词条 | Bowling for Dollars |
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| show_name = Bowling for Dollars | image = | caption = | genre = Game show | creator = Bert Claster | director = | presenter = Various (see below) | narrated = Various (see below) | country = United States | executive_producer = | producer = | location = Various locations throughout the United States and Canada | runtime = 22–24 minutes | channel = Various local stations | first_aired = {{Start date|1960s}} | last_aired = {{End date|2008|2}} | num_seasons = | num_episodes = }}{{more citations needed|date=October 2018}} Bowling for Dollars was a television game show on which people could play the sport of bowling to win cash and sometimes prizes based on how well they bowled.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} Unlike most TV game shows of the time, which were taped in New York or Hollywood and broadcast nationally, Bowling for Dollars was produced by local TV stations and featured contestants from the immediate area. The show was actually a franchise, created by Bert Claster of Claster Television, also the creator of Romper Room. Episodes of Bowling for Dollars were taped either in a local bowling alley, or on a pair of bowling lanes constructed right inside the TV studio. The show reached its heyday in the 1970s. The most recent station to air the format was Detroit, Michigan independent station WADL, which relaunched Bowling for Dollars in September 2013.[1] The showThe show's main set consisted of a sliding door from which the host emerged, as did the contestants, one-by-one. There was also a Jackpot light with a numeric display of its value, and a Pin Pal container (see below). There were also stands set up for an audience. Local editions may have varied, but there were two musical themes used. One was a custom theme for the show's opening and close (with a short phrase to introduce each contestant). The other was played when a contestant hit the jackpot, also used for commercial bumper music in some editions. The latter was an instrumental version of "Keep the Ball Rollin'" by Al Hirt, a song originally done by Jay & the Techniques. Game playAs each contestant appeared, the host would interview him or her for a couple of minutes. Then the audience camera would cue as the contestant pointed out who he brought along ("There's my wife Paula, there's my son Nick..."). The contestant was then instructed to pick a Pin Pal out of a container filled with postcards sent in by home viewers, then went off to the lanes where they would bowl at least two balls. A half-hour show had seven contestants. PrizesEach contestant received $1 for each pin knocked down (e.g., a contestant who knocked down a total of eight pins won $8, though some versions may have had a $5 minimum for fewer than five pins). A strike or spare awarded $20. The real allure of the show was the Jackpot, which was awarded to any bowler who got two consecutive Strikes. The jackpot started at $200, $300, or $500 (depending on the version) and was increased by $20 each time it was not hit. Some versions of Bowling for Dollars awarded prizes in addition to the money. In the Detroit edition of the show, a contestant who got a spare won a dinner for two at a local restaurant. If that spare was a split, they would also get two large pies from Buddy's Pizza. If the contestant got only one strike, they got to pick a pin from a "pin board" for a prize from a local jeweler; one such prize was a genuine diamond ring. Finally, if a contestant did break the jackpot, he or she got to bowl one more time, and if that was a strike (a "turkey") they would receive yet another prize, such as a recliner chair or bicycle. The Los Angeles version awarded a portable television set for three consecutive strikes, and a car for four. Pin PalsEach contestant, just before approaching the bowling lane, was instructed to pick a postcard at random out of a large, horizontally mounted container. The name on the card was then read aloud by the host. These were Pin Pal cards, allowing a viewer at home to participate in the game on TV. Whatever the contestant won, the Pin Pal won also, although the jackpot may actually have been split between the two of them. Many people wrote clever messages on their Pin Pal cards, like "Strike it rich!" A Pin Pal was only eligible once per show, in case a Pin Pal tried to send an overwhelming number of postcards at one time. Local editions{{Original research|section|date=June 2010}}Bowling for Dollars was broadcast from TV stations serving medium to large communities all across the United States, Canada, and England. In many of these markets, the host was introduced by the announcer as "the Kingpin himself". BaltimoreThere were two separate runs. Both aired on WBAL-TV:
Hosts: Bailey Goss, then Chuck Thompson
Hosts: Tom Cole, then Ron Riley, then Royal Parker
BostonThis edition was titled Candlepins for Cash, featuring the regional candlepin variation of bowling, and had two separate runs:[2]
Both editions only required contestants to make one strike for the jackpot — a significantly harder task in candlepin bowling than in standard tenpins. In the last two seasons of the show, the player would get $30 for a spare plus one bonus ball, worth $2 more per pin knocked down. When a person threw a 10-box (all pins knocked down on the third ball) they got $20 plus one bonus ball. The 2006 show Candlepins For Dollars that aired on WLVI Channel 56 was not related to this format. Buffalo
A revival of Bowling for Dollars aired between January and February 2008 on WGRZ, also hosted by Kilgore. This version, airing weekdays at 11:45 AM, was much shorter, with only one frame. It used a rotation of numerous theme songs, mostly from game shows of the 1970s. A similar competing show, called Beat the Champ, aired on WBEN-TV during the original Channel 2 program run, hosted by Van Miller. This was one of two local-origination bowling programs on Channel 4 throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the other being a women's team-bowling program called Strikes, Spares & Misses hosted by Chuck Healy. Cincinnati
ClevelandHad two separate runs of Bowling for Dollars. Both used in-studio lanes.
Columbus, OH
Dallas/Fort Worth
Dayton, OH
Detroit
Flint, MI
Honolulu, Hawaii
Kansas City
Kitchener, ON
Los Angeles
Milwaukee1st station
Minneapolis/St. Paul
New York
Host Larry Kenney later achieved national fame as the voice of Lion-O in the smash hit 80s cartoon ThunderCats and the voice of Karate Kat in The Comic Strip. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rochester
St. Louis
Syracuse
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Washington, D.C.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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