New old games in the J! Archive

[OntarioQuizzer]

I'm hinting CIVICS as the 6th category.

It's one of those ____, ____ & ____ deals and there's no way I could make out any of the words.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Continuing from TuneIn, we have 1991-04-12: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7967

Was certainly an exciting game.

DJ20 saw a judge's reversal.

[OntarioQuizzer]

And more TuneIn, 1991-06-06: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7968

Max had the judges working overtime.

This is the last one of the TuneIn backlog from before we got the games from NAGSH. Thus, I'll be moving to the NAGSH backlog for awhile.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, was have 1985-01-28: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7969

Pictures of Ron Mulligan, Robert Miltenberg, and Les Miller:

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Alex was not particularly impressed with our three players this game.

J4 saw a rare use of underlining on the Chyron.

Lots of incorrect responses saw Alex call for the break at Clue 6.

Lots of changing of responses before (or after) rulings made Alex not happy as well.

J20 & DJ13 were a little bit of fun from the writing team.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Continuing from TuneIn, we have 1991-04-12: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7967

Was certainly an exciting game.

DJ20 saw a judge's reversal.

Was DJ category 2 really RUSSIAN, and not RUSSIA or RUSSIANS?

[Robert K S]

J4 saw a rare use of underlining on the Chyron.

Although not so rare in S1.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Continuing from TuneIn, we have 1991-04-12: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7967

Was certainly an exciting game.

DJ20 saw a judge's reversal.

Was DJ category 2 really RUSSIAN, and not RUSSIA or RUSSIANS?

Yes—being that the category was about Russian words, I think it makes sense as well.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Continuing from TuneIn, we have 1991-04-12: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7967

Was certainly an exciting game.

DJ20 saw a judge's reversal.

Was DJ category 2 really RUSSIAN, and not RUSSIA or RUSSIANS?

Yes—being that the category was about Russian words, I think it makes sense as well.

Ah, I didn't make that connection. Thanks.

[seaborgium]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, was have 1985-01-28: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7969

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J20 & DJ13 were a little bit of fun from the writing team.

Also fun is the categories of those clues, the leftmost J! category and the rightmost DJ category respectively.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, we move onto 1985-01-29: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7972

Pictures of Holly Hoke, Bill Christopher, and Les Miller:

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Alex very clearly enunciated "Hoke" during the interview.

Felt like your run-of-the-mill, average S1 game.

The video cut out a bit at times for DJ2, DJ3 & DJ4 but we were able to get enough.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, we have 1985-01-30, Paul Croshier, game 1-B: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7974

Pictures of Sue Foster, Paul Croshier, and Holly Hoke:

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Paul got to ADMIRALS in DJ and really didn't look back from there. A close game got blown wide open and Holly & Sue spent the rest of DJ playing catch-up.

Props to anyone able to get this FJ in 2023—would have been much easier in 1985.

[MarkBarrett]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, we have 1985-01-30, Paul Croshier, game 1-B: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7974

Pictures of Sue Foster, Paul Croshier, and Holly Hoke:

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Paul got to ADMIRALS in DJ and really didn't look back from there. A close game got blown wide open and Holly & Sue spent the rest of DJ playing catch-up.

Props to anyone able to get this FJ in 2023—would have been much easier in 1985.

[Takes bow] Of course, that is one of my better areas and advantage me in probably seeing the game twice when originally aired and rerun back then.

From TuneIn, we have 10/1/86: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7973

Jonathan Oren vs. Anne Sommers vs. Chuck Wessel

Brutal game to archive with audio only and generated transcript can only help so much. The numbers are okay, but there is still some clue wording off that I will work on sometime bedtime tonight to try to fix.

[Robert K S]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, we have 1985-01-30, Paul Croshier, game 1-B: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7974

Paul's intro didn't use the "stationed at" language this time around?

[OntarioQuizzer]

Courtesy the National Archives of Game Show History, we have 1985-01-30, Paul Croshier, game 1-B: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7974

Paul's intro didn't use the "stationed at" language this time around?

Nope—it was a “from”, at least for 1-B. Haven’t watched the intros to the other 4.

[MarkBarrett]

Courtesy of the National Archives of Game Show History I added 12/18/85: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7978

Player pics of Ron Marriott, Jon Lindsay and Denise Nielsen:

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At least someone knew how to count.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Courtesy of the National Archives of Game Show History I added 12/18/85: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7978

Player pics of Ron Marriott, Jon Lindsay and Denise Nielsen:

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At least someone knew how to count.

That is quite the triple stumper at UNREAL ESTATE for $1000.

[Robert K S]

That is quite the triple stumper at UNREAL ESTATE for $1000.

Tolkien and Lewis not nearly so much in the public consciousness then as today after big-budget Hollywood adaptations. Justly valued at $1000.

[OntarioQuizzer]

Carrying on with Season 7, we have 1991-04-11, courtesy TuneIn: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7966

Burt's and his son Jason's Archive profiles have been edited to link to each other.

DJ16: Would be old hat for us in 2023, but it seems like this clue might well have been the turning point towards "you corrected yourself before we ruled against you" rule—you could even hear the judges offstage faintly.

DJ29: Nobody knows how to wager Daily Doubles properly in 1991.

5/23 spoiler:

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Bumping because J19.

[MarkBarrett]

Courtesy of the National Archives of Game Show History I added 12/19/85: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7982

Player pics of John Mitchell, Maureen Smith and Ron Marriott:

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I've already missed the regular play FJ! clue and if I also miss the Masters two at least I won't go 0/4 today.

For a S2 game not too bad with Ws and TS clues.

[Bamaman]

Courtesy of the National Archives of Game Show History I added 12/19/85: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7982

Player pics of John Mitchell, Maureen Smith and Ron Marriott:

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I've already missed the regular play FJ! clue and if I also miss the Masters two at least I won't go 0/4 today.

For a S2 game not too bad with Ws and TS clues.

Other than just happening to know it, was there some way to get the bottom clue in celebrity trivia? James isn’t that poet’s first name so that doesn’t help.