodson/Todman game show library which includes such classic game shows as The Price is Right, Match Game, Ive Got a Secret, and Family Feud, as well as non... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer, specializing in game shows. ... Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ... Reg Grundy (born 1923) is one of the most successful Australian media and television moguls of his generation. ... 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Episode List/ Top 5

1. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 1 (Top 5 Host Screw-ups, 05/21/05, presented by Chuck Woolery) The number one host screw-up was in 1974 when Match Game emcee Gene Rayburn told a contestant she has pretty nipples, meaning to say "pretty dimples."
2. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 2 (Top 5 Blonde Moments, 05/28/05, presented by Kato Kaelin) The number one blonde moment appeared on Family Feud, when a woman was confused as to why she couldn't use an answer that had already been used.
3. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 3 (Top 5 Wardrobe Malfunctions, 06/04/05, presented by Jay Manuel) The number one moment in this countdown: Rip Taylor tears off his toupee during an episode of Super Password.
4. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 4 (Top 5 Celebrity Moments, 06/11/05, presented by Ed McMahon) The number one celebrity moment was Johnny Carson's appearance as a celebrity on Password in 1962. Other celebrity moments involved David Letterman on Password Plus, Kirstie Alley as a contestant on Match Game, Ronald Reagan as a mystery guest on What's My Line?, and Meg Ryan on Tattletales.
5. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 5 (Top 5 Brain Freeze Moments, 06/18/05, presented by Cindy Margolis) The number one moment was when a Family Feud contestant gave three questionable answers in a row during the Fast Money bonus round.

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Trivia

• "Game show Moments Gone Bananas" has also aired on GSN, and ran in the same 5-day one-hour shows fashion as VH1. It was the exact same program as the one VH1 aired. It ran in 2006 from April 17, 2006 - April 21, 2006 at 10 p.m. EST each night. These shows feature the only footage of The Price is Right that GSN is legally allowed to show.

Like most US game show blooper specials, clips of dumb answers given by US and UK game show contestants have aired, but no clip of a dumb answer given by an Australian game show contestant has. The Game Show Network (GSN) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ... The Price Is Rights US 35th season logo. ...

• In the audience for this show was lead guitarist of Symetrica, Jason Castillo and Symetrica web designer Grinaldo Black, who has long been rumored to be involved in a homosexual relationship with Swedish progressive metal mastermind Daniel Gildenlow.

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External link

• Game Show Moments Gone Bananas on VH1.com