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From: cde@cornell.UUCP (Carl Eichenlaub)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Old Game Shows
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 14:01:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 21 14:01:11 1985
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Speaking of old game shows, does anybody remember "Video Village"
from about 1966 or so?  It was on Saturday mornings, I think, and
was sort of a live board game.  Contestants moved from space to space
according to the throw of a large die, and had opportunities to play
games for cash or prizes at each space.  At around the same time there
was a very similar show with a slightly different layout.  This second
show may have been played exclusively by children.  Does anybody remember
the name of this lookalike show, or any details of the small sub-games?
I remember one (not sure on which show) that seemed rather silly even to my
12-year old mind, called the "Sword of Damocles" where the contestant had
to guess whether the sword would fall or not.  These shows were among
my very favorites as a child.  I even had a home version of one!  Anyone
who can remember the television theme songs to either must be a true
trivia phenomenon.

Carl D. Eichenlaub