Talk:Beat the Clock

message: Should the article mention that the $64,000 Super Bonus was won by Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Fontana of Silver Springs, Maryland?  This may be their one claim to fame.  --Hillrhpc 19:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Super Bonus winner

message: My research on the Internet indicates that the home game was produced in two editions, a first edition in 1954 and a second edition in 1957, and that the second edition did not have Roxanne's picture on the cover (for an obvious reason).  I have found pictures of the first edition, such as this one here but I haven't yet been able to find a picture of the second edition.  It would be interesting to know if the second edition still had Sylvania's name on the box cover and on the clock inside, since the second edition game was still given to contestants during the Fresh and Hazel Bishop seasons.
:It is also interesting that Milton-Bradley produced a Beat the Clock game in 1969, which was exactly the same as Lowell's game from 1954, right down to the instructions on how to do the stunts, and credits to Frank Wayne for creating the stunts.  The 1969 game, however, had completely new graphics.--Hillrhpc 21:06, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are various versions. The original verison was altered. Contestants during the Fresh and Hazel Bishop eras were given boxes with the company's name on the clock on the front of the box. Otherwise it was the same game (I'm pretty sure I saw Roxanne's picture - on the right side of the cover) on the Fresh edition after she had left. Bud would always have his thumb exactly there when showing it, so it was hard to see (perhaps he had the thumb there on purpose), but once he didn't cover it up and I caught it. Hazel Bishop's box had the circle with Roxanne in it removed. Actually, there's one on ebay right now. It's the red box with bud and the Sylvania clock on the cover, and you can see roxanne there. The first episode of Fresh they already had rebranded it, and same with Hazel Bishop. In February-March 57, they came out with the all new game (According to Bud: with all new stunts, the only thing that's the same is that Frank and Bob once again did the stunts). It had a Black (or otherwise very dark) cover. Bud's picture was i nthe top right and half a clock was on the left side of the cover (with Hazel Bishop). I don't see one on ebay right now) The episode where it was introduced was aired about a week ago and they are giving them out on the episodes airing for the rest of this month. TheHYPO 16:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been an interesting week on GSN for BTC. On Thursday night, the episode aired was unsponsored. Friday night was once again sponsored by Sylvania (definately the next episode because the holdovers were the same couple). Saturday night (tonight) is from July 5, 1957 and is unsponsored again. But the home game given to the first guests was the old game (the red cover), and after that they seemed to run out of games entirely. The boy brought on the show wasn't given a crystal radio as previous ones were, but a complete set of every size of Everready flashlights.
Just saw a commercial for a new show coming on NBC "Minute to Win It".    Reminded me of Beat the Clock -- one of my favorite shows as a kid.
Pariscope (talk) 15:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Home game

message: On the daytime version, how are prizes awarded? For every two wins, for every win starting with the second, or once after the second win?  —Preceding 63.25.24.255 (talk) 00:08, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daytime 1957-1961