Scrabble
"It's the
crossword game you've played all your life, but never quit like
this!" That's how announcer Jay Stewart or Charlie Tuna
opened each show from 1984-1990 and during a short period in 1993
on NBC. Former Wheel of Fortune host Chuck Woolery was the master
of ceremonies.
Two contestants tried to solve an answer to a clue by using
numbered tiles that contained a letter. (i.e. A clue could be
"It's an nine letter word and the clue is: "They're
expected to work the night shift."(The answer being
"Watchdog") A contestant would pick two of the 12 tiles
that were available. If the contestant picked a letter that did
not belong in the word, he or she would get a stopper and lose
their turn. When a person picked a correct letter from the two
tiles, the letter would fall in its correct position. There were
blue and pink squares on the board as well. If the contestant got
a letter to go into a colored square, he or she would win bonus
money if they could solve the puzzle. Blue squares were worth
$500 and pink squares were worth $1,000. The first person to
solve 3 puzzles won the game and went on to the Scrabble Sprint.
In Scrabble Sprint, the contestant would have to try to solve
four puzzles in the shortest possible time. There were no
stoppers in the sprint. Two letters appeared on the board and the
contestant picked one of the two letters and the letter fell into
its correct place. An incorrect guess would cost 10 seconds.
After the contestant solved four puzzles, the time it took
him/her to complete the sprint was the established time. Then a
second game was played with two new contestants. The winner of
the second game played the sprint and tried to beat the
establihed time. The contestant would play the same four words
the contestant before played in the sprint. The person with the
fastest time was the champion and tried to solve two additional
puzzles in 10 seconds for a chance to win the Scrabble Sprint
Jackpot. The jackpot started at $5,000 and went up $1,000 more
each day the jackpot was not won. The original run ended in 1990.
The show made a short return in 1993 with the same format, but
with a new set. Scrabble was one of the last daytime game shows
to air on NBC.
REMEMBER GAME
SHOW HOST WEEK BACK IN 1987?
Top: Left to
Right: Jamie Farr, Bill Rafferty, Marc Summers
Bottom: Left to
Right: Peter Tomarken, John Davidson, Tom Kennedy
He was known to
press his luck.....PETER TOMARKEN!
CHUCK WOOLERY
WON $10,000 AT HIS OWN GAME!
(Chuck, along
with the other game show hosts, played for a home viewer)
MARC SUMMERS
HOSTED WHILE CHUCK WOOLERY PLAYED THE GAME!
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