Press Your Luck

Press Your Luck (110 Episodes)
At one point, it was my favorite game show of all time. I still like it, regardless.

CBS Daytime (1983-1986)
Host: Peter Tomarken
– 1983 Pilot. JACK CAMPION/MAGGIE BROWN/Matt. [SM/B/021.10]
– 9/19/83: Lana/Linda/Phil. Premiere! Choppy edits, no pass and whammy sounds and board errors. It was a different time. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T105.01] OR [SM/B/021.10]
– 9/20/83: Linda/Patricia/Henri. Man, the questions used in the show early on were brutal. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T105.02]
– 9/21/83: Robert/Cathy/Henri. Another quick game. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T105.03]
– 9/22/83: Jim/Robert/Terri. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T106.01]
– 9/23/83: Dave/Shirley/Robert. GSN copy has the credit crunch. [GSN/A/T106.02] OR [OB/B/T027B.04]
– 9/26/83: Alison/Tom/Robert. Robert masters the art of stopping the board by hitting the buzzer with the sides of his first and becomes the first person to retire. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T106.03]
– 9/27/83: DebbyMaggie/Harold. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T107.01]
– 9/28/83: Donna/Rocco/Maggie. First show with the pass and Whammy SFX, the purple and red windows in the audience. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T107.02]
– 9/29/83: Randy West!/Pam/Maggie. Randy West’s first appearance! [GSN/A/T107.03]
– 9/30/83: Randy West/Kathy/Alan. Car win! GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T108.01]
– 10/3/83: Randy West/Clay/Martha. Randy retires with $25,742! GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T108.02]
– 10/4/83: Wendy/Marie/Ken. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T108.03]
– 10/5/83: Ken/Rose/Mark. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T109.01]
– 10/6/83: Bea/Steve/Ken. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T109.02]
– 10/7/83: Shirley/Bea/Dave. “Better duck” Dave’s Whammy from the intros. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T109.03]
– 10/10/83: Shirley/Larry/Denise. Denise’s Whammy freakout from the intros. Everybody’s heads are in the Big Board shot for some reason. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T110.01]
– 10/11/83: Tom/Larry/Jill. The Jog n’ Tramp is won! GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T110.02]
– 10/12/83: Larry/Ted/Jeanne. Jeanne hits the car, then Whammies on the next spin. Aww. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T110.03]
– 10/13/83: David/Jessica/Jeanne. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T111.01]
– 10/14/83: Warren/Jessica/Miriam. Two players win with $0! GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T111.02]
– 10/17/83: Miriam/Betty/Warren. This time around only one person wins. Back to normal! GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T112.01]
– 10/18/83: Miriam/Sandy/Norma. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T112.02]
– 10/19/83: Tom/Draya/Miriam. The show is starting to look like it does for the rest of the run. Blue windows for both rounds, no saxophone in the prize cue and $1500 in Round 1. GSN Credit Crunch. [GSN/A/T112.03]
– 10/20/83: Tania/Mark/Tom. Mark Leinwand was a Tic Tac Dough superchamp and ToC participant. GSN Credit Crunch [GSN/A/T113.01]
– 10/21/83: Mark/John/Jackie. Both “Sailboat” prizes end up on the board at the same time. Weird. GSN Credit Crunch [GSN/A/T113.02C7]
– 12/9/83: Ellie/Cathi/Michael. [OB/C/T052D.01]
– 2/21/84: Richard/John/Ann. First ep aried by GSN in 2001. [GSN/A/009.10]
– 2/22/84 Jim/Cyann/Richard. [GSN/A/018.03]
– 2/23/84: Kerry/Darlene/Jim. [GSN/A/018.05]
– 2/24/84: Gilbert/Lorri/Darlene Starts at contestant interviews. [GSN/A/018.07]
– 2/27/84: Mac/Gilbert/Rachelle. No Whammy Game! [GSN/A/018.08]
– 2/28/84: John/Terre/Mac. 1st Episode with Pick-A-Corner. [GSN/A/018.10]
– 2/29/84: Mac/Kevin/Margaret. Leap Day 1984! Missing credits. [GSN/A/018.12]
– 4/3/84: Sue/Karen/Bill. Karen Martin’s Pool Table Episode. [GSN/A/018.02]
– 4/4/84: Jimmy/Catherine/Sue. [GSN/A/018.04]
– 4/5/84: Richard/Karen/Jimmy. [GSN/A/018.06]
– 4/9/84: Kathy/Joanne/Greg. [GSN/A/018.09]
– 4/10/84: Joanne/Jim/Audrey. [GSN/A/018.11]
– 4/12/84: Clark/Colleen/Charles. Colleen’s big win. [GSN/A/002.5]
– 4/13/84: Coleen/Nancy/Yogi. Yogi recites a poem in R2 [GSN/A/002.2]
– 4/18/84: Miguel/LaVerne/Patti. [GSN/A/002.4]
– 4/20/84: Lynn/Freeda/Rick. Rick Perrie’s 1st ep. Final spin is used in intros. [GSN/A/002.3]
– 4/24/84: Sue/Rick/David. Rick Perrie retires with $39,942. [GSN/A/002.1]
– 5/14/84: Barbara/Menard/Keith. Menard’s big comeback from the intros. 1st Day of the 1984 Home Player Spin [GSN/A/002.7]
– 6/7/84: Pamela/Vicki/Ed. Ed Long’s short-lived championship. [GSN/A/008.01]
– 6/8/84: Ed/Michael/Janie. Michael Larsen’s run (Part I) [GSN/A/017.01]
– 6/11/84: Ed/Michael/Janie. Michael Larsen’s $110,237 WIN! (Part II) [GSN/A/017.02]
– 6/12/84: Mike/Jo/Jeffie. Peter’s still in shock from Michael Larsen’s antics. [GSN/A/008.02]
– 6/13/84: Jana/Jobe/Jeffie. [GSN/A/008.03]
– 6/19/84: Wes/Reva/Sandi. Reva’s huge win! [GSN/A/008.04]
– 6/20/84: Reva/Brad/Adoris. Static for a few seconds in R1. [GSN/A/008.05]
– 7/13/84: Tom/Karin/Suzanne. Lake Powell win! [GSN/A/006.11]
– 7/19/84: Dave/Jani/Nancy [GSN/A/002.6]
– 8/9/84: Cathy/Craig/Pete. [009.01]
– 8/10/84: Randy/Lori/Cathy. The Ultimate Passed Spin Battle. $31K Whammy! [GSN/A/009.03]
– 8/13/84: Lori/James/Beverlie. Beverlie Peter’s first ep! [GSN/A/009.04]
– 8/14/84: Beverlie/Ernie/Susan. Bervelie’s crossed-eyed reactions hitting Big Bucks is priceless. [GSN/A/009.05]
– 8/15/84: Cindy/David/Enrie. 1st ep with Board SFX #3! [GSN/A/009.06]
– 8/16/84: Vicki/Ernie/Kevin. [GSN/A/009.07]
– 8/17/84: Kevin/Mark/Sonja. Contestant play’s against the house! [GSN/A/009.08]
– 9/13/84: Gary/Shane/Eileen [GSN/A/002.9]
– 9/14/84: Rick/Teresa/Eileen. Missing credits. [GSN/A/002.10]
– 10/3/84: Barbara/Patrick/Mike [GSN/A/011.01]
– 10/4/84: Patrick/Maria/Kent [GSN/A/011.02]
– 10/5/84: Glenn/Barbara/Kent [GSN/A/011.03]
– 10/10/84: Bettina/Menett/Gloria [GSN/A/011.04]
– 10/11/84: Ruth/Jim/Bettina [GSN/A/011.05]
– 10/15/84: Bob/Susan/Frances [GSN/A/011.06]
– 11/12/84: Alex/Mitch/Margo. [GSN/A/011.08]
– 11/19/84: John/Sharon/Kathi. [GSN/A/011.09]
– 11/20/84: Sharon/Michael/Ayne. [GSN/A/011.10]
– 11/21/84: Sandy/Chris/Sharon. [GSN/A/011.11]
– 11/26/84: Chris/Dom/Diane. 3-Way Tie! [GSN/A/011.12]
– 11/27/84: Chris/Dom/Diane. The 3-way rematch! Slightly shaky video. [GSN/A/D13.01]
– 11/29/84: Chris/Paula/Ron. Flokati Rug won! Player retires with $58,779! [GSN/A/009.09]
– 2/18/85: Libby/Jeff/Pat. [GSN/A/014.01]
– 2/19/85: Dean/Jeff/Carolyn. [GSN/A/014.02]
– 2/20/85: Cathy/Dean/Robin. The first episode where Rod says Big Bucks in the intros. [GSN/A/014.03]
– 2/21/85: Cathy/Vince/Janie. [GSN/A/014.04]
– 2/22/85: Sam/Susan/Janie. [GSN/A/014.05]
– 2/25/85: Lissa/Guy/Sam. [GSN/A/014.06]
– 2/26/85: Sam/Jim/Pamela. The JIM HESS EPISODE! [GSN/A/014.07]
– 2/27/85: Scott/Pamela/Lisa. The audience chants Whammy during Scott’s spins. [GSN/A/014.08]
– 2/28/85: Scott/Suzanne/Bob. Rod Roddy makes a cameo! [GSN/A/014.09]
– 3/1/85: Dale/Norma/Bob. Eleven Whammies hit! [GSN/A/014.10]
– 3/4/85: Bob/Victor/Romey. [GSN/A/014.11]
– 3/5/85: Johnny/Jennifer/Bob. [GSN/A/014.12]
– 3/26/85: Denny/Tyler/Bernie. [GSN/A/023.06]
– 5/29/85: Rusty/Barbara/Georgeanne. [GSN/A/013.01]
– 5/29/85: Barbara/Dennis/Carlee [GSN/A/013.03]
– 6/14/85: Pam/Sam/Jerry. The Sylvester error causes Mel Blanc to call Peter at the end of the show! [GSN/A/024.09]
– 6/19/85: Nina Jo/Andrew/Paul. The Infamous $3 ep. [GSN/A/024.10]
– 8/22/85: Mark/Toria/Marcia. Debut of the neon-colored slides! [GSN/A/T029B.04]
– 11/14/85: Helen/Shelia/Kurt. This is one of the most exciting games of the final season. [GSN/A/T029C.01]
– 2/3/86: Dorothy/Wayne/Joe. The more memorable (and thought to be the only time) three-way-tie where it’s ALL JOE’s FAULT. J. [USA/A-/T029C.02]
– 6/13/86: Jo/Robert/Donna. [OB/C+/T067C.04]
– 6/17/86: Scott/Paige/Jacques. The funny Falling N ep. [OB/B-/022.02]
– 6/19/86: Yvone/Lauren/Dave. Dave hits 4 Whammies in a row! Features Ticket Plug! [OB/C/T064A.04]
– 6/24/86: AnneMarie/Nora/Mike. AnneMarie’s 3th episode where she reties with over $62,000! Possibly the fastest player to break the $50,000 mark (apart from Larson). [USA/B/T064B.04]