Shuffle (game show)
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Shuffle was a game show that aired on The Family Channel. It ran from March 7, 1994 to June 10 of that year. Wink Martindale hosted, and Randy West announced.
[edit] Gameplay
Four players competed, each with a telephone keypad built into their podium. A shuffled list with four items is given, and a question relating to the list is asked, usually in the vein of "Who is the oldest?", "Which one of these came first?", or "Which is the most popular?". The players had 10 seconds to punch in their answer (either 1, 2, 3, or 4) on their keypad. They would win points depending on how quickly they answered correctly, staring at 1000 points and counting down as the seconds ticked on. After the right answer is revealed, they have 5 seconds to find the item ordered second. The points started at 500 and ticked down for each passing second correctly. After this, Wink would mention which items were ordered third and fourth, and a new list would be played.
Three lists are played this way, and the player with the lowest score at the end of three lists would be eliminated.
In the second round, the three remaining players had their scores reset to zero. Three more lists would be played, and the lowest scoring player would be eliminated.
For the third and final round, the scores were reset to zero again, and the two remaining contestants played three more lists. The contestant with the highest score at the end won a trip, and the runner-up won a smaller prize.
[edit] Trivia
- Wink Martindale and Bill Hillier created and produced four "interactive" games for FAM, with Wink hosting every one of them. Besides Shuffle, the other three were Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, and Jumble.
- After each round with the studio players, home viewers could call a special 1-900 number and play a game of "Interactive Shuffle", played similarly to the studio game. Home viewers would answer by using their touch-tone telephone.
- Shuffle premiered on the same day as Boggle. The two shows were quite similar; besides their similar formats, they shared the same theme song and sound effects. They even used some of the same set pieces, explaining why the podiums had 12 buttons when they only needed 4. Shuffle was the least successful of the two, being replaced with Jumble after 14 weeks.
