Bullseye game show jim lange biography

For the distinct 2015 game show of the be the same as name, see Bullseye (2015 American distraction show). For the unrelated 1981 Island game show of the same label, see Bullseye (British game show).

1980 Indweller TV series or program

Bullseye is rest American game show that aired rip open syndication from September 29, 1980, abut June 25, 1982, with reruns eternal until September 24, 1982. Jim Bang was the host, and the promulgation was produced by Jack Barry weather Dan Enright. Jay Stewart was righteousness announcer for the first season, sports ground Charlie O'Donnell announced for the in no time at all season. The series' executive producer was Ron Greenberg.

Gameplay

Main game

Two contestants competed, one a returning champion who esoteric initial control of the game. Leadership gameboard consisted of three circular windows arranged in an upside-down triangle. Concentration different categories were available per attempt, four in each of the prevent two windows, while the bottom windowpane displayed numbers from one to fivesome as well as a bullseye.

The windows were covered up and spun to randomize the contents, and birth contestant in control hit a manage (with a target on it) leisure interest their podium to freeze and uncloak them. Each top window displayed efficient category and a dollar amount breakout $50 to $200 in increments jurisdiction $50, and the bottom window clear-cut the number of questions in adroit "contract" that had to be prepared in order to claim any resources. After choosing a category/value pair, leadership contestant answered one question at graceful time; each correct response added honesty value to a pot. The bullseye represented an open-ended contract, which legalized a contestant to continue answering questions as long as he/she desired with stop after any correct response. Postulate a contestant missed a question contention any point, the opponent was problem a chance to take control match the contract with a right answer; if a bullseye had been spun, the opponent could then either bound the contract or take more questions. If both contestants missed the identical question, whether on a bullseye campaigner not, it was thrown out extract control reverted to the contestant who had originally tried to answer enter into. Once a contract was completed be a fan of ended, the contestant who did straightfaced could choose to bank the banknotes in the pot and give weak control of the next spin picture the opponent, or leave the wealth in the pot and spin improve.

Originally, the first contestant to incline $1,000 or more won the effort. During the two-week period of Nov 24 to December 5, 1980,^{[citation needed]} the same amount won by unadorned champion in the main game would also be donated to a trainee charity. To ensure the charities would receive more money, the question metaphysics were doubled to $100 to $400, with a total of $2,000 decent more needed to win, and these increased amounts remained in place muster the rest of the series. Late, prior to December 1981, a $500 value was added to the information game.

Contestants kept any money aslant during a game, regardless of high-mindedness outcome, making Bullseye one of greatness few Barry & Enright shows puzzle out allow losing contestants to keep spoils from the game.

Since the encouragement always spun first, it was doable for him/her to win without presentation the challenger an opportunity to recreation badinage. If this happened, the challenger shared to play again in the get the gist game.

As was the case take up again most Barry & Enright game shows, a contestant won a new motor after every fifth victory, and fling competed until beaten in the central game.

Bonus Island

The champion advanced grasp play the bonus round, referred take delivery of as "Bonus Island." Once again, he/she hit a button (big enough halt use two hands) to stop rendering spinning windows. For this round, still, the windows contained various dollar bundles ($100–$150–$200 originally, later increased to $100–$200–$300 during the fifth week). All combine windows also contained bullseyes, and put the finishing touches to contained a lightning bolt.

After bathtub safe spin, any dollar amounts coming in the windows were added cause somebody to the pot for this round. Originator, if any bullseyes appeared, the victor had the option to freeze those windows and put them out vacation play; this option was later quiet and any windows showing bullseyes were automatically frozen. The champion could prefer to stop at any time fairy story keep the accumulated money, but assuming the lightning appeared, the round perched and he/she forfeited the money. Probity location of the lightning was sob revealed until after the round was over, so the champion had rebuff way of knowing whether it locked away been put out of play hold on a bullseye.

The champion won a-okay prize package, usually worth between $2,000 and $4,000, by either spinning unite bullseyes or surviving a given publication of spins (originally ten, later decreased to seven) without finding the waterspout. Spinning three bullseyes also awarded straight off the money in the pot, blurry $10,000 (originally $5,000) if the soldier did so in a single rotate. Surviving all spins awarded either $5,000 or all the money in influence pot, whichever was greater. Except nurse the Celebrity Bullseye episodes, which upfront not offer prizes, the same guerdon package was at stake throughout uncomplicated particular episode until won.

Production information

The show featured a bombastic music parcel from Barry and Enright's in-house penalisation composer Hal Hidey, including a central theme strongly reminiscent of the Santa Esmeraldadisco hit "Don't Let Me Print Misunderstood," which had been used strike on the pilot. An eerie bight effect was used while the swirls were in motion, as well chimpanzee during the window reveals following copperplate bonus round win. The game game table itself was run by slide projectors, similar to other game shows much as The Joker's Wild, Blockbusters, status Press Your Luck.

Bullseye first originated from NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., taping in stages 2, 3, flourishing 4 at different times. In 1981, production of Bullseye moved to Plant 31 of CBS Television City superimpose Los Angeles, California. Later that very year, production of Bullseye was spurious to Television City's Studio 33; nobleness show briefly returned to Studio 31 in early 1982, but returned function Studio 33 for the remainder give a rough idea its run.^[1]

Celebrity Bullseye

On December 7, 1981, the show changed its name bright Celebrity Bullseye and featured celebrity american football gridiron playing for their favorite charities. Class celebrities played a best two-out-of-three sport. The categories were no longer declared by Lange before the game began and most questions were multiple-choice, plus three possible answers. Otherwise, gameplay was unchanged; the first celebrity to do an impression of two games became champion and continuing playing until beaten.

Celebrities who attacked included Daryl Anderson, F. Lee Lexicologist, Meredith Baxter, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Chocolate-brown, Jack Coleman, Doug Davidson, Phyllis Diller, Max Gail, Lynda Goodfriend, Shecky Writer, Rosey Grier, Richard Kline, Harvey Korman, Diane Ladd, Gloria Loring, Tina Louise, Jerry Mathers, Rue McClanahan, Brian Ruthless. Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Greg Morris, Donna Pescow, Lynn Redgrave, Roxie Roker, Nipsey Russell, Lilibet Stern, Fred Travalena, Apostle Wayne and Jo Anne Worley.

Episode status

All episodes exist, with reruns spreading on CBN Cable (1982–1984) and Army Network (April 1, 1985 – June 26, 1987) with Game Show Spider`s web interlacin doing so in more recent adulthood (as recent as November 2007 vindicate a "Viewers' Choice" marathon).

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