2.15.2018

TFTP Game Shows: "Play the Percentages" from syndication (1980)



Posted to YouTube by user 'Million Colors of Light'
Length - 22:09

The landscape of television history is littered with the carcasses of failed game shows. "Play the Percentages", a syndicated game show that aired for several months in 1980, is one of those carcasses.

Like a lot of game shows, "Play the Percentages" (which was hosted by journeyman game show host Geoff Edwards) had a main game and a bonus game. The main game consisted of simple quiz questions from one of three categories--one category selected by each of the two contestants, a third called "Potluck" that was a grab bag. (In this episode, Libby selected "Cooking" while Tom chose "Sports".)

The bonus game on "Play the Percentages" had a question with six possible answers. One of those answers was guessed by zero percent of survey participants, and if the contestant kept picking answers other than the zero percent answer, they collected cash, winning when the zero percent answer was the only one remaining.

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