Whatever my condition, NBC was running a lot of game shows in the morning. This was back when NBC was a major network instead of an industry joke. Rambling around the game show Interwebs today, I came across this promo for the Peacock Net's 1967 morning gamers.
It's funny to see the Warholish multiple images of the gentlemen who hosted the (now) classic shows. Hard to believe that Andy could influence a commercial network's promos, but he definitely left a mark.
A couple of the shows in the promo have vanished without a literal trace: Snap Judgment and Eye Guess. The wipe monster got 'em, though a few bits and pieces of Bill Cullen's show somehow endured. Actually, almost all these NBC episodes got wiped, but at least Concentration, Hollywood Squares and Jeopardy spawned later versions that survived.
It's also funny to see the older-is-better comments about the promo on YouTube. As I've observed before, nostalgia is a powerful force.
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