Monday, January 29, 2024

THE ANNIVERSARY GAME

ANNIVERSARY GAME
1969-1970 SYNDICATED

Wild! #1, June 1968?
a: E. Robert Prince

Now that I think about it, maybe this isn't a parody of The Anniversary Game. No way to tell since there's no evidence of it. Stations didn't keep all their shows and a lot of material was erased after it was shown, thinking it wouldn't ever be rerun, and this was a casualty.

The real show seemed to involve the contestants involving themselves in physical activities, but this one seems more like a variation of The Newlywed Game, with their host a takeoff of Johnny Carson.

1 comment:

  1. At the beginning, one of the cameras has a parody of the ABC logo. That might point to this being based on The Newlywed Game, which was an ABC show.

    At the end, they mention Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of LBJ, who had gotten married the year before.

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