http://www.ocatv.com/ShowLogos/WhammyLogo.jpg
Starts April 15th
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Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall) Airs WDays at 2:30AM, 3:30AM, 10:00AM, 2:30PM, 8:30PM, 11:30PM And WEnds at 3:30AM, 11:30AM, 8:30PM

Win Lose, or Draw (Bert Convy) Airs WDays at 11:30AM, 7:00PM And Saturdays at 2:00PM

Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck (<A HREF="http://www.eonline.com/On/People/Images/newtonsig2.jpg">Todd Newton</A>) premieres at 10pm
& Airs WDays at 1:00AM, 3:30PM, 10:00PM And WEnds at 12:30AM, 12:00PM, 9:30PM

<A HREF="http://www.tv-gameshows.com/whammypromos.rm">Click here</A> to see a compilation of four of the five promos for Whammy: The All New Press Your Luck, which will premiere on Game Show Network on April 15th. It's appropriate that a game where a character takes away one's money premieres on the day when the IRS takes away one's money. The promos you're seeing from Whammy! on Game Show Network right now are from the pilot. There were several changes made to the set between the pilot and air. Here's a list of facts:
<small>1. There are now pop-up whammies. They are 3-D, think of small stuffed puppets that come up out of the podium now.

2. The score readouts and passed/earned spins are much larger. Easier to read.

3. The contestants shown on the promos are from both Peter and Todd's pilots. (of course you'll only see Todd)

4. The monitors are now larger - I'm not sure if they will show the board or not, but the monitors are now 35" (as opposed to 26").

5. The reason that the backdrops behind Todd remind you of Card Sharks 2001 is because that's where they are from. The contestant turntable is also recycled from Card Sharks. It looks great and they saved some $$ doing it.

6. There will be "icons" for prizes, rather than pictures of the actual prizes used int he pilot. Some of the icons animate slightly when hit.

7. The monitors have blue and red neon surrounds. The blue is what flashes during the randomizer, and if it stops on a whammy it immediately changes to red.

8. The "live action" whammies (known as "double whammies") appear in round 2 only. Be on the lookout for the "pizza pie" whammy and the "fireman" whammy (which is airing on one of the promos).

9. There are many new squares, like $1000 or Spin Again, Move one space to 2 or 3 choices, and "Pick a Prize" where instantly all prizes light up on the board and the contestant can choose whatever one h/she likes. $2000 or lose a Whammy still exists.

10. Keep your eye out for the infamous $470 space, and the soon to be famous $740 space in Round 1. $1200 also returns in round 2.

11. The board "sound" (the sound that plays while the board is in action) is *very* cool. Easily blows the old one away. It's addictively melodic.

12. Round 1 is completely different. No questions, players alternate spinning untilt hey hit a Whammy or "freeze". Hitting a Whammy eliminates them from play, but in round 1 they now have unlimited spins. The # of Whammies on the board increases after each of the contestants completes a spin round. It makes round 1 more watchable.

13. The question round before the big money round still exists, however they now ask 5 questions instead of 4, and it's still 3 spins for a buzz in and 1 for multi-choice.

14. There is now a commercial in the midst of the big money spin round, thereby eliminating the commercial at the end of the game.

AWESOME A NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK!

Press Your Luck was the hands down best game show EVER made in the HISTORY of game shows. :)

I will watch this - they better not screw it up!

Todd Newton is an annoying host and a tv personality whore...

I don't think I have ever seen him host something. Only thing that comes to mind is hearing his voice overs on E!. I know what he looks like because he use to date Deborah Gibson.

I've seen him host some film review show that is on on the weekends and it always has Leonard Maltin on it... after they talk about it, they give it a HOT or NOT...

He never votes... he just mediates the discussion and sits there and smiles...

... but I'll watch it for the Whammys!...

For the LOVE OF GOD
 

Will they ever add Sale of the Century to the lineup??
That's one of my all-time favs.

WAMMY IS BACk?????????? Im there in a heart beat. WAMMY WAMMY WAMMy STOP *wammy sings song* :-) down to 0

Not knocking Whammy, but it would be interesting to see international game shows. I hear the Japanese ones can be quick interesting...

Yeah GSN get Iron Chef on your roster!!!!

Amen to the poster who wants "Sale of the Century" on GSN. Great Show.

Now, with this new Press Your Luck....any details on the show? I hope it will be as true as possible to the old format, but something tells me they will totally mess with it.

Holy crap!!!!! ALL NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK? How come I haven't heard anything about this? Whats it going to be like? Man, that is kickass.


wait, Todd Newton is the host? OH GOD NO!!! Why on earth would they bring that loser? The guy is so damn annoying.


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Re: For the LOVE OF GOD
 

That show f'n rocked!

They should also add Supermarket Sweep...(classic)

I'm gonna check out Whammy just to see how it is. I love Press Your Luck, so I'm hoping this is just as good. :)

:jawdrop:

I hope it doesn't suck.

Big bucks no whammies!

Re: For the LOVE OF GOD
 

They definitely need to add SOTC.

However, the most glaring ommission is The Price is Right. How can they not acquire the rights to this? I want to see Diane when she was a young hottie. I can vividly remember the elation (in the late 70s/early 80s) I felt when I was sick and held out of school. Then I would pray that they would be giving away a boat, hot tub, or trip to the Carribean in the Showcase & Diane would be in a bikini. :D

Nothing can beat classic TPIR!

I'll check out the new Press Your Luck.

Is Todd Newton the best they could've gotten for this?

I hope this isn't going to be a repeat of what happened with the updated version of "Card Sharks". Don't f**k with the Whammy!

http://charliegoose.homestead.com/files/goose.jpg Honk!

Is Newton the best they could've gotten for the show? No. They shot 2 pilots - 1 with Newton, the other with Peter Tomarken, the original host of Press Your Luck. They chose Newton to host it. :(

As for the show itself, I love the original, but I'm not holding out much hope for it. From a description I read of it yesterday, it seems like a cross between the original PYL and Nickelodeon's Double Dare. In round 2, if a contestant lands on a whammy, something bad happens to them (besides losing their money). I.e. there's a fireman whammy, and if they land on it, they get water sprayed on them. Also, there's only a question round before round 2. In round 1, all the contestants have unlimited spins and they keep going until they a.) land on a whammy or b.) stop.

It is, by the way, being produced by the same company that did the recent abomination known as Card Sharks (2001).

They actually did do a pilot with Peter Tomarken? Why didn't they chose him? Too old?

The new stuff in the game:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
*Tearing out hair*

Ok I will give it a try. If it sucks I will write a letter to let them know I'll watch the PYL repeats and not this. :)

WTF? The original host coming back wouldve kicked ass!!!!

Todd Newton is a loser.

My theory is if it does well on Game Show Network, then they're going to try to syndicate it next year, and it would be easier for them to sell to stations with a younger (more marketable?) host like Newton. I would've loved for Tomarken to host it.

Something else that leads to that theory is illustrated in the graphic at the beginning of this thread - they changed the name of the show to "Whammy!" (I believe they may have since even taken off the All New Press Your Luck part), since most people probably remember the show as "the show with the whammies" as opposed to remembering it as Press Your Luck.

There's a commercial on GSN with Tomarken in it and he does look old, but who cares? Tomarken is king, Newton is a dork.

I'll check out Whammy! but I'm not getting my hopes up. I love the original Hollywood Squares, so that's cool.

Yeah, where is Sale of the Century? Jim Perry is great.

[scrooged]My god, does that suck![/scrooged]

http://charliegoose.homestead.com/files/goose.jpg Honk!

Looks like what I heard about the show is accurate. From GSN's press release on the show:

I finally saw a few commercials for it on GSN. They still have the "all new Press Your Luck" tag on it. I do agree that most remember it as the show with the whammy, but when I told some of my friends GSN was going to be re-doing "Press Your Luck" I got "Is that the one w/ the whammies?" or "Awesome that was my favorite game show as a kid - no whammies!". I also saw a part where some contestant is getting water dumped on them. I really hope the show doesn't suck... I really hope...

More promo clips

Todd and Whammy (all of them): http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/whammy_street.rm

This is your Whammy (longer version): http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/whammypromo2.rm

The three 'policemen' promos.
http://www.xanfan.com/whammy/new-whammy-ads.rm

And this page has lots of screen captures from the pilot episode (don't click if you do not want to see what the new board looks like, etc)
http://www.xanfan.com/whammy/pilotpictures.htm